Activities of Jasenko SELIMOVIC related to 2017/0125(COD)
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OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Defence Industrial Development Programme aiming at supporting the competitiveness and innovative capacity of the EU defence industry
Amendments (23)
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) In the European Defence Action Plan, adopted on 30 November 2016, the Commission committed to complement, leverage and consolidate collaborative efforts by Member States in developing defence capabilities to respond to security challenges, as well as to foster a competitive and innovative European defence industry and to encourage the creation of a genuine and integrated European defence market. It proposed in particular to launch a European Defence Fund to support investment in joint research and the joint development of defence equipment and technologies. The Fund would support cooperation during the whole cycle of defence product and technology development.
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The lack of cooperation between Member States in the field of defence and security and the fragmentation of the European defence industry have led to inefficient spending due to duplications, to a lack of interoperability and to technological gaps. Therefore, in order to better exploit economies of scale in the defence industry, the Programme should support the cooperation between undertakings in the development of defence products and technologies, resulting in the strengthening of the single market for defence and the promotion of a more competitive defence industry.
Amendment 87 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) As the objective of the Programme is to support the competitiveness of the Union defence industry by de-risking the development phase of cooperative projects, actions related to the development of a new defence product or technology, namely definition of common technical specifications, design, prototyping, testing, qualification, certification as well feasibility studies and other supporting measures, should be eligible to benefit from it. This will also apply to the upgrade of existing defence products and technologies.
Amendment 89 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Given that the Programme aims particularly at enhancing cooperation between public or private undertakings across Member States, an action should be eligible for funding under the Programme only if it is undertaken by a cooperation of at least three undertakings based in at least twohree different Member States.
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Cross-border collaboration in the development of defence products and technologies has often been hampered by the difficulty to agree on common technical specifications. The absence or limited level of common technical specifications have led to increased complexity, delays and inflated costs in the development phase. The agreement on common technical specifications should be a primary condition in order to benefit from the Union's support under this Programme. Actions aiming at supporting the creation of a common definition of technical specifications should also be eligible for support under the Programme.
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) As the Programme aims at enhancing the competitiveness of the Union's defence industry, only entities which are established in the Union and effhave their executively controlled by Member States or their nationals management structures there should be eligible for support. Additionally, in order to ensure the protection of essential security interests of the Union and its Member States, the infrastructure, facilities, assets and resources used by the beneficiaries and subcontractors in actions funded under the Programme, shall not be located on the territory of non-Member States.
Amendment 105 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) In order to achieve the objectives of the Programme, beneficiary undertakings should be able to cooperate with undertakings established in third countries, especially if those have a relevant expertise for the project financed. However, those undertakings should not be located in third countries that are not identified in the work programme. Where appropriate, and in particular when the objectives of the Common Security and Defence policy of the Union, or the Union interest as regards intellectual property, are at stake, a more cautious approach should be followed.
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) The promotion of innovation and technological development in the Union defence industry should take place in a manner coherent with the security interests of the Union. Accordingly, the action's contribution to those interests and to the defence capability priorities commonly agreed by Member States should serve as an award criterion. Within the Union, common defence capability priorities are identified notably through the Capability Development Plan. Other Union processes such as the Coordinated Annual Review on Defence (CARD) and the Permanent Structured Cooperation will support the implementation of relevant priorities through enhanced cooperation. Where appropriate, regional or international cooperative initiatives, such as those undertaken in the NATO context of NATO, and serving the Union security and defence interests, mayshould also be taken into account.
Amendment 119 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) In order to ensure that the funded actions will contribute to the competitiveness of the European defence industry, they should be market-oriented and demand driven. Therefore, the fact that Member States have already committed to jointly develop, produce andor procure the final product or technology, possibly in a coordinated way, should be taken into account in the award criteria.
Amendment 122 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) The financial assistance of the Union under the Programme should not exceed 250% of the total eligible cost of the action when it relates to prototyping which is often the most costly action in the development phase. The totality of the eligible costs should however be covered for other actions in the development phase.
Amendment 129 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) The Commission should establish a multiannualtwo-year work programme in line with the objectives of the Programme. The Commission should be assisted in the establishment of the work programme by a committee of Member States (hereinafter referred to as' the Programme Committee'). In light of the Union policy on SMicro, small and Mmedium E-sized enterprises (MSMEs) as key to ensuring economic growth, innovation, job creation, and social integration in the Union and the fact that the supported actions will typically require trans- national collaboration, it is of importance that the work programme will reflect and enable such cross-bordernd intermediate companies are, in many Member States, the backbone of their defence sector and central to the European defence industrial base and the value chain. At the same time, they are the most vulnerable part of the defence supply chain to access fresh capital needed for new investments. Therefore, particular attention should be paid to ensuring the adequate participation of MSMEs and that therefore a proportion of the overall budget will benefit such actionin the work programme and throughout the implementation of the Programme.
Amendment 141 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) The Commission should draw up an implementation report at the end of the Programme, examining the financial activities in terms of financial implementation results and where possible, impact. This report should also analyse the cross -border participation of SMEs in projects under the Programme as well as the participation of SMEs to the global value chain. If the participation of SMEs is considered to be low, the Commission should examine the reasons for this situation and should propose, without delay, adequate new measures for allowing SMEs to increase their participation.
Amendment 153 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to foster the competitiveness and innovation capacity of the Union defence industry by supporting cross-border actions in their development phase;
Amendment 159 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to support and leverage the cooperation between undertakings, including small and medium-sized enterprises, in the development of technologies or products in line with defence capability priorities commonly agreed by Member States within the Union, with a view to strengthening the single market for defence;
Amendment 161 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to support and leverage the cross- border cooperation between undertakings, including small and medium-sized enterprises, in the development of technologies or products in line with defence capability priorities commonly agreed by Member States within the Union;
Amendment 168 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
The amount for the implementation of the Programme for the period 2019-2020 is set at EUR 500 million in current prices. The financing of each action under the Programme shall not exceed one tenth of the amount allocated to the implementation of the Programme for the period 2019-2020.
Amendment 179 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The Programme shall provide support for actions by beneficiaries in the development phase covering both new and the upgrade of existingnew products and technologies, in relation to:
Amendment 190 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. The action shall be undertaken in a cooperation of at least three undertakings which are established in at least twohree different Member States. The undertakings which are beneficiaries shall not effectively be controlled, directly or indirectly, by the same entity or shall not control each other.
Amendment 205 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. Beneficiaries shall be public or private undertakings established in the Union, in which Member States and/or nationals of Member St. The beneficiaries’ and their subcontractors’ infrastructure, facilities, assets and resources used for the purposes of the actions funded under the Programme shall be locatesd own more than 50% of the undertaking and effthe territory of the Union during the entire duration of the action, and their executively control it within the meaning of Article 6(3) management structures shall be established in the Union. For the purposes of the actions funded under the Programme, wthe beneficiaries and their directly or indirectly through one or more intermediate undertakings. In addition, all infrastructure, facilities, assets and resources used by the participants, including subcontractors and other third parties, in actions funded under the Programme shall not be located on the territory of non-Member States during the entire duration of the action. subcontractors shall not be subject exclusively controlled by third countries or by entities established in third countries. A beneficiary controlled by third countries or by entities established in third countries shall only be considered to be an eligible entity if the Member State in which it is located provides sufficient assurances that the control of the beneficiary by third countries or by entities established therein will not contravene the security and defence interests of the Union and of its Member States.
Amendment 213 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Where appropriate, and in order to achieve the objectives of the Programme, beneficiaries may cooperate with undertakings located in third countries, and especially if those have a relevant expertise for the action financed. However, the undertakings that cooperate with beneficiaries shall not be located in third countries that are not identified in the work programme.
Amendment 233 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) for actions described in points (b) to (e) of Article 6(1), the contribution to the competitiveness of the European defence industry through the demonstration by the beneficiaries that Member States have committed to jointly develop, produce andor procure the final product or technology in a coordinated way, including joint procurement where applicable.
Amendment 238 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. The financial assistance of the Union provided under the Programme may not exceed 250% of the total cost of the action where it relates to prototyping. In all the other cases, the assistance may cover up to the total cost of the action.
Amendment 264 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2
Article 17 – paragraph 2
2. To support greater efficiency and effectiveness of future Union policy actions, the Commission shall draw up a retrospective evaluation report and send it to the European Parliament and to the Council. The report - building on relevant consultations of Member States and key stakeholders - shall notably assess the progress made towards the achievement of objectives set out in Article 2. It shall also analyse cross -border participation of SMEs in projects implemented under the pProgramme as well as the participation of SMEs to the global value chain. If the participation of SMEs is considered to be low, the Commission shall examine the reasons for this situation and propose, without delay, adequate new measures for increasing their participation.