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20 Amendments of Sari ESSAYAH related to 2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 70

(70) It is important to bring the achievements of the Union's Funds to the attention of the general public. Citizens have the right to know how the Union's financial resources are invested. The responsibility to ensure that the appropriate information is communicated to the public should lie with both the managing authorities and the beneficiaries, but especially with the Commission. New technology makes it possible to publish in a graphic manner on a single centralised website financial flows for each country and the results achieved thereby. To ensure more efficiency in communication to the public at large and stronger synergies between the communication activities undertaken at the initiative of the Commission, the resources allocated to communication actions under this Regulation shall also contribute to cover the corporate communication of the political priorities of the European Union as far as they are related to the general objectives of this Regulation.

2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 22

1. On the request of a Member State, interim payments and payments of the final balance may be increased by 10 percentage points above the co-financing rate applicable to each priority for the ERDF, ESF and CF or to each measure for the EAFRD and the EMFF. The increased rate, which may not exceed 100%, shall apply to requests for payment relating to the accounting period in which the Member State has submitted its request and in subsequent accounting periods during which the Member State meets one of the following conditions: (a) where the Member State concerned has adopted the euro, it receives macro- financial assistance from the Union under Council Regulation (EU) No 407/201031; (b) where the Member State concerned has not adopted the euro, it receives medium-term financial assistance in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 332/200232; (c) financial assistance is made available to it in accordance with the Treaty establishing the European Stability Mechanism signed on 11 July 2011. The first sub-paragraph shall not apply to programmes under the ETC Regulation. 2. Notwithstanding paragraph 1, Union support through interim payments and payments of the final balance shall not be higher than the public support and the maximum amount of support from the CSF Funds for each priority for the ERDF, ESF and CF, or for each measure for the EAFRD and the EMFF, as laid down in the decision of the Commission approving the programme.Deleted

2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 60 – paragraph 1

1. Operations supported by the CSF Funds, subject to the derogations referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3, and the Fund-specific rules, and not including networked national operations, shall be located in the area covered by the programme under which they are supported (the ‘programme area’).

2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 64 – paragraph 1

1. In accordance with [Article 56(3)] of the Financial Regulation, each body responsible for the management and control of expenditure under the CSF Funds shall be accredited by formal decision of a~~n accrediting authority at ministerial level~~ Member State.

2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 64 – paragraph 4

4. The ~~accrediting authority~~Member State shall supervise the accredited body and withdraw its accreditation by formal decision if one or more of the accreditation criteria are no longer met, unless the body takes the necessary remedial actions within a period of probation to be determined by the ~~accrediting authority~~Member State according to the severity of the problem. The ~~accrediting authority~~Member State shall notify the Commission immediately of the setting of any probation period for an accredited body and of any withdrawal decision.

2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL

Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 83 – paragraph 3

3. 0.352 % of the global resources shall be allocated to technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission.

2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL

Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 2 – point a

(a) eligible population, elderly dependency ratio, population density, regional prosperity, national prosperity and unemployment rate for less developed regions and transition regions;

2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL

Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 2 – point b

(b) eligible population, regional prosperity, unemployment rate, employment rate, educational level, elderly dependency ratio and population density for more developed regions;

2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL

Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 3

3. At least 25 % of the Structural Funds resources for less developed regions, 40% for transition regions and 52% for more developed regions in each Member State shall be allocated to the ESF. For the purposes of this provision, the support to a Member State through the [Food for deprived people instrument] shall be considered as part of the share of Structural Funds allocated to the ESF.Deleted

2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL

Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 6

6. 5% of the resources for the Investment for growth and jobs goal ~~shall~~may be used by the Member States to constitute the performance reserve to be allocated in accordance with Article 20.

2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 74 a (new)

(74a) It is necessary to increase the transparency of the Funds, so that citizens can keep track of how Union funds are being and have been used.

2013/06/26
Committee: REGI

Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 110 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a

(a) 875 % for the Cohesion Fund;

2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL

Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 110 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b

(b) 85 % for the less developed regions of Member States whose average GDP per capita for the period 2007 to 2009 was below 85 % of the EU-27 average during the same period and for the outermost regions;Deleted

2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL

Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 110 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c

~~(c) 80% for the less developed regions of Member States other than those referred to in point (b) eligible for the transitional regime of the Cohesion Fund on 1 January 2014;~~Deleted

2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL

Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 110 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point d

(d) 75% for the less developed regions of Member States ~~other than those referred to in points (b) and (c),~~ and for all regions whose GDP per capita for the 2007-2013 period was less than 75% of the average of the EU-25 for the reference period but whose GDP per capita is above 75% of the GDP average of the EU-27;

2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL

Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 110 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1

The co-financing rate of the additional allocation in accordance with Article 84(1)(e) shall be no higher than 750%.

2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL

Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 117 – paragraph 1

1. The ~~accrediting body~~Member State shall adopt a formal decision to accredit those managing authorities and certifying authorities that comply with the accreditation criteria that have been established by the Commission by means of delegated acts in accordance with Article 142.

2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 114 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)

da) update the national common public website for the various Union funds, showing the use of appropriations from the Funds in previous years and, as far as possible, their proposed use in the current year, in a form that is comprehensible to the general public;

2013/06/26
Committee: REGI

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 6 – section 2 – point 2.1 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. The Member State and the managing authority shall ensure that information about the activities of the Union funds in a Member State is centrally accessible on a single website in a transparent manner, including the strategy to be implemented, the action programme, a list of projects, and brief descriptions and budgets of the activities and projects, as well as links to the beneficiaries’ online information sites, which should contain a clear description of the project receiving support.

2013/06/26
Committee: REGI

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 6 – section 3 – title

3. ~~Information measures for potential beneficiaries and beneficiaries~~Does not affect English version (linguistic amendment to Finnish).

2013/06/26
Committee: REGI