Activities of Paul RÜBIG related to 2018/0229(COD)
Plenary speeches (3)
InvestEU (debate) DE
InvestEU (debate) DE
Establishing the InvestEU Programme (debate) DE
Amendments (18)
Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The InvestEU Fund should contribute to improving the competitiveness of the Union, including in the field of innovation and digitisation, the sustainability of the Union's economic growth, the social resilience and inclusiveness and the integration of the Union capital markets, including solutions addressing their fragmentation and diversifying sources of financing for the Union enterprises. To that end, it should support projects that are technically and economically viable by providing a framework for the use of debt, risk sharing and equity instruments underpinned by a guarantee from the Union's budget and by contributions from implementing partners. It should be demand-driven while support under the InvestEU Fund should at the same time focus on contributing to meeting policy objectives of the Union and have a particularly strong focus on greatly enhancing access to finance for SMEs.
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) Access to finance remains an essential issue for companies in the cultural and creative sector. To further develop this highly innovation sector, the dedicated guarantee facility created in Creative Europe will be continued under InvestEU as it has showed to successfully strengthen the financial capacity and competitiveness of cultural and creative sectors companies.
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The contribution of the InvestEU Fund to the achievement of the climate target will be tracked through an EU climate tracking system developed by the Commission in cooperation with implementing partners and using in an appropriate way the criteria established by [Regulation on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment14 ] for determining whether an economic activity is environmentally sustainable. _________________ 14The InvestEU Programme will also contribute to implementing other dimensions of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in line with the Communication on the next steps for a sustainable European future which aims to mainstream the SDGs into EU policies and initiatives, with sustainable development as an essential guiding principle for all its policies. _________________ 14 COM(2018)353. COM(2018)353.
Amendment 134 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 a (new)
Recital 23 a (new)
(23a) The budget of €3.105 million (in constant prices) for Research and Innovation under the Invest EU should not be taken from the Horizon Europe Programme's overall budget of 120 billion (in constant prices), but instead will be additional to that budget.
Amendment 227 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) research, innovation and digitisation policy window: comprises research and innovation activities, transfer of research results to the market, demonstration and deployment of innovative solutions and support to scaling up of innovative companies other than SMEs as well as digitisation of Union industry;
Amendment 237 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) social investment and skills policy window: comprises microfinance, social enterprise finance and social economy; skills, education, training and related services, including student loans; social infrastructure (including social and student housing); social innovation; health and long-term care; inclusion and accessibility; cultural activities with a social goal; integration of vulnerable people, including third country nationals.
Amendment 245 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) The EU guarantee of EUR 38 000 040 817 500 000 (current prices) at Union level is expected to mobilise more than EUR 650 000 000 000 of additional investment across the Union and should be indicatively allocated between the policy windows.
Amendment 253 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The SMEs policy window shall further develop the different EU guarantee facilities merged under InvestEU, in particular the Cultural and Creative Sectors Guarantee Facility from the Creative Europe Programme.
Amendment 301 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
For the EU compartment, the eligible counterparts shall have expressed their interest and shall be able to cover financing and investment operations in at least three Member States. The implementing partners may also cover together financing and investment operations in at least three Member States by forming a group. This criteria is also fulfilled when the implementing partners identify a common market failure in their respective markets and address this market failure or suboptimal investment situation with locally adapted, but similar instruments.
Amendment 357 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) supporting actions and leveraging local knowledge to facilitate the use of the InvestEU Fund support across the Union, particularly in terms of assisting SMEs and advising on the opportunities available, and contributing actively where possible to the objective of sectorial and geographical diversification of the InvestEU Fund by supporting the implementing partners in originating and developing potential financing and investment operations;
Amendment 372 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 5
Article 22 – paragraph 5
5. In addition, each implementing partner shall submit every six months a report to the Commission on the financing and investment operations covered by this Regulation, broken down by the EU compartment and the Member State compartment by Member State, as appropriate. The report shall include an assessment of compliance with the requirements on the use of the EU guarantee and with the key performance indicators laid down in Annex III to this Regulation. The report shall also, where appropriate and proportional, include operational, statistical, financial and accounting data on each financing and investment operation and at the compartment, policy window and the InvestEU Fund level. One of those reports shall contain the information the implementing partners shall provide in accordance with [Article 155(1)(a)] of the [Financial Regulation]. Wherever possible, those reports should be identical to reports already required at national or regional level. The Commission shall compile and assess implementing partners’ reports and submit a summary in the form of public annual reports, providing information on the level of implementation of the programme against its objectives and performance indicators, indicating risks and opportunities for the financing and investment operations supported by the InvestEU programme.
Amendment 387 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The EU guarantee for the purposes of the EU compartment referred to in point (a) of Article 8(1) shall be EUR 38 000 040 817 500 000 (current prices). It shall be provisioned at the rate of 40 %.
Amendment 452 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 8
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 8
8. Cultural and creative sectors; media, augaming industry; fashion industry; medioa-visual sector and journalism; European Cultural Heritage Cloud.
Amendment 457 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point d – point i
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point d – point i
(i) education and training, including early childhood education and care, educational facilities, student housing and digital equipment, and student loans;
Amendment 484 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 4 – point 4.2
Annex III – point 4 – point 4.2
4.2 Energy: Number of households, number of public and commercial premises with improved energy consumption classification, including the degree of improvement in the classification, or equivalent figures (e.g. housing units refurbished with individual measures or reaching efficiency standards, total real or calculated energy and CO2 emissions savings)
Amendment 486 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 4 – point 4.3
Annex III – point 4 – point 4.3
4.3 Digital: Additional households, commercial and/or public buildings with broadband access of at least 100 Mbps upgradable to Gigabit speed, or number of Wi-Fi-hotspots created
Amendment 759 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point c
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) up to EUR 11 250 000 0002 708 333 334 for objectives referred to in point (c) of Article 3(2);
Amendment 763 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point d
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) up to EUR 4 000 000 000729 166 665 for objectives referred to in point (d) of Article 3(2).