42 Amendments of Izabela-Helena KLOC related to 2020/0380(COD)
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Following the end of the transition period, barriers to trade and to cross-border exchanges between the Union and the United Kingdom will be present. Broad and far-reaching consequences for businesses, particularly SMEs, citizens and public administrations are expected. Those consequences are unavoidable and stakeholders need to make sure that they are ready for them.
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) On 24 December 2020, the Agreement on Trade and Cooperation between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, on one hand, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, on the other, was reached. This agreement, which prevented the hypothesis of a "Hard Brexit", regulates the framework of future relations between the EU and the United Kingdom relating, in particular, to the following areas: trade in goods and services, investment, competition, energy and sustainability, fisheries, data protection and coordination in the field of social security.
Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) For the purposes of contributing to economic, social and territorial cohesion, it is appropriate that Member States, when designing support measures, focus in particular on the regions, areas and local communities, including those dependent on fishing activities in the United Kingdom waters, that are likely to be most negatively impacted by the withdrawal of the United Kingdom. Member States may have to take specific measures notably to support businesses, in particular SMEs and their employees, and economic sectors adversely affected by the withdrawal. It is therefore appropriate to provide a non-exhaustive list of the type of measures that are most likely to achieve this objective.
Amendment 121 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) In order to enable Member States to deploy the additional resources and to ensure sufficient financial means to swiftly implement measures under the Reserve, a substantial amount thereof should be disbursed in 2021period 2021-2023 as pre- financing. The distribution method should take into account the importance of trade with the United Kingdom and the importance of fisheries in the United Kingdom exclusive economic zone, based on reliable and official statistics. Given the unique nature of the event that the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union constitutes and the uncertainty that has surrounded key aspects of the relationship between the United Kingdom and the Union after the expiry of the transition period, it is difficult to anticipate the appropriate measures Member States will have to take rapidly to counter the effects of the withdrawal. It is therefore necessary to grant Member States flexibility and in particular to allow the Commission to adopt the financing decision providing the pre-financing without the obligation pursuant to Article 110(2) of the Financial Regulation to provide a description of the concrete actions to be financednecessary to grant Member States certain flexibility.
Amendment 122 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) In order to enable Member States to deploy the additional resources and to ensure sufficient financial means to swiftly implement measures under the Reserve, a substantial amount thereof should be disbursed in 2021 as pre-financing. The distribution method should take into account the importance of trade with the United Kingdom, impact of the withdrawal on the migration flows of the EU nationals and the importance of fisheries in the United Kingdom exclusive economic zone, based on reliable and official statistics. Given the unique nature of the event that the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union constitutes and the uncertainty that has surrounded key aspects of the relationship between the United Kingdom and the Union after the expiry of the transition period, it is difficult to anticipate the appropriate measures Member States will have to take rapidly to counter the effects of the withdrawal. It is therefore necessary to grant Member States flexibility and in particular to allow the Commission to adopt the financing decision providing the pre-financing without the obligation pursuant to Article 110(2) of the Financial Regulation to provide a description of the concrete actions to be financednecessary to grant Member States certain flexibility.
Amendment 136 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) To ensure equal treatment of all Member States and consistency in the evaluation of the applications, the Commission should assess the applications in a package. It should look in particular into the eligibility and the accuracy of the expenditure declared, the direct link of the expenditure with measures taken to address the consequences of the withdrawal and the measures put in place by the Member State concerned to avoid double funding. Upon assessment of the applications for a financial contribution from the Reserve, the Commission should clear the pre- financing paid, and recover the unused amount. In order to concentrate the support on Member States most affected by the withdrawal, where the expenditure in the Member State concerned, accepted as eligible by the Commission, exceeds the amount paid as pre-financing and 0.06% of the nominal Gross National Income (GNI) for 2021 of the Member State concerned, it should be possible to allow for a further allocation from the Reserve to that Member State within the limits of the financial resources available. Given the extent of the expected economic shock, the possibility to usecases of payments to Member States under Article 11(6) of this Regulation being made at a rate of 100%, the amounts recovered from thshould be pre-financing for the reimbursement of additional expenditure by Member States should be provided forturned to the national budgets of the Member States.
Amendment 161 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) ‘reference period’ means the reference period referred to in Article 63(5), point (a), of the Financial Regulation, which shall be from 1 July 2020 to 31 December 20224;
Amendment 168 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
The Reserve shall provide support to counter the adversimmediate and negative consequences of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union in Member States, regions and sectors, in particular those that are worst affected by that withdrawal, and to mitigate the related impact on the economic, social and territorial cohesion.
Amendment 172 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. The resources referred to in paragraph 2 shall be allocated as a pre- financing amount of EUR 5 370 994 000 in 2021 in accordance with Article 8 and distributed in three annual tranches in the years 2021-2023 as follows:
Amendment 173 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point a
Amendment 178 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point b
Amendment 183 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
(ba) - in 2021 - 40% - in 2022 - 30% - in 2023 - 30%
Amendment 184 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
The amounts referred to in point (a) of the first subparagraph of this paragraph shall be considered pre-financing within the meaning of Article 115(2), point (b)(i), of the Financial Regulation.
Amendment 194 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) measures to support the most affected economic sectors, in particular the agro-food and capital goods sectors;
Amendment 209 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) assistance and support measures for Member States to set up databases to help European citizens who have lost their jobs as a result of the UK's withdrawal back into employment;
Amendment 220 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) measures aimed at re-integration of EU-nationals that left the United Kingdom, as a result of the withdrawal;
Amendment 224 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point g b (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point g b (new)
(gb) technical assistance for the management, monitoring, information and communication, complaint resolution, and control and auditing of the Reserve;
Amendment 230 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. When designing support measures, Member States shall take into account the varied impact of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union on different regions and local communities and focus support from the Reserve on those most affected, as appropriate.
Amendment 240 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 253 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5
Article 7 – paragraph 5
5. By derogation from Article 12 of the Financial Regulation, unused commitment and payment appropriations under this Regulation shall be automaticallymay be carried over and may be used until 31 December 20253. The appropriations carried over shall be consumed first in the following financial year. Appropriations that has not been used until 31 December 2023 shall be cancelled.
Amendment 260 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Amendment 262 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall pay the annual tranches of pre- financing within 60 days of the date of the adoption of the implementing acts referred to in paragraph 2. It shall be cleared in accordance with Article 11.
Amendment 265 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4
Article 8 – paragraph 4
Amendment 269 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. The Member States shall submit an application to the Commission for a financial contribution from the Reserve by 30 September 2023. The Commission shall assess this application and establish whether additional amounts are due to Member States or any amounts should be recovered from the Member States in accordance with Article 11.
Amendment 290 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – title
Article 11 – title
11 Clearance of the pre-financing and calculation of the additional amounts due to Member States
Amendment 291 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall assess the application referred to in Article 10 and shall satisfy itself that the application is complete, accurate and truend true and does not include any expenditure which violates Article 6. When calculating the financial contribution due to the Member State from the Reserve, the Commission shall exclude from Union financing expenditure for measures which were implemented or for which disbursements have been made in breach of applicable law.
Amendment 292 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Based on the assessment, the Commission shall, by means of an implementing act, establish the following:total amount of eligible public expenditure (the ’accepted amount’).
Amendment 294 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point a
Amendment 295 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point b
Amendment 297 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3
Article 11 – paragraph 3
Amendment 308 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4
Article 11 – paragraph 4
Amendment 309 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 5
Article 11 – paragraph 5
Amendment 311 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 6
Article 11 – paragraph 6
6. Where the accepted amount is lower than the pre-financing for the Member State concerned, the difference shall be recovered in accordance with the Financial Regulation, and in particular its Part I, Chapter 6, Sections 3, 4 and 5. The recovered amounts shall be treated as internal assigned revenue in accordance with Article 21(3), point (b), of the Financial Regulation and, where the third subparagraph of paragraph 3 of this Article has been applied, shall be used to increase proportionately the contributions paid to Member States eligible for additional amounts under paragraph 3 of this Article up to a maximum of 100 %. In case payments to Member States pursuant to paragraph 3 of this Article have been made at a rate of 100 %, the amounts recovered shall be returned to the genernational budgets of the UnionMember States.
Amendment 312 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 7
Article 11 – paragraph 7
Amendment 314 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 8
Article 11 – paragraph 8
Amendment 331 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1
1. By 30 June 20264, the Commission shall carry out an evaluation to examine the effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, coherence and EU added value of the Reserve. The Commission may make use of all relevant information already available in accordance with Article 128 of the Financial Regulation.
Amendment 335 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. By 30 June 20275, the Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and to the Council a report on the implementation of the Reserve.
Amendment 341 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 2
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 2
2. The factor linked to fish caught in the UK EEZ is used to allocate EUR 6300 million. The factor linked to trade, with particular focus on agri-food sector, is used to allocate EUR 34 400 million. BothThe factor linked to demographics is used to allocate EUR 300 million. All amounts are expressed in 2018 prices.
Amendment 359 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point b
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point b
b) to assess the relative importance of these trade flows for each Member State, the sum of trade flows with the UK are expressed as a percentage of the Member State’s GDPtotal trade flows and subsequently expressed as an index of the EU average (index of dependency);
Amendment 360 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point e
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point e
e) the shares so obtained are adjusted by dividing them with the Member State’s GNI per capita (in purchasing power parities) expressed as a percentage of the average GNI per capita of the EU (average expressed as 100%);
Amendment 367 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
4a. The factor linked to demographics is determined by applying the following: a) share of each Member States’ return migration, measured by the difference between the number of EU nationals living in the UK, according to the latest available statistics, and the number in the reference period.
Amendment 372 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point f a (new)
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point f a (new)
fa) for demographics reference period shall be 2015.