9 Amendments of Igor ŠOLTES related to 2016/0182(COD)
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Both organisations provided added value both to the sum of activities of their national members and to Union consumers in a way that national consumer advocacy groups were unable to deliver. National organisations dealing with all kinds of consumers' issues lack technical expertise in policy areas related to financial services. In addition, no other similar organisations have been identified at Union level so far. The evaluation also showed that no other applicant responded to the successive yearly calls for proposal since 2012, which tends to show that no other organisation is currently able to carry out similar Union- wide activities. Hence the need to support both organisations on a more sustainable mid-term basis.
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) awareness and dissemination activities, including to a wide audience of financial services end-users and non- experts;
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) activities reinforcing the interactions between the members of the organisations referred to in Article 3 and advocacys well as advocacy and policy advice activities fostering the positions of those members at Union level and promoting the public interest in financial regulation.
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to further enhance the participation of consumers and other financial services end-users, as well as stakeholders representing their interests, in Union and multilateral policy-making in the area of financial services;
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. Finance Watch and Better Finance shall be the sole beneficiaries of the Programme (‘beneficiaries’).
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. In order to benefit from the Programme, these beneficiaries shall remain non-governmental, non-profit- making legal entities, independent of industry, commerce or business. They shall have no other conflicting interests and. They shall represent through their members the interests of Union consumers and other end-users in the field of financial services and seek to expand their network of active members within the Member States. The Commission shall ensure continued compliance with these criteria for the duration of the Programme by including them in the annual work programmes referred to in Article 7 and by assessing annually whether the beneficiaries meet these criteria before awarding the action grants referred to in Article 4.
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Financing under the Programme shall be provided in the form of actionoperating grants awarded on an annual basis and shall be based on the proposals submitted by the beneficiaries in accordance with Article 7.
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. In order to implement the Programme, the Commission shall adoptconfirm the beneficiaries' annual work programmes. Those annual work programmes shall set out the objectives to be pursued, the expected results of the actions performed by the beneficiaries, the method of implementation of those actions and the total amount required to perform those actions. They shall also contain a description of the actions to be financed, an indication of the amount allocated to each action and an indicative implementation timetable. For the actionoperating grants, the annual work programmes shall set out priorities and essential award criteria. The maximum rate of co-financing shall be 60% of eligible costs.
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4
Article 7 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall adopt theconfirm the beneficiaries' annual work programmes by means of implementing acts.