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43 Amendments of Jan OLBRYCHT related to 2011/0276(COD)

Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 57
(57) It is necessary to fix the limits of those resources for the ‘Investment for growth and jobs’ goal and to adopt objective criteria for their allocation to regions and Member States. In order to encourage the necessary acceleration of development of infrastructure in transport and energy as well as information and communication technologies across the Union, a Connecting Europe Facility should be created. The allocation of the annual appropriations from the Funds and the amounts transferred from the Cohesion Fund to the Connecting Europe Facility to a Member State should be limited to a ceiling that would be fixed taking into account the capacity of that particular Member State to absorb these appropriations. In addition, in line with the headline target on poverty reduction, it is necessary to reorient the scheme for food support for the most deprived persons to promote social inclusion and the harmonious development of the Union. A mechanism is envisaged which transfers resources to this instrument and ensures that these will be constituted from ESF allocations through an implicit corresponding decrease of the minimum percentage of the Structural Funds to be allocated to the ESF in each country.
2012/06/01
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 90
(90) The Commission should be empowered to adopt, by means of implementing acts, as regards all CSF Funds, decisions approving the Partnership Contracts, decisions on the allocation of the performance reserve, decisions suspending payments linked to Member States' economic policies, and, in the case of decommitment, decisions to amend decisions adopting programmes; and as regards the Funds, decisions identifying the regions and Member States fulfilling the Investment for growth and jobs criteria, decisions setting out the annual breakdown of commitment appropriations to the Member States, decisions setting out the amount to be transferred from each Member State's CF allocation to the Connecting Europe Facility, decisions setting out the amount to be transferred from each Member State's Structural Funds allocation for food for deprived people, decisions adopting and amending operational programmes, decisions on major projects, decisions on joint action plans, decisions suspending payments and decisions on financial corrections.
2012/06/01
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 4 – paragraph 7
7. The part of the Union budget allocated to the CSF Funds shall be implemented within the framework of shared management between the Member States and the Commission, in accordance with Article 53(b) of the Financial Regulation, with the exception of the amount of the CF transferred to the Connecting Europe Facility referred to in Article 84(4) and innovative actions at the initiative of the Commission under Article 9 of the ERDF Regulation, and technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission.
2012/06/01
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 3
3. At least 25 % of the Structural Funds resources for less developed regions, 40% for transition regions and 52% for more developed regions in each Member State shall be allocated to the ESF. For the purposes of this provision, the support to a Member State through the [Food for deprived people instrument] shall be considered as part of the share of Structural Funds allocated to the ESF.deleted
2012/06/01
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
The support from the Cohesion Fund for transport infrastructure under the Connecting Europe Facility shall be EUR 10 000 000 000.deleted
2012/06/01
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
The Commission shall adopt a decision by implementing act setting out the amount to be transferred from each Member State's Cohesion Fund allocation for the whole period. The Cohesion Fund allocation of each Member State shall be reduced accordingly.deleted
2012/06/01
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 81 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
The annual appropriations corresponding to the support from the Cohesion Fund mentioned in the first subparagraph shall be entered in the relevant budget lines of the Connecting Europe Facility as from the 2014 budgetary exercise.deleted
2012/06/01
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 4
Support from the Cohesion Fund under the Connecting Europe Facility shall be implemented in accordance with Article [13] of Regulation (EU) […]/2012 on establishing the Connecting Europe Facility35 in respect of projects listed in Annex 1 to that Regulation, giving greatest possible priority to projects respecting the national allocations under the Cohesion Fund.deleted
2012/06/01
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 299 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 57
(57) It is necessary to fix the limits of those resources for the ‘Investment for growth and jobs’ goal and to adopt objective criteria for their allocation to regions and Member States. In order to encourage the necessary acceleration of development of infrastructure in transport and energy as well as information and communication technologies across the Union, a Connecting Europe Facility should be created. The allocation of the annual appropriations from the Funds and the amounts transferred from the Cohesion Fund to the Connecting Europe Facility to a Member State should be limited to a ceiling that would be fixed taking into account the capacity of that particular Member State to absorb these appropriations. In addition, in line with the headline target on poverty reduction, it is necessary to reorient the scheme for food support for the most deprived persons to promote social inclusion and the harmonious development of the Union. A mechanism is envisaged which transfers resources to this instrument and ensures that these will be constituted from ESF allocations through an implicit corresponding decrease of the minimum percentage of the Structural Funds to be allocated to the ESF in each country.
2012/06/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 319 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 65
(65) Where an urban or territorial development strategy requires an integrated approach because it involves investments under more than one priority axis of one or several operational programmes, action supported by the Funds should be carried out as an integrated territorial investment within an operational programme.
2012/06/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 343 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 87
(87) The frequency of audits on operations should be proportionate to the extent of the Union's support from the Funds. In particular, the number of audits s carried out should be reduced where the total eligible expenditure for an operation does not exceed EUR 1200 000. Nevertheless, it should be possible to carry out audits at any time where there is evidence of an irregularity or fraud, or, following closure of a completed operation, as part of an audit sample. In order that the level of auditing by the Commission is proportionate to the risk, the Commission should be able to reduce its audit work in relation to operational programmes where there are no significant deficiencies or where the audit authority can be relied on.
2012/06/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 351 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 90
(90) The Commission should be empowered to adopt, by means of implementing acts, as regards all CSF Funds, decisions approving the Partnership Contracts, decisions on the allocation of the performance reserve, decisions suspending payments linked to Member States' economic policies, and, in the case of decommitment, decisions to amend decisions adopting programmes; and as regards the Funds, decisions identifying the regions and Member States fulfilling the Investment for growth and jobs criteria, decisions setting out the annual breakdown of commitment appropriations to the Member States, decisions setting out the amount to be transferred from each Member State's CF allocation to the Connecting Europe Facility, decisions setting out the amount to be transferred from each Member State's Structural Funds allocation for food for deprived people, decisions adopting and amending operational programmes, decisions on major projects, decisions on joint action plans, decisions suspending payments and decisions on financial corrections.
2012/06/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 392 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 4 – paragraph 7
7. The part of the Union budget allocated to the CSF Funds shall be implemented within the framework of shared management between the Member States and the Commission, in accordance with Article 53(b) of the Financial Regulation, with the exception of the amount of the CF transferred to the Connecting Europe Facility referred to in Article 84(4) and innovative actions at the initiative of the Commission under Article 9 of the ERDF Regulation, and technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission.
2012/06/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 421 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) churches and religious communities active in the areas of transnational cooperation, education, culture and social inclusion.
2012/06/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 602 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
(ii) the arrangements to ensure an integrated approach to the use of the CSF Funds for the territorial development of different types of territories including urban, rural, coastal and fisheries areas and areas with particular territorial features, in particular the implementation arrangements for Articles 28, 29 and 99 accompanied, where appropriate, by a list of the cities to participate in the urban development platform referred to in Article 8 of the ERDF Regulation;
2012/06/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 785 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 26 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall assess the information provided in accordance with paragraph 1, taking account of the justification provided by the Member State. The Commission may make observations and the Member State shall provide to the Commission all necessary additional information. In accordance with Fund- specific rules, the Commission shall approve requests for amendment of a programme no later than fivthree months after their formal submission by the Member State provided that any observations made by the Commission have been satisfactorily taken into account. The Commission shall, where necessary, amend at the same time the decision approving the Partnership Contract in accordance with Article 15(3).
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 792 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – chapter 2 a (new)
Territorial development
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 793 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 27 a (new)
Article 27a Integrated territorial investment 1. Where an urban development strategy or other territorial strategy or pact as defined in Article 12(1) of Regulation...[ESF] requires an integrated approach involving investments under more than one priority axis of one or more operational programmes, the action shall be carried out as an integrated territorial investment (an 'ITI'). 2. The relevant operational programmes shall identify the ITIs planned and shall set out the indicative financial allocation from each priority axis to each ITI. 3. The Member State or the managing authority may designate one or more intermediate bodies, including local authorities, regional development bodies or non-governmental organisations, to carry out the management and implementation of an ITI. 4. The Member State or the relevant managing authorities shall ensure that the monitoring system for the operational programme provides for the identification of operations and outputs of a priority axis contributing to an ITI.
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1068 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 55 – paragraph 4
4. Operations shall not be selected for support by the CSF Funds where they have been physically completed or fully implemented before the application for funding under the programme is submitted by the beneficiary to the managing authority, irrespective of whether all related payments have been made by the beneficiary.deleted
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1092 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 59 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) value added tax. However, VAT amounts shall be eligible where they are not recoverable under national VAT legislation and are paid by a beneficiary other than non-taxable person as defined in the first subparagraph of Article 13(1) of Directive 2006/112/EC, provided that such VAT amounts are not incurred in relation to the provision of infrastructure.
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1274 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 3
3. At least 25 % of the Structural Funds resources for less developed regions, 40% for transition regions and 52% for more developed regions in each Member State shall be allocated to the ESF. For the purposes of this provision, the support to a Member State through the [Food for deprived people instrument] shall be considered as part of the share of Structural Funds allocated to the ESF.deleted
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1290 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
The support from the Cohesion Fund for transport infrastructure under the Connecting Europe Facility shall be EUR 10 000 000 000.deleted
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1293 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
The Commission shall adopt a decision by implementing act setting out the amount to be transferred from each Member State's Cohesion Fund allocation for the whole period. The Cohesion Fund allocation of each Member State shall be reduced accordingly.deleted
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1295 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
The annual appropriations corresponding to the support from the Cohesion Fund mentioned in the first subparagraph shall be entered in the relevant budget lines of the Connecting Europe Facility as from the 2014 budgetary exercise.deleted
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1297 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 4
Support from the Cohesion Fund under the Connecting Europe Facility shall be implemented in accordance with Article [13] of Regulation (EU) […]/2012 on establishing the Connecting Europe Facility35 in respect of projects listed in Annex 1 to that Regulation, giving greatest possible priority to projects respecting the national allocations under the Cohesion Fund.deleted
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1434 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 90 – paragraph 1
As part of an operational programme or operational programmes, the ERDF and the Cohesion Fund may support an operation comprising a series of works, activities or services intended in itself to accomplish an indivisible task of a precise economic or technical nature which has clearly identified goals and whose total eligible cost exceeds EUR 50 000 000, and in case of operations contributing to the thematic objective set out in point 7 of Article 9 where the total eligible cost exceeds EUR 75 000 000 (a ‘major project’). Financial instruments shall not be considered major projects.
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1461 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 92 – paragraph 4
4. Expenditure relating to major projects shall notmay be included in a request for payment applications before adoption of an approval decision byafter the submission of the major project for approval to the Commission.
2012/06/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1492 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 99 – paragraph 1
1. Where an urban development strategy or other territorial strategy or pact as defined in Article 12(1) of Regulation…[ESF] requires an integrated approach involving investments under more than one priority axis of one or more operational programmes, the action shall be carried out as an integrated territorial investment (an ‘ITI’).deleted
2012/06/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1493 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – chapter 4 – title
Territorial development 1 __________________ 1 The whole chapter IV "Territorial development" shall be moved to Part One of the Regulation.
2012/06/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1499 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 99 – paragraph 2
2. The relevant operational programmes shall identify the ITIs planned and shall set out the indicative financial allocation from each priority axis to each ITI.deleted
2012/06/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1505 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 99 – paragraph 3
3. The Member State or the managing authority may designate one or more intermediate bodies, including local authorities, regional development bodies or non-governmental organisations, to carry out the management and implementation of an ITI.Deleted
2012/06/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1508 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 99 – paragraph 4
4. The Member State or the relevant managing authorities shall ensure that the monitoring system for the operational programme provides for the identification of operations and outputs of a priority axis contributing to an ITI.deleted
2012/06/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1610 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 110 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
The co-financing rate at the level of each priority axis of operational programmes under the European territorial cooperation goal shall be no higher than 75%. For programmes with the participation of less developed regions the co-financing rate may be increased by additional ten percentage points (up to 85%).
2012/06/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1707 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 124 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) in 2015: 13 % of the amount of support from the Funds for the entire programming period to the operational programme;
2012/06/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1714 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 124 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) in 2016: 12 % of the amount of support from the Funds for the entire programming period to the operational programme.
2012/06/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1723 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 127 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The Commission shall decommit any part of the amount calculated in accordance with the second subparagraph in an operational programme that has not been used for payment of the initial and annual pre-financing, interim payments and annual balance by 31 December of the seconthird financial year following the year of budget commitment under the operational programme or for which a payment application drawn up in accordance with Article 121 has not been submitted in accordance with Article 126.
2012/06/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1729 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 127 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. When the Commission takes a decision to authorise a major project, the amounts potentially concerned by automatic decommitment shall be reduced by the annual amounts concerned by such major projects. For these annual amounts, the starting date for the calculation of the automatic decommitment deadlines referred to in point 1 shall be the date of the subsequent decision necessary in order to authorise such major projects.
2012/06/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1787 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 137 – paragraph 6
6. Where irregularities affecting annual accounts sent to the Commission are detected by the Commission or by the European Court of Auditors, the resulting financial correction shall reduce support from the Funds to the operational programme.deleted
2012/06/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1796 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 140 – paragraph 1
1. Operations for which the total eligible expenditure does not exceed EUR 1200 000 shall not be subject to more than one audit by either the audit authority or the Commission prior to the closure of all the expenditure concerned under Article 131. Other operations shall not be subject to more than one audit per accounting year by the audit authority and the Commission prior to the closure of all the expenditure concerned under Article 131. These provisions are without prejudice to paragraph 4.
2012/06/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1935 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.6 – Paragraph 1.6.2 a (new)
1.6.2a To fully address the principle of territorial cohesion, the integrated approach to promoting smart, sustainable and inclusive growth needs to reflect the role of cities, rural areas, fisheries and coastal areas, areas facing specific geographical or demographic problems, and take account of the specific challenges of the outermost regions, the northernmost regions with a very low population density and of island, cross- border or mountain regions. It also needs to address urban-rural linkages, in terms of access to affordable, quality infrastructures and services.
2012/06/08
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1944 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.6 – Paragraph 1.6.5
1.6.5 So as to foster good policies which are tailored to specific regional needs, Member States and regions must further develop an integrated territorial approach to policy design and delivery, taking account of relevant contextual aspects but focusing on the basis of the following central elements: a) an evaluation of the region's Europe 2020 development potential and capacity; b) an evaluation and assessment of implementation of new territorial instruments such as Integrated territorial investments, Joint Action Plans and Community-led local development; c) an assessment of the development challenges facing the region and its ability to address them; d) consideration of the appropriate territorial scale and context for policy design and delivery, according to the subsidiarity principle; e) design of the multi-level governance arrangements necessary to ensure effective policy delivery; f) the choice of appropriate result and outcome indicators, to be used for policy monitoring and evaluation.
2012/06/08
Committee: REGI
Amendment 2002 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 3 – Paragraph 3.2
3.2 Ministries and managing authorities responsible for the implementation of the Funds covered by the CPR must work closely together in the preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the Partnership Contract and programmes. In particular, they must: a) ensure the development of coordination mechanism between the CSF funds, i.e. the coordination between cohesion policy (Cohesion Fund and structural funds), rural development (European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development) and maritime policy (European Maritime and Fisheries Fund); b) identify areas of intervention where the Funds covered by the CPR can be combined in a complementary manner to achieve the thematic objectives set out in this Regulation; c) develop the multi-fund operational programmes; d) promote the involvement by managing authorities responsible for one of the Funds covered by the CPR of other managing authorities and relevant ministries in the development of support schemes to ensure synergies and avoid overlaps; e) establish joint monitoring committees for programmes implementing Funds covered by the CPR, and the development of other joint management and control arrangements to facilitate coordination between authorities responsible for the implementation of Funds covered by the CPR; f) make use of joint eGovernance solutions aimed at applicants and beneficiaries and "one-stop shops" for advice on the opportunities of support available through each Fund of the Funds covered by the CPR.
2012/06/08
Committee: REGI
Amendment 2009 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 4 – Paragraph 4.4
4. Priorities for territorial coordination (cross-border, transnational and interregional) 4.1 Great potential for regional development, job creation and cohesion lies in cooperation that goes beyond administrative borders and attempts to overcome the natural ones. Co-operation based on a shared need in a shared territory is often the most effective one. 4.2 Cross-border cooperation derives from an understanding that many challenges do not stop at administrative borders. An effective response requires joint, cooperative action and sharing of knowledge at the appropriate territorial level. 4.3 Furthermore, the embedded potential of border regions may be tapped through locally oriented support measures. 4.4 Overcoming barriers needs to be part of the programming of the Funds covered by the CPR – the objectives of the existing macro-regional strategies must be reflected in the needs analysis and goal setting for the relevant operational programmes from the planning phase on. Those strategies will not have served their purpose unless the objectives of the macro-regional strategies form part of the strategic planning in cohesion policy programmes in the regions and Member States concerned. 4.5 At the same time, Member States and regions must ensure that territorial cooperation programmes make an effective contribution to the Europe 2020 objectives. Member States and regions can thus foster cooperation as well as test, pilot and introduce new solutions, making sure that cooperation is organised in support of the wider policy goals. Where needed, territorial cooperation must be used to bring together policy-makers from across borders to work towards overcoming common problems. 4.6 Member States and regions must view the territorial cooperation programmes primarily as useful tools in overcoming barriers to co-operation, which would in turn support national and regional policy goals with impact beyond the programme area.
2012/06/08
Committee: REGI