10 Amendments of Pervenche BERÈS related to 2016/2099(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
Citation 10 a (new)
- having regard to the Operations Evaluation publication of September 2016 entitled "Evaluation of the functioning of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI)",
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 b (new)
Citation 10 b (new)
- having regard to the "EIB Policy towards weakly regulated, non- transparent and uncooperative jurisdictions" of 15 December 2010 and the addendum to the "NCJ Policy" of 8 April 2014,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 c (new)
Citation 10 c (new)
- having regard to the approval by the European Parliament of the ratification of the Paris Agreement by the European Union of 4 October 2016,
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Urges the EIB to make the fight against tax evasion and/or avoidance one of its priorities; calls in this regard the EIB to end cooperation with intermediaries, countries and jurisdictions that do not comply with OECD and EU tax standards;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Calls on the EIB to review and enhance its non-transparent and uncooperative jurisdictions policy (NCJ) as soon as possible; believes that it should anticipate the release of the EU list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions which is expected by the end of 2017;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls on the EIB to achieve a better geographical distribution of the selected projects; underlines the role its local offices can play in this regard;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Calls for an independent evaluation of the additionality of the projects financed under the EFSI as defined in article 5 of the EFSI regulation; regrets that the EIB management committee, in its "Evaluation of the functioning of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI)" of September 2016, agrees to this problematic without taking further actions;
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Recalls the commitment made by the European Union in March 2015 to reduce its emissions by at least 40% by 2030 following the Paris Agreement (COP21); regrets that 15% of the projects financed by EFSI relate to fossil energy;
Amendment 274 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Calls on the EIB to take into account the local context when investing in third countries; recalls that investing in third countries cannot be based only on a profit maximisation approach but also aim at generating long-term private sector-led sustainable economic growth and reduce poverty through job creation and improved access to productive resources; believes that the choice of financial intermediaries should be stricter in this regard;
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 b (new)
Paragraph 27 b (new)
27b. Is concerned by the lack of information that the EIB discloses on the beneficial ownership and the final money recipients, especially when the financing relies on private equity funds; underlines the issues it raises in terms of transparency and accountability for a publicly-backed institution; urges therefore the EIB to reinforce its due diligence procedure when working with financial intermediaries;