11 Amendments of Pilar del CASTILLO VERA related to 2011/0302(COD)
Amendment 109 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1 a) There is an urgent need for financial simplification in order to seize the advantages of the potential synergies in the deployment, development and maintenance throughout the telecommunications and the energy networks.
Amendment 119 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The creation of a Connecting Europe Facility aims at increasing legal certainty, and accelerating the investments in the field of trans-European networks, and leverage funding from both the public and private sectors.
Amendment 155 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Major investments are needed to modernise and expand Europe's energy infrastructure and to interconnect networks across borders, putting an end to the existence of energy islands, in order to meet the Union's energy and climate policy objectives of competitiveness, sustainability and security of supply in a cost-effective way. The estimated investment needs in energy infrastructure up to 2020 amount to EUR 1 trillion, of which ca. EUR 200 billion in electricity and gas transmission and storage infrastructures considered of European relevance. Among projects of European relevance, approximately EUR 100 billion of investments is at risk of not being delivered due to obstacles related to permit granting, regulation and financing.
Amendment 162 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) Telecommunications are increasingly becoming internet-based infrastructures, with broadband networks and digital services closely interrelated. The internet is becoming the dominant platform for communication, offering innovative services, and doing business. Therefore the trans- European availability of fast Internet access and digital services is essential for economic growth and the Single Market. Consequently to stimulate, in accordance with the principle of technological neutrality, Europe-wide deployment of fast and ultra-fast broadband networks will, in turn, facilitate the development and deployment of trans-European digital services. However this support shall not lead to market distortions and crowding out of private investment.
Amendment 167 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) Modern, fibre-based internet networks are a crucial infrastructure for the future in terms of connectivity for European companies, in particular SMEs that want to use cloud computing in order to improve cost-efficiency. In order to avoid duplication of infrastructure, prevent the displacement of private investment and enhance capacity building to create new investment opportunities and to promote the implementation of cost reduction measures, actions should be taken to improve coordination of EU support to broadband from CEF and broadband support from all other available sources, including through national broadband plans.
Amendment 178 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) It is necessary to develop strong and coherent EU-wide networks for the digital delivery of public-good actions, involving both public and civil society actors at national and regional level, and to this end it is essential to ensure the structured EU financing of the costs of the system and software design, as well as maintenance of a resilient hub for such networks, leaving only in-country costs for national operator budgets. In order to complete the Digital Single Market, close cooperation and coordination of activities under the CEF programme with the national and regional broadband actions shall be ensured.
Amendment 186 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) Generic services in areas of public interest (as core services) are often affected by a strong degree of market failures. Indeed, the areas to be funded relate to public service delivery (eHealth, eIdentity, eProcurement large scale deployment and interoperability) hence not commercial by definition at a starting level. In addition, if only core services are funded, the challenge would be to create the right incentives at Member State and regional level to actually deploy services of public interest: this is due particularly to lack of incentive at national level to link national systems to the core systems (hence develop conditions for interoperability and cross- border services) as well as to the fact that private investors would not alone ensure service deployment within interoperable frameworks. Projects of common interest relating to cross-border delivery of eGovernment services should take into account the 25 recommendations of the European Interoperability Framework for European public services (EIF) that address specific interoperability requirements.
Amendment 188 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29 a (new)
Recital 29 a (new)
(29 a) The deployment of cross border services by the establishment of electronic procedures for moving from one European country to another will allow dealing electronically with all necessary administrative procedures, facilitating the mobility of Europeans while making it less costly. Consequently, these services have the potential of changing in a positive manner the ease with which Europeans can work, study and reside in any Member State, through Points of Single Contact for registration of change of address with all public authorities in the target country (local authority, school, doctor, police, etc.) with the source country electronic identity.
Amendment 223 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 47 a (new)
Recital 47 a (new)
(47 a) In order to ensure broad and fair competition for projects benefitting from CEF funds, tenders must be based on fair and transparent contract conditions and the form of contract used must be appropriate to the project's objectives and circumstances.
Amendment 254 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12
(12) ‘bottleneck’ means a physical barrier that leads to a system break affecting the continuity of long-distance flows. Such a barrier can be absorbed by new infrastructure such as bridges or tunnels that address problems as for example gradients, curve radii, gauge. The need to upgrade existing infrastructure shall not be considered as a bottleneck; in the field of energy, lack of capacity of interconnection due either to absence of infrastructure or to limited physical flow or faltering system management;
Amendment 719 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Part I – point b – rows 28 a-c (new)
Annex – Part I – point b – rows 28 a-c (new)
Palencia – Other Core Rail Studies and Santander Network works Castejón – Other Core Rail Studies and Logroño – Network works Miranda Almería – Other Core Rail Studies and Málaga – Network works Algeciras (along the coast)