4 Amendments of Miguel PORTAS related to 2011/2043(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. While fully respecting the rights of the budgetary and discharge authorities, welcomes the RSFF and other innovative financial instruments which strengthen the leverage of the EU budget; emphasises the need for working delivery mechanisms for these; underlines that public investments have to be considered as well; asks the Commission to improve access for primary target groups such as SMEs, especially in the new Member States;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the need for further efforts in the field of research infrastructure, benefitting also SMEs and industry, especially in the new Member States;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the simplifications concerning the acceptability of personnel costs and asks the Commission to explore further simplification measures; reaffirms its commitment to further simplifying the rules applicable to the implementation of the EU budget and to research spending in particular; asks the Commission to put exchange and cooperation between the different programmes and member states as well as transparency on top of its agenda;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the Commission to further align FP7 with the Europe 2020 targets especially with specific targets such as combating poverty, improve health, fight climate change and protect the environment, while maintaining the overall level of funding for FP7;