7 Amendments of Ska KELLER related to 2018/0371(COD)
Amendment 8 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The purpose of this Regulation is to enable the re-commitment of the remaining amounts committed to support the implementation of the Council Decisions (EU) 2015/1523 and (EU) 2015/1601 provided for under Regulation (EU) No 516/2014 of the European Parliament and the Council8 or the allocation of them to other actions under the national programmes in line with Union priorities and Member States' needs in thespecific areas of migration and asylum. __________________ 8. Regulation (EU) No 516/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 establishing the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund, amending Council Decision 2008/381/EC and repealing Decisions No 573/2007/EC and No 575/2007/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Decision 2007/435/EC (OJ L 150, 20.5.2014, p. 168).
Amendment 10 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Member States should have the possibility to use the above-mentioned amounts to continue implementing relocation by re-committing the amounts to the same action in the national programmes. In additionAs a minimum, Member States should re-commit 50% of those amounts to the same action in the national programme. For the remainder of those amounts, it should be possible, where duly justified in the revision of Member States' national programmes, to use this funding also to address other challenges in the area of migration and asylum, in line withfund specific actions in the area of migration and asylum, namely those targeted at providing support for and enabling family reunification, both under the Dublin Regulation and from third countries and resettlement, in line with Articles 7 and 17 of the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund Regulation. Member States' needs in these areas remain significant. Re- commitments of the above- mentioned amounts to the same action, or their transfer to other actionsspecific actions as listed above under the national programme should be possible only once and with the approval of the Commission.
Amendment 15 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The target group eligible for relocation as well as the countries from where relocation takes place should be expanded to give more flexibility to Member States in carrying out relocations. Relocation of children and families and of vulnerable applicants should be prioritised.
Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Member States should also have sufficient time to use the amounts re- committed to the same action or transferred to other specific actions prior to the decommitment of these amounts. Therefore, when such re- commitments or transfers of amounts under the national programme are approved by the Commission, the amounts concerned should be considered to have been committed in the year of the revision of the national programme that approves the re- commitment or the transfer concerned.
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 516/2014
Article 18 – paragraph 3
Article 18 – paragraph 3
3. The additional amounts referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be allocated to the Member States for the first time in the individual financing decisions approving their national programme in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 14 of Regulation (EU) No 514/2014 and later in a financing decision to be annexed to the decision approving their national programme. Re- commitments of those amounts to the same action under the national programme or transfers thereof to other actions under the national programmeshall be allowed. Only transfers to the specific actions under the national programme targeted at providing support for and enabling family reunification, both under the Dublin Regulation and from third countries and resettlement, shall be possible where duly justified in the revision of the respective national programme. An amount may only be re- committed or transferred once. The Commission shall approve the re- commitment or transfer through the revision of the national programme.
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) No 516/2014
Article 18 – paragraph 3a
Article 18 – paragraph 3a
3a. For the purpose of Article 50(1) of Regulation (EU) No 514/2014, where amounts stemming from the provisional measures established by Decisions (EU) No 2015/1523 and (EU) No 2015/1601 are re-committed to the same action under the national programme or transferred to other specific actions under the national programme in accordance with paragraph 3, the amounts concerned shall be considered to have been committed in the year of the revision of the national programme that approves the re- commitment or transfer in question.
Amendment 32 #
“(4) In paragraph 4, the words "beneficiaries of international protection"' are replaced by the words "applicants for international protection orand beneficiaries of international protection.”.