11 Amendments of Nicola BEER related to 2023/0138(COD)
Amendment 252 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) The Commission’s assessment of the national medium-term fiscal-structural plans should examine in particular the plausibility of the macroeconomic and fiscal assumptions, to the extent that they depart from those underlying the technical trajectory. In particular, the debt projections at unchanged policy to be included in the plan should be consistent and comparable with the Commission projections. The opinions of the independent fiscal institutions and EFB should be duly taken into account. In case the EFB’s assessment is that the plan does not fulfil the criteria of this Regulation, the Council can only recommend the proposed net expenditure path with a 4/5th majority of Member States in favour, excluding the Member State in question.
Amendment 289 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) There should also be a country- specific escape clause to allow a deviation from the net expenditure path provided that it does not endanger fiscal sustainability in the medium term in the case of exceptional circumstances, such as unpredictable exogenous events that could not have been prevented and that require counter-cyclical fiscal measures, outside the control of the Member State which have a major impact on the public finances of the Member State. Such major impact should result in an overall size of the shock that exceeds a ‘normal’ range: for example costs of natural disasters should be factored in in budgetary planning within a certain range. Exceptional circumstances should be qualified as a significant negative GDP shock. The triggering and extension of general and country-specific escape clauses are subject to a Council recommendation and an EFB opinion. In case the EFB opinion on the country-specific escape clause is negative, the Council can only recommend a positive decision with a 4/5th majority of Member States in favour, excluding the Member State in question. The Council should specify a time limit and maximum size as measured through the control account for such a deviation.
Amendment 423 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
For each Member State having a public debt above the 60% of GDP reference value or a government deficit above the 3% of GDP reference value, the Commission shall put forward, in a report to the Economic and Financial Committee, a technical trajectory for net expenditure covering a minimum adjustment period of 43 years of the national medium-term fiscal- structural plan, and its possible extension by a maximum of 32 years pursuant to Article 13. The Commission shall make the report public. (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.)
Amendment 441 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the public debt ratio is put or remains on a plausibly downward path towards 60% of GDP, or stays at prudent levels, i.e. below 60% of GDP;
Amendment 461 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the fiscal adjustment effort is linear over the period of the national medium- term fiscal- structural plan isand at least proportional to the total effort over the entire adjustment period;. (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.)
Amendment 475 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) the public debt ratio at the end of the planning horizon is below the public debt ratio in the year before the start of the technical trajectory; and is reduced by at least 1% of GDP per year on average over the adjustment period until below 60% of GDP; for Member States with debt ratios above 60 % of GDP, the public debt ratio must decline by at least [x] percentage points per year of the national medium-term fiscal-structural plan for Member States with high debt challenge, and by at least [x] percentage points per year for Member States with medium debt challenge. The influence of the cycle on the pace of debt reduction shall be taken into account; (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.)
Amendment 519 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the underlying medium-term public debt projection framework and results; based on a specific methodology and results; it shall make all data, calculations and assumptions public that are necessary for a replication of the results;
Amendment 639 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(a a) adhere to the requirements for the technical trajectory pursuant to Article 6 and Annex I;
Amendment 761 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 5
Article 13 – paragraph 5
5. The assessment of whether the set of reforms and investment commitments fulfil the criteria set out in paragraph 2 and of whether each of the reform and investment commitment fulfil the conditions set out in paragraph 3 shall be carried out in accordance with the assessment framework set out in Annex VII. The assessment should be accompanied by an independent evaluation of the respective national IFI and the EFB.
Amendment 840 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) whether for the years that the Member State concerned is expected to have a deficit above the 3% of GDP reference value, and the excess is not close and temporary, the fiscal adjustment is consistent with the benchmark adjustment of at least 0.5% of GDP in the structural primary balance referred to under Article 3 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1467/97 on speeding up and clarifying the implementation of the excessive deficit procedure as amended by Regulation [X]; and (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.)
Amendment 865 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)
(f a) whether the projected debt reduction ten years after the adjustment period is at least X% of the excess of public debt ratio over the 60% reference value, compared to the year before the start of the technical trajectory;