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20 Amendments of Anna BONFRISCO related to 2020/0104(COD)

Amendment 148 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
(4) The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020 changed the economic outlook for the years to come in the Union and in the world, calling for an urgent and coordinated response from the Union in order to cope with the enormous economic and social consequences for all Member. The challenges linked to the demographic context have been amplified by COVID-19. The current COVID-19 pandemic as well as the previous economic and financial crisis have shown that developing sound and resilient economies and financial systems built on strong economic and social structures helps Member States to respond more efficiently to shocks and recover more swiftly from them. The medium and long-term consequences of the COVID-19 crisis will critically depend on how quickly Member States’ economies will recover from the crisis, which in turn depends onby the fiscal space Member States have available to takespeed of intervention and adoption of economic measures to mitigate the social and economic impact of the crisis, and on the resilience of their economies. Reforms and investments to address structural weaknesses of the economies and strengthen their resilience will therefore be essential to set the economies back on a sustainable recovery path and avoid further widening of the divergences in the Union.
2020/09/22
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 160 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) The implementation of reforms and investments decided by Member States contributing to achieve a high degree of resilience of domestic economies, strengthening adjustment capacity and unlocking growth potential are among the Union’s policy priorities. They are therefore crucial to set the recovery on a sustainable path and support the process of upward economic and social convergence. This is even more necessary in the aftermath of the pandemic crisis to pave the way for a swift recovery.
2020/09/22
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 188 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
(6) Past experiences have shown that investment is often drastically cut during crises. However, it is essential to support investment in this particular situation to speed up the recovery and strengthen long- term growth potential. Investing in green and digital technologies, innovations, capacities and manufacturing processes aimed at assisting clean energy transition, boosting energy efficiency in housing and other key sectors of the economic are important to achieve sustainable growth and help create jobs. It will also help make the Union more resilient and less dependent by diversifying key supply chains.
2020/09/22
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 197 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) Currently, no instrument foresees direct financial support linked to the achievement of results and to implementation of reforms and public investments of the Member States in response to challenges identified in the European Semester, and with a view to having a lasting impact on the productivity and resilience of the economy of the Member States.
2020/09/22
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 251 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) Reflecting the European Green Deal as Europe’s sustainable growth strategy and the translation of the Union's commitments to implement the Paris Agreement and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, the Facility established by this Regulation will contribute to mainstreaming climate actions and environmental sustainability and to the achievemThe Facility established by this regulation, by reviewing the forecasts of the European Green Deal in order to achieve an EU growth strategy, must contribute to the economic recovery resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, placing, at the centre of an overall target of 25 % of the EU budget expenditures supporting climatits objectives, the industrial growth, the economic development and the jobjectives creation.
2020/09/22
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 271 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) In order to implement these overall objectives, relevant actions will be identified during the Facility’s preparation and implementation, and reassessed in the context of the relevant evaluations and review processes. Also, due attention should be paid to the impact of the national plans submitted under this Regulation on fostering not only the green transition, but also the digital transformeconomic growth and to the job creation. They will both play a priority role in relaunching and modernising our economy.
2020/09/22
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 287 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
(13) In order to enable measures to be taken that link the Facility to sound economic governance, with a view to ensuring uniform implementing conditions, the power should be conferred on the Council to suspend, on a proposal from the Commission and by means of implementing acts, the period of time for the adoption of decisions on proposals for recovery and resilience plans and to suspend payments under this Facility, in the event of significant non-compliance in relation to the relevant cases related to the economic governance process laid down in the Regulation (EU) No XXX/XX of the European Parliament and of the Council [CPR] (…). The power to lift those suspensions by means of implementing acts, on a proposal from the Commission, should also be conferred on the Council in relation to the same relevant cases.deleted
2020/09/22
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 307 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
(14) The Facility’s general objective should be the promotion of growth, economic development, job protection and employment as well as economic, social and territorial cohesion. For that purpose, it should contribute to improving the resilience and adjustment capacity of the Member States, mitigating the social and economic impact of the crisis, and supporting the green and digital transitions aimed at achieving a climate neutral Europe by 2050increase of production and employment, especially of the most affected sectors, such as tourism and food supply chain, the development of infrastructures and transport, thereby restoring the growth potential of the economies of the UnionMember States in the aftermath of the crisis, fostering employment creation and to promoting sustainable growth.
2020/09/22
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 337 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
(16) To ensure its contribution to the objectives of the Facility, the recovery and resilience plan should comprise measures for the implementation of reforms and public investment projects through a coherent recovery and resilience plan. The recovery and resilience plan should be consistent with the relevant country- specific challenges and priorities identified in the context of the European Semester, with the national reform programmes, the national energy and climate plans, the just transition plans, and the partnership agreements and operational programmes adopted under the Union funds. To boost actions that fall within the priorities of the European Green Deal and the Digital Agenda, the plan should also set out measures that are relevant for the green and digital transitionsplan should also set out measures that are relevant for the economically sustainable growth. The measures should enable a swift deliver of targets, objectives and contributions set out in national energy and climate plans and updates thereof. All supported activities should be pursued in full respect of the climate and environmental priorities of the Union.
2020/09/22
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 402 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
(21) In order to ensure the national ownership and a focus on relevant reforms and investments, Member States wishing to receive support should submit to the Commission a recovery and resilience plan that is duly reasoned and substantiated. The recovery and resilience plan should set out the detailed set of measures for its implementation, including targets and milestones, and the expected impact of the recovery and resilience plan on growth potential, job creation and economic and social resilience; it should also include measures that are relevant for the green and the digital transitions; it should also include an explanation of the consistency of the proposed recovery and resilience plan with the relevant country-specific challenges and priorities identified in the context of the European Semester. Close cooperation between the Commission and the Member States should be sought and achieved throughout the process.
2020/09/22
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 496 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
(32) For the purpose of sound financial management, specific rules should be laid down for budget commitments, and payments, suspension, cancellation and recovery of funds. To ensure predictability, it should be possible for Member States to submit requests for payments on a biannual basis. Payments should be made in instalments and be based on a positive assessment by the Commission of the implementation of the recovery and resilience plan by the Member State. Suspension and cancellation of the financial contribution should be possible when the recovery and resilience plan has not been implemented in a satisfactory manner by the Member State. Appropriate contradictory procedures should be established to ensure that the decision by the Commission in relation to suspension, cancellation and recovery of amounts paid respects the right of Member States to provide observations.
2020/09/22
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 1096 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) whether the recovery and resilience plan is expected to contribute to effectively address challenges identified in the relevant country-specific recommendations addressed to the Member State concerned or in other relevant documents officially adopted by the Commission in the European Semester;deleted
2020/09/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 1212 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 5
5. For the purpose of the assessment of the recovery and resilience plans submitted by Member States, the Commission may be assisted by experts.deleted
2020/09/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 1219 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall adopt a decision within fourtwo months of the official submission of the recovery and resilience plan by the Member State, by means of an implementing act. In the event that the Commission gives a positive assessment to a recovery and resilience plan, that decision shall set out the reforms and investment projects to be implemented by the Member State, including the milestones and targets, and the financial contribution allocated in accordance with Article 11.
2020/09/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 1291 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 5
5. Where the Commission gives a negative assessment to a recovery and resilience plan, it shall communicate a duly justified assessment within fourtwo months of the submission of the proposal by the Member State.
2020/09/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 1327 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3
3. Where the Commission considers that the reasons put forward by the Member State concerned do not justify an amendment of the relevant recovery and resilience plan, it shall reject the request within fourtwo months of its official submission, after having given the Member State concerned the possibility to present its observations within a period of onetwo month of the communication of the Commission's conclusions.
2020/09/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 1394 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1
The Member State concerned shall report on a quarterly basis within the European Semester process on the progress made in the achievement of the recovery and resilience plans, including the operational arrangement referred to in Article 17(6). To that effect, the quarterly reports of the Member States shall be appropriately reflected in the National Reform Programmes, which shall be used as a tool for reporting on progress towards completion of the recovery and resilience plans.deleted
2020/09/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 1415 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission may engage in communication activities to ensure the visibility of the Union funding for the financial support envisaged in the relevant recovery and resilience plan, including through joint communication activities with the national authorities concerned.deleted
2020/09/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 1511 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 a (new)
Article 26 a Articles 107, 108 and 109 TFEU shall not apply to the funding of the resources provided by Article 5.
2020/09/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 1512 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 b (new)
Article 26 b For the purpose of this Regulation, when State aids rules apply, the maximum aid intensity rates for investments made by SMEs and large enterprises referred to Regulation 702/2014 and in the European Union Guidelines for State aid in the agricultural and forestry sectors and in rural areas 2014 to 2020 can be increased by 20%, provided that the maximum combined aid does not exceed 90%.
2020/09/25
Committee: BUDGECON