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7 Amendments of Jacques COLOMBIER related to 2018/0197(COD)

Amendment 14 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
(1) Article 176 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ('TFEU') provides that the European Regional Development Fund ('ERDF') is intended to help to redress the main regional imbalances in the Union. Under that Article and the second and third paragraphs of Article 174 of the TFEU, the ERDF is to contribute to reducing disparities between the levels of development of the various regions and to reducing the backwardness of the least favoured regions, among which particular attention is to be paid to regions which suffer from severe and permanent natural or demographic handicaps such as the northernmost regions with very low population density and island, cross-border and mountain regions.
2018/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 17 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) Regulation (EU) 2018/XXX of the European Parliament and of the Council [new CPR]16 sets out common rules applicable to various funds including the European Regional Development Fund ('ERDF'), the European Social Fund Plus ('ESF+'), the Cohesion Fund, 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') which operate under a common framework ('the Funds'). _________________ 16 [Full reference - new CPR].
2018/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 18 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) Horizontal principles as set out in Article 3 of the Treaty on European Union ('TEU') and in Article 10 of the TFEU, including principles of subsidiarity and proportionality as set out in Article 5 of the TEU, should be respected in the implementation of the ERDF and the Cohesion Fund, taking into account the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. Member States should also respect the obligations of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and ensure accessibility in line with its article 9 and in accordance with the Union law harmonising accessibility requirements for products and services. Member States and the Commission should aim at elimincompensating for inequalities and at promoting equality between men and women and integrapromoting the gender perspective, as well as at combating discrimination baseintegration of people with disabilities and oin sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientationall age categories into the economy. The Funds should not support actions that contribute to any form of segregation. The objectives of the ERDF and the Cohesion Fund should be pursued in the framework of sustainable development and the Union's promotion of the aim of preserving, protecting and improving the quality of the environment as set out in Articles 11 and 191(1) of the TFEU, taking into account the polluter pays principle. In order to protect the integrity of the internal market, operations benefitting undertakings shall comply with State aid rules as set out in Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU.
2018/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) In an increasingly interconnected world, and in view of the demographic and migration dynamics, it is clear that Union migration policy requiresproblems, it would make sense for a common approach, that relies on the synergies and complementarities of the different funding instruments. In order to ensure coherent, strong and consistent support for solidarity and responsibility-sharing efforts between Member States in managing migration, the ERDF should provide support to facilitate the long-term integration of migrants.aking into account the political choices of each Member State in this regard, to serve to reduce the pressure on migration, the cost of which is currently borne mainly by particular Member States, such as the EU’s border and coastal countries;
2018/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 43 #
(26) In order to identify or provide solutions which address issues relating to sustainable urban development at Union level, the Urban Innovative Actions in the area of sustainable urban development should be replaced by a European Urban Initiative, to be implemented under direct or indirect managementsupported. That initiative should cover all urban areas and support the Urban Agenda for the European Union21 . _________________ 21 Council Conclusions on an Urban Agenda for the EU of 24 June 2016.
2018/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d – point ii
(ii) improving access to inclusive and quality services in education, training and life long learning through developing infrastructure;
2018/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d – point iii
(iii) increasing the socioeconomic integration of marginalised communities, migrants and disadvantaged groups, through integrated measures including housing and social services;deleted
2018/10/02
Committee: AGRI