16 Amendments of Markus PIEPER related to 2022/2081(DEC)
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Notes that European Parliament's Committee on Budgetary Control must have a clear overview of the NGO networks funded by the European Commission; calls on the Commission to publish contractual agreements between the European Commission and NGOs on the conditions for receiving EU funds; calls on the Commission to draft a standard contract on the conditions for receiving EU funds with NGOs; stresses that this contract must be equally binding for all European institutions and agencies;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Highlights that in the interest of clarity, legal certainty and the rule of law, transparency regulations for NGOs should be transferred into an NGO regulation; points out that the NGO regulation must systematically define NGOs; underlines that large NGOs that are registered in the EU Transparency Register should be treated in the same way as companies and fulfil the same reporting obligations; stresses that this should not lead to bureaucratic burdens;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)
Paragraph 12 c (new)
12c. Notes that the current guidelines for the 2021 interinstitutional agreement to register NGOs and stakeholders are insufficient; stresses the need for a thorough pre-check within the registration in the transparency register to disclose all funding sources; notes that funding from EU funds must be traceable from the direct recipient to the final beneficiary when funds are passed on in a chain; calls on the Commission and the co-legislators to revise the guidelines for the registration in the transparency register to disclose all incoming and outgoing funds, including the transfer of funds from one NGO and stakeholder to another;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 121 – point a a (new)
Paragraph 121 – point a a (new)
a a. Stresses that the financing of the RRF occurred due to a unique crisis situation, which must not set a general precedent for financing the EU budget from new debt;
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 127 a (new)
Paragraph 127 a (new)
127 a. Notes that the RRF should create synergies and lead to structural reforms; is concerned that some countries have repackaged old reforms into the National RRPs; criticises the inclusion by several Member States of mandatory measures they have to take in order to adapt the national law to new EU directives as milestones or targets in the National RRPs; underlines that this practice is counter-productive both within and outside the RRF framework, as it allows for the transposition of a measure the Member State had to take independently to the RRF, at a later stage than the original deadline; moreover stresses that the recovery funds should not disappear into national budgets;
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 128 a (new)
Paragraph 128 a (new)
128 a. Is concerned about the EU-added value of the Recovery and Resilience Facility; points out that in 2021 the planned average investment is only around total 6% of the total RRF allocation across the Members States for cross-border projects; notes that amending Regulation (EU) 2021/241 as regards REPowerEU chapters in recovery and resilience plans introduces a criterion on the cross-border or multi-country dimension or effect of reforms and investments in Article 27; regrets nevertheless that the target of 30% cross- border projects is non-binding;
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 132 a (new)
Paragraph 132 a (new)
132 a. Is concerned about the insufficient involvement of local and regional authorities in the preparation of the National RRPs; criticises that local and regional authorities appear to have had little influence on the final version of the National RRPs;
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 141 a (new)
Paragraph 141 a (new)
141 a. Reiterates that cross-border projects should enhance synergies and cooperation between the EU-countries and reflect common concerns and shared priorities; highlights that the Recovery and Resilience Facility plays a significant role in reorienting the EU towards energy-independency and to accelerate the energy transition; believes that under the current policy paradigm shift, too few cross-border projects have been initiated under the framework of the RRF; stresses the need for an independent energy supply for the EU and corresponding investments in cross-border networks, interconnectors and hydrogen projects;
Amendment 279 #
141 b. Recalls that the total outstanding commitments reached a record high of EUR 341,6 billion; is concerned about the high outstanding commitments in combination with EUR 225 billion in remaining RRF loans; reiterates that the full amount of outstanding loans shall be made available for Member States interested in investing into cross-border projects that are focused on energy- independence and transforming the energy-grid in the EU exceeding 6,8 % of their gross national income (GNI);
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 141 c (new)
Paragraph 141 c (new)
141 c. Notes that the Commission will determine the amount to be suspended if a milestone or target is not satisfactorily fulfilled, in full respect of the principles of equal treatment and proportionality; stresses that the full amount of decommitted RRF-payments shall be made available for Member States interested in investing into cross-border projects that are focused on energy- independence and transforming the energy-grid;
Amendment 314 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 153 – point b
Paragraph 153 – point b
b. make the list of all final beneficiaries and projects of RRF funding available to auditors and the discharge authority for all payments (in 2021 and throughout the implementation of the RRF); demands that the Member States make the list of all final beneficiaries and projects of RRF funding available to the Commission; urges the Commission to suspend payments for subsequent programmes if Member States do not provide a list of all final beneficiaries;
Amendment 318 #
b a. publish all final beneficiaries for 500 largest projects on the Recovery and Resilience Scoreboard;
Amendment 319 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 153 – point b b (new)
Paragraph 153 – point b b (new)
b b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to indicate the exact name of all social programmes and support measures implemented in the Member States with RRF funds; demands therefore an indication of the share of RRF funds in these programmes and an exact indication of the benefits that have been proportionally replaced by RRF funds in national protection for unemployment, health and long-term care;
Amendment 366 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 153 – point s a (new)
Paragraph 153 – point s a (new)
s a. make the full amount of outstanding loans and decommitted payments available only for cross-border projects focusing on energy-independency and to accelerate the energy transition; urges the Commission to present a proposal on the revision of the Recovery and Resilience Facility Regulation, allowing Member States to request a loan from oustanding loans and decommitted payments to finance cross-border projects focussing on energy; calls on the Commission to report the implementation progress, suspended and decommitted payments and requests on loans to the discharge authority;
Amendment 367 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 153 – point s b (new)
Paragraph 153 – point s b (new)
s b. ensure projects with cross-border dimension account for an amount that represents at least 30 % of the estimated costs of the measures in the REPowerEU chapter and to report to the discharge authority;
Amendment 378 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 153 – point w a (new)
Paragraph 153 – point w a (new)
w a. provide a detailed report to the discharge authority about reforms which Member States had implemented already before disbursements have been paid out and mandatory measures they have taken in order to adapt the national law to new EU directives as milestones or targets in the National RRPs;