38 Amendments of Raffaele FITTO related to 2018/0196(COD)
Amendment 134 #
Proposal for a regulation
Title 0
Title 0
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund Plus, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, and financial rules for those and for the Asylum and Migration Fund, the Internal Security Fund and the Border Management and Visa Instrument
Amendment 143 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) In order to further develop a coordinated and harmonised implementation of Union Funds implemented under shared management namely the European Regional Development Fund ('ERDF'), the European Social Fund Plus ('ESF+'), the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development ('EAFRD'), measures financed under shared management in the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund ('EMFF'), the Asylum and Migration Fund ('AMIF'), Internal Security Fund ('ISF') and Integrated Border Management Fund ('BMVI'), financial rules based on Article 322 of the TFEU should be established for all these Funds ('the Funds'), clearly specifying the scope of application of the relevant provisions. In addition, common provisions based on Article 177 of the TFEU should be established to cover policy specific rules for the ERDF, the ESF+, the Cohesion Fund, the EAFRD and the EMFF.
Amendment 194 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) The principle of partnership is a key feature in the implementation of the Funds, building on the multi-level governance approach and ensuring the involvement of regional and local authorities, civil society and social partners. In order to provide continuity in the organisation of partnership, Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 240/201413 should continue to apply. _________________ 13 Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 240/2014 of 7 January 2014 on the European code of conduct on partnership in the framework of the European Structural and Investment Funds (OJ L 74, 14.3.2014, p. 1).
Amendment 226 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) The Partnership Agreement, prepared by each Member State, should be a strategic document guiding the negotiations between the Commission and the Member State concerned on the design of programmes. The document must be approved by 31 December 2019. In order to reduce the administrative burden, it should not be necessary to amend Partnership Agreements during the programming period. To facilitate the programming and avoid overlapping content in programming documents, Partnership Agreements can be included as part of a programme.
Amendment 235 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) To ensure the necessary prerequisites for the effective and efficient use of Union support granted by the Funds, a limited list of enabling conditions as well as a concise and exhaustive set of objective criteria for their assessment should be established. Each enabling condition should be linked to a specific objective and should be automatically applicable where the specific objective is selected for support. Where those conditions are not fulfilled, expenditure related to operations under the related specific objectives should not be included in payment applications.. In order to maintain a favourable investment framework, the continued fulfilment of the enabling conditions should be monitored regularly. It is also important to ensure that operations selected for support are implemented consistently with the strategies and planning documents in place underlying the fulfilled enabling conditions, thus ensuring that all co- financed operations are in line with the Union policy framework. In this regard, the measures to be implemented should be designed to an adequate level as of 1 January 2021.
Amendment 242 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) The Member State should carry out a mid-term review of each programme supported by the ERDF, the ESF+ and the Cohesion Fund. That review should provide a fully-fledged adjustment of programmes based on programme performance, while also providing an opportunity to take account of new challenges and relevant CSRs issued in 2024. In parallel, in 2024 the Commission should, together with the technical adjustment for the year 2025, review all Member States' total allocations under the Investment for jobs and growth goal of cohesion policy for the years 2025, 2026 and 2027, applying the allocation method set out in the relevant basic act. That review together with the outcome of the mid-term review should result in programme amendments modifying the financial allocations for the years 2025, 2026 and 2027. In the review, the Member State is required to assess the efficiency of the managing authority and of those responsible for implementing the measures.
Amendment 299 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 45
Recital 45
(45) In accordance with the principle and rules of shared management, Member States and the Commission should be responsible for the management and control of programmes and give assurance on the legal and regular use of the Funds. Since Member States should have the primary responsibility for such management and control and should ensure that operations supported by the Funds comply with applicable law, their obligations in that regard should be specified. The powers and responsibilities of the Commission in that context should also be laid down. Any legislative and regulatory provisions that are additional to those laid down in this Regulation should be prohibited in all circumstances.
Amendment 305 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 48
Recital 48
(48) Since the managing authority bears the main responsibility for the effective and efficient implementation of the Funds and therefore fulfils a substantial number of functions, its functions in relation to the selection of projects, programme management and support for the monitoring committee should be set out in detail. Operations selected should be in line with the horizontal principles. It is understood that each administration involved in implementation may not establish more than one managing authority.
Amendment 333 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 67
Recital 67
(67) It is necessary to establish the maximum rates of co-financing in the area of cohesion policy by category of region in order to ensure that the principle of co- financing is respected through an appropriate level of public or private national support. Those rates should reflect the level of economic development of regions in terms of GDP per capita in relation to the EU-27 average. In order to ensure that co-financing is effective, it should be established that the resources allocated by individual Member States to co-financing in relation to the funds referred to in this Regulation, are to be excluded from the calculation of the relevant parameters for the Stability and Growth Pact.
Amendment 341 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) financial rules for the European Regional Development Fund ('ERDF'), the European Social Fund Plus ('ESF+'), the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EARDF), the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund ('EMFF'), the Asylum and Migration Fund ('AMIF'), the Internal Security Fund ('ISF') and the Border Management and Visa Instrument ('BMVI') ('the Funds');
Amendment 349 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) common provisions applicable to the ERDF, the ESF+, the Cohesion Fund, the EAFRD and the EMFF.
Amendment 353 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 6 – point c a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 6 – point c a (new)
(ca) Regulation (EU) […] (the 'CAP Strategic Plans Regulation') and Regulation (EU) […] (the 'CAP Horizontal Regulation');
Amendment 391 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The ERDF, the ESF+, the Cohesion Fund, the EAFRD and the EMFF shall support the following policy objectives:
Amendment 432 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) a Europe closer to citizens by fostering the sustainable and integrated development of all the regions, of urban, rural and coastalmaritime areas and local initiatives.
Amendment 493 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) regional, local, urban and other public authorities;
Amendment 720 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Expenditure related to operations linked to the specific objective or, for the EAFRD, linked to the intervention concerned, cannot be included in payment applications until the Commission has informed the Member State of the fulfilment of the enabling condition pursuant to paragraph 4.
Amendment 731 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
Where the Commission considers that an enabling condition is no longer fulfilled, it shall inform the Member State and give it the opportunity to present its observations within one month. Where the Commission concludes that the non-fulfilment of the enabling condition persists, expenditure related to the specific objective concerned or, for the EAFRD, linked to the intervention concerned, cannot be included in payment applications as from the date the Commission informs the Member State accordingly.
Amendment 743 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The Member State, after consulting local and regional authorities, shall establish a performance framework which shall allow monitoring, reporting on and evaluating programme performance during its implementation, and contribute to measuring the overall performance of the Funds.
Amendment 748 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The Member State shall identify specific objectives and targets for each managing authority, and, if measures are not implemented, or are delayed, may propose to the Commission appropriate reprogramming measures or replacement of the non-compliant authority.
Amendment 819 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 – point e
Article 15 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 – point e
Amendment 909 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a – point vii a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a – point vii a (new)
(viia ) available interventions with adequate levels of planning;
Amendment 997 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 4
Article 18 – paragraph 4
4. TBy 30 December 2020 and no later, the Commission shall adopt a decision by means of an implementing act approving the programme no later than six months after the date of submission of the programme by the Member State.
Amendment 1281 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
(ha) the assessment of the efficiency and effectiveness of each individual managing authority, also with a view to adopting the most appropriate measures to speed up the intervention;
Amendment 1286 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 35 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The monitoring committee shall approve or, for programmes supported by the EAFRD, give its opinion on:
Amendment 1290 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 35 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the annual performance reports for programmes supported by the EAFRD, the EMFF, the AMF, the ISF and the BMVI, and the final performance report for programmes supported by the ERDF, the ESF+ and the Cohesion Fund;
Amendment 1298 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 6
Article 36 – paragraph 6
6. For programmes supported by the EAFRD, the EMFF, the AMF, the ISF and the BMVI, the Member State shall submit an annual performance report in accordance with the Fund-specific Regulations.
Amendment 1448 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 2
Article 58 – paragraph 2
2. The Fund-specific Regulations may identify additional costs that are not eligible for a contribution from each Fund. Costs incurred by an undertaking also through its own subsidiaries, aimed at relocating the economic activity, or part thereof, currently carried out in each state, in other Member States or in states outside the European Union, shall nevertheless not be eligible.
Amendment 1529 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 67 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
Article 67 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
(ba) ensure that selected operations have been designed to an adequate level, or establish an appropriate period within which the relevant planning documents must be approved by the authorities responsible;
Amendment 1881 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 104 – paragraph 7
Article 104 – paragraph 7
7. Resources for the European territorial cooperation goal (Interreg) shall amount to 2.5 3% of the global resources available for budgetary commitment from the Funds for the period 2021-2027 (i.e. a total of EUR 8 430 000 000xx xxx xxx xxx in 2018 prices).
Amendment 1988 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 106 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
The co-financing rate for Interreg programmes shall be no higher than 7085 %.
Amendment 2036 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex XXIV – point 8 – point a
Annex XXIV – point 8 – point a
(a) total population of all NUTS level 3 landis determined as the weighted sum of the share of the population of border regions and of other NUTS level 3 reg share of the total populations of which at least half of the regional population lives within 25 kilometres of the land border (weighting 36%)each Member State. The weighting is determined by the respective shares of the cross-border and transnational components. The population of NUTS level 3 regions shall be taken into consideration for cross- border cooperation programmes and the population of NUTS level 2 regions shall be taken into consideration for transnational cooperation programmes;
Amendment 2038 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex XXIV – point 8 – point b
Annex XXIV – point 8 – point b
Amendment 2043 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex XXIV – point 8 – point b a (new)
Annex XXIV – point 8 – point b a (new)
(ba) as regards the outermost regions component, the Member States’ share is determined as the weighted sum of the shares of the total population of the outermost regions.
Amendment 2044 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex XXIV – point 8 – point c
Annex XXIV – point 8 – point c
Amendment 2050 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex XXIV – point 8 – point d
Annex XXIV – point 8 – point d
d) total population of all NUTS level 3 regions along border coastlines and of other NUTS level 3 regions of which at least half of the regional population lives within 25 kilometres of the border coastlines. (weighting 9.8%);eleted
Amendment 2057 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex XXIV – point 8 – point e
Annex XXIV – point 8 – point e
Amendment 2063 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex XXIV – point 8 – point f
Annex XXIV – point 8 – point f
Amendment 2068 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex XXIV – point 8 – paragraph 1
Annex XXIV – point 8 – paragraph 1