Activities of Heidi HAUTALA related to 2016/0282(COD)
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Amendments (10)
Amendment 14 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Up to 105% of the funds of the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA II), the European Neighbourhood Instrument and the financing instrument for development cooperation (DCI) may be kept unallocated at the beginning of the financial year to allow additional funding to respond to major unforeseen needs, new crises situations or significant political shifts in third countries, in addition to the amounts already programmed. These unallocated funds, if not committed during the year, should be carried over by a Decision of the Commission.
Amendment 15 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 163 a (new)
Recital 163 a (new)
(163 a) Trust funds constitute a problematic financial instrument as they may seriously alter budgets adopted by European Parliament and the Council and carry the risk of using funds from financing instruments for purposes not foreseen in the basic acts establishing those instruments. Trust funds do however add value through the pooling of resources, provided such pooling is not primarily limited to Union resources.
Amendment 17 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e
(e) appropriations kept unallocated at the beginning of the financial year relating to the funds referred to in Regulation (EU) No 231/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2014 establishing an Instrument for Pre- accession Assistance (IPA II), Regulation (EU) No 232/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2014 establishing a European Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI) and Regulation (EU) No 233/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2014 establishing a financing instrument for development cooperation for the period 2014-2020 (DCI), within a limit of 105% of the initial appropriations of each instrument.
Amendment 18 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 6
Article 39 – paragraph 6
6. Where the Commission makes use of Union Trust Funds, it shall attach to the draft budget a working document on the activities supported by Union Trust Funds, on their implementation and performance and on how the activities supported by those Trust Funds have contributed to the objectives laid down in the basic act establishing the instrument from which the Union contribution to those Trust Funds was provided.
Amendment 19 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 122 – paragraph 1
Article 122 – paragraph 1
The Commission may rely in full or in part on assessments made by itself or other entities, including donors, insofar as these assessments were made with regard to conditions equivalent to those set out in this Regulation for the applicable method of budget implementation. To this end, the Commission shall promote the recognition of internationally accepted standards or international best practices. In case of indirect implementation by Member State organisations, the Commission shall rely in full on assessments made by the relevant Member State organisation(s).
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 151 a (new)
Article 151 a (new)
Article 151 a Indirect implementation with Member State organisations 1. Member State organisations shall mean entities listed in point (c)(v) to (vii) of Article 61(1) provided that: (1) they are entrusted by Member States with a public service mission in the field of international development and cooperation and are established under private or public law in Member States; (2) their systems and procedures which are adapted to the specific legal and operational contexts of international development and cooperation have been positively assessed in accordance with Article 149(4). 2. Under indirect implementation with Member State organisations, the Commission shall rely on those systems and procedures of the Member State organisations that have been positively assessed in accordance with Article 149(4) or any additional systems and procedures beyond the scope of assessment referred to in Article 149(4) that have been duly established and are applied under the scrutiny of the relevant Member States, such as the cost structure of the Member State organisations. In particular, but not exclusively, such cross-reliance shall apply to systems and procedures referred to in Articles 122 and 123. 3. Financial Framework Partnership Agreements concluded with Member State organisations in accordance with Article 126 shall further specify the extent and modalities of cross-reliance on systems and procedures of Member State organisations.
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 227 – paragraph 1
Article 227 – paragraph 1
1. For emergency, post-emergency or thematic actions, the Commission may create, after informing the European Parliament and the Council, and in case neither the European Parliament nor the Council opposes this creation within 60 days, create trust funds under an agreement concluded with other donors. The constitutive act of each trust fund shall define the objectives of the trust fund. The Commission decision establishing the trust fund shall include a description of the fund's objectives, the justification for its creation in accordance with paragraph 3, an indication of its duration and the preliminary agreements with other donors.
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 227 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 227 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Trust funds may only be created if they allow the pooling of resources not primarily limited to resources from the Union budget and the European Development fund. If 80 % or more of the resources foreseen for a trust fund stem from those two sources, the Commission shall not propose its creation.
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 227 – paragraph 4
Article 227 – paragraph 4
4. A board chaired by the Commission shall be established for each Union trust fund to ensure the fair representation of the donors, and of the non-contributing Member States and the European Parliament as observers, and to decide upon the use of the funds. The rules for composition of the board and its internal rules shall be laid down in the constitutive act of the trust fund adopted by the Commission and adhered to by the donors. Those rules shall include the requirement to have the positive vote of the Commission for the final decision on the use of the funds.
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 228 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 228 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Financial reporting on the operations carried out by each trust fund shall be established twice every year by the authorising officer. In addition, the Commission shall report at least every six months on the implementation of each trust fund according to qualitative criteria, such as the nature of projects and programmes supported, the selection procedures, geographical and thematic priorities, the supervision of intermediaries and how the trust fund contributes to the fulfillment of the objectives foreseen in the basic act of the Union instruments contributing to its financing.