9 Amendments of Monika VANA related to 2017/0334(COD)
Amendment 15 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The Structural Reform Support Programme (‘the Programme’) was established with the objective of strengthening the capacity of Member States to prepare and implement growth- sustaining administrative and structural reforms, including through assistance for the efficient and effective use of the Union funds. Support under the Programme is provided by the Commission, upon request by a Member State, and can cover a wide range of policy areas. Developing resilient economies built on strong economic and social structures, which allow Member States to efficiently absorb shocks and swiftly recover from them, contributes to economic and social cohesion. The implementation of institutional, administrative and growth-sustaining structural reforms is an appropriate tool for achieving such a development. It is vital that structural reforms are backed by democratic support and therefore the involvement of partners from local and regional authorities, economic and social partners and representatives of civil society is unavoidable.
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Strengthening economic and social cohesion by reinforcing structural reforms is crucial for successful participation in the Economic and Monetary Union. That is particularly important for Member States whose currency is not the euro, in their preparation, including for Member States that wish to join the euro area.
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) It is thus appropriate to stress in the general objective of the Programme – within its contribution towards responding to economic and social challenges – that enhancing cohesion, competitiveness, productivity, sustainable growth, and job creation should also contribute to the preparations for future participation in the euro area by those Member States whose currency is not the euroconvergence within and outside the euro area.
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5 a) It is anticipated that the Programme will continue to be significantly oversubscribed. It will therefore require a selection of requests for support, without prejudice to the necessity of equal treatment of Member States. In order to increase the ownership and democratic footing of the relevant structural reforms to be implemented, priority should be given to those requests for support that can demonstrate the involvement of partners.
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 b (new)
Recital 5 b (new)
(5 b) It is necessary to provide that no Member State should benefit from preferential treatment on basis of own financial contributions to the Programme, including by means of transfer from ESIF resources.
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) In order to meet the growing demand for support from Member States, and in view of the need to support the implementation of structural reforms in Member States whose currency is not the euro, the financial allocation for the Programme should be increased to a sufficient level that allows the Union to provide support that meets the needs of the requesting Member Statesthe financial allocation for the Programme should be increased by using the Flexibility Instrument under Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013 of 2 December 2013 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-20201a to a sufficient level that allows the Union to provide support that meets the needs of the requesting Member States. It is important that resources allocated to the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) should not be redeployed and that Member States should not be obliged to transfer their national and regional ESIF allocations with a view to filling the financing gap of the Programme. _________________ 1a OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 884.
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 2017/825
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
The general objective of the Programme shall be to contribute to institutional, administrative and growth-sustaining structural reforms in the Member States by providing support to national authorities for measures aimed at reforming and strengthening institutions, governance, public administration, and economic and social sectors in response to economic and social challenges, with a view to enhancing cohesion, competitiveness, productivity, sustainable growth, job creation, and investment, which will also prepare for participation inand convergence in and outside the euro area, in particular in the context of economic governance processes, including through assistance for the efficient, effective and transparent use of the Union funds.;
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Regulation (EU) 2017/825
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
(2 a) In Article 7(2), the following subparagraph is inserted after the first subparagraph: "Priority shall be given to requests for support that demonstrate the involvement of partners from local and regional authorities, economic and social partners and representatives from civil society in the preparation and implementation of the relevant structural reform. No priority shall be established on the basis of supplementing the financial envelope for the implementation of the Programme by transferring resources from ESIF as set out in Article 11."
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Regulation (EU) 2017/825
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – second subparagraph
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – second subparagraph
(2 a) In Article 7(2), the second subparagraph is amended as follows: "Based on thate analysis and priority referred to above and taking into account the existing actions and measures financed by Union funds or other Union programmes, the Commission shall come to an agreement with the Member State concerned on the priority areas for support, the objectives, an indicative timeline, the scope of the support measures to be provided and the estimated global financial contribution for such support, to be set out in a cooperation and support plan. " Or. en (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv%3AOJ.L_.2017.129.01.0001.01.ENG)