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6 Amendments of Anneli JÄÄTTEENMÄKI related to 2011/2035(INI)

Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Recognises the special needs of regions particularly disadvantaged by virtue of their geographical situation or natural environment; observes that, inter alia, sparsely populated northern regions suffer from permanent disadvantages such as sparse population, long distances and northern conditions; reiterates its call for special forms of preference to continue to apply in respect of those types of region, mentioned in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, which are particularly disadvantaged (outermost regions, northernmost regions with very low population density and island, mountain and cross-border regions);
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises that the Union will be able to hold its own in the face of global competition only if its cohesion policy can tap the development potential of all the regions in response to the challenges of the EU 2020 strategy; considers that an effective monitoring system should be established to coordinate the Europe 2020 strategy and cohesion policy;
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Calls, in the light of the necessary shift towards renewable sources of energy and of the climate debate, for cohesion policy to make a greater contribution to the rapid development of environmental technology and renewables; in that connection, supports the plans for decentralised energy strategies involving effective energy storage technologies in the regions;
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI
Amendment 510 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52 a (new)
52a. Calls for the inspection system to be simplified and the number of inspection levels to be reduced and for the respective responsibilities of the Commission and Member States to be clarified; calls for the use of a single-level inspection procedure, under which Member States would inspect projects and the Commission would inspect the Member States’ inspection systems;
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI
Amendment 526 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54 a (new)
54a. Calls for a substantial reduction in the administration and bureaucracy involved in cohesion policy and structural policy at all levels of activity, inter alia by switching to electronic procedures;
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI
Amendment 549 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57
57. Emphasises the importance in terms of cohesion policy of the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (ENPI) promoting cross-border cooperation with states outside the EU; sees infrastructure (, inter alia in the fields of the environment, health, education, transport and, energy) links with neighbouring countries as having particularly positive effects on the European border regions; calls for ENPI funding to focus more closely on strategic needs in relation to energy and to transport infrastructure and civil society; urges that the administration of regional cooperation across the EU- Russian border be simplified and bureaucracy relating to it reduced;
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI