9 Amendments of Rosa D'AMATO related to 2016/2045(INI)
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the EUSF relates, properly speaking, to natural disasters which have a direct impact on people’s lives in a given affected region;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the difficulty in satisfying the conditions of eligibility for the EUSF is due largely to the fact that an affected region is complicated to define;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the matter of bracketing events together has been one of the most difficult to deal with; whereas the regulation relates to events considered in isolation, each one, in other words, constituting a single disaster; whereas when a number of events of different kinds have occurred over a longer period of time, they may not be bracketed together; whereas, conversely, several events of the same kind occurring within a relatively short space of time can be treated as one major disaster if they are attributable to the same cause (as opposed to similar causes), even when they have occurred in different parts of a country;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls in addition for the EUSF to be activated in the event not only of natural disasters, but also of disasters caused by human agency;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that the EUSF is financed outside the European Union budget, with a maximum allocation of EUR 500 million (at 2011 prices), on top of any amounts remaining from the previous year; criticises the fact that the EUSF lies completely outside the European Union budget and proposes that a minimum amount be earmarked under the budget for immediate action in the event of major natural or man-made disasters;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Member States and recipient regions or areas to improve communication with the public, that is to say, the people affected;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Strongly criticises the fact that when the scale of a disaster is assessed, only direct damage is taken into consideration, without factoring in indirect damage, for example the revenue and production lost because economic activity has been halted, lower social security contributions, and the loss of future harvests;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Points out, in that connection, the importance of developing synergies between the various Union funds and policies with a view to forestalling, as far as possible, the impact of natural disasters and, in cases where the EUSF is activated, to guaranteeing the consolidation and the long-term development of reconstruction projects; maintains that whenever the EUSF is to be used, the Member State concerned should formally undertake to carry out all measures necessary for disaster prevention and the sustainable reconstruction of the areas affected; calls, when synergies are brought into play, for the process of using funds in combination to be simplified as far as possible in administrative terms in order to avert the red tape likely to arise from the fact of tapping several sources of financing at the same time; considers that such simplification should be implemented in accordance with a single pattern laid down at European level;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Deplores the fact that when a number of events, including events of different kinds, have occurred over a longer period of time in an area spanning one or more regions, it is not permitted to bracket those events together;