Activities of Hugues BAYET related to 2014/2156(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
European Investment Bank annual report 2013 (debate) FR
European Investment Bank annual report 2013 (A8-0057/2015 - Ernest Urtasun) FR
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the European Investment Bank - Annual Report 2013 PDF (193 KB) DOC (143 KB)
Amendments (13)
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out, in that perspective, that national projections demonstrate that nearly half of all Member States will not achieve their national targets on education schemes and greenhouse gas reductions by 2020 and that trends regarding employment and poverty reduction are even worse, moving away rather than towards the national EU 2020 targets; and the 2030 climate and energy package;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the EIB to consider a change in character from a purely commercial banking and AAA-rating methodology towards that of a project risk assessment model based on defined criteria and transparency;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Insists that the evaluation to be carried out by the Commission in December 2014 take into account the negative impact of some projects in the PBI Pilot Phase; considers it regrettable that the EIB is supporting some unviable and unsustainable infrastructure projects which are neither climate-friendly nor address the needs and interests of the population they are intended to serve;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Asks the EIB to evaluate and report in detail on the impacts on the real economy and results of its support to SMEs in Europe for the years 2010 - 2014;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Notes the launching of the "Skills and jobs - Investing for Youth" initiative and asks the EIB to report on the implementation of this initiative;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the EIB to step up its investment efforts with view to reducing significantly its carbon footprint, and to work on policies leading to more ambitious climate targets; requests that the EIB perform a climate assessment and review of all its activities in 2015, with a view to a renewed climate protection policy; calls on the EIB to make publicly available the results of the evaluation;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the EIB to significantly increase its lending volume to energy efficiency projects in all sectors, notably where relating to process optimisation, SMEs, buildings and the urban environment; calls the EIB to support more projects especially in countries in economic difficulty in Europe;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Draws attention to the fact that the EIB is required to make sure that its transparency policy is consistent with the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 on public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Encourages the EIB to make both direct funding and funding via intermediaries contingent upon the disclosure of both country-by-country tax relevant data along the lines of the CRD IV provision for credit institutions, as well as disclosure of beneficial ownership information. To this end, calls on the EIB to establish a new Responsible Taxation policy, starting from the review of its policy on Non-cooperative jurisdictions (NCJ policy) in 2015;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
Paragraph 25 b (new)
25b. Urges the EIB to take a leading and exemplary role on issues of tax transparency and responsibility; calls in particular the EIB to collect precise data on the tax payments resulting from its investment and lending operations, especially on taxation of corporate profits and particularly in developing countries, and to analyse and publish this data annually;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Recalls previous demands from the European Parliament requesting that the European Court of Auditors produce a special report on the performance and alignment of EIB external lending activities with EU policies before the mid- term review of the EIB's external mandate in 2016, asks to be included in this report the added value in relation to the use EIB own resources;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 b (new)
Paragraph 30 b (new)
30b. Asks also the European Court of Auditors to include in its analysis the management by the EIB of EU-budget derived funds in the context of the investment facility via the European Development Fund and through the various forms of blending via EU blending facilities, and the usage of reflows for these investments;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Urges the Conference of Presidents to make a proposal for a single committee approach, with view to ensuring a permanently high level of accountability of the EIB towards the EP and civil society. Calls for the EIB and the EP to set up a platform for dialogue between the EIB and the relevant EP Committees; asks on this basis for the EIB to come to the European Parliament to report and discuss on EIB progress and activities on a quarterly basis;