36 Amendments of Bronis ROPĖ related to 2018/0196(COD)
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a regulation
Title 0
Title 0
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund Plus, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development, and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and financial rules for those and for the Asylum and Migration Fund, the Internal Security Fund and the Border Management and Visa Instrument
Amendment 35 #
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, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development ('EAFRD'), 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.
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) To better mobilise potential at the local level, it is necessary to strengthen and facilitate CLLD (referred to as 'LEADER' under the EAFRD). It should take into account local needs and potential, as well as relevant socio-cultural characteristics, and should provide for structural changes, build community capacity and stimulate innovation. The close cooperation and integrated use of the Funds to deliver local development strategies should be strengthened. Local action groups, representing the interests of the community, should be, as an essential principle responsible for the design and implementation of CLLD strategies. In order to facilitate coordinated support from different Funds to CLLD strategies and to facilitate their implementation, the use of a 'Lead Fund' approach should be facilitated.
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 62
Recital 62
(62) In order to set out an appropriate financial framework for the ERDF, the ESF+ 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 uncertaintiess well as the NUTS level 2 regional division which entered into force on 1 January 2018, 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 70 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) financial rules for the European Regional Development Fund ('ERDF'), the European Social Fund Plus ('ESF+'), the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development ('EAFRD'), the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund ('EMFF'), the Asylum and Migration Fund ('AMIF'), the Internal Security Fund ('ISF') and the Border Management and Visa Instrument ('BMVI') ('the Funds');
Amendment 73 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) common provisions applicable to the ERDF, the ESF+, the Cohesion Fund, the EAFRD, and the EMFF.
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Amendment 76 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 6 – point c a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 6 – point c a (new)
(ca) Regulation (EU) […] (the 'CAP Strategic Plans Regulation') and Regulation (EU) […] (the 'CAP Horizontal Regulation');
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
(4a) 'programme' in the context of the EAFRD, shall be understood to refer to the CAP Strategic Plans referred to in the Regulation (EU) [...] (the ‘CAP Strategic Plans Regulation’);
Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The ERDF, the ESF+, the Cohesion Fund, the EAFRD, and the EMFF shall support the following policy objectives:
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) the NUTS 2 regions, newly created between 2016 and 2018;
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Each Member State shall organise a partnership with the competent regional and local authorities in operation at that time. That partnership shall include at least the following partners:
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) regional and local authorities or associations thereof;
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Expenditure related to operations linked to the specific objective or, for the EAFRD, linked to the intervention concerned, cannot be included in payment applications until the Commission has informed the Member State of the fulfilment of the enabling condition pursuant to paragraph 4.
Amendment 92 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
Where the Commission considers that an enabling condition is no longer fulfilled, it shall inform the Member State and give it the opportunity to present its observations within one month. Where the Commission concludes that the non-fulfilment of the enabling condition persists, expenditure related to the specific objective concerned or, for the EAFRD, linked to the intervention concerned, cannot be included in payment applications as from the date the Commission informs the Member State accordingly.
Amendment 93 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
For programmes supported by the EAFRD, milestones shall be established and achieved annually.
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the socio-economic situation of the Member State orand region concerned;
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) the NUTS 2 regions, established between 2016 and 2018;
Amendment 98 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15
Article 15
Amendment 124 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph –1 (new)
Article 25 – paragraph –1 (new)
-1. The EAFRD shall support community-led local development. In that context, such development shall be referred to as LEADER.
Amendment 126 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1
Article 25 – paragraph 1
1. The ERDF, the ESF+ and the EMFF mayshould support community-led local development and allocate at least 15 % of their funds to it.
Amendment 128 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 25 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) led by local action groups composed of representatives of public and private local socio-economic interests, in which no single interest group, nor the public authorities as defined in accordance with national rules, controls the decision-making;
Amendment 129 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 25 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) carried out through integrated and multi-sectoral area-based local development strategies in accordance with Article 26;
Amendment 130 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) animation of the community-led local development strategy in order to facilitate exchange between stakeholders, to provide them with information and to support potential beneficiaries in their preparation of applications;
Amendment 131 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 29 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. In order to avoid situations where payments are suspended, the Commission shall ensure that Member States and regions which face compliance concerns owing to a lack of administrative capacity receive adequate technical assistance to improve their administrative capacity.
Amendment 139 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 35 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The monitoring committee shall approve or, for programmes supported by the EAFRD, give its opinion on:
Amendment 140 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 35 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the annual performance reports for programmes supported by the EAFRD, the EMFF, the AMF, the ISF and the BMVI, and the final performance report for programmes supported by the ERDF, the ESF+ and the Cohesion Fund;
Amendment 147 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 6
Article 36 – paragraph 6
6. For programmes supported by the EAFRD, the EMFF, the AMF, the ISF and the BMVI, the Member State shall submit an annual performance report in accordance with the Fund-specific Regulations.
Amendment 158 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point h
Article 44 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point h
(h) total cost of the operation, or for the EAFRD, the amounts of payments corresponding to each type of intervention received by each beneficiary in the financial year concerned, including both the Union and the national contribution;
Amendment 159 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 44 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
For the EAFRD, the data referred to in point (b) of the first subparagraph shall not be published where the amounts of payments received by the beneficiary in the financial year concerned is equal to or less than EUR 1 250. The beneficiary shall be identified by a code, in a form to be decided by the Member State.
Amendment 160 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 1 – point c – point i
Article 45 – paragraph 1 – point c – point i
(i) operations supported by the ERDF and, the Cohesion Fund and the EAFRD the total cost of which exceeds EUR 500 000;
Amendment 162 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 7
Article 53 – paragraph 7
7. The managing authority, in managing the financial instrument pursuant to paragraph 2, or the body implementing the financial instrument, in managing the financial instrument pursuant to paragraph 3, shall keep separate accounts or maintain an accounting code per priority and per each category of region, or by type of intervention for the EAFRD, for each programme contribution and separately for resources referred to in Articles 54 and 56 respectively.
Amendment 184 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 102 – paragraph 1
Article 102 – paragraph 1
1. The ERDF, the ESF+ and the Cohesion Fund shall support the Investment for jobs and growth goal in all regions corresponding to level 2 of the common classification of territorial units for statistics ('NUTS level 2 regions', including those newly created between 2016 and 2018) established by Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 868/2014.
Amendment 185 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 102 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 102 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The classification of regions under one of the three categories of regions shall be determined on the basis of how the GDP per capita of each region, measured in purchasing power standards ('PPS') and calculated on the basis of Union figures for the perio2014-2016 and 20146-20168, relates toas well as the average GDP of the EU-27 for the same reference period.
Amendment 187 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 106 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) 565 % for the transition regions; which have exceeded 75 %, but not more than 80 % of GDP per capita on the basis of average purchasing power; 55 % for the transition regions which have exceeded 80 %, but not more than 90 % of GDP per capita on the basis of average purchasing power;