4 Amendments of Inés AYALA SENDER related to 2016/2047(BUD)
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes that, in previous calls for proposals concerning the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), grants have been awarded primarily to projects in the central part of the trans-European transport network (TEN-T), thereby relegating outlying and isolated areas to the back of the queue; recalls, in this context, that trans-European network corridors should extend to all areas of the Union and calls on the Commission, in future CEF calls for proposals, to focus on projects that provide links with the core network corridors and thereby enhance connectivity throughout the network;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Considers that a number of projects that are genuinely European in scope and in line with EU transport policy, such as installing the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) in EU transport corridors and the Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR) project, are unable to properly benefit from the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) owing to their complex legal structures, which often involve several Member States and various different organisations; considers that these are clear examples of projects on which the EFSI could be focusing, given their significant European added value and the greater risks and difficulties that they face when it comes to securing funding; calls on the Commission and the EFSI Advisory Hub to propose innovative ways to mobilise EFSI funding for such projects;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Welcomes, in this context, the Commission’s proposal to include missing rail links in the 2016 calls for proposals; calls on the Commission to provide advisory support to the project promoters and competent authorities to ensure that they put forward high-quality proposals; considers that cross-border missing links with significant European added value in terms of jobs, tourism and sustainability which connect areas that were historically linked by rail should be funded through the Connecting Europe Facility and other ad hoc funding sources;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Welcomes the first calls for proposals for the Shift2Rail joint initiative; calls on the governing body, and on the Commission in particular, to speed up the implementation of its work programme to make up for the time lost while setting up the initiative and, furthermore, to place particular emphasis on resolving core interoperability issues in the European rail network;