2 Amendments of Markus PIEPER related to 2018/0166R(APP)
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
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2. Points to the success of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) under the current MFF and the threefold oversubscription of calls for proposals; welcomes the fact that it is to be extended under the new MFF; deplores, however, the 12% cut in constant prices to the allocation for CEF Transport and the 13% cut in the Cohesion Fund contribution; takes the view that the budget for the CEF cannot be allocated to other programmes that are unrelated to its specific objectives; calls, in view of the growing need for expansion and renewal work, for the CEF Transport allocation ofto be EUR 12.37.5 billion and the Cohesion Fund contribution to be EUR 11.55.0 billion Cohesion Fund contribution to be reinstated;; (The Commission’s needs analysis shows that an investment of EUR 500 billion in the European Core Network will be needed by 2030. The Connecting Europe Facility must contribute to this.)
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 3
3. Points up the effectiveness of the centralised governance structure laid down by the CEF Regulation; notes that transferring part of Cohesion Fund funding to the CEF has been a great success and that the degree of satisfaction of the Member States concerned opens up the prospect of that mechanism being extended under the next MFF; accordingly proposes an allocation of EUR 20 billion from the European Regional Development Fund to the CEF, with the same management rules to be laid down as for the transfer of management responsibility for Cohesion Fund funding for the CEFto be managed under similar rules to those which apply to Cohesion Fund funding for the CEF, albeit accessible for all Member States; considers that, in view of the big difference between available funding and what is needed, that move would ensure that TEN- T projects in Europe made significant headway;