Activities of Heide RÜHLE related to 2009/2166(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION Opinion on the European Investment Bank (EIB) - Annual Report 2008
Amendments (5)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the EIB to guarantee privileged financing for projects with a high social and environmental value; calls further on the EIB to improve its due diligence to ensure that its investment lending only supports projects of common interest to several Member States that cannot be entirely financed on reasonable terms by the various other means referred to in Article 309(b) and (c) of the Treaty and Article 18 of its Statute;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the EIB to increase its lending to energy efficiency and renewable energy projects in convergence regions; calls on the EIB also to play a leading role in the transition to a low- carbon economy and to adopt a plan for the phase-out of fossil fuel lending in line with Parliament's resolution of 29 November 2007 on trade and climate change1, paragraph 29 of which called for "the discontinuation of public support, via export credit agencies and public investment banks, for fossil fuel projects and for the redoubling of efforts to increase the transfer of renewable energy and energy efficient technologies";
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Recalls the recommendations made in its resolution of 25 March 2009 on the 2007 Annual Reports of the EIB and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development1, in paragraph 8 of which it urged the EIB "better to monitor and to make transparent the nature and final destination of its global loans in support of SMEs”; calls on the EIB to further enhance transparency in its lending through financial intermediaries and to establish clear financing conditions for financial intermediaries and lending effectiveness criteria; calls on the EIB furthermore to report annually on its lending to SMEs, including an evaluation of the accessibility and effectiveness thereof;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls on the EIB to harmonise its lending to SMEs with allocations of structural funds in convergence regions and to ensure balanced support between different types of SME;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Calls on the EIB to report on the results of its lending under the European Economic Recovery Plan, especially in terms of its effectiveness in reducing greenhouse gas emissions;