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Activities of Georgi PIRINSKI related to 2016/0282(COD)

Shadow opinions (1)

OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union and amending Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002, Regulations (EU) No 1296/2013, (EU) No 1301/2013, (EU) No 1303/2013, EU No 1304/2013, (EU) No 1305/2013, (EU) No 1306/2013, (EU) No 1307/2013, (EU) No 1308/2013, (EU) No 1309/2013, (EU) No 1316/2013, (EU) No 223/2014, (EU) No 283/2014 and (EU) No 652/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Decision No 541/2014/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council
2016/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Dossiers: 2016/0282(COD)
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Amendments (72)

Amendment 16 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 60
(60) It is important to allow Member States to request that resources allocated to them under shared implementation are transferred at Union level and implemented by the Commission in direct or indirect implementation, where possible for the benefit of the Member State concerned. This would optimise the use of these resources and of the instruments established under this Regulation or under sector specific Regulations including the EFSI Regulation, to which the Member States would request these resources to be transferred. In order to guarantee an efficient implementation of these instruments, it is necessary to foresee that where resources are transferred to instruments established under this Regulation or under sector specific Regulations including the EFSI Regulation, the rules of those regulations shall apply.deleted
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 17 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 144
(144) It should be clarified that, where financial instruments are combined with other forms of support from the Union budget, the rules on financial instruments should apply. Such rules should be complemented, where applicable, by specific requirements stemming from the sector specific legislation.deleted
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 27
27. ‘financial instruments’ means Union measures of financial support provided from the budget in order to address one or more specific policy objectives of the Union. Such instruments may take the form of equity or quasi-equity investments, loans or guarantees, or other risk-sharing instruments, and may, where appropriate, be combined with other forms of financial support or with funds under shared implementation or EDF funds;
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 62 – paragraph 9
9. Resources allocated to Member States under shared implementation may also be used in combination with operations and instruments carried out under Regulation 2015/1017 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 June 2015 on the European Fund for Strategic Investments, the European Investment Advisory Hub and the European Investment Project Portal and amending Regulations (EU) No 1291/2013 and (EU) No 1316/2013.deleted
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 24 #
Transfer of resources to instruments established under this Regulation or sector specific Regulations Resources allocated to Member States under shared implementation may, at their request, be transferred to instruments established under this Regulation or under sector specific Regulations. The Commission shall implement these resources in accordance with point (a) or (c) of Article 61(1), where possible for the benefit of the Member State concerned. In addition resources allocated to Member States under shared implementation may at their request be used to enhance the risk- bearing capacity of the EFSI. In such cases, EFSI rules shall apply.Article 125 deleted
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 201 – paragraph 3
3. Where financial instruments are implemented under shunder ESI funds ared implementation with Member Statesed, sector specific rules apply, without prejudice to subparagraph 2 of Article 208(2).
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 208 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Where a financial instrument is established for the purpose of implementing Article 39 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013with a contribution from a budgetary guarantee of the Union, this Title shall apply with the exception of Article 201(1). It shall be implemented in accordance with Article 61(1)(c).deleted
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 210
Treatment of contributions under shared implementation 1. Separate records shall be kept for contributions to financial instruments established under this Section from funds under shared implementation. 2. Contributions from funds implemented under shared implementation shall be placed in separate accounts and used in accordance with the objectives of the respective funds to actions and final recipients consistent with the programme or programmes from which contributions are made. 3. As regards contributions from funds under shared implementation to financial instruments established under this Section, the sector specific rules shall apply. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Managing Authorities may rely on an existing ex-ante evaluation, carried out in accordance with point (h) of Article 202(1), prior to contributing to an existing financial instrument.Article 210 deleted
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 263 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) No 1296/2013
Article 5 – paragraph 2
1. in Article 5, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: ‘2. The following indicative percentages shall apply on average over the whole period of the Programme to the axes set out in Article 3(1): (a) at least 18% to the Progress axis; (b) at least 18% to the EURES axis; (c) at least 18% to the Microfinance and Social Entrepreneurship axis.’deleted
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 60
(60) It is important to allow Member States to request that resources allocated to them under shared implementation are transferred at Union level and implemented by the Commission in direct or indirect implementation, where possible for the benefit of the Member State concerned. This would optimise the use of these resources and of the instruments established under this Regulation or under sector specific Regulations including the EFSI Regulation, to which the Member States would request these resources to be transferred. In order to guarantee an efficient implementation of these instruments, it is necessary to foresee that where resources are transferred to instruments established under this Regulation or under sector specific Regulations including the EFSI Regulation, the rules of those regulations shall apply.deleted
2017/03/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 263 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 1296/2013
Article 14 – paragraph 1 and paragraph 2
2. Article 14 is amended as follows: (a) paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: ‘1. The Progress axis shall support actions in one or more of the thematic sections listed in points (a), (b) and (c). (a) employment, in particular to fight youth unemployment; (b) social protection, social inclusion and the reduction and prevention of poverty; (c) working conditions.’ ‘2. From the overall allocation for the Progress axis, a significant share shall be allocated to the promotion of social experimentation as a method for testing and evaluating innovative solutions with a view to up-scaling them.’deleted
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 66
(66) The early detection and exclusion sytem should apply to participants, recipients, entities on whose capacity the candidate or tenderer intends to rely or to subcontractors of a contractor, any person or entity receiving Union funds where the budget is implemented under indirect implementation, any person or entity receiving Union funds under financial instruments directly implemented and participants or recipients of entities implementing the budget under shared implementationmanagement.
2017/03/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 263 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) No 1296/2013
Article 19
3. Article 19 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 19 Thematic sections and financing The EURES axis shall support actions in one or more of the thematic sections listed in points (a), (b) and (c): (a) transparency of job vacancies, applications and any related information for applicants and employers; (b) development of services for the recruitment and placing of workers in employment through the clearance of job vacancies and applications at Union level, in particular targeted mobility schemes; (c) cross-border partnerships.’deleted
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 263 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EU) No 1296/2013
Article 25
4. Article 25 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 25 Thematic sections and financing The Microfinance and Social Entrepreneurship axis shall support actions in one or more of the thematic sections listed in points (a) and (b): (a) microfinance for vulnerable groups and micro-enterprises; (b) social entrepreneurship.’deleted
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 263 – paragraph 1 – point 4 b (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1296/2013
Article 32
4 b. Article 32 is amended as follows: "Article 32 Work Programmes 1. The Commission shall adopt implementingdelegated acts laying down work programmes covering the three axes. Those implementingdelegated acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 36(3)4. The work programmes shall, where relevant, be for a three-year rolling period and shall contain a description of the actions to be financed, the procedures for selecting actions to be supported by the Union, the geographic coverage, the target audience and an indicative implementation time frame. The work programmes shall also include an indication of the amount allocated to each specific objective, as well as annual allocations to the three axes of the Programme and to their sections, and shall reflect the re-allocation of funds in accordance with Article 33. The work programmes shall reinforce the coherence of the Programme by indicating the links between the three axes." 2. In order to ensure greater transparency and accountability, the competent committee of the European Parliament may invite the Commission to appear before the committee to discuss a draft work programme referred to in paragraph 1 before the adoption of a delegated act by the Commission laying down work programme." Or. en (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32013R1296&from=EN)
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 263 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Regulation (EU) No 1296/2013
Article 33
5. Article 33 is deleted.
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 263 – paragraph 1 – point 5 b (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1296/2013
Article 34 – paragraphs 2, 3 and 5
5 b. Article 34, paragraphs 2, 3 and 5 are amended as follows: "Article 34 Exercise of the delegation 1. The power to adopt delegated acts is conferred on the Commission subject to the conditions laid down in this Article. 2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 32 and in Article 33 shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of seven years from 1 January 2014. 3. The delegation of power referred to in Article 32 and in Article 33 may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force. 4. As soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the Council. 5. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 32 and Article 33 shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or the Council within a period of two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council." Or. en (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32013R1296&from=EN)
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 266 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 1304/2013
Article 14
2. Article 14 is amended as follows: (a) Paragraph 2 is deleted. (b) Paragraph 4 is deleted.deleted
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 175
(175) With a view to ensure sound financial management in ESI Funds which are managed under shared implementationmanagement, and clarify Member States obligations, the general principles should explicitly refer to the principles of internal control of budget implementation and of avoidance of conflict of interests established in the Financial Regulation.
2017/03/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 271 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) No 1309/2013
Article 6 – Paragraph 2
2. By way of derogation from Article 2, applicant Member States may provide personalised services co-financed by the EGF to up to a number of NEETs under the age of 25, or where Member States so decide under the age of 30, on the date of submission of the application, equal to the number of targeted beneficiaries, as a priority to persons made redundant or whose activity has ceased, provided that at least some of the redundancies within the meaning of Article 3 occur in NUTS 2 level regions that had youth unemployment rates for young persons aged 15 to 24 of more than 25 % in 2012 and, for Member States where the youth unemployment rate had increased by more than 30 % in 2012, NUTS level 2 regions that had youth unemployment rates of more than 20 % in 20120 % in 2016. The support may be rendered to NEETs under the age of 25, or where Member States so decide under the age of 30, in those NUTS 2 level regions that had youth unemployment rates for young persons aged 15 to 24 of more than 25 % in 2012 and, for Member States where the youth unemployment rate had increased by more than 30 % in 2012, NUTS level 2 regions that had youth unemployment rates of more than 20 % in 20120 % in 2016.
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 70 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 271 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) No 1309/2013
Article 15 – paragraph 4
Where the Commission has concluded that the conditions for providing a financial contribution from the EGF are met, it shall submit a proposal to mobilise it. The decision to mobilise the EGF shall be taken jointly by the European Parliament and the Council within one month of the referral to the European Parliament and to the Council. The Council shall act by a qualified majority and the European Parliament shall act by a majority of its component members and three fifths of the votes cast. In the event of disagreement, a trilogue procedure shall be initiated.
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 188
(188) In order to incentivise private investors to co-invest in public policy projects, the concept of differentiated treatment of investors, which allows under specific conditions, as agreed in the relevant funding agreement, that ESI Funds can take a subordinated position to a private investor and EIB financial products under the EFSI’s EU Guarantee, should be introduced. At the same time, the conditions for application of such a differentiated treatment when implementing ESI funds should be laid down. explicitly defined and laid down in Guidelines by the Commission.
2017/03/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 81 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 226
(226) In order to ensure that the refusal or recovery of payments affected by a non- compliance with public procurement rules reflects the gravity of such non-compliance and respects the principle of proportionality, such refusal or recovery should be limited to the levels laid down by the Commission for financial corrections to be made to expenditure under shared implementationmanagement for non- compliance with such rules. It is further appropriate to clarify that such non- compliances affect the legality and regularity of the transactions only by the same level.
2017/03/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 27
27. ‘financial instruments’ means Union measures of financial support provided from the budget in order to address one or more specific policy objectives of the Union. Such instruments may take the form of equity or quasi-equity investments, loans or guarantees, or other risk-sharing instruments, and may, where appropriate, be combined with other forms of financial support or with ESI funds under shared implementation or EDF funds;
2017/03/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 36
36. ‘method of implementation’ means the methods of budget implementation described in Articles 61, 62 or 149, i.e. direct implementation, indirect and shared implementationmanagement;
2017/03/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 85 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 5 – point b
(b) expenditure managed under shared implementationmanagement with the exception of the EAGF shall be booked to the accounts for a financial year on the basis of reimbursements made by the Commission to the Member States by 31 December of that financial year, including the expenditure charged by 31 January of the following financial year as laid downin Articles 28 and 29.
2017/03/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point f
(f) with regard to operational expenditure of the funds managed under shared implementationmanagement, with the exception of the EAGF, transfer appropriations from one title to another, provided that the appropriations concerned are for the same objective within the meaning of the Regulation concerned or are technical assistance expenditure;
2017/03/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 87 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The Commission may submit proposals for transfers of payment appropriations to the funds managed under shared implementationmanagement with the exception of the EAGF to the European Parliament and the Council by 10 January of the following financial year. The transfer of the payment appropriations may be made from any item of the budget. The six-week period referred to in paragraph 3 shall be reduced to three weeks.
2017/03/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 89 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 61 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) under shared implementationmanagement with Member States (‘shared implementationmanagement’);
2017/03/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 62 – title
Shared implementationmanagement with Member States
2017/03/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 62 – paragraph 1
1. Where the budget is implemented under shared management, implementation tasks shall be delegated to Member States. The Commission and the Member States shall respect the principles of sound financial management, transparency and non- discrimination and shall ensure the visibility of Union action when they manage Union funds. To this end, the Commission and the Member States shall fulfil their respective control and audit obligations and assume the resulting responsibilities laid down in this Regulation. Complementary provisions shall be laid down in sector-specific rules.
2017/03/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 92 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 62 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
In accordance with the criteria and procedures laid down in sector-specific rules, Member States shall, at the appropriate level, designate bodies to be responsible for the management and control of Union funds. Such bodies may also carry out tasks not related to the management of Union funds and may entrust certain of their tasks to other bodies, including the bodies indicated in Article 61(1) (c) (ii) and (iii).
2017/03/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 62 – paragraph 9
9. Resources allocated to Member States under shared implementation may also be used in combination with operations and instruments carried out under Regulation 2015/1017 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 June 2015 on the European Fund for Strategic Investments, the European Investment Advisory Hub and the European Investment Project Portal and amending Regulations (EU) No 1291/2013 and (EU) No 1316/2013.deleted
2017/03/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 125
Transfer of resources to instruments established under this Regulation or sector specific Regulations Resources allocated to Member States under shared implementation may, at their request, be transferred to instruments established under this Regulation or under sector specific Regulations. The Commission shall implement these resources in accordance with point (a) or (c) of Article 61(1), where possible for the benefit of the Member State concerned. In addition resources allocated to Member States under shared implementation may at their request be used to enhance the risk- bearing capacity of the EFSI. In such cases, EFSI rules shall apply.Article 125 deleted
2017/03/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 142 – paragraph 2
2. Under shared implementationmanagement, all official exchanges of information between the Member States and the Commission shall be carried out by means indicated in the sector-specific rules. Those rules shall provide for interoperability of data gathered or received, and transmitted in the management of the budget.
2017/03/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 201 – paragraph 3
3. Where ESI funds financial instruments are implemented under shared implementation with Member States, sector specific rules apply, without prejudice to subparagraph 2 of Article 208(2)sector specific rules apply.
2017/03/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 208 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Where financial instruments are combined within a single agreement with complementary support from the Union budget, including grants, this Title shall apply to the whole measure. The reporting shall be carried out in accordance with Article 242.
2017/03/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 208 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Where a financial instrument is established for the purpose of implementing Article 39 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013with a contribution from a budgetary guarantee of the Union, this Title shall apply with the exception of Article 201(1). It shall be implemented in accordance with Article 61(1)(c).deleted
2017/03/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 106 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 210
Treatment of contributions under shared 1. contributions to financial instruments established under this Section from funds under shared implementation. 2. implemented under shared implementation shall be placed in separate accounts and used in accordance with the objectives of the respective funds to actions and final recipients consistent with the programme or programmes from which contributions are made. 3. funds under shared implementation to financial instruments established under this Section, the sector specific rules shall apply. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Managing Authorities may rely on an existing ex-ante evaluation, carried out in accordance with point (h) of Article 202(1), prior to contributing to an existing financial instrument.Article 210 deleted implementation Separate records shall be kept for Contributions from funds As regards contributions from
2017/03/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 107 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 262 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002
Article 4 – paragraph 4
4. UponAt the adoption by the European Parliament and the Council of thesame time as it adopts a proposal for a decision to mobilise the Fund, the Commission shall adopt a decision, by means of an implementing act, awarding the financial contribution from the Fund and, which shall enter into force on the date at which the European Parliament and the Council adopt the decision to mobilise the Fund. The Commission shall pay that financial contribution immediately and in a single instalment to the beneficiary State. If an advance has been paid pursuant to Article 4a only the balance shall be paid.
2017/03/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 186 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 265 – paragraph 1 – point 14 – point a
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
The EIB or other international financial institutions in which a Member State is a shareholder by 30 April shall provide to the designated authorities control and performance reports with each application for payment and level of reimbursement to final recipients in the previous year. They shall also provide to the Commission and to the designated authorities an annual audit report drawn up by the external auditors of these bodies.
2017/03/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 189 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 265 – paragraph 1 – point 14 – point a
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
Article 40 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
The European Court of Auditors shall carry out performance audits of the EIB or other financial institutions in which a member States is a shareholder for financial instruments implemented by them which involve EU budget resources;
2017/03/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 206 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 265 – paragraph 1 – point 17
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
Article 43a – paragraph 1
1. Support from the ESI Funds to financial instruments invested in final recipients and gains and other earnings or yields, such as interest, guarantee fees, dividends, capital gains or any other income generated by those investments, which are attributable to the support from the ESI Funds, may be used for differentiated treatment of private investors, as well as the EIB when using the EU guarantee pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2015/1017. Such differentiated treatment shall be justified by the need to attract private counterpart resources established in the ex-ante assessment.
2017/03/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 212 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 265 – paragraph 1 – point 17
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
Article 43a – paragraph 2
2. The needterms and the level of differentiated treatment as referred to in paragraph 1 shall be establishagreed in the ex- ante assessrelevant funding agreement.
2017/03/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 213 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 265 – paragraph 1 – point 17
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
Article 43a – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The definition and specific conditions for application of differentiated treatment when implementing financial instruments under ESI funds shall be laid down by the Commission in Guidelines.
2017/03/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 253 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 60
(60) It is important to allow Member States to request that resources allocated to them under shared implementation are transferred at Union level and implemented by the Commission in direct or indirect implementation, where possible for the benefit of the Member State concerned. This would optimise the use of these resources and of the instruments established under this Regulation or under sector specific Regulations including the EFSI Regulation, to which the Member States would request these resources to be transferred. In order to guarantee an efficient implementation of these instruments, it is necessary to foresee that where resources are transferred to instruments established under this Regulation or under sector specific Regulations including the EFSI Regulation, the rules of those regulations shall apply.deleted
2017/04/18
Committee: BUDGCONT
Amendment 295 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 144
(144) It should be clarified that, where financial instruments are combined with other forms of support from the Union budget, the rules on financial instruments should apply. Such rules should be complemented, where applicable, by specific requirements stemming from the sector -specific legislation should apply.
2017/04/18
Committee: BUDGCONT
Amendment 296 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 144
(144) It should be clarified that, where financial instruments are combined with other forms of support from the Union budget, the corresponding rules on financial instruments should apply. Such rules should be complemented, where applicable, by specific requirements stemming from theand sector -specific legislation should apply.
2017/04/18
Committee: BUDGCONT
Amendment 329 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 178
(178) In view of optimising the use of the financial resources allocated to Member States under Cohesion policy, it is necessary to allow Member States to transfer ESI Funds allocation to instruments established under the Financial Regulation or under sector specific Regulations.deleted
2017/04/18
Committee: BUDGCONT
Amendment 369 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)
7 a. " budget implementation" means a process including the stages of management, implementation, control and audit of Union financial resources, which involves the Commission and other actors depending on different methods of implementation;
2017/04/18
Committee: BUDGCONT
Amendment 370 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 27
27. ‘financial instruments’ means Union measures of financial support provided from the budget, and from national co-financing in case of financial instruments under shared implementation, in order to address one or more specific policy objectives of the Union. Such instruments may take the form of equity or quasi-equity investments, loans or guarantees, or other risk-sharing instruments, and may, where appropriate, be combined with other forms of financial support or with funds under shared implementation, only in case sector specific rules for these funds exclusively provide possibility for such combination, or EDF funds;
2017/04/18
Committee: BUDGCONT
Amendment 374 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 29 a (new)
29 a. 'grant' means direct financial contribution by way of donation from the Union budget under direct implementation, shared implementation and indirect implementation;
2017/04/18
Committee: BUDGCONT
Amendment 380 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 51 a (new)
51 a. "sound financial management" means a principle of implementation of the Union budget in economical, efficient and effective way;
2017/04/18
Committee: BUDGCONT
Amendment 434 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Appropriations shall respectbe used and Union budget shall be implemented in accordance with the principle of sound financial management, and thus be implemented in accordance withrespecting the following principles:
2017/04/18
Committee: BUDGCONT
Amendment 479 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 61 – paragraph 1 – point c – introductory part
(c) indirectly (‘indirect implementation'), where this is provided for in the basic act or in the cases referred to in points (a) to (d) of the first subparagraph of Article 56(2), withby entrusting budget implementation tasks to:
2017/04/18
Committee: BUDGCONT
Amendment 481 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 62 – paragraph 1
1. Where the budget is implemented under shared implementation tCommission implements the budget under shared implementation, implementation tasks shall be delegated to Member States. The Commission and the Member States shall respect the principles of sound financial managementimplementation, transparency and non- discrimination and shall ensure the visibility of Union action when they implement Union funds. To this end, the Commission and the Member States shall fulfil their respective control and audit obligations and assume the resulting responsibilities laid down in this Regulation. Complementary provisions shall be laid down in sector-specific rules.
2017/04/18
Committee: BUDGCONT
Amendment 483 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 62 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
In accordance with the criteria and procedures laid down in sector-specific rules, Member States shall, at the appropriate level, designate bodies to be responsible for the management and control of Union funds. Such bodies may also carry out tasks not related to the management of Union funds and may entrust certain of their tasks to other bodies, including the bodies indicated in Article 61(1) (c) (ii) and (iii).
2017/04/18
Committee: BUDGCONT
Amendment 486 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 62 – paragraph 9
9. ROnly in case sector specific rules for Funds under shared implementation exclusively provide possibility for combination, resources allocated to Member States under shared implementation may also be used in combination with operations and instruments carried out under Regulation 2015/1017 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 June 2015 on the European Fund for Strategic Investments, the European Investment Advisory Hub and the European Investment Project Portal and amending Regulations (EU) No 1291/2013 and (EU) No 1316/2013.
2017/04/18
Committee: BUDGCONT
Amendment 519 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 121 – title
Forms of Union contributiongrants
2017/04/18
Committee: BUDGCONT
Amendment 520 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 121 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Union contributionGrants in direct, shared and indirect implementation shall help achieve a Union policy objective and results specified and may take any of the following forms:
2017/04/18
Committee: BUDGCONT
Amendment 524 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 121 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Union contributionGrants under points (a), (b), (c) and (d) shall be established in accordance with Article 175 or sector specific legislation. Union contributionGrants under point (e) shall be established in accordance with Article 175, sector specific legislation or a Commission decision.
2017/04/18
Committee: BUDGCONT
Amendment 525 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 121 – paragraph 2
2. When determining the appropriate form of a contributiongrant, the potential recipients' interests and accounting methods shall be taken into account to the greatest possible extent.
2017/04/18
Committee: BUDGCONT
Amendment 531 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 123 – paragraph 1
Where an audit based on internationally accepted standards providing reasonable assurance has been conducted by an independent auditor on the financial statements and reports setting out the use of the Union contributiongrant, that audit shall form the basis of the overall assurance, as further specified, where appropriate, in sector specific rules.
2017/04/18
Committee: BUDGCONT
Amendment 538 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 125 – paragraph 1
Resources allocated to Member States under shared implementation may, at their request, be transferred to instruments established under this Regulation or under sector specific Regulations. The Commission shall implement these resources in accordance with point (a) or (c) of Article 61(1), where possible for the benefit of the Member State concerned. In addition resources allocated to Member States under shared implementation may at their request be used to enhance the risk- bearing capacity of the EFSI. In such cases, EFSI rules shall apply.deleted
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Committee: BUDGCONT
Amendment 548 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 142 – paragraph 2
2. Under shared implementation, all official exchanges of information between the Member States and the Commission shall be carried out by means indicated in the sector-specific rules. Those rules shall provide for interoperability of data gathered or received, and transmitted in the managementimplementation of the budget.
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Committee: BUDGCONT
Amendment 551 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 149 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The selection of the entities and persons implementing Union fundsto be entrusted with budget implementation tasks, including implementation orf budgetary guarantees pursuant to point (c) of Article 61 (1) shall be transparent, justified by the nature of the action and shall not give rise to a conflict of interests. For entities mentioned in points (ii), (v), (vi) and (vii) of Article 61(1)(c) the selection shall also take due account of their operational and financial capacity.
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Committee: BUDGCONT
Amendment 553 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 149 – paragraph 2
2. Entities and persons implementing Union funds orentrusted with budget implementation tasks including implementation of budgetary guarantees pursuant to point (c) of Article 61(1) shall respect the principles of sound financial management, transparency, non- discrimination and visibility of Union action. Where the Commission establishes financial partnership agreements in accordance with Article 126 those principles shall be further described in such agreements.
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Committee: BUDGCONT
Amendment 567 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 174 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Grants are direct financial contributions, by way of donation, from the budgetawarded in order to finance any of the following:
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Committee: BUDGCONT
Amendment 620 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 201 – paragraph 3
3. Where financial instruments are implemented under shared implementation with Member States, sector specific rules apply, without prejudice to subparagraph 2 of Article 208(2).
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Committee: BUDGCONT
Amendment 633 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 208 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Where financial instruments are combined within a single agreement with complementary support from the Union budget, including grants, this Title shall apply to the whole measure. The reporte rules applicable to the funding method accounting for more than 50 % of the total funding shall apply to the whole measure. The reporting on the financial instrument part of the funding shall be carried out in accordance with Article 242.
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Committee: BUDGCONT
Amendment 635 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 208 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Where a financial instrument is established for the purpose of implementing Article 39 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013with a contribution from a budgetary guarantee of the Union, this Title shall apply with the exception of Article 201(1). It shall be implemented in accordance with Article 61(1)(c).deleted
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Committee: BUDGCONT
Amendment 639 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 210
Article 210 Treatment of contributions under shared implementation 1. Separate records shall be kept for contributions to financial instruments established under this Section from funds under shared implementation. 2. Contributions from funds implemented under shared implementation shall be placed in separate accounts and used in accordance with the objectives of the respective funds to actions and final recipients consistent with the programme or programmes from which contributions are made. 3. As regards contributions from funds under shared implementation to financial instruments established under this Section, the sector specific rules shall apply. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Managing Authorities may rely on an existing ex-ante evaluation, carried out in accordance with point (h) of Article 202(1), prior to contributing to an existing financial instrument.deleted
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Committee: BUDGCONT