7 Amendments of Adina VĂLEAN related to 2008/0148(CNS)
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Research infrastructures should help to safeguard scientific excellence of Community research and the competitiveness of its economy, as based on medium-term to long-term forecasts, through the efficient support of European research activities. To achieve this they should be effectively open to the European research community at large and have the ambition to enhance the European scientific capabilities beyond the current state of the art and thereby contribute to the development of the European Research Area, in particular by promoting synergies with the EU's cohesion policy.
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10a (new)
Recital 10a (new)
(10a) In particular, new research infrastructures should take into account, where appropriate, the importance of unlocking the potential for scientific excellence in the convergence regions, as a means of enhancing the EU's long-term performance in research, innovation and economic competitiveness.
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Membership of an ERI must comprise at least threefour Member States and may include qualified third countries and specialised intergovernmental organisations. Therefore, an essential provision of this Regulation should be that an ERI should qualify as an international body or organisation for the purpose of the application of the Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax , Council Directive 92/12/EEC of 25 February 1992 on the general arrangements for products subject to excise duty and on the holding, movement and monitoring of such products and Directive 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on the coordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts , in conformity with State aid rules. In order to support more effectively the research activities of the ERI, thereby making them more competitive at global level, Member States and participating third countries should take all possible measures to accord to such ERI the most extensive exemption from other taxes.
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – point b
Article 3 – point b
(b) it represents an added value in the development of the European Research Area including by unlocking research potential in all EU regions, and a significant improvement in the relevant scientific and technological fields at international level;
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) a technical and scientific description of the research infrastructure to be established and operated by the ERI, as well as the socio-economic effects and the contribution to the EU's convergence objectives, addressing in particular the requirements set out in Article 3.
Amendment 73 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. An ERI shall have a name containing the words "European Research InfrastructuInfrastructură europeană de cercetare" or the abbreviation "ERI".
Amendment 76 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. An ERI must at all times have at least threefour Member States as members. Further Member States may join as members at any time on fair and reasonable terms specified in the Statutes.