Activities of Marian-Jean MARINESCU related to 2023/0199(COD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (‘STEP’) and amending Directive 2003/87/EC, Regulations (EU) 2021/1058, (EU) 2021/1056, (EU) 2021/1057, (EU) No 1303/2013, (EU) No 223/2014, (EU) 2021/1060, (EU) 2021/523, (EU) 2021/695, (EU) 2021/697 and (EU) 2021/241
Amendments (15)
Amendment 8 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Directive 2003/87/EC54 should be amended to allow for additional financing with a financial envelope for the period 2024-2027 of EUR 5 billion stemming from the multiannual financial framework. The Innovation Fund supports investments in innovative low-carbon technologies, which is a scope that is to be covered by the STEP. The increase in volume of the Innovation Fund should therefore allow to provide financing responding to the objective of supporting the development or manufacturing in the Union of critical clean technologies. In line with the objectives of ensuring cohesion and promoting the Single Market, and in order to support the green transition and the development of clean technologies throughout the Union, the additional financial envelope should be made available through calls for proposals open to entities from Member States whose average GDP per capita is below the EU average of the EU-27 measured in purchasing power standards (PPS) and calculated on the basis of Union figures for the period 2015-2017. _________________ 54 Directive 2003/87/EC establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading (OJ L 275, 25.10.2003, p. 32).
Amendment 18 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10a(8)(6)
Article 10a(8)(6)
In addition to the revenues from the allowances referred to in the first to fifth subparagraphs of this paragraph, the Innovation Fund shall also implement a financial envelope for the period from 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2027 of EUR 5 000 000 000 in current prices, as provided in Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2093, for supporting investments contributing to the STEP objective referred to in Article 2, point (a)(ii) of Regulation .../...63[1] [STEP Regulation]. This financial envelope shall be made available to support investments only in Member States whose average GDP per capita is below the EU average of the EU-27 measured in purchasing power standards (PPS) and calculated on the basis of Union figures for the period 2015-2017 _________________ 63’ [1] Regulation …/… of the European Parliament and of the Council … [insert full title and OJ reference].
Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation 2021/1056
Article 2
Article 2
In accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 5(1) of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060, the JTF shall contribute to the specific objective of enabling regions and people to address the social, employment, economic and environmental impacts of the transition towards the Union’s 2030 targets for energy and climate and a climate-neutral economy of the Union by 2050, based on the Paris Agreement. The JTF may also support investments contributing to the STEP objective referred to in Article 2(1), point (a)(ii) of Regulation .../... [STEP Regulation].
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation 2021/1060
Article 2(45)
Article 2(45)
(45) ‘Seal of Excellence’ or the ‘Sovereignty Seal’ referred to in Article 4 of Regulation .../...67 [STEP Regulation] means the quality label attributed by the Commission in respect of a proposal, which shows that the proposal which has been assessed in a call for proposals under a Union instrument is deemed to comply with the minimum quality requirements of that Union instrument, but could not be funded due to lack of budget available for that call for proposals, and might receive support from other Union or national sources of funding; or the ‘Sovereignty Seal’ referred to in Article 4 of Regulation .../...67 [STEP Regulation]. _________________ 67 Regulation …/… of the European Parliament and of the Council … [insert full title and OJ reference].
Amendment 105 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) There is a need to support critical technologies in the following fields: deep and digital technologies, clean technologies, and biotechnologies (including the respective critical raw materials value chains), in particular projects, companies and sectors with a critical role for EU’s competitiveness and resilience and its value chains. By way of example, deep technologies and digital technologies should include microelectronics, high-performance computing, quantum technologies (i.e., computing, communication and sensing technologies), cloud computing, edge computing, and artificial intelligence, cybersecurity technologies, robotics, 5G and advanced connectivity and virtual realities, including actions related to deep and digital technologies for the development of defence and aerospace applications. Clean technologies should include, among others, renewable energy; electricity and heat storage; heat pumps; electricity grid; renewable fuels of non- biological origin; sustainable alternative fuels; electrolysers and fuel cells; MagRail and Hyperloop technologies; carbon capture, utilisation and storage; energy efficiency; hydrogen and its related infrastructure; smart energy solutions; technologies vital to sustainability such as water purification and desalination; advanced materials such as nanomaterials, composites and future clean construction materials, and technologies for the sustainable extraction and processing of critical raw materials. Biotechnology should be considered to include technologies such as biomolecules and its applications, pharmaceuticals and medical technologies vital for health security, crop biotechnology, and industrial biotechnology, such as for waste disposal, and biomanufacturing. The Commission may issue guidance to further specify the scope of the technologies in these three fields considered to be critical in accordance with this Regulation, in order to promote a common interpretation of the projects, companies and sectors to be supported under the respective programmes in light of the common strategic objective. Moreover, technologies in any of these three fields which are subjects of an Important Project of Common European Interest (IPCEI) approved by the Commission pursuant to Article 107(3), point (b) TFEU should be deemed to be critical, and individual projects within the scope of such an IPCEI should be eligible for funding, in accordance with the respective programme rules, to the extent that the identified funding gap and the eligible costs have not yet been completely covered.
Amendment 150 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Directive 2003/87/EC54 should be amended to allow for additional financing with a financial envelope for the period 2024-2027 of EUR 5 billion stemming from the multiannual financial framework and with a financial envelope stemming from the auctioning of 50 000 000 allowances withdrawn from Market Stability Reserve. . The Innovation Fund supports investments in innovative low- carbon technologies, which is a scope that is to be covered by the STEP. The increase in volume of the Innovation Fund should therefore allow to provide financing responding to the objective of supporting the development or manufacturing in the Union of critical clean technologies. In line with the objectives of ensuring cohesion and promoting the Single Market, and in order to support the green transition and the development of clean technologies throughout the Union, the additional financial envelope should be made available through calls for proposals open to entities from Member States whose average GDP per capita is below the EU average of the EU-27 measured in purchasing power standards (PPS) and calculated on the basis of Union figures for the period 2015-2017. _________________ 54 Directive 2003/87/EC establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading (OJ L 275, 25.10.2003, p. 32).
Amendment 168 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) The regulatory framework for the implementation of the 2014-2020 programmes has been adapted over the past years to provide Member States and regions with additional with additional flexibility in terms of implementation rules and more liquidity to tackle the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the war or aggression against Ukraine. These measures, introduced at the end of the programming period, require sufficient time and administrative resources to be fully exploited and implemented; also at a time where Member States will focus resources on revising the 2021-2027 operational programmes linked to the STEP objectives. With a view to alleviate the administrative burden on programme authorities and to prevent possible loss of funds at closure for purely administrative reasons, the deadlines for the administrative closure of the programmes under the 2014-2020 period should be extended in Regulation (EU) No 1303/201361 and Regulation (EU) No 223/201462 . More specifically, the deadline for the submission of that final payment application should be extended by 12 months. Furthermore, the deadline for the submission of the closure documents should also be extended by 12 months. In the context of this amendment, it is appropriate to clarify that distribution of food and material bought until the end of the eligibility period (end-2023) may continue after that date. In order to ensure a sound implementation of the EU budget and respect for the payment ceilings, payments to be made in 2025 should be capped at 1 % of the financial appropriations from resources under the Multiannual Financial Framework per programme. Amounts due exceeding the ceiling of 1% of programme appropriations per fund for 2025 would not be paid in 2025 nor in subsequent years but only used for the clearance of pre-financing. Unused amounts shall be decommitted in accordance with the general rules for decommitment at closureMember States should have the possibility to continue to spend the unused amounts allocated by MFF 2014-2020 for projects fulfilling the objective of this Regulation after December 31, 2023, during the period 2024-2027. _________________ 61 Regulation (EU) 1303/2013 laying down common provisions (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 320). 62 Regulation (EU) 223/2014 on the Fund for European Aid on the Most Deprived (OJ L 72, 12.3.2014, p. 1).
Amendment 195 #
(i) deep and digital technologies including multi-country projects in accordance with Decision EU) 2022/2481 of the European Parliament and of the Council
Amendment 199 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
(ii) clean technologies including net- zero technologies in accordance with Regulation (EU) .../... [Net-Zero Industry Act ]
Amendment 241 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) The amount stemming from the auctioning of 50 000 000 allowances withdrawn from Market Stability Reserve during the period 2024-2027.
Amendment 242 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
(db) In each Member State, an amount equal with its unused money at December 31, 2023 allocated in accordance with MFF 2014-2020. These amounts may be spend by the Member State after December 31, 2023 only for projects in accordance with the objectives of this Regulation during the period 2024-2027.
Amendment 263 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Article 4 – paragraph 4
4. When deciding on investment projects to finance from their respective shares of the Modernisation Fund in accordance with Article 10d of Directive 2003/87/EC, Member States shall consider as a priority project for critical clean technologies including net-zero technologies as defined in the Regulation (EU) .../... [Net-Zero Industry Act] which have received the Sovereignty Seal in accordance with paragraph 1. In addition, Member States may decide to grant national support to projects with a Sovereignty Seal contributing to the Platform objective referred to in Article 2(1), point (a)(ii).
Amendment 300 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 – subsection a – point 8 – sixth subparagraph
Article 10 – subsection a – point 8 – sixth subparagraph
In addition to the revenues from the allowances referred to in the first to fifth subparagraphs of this paragraph, the Innovation Fund shall also implement: (a) a financial envelope stemming from the auctioning of 50000000 allowances withdraw from the MSR in the period from 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2027; (b) a financial envelope for the period from 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2027 of EUR 5 000 000 000 in current prices, as provided in Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2093, for supporting investments contributing to the STEP objective referred to in Article 2, point (a)(ii) of Regulation .../...63 [STEP Regulation]. This; In order to support the green transition and the development of clean technologies throughout the Union these financial envelopes shall be made available to support investments only in Member States whose average GDP per capita is below the EU average of the EU-27 measured in purchasing power standards (PPS) and calculated on the basis of Union figures for the period 2015-2017’ [1] Regulation …/… of the European Parliament and of the Council … [insert full title and OJ reference]. _________________ 63 Regulation …/… of the European Parliament and of the Council … [insert full title and OJ reference].
Amendment 316 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 2021/1056
Article 2
Article 2
In accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 5(1) of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060, the JTF shall contribute to the specific objective of enabling regions and people to address the social, employment, economic and environmental impacts of the transition towards the Union’s 2030 targets for energy and climate and a climate-neutral economy of the Union by 2050, based on the Paris Agreement. The JTF may also support investments contributing to the STEP objective referred to in Article 2(1), point (a)(ii) of Regulation .../... [STEP Regulation].
Amendment 327 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 2021/1060
Article 2 – point 45
Article 2 – point 45
(45) ‘ Seal of Excellence’ or the ‘Sovereignty Seal’ referred to in Article 4 of Regulation .../...67 [STEP Regulation] means the quality label attributed by the Commission in respect of a proposal, which shows that the proposal which has been assessed in a call for proposals under a Union instrument is deemed to comply with the minimum quality requirements of that Union instrument, but could not be funded due to lack of budget available for that call for proposals, and might receive support from other Union or national sources of funding; or the ‘Sovereignty Seal’ referred to in Article 4 of Regulation .../...67 [STEP Regulation]. _________________ 67 Regulation …/… of the European Parliament and of the Council … [insert full title and OJ reference].