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17 Amendments of Fabio Massimo CASTALDO related to 2020/0104(COD)

Amendment 125 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) At Union level, the European Semester of economic policy coordination (‘European Semester’), including the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights, is the framework to identify national reform priorities and monitor their implementation. Member States develop their own national multiannual investment strategies in support of those reforms. Those strategies should be presented alongside the yearly National Reform Programmes as a way to outline and coordinate priority investment projects to be supported by national and/or Union funding.deleted
2020/09/22
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 203 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) Currently, no instrument foresees direct financial support linked to the achievement of results and to implementation of reforms and public investments of the Member States in response to challenges identified in the European Semester, and with a viewthe priority actions that are necessary to havinge a lasting impact on the productivity and resilience of the economy of the Member States.
2020/09/22
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 349 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
(16) To ensure its contribution to the objectives of the Facility, the recovery and resilience plan should comprise measures for the implementation of reforms and public investment projects through a coherent recovery and resilience plan. The recovery and resilience plan should be consistent with the relevant country- specific challenges and priorities identified in the context of the European Semester, with the national reform programmes, the national energy and climate plans, the just transition plans, and the partnership agreements and operational programmes adopted under the Union funds. To boost actions that fall within the priorities of the European Green Deal and the Digital Agenda, the plan should also set out measures that are relevant for the green and digital transitions. The measures should enable a swift deliver of targets, objectives and contributions set out in national energy and climate plans and updates thereof. All supported activities should be pursued in full respect of the climate and environmental priorities of the Union.
2020/09/22
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 366 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
(17) Where a Member States is exempted from the monitoring and assessment of the European Semester on the basis of Article 12 of Regulation (EU) 472/201311 , or is subject to surveillance under Council Regulation (EC) No 332/200212 , it should be possible that the provisions of this regulation are applied to the Member State concerned in relation to the challenges and priorities identified by the measures set out under the regulations thereof. __________________ 11 12deleted OJ L 140 of 27.5.2013. OJ L 53 of 23.2.2002.
2020/09/22
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 377 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
(18) To inform the preparation and the implementation of the recovery and resilience plans by Member States, the Council should be able to discuss, within the European Semester,and the European Parliament should be able to discuss the state of recovery, resilience and adjustment capacity in the Union. To ensure appropriate evidence, this discussion should be based on the Commission’s strategic and analytical information available in the context of the European Semestercollected by the Commission and, if available, on the basis of the information on the implementation of the plans in the preceding years.
2020/09/22
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 406 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
(21) In order to ensure the national ownership and a focus on relevant reforms and investments, Member States wishing to receive support should submit to the Commission a recovery and resilience plan that is duly reasoned and substantiated. The recovery and resilience plan should set out the detailed set of measures for its implementation, including targets and milestones, and the expected impact of the recovery and resilience plan on growth potential, job creation and economic and social resilience; it should also include measures that are relevant for the green and the digital transitions; it should also include an explanation of the consistency of the proposed recovery and resilience plan with the relevant country-specific challenges and priorities identified in the context of the European Semester. Close cooperation between the Commission and the Member States should be sought and achieved throughout the process.
2020/09/22
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 427 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
(22) The Commission should assess the recovery and resilience plan proposed by the Member States and should act in close cooperation with the Member State concerned. The Commission will fully respect the national ownership of the process and will therefore take into account the justification and elements provided by the Member State concerned and assess whether the recovery and resilience plan proposed by the Member State is expected to contribute to effectively address challenges identified in the relevant country-specific recommendation addressed to the Member State concerned or in other relevant documents officially adopted by the Commission in the European Semester; whether the plan contains measures that effectively contribute to the green and the digital transitions and to addressing the challenges resulting from them; whether the plan is expected to have a lasting impact in the Member State concerned; whether the plan is expected to effectively contribute to strengthen the growth potential, job creation and economic and social resilience of the Member State, mitigate the economic and social impact of the crisis and contribute to enhancing economic, social and territorial cohesion; whether the justification provided by the Member State of the estimated total costs of the recovery and resilience plan submitted is reasonable and plausible and is commensurate to the expected impact on the economy and employment; whether the proposed recovery and resilience plan contains measures for the implementation of reforms and public investment projects that represent coherent actions; and whether the arrangement proposed by the Member State concerned are expected to ensure effective implementation of the recovery and resilience plan, including the proposed milestones and targets, and the related indicators.
2020/09/22
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 488 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
(30) A Member State should have the possibility to make a reasoned request to amend the recovery and resilience plan within the period of implementation, where objective circumstances justify such a course of action. The Commission should assess the reasoned request and take a new decision within fourtwo months.
2020/09/22
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 508 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
(33) For effective monitoring of implementation, the Member States should report on a quarterly basis within the European Semester procesbiannual basis on the progress made in the achievement of the recovery and resilience plan. Such reports prepared by the Member States concerned should be appropriately reflected in the National Reform Programmes, which should be used as a tool for reporting on progress towards completion of recovery and resilience plans.
2020/09/22
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 1080 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. When assessing the recovery and resilience plan and in the determination of the amount to be allocated to the Member State concerned, the Commission shall take into account the analytical information available on the Member State concerned available in the context of the European Semester as well as the justification and the elements provided by the Member State concerned, as referred to in Article 15(3), and any other relevant information including, in particular, the one contained in the National Reform Programme and the National Energy and Climate Plan of the Member State concerned and, if relevant, information from technical support received via the Technical Support Instrument.
2020/09/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 1095 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) whether the recovery and resilience plan is expected to contribute to effectively address challenges identified in the relevant country-specific recommendations addressed to the Member State concerned or in other relevant documents officially adopted by the Commission in the European Semester;deleted
2020/09/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 1272 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 4 – point c – point 1
(1) as regards completion of the investment, the investment period by which the investment project must be implemented shall end no later than sevennine years after the adoption of the decision;
2020/09/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 1275 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 4 – point c – point 2
(2) as regards completion of reforms, the period by which the reforms must be implemented shall end no later than fourive years after the adoption of the decision.
2020/09/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 1350 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. Upon completion of the relevant agreed milestones and targets indicated in the recovery and resilience plan as approved in the implementing act of the Commission, the Member State concerned shall submit to the Commission a duly justified request for payment of the financial contribution and, where relevant, of the loan tranche. Such requests for payment may be submitted by the Member States to the Commission on a biannualquarterly basis. The Commission shall assess, within two months of receiving the request, whether the relevant milestones and targets set out in the decision referred to in Article 17(1) have been satisfactorily implemented. For the purpose of the assessment, the operational arrangement referred to in Article 17(6) shall also be taken into account. The Commission may be assisted by experts.
2020/09/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 1393 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – title
Reporting by the Member State in the European Semester
2020/09/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 1398 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1
The Member State concerned shall report on a quarterly basis within the European Semester procesbiannual basis on the progress made in the achievement of the recovery and resilience plans, including the operational arrangement referred to in Article 17(6). To that effect, the quarterly reports of the Member States shall be appropriately reflected in the National Reform Programmes, which shall be used as a tool for reporting on progress towards completion of the recovery and resilience plans.
2020/09/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 1479 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 4
4. For the purpose of the reporting on the activities referred to in paragraph 2, the Commission may use the content of the relevant documents officially adopted by the Commission under the European Semester as appropriate.deleted
2020/09/25
Committee: BUDGECON