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49 Amendments of Damian BOESELAGER related to 2019/0161(COD)

Amendment 8 #
Proposal for a regulation
Citation 4 a (new)
Having regard to the Böge/Berès Report on budgetary capacity for the Eurozone1a _________________ 1a (2015/2344(INI))
2020/04/06
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 9 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
(1) The coordination of the economic policies of the Member States is a matter of common concern. The Member States whose currency is the euro have a particular interest in and a responsibility to conduct economic policies that promote the proper functioning of the Economic and Monetary Union and to avoid policies that jeopardise it in the context of broad guidelines formulated by the CouncilUnion institutions.
2020/04/06
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 12 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
(2) In order to ensure the proper functioning of the Economic and Monetary Union, Member States whose currency is the euro should take measures to enhance the resilience of their economies through targeted structural reforms and investment. The Euro Summit of December 2018 mandated the Eurogroup to work on the design, modalities of implementation and timing of a budgetary instrument for competitiveness and convergence for the euro area. To ensure that Member States carry out structural reforms and investment in their economies in a consistent, coherent and well-coordinated manner, it is necessary to establish a governance framework to enable the European Parliament and the Council to provide strategic orientations on reform and investment priorities to be undertaken within the euro area by the Member States. Such a framework would enhance convergence and competitiveness of the euro area. The Council should also provide country-specific guid in the context of the budgetary instrument for convergence and competitiveness. Such a framework would enhance con individual reforms and investment objecvergence and competitiveness of the Member States whose currency is the euro, which can be supported by the budgetary instrument for convergence and competitiveness. Since such a framework is specific to the Member States whose currency is the euro,euro area. All members of the European Parliament can take part in votes and only members of the Council representing those Member States should take part in votes under this Regulation.
2020/04/06
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 18 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) At the Union level, the European Semester of economic policy coordination is the framework for the identification of national reform priorities of the Member States andThe strategic orientations for the reform and investment priorities, as referred to in Recital (4), together with the euro-area recommendations and national reform programmes in the context of the European Semester, form the monitoring of the implementation of those prioritiframework for the identification of national reform priorities of the Member States. This Regulation addresses the need to establish coherence between the reform and investment priorities for the euro area as a whole and the reform and investment objectives of the individual Member States whose currency is the euro, and to ensure their consistency with the European Semesternd the European Semester, the Paris Agreement, as well as the Social Pillar as strategic policies of the Union.
2020/04/06
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
(4) On an annual basis, the Council should and for the purposet out strategic orientationf the allocation process onf the reform and investment priorities forbudgetary instrument, as referred to in XXX [the RISP Regulation], the eEuro area, as parpean Parliament and the Council should jointly set ofut the recommstrategic oriendtation on the economic policys for the reform and investment priorities of the euro area. The strategic orientations should be adopted by European Parliament acting by simple majority and the Council acting by qualified majority on a recommendation from the Commission, and after the Eurogrouppean Parliament and the Council’s respective body hasve discussed the reforms and investment priorities that ithey considers relevant and appropriate for inclusion therein. The annual Euro SummitPriorities should ensure coherence with the European Semester, the Paris Agreement, as wiell play its roleas the Social Pillar.
2020/04/06
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) To ensure that strategic orientations reflect the evolving experience of the implementation of the budgetary instrument for convergence and competitiveness, the Commission should, alongside its recommendation on the strategic orientations, as part of its recommendation on the economic policy of the euro area, inform inform the European Parliament and the Council of how the strategic orientations have been followed during the preceding years.
2020/04/06
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation
Citation 1
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 136(1)(b) in combination with Article 121(6), as well as the third paragraph of Article 175 and Article 197(2),
2020/05/20
Committee: ECON
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
(1) The coordination of the economic policies of the Member States is a matter of common concern. The Member States whose currency is the euro have a particular interest in and a responsibility to conduct economic policies that promote the proper functioning of the Economic and Monetary Union and to avoid policies that jeopardise it in the context of broad guidelines formulated by the European Parliament and the Council.
2020/05/20
Committee: ECON
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
(6) The Member States whose currency is the euro can decide to submit proposals for reform and investment packages under the budgetary instrument for convergence and competitiveness. To that end, the Council will adopt Following the adoption of the euro area Rrecommendation providing country-specific guidance on the objectives of reforms and investment that can be supported unders for the purpose of the budgetary instrument for convergence and competitiveness in, the Member States whose currency is the euro. This Council Recommendation should be consistent with the strategic orientations adopted under this Regulation, and with the country-specific recommendations that are adopted, in parallel, under the European Semester of economic policy coordination further to discussions, where appropriate, within the relevant Treaty- based committees. The Council Recommendation shall also duly take into account any macroeconomic adjustment programme approved in accordance with the relevant provisions of Regulation (EU) No 472/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council9 . _________________ 9 Regulation (EU) No 472/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on the strengthening of economic and budgetary surveillance of Member States in the euro area experiencing or threatened with serious difficulties with respect to their financial stability (OJ L 140, 27.5.2013, p. 1) may submit proposals for packages of reforms and investments under the budgetary instrument for convergence and competitiveness.
2020/04/06
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
(2) In order to ensure the proper functioning of the Economic and Monetary Union, Member States whose currency is the euro should take measures to enhance the resilience of their economies through targeted structural reforms and investment. The Euro Summit of December 2018 mandated the Eurogroup to work on the design, modalities of implementation and timing of a budgetary instrument for competitiveness and convergence for the euro area. To ensure that Member States carry out structural reforms and investment in their economies to in a consistent, coherent and well-coordinated manner, it is necessary to establish a governance framework to enable the European Parliament and the Council to provide strategic orientations on reform and investment priorities to be undertaken within the euro area by the Member States. Such a framework would enhance convergence and competitiveness of the euro area. The Council should also provide country-specific guidance on individual reforms and investment objectives of the Member States whose currency is the euro, which can be supported by in the context of the budgetary instrument for convergence and competitiveness. Since such a framework is specific to the Member States whose currency is the euro, only members of the Council representing those Member States should take part in votes under this Regulation (“The Instrument”). Such a framework would enhance convergence and competitiveness of the euro area.
2020/05/20
Committee: ECON
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) The Council Recommendation providing country-specific guidance on the objectives of reforms and investment in Member States whose currency is the euro, adopted by qualified majority, should be based on a Commission recommendation. This process should be without prejudice to the voluntary nature of participation of Member States whose currency is the euro in the budgetary instrument for convergence and competitiveness, and without prejudice to the Commission’s prerogatives as regards its implementation.deleted
2020/04/06
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) Within the governance framework set out in this Regulation, the Council should set out the strategic orientations for the euro area as a whole and provide country-specific guidance on the objectives of reform and investment packages of the individual Member States whose currency is the euro. The Commission implements the Union’s budget under Article 317 TFEU, which includes the management of spending programmes. The Commission responsibilities with regard to the budgetary instrument for convergence and competitiveness [within the Reform and Investment Support Programme] under Regulation (EU) XXXX/XX should not be affected.
2020/04/06
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) On the basis of an assessment by the Commission, the Council, shall establish which Member States are experiencing a severe economic downturnAt the request of the concerned Member State and on the basis of an assessment by the Commission, and duly taking into account the relevant resolutions of the European Parliament, the Council should be able to establish, for the purpose of a modulation of national co- financing rates provided for in Regulation (EU) XXXX/XX [Reform and Investment Support Programme Regulation], and without prejudice to the application of Article 2(2) of Council Regulation (EC) 1467/97 as amendedthat a Member State is experiencing a severe economic downturn or that it no longer experiences a severe economic downturn.
2020/04/06
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) At the Union level, the European Semester of economic policy coordination is the framework for the identification of national reformThe unprecedented crisis caused by the COVID-19 outbreak is impeding the fiscal room for manoeuvre for many Member States to implement important reform and investment priorities of, the Member States and for the monitoring of the implementation of those priorities. This Regulation addresses the need to establishreby posing challenges to convergence and cohesion in the Union. To counter these challenges, in accordance with the objectives of Article 174 (1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the budgetary instrument for cohnvergence between thand competitiveness shall support and prioritise reforms and investment priorities for the euro area as a whole and the reform and investment objectives of the individual Member States whose currency is the euro, and to ensure their consistency with the European Semester.s that contribute to convergence by improving Member States’ and the Union’s crisis preparedness and economic, social, environmental and administrative response to shocks. To account for the expected severe economic impact of the COVID-19 crisis during the first two years of the existence of the Instrument and to allow for its operation shortly after its adoption, the governance of the Instrument shall follow two stages, a “recovery and resilience stage” and a “convergence and competitiveness stage”:
2020/05/20
Committee: ECON
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation lays down provisions for the governance framework relevant for the budgetary instrument for convergence and competitiveness for the euro area within the Reform and Investment Support Programme under Regulation (EU) XXX/XX10 . _________________ 10 O.J.C , , p.
2020/04/06
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply:‘euro- area recommendation’ means the European Parliament's and the Council's joint recommendation on the strategic orientations on the reform and investment priorities of the euro area.
2020/04/06
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) ‘country-specific recommendations’ means the Council recommendations addressed to each Member State in accordance with Article 121(2) and Article 148(4) TFEU in the context of the European Semester of economic policy coordination;deleted
2020/04/06
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) ‘euro-area recommendation’ means the Council recommendation on the economic policy of the euro area in accordance with Article 136 in conjunction with Article 121(2) TFEU.deleted
2020/04/06
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
(3 a) During the “recovery and resilience stage” from1 January 2021 until 31 December 2022 Member States whose currency is the euro may, under the Instrument, apply for financial support, in line with the mechanisms laid down in Regulation (EU) XXX [the RISP regulation], for reform and investment packages that comprise measures compliant with the strategic orientations and reform and investment priorities laid out in Annex I of this Regulation, and consistent with the Paris Agreement, as well as the European Pillar of Social Rights.
2020/05/20
Committee: ECON
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
This Regulation shall contribute to the convergence and competitiveness of the economies of the Member States whose currency is the euro by defining a governance framework relevant for the budgetary instrument for convergence and competitiveness, which sets out:setting out the strategic orientations on the reform and investment priorities of the euro area.
2020/04/06
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 b (new)
(3 b) During the “convergence and competitiveness stage” from 1 January 2023 until the end of the budgeting period, annual strategic orientations for reform and investment priorities, jointly issued, on the basis of a Commission proposal, by the European Parliament and the Council, together with the euro- area recommendations and national reform programmes in the context of the European Semester and, where relevant, macroeconomic adjustment programmes form the framework of the annual application and allocation process for the purpose of the Instrument. In this context, this Regulation addresses the need to establish coherence between the reform and investment priorities for the euro area as a whole and the reform and investment objectives of the individual Member States whose currency is the euro, and to ensure their consistency with the European Semester, the Paris Agreement, as well as the European Pillar of Social Rights
2020/05/20
Committee: ECON
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the strategic orientations on the reform and investment priorities of the euro area as a whole;deleted
2020/04/06
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
(4) On an annual basis, the Council should set out strategic orientations on the reform and investment priorities for the euro area, as part of the recommendation on the economic policy of the euro area. The strategic orientations should be adopted by the Council acting by qualified majority on a recommendation from the Commission, and after the Eurogroup has discussed the reforms and investment priorities that it considers relevant and appropriate for inclusion therein. The annual Euro Summit will play its role.deleted
2020/05/20
Committee: ECON
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) country-specific guidance on the objectives of reforms and investment relevant for the budgetary instrument for convergence and competitiveness consistent with the country-specific recommendations.deleted
2020/04/06
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. On a recommendation from the Commission and after discussion in the Eurogroup, the Council shall establish, as part of the euro-area recommendation andthe European Parliament and the Council, according to their respective procedure and for the purpose of the budgetary instrument for convergence and competitiveness, shall jointly establish on an annual basis, the strategic orientations for the reform and investment priorities of the euro area.
2020/04/06
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. In parallel to its recommendation referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission shall informThe Commission shall inform the European Parliament and the Council on how the strategic orientations of the preceding years have been followed by the Member States.
2020/04/06
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5
1. The Council shall, on a recommendation from the Commission, adopt a recommendation addressed to all Member States whose currency is the euro providing, on an annual basis, country- specific guidance on the reform and investment objectives for the purposes of the reform and investment packages, which Member States may subsequently submit under Regulation (EU) XXXX/XX [Reform Support Programme Regulation]. 2. The recommendation referred to in paragraph 1 shall be consistent with the strategic orientations referred to in Article 4 and with the country-specific recommendations for the Member State concerned. In the recommendation referred to in paragraph 1, the Council shall duly take into account any macroeconomic adjustment programme approved in accordance with Article 7(2) of Regulation (EU) No 472/2013.Article 5 deleted Country-specific guidance
2020/04/06
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
(4 a) Measures aimed at fostering the recovery from the social and economic shock of the COVID-19 crisis should be guided by the principles of resilience and ecological and social sustainability. They should also strive to combine the need for urgency with a long-term perspective. Measures that were supported by strong scientific evidence and broad political and social agreement should not be weakened or postponed, but should continue to be assigned priority.
2020/05/20
Committee: ECON
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) To ensure that strategic orientations reflect the evolving experience of the implementation of the budgetary instrument for convergence and competitiveness, the Commission should, alongside its recommendation on the strategic orientations, and as part of its recommendation on the economic policy of the euro area, inform the European Parliament and the Council of how the strategic orientations have been followed during the preceding years, where relevant. The Commission should make all relevant information available to the European Parliament and to the Council simultaneously.
2020/05/20
Committee: ECON
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
WThere relevant, Council may establish, on the basedis onf an assessment by recommendation of the Commission, at the recommendation referred to in paragraph 1 of Article 5 shall establish whetherquest of the Member State concerned, that a Member State is experiencing a severe economic downturn, for the purposes of a modulation of national co-financing rates provided for in Regulation (EU) XXXX/XX [Reform and Investment Support Programme Regulation].
2020/04/06
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 65 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 a (new)
Article 6 a Voting in European Parliament A majority in the European Parliament shall be defined in accordance with Article 231 TFEU.
2020/04/06
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
(6) The Member States whose currency is the euro can decide tomay submit proposals for reform and investment packages under the budgetary instrument for convergence and competitiveness. To that end, the Council will adopt a Recommendation providing country-specific guidance on the objectivpackages of reforms and investment that can be supporteds under the budgetary instrument for convergence and competitiveness in Member States whose currency is the euro. This Council Recommendation should be consistent with the strategic orientations adopted under this Regulation, and with the country-specific recommendations that are adopted, in parallel, under the European Semester of economic policy coordination further to discuss, based on the respective frameworks for the two application perionds, where appropriate, within the relevant Treaty- based committees. The Council Recommendation shall also duly take into account any macroeconomic adjustment programme approved in accordance with the relevant provisions of Regulation (EU) No 472/from 1January 2021 to 31 December 2022 and from 1 January 20123 of the European Parliament and of the Council9 . _________________ 9 Regulation (EU) No 472/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on the strengthening of economic and budgetary surveillance of Member States in the euro area experiencing or threatened with serious difficulties with respect to their financial stability (OJ L 140, 27.5.2013, p. 1)until the end of the budgetary period.
2020/05/20
Committee: ECON
Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) The Council Recommendation providing country-specific guidance on the objectives of reforms and investment in Member States whose currency is the euro, adopted by qualified majority, should be based on a Commission recommendation. This process should be without prejudice to the voluntary nature of participation of Member States whose currency is the euro in the budgetary instrument for convergence and competitiveness, and without prejudice to the Commission’s prerogatives as regards its implementation.deleted
2020/05/20
Committee: ECON
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) Within the governance framework set out in this Regulation, the Council should set out the strategic orientations for the euro area as a whole and provide country-specific guidance on the objectives of reform and investment packages of the individual Member States whose currency is the euro. The Commission implements the Union’s budget under Article 317 TFEU, which includes the management of spending programmes, in accordance with the principles of sound financial management, budgetary control and parliamentary accountability. The Commission responsibilities with regard to the budgetary instrument for convergence and competitiveness [within the Reform and Investment Support Programme] under Regulation (EU) XXXX/XX should not be affected.
2020/05/20
Committee: ECON
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) On the basis of an assessment by the Commission, the Council, shall may establish which Member States are experiencing a severe economic downturn, for the purpose of a modulation of national co-financing rates provided for in Regulation (EU) XXXX/XX [Reform and Investment Support Programme Regulation], and without prejudice to the application of Article 2(2) of Council Regulation (EC) 1467/97 as amendedthat a Member State is experiencing a severe economic downturn or that it no longer experiences a severe economic downturn.
2020/05/20
Committee: ECON
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) The Commission should report to the European Parliament and the Council, at regular intervals, on the effectiveness of this Regulation in contributing to the strategic objectives.
2020/05/20
Committee: ECON
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation lays down provisions for the governance framework relevant for the budgetary instrument for convergence and competitiveness for the euro area within the Reform and Investment Support Programme under Regulation (EU) XXX/XX10 . _________________ 10 O.J.C , , p.
2020/05/20
Committee: ECON
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) ‘country-specific recommendations’ means the Council recommendations addressed to each Member State in accordance with Article 121(2) and Article 148(4) TFEU in the context of the European Semester of economic policy coordination;deleted
2020/05/20
Committee: ECON
Amendment 107 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) ‘euro-area recommendation’ means the Council recommendation on the economic policy of the euro area in accordance with Article 136 in conjunction with Article 121(2) TFEU, in the context of the European Semester.
2020/05/20
Committee: ECON
Amendment 108 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) ‘strategic orientations for the euro area’ refer to the strategic orientations for reform and investment priorities for the purpose of allocating financial support for reform and investment packages under the budgetary instrument for convergence and competitiveness, which are laid down in Annex I of this Regulation for the period between 1 January 2021 and 31December 2022, and jointly issued, on the basis of a Commission proposal, by the European Parliament and the Council, for the period from 1January 2023 until the end of the budget period.
2020/05/20
Committee: ECON
Amendment 118 #
This Regulation shall contribute to the convergence and competitiveness of the economies of the Member States whose currency is the euro by defining a governance framework relevant for the budgetary instrument for convergence and competitiveness, which sets out:setting out the strategic orientations on the reform and investment priorities of the euro area.
2020/05/20
Committee: ECON
Amendment 120 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the strategic orientations on the reform and investment priorities of the euro area as a whole;deleted
2020/05/20
Committee: ECON
Amendment 124 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) country-specific guidance on the objectives of reforms and investment relevant for the budgetary instrument for convergence and competitiveness consistent with the country-specific recommendations.deleted
2020/05/20
Committee: ECON
Amendment 128 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. On a recommThe setting of the strategic oriendtations from the Commission and after discussion in the Eurogroup, the Council shall establish, as part of the euro-area recommendationor reform and investment priorities, for the purpose of the budgetary instrument for convergence and competitiveness shall follow two stages: (a) for the period from 1 January 2021 until 31December 2022 the strategic orientations and reform and investment priorities are laid out in Annex I of this Regulation. (b) for the period from 1 January 2023 until the end of the budgeting period, the European Parliament and the Council shall establish, on a recommendation from the Comission, jointly and on an annual basis, the strategic orientations for the reform and investment priorities of the euro area, in coherence with the European Semester, the Paris Agreement, as well as the European Pillar of Social Rights.
2020/05/20
Committee: ECON
Amendment 140 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. In parallel to its recommendation referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission shall inform the CouncilThe Commission shall inform the European Parliament and the Council, simultaneously, on how the strategic orientations of the preceding years have been followed by the Member States.
2020/05/20
Committee: ECON
Amendment 150 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5
1. The Council shall, on a recommendation from the Commission, adopt a recommendation addressed to all Member States whose currency is the euro providing, on an annual basis, country- specific guidance on the reform and investment objectives for the purposes of the reform and investment packages, which Member States may subsequently submit under Regulation (EU) XXXX/XX [Reform Support Programme Regulation]. 2. The recommendation referred to in paragraph 1 shall be consistent with the strategic orientations referred to in Article 4 and with the country-specific recommendations for the Member State concerned. In the recommendation referred to in paragraph 1, the Council shall duly take into account any macroeconomic adjustment programme approved in accordance with Article 7(2) of Regulation (EU) No 472/2013.Article 5 deleted Country-specific guidance
2020/05/20
Committee: ECON
Amendment 162 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Where relevant, based on an assessment by the Commission, the recommendation referred to in paragraph 1 of Article 5Council shall establish whether a Member State is experiencing a severe economic downturn, for the purposes of a modulation of national co-financing rates provided for in Regulation (EU) XXXX/XX [Reform and Investment Support Programme Regulation].
2020/05/20
Committee: ECON
Amendment 172 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. By 31 December 20231, the Commission shall publish a report on the application of this Regulation during the first stage of the Instrument as defined in Article 4(1a) of this Regulation. That report shall assess the effectiveness of this Regulation. By 31 December 2025, and every four years thereafter, the Commission shall publish a report on the application of this Regulation during the second stage of the Instrument as defined in Article 4(1b) of this Regulation. That report shall assess the effectiveness of this Regulation.
2020/05/20
Committee: ECON
Amendment 180 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 a (new)
Article 10 a Annex I Strategic orientations for reform and investment priorities for the period from1 January 2021 until the 31 December 2022 During the “recovery and resilience” stage, from 1 January 2021 until 31 December 2022, the budgetary instrument for convergence and competitiveness shall support and prioritise reforms and investments that contribute to a sustainable recovery and improve Member States’ and the Union’s crisis preparedness and economic, social, environmental and administrative resilience. Under the mechanisms established by Regulation(EU) XXX [the RSP Regulation], and subject to the assessment by the Commission, eligible Member States shall be able to receive support receive support for reform and investment packages that are consistent with the following priorities: (1) Reforms and public investments to improve capabilities for early detection, and coordinated responses to large- scalerisks to public health, such as pan- and epidemics, natural disasters, heatwaves, draughts, forest fires, chemical, nuclear or industrial accidents. These measures include reforms and investments that improve: (a) the capacity and effectiveness of public health institutions to access and monitor the entirety of the geography and population and to identify, investigate, monitor and manage abrupt occurrences of public health risks, and to contain their spread, once underway, including through non-pharmaceutical health measures, and to provide care to all inhabitants of a specific Member State regardless of income or residency status; (b) the ability of health systems to manage the clinical care for affected persons, and measures to limit transmission in clinical facilities, and to maintain safe and sustainable working conditions for health care staff even under difficult conditions; (c) the quality and coverage of infrastructure for responding to public health risks, including systems to coordinate the transport and distribution of personnel, patients, medical equipment, and protective gear; (d) communications infrastructure such as mobile internet-based reporting tools to support emergency, outbreak and diagnostic reporting; (e) crisis preparedness of critical infrastructure, such as water or energy supply, sewage systems, and the maintenance of sanitary standards; (f) the ability of national health systems to coordinate activity with other national, European and international agencies; (g) investments in the crisis preparedness and coordination of national and regional civil protection agencies, including fire departments and technical support services; (h) the reliability of the supply of important medicines and medical equipment even when demand is exceptionally high; (2) Reforms and investments that increase environmental resilience and comply with the requirements for environmental sustainability in Article 3 of the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment [Taxonomy regulation], including: (a) fostering biodiversity, sustainable agriculture, sustainable fishing and sustainable forestry, preventing ground water pollution, achieving good chemical and ecological status of surface waters, and fostering flood protection and soil conservation; (b) investments in transport infrastructure that fosters low- or zero-emissions means of transport; (c) investments in low- or zero-emissions energy generation and distribution infrastructure; (d) investments in and incentives for the development of clean technologies in polluting sectors, such as agriculture, chemicals or shipping; (3) reforms and investments that improve waste management and foster a circular economy; reforms of and investments in business and service continuity solutions for public and private institutions that are essential to the political, economic, social, administrative, security, health, transport, procurement, and education functions in societies, including: (a) improving public administrations’ ability to identify, contact and mobilize essential personnel to uphold the functioning of essential public infrastructure, security, administration and democratic institutions; (b) eGovernment solutions and online administrative processes, including the ability of members of public administrations to work from home and access necessary documents; (c) digitalization of the judicial system, including the ability to hold online hearings and court sessions; (d) reforms and regulatory systems that incentivise businesses and civil society actors to modernise crisis continuity systems and to invest in workplace safety crisis protocols to minimise operational disruptions; (e) incentives for adaptation of industrial processes and diversification of supply chains, including investments in flexible transport systems, traffic monitoring and emergency procedures at supply chain bottlenecks; (f) crisis continuity systems and protocols for public transport; (g) the ability of national and supranational financial systems to deliver liquidity and ensure continued secure payment facilities; (4) Reforms and investments to strengthen national, regional and local governments’ ability to support affected citizens in times of sudden and severe impacts to their livelihoods, including: (a) programs and administrative resources that facilitate rapid delivery of support, financial or otherwise, to affected citizens facing severe impacts to their financial situation, safety and physical or mental health, including measures that ensure gender equality, adequate child- support and protect persons in vulnerable situations, such as people with disabilities, prisoners, minorities, refugees and asylum seekers; (b) administrative resources and capabilities, including digital tools, to efficiently coordinate the delivery of financial help or liquidity to affected citizens, while minimizing the occurrence of fraud or other misuse; (c) improve working conditions in the care sector, such as child care and care for the elderly; (5) Reforms and investment packages supported by the budgetary instrument for convergence and competitiveness shall be in alignment with the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement, the objectives of the European Pillar of Social Rights, and the Sustainable Development Goals.
2020/05/20
Committee: ECON