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18 Amendments of Jean-Luc BENNAHMIAS related to 2012/0295(COD)

Amendment 19 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
(2 a) Article 2 of the Treaty of the European Union underlines that the Union is founded on the values of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities.
2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 b (new)
(2 b) Article 6 of the Treaty of the European Union underlines that the Union recognises the rights, freedoms and principles set out in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.
2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
(4) The Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (hereinafter the ‘Fund’) should strengthen social cohesion by contributing to the reduction of poverty in the Union by supporting, primarily through the provision of food supplies, national schemes that provide non-financial assistance to the most deprived persons to alleviate food deprivation, homelessness and material deprivation of children.
2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
(4 a) The Fund cannot replace public policies undertaken by Member State governments to limit the need for emergency food aid and to develop sustainable targets and policies for the full eradication of hunger, poverty and social exclusion.
2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
(15) It is necessary to establish a maximum level of co-financing from the Fund to the operational programmes to provide for a multiplier effect of Union resoThe Member States most in need of the Fund are least likely to be able to afford to co-finance the measurces, while the situation of Member States facing temporary budget difficulties should be addressetherefore the Fund should be 100% funded by the Union in order to ensure the highest possible uptake of the Fund.
2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 a (new)
(16 a) All citizens in the European Union should be treated equally and yet levels of deprivation differ across Member States. The Commission should produce a report showing what percentage the European funds make up of national budgets for aid programmes for most deprived persons.
2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 b (new)
(16 b) Much of the work undertaken by associations working with the provision of food to Europe's most deprived is undertaken by volunteers. Therefore, the process for applying to be a beneficiary of the Fund must not be prohibitively complicated.
2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 a (new)
(18 a) Member States and partner organisations should work actively with large and small scale companies throughout the food supply chain, in line with their corporate and social responsibility programmes, as well as economical incentives, to reduce food waste and to ensure this produce is made available to associations working with Europe's most deprived.
2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The Fund shall be used to complement national strategies, not to replace or reduce national, long-term, sustainable poverty eradication and social inclusion programmes, which remain the responsibility of Member States.
2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. The Fund may support accompanying measures, primarily complementing the provision of food and goods, contributing to the social inclusion of the most deprived persons. It should also encourage collaboration with organisations which focus on the eradication of poverty and long-term social reintegration.
2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 12 a (new)
(12 a) The Fund shall be used to complement national strategies, not to replace Member States' authorities' responsibilities, for eradicating poverty and social exclusion, notably through the provision of long-term, sustainable programmes aiming at social reintegration rather than alleviating immediate food deprivation and material needs.
2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 12 b (new)
(12 b) Member States, and the bodies designated by them, shall build partnerships with companies throughout the food chain to create programmes allowing food companies to reduce waste and fulfil corporate and social responsability programmes, and for associations working with Europe's most deprived to gain access to food resources.
2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 105 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. The global resources available for budgetary commitment from the Fund for the period 2014-2020 shall be EUR 23 500 000 000 at 2011 prices, in accordance with the annual breakdown set out in Annex II.
2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 136 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)
This platform shall include encouraging an exchange between those working on immediate material deprivation alleviation and organisations working for longer- term, sustainable social reintegration, and looking at how links could be developed between these different objectives.
2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 166 #
2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 169 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1
1. The co-financing rate at the level of the operational programme shall not be higher than 85be 100% of the public eligible expenditure.
2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 174 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission decision adopting an operational programme shall fix the co- financing rate applicable to the operational programme and the maximum amount of support from the Fund.deleted
2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 178 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19
Increase in payments for Member States with temporary budgetary difficulties 1. At the request of a Member State, interim payments and payments of the final balance may be increased by 10 percentage points above the co-financing rate applicable to the operational programme. The increased rate, which can not exceed 100%, shall apply to requests for payment relating to the accounting period in which the Member State has submitted its request and subsequent accounting periods during which the Member State meets one of the following conditions: (h) where the Member State concerned has adopted the euro, it receives macro- financial assistance from the Union in accordance with Council Regulation (EU) No 407/2010; (i) where the Member State concerned has not adopted the euro, it receives medium- term financial assistance in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 332/2002; (j) financial assistance is made available to it in accordance with the Treaty establishing the European Stability Mechanism. 2. Notwithstanding paragraph 1, Union support through interim payments and payments of the final balance shall not be higher than the public support and the maximum amount of support from the Fund, as laid down in the Commission decision approving the operational programme.Article 19 deleted
2013/03/01
Committee: AGRI