Activities of Michela GIUFFRIDA related to 2018/0197(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
European Regional Development Fund and Cohesion Fund (debate) IT
Amendments (11)
Amendment 87 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Horizontal principles as set out in Article 3 of the Treaty on European Union ('TEU') and in Article 10 of the TFEU, including principles of subsidiarity and proportionality as set out in Article 5 of the TEU, should be respected in the implementation of the ERDF and the Cohesion Fund, taking into account the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. Member States should also respect the obligations of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and ensure accessibility in line with its article 9 and in accordance with the Union law harmonising accessibility requirements for products and services. Member States and the Commission should aim at eliminating inequalities and at promoting equality between men and women and integrating the gender perspective, as well as at combating discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation. The Funds should not support actions that contribute to any form of segregation. The objectives of the ERDF and the Cohesion Fund should be pursued in the framework of sustainable development and, notably in line with the Union's commitments to implement the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, as well as the Union's promotion of the aim of preserving, protecting and improving the quality of the environment as set out in Articles 11 and 191(1) of the TFEU, taking into account the polluter pays principle. In order to protect the integrity of the internal market, operations benefitting undertakings shall comply with State aid rules as set out in Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU.
Amendment 155 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) In order to concentrate the support on key Union priorities, and in line with the objectives of social, economic and territorial cohesion set out in Article 174, it is also appropriate that thematic concentration requirements should be respected throughout the programming period, including in the case of transfer between priorities within a programme or between programmes.
Amendment 156 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 a (new)
Recital 18 a (new)
(18 a) The ERDF should address the problems of accessibility to, and remoteness from, large markets, faced by areas with an extremely low population density, as referred to in Protocol No 6 on special provisions for Objective 6 in the framework of the Structural Funds in Finland and Sweden to the 1994 Act of Accession. The ERDF should also address the specific difficulties encountered by certain islands, border regions, mountain regions and sparsely populated areas, the geographical situation of which slows down their development, with a view to supporting their sustainable development.
Amendment 243 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iv a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iv a (new)
(iv a) (v) enhancing smart growth and competitiveness in tourism sector focusing on cultural and natural heritage.
Amendment 374 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d – point iv a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d – point iv a (new)
(iv a) (v) providing support for physical, economic and social regeneration of deprived, demographically and geographically challenged communities in urban and rural areas.
Amendment 413 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e – point ii
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e – point ii
(ii) fostering the integrated social, economic and environmental local development, cultural heritage and security, including for rural, mountain regions, islands and coastal areas also through community-led local development.
Amendment 422 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e – point ii a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e – point ii a (new)
(ii a) supporting the capacity building of local and regional administrations in order to localise the Sustainable Development Goals by ensuring tailored instruments for territorial development and boosting implementation on the ground.
Amendment 425 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e – point ii b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e – point ii b (new)
(ii b) integrated territorial development support for NUTS III areas with high ageing, rurality and population outflow indices to improve their transport and telecommunications infrastructure, bridge the digital divide (including between generations), and improve public services including e-learning and e-health
Amendment 474 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
With regard to programmes under the Investment for Jobs and growth goal for the outermost regions and all NUTS level 2 regions consisting solely of island Member States or of islands which form part of Member States, they shall be classified as falling within group 3.
Amendment 611 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) investment in airport infrastructure except for outermost regions and island Member States or islands which form part of Member States;
Amendment 753 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 a (new)
Article 10 a (new)
Article 10 a New Article 10bis – Areas with natural or demographic handicaps In operational programmes co-financed by the ERDF, covering areas with severe and permanent natural or demographic handicaps as referred to in Art.174 TFEU, particular attention shall be paid to addressing the specific difficulties of those areas.