Activities of Johan NISSINEN related to 2022/0033(NLE)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EU) 2021/2085 establishing the Joint Undertakings under Horizon Europe, as regards the Chips Joint Undertaking
Amendments (7)
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking addresses clearly defined topics that enable European industries at large to design, manufacture and use and research the most innovative technologies in electronic components and systems.
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Regulation (EU) […]23 establishes a framework for increasing the Union’s resilience in the field of semiconductor technologies, stimulating investment, strengthening the capabilities of the European semiconductor supply chain, while keeping in mind that the market is growing in cycles of oversupply and shortages, and increasing cooperation among the Member States and the Commission. To create the conditions necessary to strengthen the Union’s industrial innovation capacity, the Chips for Europe Initiative (the ‘Initiative’) is established. In order to ensure a consistent implementation of the Initiative, the European Semiconductor Board and stakeholders should provide advice to the Public Authorities Board. _________________ 23 OJ L …, p…
Amendment 31 #
(5) The Initiative aims to reinforce the competitiveness and resilience, which is best achieved by investing in R&D&I as well as diversification, of the semiconductor technological and industrial base, whilst strengthening the innovation capacity of its semiconductor ecosystem, reducing dependence on a limited number of third country companies and geographies, and strengthening its capacity to design and produce advanced components. These aims should be supported by bridging the gap between the Union’s advanced research and innovation capabilities and their industrial exploitation. It should promote capacity building to enable design, production and systems integration in next-generation semiconductor technologies, enhance collaboration among key players across the Union, strengthening Europe’s semiconductor supply and value chains, serving key industrial sectors, and creating new markets. The Commission should monitor the delivered value and progress of the aims of the Initiative in accordance with measurable indicators;
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5 a) Given the lack of the impact assessment accompanying the Commission proposal and proposed untested method of subsidizing production, the Commission should regularly and carefully publish and deliver relevant information and assessments of the impact of this Initiative on internal market, competitiveness, and the Union and national budgets.
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 b (new)
Recital 5 b (new)
(5 b) Public institutions have a responsibility towards citizens to exercise care in their use of public spending in all areas, including the Chips for Europe Initiative. Maximising the effectiveness and efficiency of expenditure secures the greatest value from spending decisions and helps to avoid waste and errors. It is therefore necessary to enhance the principles of good financial governance and to plan, publish and monitor the spending on this Initiative.
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 c (new)
Recital 5 c (new)
(5 c) In order to prevent the disruption in market competitiveness, the Commission should analyse the long-term effects of the subsidies granted in relation to this Regulation on innovations as subsidies and other forms of support can encourage complacency at recipient firms, therefore acting against technological upgrading in the semiconductor industry.
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The Initiative should be implemented through actions that should build upon the strong knowledge base acquired by the Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking. The Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking should be tasked with providing financial support, through any instrument or procedure provided for in Horizon Europe or the Digital Europe Programme, to actions funded under the Initiative. Furthermore, the Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking should be renamed to Chips Joint Undertaking. Throughout the lifetime of the Chips Joint Undertaking, at least EUR 2.5 billion should be dedicated to pilot lines, design infrastructures, competence centres, and other capacity building and R&D&I activities.