59 Amendments of Iskra MIHAYLOVA related to 2018/0196(COD)
Amendment 139 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) In order to further develop a coordinated and harmonised implementation of Union Funds implemented under shared management namely the European Regional Development Fund ('ERDF'), the European Social Fund Plus ('ESF+'), the Cohesion Fund, measures financed under shared management in the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund ('EMFF'), the Asylum and Migration Fund ('AMIF'), Internal Security Fund ('ISF') and Integrated Border Management Fund ('BMVI'), financial rules based on Article 322 of the TFEU should be established for all these Funds ('the Funds'), clearly specifying the scope of application of the relevant provisions. In addition, common provisions based on Article 177 of the TFEU should be established to cover policy specific rules for the ERDF, the ESF+, the Cohesion Fund and the EMFF. As regards the EAFRD, though no longer in the scope of this Regulation, it is necessary to carry out integrated territorial development using the multi-fund approach including CLLD and ITI. The Partnership Agreement, as well as the CAP Plans, will be required to outline the respective priorities under each fund, the use of lead fund, and the demarcation between the respective interventions and delivery instruments.
Amendment 174 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Reflecting the importance of tackling climate change in line with the Union's commitments to implement the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the Funds will contribute to mainstream climate actions and to the achievement of an overall target of 2530 % of the EU budget expenditure supporting climate objectives.
Amendment 196 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) The principle of partnership is a key feature in the implementation of the Funds, building on the multi-level governance approach and ensuring the involvement of civil society and, social partners, regional and local authorities. In order to provide continuity in the organisation of partnership, Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 240/201413 should continue to apply. _________________ 13 Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 240/2014 of 7 January 2014 on the European code of conduct on partnership in the framework of the European Structural and Investment Funds (OJ L 74, 14.3.2014, p. 1).
Amendment 205 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) At Union level, the European Semester of economic policy coordination is the framework to identify national reform priorities and monitor their implementation. Reforms can help Member States to remove investment bottlenecks and create a favourable environment for investments from Union Funds with view to boost economic activity and set the conditions for long- term growth. Member States develop their own national multiannual investment strategies in support of these reform priorities. These strategies should be presented alongside the yearly National Reform Programmes as a way to outline and coordinate priority investment projects to be supported by national and Union funding. They should also serve to use Union funding in a coherent manner and to maximise the added value of the financial support to be received notably from the Funds, the European Investment Stabilisation Function and InvestEU.
Amendment 231 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Each Member State should have the flexibility to contribute to InvestEU for the provision of budgetary guarantees for investments in that Member State. Member States may allocate an amount of the ERDF, the ESF+, the Cohesion Fund, the EAFRD and the EMFF to contribute to InvestEU and be delivered through budgetary guarantees. The amount to be contributed to InvestEU shall not exceed 6 % of the total allocation of each Fund, except in duly justified cases.
Amendment 265 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) Mechanisms to ensure a link between Union funding policies and the economic governance of the Union should be further refined and strengthened, allowing the Commission to make a proposal to the Council to suspend all or part of the commitments for one or more of the programmes of the Member State concerned where that Member State fails to take effective action in the context of the economic governance process. In order to ensure uniform implementation and in view of the importance of the financial effects of measures being imposed, implementing powers should be conferred on the Council which should act on the basis of a Commission proposal. To facilitate the adoption of decisions which are required to ensure effective action in the context of the economic governance process, reversed qualified majority voting should be used.
Amendment 291 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39
Recital 39
(39) With a view to improving complementarities, flexibility and simplifying implementation, it should be possible to combine support from the Cohesion Fund and the ERDF with support from the ESF+, the EMFF and the EAFRD in joint programmes under the Investment for jobs and growth goal.
Amendment 308 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 48 a (new)
Recital 48 a (new)
(48a) To support the effective use of the Funds, the EIB Group's expertise in implementing and advising on project preparation and implementation, as well as on financial instruments and investment platforms can be utilized, for the benefit of all Managing Authorities wishing to implement such instruments. This would include awareness raising and capacity building actions, as well as project identification and implementation support, funded either at Union level or by Member States as appropriate.
Amendment 312 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 50
Recital 50
(50) To ensure an appropriate balance between the effective and efficient implementation of the Funds and the related administrative costs and burdens, the frequency, scope and coverage of management verifications should be based on a risk assessment that takes account of factors such as the type of operations implemented, the complexity and amount of operations, the beneficiaries, as well as the level of risk identified by previous management verifications and audits.
Amendment 317 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 61
Recital 61
(61) Objective criteria should be established for designating eligible regions and areas for support from the Funds. To this end, the identification of the regions and areas at Union level should be based on the common system of classification of the regions established by Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and the Council23 , as amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No 868/201424 and the latest available list of NUTS II level regions for which the necessary data can be provided by EUROSTAT. _________________ 23 Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) (OJ L 154, 21.6.2003, p. 1). 24 Commission Regulation (EU) No 868/2014 of 8 August 2014 amending the annexes to Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) (OJ L 241, 13.8.2014, p. 1).
Amendment 322 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 62
Recital 62
(62) In order to set out an appropriate financial framework for the ERDF, the ESF+, the EAFRD, the EMFF and the Cohesion Fund, the Commission should set out the annual breakdown of available allocations per Member State under the Investment for jobs and growth goal together with the list of eligible regions, as well as the allocations for the European territorial cooperation goal (Interreg). Taking into account that the national allocations of Member States should be established on the basis of the statistical data and forecasts available in 2018 and given the forecasting uncertainties, the Commission should review the total allocations of all Member States in 2024 on the basis of the most recent statistics available at the time and, where there is a cumulative divergence of more than +/- 5 %, it should adjust those allocations for the years 2025 to 2027 in order for the outcomes of the mid-term review and the technical adjustment exercise to be reflected in programme amendments at the same time.
Amendment 384 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
‘EIB’ means the European Investment Bank, the European Investment Fund or any subsidiary of the European Investment Bank
Amendment 492 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) urban and other public authorities and associations of local and regional authorities;
Amendment 558 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. The Partnership Agreement may be submitted together with the relevant annual National Reform Programme and the National Energy and Climate Plans.
Amendment 593 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
(ii) coordination, demarcation and complementarities between the Funds and, where appropriate, coordination between national and regional programmes, in particular with the CAP Plans as regards to European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development as laid down in Regulation (EU) 2018/xxx [CAP Strategic Plan Regulation] and specifically as regards to integrated territorial development linkages between LEADER and Integrated Territorial Development tools laid downin Article 22 and 65 of this Regulation [CPR];
Amendment 676 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may allocate, in the Partnership Agreement or in the request for an amendment of a programme, the amount of ERDF, the ESF+, the Cohesion Fund and the EMFF to be contributed to InvestEU and delivered through budgetary guarantees. The amount to be contributed to InvestEU shall not exceed 56 % of the total allocation of each Fund, except in duly justified cases. Such contributions shall not constitute transfers of resources under Article 21 and shall be governed by the rules of InvestEU.
Amendment 687 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Where a contribution agreement, as set out in Article [9] of the [InvestEU Regulation], has not been concluded by 31 December 2021 for an amount referred to in paragraph 1 allocated in the Partnership Agreement, the Member State shall submit a request for amendment of a programme or programmes to use the corresponding amount, including as set out in paragraph 1.
Amendment 690 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
The contribution agreement for an amount referred to in paragraph 1 allocated in the request of the amendment of a programme shall be concluded, or amended as the case may be, simultaneously with the adoption of the decision amending the programme.
Amendment 766 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the socio-economic situation, as well as the territorial specificities and needs of the Member State or region concerned;
Amendment 873 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Each programme shall include arrangements to ensure effective, efficient and coordinated implementation of the Funds and actions to achieve a reduction of the administrative burden on beneficiaries.
Amendment 899 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a – point iv
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a – point iv
(iv) challenges in administrative capacity and governance and simplification measures;
Amendment 903 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a – point v
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a – point v
(v) lessons learnt from past experience; in terms of simplification of procedures for beneficiaries;
Amendment 908 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a – point vii a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a – point vii a (new)
(vii a) challenges and related objectives identified within National Energy and Climate Plans;
Amendment 1017 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2
Article 19 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall assess the amendment and its compliance with this Regulation and with the Fund-specific Regulations, including requirements at national level, and may make observations within threone months of the submission of the amended programme.
Amendment 1029 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 4
Article 19 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall approve the amendment of a programme no later than sixthree months after its submission by the Member State.
Amendment 1047 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
The Member State may transfer during the programming period an amount of up to 510 % of the initial allocation of a priority and no more than 35 % of the programme budget to another priority of the same Fund of the same programme. For the programmes supported by the ERDF and ESF+, the transfer shall only concern allocations for the same category of region.
Amendment 1061 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 6
Article 19 – paragraph 6
6. The approval of the Commission shall not be required for corrections of a purely clerical, technical or editorial nature that do not affect the implementation of the programme. Member States shall inform the Commission of such corrections.
Amendment 1063 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 1
1. The ERDF, the ESF+ and, the Cohesion Fund and, for CLLD and ITI, EAFRD may jointly provide support for programmes under the Investment for jobs and growth goal.
Amendment 1066 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2
Article 20 – paragraph 2
2. The ERDF and, the ESF+ and, for CLLD and ITI, the ESF+AFRD may finance, in a complementary manner and subject to a limit of 10 % of support from those Funds for each priority of a programme, all or part of an operation for which the costs are eligible for support from the other Fund on the basis of eligibility rules applied to that Fund, provided that such costs are necessary for the implementation.
Amendment 1076 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1
Article 21 – paragraph 1
1. For the purpose of ensuring flexibility and greater impact of Union Fund investments, Member States may request the transfer of up to 56 % of programme financial allocations from any of the Funds to any other Fund under shared management or to any instrument under direct or indirect management.
Amendment 1084 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1
Article 21 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may request the transfer of up to 56 % of programme financial allocations from any of the Funds to any other Fund under shared management or to any instrument under direct or indirect management.
Amendment 1091 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 3
Article 21 – paragraph 3
3. Requests under paragraph 1 shall set out the total amount transferred for each year by Fund and by category of region, where relevant, shall be duly justified with a view to the complementarities and impact to be achieved, and shall be accompanied by the revised programme or programmes, from which the resources are to be transferred in accordance with Article 19 indicating to which other Fund or instrument the amounts are transferred.
Amendment 1110 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(c a) LEADER Local Development Strategies provided for in Article XX of Regulation(EU) 2018/XXX [CAP EAFRD Regulation].
Amendment 1143 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 a (new)
Article 23 a (new)
Article 23a Both the territorial strategies funded by ERDF, ESF and EMFF shall explicitly refer to and demarcate with the Local Development Strategies developed following Article XX of Regulation (EU) 2018/XXX [CAP EAFRD Regulation].
Amendment 1151 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1
Article 25 – paragraph 1
1. The ERDF, the ESF+ and the EMFF, the EMFF, and under certain conditions the EAFRD, for the purpose of synergies and complementarities, may support community-led local development.
Amendment 1194 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 a (new)
Article 27 a (new)
Article 27a The Local Action Group for the funds covered under this regulation may also act as a Local Action Group for LEADER EAFRD operations.
Amendment 1195 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. TWith a view to ensuring complementarities and synergies, the Member State shall ensure that support from the Funds for, including the EAFRD, for the purpose of community-led local development covers:
Amendment 1396 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 2
Article 52 – paragraph 2
2. Financial instruments shall provide support to final recipients only for newand their investments expected to be financially viable, such as generating revenues or savings, and which do not find sufficient funding from market sources. Such support may target investments in both tangible and intangible assets as well as working capital, in compliance with applicable Union state aid rules. Investments to be supported through financial instruments are those not physically completed or fully implemented at the date of the investment decision.
Amendment 1402 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 5
Article 52 – paragraph 5
5. Financial instruments may be combined with ancillary programme support in the form of grants as a single financial instrument operation, within a single funding agreement, where both distinct forms of support shall be provided by the body implementing the financial instrument. In such case the rules applicable to financial instruments shall apply to that singleWhere the amount of the programme support in the form of grant is less than the amount of programme support in the form of a financial instrument, the rules applicable to financial instrument operations shall apply.
Amendment 1419 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 55 – paragraph 1
Article 55 – paragraph 1
1. Support from the Funds to financial instruments invested in final recipients as well as any type of income generated by those investments, which are attributable to the support from the Funds, may be used for differentiated treatment of investors operating under the market economy principle or of other forms of Union support, through an appropriate sharing of risks and profits.
Amendment 1456 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 62 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 62 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) resources set aside as agreed in guarantee contracts, whether outstanding or having already come to maturity, in order to honour possible guarantee calls for losses, calculated based on a multiplier ratio covering a multiple amount of underlying disbursed new loans, equity or quasi- equity investments inor other risk-sharing instruments in final recipients , as well as financial leases to final recipients;
Amendment 1514 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 66 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 66 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Ensure simplified procedures for beneficiaries in applying, contracting, and accessing financing, and managing the projects.
Amendment 1591 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 – paragraph 1
Article 72 – paragraph 1
1. The audit authority shall prepare an audit strategy based on a risk assessment, taking account of the management and control system description provided for in Article 63(9), covering system audits and audits of operation, financial and performance audits of operations as well as audits to identify simplification measures to be implemented for beneficiaries. The audit strategy shall include system audits of newly identified managing authorities and authorities in charge of the accounting function within nine months following their first year of functioning. The audit strategy shall be prepared in accordance with the template set out in Annex XVIII and shall be updated annually following the first annual control report and audit opinion provided to the Commission. It may cover one or more programmes.
Amendment 1622 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) 2021: 0.51 %;
Amendment 1641 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) 2022: 0.51 %;
Amendment 1661 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) 2023: 0.51 %;
Amendment 1680 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) 2024: 0.51 %;
Amendment 1700 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e
(e) 2025: 0.51 %;
Amendment 1719 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point f
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point f
(f) 2026: 0.51 %
Amendment 1828 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 104 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 104 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Resources for the Investment for jobs and growth goal shall amount to 97.50 % of the global resources (i.e., a total of EUR 322 194 388 6300 705 656 971) and shall be allocated as follows:
Amendment 1884 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 104 – paragraph 7
Article 104 – paragraph 7
7. Resources for the European territorial cooperation goal (Interreg) shall amount to 2.53.0 % of the global resources available for budgetary commitment from the Funds for the period 2021-2027 (i.e. a total of EUR 8 430 000 0009 918 731 659).
Amendment 2029 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex XXIV – point 8 – introductory part
Annex XXIV – point 8 – introductory part
8. The allocation of resources by Member State, covering cross-border, transnational and outermost regions’ cooperation is determined as the weighted sum of the shares determine of the population of border regions (NUTS III level) and onf the basisshare of the following criteria, weighted as indicated:total population of each Member State. The weight is determined by the respective shares of the cross- border and transnational strands.
Amendment 2033 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex XXIV – point 8 – point a
Annex XXIV – point 8 – point a
Amendment 2039 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex XXIV – point 8 – point b
Annex XXIV – point 8 – point b
Amendment 2046 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex XXIV – point 8 – point c
Annex XXIV – point 8 – point c
Amendment 2052 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex XXIV – point 8 – point d
Annex XXIV – point 8 – point d
d) total population of all NUTS level 3 regions along border coastlines and of other NUTS level 3 regions of which at least half of the regional population lives within 25 kilometres of the border coastlines. (weighting 9.8%);eleted
Amendment 2061 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex XXIV – point 8 – point e
Annex XXIV – point 8 – point e
Amendment 2066 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex XXIV – point 8 – point f
Annex XXIV – point 8 – point f
Amendment 2070 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex XXIV – point 8 – paragraph 1
Annex XXIV – point 8 – paragraph 1