30 Amendments of Mercedes BRESSO related to 2018/0196(COD)
Amendment 149 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) Particular attention shall be paid to rural areas affected by industrial transition, and regions which suffer from severe and permanent natural or demographic handicaps pursuant to Article 174 of TFEU.
Amendment 186 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Part of the budget of the Union allocated to the Funds should be implemented by the Commission under shared management with Member States within the meaning of Regulation (EU, Euratom) [number of the new Financial Regulation] of the European Parliament and of the Council12 (the 'Financial Regulation'). Therefore, when implementing the Funds under shared management, the Commission and the Member States should respect the principles referred to in the Financial Regulation, such as sound financial management, transparency and non- discrimination, other than the place-based approach, the principle of subsidiarity and principle of proportionality as set out in the TFEU. _________________ 12 OJ L […], […], p. […].
Amendment 207 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) At Union level, the European Semester of economic policy coordination is the framework to identify national reform priorities and monitor their implementation. Member States develop their own national multiannual investment strategies in support of these reform priorities. These strategies should be presente and in respect of the objective of social, economic and territorial cohesion as set out by the TFEU. These strategies should be presented at the beginning and in view of the mid-term review of the programming period alongside the yearly National Reform Programmes as a way to outline and coordinate priority investment projects to be supported by national and Union funding. They should also serve to use Union funding in a coherent manner and to maximise the added value of the financial support to be received notably from the Funds, the European Investment Stabilisation Function and InvestEU.
Amendment 220 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Member States should determine how relevant country-specific recommendations adopted in accordance with Article 121(2) of the TFEU and relevant Council recommendations adopted in accordance with Article 148(4) of the TFEU ('CSR's) are taken into account in the preparation of programming documents, where they are consistent with the objective identified by the programme. During the 2021–2027 programming period ('programming period'), Member States should regularly present to the monitoring committee and to the Commission the progress in implementing the programmes in support of the relevant CSRs. During a mid-term review, Member States should, among other elements, consider the need for programme modifications to accommodate relevant CSRs adopted or modified since the start of the programming period.
Amendment 255 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
Amendment 303 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 46
Recital 46
(46) In order to hasten the start of programme implementation, the roll-over of implementation arrangements from the previous programming period should be facilitated, where appropriate. The use of the computerised system already established for the previous programming period, adapted as required, should be maintained, unless a new technology is necessary.
Amendment 306 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 48 a (new)
Recital 48 a (new)
(48a) To support the effective use of the Funds, the significant EIB Group's and national promotional banks' expertise in implementing and advising on project preparation and implementation, as well as on financial instruments and investment platforms should continue to be utilized, for the benefit of all Managing Authorities wishing to implement such instruments. This would include awareness raising and capacity building actions, as well as project identification and implementation support, funded either at Union level or by Member States as appropriate.
Amendment 327 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 64
Recital 64
(64) A certain amount of the resources from ERDF, the ESF+ and the Cohesion Fund should be allocated to the European Urban Initiative which should be implemented through direct or indirect management by the Commission. Following the EP Resolution calling for an EU Agenda for rural, mountainous and remote areas, similar provision should be addressed to those areas as well.
Amendment 337 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 73 a (new)
Recital 73 a (new)
(73a) Public or equivalent structural expenditure supported by the public administration by way of co-financing of investments activated as part of European Structural and Investment Funds ('ESI Funds') shall not be taken into account by the Commission when defining the fiscal adjustment under either the preventive or the corrective arm of the Stability and Growth Pact.
Amendment 338 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 73 b (new)
Recital 73 b (new)
(73b) Following the request from Member States for flexibility within the framework of Stability and Growth Pact, public or equivalent structural expenditure supported by the public administration by way of co-financing of investments activated as part of European Structural and Investment Funds ('ESI Funds') shall be considered as a priority in granting the flexibility, unless exceptional circumstances occur.
Amendment 429 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) a Europe closer to citizens by fostering the sustainable and integrated development of urban areas, rural and coastal areareas, regions suffering from severe and permanent natural or demographic handicaps and local initiatives.
Amendment 443 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Article 4 – paragraph 4
4. Member States, local and regional authorities and the Commission shall ensure the coordination, complementarity and coherence between the Funds and other Union instruments, in line with the principle of subsidiarity and multilevel governance, such as the Reform Support Programme, including the Reform Delivery Tool and the Technical Support Instrument. They shall optimise mechanisms for coordination between those responsible to avoid duplication during planning and implementation.
Amendment 482 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Each Member State shall organise, in accordance with its institutional and legal framework, a partnership with the competent regional and local authorities. That partnership shall include at least the following partners:
Amendment 625 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(g a) where appropriate, an integrated approach to address the demographic challenges of regions or specific needs of geographical areas which suffer from severe and permanent natural or demographic handicaps as referred to in Article174 TFEU.
Amendment 673 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may allocate, in the Partnership Agreement or in the request for an amendment of a programme, the amount of ERDF, the ESF+, the Cohesion Fund and the EMFF to be contributed to InvestEU and delivered through budgetary guarantees. The amount to be contributed to InvestEU shall not exceed 5 % of the total allocation of each Fund, except in duly justified cases, and it should not weaken the place-based approach of the funds by linking the expenditure of those funds within the region to which they were originally assigned. Such contributions shall not constitute transfers of resources under Article 21.
Amendment 719 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Expenditure related to operations linked to the specific objective cannot also be included in payment applications untilbefore the Commission has informed the Member State of the fulfilment of the enabling condition pursuant to paragraph 4, without prejudice to the suspension of the reimbursement until the condition is fulfilled.
Amendment 741 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The Member State, in close cooperation with the territorial level managing the programmes and in full respect of the Code of Conduct on Partnership and Multi-level Governance, shall establish a performance framework which shall allow monitoring, reporting on and evaluating programme performance during its implementation, and contribute to measuring the overall performance of the Funds.
Amendment 795 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15
Article 15
Amendment 865 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall prepare programmes to implement the Funds for the period from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2027. Programmes shall be drawn up by Member States or at sub- national level, in cooperation with the partners referred to in Article 6 and in accordance with the Code of Conduct for Partnership and Multi-level Governance.
Amendment 1038 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
The Member State, while fully respecting the Code of Conduct for Partnership and Multi-level Governance, may transfer during the programming period an amount of up to 5 % of the initial allocation of a priority and no more than 3 % of the programme budget to another priority of the same Fund of the same programme. For the programmes supported by the ERDF and ESF+, the transfer shall only concern allocations for the same category of region.
Amendment 1350 #
(ba) local and regional authorities involved in the implementation of the programmes;
Amendment 1985 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 4 a (new)
Article 106 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 4 a (new)
Public or equivalent structural expenditure supported by the public administration by way of co-financing of investments activated as part of European Structural and Investment Funds (‘ESI Funds’) shall not be taken into account by the Commission when defining the fiscal adjustment under either the preventive or the corrective arm of the Stability and Growth Pact. In case of an excess over the deficit reference value, the Commission shall not launch an EDP if this excess is only due to the contribution and is expected to be temporary. When assessing an excess over the debt reference value, contributions to the ESI funds shall not be taken into account by the Commission.
Amendment 1986 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 4 b (new)
Article 106 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 4 b (new)
Member States may make a duly justified request for flexibility within the framework of Stability and Growth Pact for the public or equivalent structural expenditure, supported by the public administration by way of co-financing of investments activated as part of European Structural and Investment Funds (‘ESI Funds’). When defining the fiscal adjustment under either the preventive or the corrective arm of the Stability and Growth Pact, the Commission shall carefully assess this request, considering such a request a priority among the others.
Amendment 2030 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex XXIV – point 8 – introductory part
Annex XXIV – point 8 – introductory part
8. The allocation of resources by Member State, covering cross-border, transnational and outermost regions’ cooperation is determined as the weighted sum of the shares determined on the basis of the following criteria, weighted as indicatedfollows:
Amendment 2035 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex XXIV – point 8 – point a
Annex XXIV – point 8 – point a
a) total population of all NUTS level 3 land border regions and of otherconcerning the cross-border and the transnational cooperation components, the share of Member States is determined as the weighted sum of the share of the population of border regions and the share of the total population of each Member State. The population of NUTS level 3 regions of which at least half of the regional population lives within 25 kilometis to be taken into account for cross-border cooperation programmes, and the population of NUTS level 2 regions is to be taken into account for transnational cooperation programmes. The weight is determined by the respective shares of the land cross-border (weighting 36%)and the transnational components;
Amendment 2042 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex XXIV – point 8 – point b
Annex XXIV – point 8 – point b
b) population living within 25 kilometres of the land borders (weighting 24%);concerning the outermost regions component, the share of Member States is determined by the share of the total population of outermost regions.
Amendment 2049 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex XXIV – point 8 – point c
Annex XXIV – point 8 – point c
Amendment 2053 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex XXIV – point 8 – point d
Annex XXIV – point 8 – point d
d) total population of all NUTS level 3 regions along border coastlines and of other NUTS level 3 regions of which at least half of the regional population lives within 25 kilometres of the border coastlines. (weighting 9.8%);eleted
Amendment 2060 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex XXIV – point 8 – point e
Annex XXIV – point 8 – point e
Amendment 2064 #