Activities of Evgeni KIRILOV related to 2009/2009(INI)
Reports (1)
REPORT Report on Cohesion Policy: Investing in the real economy PDF (125 KB) DOC (64 KB)
Amendments (12)
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
- having regard to the Proposal of the Commission for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1080/2006 on the European Regional Development Fund as regards the eligibility of energy efficiency and renewable energy investments in housing (COM(2008)0838),
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A (new)
Recital A (new)
A. whereas the European economy is suffering from the consequences of the global financial crisis and from the most wide spread and serious downturn for the last 60 years,
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B (new)
Recital B (new)
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C (new)
Recital C (new)
C. whereas the Cohesion policy is a significant tool “earmarked” for investment in the four priority areas of the Union's renewed Lisbon growth and jobs strategy, mainly people, business, infrastructure and energy and research and innovation,
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D (new)
Recital D (new)
D. whereas the success in mitigating the economic slow down depends on the willingness of Member States and regions to rapidly implement their programmes’ objectives,
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Welcomes the Commission's proposal to increase advance payments, so as to facilitate the implementation of projects by providing financial resources at an early stage of project implementation thus reducing the need for bank loans;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on the Member States and regional and local authorities to secure their contribution as required by the co- financing rules, so that the funds allocated by the Structural Funds can be fully exploited;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Encourages Member States to make more frequent use of the possibilities made available by theexplore synergies between Cohesion Policy financing and the other sources of Community funding (TEN-T, TEN-E, the Seventh Research and Technological Development Framework Programme, Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme and European Investment Bank) and in particulars well as the financing provided by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development; urges Member States to simplify and improve the access to the possibilities made available by the financial instruments JESSICA, JASMINE and JEREMIE. Underlines the importance of JASPERS for project preparation; in order to stimulate their more frequent use by SMEs and interested beneficiaries;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Encourages the Commission to increase technical assistance to Member States in order to improve the projects' quality and efficiency of project implementation; calls on the Commission to support Member States in updating operational programs, when they consider this necessary doing this in a flexible way without causing delay in programs implementation; underlines the importance of JASPERS for project preparation;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Considers the approval of the established national management and control systems by the Commission as crucial for speeding up programmes implementation and calls on Member States to finalise the process of informing the Commission as soon as possible;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission to conduct an impact assessment in 2010, of the reforms following the adoption of the revised structural fund Regulations in order to evaluate and further improve the efficiency of those measures, as well as to analyse the reasons causing problems and delay in implementation of the current cohesion policy and to make relevant suggestions for avoiding them in the future programming period;