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24 Amendments of Andrzej GRZYB related to 2011/0302(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13

(13) Experience with the current financial framework shows that many Member States, which are eligible to the Cohesion Fund, are facing significant obstacles in delivering on time complex cross-border transport infrastructure projects with a high Union added value. Therefore, in order to improve the delivery of transport projects, in particular cross-border ones, with a high Union added value, part of the Cohesion Fund allocation (EUR 10 billion) should be transferred to finance transport projects on the transport core network in the Member States eligible to the Cohesion Fund ~~under the Connecting Europe Facility~~respecting national allocations for the projects listed in the Annex of this Regulation. The Commission should support Member States eligible to the Cohesion Fund to develop an adequate pipeline of projects in order to give greatest possible priority to the national allocations under the Cohesion Fund.

2012/09/20
Committee: REGI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) transport: EUR 31 694 000 000, out of which EUR 10 000 000 000 shall be transferred from the Cohesion Fund to be spent ~~in line with this Regulation in Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund~~for projects listed in the Annex to this Regulation, respecting the national allocations;

2012/09/20
Committee: REGI

Bogdan Kazimierz MARCINKIEWICZ, Konrad SZYMAŃSKI, Andrzej GRZYB, Artur ZASADA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13

(13) Experience with the current financial framework shows that many Member States, which are eligible to the Cohesion Fund, are facing significant obstacles in delivering on time complex cross-border transport infrastructure projects with a high Union added value. Therefore, in order to improve the delivery of transport projects, in particular cross-border ones, with a high Union added value, part of the Cohesion Fund allocation (EUR 10 billion) should be transferred to finance transport projects on the transport core network in the Member States eligible to the Cohesion Fund ~~under the Connecting Europe Facility~~respecting national allocations for the projects listed in Annex of this Regulation. The Commission should support Member States eligible to the Cohesion Fund to develop an adequate pipeline of projects in order to give greatest possible priority to the national allocations under the Cohesion Fund.

2012/10/10
Committee: TRAN ITRE

Bogdan Kazimierz MARCINKIEWICZ, Andrzej GRZYB

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12

(12) ‘"bottleneck’" means a physical and/or functional barrier that leads to a system break affecting the continuity of long- distance flows. Such a barrier can be absorbed by creation of new infrastructure ~~such as bridges or tunnels that address problems as for example gradients, curve radii, gauge. The need to~~or by renewal or upgrade of existing infrastructure ~~shall not be considered as a bottleneck~~;

2012/10/10
Committee: TRAN ITRE

Bogdan Kazimierz MARCINKIEWICZ, Andrzej GRZYB

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b

(b) enable the Union to achieve its targets of a 20% reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, a 20% increase in energy efficiency and raising the share of renewable energy to 20% up to 2020, while ensuring greater solidarity among Member States. The methodology established for ex post evaluation of the instrument’s efficiency and effectiveness shall include consultations between Member States.

2012/10/10
Committee: TRAN ITRE

Bogdan Kazimierz MARCINKIEWICZ, Andrzej GRZYB

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)

(ba) enable the Union to achieve the goal of security of energy supply, including through diversification.

2012/10/10
Committee: TRAN ITRE

Bogdan Kazimierz MARCINKIEWICZ, Andrzej GRZYB

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – footnote

b. enable the Union to achieve its targets of a 20% reduction of greenhouse gas emissions1, a 20% increase in energy efficiency and raising the share of renewable energy to 20% up to 2020, while ensuring greater solidarity among Member States. 1 If the conditions are right, up to 30´%. If the conditions set out by the European Council are met, up to 30´%.

2012/10/10
Committee: TRAN ITRE

Bogdan Kazimierz MARCINKIEWICZ, Andrzej GRZYB

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

1. ~~Further~~Without prejudice to the general objectives set out under Article 3, the Connecting Europe Facility sh~~ould~~all contribute to achieving the following sector specific objectives:

2012/10/10
Committee: TRAN ITRE

Bogdan Kazimierz MARCINKIEWICZ, Andrzej GRZYB

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii

(ii) ensuring sustainable and efficient transport in the long run, to be measured by the length of the conventional railway network in the EU-27 and the length of high-speed railway ~~network~~and waterways network created or improved by means of this Regulation in the EU-27;

2012/10/10
Committee: TRAN ITRE

Bogdan Kazimierz MARCINKIEWICZ, Andrzej GRZYB

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point i

(i) promoting the further integration of the internal energy market and the interoperability of electricity, oil and gas networks across borders, including by ensuring that no Member State is isolated from the European network, to be measured by the number of projects effectively interconnecting Member states' networks and removing internal bottlenecks;

2012/10/10
Committee: TRAN ITRE

Bogdan Kazimierz MARCINKIEWICZ, Andrzej GRZYB

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

1. The estimated investment requirement for trans-European networks in the transport, energy and telecommunications sectors for the period up to 2020 is EUR 50 000 000 000. The financial envelope for the implementation of the Connecting Europe Facility for the period 2014 to 2020 shall be EUR 50 000 000 000. That amount shall be distributed among the sectors referred to in Article 3 as follows:

2012/10/10
Committee: TRAN ITRE

Bogdan Kazimierz MARCINKIEWICZ, Konrad SZYMAŃSKI, Andrzej GRZYB, Artur ZASADA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) transport: [EUR 31 694 000 000], out of which [EUR 10 000 000 000] shall be transferred from the Cohesion Fund to be spent ~~in line with this Regulation in Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund~~for projects listed in the annex to this Regulation, respecting the national allocations;

2012/10/10
Committee: TRAN ITRE

Bogdan Kazimierz MARCINKIEWICZ, Andrzej GRZYB, Konrad SZYMAŃSKI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a

(a) actions implementing the core network according to Chapter III and comprehensive network according to Chapter II of Regulation (EU) No XXXX/2012 [TEN-T Guidelines], including the deployment of new technologies and innovation according to Article 39 of Regulation (EU) No XXXX/2012 [TEN-T Guidelines];

2012/10/10
Committee: TRAN ITRE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point f

(f) actions t~~o reduce rail freight~~argeting the reduction of rail noise by retrofitting of existing rolling stock in order to ensure viable use of the TEN-T network respecting noise level requirements;

2012/10/10
Committee: TRAN ITRE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3

~~Grant funding for projects with significant user-based revenue sources shall be primarily available for purposes of project preparation, in particular PPP assessment.~~deleted

2012/10/10
Committee: TRAN ITRE

Bogdan Kazimierz MARCINKIEWICZ, Andrzej GRZYB

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b – point i

(i) rail and inland waterways: the amount of Union financial aid shall not exceed 250% of the eligible cost; the funding rate may be increased to 360% for actions addressing bottlenecks; the funding rate may be increased to 470% for actions concerning cross-border sections; the funding rate may be increased to 80% for actions enhancing rail interoperability.

2012/10/10
Committee: TRAN ITRE

Bogdan Kazimierz MARCINKIEWICZ, Andrzej GRZYB

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 6

6. The amount of financial aid to be granted to the actions selected may will be modulated based on a cost-benefit analysis of each project, availability of budget resources, and the need to maximise the leverage of EU funding.

2012/10/10
Committee: TRAN ITRE

Bogdan Kazimierz MARCINKIEWICZ, Andrzej GRZYB

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11

Article 11 Specific calls for funds transferred from the Cohesion Fund in the field of transport 1. As regards the EUR 10 000 000 000 transferred from the Cohesion Fund [Regulation XXX Article XX] to be spent in Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund, specific calls shall be launched for projects implementing the core network exclusively in Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund. 2. Applicable rules for the transport sector under this Regulation shall apply to these specific calls. When implementing these calls, greatest possible priority shall be given to projects respecting the national allocations under the Cohesion Fund. 3. By the way of derogation from Article 10, and as regards the EUR 10 000 000 000 transferred from the Cohesion Fund [Regulation XXX Article XX] to be spent in Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund, the maximum funding rates shall be those applicable to the Cohesion Fund referred to in Article 22 and Article 110(3) of Regulation (EU) No XXX/2012 [Regulation laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund covered by the Common Strategic Framework and laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006] for the following actions: (a) with regard to grants for studies; (b) with regard to grants for works: (b i) rail and inland waterways; (b ii) actions to support cross-border road sections; (b iii) inland transport connections to ports and airports, development of multi- modal platforms and of ports; (c) with regard to grants for traffic management systems and services: (c i) the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS); (c ii) traffic management systems.deleted

2012/10/10
Committee: TRAN ITRE

Bogdan Kazimierz MARCINKIEWICZ, Andrzej GRZYB

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1

1. As regards the [EUR 10 000 000 000] transferred from the Cohesion Fund [Regulation XXX Article XX] to be spent in Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund, ~~specific calls shall be launched for projects implementing the core network exclusively in~~financial envelopes shall be proposed by the Commission for Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund.

2012/10/10
Committee: TRAN ITRE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2

2. ~~Applicable rules for the transport sector under this Regulation shall apply to these specific calls.~~ When implementing these ~~call~~financial envelopes, greatest possible priority shall be given to projects respecting the national allocations under the Cohesion Fund. Special attention should be awared to the difficulties that some Members States might encounter as regards project engineering and to geographical balance in the spread of the projects.

2012/10/10
Committee: TRAN ITRE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2

The amount of the financial envelope shall lie within a range of ~~80%~~50 to 855 % of the budgetary resources referred to in Article 5(1)(a).

2012/10/10
Committee: TRAN ITRE

Bogdan Kazimierz MARCINKIEWICZ, Andrzej GRZYB

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20

~~Article 20 Delegated acts The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 25 concerning the addition or modification of the lists provided in the Annex.]~~deleted

2012/10/10
Committee: TRAN ITRE

Bogdan Kazimierz MARCINKIEWICZ, Andrzej GRZYB

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25

Article 25 Exercise of delegation 1. The power to adopt delegated acts is conferred on the Commission subject to the conditions laid down in this Article. 2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 20 shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period from the date of entry into force of this Regulation. 3. The delegation of power referred to in Article 20 may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force. 4. As soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the Council. 5. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 20 shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or by the Council within a period of two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and to the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council.deleted

2012/10/10
Committee: TRAN ITRE

Bogusław LIBERADZKI, Artur ZASADA, Piotr BORYS, Andrzej GRZYB, Filip KACZMAREK, Konrad SZYMAŃSKI, Bogusław SONIK, Jacek PROTASIEWICZ, Marek Józef GRÓBARCZYK, Tadeusz ZWIEFKA

Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Part I – point 1 – introductory part

Helsinki – Tallinn – Riga – Kaunas – Warszawa – Katowice Gdynia – Katowice Katowice – Ostrava – Brno – Wien Katowice – Žilina – Bratislava – Wien Wien – Graz – Klagenfurt – Villach – Udine – Venezia – Bologna – Ravenna Graz – Ljubljana – Koper/Trieste Szczecin/Świnoujście - Poznań/Zielona Góra - Wrocław - Ostrava

2012/10/17
Committee: TRAN ITRE