Activities of Marie-Thérèse SANCHEZ-SCHMID related to 2013/0248(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
European Union Solidarity Fund (debate)
Amendments (8)
Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) In order to better take into account the specific nature of those disasters which, although important, do not reach the minimum scale required to benefit from a contribution from the Fund, the criteria for regional disasters should be determined based on the damage calculable by reference to regional gross domestic product (GDP). Specific criteria may be determined for regional disasters in the remotest regions, to take account of their vulnerability. Those criteria should be determined in a clear and simple manner in order to reduce the possibility of applications being submitted which do not meet the requirements set out in Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002.
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) It should also be specified that eligible operations should notmay include expenditure for technical assistance.
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Article 2 – paragraph 3
For the purposes of this Regulation, a ‘regional natural disaster’ shall mean any natural disaster resulting, in a region of a Member State or a country involved in accession negotiations with the Union at NUTS 2 level, in direct damage in excess of 1,5 % of the region's gross domestic product (GDP). Additional criteria shall be established by the Commission to take account of the vulnerability of the remotest regions. Where the disaster concerns several regions at NUTS 2 level, the threshold shall be applied to the weighted average GDP of those regions. Where the disaster concerns cross-border regions at NUTS 3 level of several Member States, the threshold shall be applied to the GDP of the sum of the NUTS 3 territories equivalent to a cross- border region at NUTS 2 level.
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
As soon as possible and no later than ten15 weeks after the first occurrence of damage as a consequence of a natural disaster, a State may submit an application for a contribution from the Fund to the Commission providing all available information on, at least:
Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002
Article 4 – paragraph 1a
Article 4 – paragraph 1a
In the event of a progressively unfolding natural disaster, the ten15-week application deadline referred to in paragraph 1 shall run from the date at which the public authorities of the eligible State take official action for the first time against the effects of the disaster.
Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002
Article 4a – point 2
Article 4a – point 2
The amount of the advance shall not exceed 10 5% of the amount of the contribution anticipated and shall in no case exceed EUR 340 000 000. Once the definitive amount of the contribution has been determined, the Commission shall take into account the sum of the advance prior to the balance of the contribution being paid. The Commission shall recover unduly paid advances.
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
The contribution from the Fund shall be used within one and a half years from the date on which the Commission has disbursed the full amount of the assistance. Any part of the contribution remaining unused by that deadline or found to be used for ineligible operations shall be recovered by the Commission from the beneficiary State.