Activities of Oldřich VLASÁK related to 2011/2035(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the Commission’s fifth Cohesion Report and the strategy for post-2013 cohesion policy PDF (349 KB) DOC (248 KB)
Amendments (13)
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recognises, too, that European funding adds value where projects supported at regionnational, regional and local level contribute to the achievement of pan- European objectives in the fields of economic growth, research, environmental protection, resource management, demographic change, energy supply sustainability, social cohesion or cross- border development and this would not have been realised without the European stimulus;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recognises the special needs of regions particularly disadvantaged by virtue of their geographical situation or natural environment; reiterates its call for special forms of preference to continue to apply, provided they are effective and bring European added value, 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);
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Doubts whether specific operational programmes for functional geographical entities such as metropolitan regions or sea or river basins will yield additional benefits; is particularly aware, in relation to such programmes, of the absence of political bodies (including democratically elected bodies) with a sufficiently wide- ranging remit to implement them; calls instead for closer coordination of macroregional or natural- environment strategies at inter- governmental levels;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Rejects the use of quotas in particular for national allocations under ESF/ERDF programmes, for urban development, for the countryside or otherwise according to categorisation on the basis of population density or territorial function; also regards as questionable the requirement to specify already at operational programme level which urban and otherterritorial areas are to be eligible for support, and calls for the Member States and regions to be allowed to organise competitive selection procedures in this respect as well;
Amendment 279 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
Amendment 356 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Supports retention of the operational programmes as the most important tool for implementation of the strategy papers in terms of concrete investment priorities; calls for clear and measurable objectives to be set in this respect and at the same time emphasises that it is necessary to abandon the principle of creating projects in response to declared challenges in favour of matching resources to specific projects;
Amendment 362 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Calls for the mandatory involvement of federal Länder and regions and of representatives of local authorities in drawing up development partnerships and operational programmes; considers it essential to make appropriate provision for this in the structural fund regulations;
Amendment 376 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Calls, in the event that binding priorities are set for all Member States, for these to cover innovation, infrastructure and resource management and to be tailored in each case to regions’ specific needs; stresses that it must be possible to suggest and pursue additional priorities on a voluntary basis and in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity; calls for suggested priority areas to include energy, education and training, and combating poverty;
Amendment 398 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Calls for the funding under investment partnerships not to be made conditional on the implementation of reformguarantees by the Member States, in order to ensure that it is used efficiently in areas directly related to cohesion policy; considers it fair for such conditions to include, in particular, full implementation of existing EU legislation (e.g. on price regulation, tendering procedures, transport, the environment and health) in order to prevent irregularities and ensure effectiveness; rejects, however, the imposition of conditions requiring Member States to undertake fundamental social and economic reformrejects the imposition of conditions which would require Member States to undertake fundamental economic and social reform and to transfer further responsibilities to EU level in violation of the principle of subsidiarity;
Amendment 434 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Considers that the maximum level of support must not exceed 75%, otherwise applications will be driven less by the case for the projects than by the prospect of the funding they can attract; calls for it to be made easier for regions to use private co- financing and market-oriented credit options to cover their share of project financing;
Amendment 508 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52
Paragraph 52
52. Calls on the Member States/regionpublic authorities to designate authorities that will assume exclusive responsibility for the proper administration of monies from the structural funds;
Amendment 531 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55
Paragraph 55
Amendment 539 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56
Paragraph 56