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33 Amendments of Pierre KARLESKIND related to 2020/0380(COD)

Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a regulation
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 bare present. Broad and far-reaching consequences for businesses, citizens and public administrations are expecthave followed. Those consequences arehave been unavoidable and stakeholders need to make sure that they are ready for themhave to adapt accordingly.
2021/04/19
Committee: PECH
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) The Union is committed to mitigating the economic impact of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union and to show solidarity with all Member States and affected communities, especially the most affected ones in suchthese exceptional circumstances.
2021/04/19
Committee: PECH
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a regulation
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 thosewith specific attention to those areas and communities 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 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.
2021/04/19
Committee: PECH
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
(6) At the same time, it is important to clearly specify any exclusions from support provided by the Reserve. The Reserve should exclude from support the value added tax as it constitutes a Member State revenue, which offsets the related cost for the Member State budget. In order to concentrate the use of limited resources in the most efficient way, technical assistance used by the bodies responsible for the implementation of the Reserve should not be eligible for support from the Reserve. In line with the general approach for cohesion policy, expenditure linked to relocations or contrary to any applicable Union or national law should not be supported under this instrument.
2021/04/19
Committee: PECH
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) In order to take into account the immediate impact of the adverse consequences ofexpenses incurred in anticipating the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union on the Member States and their economies, the immediate impact of the adverse consequences of the withdrawal and the need to adopt mitigating measures, as appropriate, prior to the expiry of the transition period, the eligibility period for implementing such measures should start as from 1 Julanuary 202019 and be concentrated over a limited period of 30 monthslast until 31 December 2023.
2021/04/19
Committee: PECH
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a regulation
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. Financial services should be excluded from the calculation of the distribution method in light of ongoing and future relocation in the Union of activities and entities related to financial services following the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union. 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 financed.
2021/04/19
Committee: PECH
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
(12 a) Member State should use the funds from the Reserve to support the most affected regions and communities and involve them in the design of measures supported by the Reserve.
2021/04/19
Committee: PECH
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a regulation
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 Stateeach Member State could receive a further allocation within the limits of the financial resources available. Given the extent of the expected economic shock, the possibility to use the amounts recovered from the pre-financing for the reimbursement of additional expenditure by Member States should be provided for.
2021/04/19
Committee: PECH
Amendment 70 #
Proposal for a regulation
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 and connection 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 oensure support for the regions and communities in 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 use the amounts recovered from the pre-financing for the reimbursement of additional expenditure by Member States should be provided for.
2021/04/19
Committee: PECH
Amendment 76 #
Proposal for a regulation
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 Julanuary 202019 to 31 December 20223;
2021/04/19
Committee: PECH
Amendment 85 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) additional amounts of EUR 1 126 162 000 shall be made available in 20245 in accordance with Article 11.
2021/04/19
Committee: PECH
Amendment 93 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) measures to support businesses and loc, local and regional communities dependent on fishing activities in the United Kingdom waters, including measures to support fishers and operators for the permanent cessation of fishing activities as defined in [Regulation (EU) No XX/20XX (EMFAF Regulation)] and compensation for operators in the fishery and aquaculture sectors, including the processing of fishery and aquaculture products, for their income foregone or additional costs due to the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union and the decreasing access to United Kingdom waters;
2021/04/19
Committee: PECH
Amendment 106 #
Proposal for a regulation
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. However, the amount of prefinancing given to a Member State on the basis of Annex I paragraphs 2 and 3 in relation to fisheries shall only be used to mitigate the negative effects on fishing activities and related activities, such as measures falling under paragraph 1 point (c). Member State shall also involve regional and local authorities, especially those worst affected when designing support measures.
2021/04/19
Committee: PECH
Amendment 110 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. The measures referred to in paragraph 1 shall comply with applicable law, subject to the exceptions referred to in [new Article 5a].
2021/04/19
Committee: PECH
Amendment 114 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 a (new)
Article 5 a State aid Articles 107, 108 and 109 TFEU shall apply to aid granted by Member States to undertakings in the fishery and aquaculture sectors. However, Articles107, 108 and 109 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union shall not apply to payments made by Member States, under the article 5, 1. (c) of this Regulation, to undertakings in the fishery and aquaculture sectors falling within the scope of Article 42 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
2021/04/19
Committee: PECH
Amendment 119 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5
5. By derogation from Article 12 of the Financial Regulation, unused commitment and payment appropriations under this Regulation shall be automatically carried over and may be used until 31 December 20256. The appropriations carried over shall be consumed first in the following financial year.
2021/04/19
Committee: PECH
Amendment 121 #
Proposal for a regulation
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 20234. 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.
2021/04/19
Committee: PECH
Amendment 123 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. Where a Member State does not submit an application for a financial contribution from the Reserve by 30 September 20234, the Commission shall recover the total amount paid as pre- financing to that Member State.
2021/04/19
Committee: PECH
Amendment 126 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) a justification of the eligibility of the expenditure incurred and paid and its direct link and connection to the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union;
2021/04/19
Committee: PECH
Amendment 128 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. Where the accepted amount exceeds both the amount of pre-financing and 0.06% of the nominal GNI of 2021 of the Member State concerned, an additional amount shall be due to that Member State from the allocation referred to in Article 4(3), point (b), and any amounts carried over pursuant to Article 8(4). The allocation criteria for the additional amounts to be paid by the Commission to the Member States are set out in Annex Ia.
2021/04/19
Committee: PECH
Amendment 135 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
In such a case, the Commission shall pay the amount exceeding the pre-financing paid to the Member State concerned or 0.06% of the nominal GNI of 2021, whichever is higher.
2021/04/19
Committee: PECH
Amendment 136 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Where the sum of tThe additional amounts for all due to a Member States shall not exceed the amount calculated pursuant to the first subparagraph of this paragraph exceeds the resources available according to Article 4(3), point (b), the contributions from the Reserve shall be reduced proportionately.
2021/04/19
Committee: PECH
Amendment 142 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1
1. By 30 June 20267, 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.
2021/04/19
Committee: PECH
Amendment 144 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. By 30 June 20278, the Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and to the Council a report on the implementation of the Reserve.
2021/04/19
Committee: PECH
Amendment 147 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1
1. Each Member State’s share from pre-financing of the Brexit Adjustment Reserve is determined as the sum of a factor linked to the fish caught in the waters that belong to the UK Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and a factor linked to trade with the UK in the internal market.
2021/04/19
Committee: PECH
Amendment 152 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 3 – introductory part
3. The factor linked to fisheries is determined on the basis of the following criterion and by applying the following steps:
2021/04/19
Committee: PECH
Amendment 156 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
b) these shares are increased for Member States with fisheries that have an above average dependency on the fish caughts in the UK EEZ and decreased for the ones that have a below average dependency as following: (i) for each Member State, the value of fish caught in UK EEZ as a percentage of the total value of fish caught by that Member State is expressed as an index of the EU average (index of dependency); (ii) the initial share of the value of fish caught in the UK EEZ is adjusted by multiplying it with the Member State’s index of dependency; (iii) these adjusted shares are rescaled to ensure that the sum of all Member States’ shares equals 100%.deleted
2021/04/19
Committee: PECH
Amendment 165 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a
a) each Member State’s trade with the UK is expressed as share of the EU trade with the UK (trade is the sum of the imports and the exports of good and services, excluding financial services);
2021/04/19
Committee: PECH
Amendment 169 #
Proposal for a regulation
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 GDPoverall trade flows with the whole EU-28 and subsequently expressed as an index of the EU average (index of dependency);
2021/04/19
Committee: PECH
Amendment 171 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point h a (new)
h a) to provide a minimum level of access to the funds from the Reserve, no Member State can receive less than EUR 5 million in 2018 prices. The resources needed to ensure this minimum amount are deducted from the other Member States' envelopes, proportionally to their shares not limited by this minimum threshold;
2021/04/19
Committee: PECH
Amendment 175 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b
b) for the value of the fish caught in the UK EEZ as a share of total value of fish caught by a Member State, the reference period shall be 2015-2018;deleted
2021/04/19
Committee: PECH
Amendment 177 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point f
f) for GDP and for total population of the Member States the reference period shall be 2017- 2019.
2021/04/19
Committee: PECH
Amendment 178 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I a (new)
Allocation method for the additional amount of the Brexit Adjustment Reserve The additional amount of the Brexit Adjustment Reserve shall be distributed between the Member States according to the following methodology: 1. Each Member State’s share from the additional amount of the Brexit Adjustment Reserve is determined by way of a factor linked to trade with the UK in the internal market, to ensure a fair distribution of financial support over the Union to take account of the loss of trade opportunities resulting from the withdrawal from the United Kingdom from the Union. 2. The factor is obtained by applying the following steps: a) each Member State’s trade with the UK is expressed as share of the EU trade with the UK (trade is the sum of the imports and the exports of good and services , excluding financial services); 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 overall trade flows with the whole EU-28 and subsequently expressed as an index of the EU average (index of dependency); c) the initial share of trade with the UK is adjusted by multiplying it with the Member State’s index of dependency; d) these adjusted shares are rescaled to ensure that the sum of all Member States’ shares equals 100%; 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%); f) the resulting shares are rescaled to ensure the sum of shares equals 100%, whereby it is ensured that no Member State can have a share higher than 25% of the full amount of the Brexit Adjustment Reserve. The resources deducted due to this capping are redistributed to the other Member States, proportionally to their non-capped shares; g) if this calculation leads to an allocation exceeding 0.35% of a Member State’s GNI (measured in Euro), that Member State’s allocation is capped at the level of 0.35% of its GNI. The resources deducted due to this capping are redistributed to the other Member States, proportionally to their non-capped shares; h) if the calculation referred to in point g) results in an aid intensity of more than EUR 190/inhabitant, that Member State’s allocation is capped at the level corresponding to an aid intensity of EUR 190/inhabitant. The resources deducted due to this capping are distributed to the Member States not capped under points g) or h), proportionally to their shares as calculated in point g). 3. For the purposes of calculating the distribution of the additional amount of the Brexit Adjustment Reserve: a) for trade the reference period shall be 2017-2019; b) for GNI the reference period shall be 2017-2019; c) for GNI/capita (in purchasing power parities) the reference period shall be 2016-2018; d) for total population of the Member States the reference period shall be 2017- 2019.
2021/04/19
Committee: PECH