3 Amendments of Jan OLBRYCHT related to 2016/2302(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that the ultimate purpose of financial instruments (FIs) is to act in situations of market failure or suboptimal investment as a catalyst making it possible to mobilise funding for projects which cannot secure adequate support from the market; insistprovide a complementary way of financial support from the EU budget as compared to subsidies and grants with the aim of addressing one or more policy objectives of the Union; notes that in the funding channelled through2014-2020 programming period the EU-FI supported FIs should play a social role and not b under cohesion policy can be provided for all thematic objectives and all ESI Funds which constitutes an extension of the elimited to satisfying private interests onlygibility compared to the previous financial perspective; notes furthermore that the support can take form of tailor- made or off-the-shelf instruments;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is alarmed by the significant delays in the implementation of the programmes; urgescohesion policy operational programmes under the current financial perspective; urges the Commission to identify the causes of the delays and the Member States to tackle them promptly all causes of delay, particularly late designation of manag, particularly when it comes to the designation of managing, certifying and auditing authorities,; in order to avoids seriously concerned about the strong possibility of a repetition of the accumulated backlog of unpaid invoices in the second half of the current MFF, which could seriously impact other EU-funded policies as well;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. In view of preparing the proposal for the next MFF, encourages the Commission to conduct an in-depth analysis of the use of the financial instruments since the beginning of the current programming period; stresses that when assessing a financial instrument, the leverage dimension cannot be the only evaluation criteria; is of the firm opinion that the possibility of a combination of various EU resources under harmonised management rules would help optimise the synergies between available sources of financing at EU level; encourages the Commission to reflect on a proper balance between the grants and FI in the next financial perspective and underlines that increasing use of financial instruments should not lead to a reduction in the Union budget;