Activities of Jean-Marie CAVADA related to 2015/0009(COD)
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Amendment 22 #
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Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) To partially finance the contribution from the Union budget, the available envelopes of the Horizon 2020 – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation 2014-2020, provided by Regulation (EU) No 1291/2013 of will be progressively authorised by the European Parliament and of the Council2, and the Connecting Europe Facility, provided by Regulation (EU) No 1316/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council3, should be reduced. Those programmes serve purposes that are not replicated by the EFSI. However, the reduction of both programmes to finance the guarantee fund is expected to ensure a greater investment in certain areas of their respective mandates than is possible through the existing programmes. The EFSI should be able to leverage the EU guarantee to multiply the financial effect within those areas of research, developmentEuropean Council in the framework of the annual budgetary procedures 2014- 2020. A constructive and flexible approach should be therefore used by the budgetary authority, without jeopardising the long term grant-based financing scheme envisaged by Horizon 2020 and the Connecting Europe Facility. In order to achieve the goals of the Europe 2020 Strategy, the links of the knowledge triangle - Education, Research and iInnovation and transport, telecommunications and energy infrastructure compared to if the resources had been spent via grants within the planned Horizon 2020 and Connecting Europe Facility programmes. It is, therefore, appropri-should be reinforced through long-term financing strategy and stability, avoiding cuts to programmes related to redirect part of the funding presently envisaged for those programmes to the benefit of EFSI. ucation, culture and research. __________________ 3 Regulation (EU) No 1316/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 establishing the Connecting Europe Facility, amending Regulation (EU) No 913/2010 and repealing Regulations (EC) No 680/2007 and (EC) No 67/2010 (OJ L 348, 20.12.2013, p. 129).