Activities of Antonio CANCIAN related to 2011/0302(COD)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Connecting Europe Facility PDF (929 KB) DOC (1 MB)
Amendments (15)
Amendment 201 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36
Recital 36
(36) In the Europe 2020 Strategy, the Commission pledged to mobilise Union financial instruments as part ofwith sufficient resources to support a consistent funding strategy, that pulls together Union and national public and private funding for infrastructures. This is based on the rationale that in many cases sub-optimal investment situations and market imperfections may be more efficiently tackled by financial instruments than by grants.
Amendment 206 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38 a (new)
Recital 38 a (new)
(38a) Moreover, in the field of road transport and in order to increase the financial liability of projects' promoters - thus fulfilling the criteria requested by EIB to apply for financial instruments that require a sound financial standing able to create an efficient and well- functioning market- actions aimed at unifying existing concessions along the TEN-T network should be considered.
Amendment 224 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 48
Recital 48
(48) Some of the infrastructure projects of Union interest might need to link with and pass through neighbourhood, pre-accession and other third countries. The Connecting Europe Facility shouldmust offer simplified means of linking and financing these infrastructures, in order to ensure coherence between internal and external instruments of the Union budget. There needs to be proper coordination between the Commission directorates-general involved, so as to ensure that no barriers are placed in the way of these projects, in particular Motorways of the Seas projects.
Amendment 354 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. At least 80% of the total budget for the energy sector and the telecommunications sector shall be allocated through financial instruments.
Amendment 387 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Actions implementing projects of common interest with synergies between at least two of the sectors (transport, energy or telecommunications) covered by the CEF shall be eligible to receive financial aid from the Union under this Regulation. A list of the actions coming within this category is given below. Deployment of non-fossil-fuel and non- polluting supply networks (e.g. electricity or hydrogen) for means of transport. Implementation of smart grids based on new or existing transport and telecommunication infrastructure. Use of transport infrastructure (e.g. tunnels, bridges, etc.) for the deployment of new interconnectors which increase electrical capacity, of new gas corridors or of telecommunications networks. Transport infrastructure measures which increase the sector’s economic sustainability by means of on-site generation of energy from renewable sources.
Amendment 391 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 6
Article 8 – paragraph 6
Amendment 404 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
They may not receive funding under this Regulation, except where it is indispensable to achieve the objectives of a given project of common interest. With particular reference to Motorways of the Seas projects, the Commission shall create conditions conducive to the development of such projects with non- EU countries in the enlargement area.
Amendment 463 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point c – point ii
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point c – point ii
(ii) road traffic management systems(ITS), freight transport services, and secure parkings on the road core network, as well as actions to support the development of Motorways of the Seas:: the amount of Union financial aid shall not exceed 20% of the eligible cost.
Amendment 466 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point c – point ii a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point c – point ii a (new)
(ii a) Actions to support the development of Motorways of the Seas: the amount of Union financial aid shall not exceed 30% of the eligible cost
Amendment 468 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point c – point ii b (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point c – point ii b (new)
(ii b) Actions to support the implementation of the components of SESAR: the amount of Union financial aid shall not exceed 30% of the eligible cost.
Amendment 527 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) loans and/or guarantees facilitated by risk-sharing instruments, including inter alia enhancement mechanism to project bonds, issued by a financial institution on its own resources with a Union contribution to the provisioning and/or capital allocation;
Amendment 597 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Part I – point 1 – introductory part
Annex – Part I – point 1 – introductory part
Helsinki – Tallinn – Riga – Kaunas – VWarsavizawa – Katowice Gdynia – Katowice Katowice – Ostrava – Brno – VWienna Katowice – Žilina – Bratislava – VWienna Vienna – Graz – Klagenfurt – Villach – Udine – Venezia – Bologna – Ravenna – Ancona
Amendment 611 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Part I - point 1 - row 8 a (new)
Annex – Part I - point 1 - row 8 a (new)
Ravenna - Ancona Rail upgrading
Amendment 619 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Part I - point 1 - row 9 a (new)
Annex – Part I - point 1 - row 9 a (new)
Ancona Ports port interconnections, (further) development of multimodal platforms
Amendment 708 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Part I - Point b - row 28 a (new)
Annex – Part I - Point b - row 28 a (new)
Rail La Spezia - Other Core Rail studies and Parma Network works