Activities of Matthijs van MILTENBURG related to 2017/0336(COD)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 as regards support to structural reforms in Member States PDF (728 KB) DOC (78 KB)
Amendments (4)
Amendment 1 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1 a) Whereas structural reforms are recognised to accelerate the process of upward social and economic convergence among the Member States; the effects of such convergence and strengthening of resilience are expected to lead to greater prosperity.
Amendment 2 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 b (new)
Recital 1 b (new)
(1 b) Whereas the new Reform Support Programme, which is proposed to have an overall budget of EUR 25 billion, is projected to start not before January 2021; whereas, in the meantime, it is important to lead the way with a similar tool to support structural reforms.
Amendment 3 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
Article 23a – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 23a – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
This amount will be determined taking into account whether the reform commitments: (i) are expected to effectively address challenges identified in the context of the European Semester, namely: in the country-specific recommendations and in other relevant European Semester documents officially adopted by the Commission; or where applicable, in the Macroeconomic Imbalance Procedure laid down by Regulation (EU) 1176/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 November 2011 on the prevention and correction of macroeconomic imbalances (OJ L 306, 23.11.2011, p.25); (ii) are expected to strengthen the performance and resilience of the economy of the Member State concerned; (iii) are expected, through their implementation, to have a lasting impact, where relevant by strengthening the institutional and administrative capacity of the Member State concerned.
Amendment 4 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
Article 91 – paragraph 4
Article 91 – paragraph 4
4. All or part of the performance reserve consisting of no more than 50% of the total amount, which is included in the amounts set out in Articles 91 and 92 may be allocated to support for structural reforms as referred to in Article 23a on request of a Member State under Article 22(8)." (This amendment, giving a maximum of 50% of the performance reserve to be used for structural reforms, should be applied throughout the text where there is a mention of "parts of or the full performance reserve". This should be, throughout the text, changed into "parts of the performance reserve" for consistency.)