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34 Amendments of Markus FERBER related to 2010/0280(COD)

Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a regulation
Citation 2 a (new)
- having regard to the opinion of the European Central Bank,
2011/02/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 138 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) The obligation to achieve and maintain the medium-term budgetary objective needs to be put into operation, through the specification of principles of prudent fiscal policy-makingfor the adjustment path towards the medium-term objective.
2011/02/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 152 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) Prudent fiscal policy-making implies thatSufficient progress towards the MTO shall be evaluated on the basis of an overall assessment with the structural balance as a reference, including an analysis of expenditure net of discretionary revenue measures. In this regard, and as long as the MTO is not achieved, the growth rate of government expenditure doesshall normally not exceed a prudentreference medium-term growth rate of GDP,potential GDP growth, with increases in excess of that norm arebeing matched by discretionary increases in government revenues and discretionary revenue reductions arebeing compensated by reductions in expenditure. The reference medium-term rate of potential GDP growth shall be calculated according to a commonly agreed methodology validated by the Member States.
2011/02/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 159 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) A temporary departure from prudent fiscal policy-making should be allowed in case of severe economic downturn of a general naturethe adjustment path towards the medium-term objective may exceptionally be allowed in case of severe economic downturn for the euro-area or the EU as a whole, on condition that this does not endanger fiscal sustainability in the medium-term, in order to facilitate economic recovery.
2011/02/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 172 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) In the event of a significant deviation from prudent fiscal-policythe adjustment path towards the medium-term objective a warning shouldall be addressed by the Commission to the Member State concerned and in case the significant deviation persists or is particularly serious, a recommendation should be addressed to the Member State concerned to take the necessary corrective measuresto be followed within one month by a Council recommendation, setting a deadline to take the necessary corrective measures. The Member State concerned should report to the Council on the action taken. If the Member State concerned fails to take appropriate action in the deadline set by the Council, the Council should adopt a recommendation stating so and report to the European Council. the Commission, in liaison with the ECB for euro area Member States and for ERM2 Member States, may carry out a monitoring mission. The Commission will report to the Council on the outcome of the mission and will make its findings public within one month.
2011/02/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 188 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) In order to ensure compliance with the fiscal surveillance framework of the Union for participating Member States, a specific enforcement mechanism should be established on the basis of Article 136 of the Treaty for cases where aof persistent and significant deviation from prudent fiscal policy making prevailsthe adjustment path towards the medium-term objective.
2011/02/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 239 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 2 – subpoint b – subpoint i
Regulation (EC) No 1466/97
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the medium-term budgetary objective and the adjustment path towards this objective for the general government balance as a percentage of GDP, the expected path of the general government debt ratio, the planned growth path of government expenditure, in particular bearing in mind the conditions and criteria to establish the expenditure growth under Article 5(1), the planned growth path of government revenue at unchanged policy and a quantification of the planned discretionary revenue measures;
2011/02/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 267 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 2 – subpoint c
Regulation (EC) No 1466/97
Article 3 – paragraph 3
3. The information about the paths for the general government balance and debt ratio, the growth of government expenditure, the planned growth path of government revenue at unchanged policy, the planned discretionary revenue measures, appropriately quantified, and the main economic assumptions referred to in paragraph 2(a) and (b) shall be on an annual basis and shall cover, the preceding year, the current year and at least the following three years.
2011/02/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 278 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) No 1466/97
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The Council and the Commission, when assessing the adjustment path toward the medium-term budgetary objective, shall examine if the Member State concerned pursues an appropriate annual improvement of its cyclically-adjusted budget balance, net of one-off and other temporary measures, required to meet its medium-term budgetary objective, with 0.5% of GDP as a benchmark. For Member States faced with a highdebt level of debt or excessive macroeconomic imbalances or both, the Councilexceeding 60% of GDP or with pronounced risks of overall debt sustainability, the Council and the Commission shall examine whether the annual improvement of the cyclically-adjusted budget balance, net of one-off and other temporary measures is significantly higher than 0.5% of GDP. The Council and the Commission shall take into account whether a higher adjustment effort is made in economic good times, whereas the effort may be more limited in economic bad times.
2011/02/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 290 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) No 1466/97
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
With a view to ensuring that the medium- term budgetary objective is effectively achieved and maintained, the Council shall verify thatSufficient progress towards the MTO shall be evaluated on the basis of an overall assessment with the structural balance as the reference, including an analysis of expenditure net of discretionary revenue measures. To this effect, the Council and the Commission shall assess whether the growth path of government expenditure, taken in conjunction with the effect of measures being taken or planned on the revenue side, is consistent with prudent fiscal policy- making. in line with the following conditions:
2011/02/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 303 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) No 1466/97
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point a
(a) for Member States that have achieved the medium-term budgetary objective, annual expenditure growth does not exceed a prudentreference medium-term rate of potential GDP growth, unless the excess is matched by discretionary revenue measures;
2011/02/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 311 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) No 1466/97
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point b
(b) for Member States that have not yet reached their medium-term budgetary objective, annual expenditure growth does not exceed a rate below a prudentreference medium- term rate of potential GDP growth, unless the excess is matched by discretionary revenue measures. The size of the shortfall of the growth rate of government expenditure compared to a prudentreference medium-term rate of potential GDP growth is set in such a way as to ensure an appropriate adjustment towards the medium-term budgetary objective;
2011/02/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 317 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) No 1466/97
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point c
(c) for Member States that have not yet reached their medium-term budgetary objective, discretionary reductions of government revenue items are matched either by expenditure reductions or by discretionary increases in other government revenue items or both. The expenditure aggregate should exclude interest expenditure, expenditure on EU programmes fully matched by EU funds revenue and non-discretionary changes in unemployment benefit expenditure. The excess of expenditure growth over the medium-term reference should not be counted as a breach of the benchmark to the extent that it is fully offset by revenue increases mandated by law.
2011/02/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 323 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) No 1466/97
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 5
The prudentreference medium-term ofrate of potential GDP growth shouldall be assessed on the basis of forward looking projections, over a ten-year horizonr on backward looking projections if the latter do not lead to a slower adjustment path towards the medium-term objective. Projections shall be updated at regular intervals.
2011/02/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 333 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) No 1466/97
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 6
When defining the adjustment path to the medium-term budgetary objective for Member States that have not yet reached this objective and in allowing a temporary deviation from this objective for Member States that have already reached it, under the condition that an appropriate safety margin with respect to the deficit reference value is preserved and that the budgetary position is expected to return to the medium-term budgetary objective within the programme period, the Council shalland the Commission shall only take into account the implementation of major structural reforms which have direct long-term cost- saving effects, including by raising potential growth, and therefore a verifiable impact on the long-term sustainability of public finances.
2011/02/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 341 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) No 1466/97
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 7
SWithin these reforms, special attention shall be paid to pension reformsthat of pensions, when introducing a multi-pillar system that includes a mandatory, fully funded pillar. Member States implementing such reforms shall be allowed to deviate from the adjustment path to their medium-term budgetary objective or from the objective itself, with the deviation reflecting the net cost of the reform to the publicly managed pillar, under the condition that the deviation remains temporary and that an appropriate safety margin with respect to the deficit reference value is preserved.
2011/02/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 351 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) No 1466/97
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 9
IOnly in periods of severe economic downturn of a general naturfor the euro area or the EU as a whole Member States may be allowed to temporarily depart from the adjustment path implied by prudent fiscal- policy making referred to in the fourth subparagraphtowards the MTO referred to in the fourth subparagraph, on condition that this does not endanger fiscal sustainability in the medium-term.
2011/02/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 369 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 5
Regulation (EC) No 1466/97
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. As part of multilateral surveillance in accordance with Article 121(3) of the Treaty, the Council shall monitor the implementation of stability programmes, on the basis of information provided by participating Member States and of assessments by the Commission and the Economic and Financial Committee, in particular with a view to identifying actual or expected significant divergences of the budgetary position from the medium-term budgetary objective, or from the appropriate adjustment path towards it ensuing from deviations from prudent fiscal-policy making.
2011/02/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 387 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 5
Regulation (EC) No 1466/97
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
A deviation from prudent fiscal policy making shall be considered significant if the following conditions occur: an excess over the expenditure growThe assessment of whether the deviation is significant shall notably include the following criteria: For a Member State that has not reached the medium-term budgetary objective, when assessing the consistent with prudent fiscal policy-making, not offset by discretionary revenue-increasing measures;hange in the structural balance, the deviation shall be considered significant if it is at least 0.5% of GDP in one single year or at least 0.25% of GDP on average per year in two consecutive years; when assessing expenditure developments net orf discretionary revenue- decreasing measures not offset by reductions in expenditure; and the deviation measures, the deviation shall be considered significant if it has a total impact on the government balance of at least 0.5 % of GDP in one single year or of at least 0.25 % of GDP on average per yearcumulatively in two consecutive years.
2011/02/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 397 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 5
Regulation (EC) No 1466/97
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4
TheA deviation may be equally not considered significant in case of severe economic downturn of a general naturefor the euro area or the EU as a whole, on condition that this does not endanger fiscal sustainability in the medium-term.
2011/02/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 418 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 6 – subpoint b – subpoint i
Regulation (EC) No 1466/97
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the medium-term budgetary objective and the adjustment path towards this objective for the general government balance as a percentage of GDP, the expected path of the general government debt ratio, the planned growth path of government expenditure, in particular bearing in mind the conditions and criteria to establish the expenditure growth under Article 9(1), the planned growth path of government revenue at unchanged policy and a quantification of the planned discretionary revenue measures, the medium-term monetary policy objectives, the relationship of those objectives to price and exchange rate stability and to the achievement of sustained convergence;
2011/02/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 433 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 6 – subpoint c
Regulation (EC) No 1466/97
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. The information about the paths for the general government balance and debt ratio, the growth of government expenditure, the planned growth path of government revenue at unchanged policy, the planned discretionary revenue measures, appropriately quantified, and the main economic assumptions referred to in paragraph 2(a) and (b) shall be on an annual basis and shall cover the preceding year, the current year and at least the following three years.
2011/02/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 446 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Regulation (EC) No 1466/97
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The Council and the Commission, when assessing the adjustment path toward the medium-term budgetary objective, shall take into account whether a higher adjustment effort is made in economic good times, whereas the effort may be more limited in economic bad times. For Member States faced with a highdebt level of debt or excessive macroeconomic imbalances or both, the Councilexceeding 60% of GDP or with pronounced risks of overall debt sustainability, the Council and the Commission shall examine whether the annual improvement of the cyclically- adjusted budget balance, net of one-off and other temporary measures is significantly higher than 0.5% of GDP. For ERM2 Member States, the Council and the Commission shall examine if the Member State concerned pursues an appropriate annual improvement of its cyclically adjusted balance, net of one-off and other temporary measures, required to meet its medium- term budgetary objective, with 0.5% of GDP as a benchmark.
2011/02/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 456 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Regulation (EC) No 1466/97
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
With a view to ensuring that the medium- term budgetary objectivSufficient progress towards the MTO shall be evaluated on the basis of an overall assessment with the structural balance ias effectively achieved and maintained, the Council shall verify thatthe reference, including an analysis of expenditure net of discretionary revenue measures. To this effect, the Council and the Commission shall assess whether the growth path of government expenditure, taken in conjunction with the effect of the measures being taken or proposlanned on the revenue side, is consistent with prudent fiscal- policy making.in line with the following conditions:
2011/02/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 468 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Regulation (EC) No 1466/97
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point a
(a) for Member States that have achieved the medium-term budgetary objective, annual expenditure growth does not exceed a prudentreference medium-term rate of potential GDP growth, unless the excess is matched by discretionary revenue measures;
2011/02/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 475 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Regulation (EC) No 1466/97
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point b
(b) for Member States that have not yet reached their medium-term budgetary objective, annual expenditure growth does not exceed a rate below a prudentreference medium- term rate of potential GDP growth, unless the excess is matched by discretionary revenue measures. The size of the shortfall of the growth rate of government expenditure compared to a prudentreference medium-term rate of potential GDP growth is set in such a way as to ensure an appropriate adjustment towards the medium-term budgetary objective;
2011/02/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 479 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Regulation (EC) No 1466/97
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point c
(c) for Member States that have not yet reached their medium-term budgetary objective, discretionary reductions of government revenue items are matched either by expenditure cutreductions or by discretionary increases in other government revenue items or both. The expenditure aggregate should exclude interest expenditure, expenditure on EU programmes fully matched by EU funds revenue and non-discretionary changes in unemployment benefit expenditure. The excess of expenditure growth over the medium-term references should not be counted as a breach of the benchmark to the extent that it is fully offset by revenue increases mandated by law.
2011/02/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 485 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Regulation (EC) No 1466/97
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 5
The prudentreference medium-term ofrate of potential GDP growth, shouldall be assessed on the basis of projections over a ten-year horizonforward looking projections or on backward looking projections if the latter do not lead to a slower adjustment path towards the medium-term objective. Projections shall be updated at regular intervals.
2011/02/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 490 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Regulation (EC) No 1466/97
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 6
When defining the adjustment path to the medium-term budgetary objective for Member States that have not yet reached this objective and in allowing a temporary deviation from this objective for Member States that have already reached it, under the condition that an appropriate safety margin with respect to the deficit reference value is preserved and that the budgetary position is expected to return to the medium-term budgetary objective within the programme period, the Council shalland the Commission shall only take into account the implementation of major structural reforms which have direct long-term cost- saving effects, including by raising potential growth, and therefore a verifiable impact on the long-term sustainability of public finances.
2011/02/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 499 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Regulation (EC) No 1466/97
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 7
SWithin these reforms, special attention shall be paid to pension reformsthat of pensions, when introducing a multi-pillar system that includes a mandatory, fully funded pillar. Member States implementing such reforms shall be allowed to deviate from the adjustment path to their medium-term budgetary objective or from the objective itself, with the deviation reflecting the net cost of the reform to the publicly managed pillar, under the condition that the deviation remains temporary and that an appropriate safety margin with respect to the deficit reference value is preserved.
2011/02/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 507 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Regulation (EC) No 1466/97
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 9
IOnly in periods of severe economic downturn of a general naturfor the euro area or the EU as a whole Member States may be allowed to temporarily depart from the adjustment path implied by prudent fiscal- policy making referred to in the fourth subparagraphtowards the MTO referred to in the fourth subparagraph, on condition that this does not endanger fiscal sustainability in the medium-term.
2011/02/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 520 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 9
Regulation (EC) No 1466/97
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – first subparagraph
As part of multilateral surveillance in accordance with Article 121(3) of the Treaty, the Council shall monitor the implementation of convergence programmes, on the basis of information provided by Member States with a derogation and of assessments by the Commission and the Economic and Financial Committee, in particular with a view to identifying actual or expected significant divergences of the budgetary position from the medium-term budgetary objective, or from the appropriate adjustment path towards it, ensuing from deviations from prudent fiscal-policy making.
2011/02/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 531 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 9
Regulation (EC) No 1466/97
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
A deviation from prudent fiscal policy making shall be considered significant if the following conditions occur: an excess over the expenditure growth consistent with prudent fiscal policy-making, not offset by discretionary revenue-increasing measures;The assessment of whether the deviation is significant shall notably include the following criteria: For a Member State that has not reached the medium-term budgetary objective, when assessing the change in the structural balance, the deviation shall be considered significant it is at least 0.5% of GDP in one single year or at least 0.25% of GDP on average per year in two consecutive years; when assessing expenditure developments net orf discretionary revenue- decreasing measures not offset by reductions in expenditure; and the deviation measures, the deviation shall be considered significant if it has a total impact on the government balance of at least 0.5% of GDP in one single year or of at least 0.25% of GDP on average per yearcumulatively in two consecutive years.
2011/02/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 542 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 9
Regulation (EC) No 1466/97
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4
TheA deviation may be equally not considered significant in case of severe economic downturn of a general naturefor the euro area or the EU as a whole, on condition that this does not endanger fiscal sustainability in the medium-term.
2011/02/15
Committee: ECON