Activities of Slavi BINEV related to 2007/2261(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
White Paper on Sport (debate)
Amendments (6)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Supports the Commission’s conclusions, in particular that sport is a fast-growing sector with an underestimated macro- economic impact, and can contribute to the Lisbon objectives of growth and jobs creation; underlines the extensive impact that sport has on other economic and social activities;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Welcomes Commission’s initiative to develop a European statistical method for measuring the economic impact of sport and asks the Commission to establish a clear time line for implementation;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission to ensure more funding for sport-related projects within the existing programmes, as well as to provide new funding instruments aimed at sport-related issues;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on the Member States to include high in their sustainable development strategies support for sport at the grassroots level including support for initiatives and the development of related infrastructure;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Welcomes Commission’s intention to maintain the existing possibilities for VAT reduction and calls on the Commission to encourage Member States to provide further financial incentives for sport;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. OSupposerts setting up an additional agency at EU level in the form of an EU sports agency and regards the existing decision- making and dispute settlement bodies as sufficientEU sports agency with the function of monitoring sporting issues and activities, providing the Community, the Member States and the sports governing bodies with reliable and comparable data on sport, and coordinating and supporting their work at EU level;