Activities of François ALFONSI
Plenary speeches (40)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Situation in Turkey, notably the removal of elected mayors
The Turkish military operation in northeast Syria and its consequences (debate)
Preparation of the Special European Council, focusing on the dangerous escalation and the role of Turkey in the Eastern Mediterranean (debate)
The resumption of hostilities between Armenia and Azerbaijan in relation to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict (debate)
EU measures to mitigate social and economic impact of Covid-19 (debate)
European Citizens’ Initiative – Minority SafePack (continuation of debate)
Human rights situation in Turkey, notably the case of Selahattin Demirtas and other prisoners of conscience
Just Transition Fund (debate)
Brexit Adjustment Reserve - Draft amending budget No 1/2021: Brexit Adjustment Reserve (debate)
Statute and funding of European political parties and foundations (debate)
Common agricultural policy - support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States and financed by the EAGF and by the EAFRD - Common agricultural policy: financing, management and monitoring - Common agricultural policy – amendment of the CMO and other regulations (debate)
Implementation of the 2021-2027 cohesion policy (debate)
Destruction of cultural heritage in Nagorno-Karabakh
The follow up of the Conference on the Future of Europe (debate)
The case of Osman Kavala in Turkey
EU islands and cohesion policy (debate)
Economic, social and territorial cohesion in the EU: the 8th Cohesion Report - EU border regions: living labs of European integration (debate)
Statute and funding of European political parties and European political foundations (debate)
The situation in Burkina Faso following the coup d'état (debate)
Turkish airstrikes on northern Syria and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (debate)
The 30th anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities (debate)
Electoral rights of mobile Union citizens in European Parliament elections - Electoral rights of mobile Union citizens in municipal elections (debate)
Implementation report on the Agreement on the withdrawal of the UK from the EU - The Windsor Framework (debate)
Institutional relations between the EU and the Council of Europe (short presentation)
EU relations with Iraq (debate)
Cohesion dimension of EU state aid and de minimis rules (debate)
Role of cohesion policy in addressing multidimensional environmental challenges in the Mediterranean Basin (A9-0094/2023 - François Alfonsi) (vote)
Question Time (VPC/HR) - Relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan and the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh and at the Lachin Corridor
Question Time (VPC/HR) - Relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan and the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh and at the Lachin Corridor
Order of business
Nature restoration (debate)
Nature restoration (debate)
2022 Report on Türkiye (debate)
The case of Dr Gubad Ibadoghlu, imprisoned in Azerbaijan
Proposals of the European Parliament for the amendment of the Treaties (debate)
One year after Morocco and QatarGate – stocktaking of measures to strengthen transparency and accountability in the European institutions (debate)
Implementation of the Treaty provisions on national parliaments - Implementation of the Treaty provisions on EU citizenship (joint debate – Implementation of the Treaty provisions)
Situation of fundamental rights in the EU in 2022 and 2023 (debate)
Closer ties between the EU and Armenia and the need for a peace agreement between Azerbaijan and Armenia (debate)
Reports (1)
REPORT on the role of cohesion policy in addressing multidimensional environmental challenges in the Mediterranean basin
Shadow reports (17)
REPORT on the proposal for a Council decision authorising Portugal to apply a reduced rate of excise duty on certain alcoholic products produced in the autonomous regions of Madeira and the Azores
REPORT on the proposal for a Council decision on the AIEM tax applicable in the Canary Islands
REPORT on reversing demographic trends in EU regions using cohesion policy instruments
REPORT on the proposal for a Council decision concerning the dock dues scheme in the French outermost regions and amending Decision No 940/2014/EU
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Brexit Adjustment Reserve
REPORT on Citizens’ dialogues and Citizens’ participation in the EU decision-making
REPORT Towards a stronger partnership with the EU outermost regions
REPORT on the application of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014 on the statute and funding of European political parties and European political foundations
REPORT on EU islands and cohesion policy: current situation and future challenges
REPORT on EU border regions: living labs of European integration
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules for the exercise of the Union's rights in the implementation and enforcement of the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the other part
REPORT on the implementation report on the Agreement on the withdrawal of the UK from the EU
REPORT on the institutional relations between the EU and the Council of Europe
REPORT on the implementation of the Regulations on the European citizens’ initiative
REPORT on the implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement
REPORT on current and future challenges regarding cross-border cooperation with neighbouring countries
REPORT on the implementation of the Treaty provisions on national parliaments
Opinions (1)
OPINION on the situation of fundamental rights in the EU in 2022 and 2023
Shadow opinions (11)
OPINION on the recommendations on the negotiations for a new partnership with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
OPINION on recommendations on the negotiations for a new partnership with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
OPINION with recommendations to the Commission on an EU legal framework to halt and reverse EU-driven global deforestation
OPINION on the EU’s role in protecting and restoring the world’s forests
OPINION on the European Forest Strategy - The Way Forward
OPINION on engaging with citizens: the right to petition, the right to refer to the European Ombudsman and the European Citizens’ Initiative
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2018/842 on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030 contributing to climate action to meet commitments under the Paris Agreement
OPINION on the implementation of the New European Agenda for Culture and the EU strategy for international cultural relations
OPINION on the implementation report on the Agreement on the withdrawal of the UK from the EU
OPINION on the Proposal for a Council Directive laying down detailed arrangements for the exercise of the right to vote and to stand as a candidate in municipal elections by Union citizens residing in a Member State of which they are not nationals (recast)
OPINION on the implementation report on the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement
Institutional motions (22)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Egypt
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Turkish military operation in northeast Syria and its consequences
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Turkish military operation in northeast Syria and its consequences
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on India’s Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on an EU strategy to put an end to female genital mutilation around the world
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the preparation of the special European Council summit focusing on the dangerous escalation and the role of Turkey in the Eastern Mediterranean
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the European Citizens’ Initiative ‘Minority SafePack – one million signatures for diversity in Europe’
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the human rights situation in Turkey, notably the case of Selahattin Demirtas and other prisoners of conscience
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on mitigating the consequences of earthquakes in Croatia
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the breach of the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child and the use of minors by the Moroccan authorities in the migratory crisis in Ceuta
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the repression of the opposition in Turkey, specifically the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION the EU Protection of children and young people fleeing because of the war in Ukraine
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION On threats to stability, security and democracy in Western and Sahelian Afric
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION the case of Osman Kavala
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Burkina Faso following the coup d’état
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Burkina Faso following the coup d’état
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the prospects for the two-state solution for Israel and Palestine
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh after Azerbaijan’s attack and continuing threats against Armenia
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh after Azerbaijan’s attack and the continuing threats against Armenia
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on 30 years of Copenhagen criteria – giving further impetus to EU enlargement policy
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION The Maasai Communities in Tanzania
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION Azerbaijan, notably the repression of civil society and the cases of Dr Gubad Ibadoghlu and Ilhamiz Guliyev
Oral questions (4)
Planned POSEI budget cuts
Planned POSEI budget cut
An EU Commissioner for Animal Welfare
An EU Commissioner for Animal Welfare
Written questions (62)
Conditions of detention and detainees’ fundamental rights in the European Union
Recruitment of Federica Mogherini as Rector of the College of Europe
Green Deal compatibility criteria for Projects of Common Interest
TEN-E revision, TYNDP and 5th PCI list
Turkey and child-soldiers
Democracy and the rule of law: surveillance of political opponents in Spain
Surveillance of political opponents in Spain
Mass arrest of LGBTI activists in Poland
True cross-border access to online content in the EU
CETA and hormone-treated beef: ‘failures’ in checking Canadian beef imports to Europe
Situation in Western Thrace and agricultural funding issues in the context of the COVID-19 crisis
French compliance with the Natura 2000 directives
Concrete measures to avoid or overcome the funding gap in the 2021-2027 Cohesion Policy
Transparency of contracts for COVID-19 vaccines
Questions about EU-Azerbaijan Cooperation Council meeting held on 18 December 2020 in Brussels
The ECtHR has given another judgment against Spain for failing to investigate a case of torture of a detained person
Questions about the situation in Nagorno‑Karabakh
European Citizens’ Initiative as a tool for citizens’ participation in the EU decision-making process
Armenian captives in Azerbaijan
The contribution of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project to climate action
Inaccurate ‘Population by sex, age, citizenship, labour status and NUTS 2 regions’ statistics on Corsica
Discriminatory practices against minorities in Slovakia
Arrest of Kamran Ghaderi in Iran
Subject: Case 13/13 and torture cases
European Union position on the Chagos Archipelago
EU-Morocco Agreement – specimen impressions of stamps and addresses of the customs authorities responsible
EU funding for Morocco-based entities in Western Sahara
Discriminatory decision by the French Constitutional Council against speakers of regional and minority languages
Israel’s decision to designate six Palestinian human rights NGOs as terrorist organisations
Closure of border crossing points in Catalonia and in the Basque Country
Stepping up EU action on safeguarding the rights of transnational families
Azerbaijan’s suppression of Armenians in Nagorno‑Karabakh
Request for clarification from Air Corsica in relation to Article 5 of the RefuelEU Aviation proposal for a regulation
Recrudescence of the situation in Nagorno‑Karabakh through words and actions
Pollution of the river Sajó – ecological disaster in southern Slovakia
Ongoing closure of border crossing points in Catalonia and the Basque Country
Biomedia pollution and revision of the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive
Access to healthcare in the occupied Palestinian territory
Selection and pre-selection of Ordo Iuris as a member of EU fund monitoring committees
Syrian regime forces blockade of aid convoys of the Kurdish Red Crescent (KRC) directed to the North-West
Exclusion of Catalan, Basque and Galician from the Erasmus+ Online Language Support platform
Apple’s circumvention of the common charger directive
Measures in light of the high number of health alerts relating to fruit and vegetable imports from Türkiye and Egypt
Threats to the rule of law and fundamental rights in Greece
Situation in Armenia following the installation of a checkpoint in the Lachin corridor
EU actions to promote linguistic diversity in the Erasmus+ programme
Violation of fundamental rights in Bulgaria
Access to high-quality preschool education for children from the Turkish-minority community in Western Thrace (Greece)
Arrest and pre-trial detention of Azerbaijani economist and government critic Dr Gubad Ibadoghlu
EU policy towards Azerbaijan in the light of the ongoing blockade of the Lachin corridor
Attack on Stepanakert by Azerbaijan
Rejection of official EU delegations by Tunisian authorities and consequences for EU-Tunisia Memorandum of Understanding
Double-shift schooling in Western Thrace
Persistent inhuman conditions at the Minority Secondary and High School in Xanthi, Greece
Dispute between Iraqi Federal Government and Kurdistan Regional Government
Acceptability of the NNRP-funded cableway project in Trieste in view of the environmental impacts and financial risks
Member State’s intentional concealment of misleading commercial practices and potential risks to health and the environment
Israel’s disregard for international law and the provisional measures of the International Court of Justice
The admission by Spanish Judge Manuel García Castellón of deceiving the French authorities and its implications for judicial cooperation and the rule of law
Palestinian communities forcibly transferred in the West Bank
Slovak Beneš decrees and the right to property
Armenian detainees in Baku
Individual motions (1)
Motion for a resolution on upholding the fundamental right to protest and strictly regulating the legitimate use of law enforcement
Amendments (1398)
Amendment 6 #
2023/2084(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas national parliaments and regional parliaments with legislative powers’ active participation in European affairs and enhanced scrutiny of national governments by national parliaments and regional parliaments with legislative powers are instrumental in ensuring the democratic accountability and legitimacy of the EU institutional system;
Amendment 13 #
2023/2084(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas this accountability can be facilitated by increased transparency in the Council, especially with regard to the voting record and positions of Member States throughout the legislative process;
Amendment 16 #
2023/2084(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the pluralism of national and regional parliaments is remarkably beneficial to the Union and the underrepresentation of parliamentary minorities in European affairs should be counterbalanced while fully respecting the majorities in each national parliament and in accordance with their proportions;
Amendment 18 #
2023/2084(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas Protocol No 2 (Article 6) acknowledges that national parliaments may consult regional parliaments with legislative powers, yebut the role of regional parliaments is dependent on the national arrangements and very often remains advisoryy are not properly taken into account;
Amendment 25 #
2023/2084(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas a European public sphere could be fostered by a series of forums on the European agenda and such forums could be endorsed through a common ‘European Week’, in which members of national and regional parliamentary chambers would simultaneously discuss European affairs with Commissioners, Members of the European Parliament and ministers from the sitting Council presidency;
Amendment 30 #
2023/2084(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas the eight-week period laid down in Article 4 of Protocol No 1 has proven to be inadequate for the timely monitoring of compliance with the principle of subsidiarity and must be considerextended in the framework of a future Treaty revision;
Amendment 35 #
2023/2084(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital R
Recital R
R. whereas national parliaments have relevant competencies in the areas of freedom, security and justice pursuant to Articles 70, 85 and 88 TFEU and should therefore play anplay a much more important role in the future ofregarding the Union’s security and defence policy by also building on the Interparliamentary Conference (IPC) on CFSP/CSDP as established by Article 10 of Protocol No 1;
Amendment 40 #
2023/2084(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Takes the view that the accountability of national governments to national parliaments as acknowledged by Article 10(2) TEU is the keystone of the role of national parliamentary chambers in the European Union; encourages national and regional parliaments to fully exercise their European functions in order to directly influence and scrutinise the content of European policies, in particular via the monitoring of their national governments acting as members of the European Council and the Council;
Amendment 42 #
2023/2084(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Member States to ensure that national parliaments and regional parliaments with legislative powers are granted enough time, the capacity and the necessary access to information in order to fulfil their constitutional role of scrutinising and thus legitimating the activity of national governments when these governments act at European level;
Amendment 45 #
2023/2084(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that transparency of the working methods and decision-making processes of the EU institutions represents a precondition for enabling national parliaments to effectively fulfil their institutional role deriving from the Treaties; calls, therefore, for the voting records of Member States in the Council, as well as their proposals and amendments to legislative texts to be made public; calls, furthermore, for national parliaments to make full use of their respective competences, inter alia by adapting their internal organisation, timetables and rules of procedures to enable them to do so;
Amendment 47 #
2023/2084(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls, while eEncouraginges strengthened political dialogue with national parliaments, that decisions must be taken in accordance with constitutional competences andbetween the European institutions, and national parliaments and regional parliaments with legislative powers; recalls that decisions must bye takingen into account the clear delineation betweenrdance with the respective decision-making competences of the local, regional, national and European bodies;
Amendment 48 #
2023/2084(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 50 #
2023/2084(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for the implementation of a national period for budgetary and economic policy dialogue, during which national parliaments would be able to deliberate upon and contribute to the European Semester by providing their governments with a mandate in their relations with the Commission and the Council;
Amendment 51 #
2023/2084(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the relevance of the principle of proportional representation of members from different political parties in this regard; recommends, therefore, that national parliamentary delegations acting before the European institutions should reflect political diversity, including national or linguistic minorities, where relevant;
Amendment 55 #
2023/2084(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Believes that the establishment of an annual European Week would allow Members of the European Parliament, Commissioners and ministers of sitting Council presidencies to stand before all national and, where appropriate, regional parliamentary assemblies in order to discuss and explain the European agenda alongside national and regional parliamentarians; believes, further, that meetings between national and European political groups in the framework of EU interparliamentary cooperation could bring added value in the form of authentic European political debate;
Amendment 61 #
2023/2084(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that procedures such as the ‘yellow’ or ‘orange’ cards have not been used extensively; believes, however, that the procedural shortcomings of the EWS should not be regarded as conclusive proof of failure to respect subsidiarity; suggests that all EU institutions and Member States agree on a common culture regarunderstanding of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality based on the criteria contained in the Protocol on subsidiarity and proportionality originally attached to the Amsterdam Treaty, the relevant case law of the European Court of Justice and the Commission’s own practice; considers that the development of this common culture should allow for a broader understanding encompassingunderstanding should include all the elements of subsidiarity;
Amendment 66 #
2023/2084(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Acknowledges the request by national parliaments to extend the eight- week period during which they can issue reasoned opinions under Article 3 of Protocol No 1; underlines, however, that the current Treaty framework does not provide for such an extension; notes that, as a mitigation measure, from 2019, the Commission began excluding the end-of- year festive period when setting the eight- week period for national parliaments to send reasoned opinions; considers, therefore, that the eight-week period must be reconsiderextended in the framework of a futurethe next Treaty revision;
Amendment 68 #
2023/2084(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls for national parliaments to systematically include the reasoned opinions of regional parliaments with legislative powers into their reasoned final opinions that are sent to the Presidents of the Parliament, the Council and the Commission, especially when regional exclusive competences may be affected;
Amendment 70 #
2023/2084(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Reiterates its suggestion ofSuggests setting up a system, sometimes called a ‘green card’ procedure, whereby at least one third ofny national parliaments can submit constructive proposals torequest the Commission withor the aim of positively influencing the European debaParliament, once the latter has been granted and the Commission’s power of initiative, having first secured Parliament’s support general direct right of initiative, to submit proposals with the aim of positively influencing the European debate; suggests, in this regard, that the Commission or the Parliament could enjoy the discretion either to take on board such proposals or to issue a formal response underlining its reasons for not doing so; points out that such a procedure cannot consist of a right of initiative or the right to withdraw or amend legislation as this would subvert ‘the Union method’ and the distribution of competences between national and European level, thus violating the Treaties;
Amendment 72 #
2023/2084(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 74 #
2023/2084(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Is concerned by the General Secretariat of the Council’s intention to restrict access by national parliaments to the Council’s legislative database; calls on the Council to ensure that access by all national parliaments to the Council’s legislative database is granted;
Amendment 77 #
2023/2084(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Reiterates that the current framework of relations between the Union and national parliaments could be simplified and harmonised in order to make it more efficient and effective; calls, in this context, for a review of the engagement between the Union and its national parliaments across existing platforms and forums, with the aim of strengthening these relations and adapting them to current needs; encourages, furthermore, the European institutions and the regional parliaments with legislative powers to have a more active engagement and a direct interaction between each other;
Amendment 84 #
2023/2084(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Recommends that national parliaments be fully involved in the continuing development of the common security and defence policy; believes that such involvement should be promoted in close cooperation with the European Parliament, also in line with Article 10 of Protocol No 1 and with full respect for the provisions of national constitutions regarding security and defence policies; invites national parliaments to reflect in more detail on defence capability prioritisation at EU level, including through joint interparliamentary meetings between representatives from national parliaments and Members of the European Parliament also within the context of the IPC on CFSP/CSDP which meets twice a year in the parliament of the rotating Council presidency and via political dialogue;
Amendment 1 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
Citation 11 a (new)
– having regard to the report on the role of Cohesion Policy in addressing multidimensional environmental challenges in the Mediterranean basin (2022/2059(INI))
Amendment 1 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
Citation 11 a (new)
– having regard to the report on the role of Cohesion Policy in addressing multidimensional environmental challenges in the Mediterranean basin (2022/2059(INI))
Amendment 2 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
Citation 12 a (new)
– having regard to the study “EU lagging regions: state of play and future challenges” of September 2020 (PE 652.215),
Amendment 2 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
Citation 12 a (new)
– having regard to the study “EU lagging regions: state of play and future challenges” of September 2020 (PE 652.215),
Amendment 3 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)
Citation 13 a (new)
– having regard to the UN IPCC report on Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change,
Amendment 3 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)
Citation 13 a (new)
– having regard to the UN IPCC report on Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change,
Amendment 4 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 b (new)
Citation 13 b (new)
– having regard to the agreement adopted at the 21st Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21) in Paris on 12 December 2015 (the Paris Agreement),
Amendment 4 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 b (new)
Citation 13 b (new)
– having regard to the agreement adopted at the 21st Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21) in Paris on 12 December 2015 (the Paris Agreement),
Amendment 5 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 c (new)
Citation 13 c (new)
– having regard to the Council conclusions of 19 April 2021 on a renewed Partnership with the Southern Neighbourhood - A new agenda for the Mediterranean,
Amendment 5 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 c (new)
Citation 13 c (new)
– having regard to the Council conclusions of 19 April 2021 on a renewed Partnership with the Southern Neighbourhood - A new agenda for the Mediterranean,
Amendment 6 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)
Citation 14 a (new)
– having in regards Committee of the Regions opinion on Missing transport links in border regions of 8th February 2017 (CDR 4294/2016)
Amendment 6 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)
Citation 14 a (new)
– having in regards Committee of the Regions opinion on Missing transport links in border regions of 8th February 2017 (CDR 4294/2016)
Amendment 10 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas cross-border cooperation contributes to peace and sustainable development along the EU’s external borders and addresses common challenges, preventing consequently future wars and conflicts; such as PEACE+ programme for example;
Amendment 10 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas cross-border cooperation contributes to peace and sustainable development along the EU’s external borders and addresses common challenges, preventing consequently future wars and conflicts; such as PEACE+ programme for example;
Amendment 12 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the implications of climate change can have the biggest impact on all European regions, bringing more drastic changes to the life of people and livelihood of regions especially in less developed and border areas, mainly located in the southern and eastern parts of Europe; whereas climate change thus is the biggest external threat to Europe’s cohesion in the future;
Amendment 12 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the implications of climate change can have the biggest impact on all European regions, bringing more drastic changes to the life of people and livelihood of regions especially in less developed and border areas, mainly located in the southern and eastern parts of Europe; whereas climate change thus is the biggest external threat to Europe’s cohesion in the future;
Amendment 17 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas Cohesion Policy can help in an emergency manner to respond effectively to asymmetric shocks such as the Russian invasion of Ukraine or COVID-19 pandemic; this emergency help should however not undermine or threaten the strategic approach of the Cohesion Policy;
Amendment 17 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas Cohesion Policy can help in an emergency manner to respond effectively to asymmetric shocks such as the Russian invasion of Ukraine or COVID-19 pandemic; this emergency help should however not undermine or threaten the strategic approach of the Cohesion Policy;
Amendment 18 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas brain drain disproportionately affects less developed and border regions and if left unaddressed, the phenomenon will have long-term and permanent effects on the future of the European Union;
Amendment 18 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas brain drain disproportionately affects less developed and border regions and if left unaddressed, the phenomenon will have long-term and permanent effects on the future of the European Union;
Amendment 19 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E c (new)
Recital E c (new)
Ec. whereas mass departures from border regions, especially on the part of young people and skilled labour, illustrates the lack of economic development in such regions. Cross- border cooperation can help to create new opportunities of employment and sustainable economic development;
Amendment 19 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E c (new)
Recital E c (new)
Ec. whereas mass departures from border regions, especially on the part of young people and skilled labour, illustrates the lack of economic development in such regions. Cross- border cooperation can help to create new opportunities of employment and sustainable economic development;
Amendment 28 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 1 – point 1 (new)
(1) Emphasises the importance of small-scale and cross-border projects in bringing people together and in that way opening new potentials for sustainable local development and cross-border cooperation; stresses the importance of cross-border investments to enhance innovations, technology transfer, common solutions and synergies and that way increase territorial cohesion beyond administrative borders and strengthen European solidarity;
Amendment 28 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 1 – point 1 (new)
(1) Emphasises the importance of small-scale and cross-border projects in bringing people together and in that way opening new potentials for sustainable local development and cross-border cooperation; stresses the importance of cross-border investments to enhance innovations, technology transfer, common solutions and synergies and that way increase territorial cohesion beyond administrative borders and strengthen European solidarity;
Amendment 32 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 2 – point 1 (new)
(1) Underlines that local and regional authorities play a key role in cross-border cooperation with neighbouring countries through knowledge of the geographical, cultural, linguistic and social situation, opportunities, constraints and shared challenges; calls on the Member States to provide them with the tools and resources they need to foster ambitious cross-border cooperation;
Amendment 32 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 2 – point 1 (new)
(1) Underlines that local and regional authorities play a key role in cross-border cooperation with neighbouring countries through knowledge of the geographical, cultural, linguistic and social situation, opportunities, constraints and shared challenges; calls on the Member States to provide them with the tools and resources they need to foster ambitious cross-border cooperation;
Amendment 40 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the removal of the limit on EU funding for large infrastructure projects and believes that sustainable infrastructure development contributes to socio-economic growth in cross-border regions;
Amendment 40 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the removal of the limit on EU funding for large infrastructure projects and believes that sustainable infrastructure development contributes to socio-economic growth in cross-border regions;
Amendment 41 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 5 – point 1 (new)
(1) Stresses the importance of more sustainable mobility solutions throughout the cross-border areas, including the TEN-T policy; calls on the Commission to promote smart and green mobility; is of the position that smart and sustainable mobility solutions should be prioritized for EU funding;
Amendment 41 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 5 – point 1 (new)
(1) Stresses the importance of more sustainable mobility solutions throughout the cross-border areas, including the TEN-T policy; calls on the Commission to promote smart and green mobility; is of the position that smart and sustainable mobility solutions should be prioritized for EU funding;
Amendment 42 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point 2 (new)
Paragraph 5 – point 2 (new)
(2) Underlines that creating additional cross-border transportation infrastructure, while being costly and environmentally challenging, might not always be a single best solution. Programs must boost and promote cross-border transportation links provided by soft measures, inclusive planning and tailor- made innovations. Cross-border local and regional authorities must have sufficient autonomy to pursue common goals;
Amendment 42 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point 2 (new)
Paragraph 5 – point 2 (new)
(2) Underlines that creating additional cross-border transportation infrastructure, while being costly and environmentally challenging, might not always be a single best solution. Programs must boost and promote cross-border transportation links provided by soft measures, inclusive planning and tailor- made innovations. Cross-border local and regional authorities must have sufficient autonomy to pursue common goals;
Amendment 47 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for funding from cross-border programmes to be used to develop sustainable and green transport infrastructure, including railway connections with Ukraine, in order to streamline the flow of goods and grain so as to ensure food security;
Amendment 47 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for funding from cross-border programmes to be used to develop sustainable and green transport infrastructure, including railway connections with Ukraine, in order to streamline the flow of goods and grain so as to ensure food security;
Amendment 49 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 7 – point 1 (new)
(1) Emphasize that cross-border cooperation is an essential step in EU pre- accession processes, which encourages candidate countries to share experience and learn on how the EU functions within;
Amendment 49 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 7 – point 1 (new)
(1) Emphasize that cross-border cooperation is an essential step in EU pre- accession processes, which encourages candidate countries to share experience and learn on how the EU functions within;
Amendment 53 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recognises the importance of promoting local culture and of heritage conservation; calls, however, for more sustainable infrastructure projects that contribute to the connectivity of the regions to be encouraged;
Amendment 53 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recognises the importance of promoting local culture and of heritage conservation; calls, however, for more sustainable infrastructure projects that contribute to the connectivity of the regions to be encouraged;
Amendment 55 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 8 – point 1 (new)
(1) Stresses as well that all European regions have to play a decisive role in tackling climate change challenges, in coordinated actions with their surrounding regions;
Amendment 55 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 8 – point 1 (new)
(1) Stresses as well that all European regions have to play a decisive role in tackling climate change challenges, in coordinated actions with their surrounding regions;
Amendment 56 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – point 2 (new)
Paragraph 8 – point 2 (new)
(2) Points out that the climate change has a serious effect on the border regions including but not limited to the need to search for a common cross-border tailor- made solutions to such natural disasters as forest fires and floods;
Amendment 56 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – point 2 (new)
Paragraph 8 – point 2 (new)
(2) Points out that the climate change has a serious effect on the border regions including but not limited to the need to search for a common cross-border tailor- made solutions to such natural disasters as forest fires and floods;
Amendment 57 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – point 3 (new)
Paragraph 8 – point 3 (new)
(3) Calls for more cooperation in the field of promotion and implementation of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the cross- border context;
Amendment 57 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – point 3 (new)
Paragraph 8 – point 3 (new)
(3) Calls for more cooperation in the field of promotion and implementation of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the cross- border context;
Amendment 58 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – point 4 (new)
Paragraph 8 – point 4 (new)
(4) Underlines the potential of cross- border cooperation and especially sparser inhabited cross-border areas in such fields as renewable energy, circular economy and environment protection and calls to make better use of existing opportunities;
Amendment 58 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – point 4 (new)
Paragraph 8 – point 4 (new)
(4) Underlines the potential of cross- border cooperation and especially sparser inhabited cross-border areas in such fields as renewable energy, circular economy and environment protection and calls to make better use of existing opportunities;
Amendment 59 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – point 5 (new)
Paragraph 8 – point 5 (new)
(5) Emphasize the potential of the less inhabited border areas to develop sustainable and green economy thus making an added value to the local development in opening new green jobs;
Amendment 59 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – point 5 (new)
Paragraph 8 – point 5 (new)
(5) Emphasize the potential of the less inhabited border areas to develop sustainable and green economy thus making an added value to the local development in opening new green jobs;
Amendment 65 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Deplores the use of energy sources as a means of exerting political pressure; calls for more funding to bolster renewables and energy efficiency and reduce dependence on Russia;
Amendment 65 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Deplores the use of energy sources as a means of exerting political pressure; calls for more funding to bolster renewables and energy efficiency and reduce dependence on Russia;
Amendment 68 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3 a (new)
Subheading 3 a (new)
Raises the issue that major challenges of the European Union can only be met by promoting cross-border cooperation between neighbouring regions (e.g. sustainable future of the Mediterranean, the Black Sea, the Baltic Sea and other maritime basins; sustainable future for the Alps, the Pyrenees, the Carpathians and other mountain ranges; sustainable future for the large river basins of the Rhine basin, the Danube, the Meuse, etc.).
Amendment 68 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3 a (new)
Subheading 3 a (new)
Raises the issue that major challenges of the European Union can only be met by promoting cross-border cooperation between neighbouring regions (e.g. sustainable future of the Mediterranean, the Black Sea, the Baltic Sea and other maritime basins; sustainable future for the Alps, the Pyrenees, the Carpathians and other mountain ranges; sustainable future for the large river basins of the Rhine basin, the Danube, the Meuse, etc.).
Amendment 80 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 17 – point 1 (new)
(1) Deplores the continuous degradation of the environment in the entire Mediterranean basin, the loss of biodiversity and the increasing air and marine pollution; and is concerned about the increasing pollution by plastic and domestic waste and calls for a historic effort to limit and manage them by promoting the circular economy;
Amendment 80 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 17 – point 1 (new)
(1) Deplores the continuous degradation of the environment in the entire Mediterranean basin, the loss of biodiversity and the increasing air and marine pollution; and is concerned about the increasing pollution by plastic and domestic waste and calls for a historic effort to limit and manage them by promoting the circular economy;
Amendment 82 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Proposes a more coordinated and efficient use of existing funds in order to increase the competitiveness of the Mediterranean basin, while respecting climate and environmental rules;
Amendment 82 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Proposes a more coordinated and efficient use of existing funds in order to increase the competitiveness of the Mediterranean basin, while respecting climate and environmental rules;
Amendment 85 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 18 – point 1 (new)
(1) Highlights the potential of all the Mediterranean regions for the development of renewable energy sources and for a just and inclusive ecological transition;
Amendment 85 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 18 – point 1 (new)
(1) Highlights the potential of all the Mediterranean regions for the development of renewable energy sources and for a just and inclusive ecological transition;
Amendment 92 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 21 – point 1 (new)
(1) Welcomes the WestMed sea basin strategy in the Western Mediterranean and Interreg programmes such as MARITTIMO, as good examples of direct and diversified cooperation, including at regional level, with shared objectives;
Amendment 92 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 21 – point 1 (new)
(1) Welcomes the WestMed sea basin strategy in the Western Mediterranean and Interreg programmes such as MARITTIMO, as good examples of direct and diversified cooperation, including at regional level, with shared objectives;
Amendment 93 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 – point 2 (new)
Paragraph 21 – point 2 (new)
(2) Welcomes the progress of the Adriatic-Ionian macro-regional strategy (EUSAIR) which has mobilised the member countries and their regions, third countries and their local authorities; considers EUSAIR a successful example where the Union proved to be a driving force and a vector of openness; maintains that these same principles and a similar common approach must be applied to the other areas of the Mediterranean;
Amendment 93 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 – point 2 (new)
Paragraph 21 – point 2 (new)
(2) Welcomes the progress of the Adriatic-Ionian macro-regional strategy (EUSAIR) which has mobilised the member countries and their regions, third countries and their local authorities; considers EUSAIR a successful example where the Union proved to be a driving force and a vector of openness; maintains that these same principles and a similar common approach must be applied to the other areas of the Mediterranean;
Amendment 94 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 – point 3 (new)
Paragraph 21 – point 3 (new)
(3) Calls on the Commission to provide support for a macro-regional strategy in the Mediterranean taking account of its ‘new agenda for the Mediterranean’, in particular its point five on the ‘ecological transition, climate resilience, energy and the environment’;
Amendment 94 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 – point 3 (new)
Paragraph 21 – point 3 (new)
(3) Calls on the Commission to provide support for a macro-regional strategy in the Mediterranean taking account of its ‘new agenda for the Mediterranean’, in particular its point five on the ‘ecological transition, climate resilience, energy and the environment’;
Amendment 95 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 – point 4 (new)
Paragraph 21 – point 4 (new)
(4) Invites the European Council to submit to the Commission a detailed macro-regional strategy for the Mediterranean;
Amendment 95 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 – point 4 (new)
Paragraph 21 – point 4 (new)
(4) Invites the European Council to submit to the Commission a detailed macro-regional strategy for the Mediterranean;
Amendment 102 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 23 – point 1 (new)
(1) Points out the specific challenges of maritime borders and the need of recognizing them as specific borders with their own needs, especially due to language and cultural differences, administrative and legal burdens, socio- economic disparities and environmental issues;
Amendment 102 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 23 – point 1 (new)
(1) Points out the specific challenges of maritime borders and the need of recognizing them as specific borders with their own needs, especially due to language and cultural differences, administrative and legal burdens, socio- economic disparities and environmental issues;
Amendment 106 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 24 – point 1 (new)
(1) Considers that mutual trust, political will and a flexible approach among multi-level stakeholders, including civil society, are vital to overcoming the abovementioned persistent obstacles and boosting sustainable growth and development in border regions; calls, therefore, for better coordination, dialogue and a further exchange of best practices among authorities; urges the Commission and the Member States to enhance such cooperation; and also calls for the Member States to ensure adequate functional and financial autonomy of respective local and regional authorities;
Amendment 106 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 24 – point 1 (new)
(1) Considers that mutual trust, political will and a flexible approach among multi-level stakeholders, including civil society, are vital to overcoming the abovementioned persistent obstacles and boosting sustainable growth and development in border regions; calls, therefore, for better coordination, dialogue and a further exchange of best practices among authorities; urges the Commission and the Member States to enhance such cooperation; and also calls for the Member States to ensure adequate functional and financial autonomy of respective local and regional authorities;
Amendment 116 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 28 – point 1 (new)
(1) Highlights the importance of EU cross-border programmes to include culture as an important indicator of regional development, in particular in border areas sharing the same minority people, to ensure lively regions and increase their attractiveness, to increase cultural exchange and promote diversity and solidarity beyond EU;
Amendment 116 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 28 – point 1 (new)
(1) Highlights the importance of EU cross-border programmes to include culture as an important indicator of regional development, in particular in border areas sharing the same minority people, to ensure lively regions and increase their attractiveness, to increase cultural exchange and promote diversity and solidarity beyond EU;
Amendment 120 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 29 – point 1 (new)
(1) Considers that local and regional authorities as well as citizens and NGOs must be more included in the decision- making and funding process to ensure that needs are addressed properly;
Amendment 120 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 29 – point 1 (new)
(1) Considers that local and regional authorities as well as citizens and NGOs must be more included in the decision- making and funding process to ensure that needs are addressed properly;
Amendment 121 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 – point 2 (new)
Paragraph 29 – point 2 (new)
(2) Highlights the importance of upholding the Partnership Principle in all programming, implementation and monitoring of EU projects in order to set up a strong cooperation between regional and local authorities, NGOs and stakeholders, including environmental NGOs; stresses that this process should take into account the gender perspective as well; reminds therefore that the European code of conduct on partnership fully applies to all cross-border projects within the Interreg programmes equally;
Amendment 121 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 – point 2 (new)
Paragraph 29 – point 2 (new)
(2) Highlights the importance of upholding the Partnership Principle in all programming, implementation and monitoring of EU projects in order to set up a strong cooperation between regional and local authorities, NGOs and stakeholders, including environmental NGOs; stresses that this process should take into account the gender perspective as well; reminds therefore that the European code of conduct on partnership fully applies to all cross-border projects within the Interreg programmes equally;
Amendment 125 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 30 – point 1 (new)
(1) Stresses the crucial role that investments in high quality public services have on building social resilience and coping with economic, health and social crises;
Amendment 125 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 30 – point 1 (new)
(1) Stresses the crucial role that investments in high quality public services have on building social resilience and coping with economic, health and social crises;
Amendment 141 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 8 a (new)
Subheading 8 a (new)
Calls for the urgent need to support LRAs in the Ukraine reconstruction process while continuing to support neighbouring regions and encouraging increased cooperation;
Amendment 141 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 8 a (new)
Subheading 8 a (new)
Calls for the urgent need to support LRAs in the Ukraine reconstruction process while continuing to support neighbouring regions and encouraging increased cooperation;
Amendment 143 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 32 – point 1 (new)
(1) Considers that the role of the EU macro-regional strategies in addressing challenges related to the border regions should be further enhanced;
Amendment 143 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 32 – point 1 (new)
(1) Considers that the role of the EU macro-regional strategies in addressing challenges related to the border regions should be further enhanced;
Amendment 149 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 33 – point 1 (new)
(1) Recalls the importance of a stronger gender mainstreaming in all EU funding programmes and highlights the specific role of women, in particular in border areas, as they play a major role in civil society and sustainable economic growth and at the same time face difficulties in accessing the labour market, as well as equal pay, public services such as health and childcare;
Amendment 149 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 33 – point 1 (new)
(1) Recalls the importance of a stronger gender mainstreaming in all EU funding programmes and highlights the specific role of women, in particular in border areas, as they play a major role in civil society and sustainable economic growth and at the same time face difficulties in accessing the labour market, as well as equal pay, public services such as health and childcare;
Amendment 154 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 34 – point 1 (new)
(1) Recalls that the climate change highly effects cross-border areas; therefore highlights the need to increase efforts to fight climate change and enhance climate mitigation particularly in those regions; emphasize that Cohesion policy must support a strong climate mainstreaming in all sectors and ensure that all EU funding programmes and projects are embedded in strategies that support ambitious climate objectives; highlights the importance that regional environmental strategies are linked with ambitious climate targets that go beyond the overall target of achieving a climate neutral EU by 2050;
Amendment 154 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 34 – point 1 (new)
(1) Recalls that the climate change highly effects cross-border areas; therefore highlights the need to increase efforts to fight climate change and enhance climate mitigation particularly in those regions; emphasize that Cohesion policy must support a strong climate mainstreaming in all sectors and ensure that all EU funding programmes and projects are embedded in strategies that support ambitious climate objectives; highlights the importance that regional environmental strategies are linked with ambitious climate targets that go beyond the overall target of achieving a climate neutral EU by 2050;
Amendment 155 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 – point 2 (new)
Paragraph 34 – point 2 (new)
(2) Calls for a better access to funding for cross-border regions to enable investments in the local energy transition, including energy efficiency, decentralised distribution of energy and a strong focus on renewable energy and sustainable circular economy;
Amendment 155 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 – point 2 (new)
Paragraph 34 – point 2 (new)
(2) Calls for a better access to funding for cross-border regions to enable investments in the local energy transition, including energy efficiency, decentralised distribution of energy and a strong focus on renewable energy and sustainable circular economy;
Amendment 164 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Stresses that the regional and local authorities should be involved in the preparation and implementation of projects; calls also for guidelines to be drawn up in this regard;
Amendment 164 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Stresses that the regional and local authorities should be involved in the preparation and implementation of projects; calls also for guidelines to be drawn up in this regard;
Amendment 168 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 36 – point 1 (new)
(1) Calls for the overall budget for cross-border territorial cooperation to be increased;
Amendment 168 #
2023/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 36 – point 1 (new)
(1) Calls for the overall budget for cross-border territorial cooperation to be increased;
Amendment 3 #
2023/2028(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recalls that the EU's accession to the ECHR is more necessary than ever in order to consolidate and render more coherent the protection of human rights in Europe by subjecting all European institutions to the authority of the Convention and by enabling individuals to bring cases against the Union directly before the European Court of Human Rights;
Amendment 4 #
2023/2028(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for the accession of the EU and its Member States to the Council of Europe conventions to be finalised, such as the Istanbul Convention, the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the Lanzarote Convention, the Criminal Law Convention on Corruption and the Civil Law Convention on Corruption, as well as the European Social Charter, and for their cooperation on human rights with the Council of Europe to be strengthened;
Amendment 8 #
2023/2028(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls the key role of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights for its contribution to the preservation and promotion of fundamental rights within the EU; urges to grant FRA the capacities and the resources in order to undertake the tasks it is entrusted to in accordance to its renewed mandate;
Amendment 9 #
2023/2028(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recalls the need to apply the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights throughout the legislative process and to monitor the implementation of all its rights at all levels of governance; Calls on the Commission and the Member States to provide more training, awareness-raising and exchanges of experience in the application of the Charter;
Amendment 10 #
2023/2028(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Invites the Commission and the Member States to further involve and inform local and regional authorities as well as civil society actors in the implementation of the Charter; recalls that according to the FRA fundamental rights report 2022, the local level still has room for improvement in the protection and promotion of fundamental rights;
Amendment 17 #
2023/2028(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Takes note of the opinions, reports and studies from the Venice Commission; requests their compliance and appropriate follow-up;
Amendment 18 #
2023/2028(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Takes note of the reports from the OSCE/ODIHR on election observations in the EU participating States;
Amendment 29 #
2023/2028(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to take a very firm stance against persistent attacks on the rule of law or any of the values enshrined in Article 2 TEU in certain Member States;
Amendment 41 #
2023/2028(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Requests a proactive policy of access to documents, integrity and transparency from EU institutions in order to ensure that citizens can effectively exercise their right to scrutinise the work and activities of the EU institutions;
Amendment 5 #
2023/2019(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas citizens living in border regions and linguistic minorities are often prevented from accessing audiovisual content in their native languages due to geo-blocking, which hinders their access to and enjoyment of cultural content; whereas the ‘Minority SafePack’ European Citizens’ Initiative proposed an amendment with the effect of ensuring freedom of service and freedom of reception of audiovisual content in those regions where the minorities live;
Amendment 8 #
2023/2019(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
C b. whereas the European Parliament in its resolution of 13 November 2018 on minimum standards for minorities in the EU has called the Commission and Member States to take into account national and ethnic minorities when licensing media services and already encouraged the Commission to create the legal and regulatory conditions to ensure freedom of service, passage and reception of audiovisual content in regions where minorities live;
Amendment 100 #
2023/2019(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Calls on the Commission to rapidly create the legal and regulatory conditions to ensure freedom of service, dissemination and reception of digital media content in regions where minorities live, so that they can watch and listen to content in their mother tongue, without geo-blocking of this content if it is broadcast or provided from another country;
Amendment 1 #
2022/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 17 December 2020 on the European Citizens’ Initiative ‘Minority SafePack – one million signatures for diversity in Europe’,
Amendment 4 #
2022/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas the ECI represented one of the main innovations introduced by the Treaty of Lisbon and became the world’s first transnational democracy mechanism;
Amendment 9 #
2022/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas, pursuant to Article 15(2) of the revised ECI Regulation and after a public hearing held by the European Parliament, the Commission is legally obliged to set out in a communication its legal and political conclusions on a valid ECI, the action it intends to take, if any, and its reasons for taking or not taking action;
Amendment 20 #
2022/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
J a. whereas ECIs have so far showed a low level of effectiveness and a limited visibility risking to weaken this participatory mechanism and negatively affect citizens’ trust in EU institutions; whereas the ECI needs to be strengthened in order to become a genuine bottom-up process of legislative initiative at the EU level;
Amendment 25 #
2022/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Points out that the ECI is the only tool for participatory democracy at EU level that can potentially lead to a proposal for a legal act of the Union; considers it essential to involve citizens, in particular young people, in the democratic life of the Union; recalls, therefore, that the use of the ECI instrument must be enhanced by all available meansimproving its accessibility, legal effectiveness and visibility;
Amendment 30 #
2022/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the online collection of statements of support is fundamental for the success of ECIs; welcomes the improvements made by the Commission to its central online collection system, including the possibility of customising its features and providing statistics to citizens; is concerned, however, that phasing out individual online collection systems might have a negative effect on the possibility for organisers to use online collection systems tailored to their needs; underlines that the figures show that individual online collection systems have a considerably higher success rate for ECIs of approximatively 31% while the central online collection system provided by the Commission has a success rate of 8,4%;
Amendment 39 #
2022/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points to the imbalance between the huge amount of effort and extensive resources necessary to organise ECIs and their weak legal effects, even if the required threshold of one million signatures is reached, which may deter citizens from launching ECIs and undermine citizens’ trust in EU institutions;
Amendment 44 #
2022/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Regrets the weak legal impact of valid ECIs; stresses that, for the objectives of the revised ECI Regulation to be achieved and the full potential of this instrument to be realised, the Commission needs to appropriately consider and respond to valid ECIs by proposing appropriate legal acts, especially when Parliament adopted its position in line with the demands of a valid ECIs;
Amendment 48 #
2022/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Amendment 59 #
2022/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Encourages the Commission to interlink the website of the EU on the ECI with appropriate online platforms at national level on citizens’ participation in order to gain more visibility;
Amendment 64 #
2022/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9 b. Invites the Commission to approach the Member States to further encourage reducing the minimum age to participate in an ECI from 18 to 16 years, in line with Article 2 of the revised ECI Regulation;
Amendment 68 #
2022/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. InvitesCalls on the Commission to start a reflection process on the usefulness ofconsider the reintroducingtion of the option for organisers to use individual online collection systems, which, contrary to the central online collection system, enable organisers to plan and perform campaigns in a decentralised way taking into account the multilingual and multicultural context in the different Member States and regions;
Amendment 72 #
2022/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Invites the Commission to consider the introduction of new rules aiming to harmonise the verification and certification procedures at national level, in order to avoid arbitrariness for the organisers of ECIs;
Amendment 74 #
2022/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10 b. Commits to review Article 11(4) TEU with a view to increase the accessibility and legal effectiveness of the ECI by enhancing Parliament’s role and considering an alignment with the common practice at national level where citizens’ initiatives are addressed to national or regional parliaments;
Amendment 88 #
2022/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission to engage better withwith organisers of valid ECIs even after it has issued its communication, thereby increasing the possibility of legislative follow-up in the long term;
Amendment 93 #
2022/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recommends thatCommits to vote on a parliamentary resolution after every valid ECI and every Commission communication setting out its legal and political conclusions on a specific ECI be followed by a vote on a parliamentary resolution, which would require the modification of Rule 222(8) and (9) of Parliament’s Rules of Procedure;
Amendment 20 #
2022/2205(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
– Having regard to its previous resolutions, in particular those of 15 April 2015 on the centenary of the Armenian Genocide,
Amendment 108 #
2022/2205(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Takes note of the results of the recent presidential and parliamentary elections in Türkiye and considers them a sign foreboding political continuity in the country; notes with appreciation the presence of the Prime Minister of Armenia at the inauguration of the newly- elected President of Turkey; considers this as a highly important development which can have a positive impact on prosperity and security in the region; acknowledges the peaceful manner in which the Turkish people conducted this process and applauds the high turnout; regrets, however, that, as reflected by the OSCE/ODIHR election observation mission, the elections did not take place on a level playing field and were impacted, among other things, by essential freedoms being heavily hindered by the current legal framework and practice, and by the unjustified advantage enjoyed by the ruling parties;
Amendment 117 #
2022/2205(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates its profound sadness about the deadly, devastating earthquakes that shook south-eastern Türkiye and Syria on 6 February 2023 and its heartfelt condolences to the victims’ families; welcomes the international relief and recovery effort, including by the EU and its Member States; commends the humanitarian aid and rescue team provided by Armenia during the devastating earthquake as well as the historic visit of the Armenian Foreign Minister to Ankara.
Amendment 274 #
2022/2205(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 13 – point 1 (new)
(1) Criticises strongly Turkey’s ongoing cross-border military operations against Kurdish-populated regions in Iraq and Syria; notes in particular the recent airstrike targeting a convoy including three US officials along with the key partner in the US-led fight against ISIS, and the detrimental effect of this and other regular airstrikes targeting the US- backed Syrian Democratic Forces on the ongoing mission to defeat ISIS, despite Turkey’s nominal participation as a member of the US-led International Coalition to Defeat ISIS; notes the detrimental impact of repeated Turkish airstrikes against the Sinjar region of Iraq, home to the Yazidi population which suffered genocide at ISIS’ hands in 2014; also criticises repeated air strikes against Northern Syria which have targeted civilian leaders, water, petrol and other basic humanitarian infrastructure; recalls the December 2022 message on behalf of the EP Plenary that Türkiye should avoid further escalation, including any cross- border incursion, and rather ‘act in a responsible manner and contribute to regional stability and security’;
Amendment 275 #
2022/2205(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 13 – point 1 (new)
(1) Welcomes the ongoing process of normalization of relations between Armenia and Turkey without any preconditions, encourages Turkey to pave the way for genuine reconciliation between the Turkish and Armenian peoples, including settling the dispute of the Armenian Genocide, fully respecting its obligations to protect Armenian and other cultural heritage, and to fulfill the agreements reached during the bilateral talks such as opening the airspace and the border between two countries; encourages Turkey, once again, to recognize the Armenian Genocide;
Amendment 386 #
2022/2205(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 17 – point 1 (new)
(1) Reiterates that domestic conflicts with European borders can and have been solved through peaceful dialogue; therefore advocates for a ceasefire and the resumption of peace talks between Türkiye and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) from 2013-2015, to the mutual benefit of both parties to the conflict and civilians in Türkiye; therefore also advises a review of the PKK’s inclusion on EU terror lists, in line with the landmark 2021 case in the Belgian Court of Cassation which found that the PKK should be considered a legitimate party to a civil conflict, in addition to the historic ruling by the EU Court of Justice that the EU Council had failed to provide sufficient evidence for the PKK’s continued listing as a terrorist organisation; further expresses its hope that such a review would pave the way for an enduring, negotiated peace settlement and truth and reconciliation process, in line with principles of international law;
Amendment 4 #
2022/2188(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the UK’s withdrawal from the EU endangers territorial and cross- border cooperation and the existing relationships between the different regions and cities of the EU and the UK;
Amendment 5 #
2022/2188(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the UK’s withdrawal from the EU triggered negative effects for regions and partners involved in the Interreg projects;
Amendment 11 #
2022/2188(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Regrets that without UK’s participation in the Cohesion policy and other EU programmes, cooperation in the field of the cross-border environmental protection and fight against climate change has been fading;
Amendment 16 #
2022/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the EU and the UK share common values and security interests, both in the immediate European neighbourhood and globally; whereas, unfortunately, it was not possible to agree on a structure for regular and in-depth consultations and cooperation on foreign affairs, security and defence policies;
Amendment 18 #
2022/2188(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that there is untapped potential for EU-UK subnational cooperation in areas of mutual interest, such as immigration, human and social rights, mobility – including of military personnel and assets, the sustainable management of the North Sea, the Channel and the Irish Sea, and climate action; stresses the need to support initiatives for bilateral and multilateral cooperation between EU and UK regions, such as the Straits Committee, possibly through a specific EU interregional cooperation fund, provided that the UK Government financially contributes to the fund;
Amendment 18 #
2022/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the global consequences of the Russian Federation’s unjustifiable invasion ofand illegal war of aggression against Ukraine and the return of full- scale war to the European continent, economic instability and the Russian Federation’s deliberate instrumentalisation of energy volatility have resulted in immediate geopolitical uncertainty for the citizens of the European Union and for partners around the world; whereas, as a consequence, the UK and the EU should increase cooperation and coordination when assisting Ukraine and addressing the multifaceted consequences of the Russian Federation’s aggressive behaviour, including disinformation campaigns and cyber attacks;
Amendment 26 #
2022/2188(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls for devolved territories of Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales to have a greater involvement in the EU-UK Parliamentary Partnership Assembly;
Amendment 35 #
2022/2188(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Asks the Commission to properly involve the regional and local authorities, and civil society organisations, in the process of scrutinising the implementation of the TCA; suggests that the EU and UK create a cooperation body for local and regional authorities within the framework of the TCA.
Amendment 82 #
2022/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. In light of the attack on the European security architecture by the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, recalls paragraphs 149 and 150 of its resolution of 18 June 2020 and urges EU and the UK to launch a process that leads to a structured and regular dialogue, coordination and cooperation on foreign police, security and defence matters;
Amendment 88 #
2022/2188(INI)
32. Urges the UK to seriously engage with the EU on pressing strategic challenges by ensuring the complementarity and synergies of actions; points out that the parallel projects for developing future combat air systems can be an inefficient use of resources and that the 2022 Common Security and Defence Policy annual report recommends that the projects should be merged; propose to launch a meaningful dialogue also regarding other weapon systems, military technology and related innovations with a particular focus on ensuring efficiency of spending and investments and technical interoperability of armed forces;
Amendment 36 #
2022/2137(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the rights of vulnerable persons, such as women, people with disabilities, Roma, LGBTI+ people and the elderly, are still not fully respected in some Member States, and these groups are not fully protected against hatred and discrimination, which is a violation of the Union's values as set out in Article 2 TEU; whereas Parliament has repeatedly called for the establishment of an EU mechanism on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights covering all aspects of Article 2 of the TEU; whereas the establishment of such a mechanism would create an opportunity for formalised, structured and comprehensive cooperation between the EU and the CoE on the defence of these values by means of a dedicated partnership agreement;
Amendment 49 #
2022/2137(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
L a. Whereas the EU has signed and ratified the Bern Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats and the Council of Europe, which hosts its Standing Committee, is shaping an appropriate legal framework for environmental human rights and for combating environmental crime; whereas the global environmental and climate challenges that we are currently facing will be better tackled with joint actions and coordination between the EU and the CoE;
Amendment 51 #
2022/2137(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L b (new)
Recital L b (new)
L b. Whereas the joint programmes and partnership cooperation frameworks implemented by the CoE and the EU in the candidate countries, the Eastern Partnership countries and the Southern partner countries concerned by the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) are a crucial element of the Union's enlargement and neighbourhood policy;
Amendment 55 #
2022/2137(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers it necessary to further strengthen the institutional cooperation between the EU and the CoE and give new impetus to bilateral cooperation in the promotion and defence of democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights, including the rights of minorities, as well as the defense of human rights in the field of the environment and environmental crimes;
Amendment 60 #
2022/2137(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Is concerned by the persistent failure by some Member States to implement judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), which contributes to the erosion of the rule of law and weakens the Union’s external action in terms of Human rights, particularly with regard to third countries members of the Council of Europe; calls on the Commission to analyse systematically data on non-compliance with judgments of the ECtHR and apply relevant tools, such as the Rule of Law Conditionality Regulation, in such cases;
Amendment 61 #
2022/2137(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Considers it necessary to improve the institutional cooperation between the EU and the CoE in the field of good governance and multilevel governance, further promoting local and regional democracy as well as regional and cross- border cooperation;
Amendment 62 #
2022/2137(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2 c. Calls for the strengthening of institutional cooperation between the EU and the CoE on gender equality and women's rights, tackling discrimination against LGBTI+ people and gender-based violence; calls for the accession of the EU, without any further delay, to the Istanbul Convention;
Amendment 63 #
2022/2137(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2 d. Calls for the strengthening of institutional cooperation between the EU and the CoE on media pluralism, media freedom and the protection of journalists. Stresses the importance of fostering a favourable environment for freedom of expression, offline and online, in Europe, in accordance with the Council of Europe recommendation of 7 March 2018 on media pluralism and transparency of media ownership;
Amendment 80 #
2022/2137(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Advocates the EU’s broadest possible alignment with the CoE convention system through the finalisation of its accession to other CoE treaties, such as the Istanbul Convention and the Convention against Torture and Inhuman and Degrading Treatmen, the Criminal Law Convention on Corruption or the Civil Law Convention on Corruption. Reiterates its call for the European Union to become full member of the Group of States against Cor Punishmentruption (GRECO), in which the EU has held observer status since 2019; calls on the Commission to look into what steps are needed for the European Union to accede to the European Social Charter and to the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and to propose a timeframe for achieving that objective;
Amendment 102 #
2022/2137(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses that the EU should also draw on the extensive expertise and recognised processes of the CoE bodies on human rights and the rights of persons belonging to minorities; Recalls that minorities contribute to the cultural and linguistic diversity of the Union and therefore need a legal framework in the Union to guarantee and monitor their rights;
Amendment 119 #
2022/2137(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Acknowledges the important aim of the ECRML in promoting and protecting regional and minority languages by, among other principles, respecting their geographical areas promoting their use both in private and in public life as well as their teaching, including through immersion, at various levels to guarantee the transmission of these languages.
Amendment 1 #
2022/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
— having regard to Directive (EU) 2014/89 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 establishing a framework for maritime spatial planning,
Amendment 2 #
2022/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 22 a (new)
Citation 22 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 15 January 2020 on the European Green Deal,
Amendment 3 #
2022/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 28
Citation 28
— having regard to the First Mediterranean Assessment Report on Climate and Environmental Change in the Mediterranean, released by the Mediterranean Experts on Climate and environmental Change (MedECC) in 2020,
Amendment 4 #
2022/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 29 a (new)
Citation 29 a (new)
— having regard to the 2022 UN Report “Dimensions and examples of the gender-differentiated impacts of climate change, the role of women as agents of change and opportunities for women”,
Amendment 5 #
2022/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 29 b (new)
Citation 29 b (new)
— having regard to the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean (the Barcelona Convention), adopted on 16 February 1976 by the Conference of Plenipotentiaries of the Coastal States of the Mediterranean Region for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea,
Amendment 15 #
2022/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the Mediterranean Sea is one of the most overfished basins in the world and there are still significant concerns for illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing;
Amendment 16 #
2022/2059(INI)
Da. whereas water resources in the Mediterranean are more and more scarce, arising conflicts from different sectors of water use (agriculture, tourism, industry, people, also biodiversity conservation);
Amendment 18 #
2022/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the density of waste has more than doubled in thirty years; whereas the improper management and treatment of waste from rivers and urban areas make the Mediterranean the area with the sixth largest accumulation of marine litter in the world, in particular, the damaging impact of estimated 730 tonnes of plastic waste that are dumped every day in the Basin and of the municipal solid waste generation that has been increasing across the whole region since 2014;
Amendment 27 #
2022/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the Mediterranean basin is warming 20 % faster than the global average; whereas global warming will cause severe consequences that must be anticipated specifically regarding precipitation and the hydrological cycle, but also mean warming and heat extremes (in both the terrestrial and marine environment), sea level rise and sea water acidification, as described in the 2020 MedECC report; whereas meeting the Paris Agreement limit of 1.5 °C of warming calls for a halving of the EU’s energy demand by 2050 compared to 2015 levels and requires the other countries of the Mediterranean area to contribute through increased cooperation;
Amendment 31 #
2022/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas, the Mediterranean is more exposed to climate change than other regional seas, and its coastal zones face heightened disaster risks, including flooding and erosion, and the salinization of river deltas and aquifers, which endanger food security and livelihoods;
Amendment 32 #
2022/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas several transnational and territorial cooperation frameworks and initiatives have been developed over the years in the Mediterranean, such as the Union for the Mediterranean, the Euro- Mediterranean Regional and Local Assembly of the European Committee of the Regions (ARLEM), the EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region (EUSAIR), the WestMED iEU Initiative, for the European Neighbourhood Instrument Cross-Border Cooperation (Western Mediterranean (WestMED), INTERREG and ENI CBC) programme, and the NEXT MED, EUROs (e.g. MED, EURO-MED, ENICBC Med, Next-MED, ADRION and, MARITTIMO Interreg programmes; ), the Mediterranean Cooperation Alliance (MedCoopAlliance), the networks of Regions and Local administrations (CPMR and its Intermediterranean Commission, MedCities, Latin Arc), and Euro-regions (Adriatic-Ionian, Pyrenean- Mediterranean);
Amendment 37 #
2022/2059(INI)
J. whereas Member States should apply an ecosystem-based approach to Maritime Spatial Planning, including a robust Strategic Environmental Assessment that considers the cumulative impacts of all maritime activities, climate change, the precautionary principle, sensitivity mapping, active stakeholder engagement, consistently with the EU Green Deal climate and biodiversity goals;
Amendment 38 #
2022/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas, as highlighted by several reports the adverse effects of climate change are often felt more keenly by women than men as a result of systemic gender discrimination and societal expectations related to gender roles;
Amendment 59 #
2022/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that environmental problems are cross-cutting and complex, such that each entity, region or state acting alone can only provide partial solutions, and that it is necessary to broaden thean integrated and common approach to embrace the whole Mediterranean area;
Amendment 61 #
2022/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that a dynamic of cooperation set in motion by the Union and its Member States and Regions can have a knock-on effect on the whole basin; recalls that direct and shared management programmes as European Territorial Cooperation ones represent a major opportunity to facilitate an alignment of objectives, funds and projects;
Amendment 79 #
2022/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recalls that overfishing is still a threat to the survival of many species; is convinced that the development of a sustainable blue economy can support sustainable and inclusive development and quality jobs;
Amendment 82 #
2022/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Draws attention to the increasing density of maritime traffic and the danger of oil spills and the risks these activities present for marine ecosystems and particularly sea mammals;
Amendment 87 #
2022/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Draws attention to the impacts caused by tourism due to its seasonality and its uncontrolled development (such as cruises, worsening coastal erosion, new polluting leisure activities);
Amendment 90 #
2022/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Stresses that women’s economic participation continues to represent an important challenge for gender equality in the Mediterranean basin, with uneven employment rates and inclusion in the decision-making processes among the countries of the whole region; recalls that empowering women and creating the pre- conditions for inclusive participation in public and private economic and social entities could lead to achieve the objectives of mitigation and adaptation to climate change;
Amendment 92 #
2022/2059(INI)
12b. Considers that the development of a cooperation approach at the level of the whole basin will be favourable to better secure and manage the migration phenomena and will therefore contribute to put an end to the humanitarian disasters that are taking place in the Mediterranean;
Amendment 97 #
2022/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes the WestMed sea basin strategyInitiative in the Western Mediterranean and Interreg programmes such as Interreg Mediterranean, ADRION, or MARITTIMO, as good examples of direct and diversified cooperation, including at regional level, with shared objectives;
Amendment 103 #
2022/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes the progress of the Adriatic-Ionian macro-regional strategy (EUSAIR) which has mobilised the member countries and their regions, third countries and their local authorities; considers EUSAIR a successful example where the Union proved to be a driving force and a vector of openness; maintains that these same principles and a similar common approach must be applied to the other areas of the Mediterranean; considers that such a macro-regional strategy can amplify and accelerate the policies necessary for the development and preservation of the available resources through the cooperation of all involved actors;
Amendment 104 #
2022/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes the progress of the Adriatic-Ionian macro-regional strategy (EUSAIR) which has mobilised the mMember countries and their rRegions, tThird countries and their lLocal authorities; considers EUSAIR a successful example where the Union proved to be a driving force and a vector of openness, benefitting from the ADRION transnational programme which aligned objectives support the fulfilment of the strategy’s roadmap; maintains that these same principles and a similar common approach must be applied to the other areas of the Mediterranean;
Amendment 110 #
2022/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission to provide support for a macro-regional strategy in the Mediterranean taking account of its ‘new agenda for the Mediterranean’, in particular its point five on the ‘ecological transition, climate resilience, energy and the environment’; considers that a Macro- regional strategy for the Mediterranean, which would entail a substantial and active involvement of the concerned regional and local authorities, has a remarkable potential in addressing the multidimensional environmental challenges of the whole basin;
Amendment 17 #
2022/2051(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Calls for the introduction of a provision for the Union’s ratification of the Council of Europe's Charter for Regional or Minority Languages and the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities1a; _________________ 1a COFOE Conclusions 48.
Amendment 21 #
2022/2051(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Calls for the introduction of a legal basis to adopt legislation on the rights of people belonging to minorities2a; _________________ 2a COFOE Conclusions 48.
Amendment 50 #
2022/2047(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas cultural production has added value when it is based on pluralistic, free and democratic societies;
Amendment 81 #
2022/2047(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls for European cultural diversity, including regional languages, to be emphasised in these strategies, to promote a message of respect for minorities and cultural diversity worldwide;
Amendment 85 #
2022/2047(INI)
3b. Calls for the diffusion of world cultures to be further encouraged in EU countries in order to foster cultural exchanges that lead to mutual understanding;
Amendment 99 #
2022/2047(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls for the allocation of the resources required in order to strengthen the cultural rights of indigenous and native communities and peoples, and specifically the cultural rights of women who are victims of discrimination and do not have access to the resources they need to be able to exercise their rights;
Amendment 11 #
2022/0068(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2 a) On 10 April 1998 the Belfast Agreement was signed by the Government of the UK, the Government of Ireland and the other participants in the multi-party negotiations (the ‘Good Friday Agreement’). The Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland of the Withdrawal Agreement provides for a legal framework that preserves the Good Friday Agreement in all its parts and the rights of the people of Northern Ireland, and safeguards peace, single market integrity and the all-island economy and therefore avoids a hard border. It is the UK’s obligation to ensure that the Good Friday Agreement in all its parts applies under all circumstances.
Amendment 14 #
2022/0068(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The Union and the United Kingdom including its devolved institutions may conclude other bilateral agreements between them that constitute supplementing agreements to the Trade and Cooperation Agreement and such supplementing agreements are an integral part of the overall bilateral relations as governed by this Agreement and form part of the overall framework.
Amendment 16 #
2022/0068(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Should the need arise to exercise its rights in implementing and enforcing the Withdrawal Agreement and the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, the Union should be in a position to make appropriate use of the instruments available to it swiftly and in a proportionate, effective and flexible manner, while fully involving Member States and keeping the European Parliament and the EU Domestic Advisory Group under the Trade and Cooperation Agreement informed. The Union should also be able to take appropriate measures if effective recourse to binding dispute settlement under those Agreements is not possible because the United Kingdom does not cooperate in making such recourse possible. It is therefore necessary to lay down rules and procedures governing the adoption of those measures.
Amendment 23 #
2022/0068(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Regulation, and in particular in order to ensure the swift, effective and flexible exercise of the corresponding Union’s rights under the Withdrawal Agreement and the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, implementing powersthe power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be conferrdelegated ton the Commission to adoptin respect of the measures referred to above and to and to adopt, as appropriate, measures restricting trade or other activities. Those powers should also extend to the amendment, suspension or repeal of the adopted measures. They should be exercised in accIt is of particular impordtance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council24 . Given that the envisaged measures entail the adoption of acts of general scope, and that most of the envisaged measures relate to the areas referred to in Article 2(2), point (b), of that Regulthat the Commission carries out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making of 13 April 20161a. In particular, to ensure equal participation, in the examination procedure should be used for the adoption of those measures. The Commission should adopt immediately applicablpreparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council should receive all documents at the same timplementing acts where, in duly justified cases, imperative grounds of urgency so require for the appropriate protection of the Union’s interese as Member States' experts, and their experts should systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts. _________________ 241a Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission's exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13).
Amendment 30 #
2022/0068(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
The Commission shall be empowered, by means of implementing acts, to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 3a concerning:
Amendment 31 #
2022/0068(COD)
(a) to adopt the measures referred to in Article 1(2) of this Regulation; and
Amendment 34 #
2022/0068(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Where appropriate, those implementingdelegated acts shall specify the duration of the adopted measures.
Amendment 38 #
2022/0068(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) effectiveness of the measures in inducing compliance of the United Kingdom with the agreements referred to in Article 1(1) in particular the Good Friday Agreement in all its parts which apply under all circumstances;
Amendment 40 #
2022/0068(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) potential of the measures to guarantee citizens’, consumers’ and workers’ rights, contribute to sustainable development to provide relief to economic operators within the Union affected by the measures of the United Kingdom;
Amendment 45 #
2022/0068(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Article 2 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall be empowered to amenddopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 3a concerning amendment, suspendsion or repeal of the measures referred to in Article 1(2) by means of implementing acts. Where appropriate, those implementingdelegated acts shall specify the duration of the suspension.
Amendment 47 #
2022/0068(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. The Commission shall fully inform the Council, the European Parliament and the Domestic Advisory Group simultaneously in written and in a timely manner of all difficulties that may arise, in particular possible breaches of the Agreements and other situations that may give rise to measures taken pursuant to this Regulation, as well as of its intention to adopt measures referred to in paragraph 1 and of the follow up to any measures taken. In addition, when requested by the European Parliament, the Commission shall present and explain difficulties, possible breaches, intended measures and follow-up, in a meeting of the European Parliament’s responsible committee which may decide to follow-up by expressing its position in writing through a letter to the Commission. The Commission shall take the utmost account of the views expressed by the European Parliament. If the Commission does not follow the position of the European Parliament, the Commission shall explain in writing the reasons for not doing so.
Amendment 53 #
2022/0068(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 4
Article 2 – paragraph 4
4. Where there is a particular concern of one or more Member States, that or those Member Statesany Member State or the European Parliament, may request the Commission to adopt measures referred to in Article 1(2). If the Commission does not respond positively to such a request, it shall inform the Council ijustify its response in a written and timely manner of its reasons.
Amendment 55 #
2022/0068(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 5
Article 2 – paragraph 5
5. If, due to persisting significant divergences, rebalancing measures referred to in Article 1(2), point (c), of this Regulation last for more than a year, one or more Member States, and the European Parliament may request the Commission to activate the review clause provided for in Article 411 of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement. The Commission shall examine this request in a timely manner and shall consider seizing as appropriate the Partnership Council of that matter, in accordance with the provisions set out in the Trade and Cooperation Agreement. If the Commission does not respond positively to such a request, it shall inform the CouncilEuropean Parliament, the Council and the EU Domestic Advisory Group under the Trade and Cooperation Agreement in a timely manner of its reasons.
Amendment 60 #
2022/0068(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 6
Article 2 – paragraph 6
Amendment 61 #
2022/0068(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 7
Article 2 – paragraph 7
7. On duly justifiedWhere imperative grounds of urgency, the Commission shall adopt immediately applicable implementing acts in accordance with the procedure referred to in so require, the procedure provided for in Article 3b shall apply to delegated acts adopted pursuant to this Article 3(3).
Amendment 63 #
2022/0068(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3
Article 3
Amendment 65 #
2022/0068(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3 a (new)
Amendment 66 #
2022/0068(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 b (new)
Article 3 b (new)
Article 3 b Urgency procedure 1. Delegated acts adopted under this Article shall enter into force without delay and shall apply as long as no objection is expressed in accordance with paragraph 2. The notification of a delegated act to the European Parliament and to the Council shall state the reasons for the use of the urgency procedure. 2. Either the European Parliament or the Council may object to a delegated act in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 3a(6). In such a case, the Commission shall repeal the act immediately following the notification of the decision to object by the European Parliament or by the Council.
Amendment 67 #
2022/0068(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 a (new)
Article 4 a (new)
Article 4 a Annual reporting 1. When the Commission submits its annual reports to the European Parliament, to the Council and to the EU Domestic Advisory Group under the Trade and Cooperation Agreement on the implementation and application of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement and the Withdrawal agreement, it shall also include an overview of the complaints received regarding the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, as well as their follow up, and of measures adopted under Article 2. 2. The European Commission, when requested by the European Parliament, shall present and explain any issues related to the implementation of this Regulation within two months of the submission of the Commission’s report.
Amendment 324 #
2021/2250(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Condemns that 108 people from politics, civil society and the Kurdish liberation movement have been accused of terrorist crimes and murder in dozens of cases in connection with the protests during the IS attack on Kobane in October 2014;
Amendment 348 #
2021/2250(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Reiterates that Turkey refuses to implement the recommendations from 2018 of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment; Calls on Turkey to abide by a zero- tolerance policy on torture and to duly investigate persistent and credible reports of torture, ill-treatment and inhumane or degrading treatment in custody, in order to put an end to impunity and hold those responsible to account;
Amendment 385 #
2021/2250(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Commends the efforts made by Turkey to continue hosting the largest refugee population in the worldabsolute numbers; welcomes, in this regard, the continued provision of EU funding for refugees and host communities in Turkey, and expresses its commitment to sustain this support in the future;
Amendment 475 #
2021/2250(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Amendment 493 #
2021/2250(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24 b. Condemns the ongoing Turkish attacks on Iraqi territory and the continued military presence on Iraqi territory, in particular the attacks on the Yazidi-majority Sinjar region, which are preventing the return of Yazidis and Christians who fled the so called "Islamic State" in 2014; calls for respect of Iraq's sovereignty and no further destabilization of Iraq;
Amendment 502 #
2021/2250(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 c (new)
Paragraph 24 c (new)
24 c. Condemns Turkey´s occupation of Northern Parts of Syria, where systemic human rights violations by Turkey or its proxy forces take place; calls on Turkey to withdraw its troops from Northern Syria which it is illegally occupying outside of any UN mandate;
Amendment 524 #
2021/2250(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Insists that democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights should remain at the heart of EU-Turkey relations under any framework; reaffirms its support for keeping the accession process and its value-based approach as the main framework for EU-Turkey relabelieves that it is high time to define a comprehensive, unified and coherent strategy for the medium to long term, among all EU institutions, as it is stind Member States; Recalls the most powerful tool to exercise normativat the strong relapse in the paressure and sustain the democratic and pro-European aspirations of Turkish society; nevertheless remains open to the possibility of both sides reviewing, in a realistic manner, the appropriateness of this framework and its ability to function, or, if necessary, exploring other possible models for future relationsa of fundamental rights, the deteriorating human rights situation, the lack of freedom of the press and expression, the arbitrary detention of opposition politicians and journalists and the non-recognition of democratic elections show that Turkey's future cannot lie within the EU; the accession negotiations with Turkey must therefore be dissolved;
Amendment 537 #
2021/2250(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25 a. Calls on Turkey to reinitiate the dialogue with the Kurdish movement and to resume the peace process it had with the Kurdish movement between 2013 and 2015 to achieve a peaceful solution to the conflict;
Amendment 20 #
2021/2231(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12
Citation 12
Amendment 23 #
2021/2231(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)
Citation 14 a (new)
— having regard to the International Court of Justice Order on the Application of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Armenia v. Azerbaijan), of 7 December 2021,
Amendment 25 #
2021/2231(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 b (new)
Citation 14 b (new)
— having regard to the Interim Resolution of the Council of Europe on the Execution of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights, Mammadli Group against Azerbaijan, of 22 September 2022,
Amendment 31 #
2021/2231(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 a (new)
Citation 18 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 17 January 2019 on Azerbaijan, notably the case of Mehman Huseynov[1], and to other resolutions on Azerbaijan, in particular those concerning the human rights situation and the rule of law,
Amendment 72 #
2021/2231(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas Azerbaijan is a reliable and trustworthy supplier of fossil fuels to the EU and whereas it is becoming increasingly important in this role;
Amendment 121 #
2021/2231(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Strongly condemns the clashes that eruptedAzerbajian’s aggression towards Armenian sovereign territory of on 12 September 2022 and theirits consequences for the peace process; reiterates that the territorial integrity of Armenia and Azerbaijan must be respected and underlines the EU’s readiness to be more actively involved in settling the region’s protracted conflicts; whereas Russian peacekeepers have not been able to maintain stability in the region and Russian military presence has been decreasing since Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified attack on Ukraine;
Amendment 174 #
2021/2231(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Continues to be concerned about the fate of Armenian prisoners, both military and civilian, detained during and after the conflict and still held by Azerbaijan and welcomes the release of some of them; is abhorred by reports and footage of extrajudicial killings of Armenian prisoners of war by Azeri soldiers, urges Azerbaijani authorities to thoroughly investigate such incidents, which are clearly in violation of the obligation to humane treatment of prisoners of war, and bring the perpetrators to justice; calls for the immediate and unconditional release of all the remaining detainees, including those captured during the recent military confrontations, and for them to be treated in accordance with international humanitarian law;
Amendment 186 #
2021/2231(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Strongly insists that Azerbaijan and Armenia refrain from destroying cultural, religious or historical heritage and to guarantee that citizens are not prevented from exercising their right to freedom of religion or belief in this regard; calls for the restoration of damaged sites in accordance with UNESCO standards and indications; calls on Armenia and Azerbaijan to quickly allow a UNESCO mission to visit both countries without preconditions;
Amendment 225 #
2021/2231(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. WelcomesTakes note of the new memorandum of understanding between the EU and Azerbaijan signed by President Aliyev and Commission President von der Leyen in Baku on 18 July 2022; strongly regrets the statement by the Commission President that Azerbaijan is a reliable partner, since Azerbaijan continues its attacks on both Nagorno Karabakh and Armenia; recalls that even should Azerbaijan double its gas exports to the EU, it can only provide for a relatively small portion of the bloc’s gas demand, so the rather limited benefits of the gas deal do not outweigh the consequences of creating new dependencies on a regime that does not share and operates against the EU’s core values;
Amendment 285 #
2021/2231(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Strongly insists that Azerbaijan cease all repression of political opposition activists; regrets that the Azerbaijani government still has not fully executed the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights in the cases of the Mammadli group; reiterates the concerns raised by the Council of Europe in its resolution of September 22, 2022 on the execution of these judgments;
Amendment 22 #
2021/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas periodical deadly military confrontations between Azerbaijan and Armenia continue; whereas the 9 November 2020 ceasefire agreement, introduced after the 44-day war triggered by Azerbaijan in 2020, has been violated several times resulting in more casualties; whereas the latest Azerbaijan’s military aggression of September 2022 has resulted in the occupation of 220 km2 of Armenian sovereign territory, the killing of hundreds of soldiers, and actions that represent war crimes and crimes against humanity such as the extrajudicial execution of Armenian prisoners of war, raping of women, and torture of civilians;
Amendment 53 #
2021/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the alleged Russian readiness to guarantee the security of Armenia has proven non-existing as demonstrated by the lack of response to the Azerbaijan’s continuous attacks even in the light of the Armenian attempt to resort to the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO); whereas democratic parties and the civil society in Armenia started to question the country’s membership in the CSTO; whereas Russian peace-keepers deployed in the region were unwilling and unable to prevent further attacks from Azerbaijan, and their presence has been decreasing steadily, especially after the begin of the Russian criminal war of aggression against Ukraine;
Amendment 56 #
2021/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas EU-Armenia relations are based on common values, such as democracy, the rule of law, human rights and fundamental freedoms, and a shared interest of Armenia’s engagement in economic and political reforms as well as regional cooperation, including in the framework of the Eastern Partnership; whereas the final aim of the Union should be to support Armenia in its process of reforms and to support the EU- membership aspiration of the country and its people;
Amendment 68 #
2021/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine has had implications for the South Caucasus and has further complicated the security situation in the region; whereas the Treaty signed between Azerbaijan’s President, Ilham Aliyev, and the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, the day before the begin of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine has brought the relations between these two countries to the level of a fully-fledged alliance;
Amendment 74 #
2021/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas despite Azerbaijani authorities releasing some Armenian prisoners of war, an undisclosed number of them, both military and civilians, are still detained in Azerbaijan in unknown conditions;
Amendment 78 #
2021/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that the Nagorno- Karabakh conflict, which over the years has caused immense suffering and destruction, has significantly hampered the socio-economic development and stability of the whole South Caucasus region; is convinced that a durable and sustainable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan cannot be achieved through military means but requires a comprehensive political settlement in accordance with international law, including the principles enshrined in the UN Charter, the 1975 OSCE Helsinki Final Act and the OSCE Minsk Group’s 2009 Basic Principles; reaffirms that, in order to be effective, a comprehensive peace treaty must include provisions that guarantee the integrity of the Armenian sovereign territory, the safety of Armenian population residing in Nagorno-Karabakh and other conflict- afflicted areas, and the prompt and safe return of refugees and internally displaced people to their homes;
Amendment 89 #
2021/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Strongly condemns the large-scale military attack by Azerbaijan in September 2022 against multiple targets in the sovereign territory of Armenia, the brutality that characterised the attack, and its consequences for the peace process; reiterates that the territorial integrity of Armenia and Azerbaijan must be fully respected and underlinencourages the EU’s readiness to be more actively involved in settling the region’s protracted conflicts;
Amendment 118 #
2021/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that the EU’s passive stance during and immediately after the 2020 war gave other regional actors, such as Russia and Turkey, the opportunity to gain influence; strongly supports, therefore, the initiative taken by the President of the European Council Charles Michel to convene and mediate bilateral meetings of the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan in Brussels and encourages the work on the ground of the EU’s special representative for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia; urges the governments of both countries to fully engage in the drafting of a comprehensive and mutually acceptable peace treaty and welcomes in this regard the meetings of the foreign affairs ministers of both countries;
Amendment 124 #
2021/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Takes note of the initial discussions on the process of border delimitation; welcomes the agreement to deploy a civilian EUn EU monitoring mission to build trust and contribute to the border commissions; recalls that only Armenia accepted to host the monitoring mission on its side of the border; calls on the Council and the EEAS to increase the resources and personnel allocated to the monitoring mission, and to extend its mandate for all the time needed to find a solution that guarantees the territorial integrity of Armenia;
Amendment 148 #
2021/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Continues to be concerned about the fate of Armenian prisoners, both military and civilian, detained during and after the conflict and still held by Azerbaijan and welcomes the release of some of them; demands that in accordance with international humanitarian law and the third Geneva Convention, Azerbaijani authorities treat Prisoners of war humanely in all circumstances; calls for the immediate and unconditional release of all the remaining detainees, including those captured during the recent military confrontations, and that they be treated in accordance with international humanitarian law;
Amendment 159 #
2021/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Condemns in the strongest possible terms the footage that has appeared depicting the torture, mutilation and killingextrajudicial executions of an Armenian servicewoman and unarmed Armenian prisoners of war by Azerbaijani armed forces; calls for a full and impartial investigation of the videos to identify those responsible and hold them accountable for their actions;
Amendment 200 #
2021/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes the early parliamentary elections of 2021 which confirmed the strength of democracy in Armenia and the support of its people for the reform agenda; encourages the government to continue implementing reforms, despite the difficult international context and the challenges Armenia is facing; calls on the Commission and the Council to increase its political and diplomatic support to Armenia also in light of the assertiveness of its neighbours; reiterates that the EU is the largest donor supporting Armenia’s reform process;
Amendment 215 #
2021/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines the important role of civil society in the shaping and implementation of key reforms; advocates for a thorough EU support for Armenian civil society;
Amendment 220 #
2021/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Underlines the importance of media freedom, freedom of expression and freedom of assembly for preserving a vibrant democracy; welcomes the improvements in media freedom in Armenia as reported by the World Press Freedom Index 2022 that ranked Armenia at the 51st place while it was at the 63rd place in 2021; encourages the national authorities to continue to implement reforms for improving media freedom in the country; is concerned by the presence of disinformation and harsh rhetoric;
Amendment 1 #
2021/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
— having in regards Committee of the Regions opinion on Missing transport links in border regions of 8th February 2017 (CDR 4294/2016),
Amendment 3 #
2021/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
Amendment 4 #
2021/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)
Citation 9 a (new)
— having regard to the agreement adopted at the 21st Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21) in Paris on 12 December 2015 (the Paris Agreement),
Amendment 5 #
2021/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
Citation 10 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 13 June 2018 on cohesion policy and the circular economy (2017/2211(INI),
Amendment 13 #
2021/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas, despite the efforts that have been made, administrative, linguistic and legal barriers still abound and are hampering sustainable growth, socio- economic development and cohesion among and within border regions;
Amendment 21 #
2021/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
G a. whereas mass departures from border regions, especially on the part of young people and skilled labour, illustrates the lack of economic opportunities in such regions and even more makes them less attractive in terms of employment and sustainable economic development;
Amendment 33 #
2021/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises that the challenges border regions face vary from one region to the next depending on the legal, administrative, economic, environmental and geographical circumstances pertaining in the region concerned; calls for bespoke approaches to be taken, to a certain extent, that are integrated, tailor-made and region- specific;
Amendment 35 #
2021/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Points out the specific challenges of maritime borders and the need of recognizing them as specific borders with their own needs, especially due to language and cultural differences, administrative and legal burdens, socio- economic disparities and environmental issues;
Amendment 48 #
2021/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Considers that the role of the EU macro-regional strategies in addressing challenges related to the border regions should be further enhanced;
Amendment 49 #
2021/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Emphasize the importance of small-scale and cross-border projects in bringing people together and in that way opening new potentials for sustainable local development and cross-border cooperation;
Amendment 50 #
2021/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Points out that, despite the efforts that have been made, administrative, legal and linguistic barriers still abound, hampering sustainable growth, socio- economic development and cohesion among and within border regions;
Amendment 52 #
2021/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Stresses the crucial role that investments in high quality public services have on building social resilience and coping with economic, health and social crises;
Amendment 53 #
2021/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Points out that access to public services is crucial for the 150 million- strong population of internal cross-border areas, and is frequently hampered by numerous legal and administrative barriers; calls, therefore, on the Commission and the Member States to maximise their efforts to remove these barriers, especially when related to health services, transport, education, labour mobility and environment;
Amendment 61 #
2021/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Amendment 65 #
2021/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Asks the Commission to anticipate the foreseeable damage in the border regions that will be most affected by the consequences of the conflict in Ukraine and to consider the creation of a specific Ukrainian conflict adjustment fund;
Amendment 67 #
2021/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Amendment 68 #
2021/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Emphasises that the coordination of transport services in cross-border regions is still insufficient, partly owing to links that are missing or no longer in service, hampering mobility and blighting the prospects for cross-border development; emphasises, furthermore, that complex legal and administrative rules and regulations are hampering the development of sustainable cross-border transport infrastructure;
Amendment 70 #
2021/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Underlines that creating additional cross-border transportation infrastructure, while being costly and environmentally challenging, might not always be a single best solution and therefore underlines the potential for boosting cross-border transportation links provided by soft measures, such as better coordination of public transportation schedules, inclusive planning and tailor- made innovations of cross-border local and regional authorities having grated sufficient autonomy to pursue common goals;
Amendment 79 #
2021/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Underlines, however that in absence of adequate supply of jobs or other economic opportunities as well as in case of low level of salaries, the well- educated workforce tends to migrate to regions where such opportunities are in adequate supply thus making situation in remote border areas even more challenging;
Amendment 80 #
2021/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15 b. Believes that cohesion policy should be more geared towards investment in people as border regions’ economies can be boosted by an effective mix of investments in innovation, human capital, good governance and institutional capacity;
Amendment 81 #
2021/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)
Paragraph 15 c (new)
15 c. Believes that border regions with particular challenges should receive tailor-made support (e.g. greater synergies between ERDF/CF, ESF+ and EGF) for developing and implementing long-term strategies based on economic diversification and re-skilling and retraining policies for laid-off workers;
Amendment 86 #
2021/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Raises the issue that major challenges of the European Union can only be met by promoting cross-border cooperation between neighbouring regions (e.g. sustainable future of the Mediterranean, the Baltic Sea and other maritime basins; sustainable future for the Alps, the Pyrenees, the Carpathians and other mountain ranges; sustainable future for the large river basins of the Rhine basin, the Danube, the Meuse, etc.);
Amendment 94 #
2021/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Stresses that all border regions have to play a decisive role in tackling climate change challenges, in coordinated actions with their surrounding regions;
Amendment 95 #
2021/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17 b. Points out that the climate change has a serious effect on the border regions including but not limited to the need to search for a common cross-border tailor- made solutions to such natural disasters as forest fires and floods;
Amendment 99 #
2021/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Underlines the potential of cross- border cooperation and especially sparser inhabited cross-border areas in such fields as renewable energy, circular economy and environment protection and calls to make better use of existing opportunities;
Amendment 100 #
2021/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18 b. Emphasize the potential of the less inhabited border areas to develop sustainable and green economy thus making an added value to the local development in opening new green jobs;
Amendment 102 #
2021/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and the Commission, the Commission, the European Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions and the national and regional Parliaments of the Member States.
Amendment 2 #
2021/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
— having regard to the 7th Environment Action Programme (EAP) and the concepts set out therein,
Amendment 11 #
2021/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas islands often suffer from a combination of multiple and permanent structural handicaps, such as small size, a low population density-density permanent population which has to cope with seasonal demographic pressure, small market, double insularity (island and archipelago), difficult topography very similar to mountainous regions, a dependence on maritime and air transport or a dependence on a small number of products;
Amendment 19 #
2021/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the long-term social, economic, environmental and cultural consequences of the COVID-19 crisis on the island territories of the Union are of particular concern, and whereas Europe’s recovery must not create further regional disparities; whereas the COVID-19 crisis has demonstrated that island economies are highly vulnerable to such events;
Amendment 26 #
2021/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas islands have exceptionally rich biodiversity and ecosystems; whereas island ecosystems are particularly threatened by the impact of climate change and should be protected;
Amendment 28 #
2021/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas islands’ marine and terrestrial biodiversity is largely endemic, and therefore more fragile; whereas marine and coastal pollution, as well as overfishing, can be a source of concern for islandhave an increased impact on the islands’ environment, with very serious consequences for employment, the small-scale fisheries sector and local communities;
Amendment 33 #
2021/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas the outermost regions and islands are particularly at risk from natural disasters, such as volcanic eruptions, forest fires and storms, storms, drought and the problems of desertification;
Amendment 47 #
2021/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that insularity creates structural problems of dependence on maritime and air transport, which is a public service on which the daily lives of European citizens living on an island depend, with additional costs for importing and exporting goods, as well as for passenger transport; stresses that, in the case of archipelagos, these difficulties are multiplied by a double insularity;
Amendment 58 #
2021/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that island economies are oriented towards the primary and tertiary sectors and that hyper-specialisation weakens the economic fabric by making it more vulnerable to economic slowdowns; is concerned about long-term developments which in many EU islands can create an economy that is based solely on tourism; stresses that support should be given to strengthening other sectors in order to achieve a good balance and a diversified labour market;
Amendment 93 #
2021/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls for specific rules and financial support to help islands achieve climate neutrality goals, taking into account the additional costs involved and the impact of mobile technologies on their energy systems, which require proportionally very high investments to manage intermittent renewable energies; calls for these costs to be taken into account in the ‘Fit for 55’ legislative package;
Amendment 101 #
2021/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Considers the use of renewable energy to be a priority and believes it could bring substantial benefits to islands, while taking into account the needs of local communities; calls, therefore, for the development of a wide range of renewable energy to be supported; welcomes the green hydrogen programmes which islands have launched;
Amendment 106 #
2021/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls for renewables-based energy autonomy to be established as a target for all European islands and supported by the requisite financial resources;
Amendment 110 #
2021/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls for an analysis of natural disaster risk prevention strategies, climate change adaptation measures and regional policies that could lead to the proliferation of housing and infrastructure on coastal floodplains or in landslide-prone areas;
Amendment 128 #
2021/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses the need for increased support foron the islands, within ecological limits and with due regard for a healthy marine environment, for agriculture and, aquaculture, and sustainable fisheries, as well as crafts and the blue economy, including through European cooperation programmes; calls on the Commission to draw up a regulation laying down specific measures in the area of agriculture for all NUTS 2 and NUTS 3 level islands with a view to achieving food autonomy and increasing the competitiveness of their products;
Amendment 132 #
2021/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Highlights the lack of sustainable solutions for transporting agricultural products between most islands and the mainland and for exporting and importing agricultural products from and towards islands, and calls on the Commission and the Member States to support innovative projects for greener connections into their development plans for the islands;
Amendment 136 #
2021/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Stresses the need to support remunerative and environmentally friendly short supply chains and the development of a farming sector that prioritises high value-added traditional products, local consumption and green solutions;
Amendment 137 #
2021/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18c. Stresses that targeted regional policies and action aimed at protecting and restoring the unique biodiversity of the islands are necessary to preserve their natural resources and means of subsistence; strongly advises, therefore, against watering down the environmental regulations on the islands.
Amendment 158 #
2021/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Stresses the need to ensure the territorial continuity of all islands through maritime and air transport and to ensure the safety and suitability of land bridges and road links; calls on the Commission to ensure that the 2021-2023 work programme of the Connecting Europe Facility contributes to the territorial accessibility of islands; improving island accessibility is crucial to their development and should go beyond connections with the national mainland;
Amendment 183 #
2021/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Points out that the islands are not currently covered by the EU legislation on territorial classification; calls on the Commission to start discussions on this, with a view to including islands in the common classification of territorial units for statistics;
Amendment 186 #
2021/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Calls for an additional budget allocation to be established to cover the extra costs connected with European islands under the future cohesion policy; suggests expanding the island contact point by setting up an island task force within DG REGIO;
Amendment 189 #
2021/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Calls on the Commission to consider setting up a programme like the European urban initiative that would support partnerships between insular regions in order to establish innovative approaches to island-specific problems;
Amendment 16 #
2021/2064(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
Citation 4 a (new)
— having regard to the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) of 15 November 2021 and 13 December 2021 adopting a legal framework for sanctions against the ‘Wagner Group’ and individuals and companies which cooperate with that network and that are responsible for serious human rights abuses or destabilising activities in Libya and other countries,
Amendment 17 #
2021/2064(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 b (new)
Citation 4 b (new)
— having regard to the reports, press releases and the allegation letters of the UN Working Group on mercenaries, in particular of 24 March 2021, and of 27 October 2021,
Amendment 18 #
2021/2064(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 c (new)
Citation 4 c (new)
— having regard to the Montreux document on pertinent international legal obligations and good practices for States related to operations of private military and security companies during armed conflict,
Amendment 23 #
2021/2064(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)
Citation 9 a (new)
Amendment 25 #
2021/2064(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 b (new)
Citation 9 b (new)
— having regard to the Declaration of the Paris International Conference for Libya of 12 November 2021,
Amendment 29 #
2021/2064(INI)
— having regard to the UN Human Rights Council R27 June 2022 and 23 March 2022 reports of the Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Libya of 23 March 2022, established by the UNHRC as well as the Mission’s report from 1 July 2022 on the situation in Tarhuna,
Amendment 31 #
2021/2064(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)
Citation 14 a (new)
— having regard to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights’ (OHCHR) reports Unsafe and Undignified The forced expulsion of migrants from Libya of 25 November 2021 and Lethal Disregard: Search and rescue and the protection of migrants in the central Mediterranean Sea from 26 May 2021,
Amendment 35 #
2021/2064(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15
Citation 15
— having regard to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights of 16 December 1966, and general comments of the Human Rights Committee,
Amendment 36 #
2021/2064(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)
Citation 16 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 19 May 2021 on human rights protection and the EU external migration policy (2020/2116(INI)),
Amendment 38 #
2021/2064(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)
Recital -A (new)
-A. whereas in March 2021 the Government of National Unity (GNU) was formed; whereas the formation of the GNU broke a political deadlock and for some time improved the situation of contested legitimacy in Libya; whereas in the run-up to the election process, however, the tensions and power struggles between the rival governments re- surfaced leading to the collapse of the elections; whereas due to the state of divisions there is an absence of a unified central authority in Libya;
Amendment 43 #
2021/2064(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas in the past 11 years, Libya has seen the repetition of cycles of illegitimate power grabs and convoluted electoral or constitutional processes that enabled Libyan political and economic elites to stay in power, supported by some foreign governments, including some European allies, and enabled by the lack of clear, strong international commitment to accountability and security sector reform in Libya; whereas the situation Libya has further deteriorated since the indefinite postponement of the elections at the end of 2021, deepening the political deadlock and division notably due to a lack of prior agreement on the legal basis for elections and on vetting criteria for candidates as well as the failure to prioritise the building of essential guarantees for free and fair elections, deepening the political deadlock and national fragmentation, further emboldening state-affiliated armed groups, and threatening to trigger further violence deepening the countrypolitical deadlock; whereas this postponement profoundly disappointed the more than 2.8 million Libyan citizens who had registered to vote; whereas the lack of commitment from Western and Eastern Libyan actors to build a shared roadmap towards elections, appears to indicate a shared lack of interest in building functional and representative political institutions;
Amendment 56 #
2021/2064(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas security and stability in Libya are closely correlated with the prospect of a real democratic transition that has the potential to deliver for all people in Libyathe Libyan population in its entire diversity; whereas centring accountability and human rights in any diplomatic engagement on Libya is essential to restoring the rule of law and ensuring political stability and sustainable peace, without which Libyan citizens will continue to suffer; whereas the UN Fact- Finding Mission on Libya’s (FFM) report of 23 March 2022 concluded that systemic impunity was impeding Libya’s transition to peace, democracy and the rule of law;
Amendment 66 #
2021/2064(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the increasingcontinuous involvement in the conflict of local and foreign armed groups, as well as foreign forces, poses a threat to the security of Libya and the entire region; whereas the continued influx of arms, ammunitions, services, provision of reconnaissance and sensible data, mercenaries, foreign fighters to parties in the conflict and the illicit export of petroleum intensify the current armed conflict, fuel further political instability in the country and the region and aggravates the suffering of the civilian population;
Amendment 72 #
2021/2064(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas the UN Panel of Experts has concluded that since 2019 more than 2.000 Russian personnel, including military instructors and mercenaries have been deployed to provide assistance to Khalifa Haftar and armed groups affiliated to him; whereas such Russian actors are reported to be in control of several strategic oil facilities and airbases; whereas the UN Fact-Finding Mission on Libya confirmed that there were reasonable grounds to believe that Russian mercenaries may have committed war crimes, such as the planting of mines in residential areas in southern Tripoli in 2020 causing at least 93 deaths and have committed extrajudicial killings; whereas the UN Panel of Experts on Libya considered that other activity of Russian actors fell under the military category of ‘psychological operations’ and as such, was in non-compliance with UN Security Council resolution 1970 (2011); whereas the EU has put the Yevgeny Prigozhin on its Libya sanctions list; whereas according to the final report of the UN Panel of Experts on Libya, pursuant to Resolution 1973 (2011), published in September 2019, Emirati company Black Shield Security Services recruited Sudanese nationals to serve in the Libyan conflict; whereas the deployment of private military and security companies fuels continued rivalry political factions in Libya and enables further instability and violence;
Amendment 76 #
2021/2064(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
E b. whereas an arms embargo relating to the supply of arms and military equipment to and from Libya was established by UN Security Council resolution 1973 (2011) and subsequent resolutions; whereas the UN Security Council has authorized Member States to inspect suspicious cargo on their territory as well as on the high seas and has established a panel of experts to monitor the embargo;
Amendment 77 #
2021/2064(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E c (new)
Recital E c (new)
Amendment 78 #
2021/2064(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E d (new)
Recital E d (new)
E d. whereas in the conclusion of the conference on Libya from 19 January 2020 all parties committed to refraining from interference in the armed conflict or in the internal affairs of Libya and urge all international actors to do the same; whereas the conference on Libya from 23 June 2021 resulted in a fifty-five-point statement reaffirming the parties’ commitment to non-interference and calling for free, fair, inclusive and credible parliamentary and presidential elections; whereas on 12 November 2021, the countries participating in the Paris Conference for Libya reiterated their opposition to any foreign interference in Libyan affairs and backed the implementation of the action plan for the withdrawal of mercenaries, foreign fighters and foreign forces from the Libyan territory;
Amendment 80 #
2021/2064(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas a comprehensive security sector reform is critical to preventing future human rights violations, as well as fostering respect for the rule of law and for electoral and political processes, and to decrease the impunity of armed groups for grave human rights violations;
Amendment 96 #
2021/2064(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the EU has been developingadopted a renewed partnership with the Southern Neighbourhood;
Amendment 98 #
2021/2064(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas in recent months, there has been a worrying shrinking of civic space, including a broad campaign linked to radical religious scholars, against the freedom of association and especially targeting youth civic movements such as Tanweer in Tripoli and Tanarout in Benghazi, labelling some of them as atheists, feminists or “against national values”; whereas many political activists, human rights defenders and journalists have been threatened, abducted, arbitrarily detained, tortured and killed; whereas the lack of a functioning justice system means that victims of human rights violations are not able to pursue legal remedies;
Amendment 100 #
2021/2064(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
J a. whereas in summer 2016 the EU through EUNAVFOR Operation Sophia started assisting the Libyan coastguards; whereas on 2 February 2017 Italy and Libya signed a memorandum of understanding for the provision of technical and financial assistance to the Libyan authorities with the aim to prevent migrants including refugees from reaching a place of safety and depriving them of their right to seek asylum; whereas on 3 February 2017 the European Council adopted the Malta Declaration on external aspects of migration; whereas since 2017 the number of people intercepted at sea and returned to Libya is over 82 000; whereas in 2021 the so-called Libyan coastguards — supported by Italy and the EU — captured 32,425 refugees and migrants at sea and returned them to Libya, being the highest figure on record, whereas according to the IOM during 2021, 2048 people died or disappeared at sea in the Mediterranean; whereas the 2015 report of the former UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants notes shortcomings in the EU’s approach to migration due to its lack of transparency and clarity, and to the weak status of many of the agreements reached in this framework, which in his view generally lack monitoring and accountability measures;
Amendment 102 #
2021/2064(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas migrants, refugees and asylum seekers oftenLibya is a key point of transit and departure for migrants attempting to reach Europe, particularly from sub-Saharan Africa; whereas thousands of migrants and refugees fleeing the violence in Libya have lost their lives in attempting to cross the Mediterranean in order to reach Europe; whereas migrants, refugees and asylum seekers are among those suffering the most from the protracted conflict in Libya as they become victims of traffickers and are subjected to extreme violence, rape, arbitrary arrest, detention, extortion, kidnapping for blackmail and exploitation including by armed groups whom executive authorities have given law enforcement powers; whereas thousands have died in the attempt to cross the Mediterranean to reach Europe; whereas there has been substantive documentation, including by UN bodies, of violations of the principle of non- refoulement by the Libyan authorities, against the people attempting to escape Libya by sea;
Amendment 110 #
2021/2064(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
K a. whereas on 15 January 2021, Operation EUNAVFOR IRINI and the European Border and Coast Guard Agency signed a working arrangement whereby the two entities will, inter alia, exchange information about criminal activities; whereas the information collected by operation IRINI and Frontex are to be shared with all competent Maritime Rescue Coordination Centres (MRCC) of the area, namely the Italian, Maltese and Tunisian MRCCs, as well as the Libyan MRCC and the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre, financed by the EU and operated by the Libyan Coastguard and Navy (LCG&N);
Amendment 137 #
2021/2064(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a
Paragraph 1 – point a
(a) ensure a UN-led and Libyan-owned inclusive national reconciliation process is given the strongest support possible in order to deliver longer-term stability and security and lay the foundations for a peaceful and democratic transition that involves all Libyan stakeholders; calls for greater inclusion of civil society, particularly women, and local governance leaders in peace-building efforts in order for the peace process to be more representative of ordinary Libyans;
Amendment 146 #
2021/2064(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b
Paragraph 1 – point b
(b) continue to cooperate closely with UNSMIL and actively support the renewal of its mandate; stress that, given the current political impasse, the continuation of UN- backed negotiations on a roadmap for free, fair and credible elections remains vital; evaluate the feasibility ofcalls on the EU and its Member States to jointly with the UN, focus diplomatic efforts on putting collective sustained pressure on political actors in Libya and relevant partners in the region to accept a new electoral roadmap led by UNSMIL under the framework provided by the Berlin process and the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum and refrain from accommodating Libyan political forces and regional powers involved; stresses that elections in Libya shall not be a mere box-ticking exercise and that mistakes made during the previous preparation of elections, such as a missing legal basis for elections and the absence of vetting criteria for candidates, need to be avoided; calls on the EU and its Member States to help create the necessary conditions in which free, fair and safe elections can take place, including measures and precautions for peaceful transfer of power; envisage the deployment of an EU electoral observation mission to monitor the electoral process;
Amendment 158 #
2021/2064(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c
Paragraph 1 – point c
(c) step up EU diplomatic efforts to restore peace and security in the country, and ensure that the Member States speak with one voice; to this end, nominate, as a matter of priority, an EU special representative for Libya; ensure that representatives of the EU its Member States are at the disposal of all parts of the Libyan civil society;
Amendment 163 #
2021/2064(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d
Paragraph 1 – point d
(d) reinforce the call made during the Berlin Conferences in 2019 and 2020 as well as the Paris International Conference for Libya of 12 November 2021 for all mercenaries, foreign fighters and foreign forces to withdraw from Libyan territory; urges Russia, the United Arab Emirates and Turkey to comply with that call, to immediately stop sending mercenaries to Libya and to withdraw those currently present in the country; calls on the HR/VP and EU Member States to sanction Russian military instructors and mercenaries and affiliated radical armed groups in Libya who have repeatedly participated in and enabled serious violations of international law with impunity, and represent a threat to stability in Libya and the region; calls on all Libyan authorities to end all relationships with private military and security companies;
Amendment 172 #
2021/2064(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e
Paragraph 1 – point e
(e) increase support to the Libyan authorities for the implementation of a comprehensive security sector reform and in the area of disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration policies for armed groups; such a strategy should establish a specialised technical committee for the vetting of members of armed groups and organise their disbandment and individual reintegration, disarmament and rehabilitation; neither design nor implementation of the Security Sector Reform (SSR) strategy should be entrusted to regional parties who are not viewed as neutral by key stakeholders;
Amendment 182 #
2021/2064(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f
Paragraph 1 – point f
(f) provide the Libyan authorities with the technical assistance they need to enact a comprehensive reform of the judiciary sector aiming to dismantle the structural impunity that prevails in the country and pave the way for sustainable reconciliation and peace; consider the imposition of additional targeted restrictive measures, including through the use of the EU Global Human Rights Sanction Regime (GHRSR), on persons and entities committing violations against human rights defenders, members of civil society and the national judiciary, notably radical and repressive armed groups;
Amendment 198 #
2021/2064(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h
Paragraph 1 – point h
(h) support the valuable work of the EU Border Assistance Mission in Libya andcore task of the European Union Naval Force Mediterranean oOperation Irini, two common security and defence policy (CSDP) missions, in contributing to sustainable peace, security and stability, in particular through their support forRINI , in contributing to the implementation of the arms embargo imposed on Libya by the UN Security Council; renew, if necessary, the mandate ofor these two core task of this common security and defence policy missions in order to contribute to improving the security conditions on the ground, including by preventing terrorists, human traffickers and armed groups from carrying out cross-border activities and reinforce it with the necessary political backing and technical capabilities to prevent arms entering Libya via land, sea, or air ; notes that secondary tasks may include gathering and sharing information on illicit exports of petroleum, human smuggling and trafficking networks, disrupting the business model of illicit exports of petroleum, and of human smuggling and trafficking networks, and training the Libyan coast guard and navy; guarantee that all activities carried out or facilitated by these twois missions respect human rights and areis in line with international and EU laws, in particular the principle of non-refoulement; conduct and provide Parliament with regularensure that no activity of this mission provides support to perpetrators of human rights violations, including by prioritizing the integration of human rights conditionality on their cooperation with any Libyan border or security apparatus, and ensuring ex ante human rights impact assessments ofor all theifunctions or activities to be undertaken or facilitated by these missions, to be shared with Parliament;
Amendment 209 #
2021/2064(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
(h a) stresses with regard to the maritime component of IRINI the international obligations regarding search and rescue of people in distress at sea; calls on Member States to ensure that IRINI acts in full compliance with the maritime law, in particular obligations related to search and rescue; reiterates its grave concern at the fate of migrants, asylum seekers and refugees in Libya, whose already dramatic situation continues to deteriorate; calls on Libyan authorities and militias to close detention facilities for migrants;
Amendment 214 #
2021/2064(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point h b (new)
(h b) expresses its strongest concern about the financial and technical cooperation between the EU, notably Frontex and Operation IRINI, and EU Member States, notably Italy and Malta, with the so-called Libyan Cost Guards and its affiliated militias; is appalled by the EU´s and its Member States´ complicity in illegal pullbacks and returning people to inhumane camps in Libya, including via lethal operations conducted by the Libyan Coast Guard;
Amendment 215 #
2021/2064(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h c (new)
Paragraph 1 – point h c (new)
(h c) acknowledges the work of the EU Border Assistance Mission in Libya; regrets that the mission’s focus since its initiation in 2013 has steadily shifted towards more migration management at the expense of structural support and capacity-building for Libyan authorities to stabilise the country;
Amendment 217 #
2021/2064(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i
Paragraph 1 – point i
(i) mobilise adequate EU funds under the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument to support Libyan democratisation efforts and projects aimed at strengthening the rule of law and, good governance, civil society, human rights defenders, in particular those defending and advancing women’s rights and equality; ensure that these projects are in line with the priorities of the New Agenda for the Mediterranean and, the UN 2030 Agenda and are compliant with OECD-DAC criteria; guarantee that EU funds are not used for border reinforcement with the purpose of pull- backs, refoulement or containment of migratory flows; guarantee that any EU funds for Libya are conditioned to the respect for human rights and that the European Parliament has adequate power of scrutiny and accountability on the use of EU funds under the NDICI;
Amendment 223 #
2021/2064(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
(i a) urges the HR/VP and the European Commission to work with the Member States to ensure sufficient political and financial support is provided to international accountability mechanisms, in particular the UN FFM on Libya and the ICC, and promote discussion on strengthening legal frameworks for universal jurisdiction inside the EU as an additional avenue to fight impunity;
Amendment 226 #
2021/2064(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j
Paragraph 1 – point j
(j) urge the Libyan authorities to stop their ongoing harsh crackdown on civic space, supported by unaccountable, radical armed groups which are integrated within executive and security institutions, and to lift restrictions on civil society organisations that continue to put up serious obstacles to the freedom of association and the right to peaceful assembly, as guaranteed by the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which Libya has ratified; urges Libyan policy makers to repeal law no.19 of 2001 and its corresponding decree (no.286 of 2019), which restrict the ability of civil society to carry out its activities, and Law no.76 of 1972 on publications restricting the freedom of expression; call on the Libyan authorities to stop criminalizing fundamental freedoms using vaguely-worded articles of the Libyan Penal Code such as Article 206 and 207, that bear the death penalty;
Amendment 231 #
2021/2064(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
(j a) asks the European Commission and the European External Action Service to work with the Libyan authorities and the UN to ensure access for foreign press and the protection of journalists and local civil society actors; firmly denounce human rights violations against journalists and civil society by Libyan actors and foreign forces and supports the use of targeted sanctions against the responsible parties;
Amendment 240 #
2021/2064(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k
Paragraph 1 – point k
(k) urge the Libyan authorities to ensurestop the dreadful exploitation and cycle of abuses and violations against migrants , refugees and asylum seekers are protected andnd ensure the protection of migrants, internally displaced persons and marginalised communities; urges the EU and its Member States to guarantee full, safe and unhindered access to detention centres for humanitarian organisations providing essential assistance to these vulnerable categories of people;
Amendment 262 #
2021/2064(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point m a (new)
(m a) review European migration and border management policies and the way they are enabling appalling abuse against tens of thousands of women, men and children, including by halting any agreement involving directly or indirectly facilitating illegal pushbacks and pullbacks, and supporting Libyan parties against which there are strong allegations of grave violations and involvement in human trafficking; condition any co- operation with Libyan authorities on respect for human rights and on the implementation of concrete measures protecting the rights of migrants and refugees, such as releasing all detained migrants and ending their systematic arbitrary detention, abolishing the criminalisation of migrants and refugees, investigating attacks against them, ensuring their access to essential services, ensuring humanitarian access for all stakeholders to detention centres, or adopting asylum legislation; and ensure that adequate investigations are carried out into severe shortcomings in UNHCR assistance to asylum seekers and refugees in Libya;
Amendment 263 #
2021/2064(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point m b (new)
(m b) calls for the Commission to install an independent, transparent and effective human rights monitoring system on the basis of international law, in order to assess the impact of its asylum and migration related policies and spending in Libya, with a view of suspending any funding that directly or indirectly contributes to or enables the maintenance of migrants in inhuman conditions and other human rights violations; ensure that funding from the European Development Fund only leads to eradication of poverty and not to border control activities;
Amendment 270 #
2021/2064(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n
Paragraph 1 – point n
(n) create new safe and legal pathways for migration to the EU, including by opening new humanitarian corridors and increasing Member States’ resettlement pledges through the Emergency Transit Mechanisms; re-establish sufficient, critically-needed state and EU-led search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean and stop obstructing the rescue operations of humanitarian organisations; ensure that migrants rescued at sea are disembarked in places of safety without undue delay, not in Libya, and ensure that southern Member States are not left alone to carry the responsibility of disembarkation and relocation;
Amendment 277 #
2021/2064(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point n a (new)
(n a) increase support and funding for Humanitarian Mine Action activities, given the contamination by explosive ordnances on the Libyan territory; ensure these activities include land release, victim assistance and risk education as well as full access for victims to healthcare, rehabilitation, psychological and psychosocial support; provide dedicated funding for victim assistance to cover long-term needs and develop referral plans to ensure sustainable delivery of services for people injured, the families of people injured or killed, and communities affected by explosive ordnances;
Amendment 281 #
2021/2064(INI)
(n b) calls on the EU, its Member States and partners to urge all parties to the conflict in Libya to avoid the use of explosive weapons in populated areas due to the systematic humanitarian impacts resulting from such use in terms of civilian casualties, but also damages to civilian objects and land contamination that create long-term consequences for civilians;
Amendment 282 #
2021/2064(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o
Paragraph 1 – point o
(o) actively support the renewal of the UN Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Libya created by the UNHRC; ensure that it has sufficient resources to fulfil its mandate; encourage Libyan authorities to ensure the Fact Finding Mission has full access to carry out its investigations and technical support;
Amendment 3 #
2021/2025(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15
Citation 15
— having regard to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, the European Social Charter, the case law of the European Court of Human Rights and the European Committee of Social Rights, the Council of Europe Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (FCNM) and the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages (ECRML) and the conventions, recommendations, resolutions, opinions and reports of the Parliamentary Assembly, the Committee of Ministers, the Human Rights Commissioner, the European Commission Against Racism and Intolerance, the Steering Committee on Anti- Discrimination, Diversity and Inclusion, the Venice Commission, the Advisory Committee on the FCNM, the Committee of Experts of the ECRML and other bodies of the Council of Europe,
Amendment 31 #
2021/2025(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas respect for the rights of minorities is a part of the political criteria an accession-candidate country must fulfil at the time of accession; whereas while the Union has an important role in ensuring respect for the rights of national and linguistic minorities in candidate- countries, it so far hasn't yet adopted any benchmarks for its Member States in this area, thus making possible that Member States backtrack on their commitments; whereas the 2020 report, too, misses to cover the rights of national and linguistic minorities;
Amendment 32 #
2021/2025(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
C b. whereas the European Parliament has already called on the European Commission to adopt a common framework of Union minimum standards for the protection of rights of persons belonging to minorities, which are strongly embedded in a legal framework guaranteeing democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights throughout the Union1a; _________________ 1aEuropean Parliament Resolution of 13 November 2018 on minimum standards for minorities in the EU (OJ C 363, 28.10.2020, p. 13)
Amendment 209 #
2021/2025(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Calls on the Commission to include in its next reports detailed analyses and recommendations on the situation of the rights of autochthonous national and linguistic minorities, including through the involvement of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights; stresses that this is an area where it should establish strong links and synergies with the Council of Europe, and in particular with its Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities and the Committee of Experts of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages;
Amendment 5 #
2021/2018(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas European political parties and foundations help to raise European political awareness and express the will of Union citizens; whereas strong political parties and foundations at European level are essential for the development of a truly European political sphere;
Amendment 13 #
2021/2018(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas European political parties and foundations should cooperate with their national member parties, in order to support them in bringing the Union closer to the citizens;
Amendment 19 #
2021/2018(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas in order to continue to be aware of, to give expression to and where appropriate to mould the will of Union citizens, it is essential that the role and functioning of European political parties and foundations are not limited concerning issues of exclusively European relevance at Union level; whereas those European political parties and foundations should be allowed to use their funds accordinglyallowed to finance any activity which contributes to informing EU citizens and increasing European political awareness;
Amendment 24 #
2021/2018(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas it should be possible for the own resources of European political parties and foundations to be formed of all kinds of legally acquired income and not only ofhave additional categories of revenue other than contributions and donations;
Amendment 26 #
2021/2018(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the system for administrative control of expenditure should be lightened, and in particular, the requirement to submit accounts according to the International Financial Reporting Standards should be dropped because it does not correspond to the nature of the European political parties and foundations, and represents an unnecessary time- consuming and costly burden;
Amendment 28 #
2021/2018(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
H a. whereas an alignment of the carry- over period for European political foundations with the requirements imposed on political parties would avoid a second layer audit and therefore significantly reduce the administrative burden on foundations;
Amendment 31 #
2021/2018(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Highlights that in order to achieve their full potential, European political parties should allow citizens to be direct members, engage actively in European political discussions and be allowed to participate in European election campaigns;
Amendment 37 #
2021/2018(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the importance of the registration of European political parties and foundations, since it requires compliance with all its conditions, including respect for Union fundamental values, and makes eligibility for funding from the Union budget conditional upon such compliance, as well as the need to ensure full transparency;
Amendment 40 #
2021/2018(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. WelcomNotes the attempt to reinforcement of the provisions on monitoring respect by European political parties and foundations for the fundamental values ofn which the Union is founded and for the procedure for dealing with infringements, including sanctions and recovery of funds;
Amendment 42 #
2021/2018(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Notes the role of the Committee of independent eminent persons established by Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014 and its role on determining a manifest and serious breach of Union values by a European political party or a European political foundation; stresses, however, that current rules on its composition do not introduce sufficient safeguards to guarantee its independence;
Amendment 46 #
2021/2018(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that the current system for verifying respect for rules on the use of contributions and grants is too cumbersomeneeds more clarity;
Amendment 48 #
2021/2018(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Considers that making European political parties and foundations subject to European and national rules, which are laid down in different legal instruments, is a source of confusion and legal uncertainty; proposes therefore to harmonise further and strengthen the rules governing European political parties and foundations to ensure a comprehensive European legal framework for European parties and foundations addressing particularly conditions on registration, structure and operations, visibility and transparency, and sanctions;
Amendment 54 #
2021/2018(INI)
9. Underlines the need to make the definition of indirect funding from European political parties and foundations to national counterparts and members more precise in order to avoid hampering their required cooperation in promoting and explaining European policies, as well as their engagement with European citizens;
Amendment 59 #
2021/2018(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Regrets that the narrow interpretalack of clear definitions of the definmodalitiones of members of ahip to European political partyies and foundations in Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014 and the narrow interpretation of the concept of membership established by case law does not sufficiently recognise the need for flexibility in the internal organisation of European political parties and foundations, especially as regards associate members, including thosemembers from third countries; is concerned that this narrow interpretation has the effect of preventing, for no good reason, European political parties and foundations from receiving financial contributions from such members;
Amendment 66 #
2021/2018(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Regrets the change in the award criteria and distribution of funding introduced in the 2018 reform which decreased the percentage of funds that are allocated among the beneficiary European political parties in equal shares; is deeply concerned about the current funding structure as it fails to create a true level playing field between parties whilst also reducing the incentives for European political parties to reach out to citizens;
Amendment 68 #
2021/2018(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Laments that a flawed design in Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014 limits European political parties in truly fulfilling their role as modern political parties connecting citizens to the political system as they are unknown to citizens due to the limited individual membership, a limited role in influencing policy- making or shaping public agendas and thus do not trigger nearly the same level of activist mobilisation that national and regional parties are able to muster;
Amendment 72 #
2021/2018(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15 b. Notes with concern that several existing trans-national political parties active in European politics and represented in the European Parliament are not permitted to register officially as European political parties due to disproportionate requirements listed in Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014, consequently hindering the democratic representation of smaller political parties at the European level;
Amendment 75 #
2021/2018(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Considers that a clear set of rules and conditions should be established for the joint organisation and co-financing of activities concerning European issues by European political parties and national member partiefoundations and their members;
Amendment 86 #
2021/2018(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for the prohibition on financing referendum campaigns to be lifted, if they are linked to European issues within the limits and in accordance with EU values;
Amendment 91 #
2021/2018(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Insists that different categories of party membership for both, parties and foundations, be recognised, that the affiliation of members from candidate countries for accession to the Union, from the European Free Trade Association, from EU neighbourhood countries and from former Member States be allowed, and that European political parties and foundations be allowed to legally collect membership fees from them;
Amendment 97 #
2021/2018(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Proposes that the scope of the prohibition on cross-party membership be extended to the members of national and regional parliaments and assemblieto more than one European political party be extended to all their members;
Amendment 98 #
2021/2018(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Recalls that Regulation No 1141/2014 requires member parties to display the logo, the political programme and the website link of their EU party of affiliation on their websites as a condition for accessing funds; is concerned that, according to the logos project1a, member parties overwhelmingly fail to properly implement the Regulation’s display requirement, as only 15% of member parties display the logo in a clear and user-friendly manner; proposes to enforce Article 18(2a) to display European parties' logos alongside the logos of the national or regional party; _________________ 1a https://eudemocracy.eu/logos-project
Amendment 100 #
2021/2018(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Supports the creation of further categories of revenue, in order to cover all sources of income of political parties rather than just contributions and donations such us creating a new category on ‘other own resources’ which includes other grants, contributions from joint activities, conference fees, sales of publications, participation fees or other economic activities directly linked to political action;
Amendment 103 #
2021/2018(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Amendment 106 #
2021/2018(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
Amendment 109 #
2021/2018(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Is in favour of increasing the transparency of the financing of European political parties and foundations by creating an obligation for the European Parliament to publish the annual financial statements it receives, including the value of each member party contribution listed separately and tied to the member party that provided it ;
Amendment 112 #
2021/2018(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a. Is of the opinion that the information published by the European Parliament and the Authority should be presented in open and machine-readable formats in a user-friendly manner;
Amendment 117 #
2021/2018(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25 a. Is in favour of introducing a prohibition of donations from legal persons;
Amendment 118 #
2021/2018(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
Paragraph 25 b (new)
25 b. Suggests that donors should be obliged to cooperate with the authority; proposes to establish an obligation for donors to sign a declaration on the origin of the donation;
Amendment 120 #
2021/2018(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
Amendment 125 #
2021/2018(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
Amendment 128 #
2021/2018(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27 a. Proposes to change the award criteria and distribution of funding by distributing 15 % of the funds in equal shares among the beneficiary European political parties, in order to promote political pluralism and safeguard operational capacity;
Amendment 131 #
2021/2018(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
Amendment 134 #
2021/2018(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Is of the opinion that the rules on eligibility of expenditure are too narrow and that European political parties and foundations should be allowed to finance any activity which contributes to increasing European political awareness and giving expression to the will of Union citizens;
Amendment 138 #
2021/2018(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31 a. Stresses, in particular, the need to include measures to ensure that European political parties are not classified as foreign legal entities under national law from Member States;
Amendment 139 #
2021/2018(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 b (new)
Paragraph 31 b (new)
31 b. Proposes to add the possibility to register political alliances by submitting a minimum number of signatures from at least one quarter of the Member States and with member parties in at least one quarter of the Member States; proposes to establish the minimum number of signatures required in each Member States on the basis of its population;
Amendment 141 #
2021/2018(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Insists that the national member parties of European political parties and their members must have a democratic structure and respect the fundamental values ofn which the Union is founded;
Amendment 145 #
2021/2018(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32 a. Urges the European Commission to review Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014 with a view to update rules for registration, financing, political and electoral campaigning and membership in order to make European political parties the mouthpiece for citizens in European politics and policy-making and to bring European citizens closer to European decision-making;
Amendment 148 #
2021/2018(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 b (new)
Paragraph 32 b (new)
32 b. Calls in particular for the review of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014 to ease registration conditions under Article 3 and open membership to all EU citizens in order to provide for a more inclusive representation of political parties active at the European level;
Amendment 149 #
2021/2018(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 c (new)
Paragraph 32 c (new)
32 c. Requests, in addition to the current requirements included in Article 11 (1) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014, to introduce a provision for which the members of the Committee of independent eminent persons should neither belong to a national or regional party in the European Union nor be former members of the European Parliament, the Council or the Commission;
Amendment 153 #
2021/2018(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Is of the opinion that the hybrid staturole and functions of the Authority should be clarified and a possibility for an administrative appeal to the Authority’s decisions should be provided;
Amendment 155 #
2021/2018(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Considers that the coherence and legal certainty of certain provisions of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014 need to be enhanced, that the reasons for de-registration need to be consolidatfurther developed and clarified, that a common set of rules for the publication, entry into force and effect of de-registration decisions is necessary and that the rules on recovery need to be clarified;
Amendment 228 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The planning, development and operation of the trans-European transport network should enable sustainable forms of transport, provide for improved multimodal and interoperable transport solutions and for an enhanced intermodal integration of the entire logistic chain, thereby contributing to a smooth functioning of the internal market by creating the arteries that are necessary for smooth passenger and freight transport flows across the Union. In addition, the network should aim atmust also contribute to strengthening economic, social and territorial cohesion by ensuring accessibility and connectivity for all regions of the Union, including particular a better connectivity of the outermost regions and other remote, rural, insular, peripheral and mountainous regions as well as sparsely populated areas. The development of the trans-European transport network should also enable seamless, safe and sustainable mobility of goods and persons in all their diversity, and should contribute to further economic growth and competitiveness in a global perspective, by establishing interconnections and interoperability between national transport networks in a resource-efficient and sustainable way. For the outermost regions and islands, which are entirely dependent on maritime and air transport, the strengthening of territorial continuity with the mainland must be supported.
Amendment 234 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Growth in traffic has resulted in increased congestion in international transport. In order to ensure the international mobility of passengers and goods, and avoid the monopolistic situations that can arise in the outermost regions and islands, the capacity of the trans-European transport network and the use of that capacity should be optimised and, where necessary, expanded by removing infrastructure bottlenecks and bridging missing infrastructure links within and between Member States and, as appropriate, neighbouring countries, and taking into account the ongoing negotiations with candidate and potential candidate countries.
Amendment 298 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) Exemptions from the infrastructure requirements applicable to the core, extended core and comprehensive network should be possible only in duly justified cases and subject to certain conditions. This should include cases where investment cannot be justified, or where there are specific geographic or significant physical constraints, for example in outermost regions and other remote, insular, peripheral and mountainous regions or in sparsely populated areas, or for isolated or partially isolated networks. Given that the outermost regions and island regions have unique constraints as they are separated by sea from the mainland, they generally have multiple natural handicaps as set out in Article 174 TFEU.
Amendment 720 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
The European Transport Corridors shall consist of the parts of the trans-European transport network which are of the highest strategic importance for the development of sustainable and multimodal freight and passenger transport flows in Europe and for the development of interoperable high quality infrastructure and operational performance. The Commission and the Member States shall ensure that all the outermost regions and island regions at NUTS 2 level are included in their corresponding corridors.
Amendment 735 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Member States with outermost regions and/or island regions at NUTS 2 level shall ensure that projects of common interest are carried out in those regions, failing which the Commission may block its financial participation in other projects of common interest carried out in the Member States concerned.
Amendment 757 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Commission and the Member States concerned shall ensure that outermost regions and island regions at NUTS 2 level are duly included in the dimensions of cooperation with third countries that are relevant to these regions.
Amendment 767 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3
Article 11 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 60 of this Regulation to amend the alignment of the European Transport Corridors in Annex III to this Regulation, in order to take into account, in particular, the development of major trade flows and traffic or substantial changes to the network. At the request of the regions concerned, the Commission shall also be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 60 of this Regulation to amend the maps of the comprehensive network, the extended network and the core network, the list of nodes and the alignment of the European transport corridors set out in Annexes I, II and III to this Regulation, in order to integrate all transport infrastructure in the outermost regions and islands at NUTS 2 level that would not have been integrated.
Amendment 772 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) ensuring enhanced accessibility and connectivity for all regions of the Union while taking into consideration territorial and social cohesion as well as, in particular the specific case of the outermost regions and other remote, insular, peripheral and mountainous regions as well as sparsely populated areas;
Amendment 824 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) better connecting the outermost regions and islands.
Amendment 1165 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 3
Article 25 – paragraph 3
3. At the request of a Member State, in duly justified cases, exemptions from the minimum requirements referred to in paragraph (2), may be granted by the Commission by means of implementing acts. Any request for exemption shall be based on a socio-economic cost-benefit analysis, the assessment of specific geographic or significant physical constraints, such as maritime ports being located on an island, and/or of potential negative impacts on environment and biodiversity.
Amendment 1619 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 63 – paragraph 1
Article 63 – paragraph 1
The provisions relating to railways, and in particular any requirement to connect airports and ports to railways as well as the provisions related to safe and secure parking and multimodal freight terminals shall not apply to Cyprus, Malta and the outermost and island regions for as long as no railway system is established within their territory.
Amendment 1756 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 2 - table - section FR
Annex 2 - table - section FR
Node name: Ajaccio (Corsica) Maritime port: Comprehensivre Rail road terminals: X
Amendment 1757 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 2 - table - section FR
Annex 2 - table - section FR
Node name: Bastia (Corsica) Maritime port: Comprehensivre Rail road terminals: X
Amendment 1782 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 3 - 1/14
Annex 3 - 1/14
Add the following to the map of European Transport corridors: - include the maritime link Marseille - Ajaccio in the Mediterranean corridor - include the maritime link Cagliari - Ajaccio in the Mediterranean corridor
Amendment 1783 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 3 - 1/14
Annex 3 - 1/14
Add the following to the map of European Transport corridors: - include the maritime link Genoa - Bastia in the Rhine - Alpine corridor.
Amendment 1784 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 3 - 1/14
Annex 3 - 1/14
Add the following to the map of European Transport corridors: - include the maritime link La Spezia - Bastia in the Scandinavian - Mediterranean corridor - include the maritime link Livorno - Bastia in the Scandinavian - Mediterranean corridor
Amendment 1793 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 3 - part 3/14 and part 4/14
Annex 3 - part 3/14 and part 4/14
Add the following to the Rhine - Alpine corridor: - the port of Bastia (Corsica) The above port shall be included in the core network as specified in Annex 1.
Amendment 1797 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 3 - part 6/14 and part 7/14
Annex 3 - part 6/14 and part 7/14
Amendment 1812 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 3 - part 10/14 and part 11/14
Annex 3 - part 10/14 and part 11/14
Add the following to the Mediterranean corridor: - the port of Ajaccio (Corsica) - the port of Cagliari (Sardinia) The above port shall be included in the core network as specified in Annex 1.
Amendment 22 #
2021/0373(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The electoral procedure related to municipal elections falls within the competences of the Member States that organise them reflecting their specific traditions and in accordance with international and European standards. In line with International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights as well as the law of the European Convention on Human Rights, Member States should not only recognise and respect the right of Union citizens to vote and to stand as a candidate but also ensure easyfull access to information and to their electoral rights by removing as manyll obstacles to their participation in elections as possible.
Amendment 25 #
2021/0373(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
Amendment 30 #
2021/0373(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) In order to facilitate the exercise by Union citizens of their right to vote and to stand as a candidate in their country of residence, such citizens should be entered on the electoral roll in sufficient time in advance of polling day. They should have the possibility for automatic registration on the electoral roll, if they wish so, when they register as new residents with the competent authority. The formalities applicable to their registration should be as simple as possible. It should be sufficient for the Union citizens concerned to produce a valid identity card and in duly justified cases a formal declaration that include elements evidencing their entitlement to participate in the elections. Once registered, non- national Union citizens should remain on the electoral roll under the same conditions as Union citizens who are nationals of the Member State concerned, for as long as they satisfy the conditions for exercising the right to vote. Additionally, Union citizens should provide the competent authorities with contact information, enabling those authorities to keep them informed on a regular basis.
Amendment 36 #
2021/0373(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15 a (new)
Recital 15 a (new)
(15 a) Non-national Union citizens should have access to information about their electoral rights and procedures upon their arrival in the Member State, periodically and sufficiently in advance of the municipal election, in their mother tongue or preferred language.
Amendment 39 #
2021/0373(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) The lack of adequate information, in the context of electoral procedures, affects citizens in the exercise of their electoral rights as part of their rights as Union citizens. It also affects the capacity of competent authorities to exercise their rights and to deliver on their obligations. Member States should be required to designate authorities with special responsibilities for providing appropriate information to Union citizens on their rights under Article 20(2), point (b), and Article 22(1) TFEU and the national rules and procedures regarding participation in and the organization of municipal elections. In order to ensure the effectiveness of communications, information should be provided in clear and comprehensible terms, in due time and on a regular basis.
Amendment 40 #
2021/0373(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16 a (new)
Recital 16 a (new)
(16 a) Cooperation and coordination should be strengthened and improved between national and local authorities in the Member State with regard to the registration of non-national Union citizens and to providing them with information on their electoral rights and procedures.
Amendment 41 #
2021/0373(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) In order to improve the accessibility of electoral information, such information should be made available in at least one other official language of the Union than that or those of the host Member State, broadly understood by the largest possible number of Union citizens residing on its territory. Member States should be encouraged to provide information also in the native or the preferred language of the non-national Union citizen, indicated at the time of their registration. Member States may use different official languages of the Union in specific parts of their territory or their regions depending on the language understood by the largest group of Union citizens residing therein.
Amendment 43 #
2021/0373(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 17 a (new)
Recital 17 a (new)
(17 a) When necessary, the European Commission should provide support to Member States for the translation of registration and electoral procedures into the official and non-official languages of the European Union.
Amendment 46 #
2021/0373(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) Data regarding the exercise of rights and the application of this Directive can be useful in the identification of measures necessary to ensure the effective exercise of Union citizens’ electoral rights. In order to improve the collection and communication of data for municipal elections, it is necessary to introduce regular and harmonised monitoring and reporting of implementation by Member States, which should include, besides statistical data, information on the measures taken to support participation in elections of non- national Union citizens. The Commission should assess the application of the Directive , including any changes in the electorate that have taken place since its entry into force and submit a report in this connection to the European Parliament and to the Council.
Amendment 48 #
2021/0373(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) The Member States, by ratifying, and the Union, by concluding25 , have committed themselves to ensure compliance with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities including on Article 29 on Participation in political and public life. In order to support inclusive and equal electoral participation for personsIn order to increase inclusiveness and equal electoral participation for marginalized and vulnerable persons, especially people with disabilities, arrangements for Union citizens residing in a Member State of which they are not nationals to exercise the right to vote and to stand as a candidate therin that Member State in municipal elections should have due regard tof the needs of these citizens with a disability and older citizens. The Member States, by ratifying, and the Union, by concluding25 , have committed themselves to ensure compliance with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities including on Article 29 on Participation in political and public life. _________________ 25 Council Decision 2010/48/EC of 26 November 2009 concerning the conclusion, by the European Community, of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (OJ L 23, 27.1.2010, p. 35).
Amendment 51 #
2021/0373(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. Both Member States where voting is compulsory and Member States where voting is not compulsory may provide for the automatic registration of voters pursuant to Article 3 on the electoral roll, based on a free choice of the non-national Union citizen.
Amendment 54 #
2021/0373(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to enable a voter pursuant to Article 3 to be entered on the electoral roll sufficiently in advance of polling day. Member States shall propose automatic registration on the electoral roll when a non-national Union citizen registers as new resident with the competent authority, based on a free choice.
Amendment 55 #
2021/0373(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. The Member State shall provide voters with easy and clear access to information about municipal elections (their voting and eligibility rights, the registration procedure, the electoral calendar, the nature of the political system and traditions) in their mother tongue, preferred language or in the language(s) spoken in the region. This language will be predefined at the time of registration on the electoral rolls.
Amendment 58 #
2021/0373(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Member States that provide for the possibility for nationals to vote by means of advance voting, postal voting, and electronic and internet voting in municipal elections shall ensure that such means of voting are also available under the same conditions to voters pursuant to Article 3. These voters shall also have the possibility of choosing or changing the means of voting under the same conditions as the nationals of the Member State of residence.
Amendment 60 #
2021/0373(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. The Member State of residence shall inform the concerned persons in gooddue time and in clear and plain language, in their mother tongue or preferred language, of the decision taken on their application for entry on the electoral roll or of the decision concerning the admissibility of their application to stand as a candidate.
Amendment 62 #
2021/0373(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. Should Union citizens not be entered on the electoral roll or have their application form entry refused or have their application to stand as a candidate rejected, the person concerned shall be entitled to legal remedies on similar terms as the laws of the Member State of residence prescribe for voters and persons entitled to stand as candidates who are its nationals. The persons concerned shall be informed in their mother tongue or preferred language.
Amendment 63 #
2021/0373(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. The national authorities of the Member States of residence shall develop and increase awareness-raising and information campaigns concerning the right to vote and to stand as a candidate in municipal elections for non-national Union citizens. In order to provide non- national Union citizens with sufficient and accessible information, national authorities should seek the support of civil society organisations and use a wide range of channels, including the provision of information via the workplace and educational organisations.
Amendment 64 #
2021/0373(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The Member States shall ensure that the designated authority pursuant to paragraph 1, shall directly and individually communicate to voters and persons entitled to stand as candidates pursuant to Article 3, the following information:, periodically and sufficiently in advance of the municipal election
Amendment 66 #
2021/0373(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(c a) The competent designated authority shall inform the persons entitled to vote and to stand for election in accordance with Article 3 about the political system and traditions of the Member State.
Amendment 72 #
2021/0373(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 4
Article 12 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall ensure that information on conditions and detailed rules for registration as a voter or candidate in municipal elections and information referred to in paragraph 2 is made accessible to marginalised groups, such as persons with disabilities and older persons by using appropriate means, modes and formats of communication. applying the accessibility requirements laid down in Annex I of Directive (EU) 2019/8821a and by using appropriate means, modes and formats of communication, such as Braille, large print, audio-based information, tactile stencils, easy to read information and sign language. _________________ 1a Directive (EU) 2019/882 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on the accessibility requirements for products and services (OJ L 151, 7.6.2019, p. 70).
Amendment 73 #
2021/0373(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Amendment 74 #
2021/0373(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 2
Amendment 75 #
2021/0373(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 4
Article 13 – paragraph 4
Amendment 78 #
2021/0373(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Annex II – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Indicate language preferences in which you want to receive information related to the elections: ………………...
Amendment 79 #
2021/0373(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Annex III – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Annex III – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Indicate language preferences in which you want to receive information related to the elections: ……………………………..
Amendment 16 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
Amendment 17 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) In Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Council32 ( ‘European Climate Law’), the Union has enshrined into legislation the target of economy-wide climate neutrality by 2050. That Regulation also establishes a binding Union domestic reduction commitment of net greenhouse gas emissions (emissions after deduction of removals) of at least 55% below 1990 levels by 2030. That Regulation also lays down an obligation on the Commission to make a legislative proposal, as appropriate, to introduce further intermediary targets, to ensure a swift and irreversible reduction of greenhouse gas emissions over time so as to reach the EU climate neutrality objective by 2050 at the latest and negative emissions thereafter. _________________ 32 Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 June 2021 establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality and amending Regulations (EC) No 401/2009 and (EU) 2018/1999 (‘European Climate Law’) (OJ L 243, 9.7.2021, p. 1).
Amendment 23 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) The achievement of the objective of climate-neutrality by 2050 at the latest can be hindered by an excessive divergence in the Member States’ Effort Sharing Targets; in the context of the 2021-2027 period, the programming of Cohesion policy Funds, and namely of the European Regional Development Fund, of the Cohesion Fund, and of the Just Transition Fund should envisage tailored Programmes, priority axis, strategies and territorial plans also aimed at boosting the capacities of Member States in GHG emission reduction and thus at contributing to a better convergence in their targets already in this programming period.
Amendment 36 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the Union’s economy and its level of emissions to a degree that cannot yet be fully quantified. On the other hand, the Union is deploying its largest stimulus package ever, also having a potential impact on the level of emissions. Due to those uncertainties, it is appropriate to review the emissIt should be ensured that, in the post-pandemic period, emissions do not bounce back to pre- COVID-19 levels, so as not to jeopardise the achievement of the Union's data in 2025 and, if necessary, readjust the annual emission allocationsclimate neutrality objective by 2050 at the latest.
Amendment 37 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
Amendment 40 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) In addition to that flexibility, a limited quantity of net removals and net emissions from land use, land-use change and forestry (‘LULUCF’) may be taken into account for Member States’ compliance under Regulation (EU) 2018/842 (‘the LULUCF flexibility’). In order to ensure that sufficient mitigation efforts are deployed until 2030, it is appropriate to limitend the use of the LULUCF flexibility by separating the use of such flexibility into two separate time periods, each capped by a limit corresponding to half of the maximum amount of total net removals set out in Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2018/842. It is also appropriate to bring the title of Annex III in line with the amendment to Regulation (EU) 2018/841 carried out by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/268 of 28 October 202037 . As a consequence, there is no longer a need for Regulation (EU) 2018/842 to provide for a legal basis allowing the Commission to adopt delegated acts to amend the title of its Annex III. Article 7(2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/842 should therefore be deleted. _________________ 37 Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/268 of 28 October 2020 amending Annex IV to Regulation (EU) 2018/841 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the forest reference levels to be applied by the Member States for the period 2021-2025 (OJ L 60, 22.2.2021, p. 21)from 2023 onward.
Amendment 42 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
Amendment 46 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 a (new)
Recital 18 a (new)
Amendment 48 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 1
Article 1
(1) In Article 1, “30%” is replaced by “40%”;Article 1 is replaced by the following: “Subject matter 1. This Regulation contributes to achieving the objectives of the Paris Agreement and the Union’s objective of balancing greenhouse gas emissions and removals by 2050 at the latest and achieving negative emissions thereafter as set out in Article 2 of Regulation 2021/1119 (EU Climate Law). 2. This Regulation lays down obligations on Member States with respect to their minimum contributions for the period from 2021 to 2030 to fulfilling the Union’s target of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55 % below 2005 levels by 2030 in the sectors covered by Article 2 of this Regulation. 3. This Regulation also paves the way for the setting of post-2030 Union’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets in the sectors covered by Article 2 of this Regulation and of Member States’ minimum contributions to the fulfilment of those post-2030 Union’s targets. 4. Finally, this Regulation lays down provisions for the determination of minimum Union-level individual sector contributions to fulfilling the Union’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets for 2030 and beyond set by this Regulation, and for ensuring compliance with those minimum sector contributions.”
Amendment 51 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3 a (new)
(2a) The following Article 3a is inserted: “Article 3a Compliance of biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels with the sustainability and greenhouse gas emission savings criteria For the purpose of this Regulation, only biofuels, bioliquids, as well as of biomass fuels which comply with the sustainability and greenhouse gas emission savings criteria established by the Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council can be considered to have zero emissions. If the share of biofuels and bioliquids, as well as of biomass fuels consumed in transport, where produced from food and feed crops, is higher than the maximum share established in article 26 of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council, they shall no longer be considered to have zero emissions for the purpose of this regulation. By January 2024 the Commission shall amend the rules concerning the greenhouse gas emissions determination and reporting requirements enshrined in the Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 pursuant to the first and second subparagraphs.”
Amendment 57 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 4 a (new)
Article 4 a (new)
3 a. (3a) the following Article 4a is inserted: “Member State Commitments and sectoral minimum contributions for the post-2030 period In view of the Union’s climate neutrality target set out in Article 2 (1) of Regulation 2021/1119, the Commission shall also propose by the end of 2025, as appropriate, amendments to this Regulation in order to set Union’s greenhouse gas emissions reductions targets covering the sectors listed in paragraph 1 of Article 2 and individual Member State minimum contributions to fulfilling the Union’s targets, as well as minimum Union-level contributions for each sector listed in paragraph 1 of Article 2 to fulfilling the Union’s targets, for the years 2035, 2040, 2045 and 2050. When making the proposals for the post- 2030 Union and national targets and contributions, the Commission shall take into account the GHG budget as well as the advice of the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change referred to in Regulation 2021/1999."
Amendment 58 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new) Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new) Regulation (EU) 2018/842
(3) In Article 4, paragraphs 2 and 3 are replaced by the following: ‘2. Subject to the flexibilities provided for in Articles 5, 6 and 7 of this Regulation and the adjustment pursuant to its Article 10(2) and taking into account any deduction resulting from the application of Article 7 of Decision No 406/2009/EC, each Member State shall ensure that its greenhouse gas emissions: (a) do not exceed, in the years 2021 and 2022, the limit defined by a linear trajectory, starting on the average of its greenhouse gas emissions during 2016, 2017 and 2018, as set out pursuant to paragraph 3 of this Article, and ending in 2030 at the limit set for that Member State in column 1 of Annex I to this Regulation. The linear trajectory of a Member State shall start either at five-twelfths of the distance from 2019 to 2020 or in 2020, whichever results in a lower allocation for that Member State; (b) do not exceed, in the years 2023, 2024 and 2025, the limit defined by a linear trajectory starting in 2022 at the annual emission allocation for that Member State, as set out pursuant to paragraph 3 of this Article for that year, and ending in 2030 at the limit set for that Member State in column 2 of Annex I to this Regulation; (c) do not exceed, in the years 2026 to 2030, the limit defined by a linear trajectory starting in 2024, at the average of its greenhouse gas emissions during the years 2021, 2022 and 2023, as submitted by the Member State pursuant to Article 26 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999, and ending in 2030 at the limit set for that Member State in column 2 of Annex I to this Regulation. 3. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts setting out the annual emission allocations for each Member State for the years from 2021 to 2030 in tonnes of CO2 equivalent in accordance with the linear trajectories set out in paragraph 2. For the years 2021 and 2022, it shall determine the annual emission allocations based on a comprehensive review of the most recent national inventory data for the years 2005 and 2016 to 2018 submitted by the Member States pursuant to Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 and indicate the value for the 2005 greenhouse gas emissions of each Member State used to determine those annual emission allocations. For the years 2023, 2024 and 2025, it shall determine the annual emission allocations based on the value for the 2005 greenhouse gas emissions of each Member State indicated pursuant to the second subparagraph and the reviewed values of the national inventory data for the years 2016, 2017 and 2018 referred to in the second subparagraph. For the years 2026 to 2030, it shall determine the annual emission allocations based on the value for the 2005 greenhouse gas emissions of each Member State indicated pursuant to the second subparagraph and on a comprehensive review of the most recent national inventory data for the years 2021, 2022 and 2023 submitted by the Member States pursuant to Article 26 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999. a) (3) In Article 4, paragraphs 2, 3, 4 and 5 are replaced by the following: "'2. Subject to the flexibilities provided for in Article 5 of this Regulation and the adjustment pursuant to its Article 10(2) and taking into account any deduction resulting from the application of Article 7 of Decision No 406/2009/EC, each Member State shall ensure that its greenhouse gas emissions do not exceed the limit defined by a linear trajectory, starting on the average of its greenhouse gas emissions during 2018, 2019 and 2020, as set out pursuant to paragraph 3 of this Article, and ending in 2030. 3. The Commission shall adopt delegated acts setting out the annual emission allocations for each Member State for the years from 2021 to 2030 in tonnes of CO2 equivalent in accordance with the linear trajectories set out in paragraph 2. 4. In order to ensure that sufficient mitigation efforts are deployed equitably across all sectors listed in paragraph 1 of Article 2, by [6 months from the entry into force of this Regulation], the Commission shall adopt a delegated act setting out the minimum contribution of each of such sectors to the total annual reduction of emissions allocations at EU level for the years from 2021 to 2030 in terms of tonnes ofCO2 equivalent. 5. Those delegated acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 14. 6 new. When setting out the minimum contributions referred to in paragraph 4 of this Article, the Commission shall consider: a) its projected 2050 emissions for each of those sectors compatible with the Union’s climate neutrality objective and the objectives of the Paris Agreement; b) Member States’ projections included in their plans, reports and strategies referred to Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018; c) the need for a linear reduction of emissions in all sectors to facilitate the cost-effective achievement of the Union’s climate neutrality objective. 7 new. The Commission shall measure progress towards the achievement of these minimal contributions through the assessment of biennial Member State progress reports as defined in Chapter 4, section 1 of Regulation (EU)2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 20181a 8 new. Where, on the basis of its aggregated assessment of Member States’ progress reports, the Commission concludes that the sectors listed in paragraph 1 of Article 2 of this Regulation are at risk of not meeting the minimum contributions set in the delegated act referred to in paragraph 4 of this Article, the Commission shall as appropriate propose measures and exercise its powers at Union level to ensure that each sector meets its minimum contribution; 9 new. The Commission shall report to the European Parliament and to the Council on a biennial basis on the progress towards the achievement of the minimum sector contributions." _________________ 1a Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action, amending Regulations (EC) No 663/2009 and (EC) No 715/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Directives 94/22/EC, 98/70/EC, 2009/31/EC, 2009/73/EC, 2010/31/EU, 2012/27/EU and 2013/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 2009/119/EC and (EU) 2015/652 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council Or. en (Regulation (EU) No 2018/842)
Amendment 59 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 b (new)
Regulation (EU) No 2018/842
Article 5
Article 5
Amendment 60 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 7
Article 7
Amendment 63 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
(5a) In Article 8, paragraph 3 is replaced by the following: "3. The Commission mayshall issue an public opinion regarding the robustness of the corrective action plans submitted in accordance with paragraph 1 and shall in that case do so within four months of receipt of those plans. The Member State concerned shall take utmost account of the Commission’s opinion and mayshall revise its corrective action plan accordingly." If the Member State concerned does not address a recommendation or a substantial part thereof, that Member State shall provide and make public its reasons." Or. en (Regulation (EU) No 2018/842)
Amendment 64 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 b (new)
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 65 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 c (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 c (new)
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c
(5c) In Article 9, paragraph 1, the following point (c) is inserted: “(c) the Commission shall impose an excess emissions premium on that Member State equivalent to the amount in tonnes of CO2 equivalent of the excess greenhouse gas emissions of that Member State in any specific year of the period multiplied by EUR 500”
Amendment 66 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. “If the greenhouse gas emissions of a Member State in the period from 2021 to 2025 referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2018/841 exceeded its removals, as determined in accordance with Article 12 of that Regulation, the Central Administrator shall deduct from that Member State’s annual emission allocations an amount equal to those excess greenhouse gas ea Member State exceeds its annual emissions allowance in two or more consecutive years it shall undertake a review of its National Energy and Climate Plan and national Long-Term Strategy. This review shall be completed within 12 months. The Commission may issue Recommendations identifying how the Member State’s national energy and climate plan and national long-term strategy should be revised. The Member State shall notify the revised plan to the Commission together with a statement setting out how the proposed revisions will remedy non- compliance with the national AEAs and how they have responded to the Commission’s in tonnes of CO2 equivalent for the relevant years..recommendations where relevant. If the National energy and climate plan or national long-term strategy remains substantially unaltered, the Commission shall, if appropriate, open an infringement procedure.”
Amendment 70 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 11 a (new)
Article 11 a (new)
Amendment 71 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Regulation 2018/842
Annex III
Annex III
Amendment 72 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 a (new)
Article 1 a (new)
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Title
Title
Article 1 a (new) (-1) The tile is replaced by the following "Regulation (EU) 2018/842 on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030 and beyond contributing to climate action to meet commitments under the Paris Agreement and Regulation 2021/1119 (EU Climate Law)" Or. en (Regulation (EU) No 2018/842)
Amendment 8 #
2020/2275(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – point 6
Paragraph 6 – point 6
6. ‘Considers it essential that citizens be able to contribute to the exercise of the Union’s competences; considers it key, therefore, that valid ECIs should lead to the initiation of concrete proposals for both legislative and non-legislative acts referred to in Article 288 TFEU; recalls Parliament’s obligation to assess the proposals included in the ECI and the measures taken by the Commission in line with Article 16 of Regulation (EU) 2019/788 and Rule 222(9) of Parliament’s Rules of Procedure, particularly when the Commission fails to put forward any such proposals or fails to implement them’;
Amendment 11 #
2020/2275(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 – point 7
Paragraph 7 – point 7
7. ‘Calls on the Commission to clearly inform the public about the division of competences between the Union and the Member States to make sure that ECIs concern subjects and issues that fall within the remit of EU competences to propose legal acts, and to provide practical and timely advice to the organisers on the drafting of ECIs and make adequate use of the possibility to partially register an ECI; emphasises that recently registered and ongoing ECIs have called for the EU to take more action, particularly in the fields of environmental protection, human andealth, animal healthwelfare, and civil and political rights’, including minority rights';
Amendment 12 #
2020/2275(INI)
7 a. 'Regrets the Commission's reluctance to deal with successful ECIs; believes that the Commission should instead show genuine consideration and commitment to meeting citizens' expectations whenever an ECI is successful';
Amendment 85 #
2020/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Underlines that the action of the European Commission aiming at eliminating the condition of monopoly and dominant positions and at limiting public funding to companies that could lead such conditions does not provide any solution to the issue of systemic and structural disadvantages that affect the competitiveness of businesses based and operating from European insular territories and outermost regions;
Amendment 106 #
2020/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Calls for a reflection on maintaining exceptional measures beyond the expiry date of the temporary framework for the sectors that have been mostly affected by the COVID-19 crisis (e.g. tourism, air and maritime transports);
Amendment 291 #
2020/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 d (new)
Paragraph 26 d (new)
26 d. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to launch a territorial assessment on the socioeconomic impact of the COVID-19 crisis in the context of the application of state aid rules and the relevant ongoing revision process; in this regard, special attention should be paid to analyse impacts on enterprises based in EU islands and outermost regions according to the provisions of Articles 174 and 349 TFEU;
Amendment 60 #
2020/2220(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Amendment 61 #
2020/2220(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M b (new)
Recital M b (new)
Mb. whereas all Member States that have joined the European Union after the adoption of the Copenhagen criteria were encouraged and expected to sign and ratify the Framework Convention on the Protection of National Minorities, Article 15 of which foresees that “The Parties shall create the conditions necessary for the effective participation of persons belonging to national minorities in cultural, social and economic life and in public affairs, in particular those affecting them.”
Amendment 62 #
2020/2220(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M c (new)
Recital M c (new)
Mc. whereas the Venice Commission has dealt extensively with the basic principles and good practices related to the representation of national minorities, issuing recommendations and acknowledging especially the role of guaranteed reserved seats for members of national minorities, lower electoral thresholds in proportional electoral systems for parties representing national minorities or the designation of electoral districts with the purpose to enhance the minorities' participation in the decision- making processes1a; whereas it pointed out that while a proportional electoral system is believed to offer more guarantees for minorities, this positive effect is neutralised if it is accompanied by thresholds, which considerably reduce the chances of minorities to be represented; __________________ 1a Compilation of Venice Commission Opinions and Reports Concerning Electoral Systems and National Minorities CDL-PI(2019)004 *, in particular its Report on Electoral Law and National Minorities CDL-INF (2000)
Amendment 63 #
2020/2220(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M d (new)
Recital M d (new)
Md. whereas the importance of the electoral process for facilitating the participation of minorities in the political sphere is also emphasised by "The (OSCE) Lund Recommendations on the effective participation of national minorities in public life";
Amendment 64 #
2020/2220(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M e (new)
Recital M e (new)
Amendment 65 #
2020/2220(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M f (new)
Recital M f (new)
Mf. whereas across the EU there are various good practices fostering the participation of national minorities in national elections such as in Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania and Slovenia; whereas in European elections in Belgium the German speaking region constitutes a separate constituency and in Italy the lists of the French, German and Slovene linguistic minorities may be linked to a national list, in which case the votes of the linguistic list will be added to those of the national list, obtaining one of its seats if a linguistic candidate receives at least 50,000 votes;
Amendment 143 #
2020/2220(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Regrets that most national and linguistic minorities are not usually represented in the European Parliament because they are too small to obtain a seat of their own; points out in this regard the effective barrier that electoral thresholds represent for parties representing minority communities running in single national constituencies or in large, densely populated constituencies;
Amendment 146 #
2020/2220(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Regrets that there are only two Member States which have special provisions for the Election of the European Parliament for minorities; Commends in this regard the good practices from Belgium in relation to the German minority and from Italy in relation to the French linguistic minority of Valle d’Aosta, the German one in Bolzano and the Slovenian in Friuli- Venezia Giulia;
Amendment 147 #
2020/2220(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Amendment 148 #
2020/2220(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 d (new)
Paragraph 8 d (new)
8d. Stresses that the legitimacy of the democratic institutions is based on participation and representation of all groups in society, including persons belonging to national and linguistic minorities;
Amendment 149 #
2020/2220(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 e (new)
Paragraph 8 e (new)
8e. Considers therefore that the European electoral law should provide a derogation from nationally provided thresholds for parties representing recognized national and linguistic minorities or groupings of such parties in order to increase the chances of national and linguistic minorities to participate in the political life of the Union and to be represented in the European Parliament;
Amendment 150 #
2020/2220(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 f (new)
Paragraph 8 f (new)
8f. Strongly regrets that there are still Member States in the European Union whose election laws de jure prohibit the creation of parties based on ethnic, racial or religious lines or which expressly prohibit the use of mother tongue for minorities in election campaigns; considers that such practices are discriminatory, create unjustified electoral barriers and limit access to voters and political participation in elections and beyond and should therefore be banned;
Amendment 271 #
2020/2220(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Recital 4 a (new)
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) Electoral thresholds should not affect the chances of national and linguistic minorities to participate in the political life of the Union and to be represented in the European Parliament. A derogation from a nationally provided threshold for parties representing recognized national and linguistic minorities or groupings of such parties should be possible for said minorities to be able to express a cohesive vote. The recognition of national and linguistic minorities should be understood in the sense of the Framework Convention for the protection of National Minorities, Member States being encouraged to interpret its provisions in the most inclusive manner.
Amendment 462 #
2020/2220(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 13 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 13 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Parties or groupings of parties representing recognized national and linguistic minorities shall be exempted from the minimum thresholds, provided they receive at least 50% of the votes necessary to obtain a seat.
Amendment 2 #
2020/2202(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas on 10 April 1998 the Belfast Agreement was signed by the Government of the UK, the Government of Ireland and the other participants in the multi-party negotiations (the ‘Good Friday Agreement’); whereas the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland of the Withdrawal Agreement provides for a legal framework that preserves the Good Friday Agreement in all its parts and the rights of the people of Northern Ireland, and safeguards peace, single market integrity and the all-island economy and therefore avoids a hard border; whereas it is the UK’s obligation to ensure that the Good Friday Agreement in all its parts applies under all circumstances;
Amendment 10 #
2020/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the Protocol aims to avoids a ‘hard border’ on the island of Ireland, safeguarding the Good Friday Agreement while ensuring the integrity of the EU’s single market;
Amendment 11 #
2020/2202(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines that the need for a tighter and more closely coordinated relationship between the EU and the UK on security issues has been thrown into sharp relief by the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine; reminds of its proposal that such coordination in international arena should be governed by a joint UK- EU Foreign Policy Framework (FPF), offering both sides a systematic platform for high level consultations and coordination on foreign policy issues;
Amendment 16 #
2020/2202(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. DIs alarmed by the actions of the UK government which have the potential to undermine the Good Friday Agreement and to destabilise peace in Northern Ireland; recalls that such actions are non- compliant with the Withdrawal Agreement while its full application, in full and all circumstances, is an UK obligation to ensure that the Good Friday Agreement is enforced; deeply regrets the publication of the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill by the UK Government, considering it an unfortunate and unilateral action that comes at a time when the EU and the UK should be showing more unity and solidarity than ever; urges the new UK government to engage constructively and in good faith with the EU and all communities in Northern Ireland.
Amendment 19 #
2020/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that, as expected, Brexit has proven to be damaging for all concerned, and even more so for the UK; notes that regions involved in Interreg projects with the UK have been particularly affected; points out that it would have been much worse without the Withdrawal Agreement;
Amendment 33 #
2020/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the UK’s establishment of the EU Settlement Scheme to fulfil its obligations to EU citizens and their family members; expresses concern at the high number of applicants, up to 41 %, who are only accorded pre-settled status; recalls that the Withdrawal Agreement makes clear that the administrative procedures under a constitutive system must be ‘smooth, transparent and simple’; is worried that EU citizens with pre-settled status have to make a second application to obtain settled status, which might lead to an automatic and illegal loss of their rights;
Amendment 49 #
2020/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Reiterates its view that greater certainty would be provided to EU citizens in the UK if they were issued with a physical document as proof of their right as residents; Expresses its concern about the difficulties that EU citizens may encounter when applying for settled or pre-settled status due to the UK’s insistence on a digital-only approach; Is concerned that the digital-only approach applications can be discriminatory and have a negative effect on applicants from disadvantaged backgrounds or in vulnerable situations;
Amendment 57 #
2020/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Condemns incidents where EU citizens trying to enter the UK without a visa have been detained and held in immigration removal centres, often for disproportionately long periods; deplores the UK’s decision to charge different fees to visa applicants from a number of different EU countries depending on their country of origin;
Amendment 67 #
2020/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Expresses strong concerns about the recently proposed Northern Ireland Protocol Bill, whereby the UK Government insists on unilaterally disapplying provisions of the Protocol; Considers that this attitude is contrary to the spirit of dialogue and pragmatic solution as displayed by the UK authorities; recalls that a bilateral agreement cannot be changed unilaterally; calls on the UK Government to immediately withdraw this proposal, refrain from unilateral action and fully implement the agreements that it has signed;
Amendment 69 #
2020/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recalls the unilateral declaration made by the UK Government, in the context of the Protocol, concerning the operation of the ‘Democratic consent in Northern Ireland’ provision in a manner consistent with the Good Friday Agreement; underlines that, in accordance with that unilateral declaration, ‘democratic consent’ to the Protocol does not necessarily require cross-community support, but rather must be provided in due time by the majority of the Northern Ireland Assembly; recalls that in the most recent elections in Northern Ireland, a clear majority of voters voted for parties that supported the Protocol; Considers that the dithering of the UK Government further undermines the stability of Northern Ireland;
Amendment 72 #
2020/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Recalls that ensuring the enforcement of the Good Friday Agreement is a UK obligation and that any unilateral action with the potential of undermining such agreement is in violation of international law;
Amendment 78 #
2020/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Expresses its complete support for the legal initiatives launched by the Commission in order to ensure the full implementation of the Withdrawal Agreement; welcomes the Commission’s proposalprovisional interinstitutional agreement for a regulation on the enforcement mechanisms of the Withdrawal Agreement and the TCA; underlines that the enforcement toolbox under the TCA could also be used to strengthen the enforcement of the Protocol;
Amendment 82 #
2020/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Welcomes the active involvement of the EU-UK Parliamentary Partnership Assembly; believes that this Assembly provides a good framework for parliamentary cooperation on common challenges, including on the implementation of the Withdrawal Agreement and the Protocol; Regrets the absence of representation of the devolved parliaments (Senedd Cymru, The Northern Ireland Assembly and the Pàrlamaid na h-Alba) in this joint Parliamentary Assembly;
Amendment 84 #
2020/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Insists that a central place must be given to devolved governments and parliaments, as well as EU local and regional impacted authorities in the governance structures responsible for the implementation of the Withdrawal Agreement, particularly in Ireland, given the importance of the Northern Ireland Protocol in the Withdrawal Agreement
Amendment 85 #
2020/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22 b. Welcomes the Committee of the Regions-UK Contact Group, established in February 2020, providing a forum for continued dialogue and political partnership between the EU and UK local and regional authorities and encourages the European Parliament to adopt a similar interaction between the Committee of the Regions-UK Contact Group and the European Parliament's Delegation to the UK to provide territory-based evidence about the implementation of the Withdrawal Agreement;
Amendment 2 #
2020/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas accordit is the aim to continuously improve the way in which democracy works ing tohe EU, several Eurobarometer surveys, a large proportion of EU show that citizens are not satisfied with the way democracy works in the EU and tend to distrust the EU institutions; whereas not only is this perception present at EU level, but also at national level;
Amendment 5 #
2020/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas Article 11 (1) and (2) of the Treaty on European Union requires the institutions to give citizens and representative associations the opportunity to make known and publicly exchange their views in all areas of Union action, and to maintain an open, transparent and regular dialogue with representative associations and civil society;
Amendment 10 #
2020/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the legal and political impact of the only bottom-up instruments for citizens in the EU, namely the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI), complaints to the European Ombudsman and petitions to Parliament, is rather minimal; whereas the European Ombudsman recommendations are not legally binding;
Amendment 12 #
2020/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the legal and political impact of the only bottom-up instruments for citizens in the EU, namely the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI), complaints to the European Ombudsman and petitions to Parliament, is rather minimalvery low due in part to the European Commission's lack of consideration for citizens' participative instruments, such as ECIs;
Amendment 20 #
2020/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas Citizens’ Dialogues conducted by the Commission are a way to provide information to citizens rather than to engage with them in a debate about their vision and what they would like to see change in the EU and do not provide a feedback mechanism to inform citizens about the outcomes of their participation;
Amendment 22 #
2020/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the current design of existing participatory instruments, such as the ECI, public consultations and Citizens’ Dialogues, do not provide very effective means for citizens to influence EU decision-making;
Amendment 30 #
2020/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas reforming the existing participatory instruments, while paying particular attention to the most underrepresented groups of society, notably young people, and further developing a European public sphere can contribute to reinforcing the democratic legitimacy of the EU;
Amendment 33 #
2020/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
K a. whereas there is the need to recognise the work of civil society organisations in civic education and learning, and to encourage a holistic approach to citizenship education, including both formal and non-formal education and informal learning;
Amendment 34 #
2020/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas existing successful projects on citizen participation, such as European HomeParliaments and EU Youth Dialogue, have demonstrated that citizens would like to be included in EU decision- making processes on a regular basis; whereas the Council remains a closed- door institution as confirmed by the European Ombudsman’s inquiry OI/2/2017/TE into the Council’s lack of transparency regarding public access to its legislative documents and its decision- making process;
Amendment 37 #
2020/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
M a. whereas the OECD defines open government as “a culture of governance based on innovative and sustainable public policies and practices inspired by the principles of transparency, accountability, and participation that fosters democracy and inclusive growth";
Amendment 42 #
2020/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the need to reflect on how the Union can become more democratic and effective; believes that a profound reform of the Union and possible changes to the Treaties, which would make the Union more effective, united, democratic, solidary, sovereign and resilient, are strengthened by directly engaging with citizens through participatory mechanisms;
Amendment 44 #
2020/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Stresses that open government, which combines increased transparency and accountability measures and participatory tools, is a good response to the democratic deficit that results from a perceived lack of agency in EU decision- making by EU citizens;
Amendment 46 #
2020/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Welcomes the Conference on the Future of Europe and believes that it is a great opportunity to engage directly with citizens in a meaningful dialogue on the future of Europe and to provide responses to their demands;
Amendment 48 #
2020/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that the existing participatory instruments should be improved and new ones developed, to make citizens’ participation more accessible, inclusive, meaningful and effective;
Amendment 51 #
2020/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Notes that citizens' participation mechanisms include a wide range of tools that are complementary, such as citizens' assemblies, citizens' initiatives, public consultations, citizens’ dialogues, participative budgeting, referendums, etc.;
Amendment 52 #
2020/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines the benefit of engaging with citizens in the development of a European public sphere and in the reinforcement of the democratic legitimacy of the EUby promoting exchanges between citizens of different countries at European, national, regional and local level, in particular through networks of towns and regions, and facilitating an inter-regional dialogue, which will also result in the reinforcement of the democratic legitimacy of the EU; calls on the Commission to ensure sufficient funding for that purpose through the ‘Citizens' engagement and participation' strand’ of CERV programme;
Amendment 57 #
2020/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that the EU institutions have to be informed of citizens’ concerns and need to be more attentive to these concerns by ensuring adequate channels to reach citizens and gather input and by providing appropriate follow-up mechanisms; calls for EU citizens' participation mechanisms to be redesigned to enable for citizens' participation to have a meaningful impact on EU decision-making;
Amendment 60 #
2020/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that the EU institutions haveneed to be informed of citizens’ concerns and need to be more attentive to these concernsmore attentive and reactive to citizens’ concerns and can benefit from additional channels of citizen input;
Amendment 62 #
2020/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the need to engage with young people in particular in a political debate on the future of Europe, as today’s decisions will determine their future, and to engage with educational institutions and civic education organisations to ensure that active European citizenship becomes part of the curriculum across the EU;
Amendment 71 #
2020/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the need for permanent participatory mechanisms at European, national, regional and local level to allow for citizens’ participation in EU decision- making and for adequate horizontal and vertical coordination among institutions at different levels;
Amendment 76 #
2020/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Recalls that European policies and legislation are most of the times implemented by local and regional administrations and that they have the capacity to reach out more easily and play a central role in educating citizens about the EU, as it is the level of government closest to the citizens; stresses that a first step could be to strengthen the resources allocated to the liaison offices of the European institutions and to develop their territorial network throughout Europe;
Amendment 77 #
2020/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Points out that the current concept and practice of Citizens’ Dialogues should be reinforced and updated;
Amendment 78 #
2020/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Welcomes the Committee of the Regions opinion on ‘Local and regional authorities in the permanent dialogue with citizens’; requests, in addition to EU wide tools of citizens' participation, to establish a network of multi-level governments that should serve as a transmission chain between European institutions and citizens;
Amendment 81 #
2020/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Highlights the fact that regularly held citizens’ dialogue participation processes with citizens could serve different purposes, such as determining annual political or legislative priorities, developing specific proposals in relation to specific questions, discussing institutional matters or deciding on the spending of certain public resources;
Amendment 83 #
2020/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recalls that citizens’ dialogue' participation mechanisms should intend to provide a means for individuals to express their ideas and concerns; underlines the fact that they have to be participatory, inclusive, open, deliberate, transnational, transparent, accountable, effective, visible and attractive;
Amendment 88 #
2020/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Proposes to establish a European Network for Citizenship Education to provide a platform for exchange on best- practices and knowledge on methods of enhancing the European dimension of citizenship education;
Amendment 89 #
2020/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8 c. Calls on the Commission to develop a comprehensive European strategy to enhance citizenship competences in the EU and develop supportive measures aimed at providing equal access to citizenship education to all people residing in the EU to enable them to exercise their political rights;
Amendment 91 #
2020/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Emphasises that, in order to reach out to as many citizens as possible, an inclusive approach must be taken that should encompass an inclusive selection process but also adequate communication mechanisms to reach a diverse public and inclusive processes of participation paying attention to the content of the materials used, the topics put on the table, the skills of moderators in deliberative processes to ensure an inclusive debate, ensuring an analysis on the impact of the policies discussed on women and on persons put in vulnerable situation, etc; underlines the fact that the selection of participants should ensure a well-balanced representation of the population, so that the societal and territorial diversity is fully reflected;
Amendment 92 #
2020/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Emphasises that, in order to reach out to as many citizens as possibleincorporate the full diversity of the European population, an inclusive approach must be taken; underlines the fact that the selection of participants should ensure a well-balanced representation of the population, so that the societal diversity is fully reflected;
Amendment 94 #
2020/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Stresses the need for citizens to have access to participation mechanisms in their mother tongue; recalls that language barriers make the European institutions distant from the citizens and prevent the development of a truly inclusive European democracy;
Amendment 95 #
2020/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9 b. Calls for participatory mechanisms to be extended to all residents;
Amendment 101 #
2020/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses that the purpose of citizens’ dialogueany participatory process must be communicated from the very beginning in order for them to be effective;
Amendment 104 #
2020/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Recalls that, prior to the launching of these dialogueany participatory process, the EU institutions must commit themselves to following up on their outcome in the light of their competences and legislative procedures; notes that citizens’ disappointment often stems from politicians over-promising and under- delivering;
Amendment 105 #
2020/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Recalls that, prior to the launching of these dialogues, the EU institutions must commit themselves to following up on their outcome in the light of their competences and legislative procedures; notes that citizens’ disappointment often stems from politicians over-promising and under-deliveringlack of follow-up;
Amendment 108 #
2020/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses that the outcome of the participatory process must be clearly defined, so that it can be subject to a legally binding follow-up; proposes that participants should be provided with written feedback on each proposal or recommendation adjusted to different audiences at the end of such exercises, since they ensure the accountability of which institutions clarify their institutions and the credibility of such processestention to implement recommendations or justify their decision not to do so;
Amendment 110 #
2020/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Calls for fact-checking and moderation with regards to disinformation in the functioning of online platforms that are used to engage with citizens;
Amendment 112 #
2020/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Believes that citizens’ participatory processes must adhere to the highest possible level of transparency; notes that transparency and open data reinforces trust in public institutions and therefore their legitimacy; calls for the creation of a standard for open government at EU level that could serve as a basis for other government levels;
Amendment 115 #
2020/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Highlights the need to establish a proper follow-up mechanism for citizens’ dialogues in order to take citizens’ input seriously; proposes that part of the follow- up could be to translate the outcome into initiative reports and public hearings and to involve citizens, especially the most underrepresented groups of society, notably young people, throughout these steps;
Amendment 125 #
2020/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 130 #
2020/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Proposes that the Commission’s ‘Have your say’ website becomes a one- stop resource granting access to all participatory instruments at EU level;
Amendment 131 #
2020/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Points out that, following the report of the European Court of Auditors which recognise the effectiveness of European Commission’s public consultations, and given the satisfactory perception of citizens, the Commission should improve its public consultation process in order to promote greater citizen’s participation and to better monitor and assess their contributions1a; _________________ 1aSpecial report 14/2019 ‘Have your say!’, European Court of Auditors, September 2019
Amendment 133 #
2020/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Proposes the introduction of a citizens’ consult' participations mechanisms for pilot projects, since this would enable citizens to be involved inluding ‘participatory budgeting’ to allow the shaping of the expenditure side of the Union's budget and would therefore pave the way towards creating a participative budget at EU level‘crowdsourcing’ to enable citizens to be involved in the co-creation of policies with EU decision-makers;
Amendment 135 #
2020/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. Stresses that citizens’ agoras organised in the framework of the Conference on the Future of Europe should serve as a pilot for their future institutionalisation as a permanent mechanism of citizens' participation in key debates;
Amendment 136 #
2020/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20 b. Stresses that digital technologies should be a complement to face-to-face participation instruments and especially used to encourage participation among collectives with difficulties participating in traditional participatory instruments;
Amendment 137 #
2020/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 c (new)
Paragraph 20 c (new)
20 c. Highlights the importance of the ECI as the only participatory tool at EU level which has the capacity to potentially trigger legislation; regrets the lack of follow-up of successful ECI’s by the Commission through legislative measures; calls on strengthening the response that is given to them through a Parliamentary resolution for each successful ECI; commits itself to consider a follow-up by exercising the right conferred on the European Parliament under Article 225 TFEU, when there is a lack of response by the Commission;
Amendment 138 #
2020/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 d (new)
Paragraph 20 d (new)
20 d. Proposes the introduction, in the Treaties, of a provision for a referendum at EU level on matters relevant to the Union’s actions and policies be evaluated;
Amendment 144 #
2020/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Amendment 1 #
2020/2120(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
Citation 3 a (new)
- having regard to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) special report on global warming of 1.5 °C, its fifth assessment report (AR5) and its synthesis report thereon, its special report on climate change and land, and its special report on the ocean and cryosphere in a changing climate;
Amendment 2 #
2020/2120(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)
Citation 14 a (new)
- having regard to the Commission communication of 5 March 2020 on the Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025 (COM(2020)0152);
Amendment 3 #
2020/2120(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)
Citation 15 a (new)
- having regard to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity;
Amendment 5 #
2020/2120(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 20 a (new)
Citation 20 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 13 June 2018 on cohesion policy and the circular economy;
Amendment 6 #
2020/2120(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 22 a (new)
Citation 22 a (new)
Amendment 13 #
2020/2120(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas there are concerns about the long-term social, economic, environmental, territorial and cultural consequences on the ORs of the COVID- 19 crisis and Brexit, and whereas these crises legitimately reinforce the demand that Article 349 TFEU, which provides for a special status for the ORs, be applied and complied with;
Amendment 25 #
2020/2120(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission services and the national and regional (local) authorities to strike a balance between legitimate and essential controls on the use of EU funds and simplifying and making more flexible the administrative rules needed to modernise and optimise them, in order to encourage local initiatives;
Amendment 26 #
2020/2120(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Strongly believes that cohesion policy should pay particular attention to women living in outermost regions and stresses the importance of cohesion policy in promoting gender equality and in implementing the EU Gender Equality Strategy;
Amendment 27 #
2020/2120(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Wishes to see an ‘OR reflex’ systematised within the European institutions, focused on adopting a cross- cutting and integrated approach to the reality and challenges of the ORs in all European public policies;
Amendment 36 #
2020/2120(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recommends that better use be made of the various platforms for exchange between administrations and proposes the creation of an ‘Erasmus’ for administrations managing European funds in the ORs, in order to ensure that best practices and examples are shared so as to optimise the use of cohesion funds;
Amendment 49 #
2020/2120(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Stresses the importance of principles set out in the European Pillar of Social Rights including its contribution to eliminate inequalities and to promote gender equality and gender mainstreaming, and the European Green Deal, respect the ‘Do no significant harm’ principle within the meaning of Article 17of Taxonomy Regulation (EU) No 2020/852 and contribution to the Union’s environmental targets in line with the objectives of the Paris Agreement and the SDGs;
Amendment 51 #
2020/2120(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to invest in the ORs and to make the fight against poverty and unemployment the priorities of European solidarity, while investing in future projects focusing on social innovation sustainability, green jobs and reskilling;
Amendment 54 #
2020/2120(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Reiterates the fact that in the ORs the strength of youth is a major asset which is often insufficiently valued and that it should be a priority for building tangible solutions through the large-scale mobilisation of EU funding for education, training and support for young people, people with disabilities and other vulnerable groups;
Amendment 64 #
2020/2120(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses the need to encourage local initiatives by supporting VSMEs, SMEs and the tourism, craft, innovation, resilient building and construction, green jobs, and digital sectors;
Amendment 96 #
2020/2120(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Reaffirms the need to make professions connected with sustainable agriculture, livestock farming, small-scale fisheries and the environment in the ORs more attractive on account of their structural importance in economic, social and environmental terms;
Amendment 112 #
2020/2120(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the fact that the Green Deal takes into account the exceptional potential of the ORs and strongly supports the promotion of UN Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs) and the ‘Do no significant harm’ principle within the meaning of Article17 of Taxonomy Regulation (EU) No 2020/852;
Amendment 118 #
2020/2120(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Encourages the emergence of new environment-related professions and support for grassroots actors involved in biodiversity and environmental protection, including associations and NGOs and in that regard strengthening the Partnership principle;
Amendment 131 #
2020/2120(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Reaffirms the objective of achieving energy autonomy for the ORs and strongly supports the objective of achieving 100% renewable energy by phasing out fossil fuels in the ORs in line with the Paris Agreement and European commitment to achieving carbon neutrality by 2050 at the latest;
Amendment 142 #
2020/2120(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls for strong support to be provided to the ORs in order to promote a new sustainable economic model with structural initiatives for developing the circular economy and promoting green jobs;
Amendment 148 #
2020/2120(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls for macro-regional strategies for the ORs to be developed and promoted; furthermore, Europe must rely on the ORs and their cooperation with the countries in their neighbourhood to promote its democratic and environmental objectives and standards;
Amendment 163 #
2020/2120(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Stresses the need to ensure digital connectivity in the ORs within the Digital Agenda as a tool for economic development and equal opportunity in the era of globalisation and in a highly digitalised world;
Amendment 193 #
2020/2120(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Recalls that culture is a pillar of personal development and mutual enrichment; considers it necessary to improve support for exchanges in the areas of culture and education, by prioritising young people and vulnerable groups;
Amendment 195 #
2020/2120(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Emphasises that several ORs have a strong cultural identity, based on specific regional languages such as Creole and Amerindian languages, and that the preservation and development of these cultural specificities will contribute to their own development, as well as to their better integration into their macro- regional environments;
Amendment 208 #
2020/2120(INI)
32. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the European Committee of the Regions, the Member States and the Conference of Presidents of the Outermost Regions.;
Amendment 18 #
2020/2087(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas, in the years 2017-2018, overall flooding disasters made up some two thirds of all EUSF applications but the reporting period was also marked by significant storms, forest fires and earthquakes;
Amendment 40 #
2020/2087(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas, as laid down in Article 7 of the EUSF regulation, operations financed by the Fund should be compatible with the provisions of the Treaty and instruments adopted under it, with Union policies and measures, in particular in the fields of environmental protection, natural disaster risk prevention and management, climate change adaptation including, where appropriate, eco-system based approaches.
Amendment 60 #
2020/2087(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Draws attention to events such as COVID-19, which is severely affecting all of Europe, forest fires across the continent, including in unusual places such as the Arctic, and the series of violent earthquakes in Europe, particularly in Italy in 2016-2017, causing hundreds of deaths and some EUR 22 billion in damage, and in Croatia in March and December 2020; points out, moreover, that storms, extreme rainfall and flooding have caused considerable damage in many cities and valleys, and that increasingly violent hurricanes have caused devastation in the outermost regions, such as Hurricane Irma in 2017 in Saint-Martin, and Hurricane Lorenzo in 2019 in the Azores, which were particularly destructive;
Amendment 67 #
2020/2087(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that it is vital that aid and funds be sent every more rapidly to affected regions, and that linksynergies with the Union Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM) and the ERDF climate-change adaptation component are essential in order to create a comprehensive package;
Amendment 93 #
2020/2087(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Is of the opinion that climate change and the intensification of natural disasters are making territories and regions increasingly vulnerable; calls on the Commission, accordingly, to consider revising the EUSF in order better to take into account disasters on a regional scale; underlines, moreover, the role of ERDF Operational Programmes, in synergy with Rural Development Programmes, in the prevention and mitigation of hydrogeological risks;
Amendment 95 #
2020/2087(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Highlights that the severity of some natural disasters does not depend exclusively on climate change but are in some cases the result of man-made factors, including incautious spatial planning leading to construction of housing and infrastructure in flood plains of rivers or in landslides-prone territories; reiterates, in this regard, that EUSF reimbursements should favour a stronger resiliency and sustainability, with the financing of eco-system based solutions (e.g. reforestation, earthquake-proof reconstruction);
Amendment 101 #
2020/2087(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to ensure the dissemination of good practices with regard to governance and institutional coordination structures in disaster situations and to ensure a qualitative analysis of the measures undertaken with regard to prevention in the framework of ESI Funds by the Member States which were also recipient of EUSF in the same affected areas;
Amendment 102 #
2020/2087(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Recalls the importance of the principles enshrined also in article 8 of the EUSF regulation, which states that the implementation report by each beneficiary Member State should fully detail the preventive measures, taken or proposed, to limit future damage and to avoid, to the extent possible, a recurrence of similar natural disasters, including the use of Union Structural and Investment Funds for this purpose;
Amendment 103 #
2020/2087(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Points to the difficulties faced by beneficiary countries when it comes to determining the precise amount of damage in a very short period of time and suggests that the Commission consider alternative simplified methods for determining how much the Fund should contribute, also in order to minimise the potential for errors and further delays;
Amendment 106 #
2020/2087(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Draws particular attention to the situation of local authorities which have little experience in EU-funded projects and calls on the Commission to provide them with capacity-building and increased operational support, in particular administrative support;
Amendment 115 #
2020/2087(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Notes that drought is a recurrent feature of the European climate that affects considerable fractions of the European population each year and that available studies, including reports from the European Environmental agency, project further increases in the frequency, duration and severity of meteorological and hydrological droughts for most of Europe during the 21st century; calls on the Commission to properly address the issue of droughts, that, in spite of their inclusion into the scope of EUSF regulation with the 2014 revision, are very difficult to assess in their economic impact and thus to compensate;
Amendment 119 #
2020/2087(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Points out that in its revised proposal of 27 May 2020 on the MFF 2021-2027 the Commission provided for a maximum annual budget of EUR 1 billion for the EUSF (in 2018 prices) and therefore notes with concernregret that under the agreement on the new MFF, the EUSF has been merged with the Emergency Aid Reserve (EAR) into a new ‘Solidarity and Emergency Aid Reserve’ (SEAR) package, with an overall annual budgetary allocation of EUR 1.2 billion;
Amendment 126 #
2020/2087(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Welcomes the fact that the revised EUSF adopted in April 2020 has increased the level of advance payments from 10% to 25% of the amount of the financial contribution anticipated and the maximum amount of the advances from EUR 30 million to EUR 100 million; points out, however, that for countries facing major disasters, the effectiveness of the Fund is directly linked to the level of advance payments and is of the view that it should be much higher, amounting to at least 3350%;
Amendment 129 #
2020/2087(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Notes that the average time needed to make advance payments is five months and calls on the Commission to consider some more reactive solutions, also exploring the option of setting up specific financial schemes aimed both at reducing the average time for advance payments and at the same time ensuring the protection of the EU budget ;
Amendment 35 #
2020/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas, although the EU population has seen substantial growth in previous decades, the growth rate is now falling and the population is expected to decrease in the longer term; whereas Europe will account for less than 4in 2019 Europe was at just 6.9 % of the world’'s population (down from 13.5 % in 1960), will account for less than 4 % by 2070, and long- term demographic trends in European regions indicate lower birth rates and ageing societies;
Amendment 37 #
2020/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas data from UN World Population Prospects 2019 and from Eurostat suggest an uneven distribution of demographic trends in Europe, with a widescale expectation of sharp declines in the populations of eastern and southern Europe in future decades, especially due to the combination of low fertility rates and net intra-EU migration from these areas; whereas some Member States are projected to have a declining population over the entire period until 2070, namely Bulgaria, Greece, Croatia, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland and Romania;
Amendment 43 #
2020/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the health and economic crisis generated by the COVID-19 pandemic made clear that solidarity between generations, along with adequate funding for health and social care and sustainable economy, is one of the driving forces of the recovery process;
Amendment 50 #
2020/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas there is a high correlation between the socio-economic conditions of a region and its brain drain/gain dynamic; whereas, within Europe, movements of young educated professionals from southern and eastern Europe to north- western Europe have been recorded since the beginning of the economic crisis in 2008;
Amendment 53 #
2020/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas natural disasters and climate change, in particular floods and heatwaves, may have a considerable impact on the population of EU regions in the future in particular in Southern regions;
Amendment 56 #
2020/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas women, in rural areas hit by the constant process of depopulation, are more isolated and have less access to health and social care (e.g. counselling about domestic violence, prenatal care, cancer screenings), and there is a need of incorporating a gender perspective in the analysis of these phenomena, taking particularly into account women’s social, personal and occupational dimension;
Amendment 57 #
2020/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F c (new)
Recital F c (new)
Fc. whereas EU Transport Policy should acknowledge and address the specific needs of low-density and depopulating regions (including rural areas, islands, remote, peripheral and mountainous regions), also including explicit references to low-density and depopulating areas in the Cohesion and Digital Policy;
Amendment 79 #
2020/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that the lack of connections to and from other regions constitute a major problem especially for insular territories and outermost regions; reiterates that accessibility to most islands is problematic and can be characterised by infrequent and often expensive transport (namely flights), further contributing to a lack of economic opportunities and a to a vicious circle that leads to depopulation;
Amendment 84 #
2020/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Notes that in depopulated areas the improvement, maintenance and revitalisation of existing transports and the provision of links to the TEN-T is more efficient and effective than building brand-new infrastructures; reiterates the need for a particular focus on local transport in Members States' transport strategies, as TEN-T network can be effective only if local transport infrastructures are functional;
Amendment 104 #
2020/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that this lack of diversification in the regional economic structure of certain regions risks creating a negative ‘label’, also among their inhabitants, manifesting dissatisfaction with the quality of life and the facilities and services at their disposal; highlights in this context the brain drain effect, leading to the emigration of highly trained and qualified people from a particular region or country to another; points out, in particular, that the ‘exodus’ of medical staff such as doctors and nurses and teaching staff, worsened by austerity policies and significant cuts in public funding to health and social care, has led to a deterioration in the quality of medical care and education, making it difficult, especially in rural areas, to access high- quality care and education;
Amendment 110 #
2020/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Notes with concern the considerable and persistent demographic imbalance between men and women in rural areas as the migration balances are often more negative (more people leaving than arriving) for young women than for young men1b; stresses that women in rural areas are an essential aspect for the development of these communities and that a greater recognition of women’s work and rights in the rural labour market would significantly diminish the risk of depopulation;
Amendment 116 #
2020/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Stresses that several studies report the increase of the European population exposed to intense climate-change related hazards; highlights that there is a stronger rise in the frequency and intensity of heatwaves, and an upsurge in drought conditions in southern regions; notes with concern that these phenomena will further provoke desertification and consequent depopulation in the most affected abovementioned areas;
Amendment 123 #
2020/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Underlines, on the other hand, that overconcentration of the population in certain urban areas has already led to side- effects, such as congestion, rising housing and transport costs, pollution, insufficient water availability, waste-disposal problems, high energy consumption, deterioration of the quality of life, and urban sprawl, as well as a significant risk of poverty and social exclusion for certain segments of the population, and thus local authorities being unable to provide services to all residents of urban areas;
Amendment 169 #
2020/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Recalls that the Recovery and Resilience Facility will provide large-scale financial support to make Member States’ economies more resilient and better prepared for the future, and insists that Member States should propose measures for addressing demographic change in the most concerned regions; calls on Member States to properly involve local and regional authorities in designing and preparing their plans in the context of the RRF; highlights the importance of the instruments for a transition to sustainability such as the Just Transition Fund and its implementation mechanism, which aim to support the communities affected by the energy transition and avoid the risk of depopulation;
Amendment 189 #
2020/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Reiterates that GDP and population density are not indicators which are in themselves sufficient to classify territories with severe and permanent demographic handicaps; asks the European Commission to draft guidelines for the subsequent development of relevant demographic indicators that could better help define the holistic challenges faced by the territories that are most hit by depopulation;
Amendment 205 #
2020/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Calls on Member States to design and prepare, in concertation with the European Commission and in the framework of the new programming period, tailored Operational Programmes to tackle depopulation; in this regard the preservation of endogenous resources and the promotion of territorial initiatives, accompanied by specific projects and funding opportunities aimed at improving local transport and universal access to basic services, should play a pivotal role in territorial attractiveness reversing the current demographic trends;
Amendment 245 #
2020/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Invites the Member States and the European Commission to explore the possibility of adopting pan-European explicit “diaspora strategies”, which should be aimed at encouraging returning processes for those who have left for a more “attractive” region and would consider to eventually migrate back and contribute to the development of the ‘sending’ region with skills, knowledge and resources elsewhere acquired; considers that these strategies could be built upon mutually beneficial partnerships between countries which encourage return migration, possibly involving also non-returning migrants in supporting the creation of knowledge networks and human capital investments;
Amendment 258 #
2020/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Notes with concern that, on average, digital connectivity in rural areas is approximately half (47%) of that across the rest of the EU and points out that the urban-rural digital divide must be tackled to make rural areas more attractive for young people and reduce the trend towards depopulation; stresses that boosting digital connectivity in areas hit by depopulation, providing these latter with adequate broadband internet access for all citizens and favouring digitalisation of small business is also essential to the revitalisation from an economic, social and demographic point of view;
Amendment 265 #
2020/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Stresses that the proper implementation of Blue Economy activities, if closely monitored to mitigate any negative environmental externalities and to increase the socio-economic benefits to the whole value chain, including small businesses, hinterland territories and local citizens, could help fight against depopulation in Southern Europe and contribute to extend the revenue from the coastal cities to rural villages, to increase social inclusion and to achieve the objectives embedded in the European Green deal;
Amendment 268 #
2020/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Considers that the issue of brain drain in the European Union is complex and multi-factorial, and calls for a pragmatic policy response from both the Union and the Member States; Recommends, where appropriate, the reforma rethinking of education and training systems in the Member States, combined with policies tothat should be aimed at preventing a permanent brain drain from the ‘sending’ regions; insists on using local at regional advantages, as well as the development of economic and social facilities, not only to prevent the brain drain, but also to reverse this phenomenon;
Amendment 274 #
2020/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33a. Stresses that brain drain, which is directly triggered by existing social and economic imbalances between the EU regions, can be successfully addressed at the subnational level, not only since local communities are the ones that are directly affected by the consequences of brain drain but also because they are usually systems with relatively clear boundaries, allowing easier analysis of the problem and tailor-made solutions;
Amendment 1 #
2020/2023(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital -A (new)
Recital -A (new)
-A. whereas the priority objectives of the European Union, shared by the United Kingdom, and in particular the fight against global warming and climate change, justify reciprocal commitments with a view to the ecological transition of the European continent through a global agreement that includes regional development;
Amendment 6 #
2020/2023(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas certain competences are devolved within the United Kingdom to Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, which have their own respective approaches to the negotiations on the future partnership;
Amendment 8 #
2020/2023(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas global challenges, such as the fight against climate change or global pandemics including the recent coronavirus outbreak, cannot be overcome alone and individually by each single region or Member State;
Amendment 17 #
2020/2023(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that the UK and the governments of its devolved nations should be invited to contribute to the cohesion funds if ithey wishes to participate in the internal market, in accordance with the model for EEA countries; believes that the UK should seek continued involvement in cross-border and other territorial cooperation programmes in the programming periods to come;
Amendment 19 #
2020/2023(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls for a long-term solution to allow the participation of the UK in EU cohesion policy as a tool for ensuring sustainable development, partnership involvement, an integrated and bottom-up approach and the fostering of human links to the European continent.
Amendment 22 #
2020/2023(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that the new agreement should take into account the needs of the regions affected by Brexit, especially those sharing a land or sea border with the UK, such as the border regions of Ireland, the western regions of Wales and the coastal regions along the Channel and the North Sea;
Amendment 26 #
2020/2023(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the cross-border and transnational programmes funded through Interreg, including the Wales-Ireland and Atlantic Area programmes, play a key role in encouraging cooperation between regions in different Member States, and proposes that Interreg programmes should remain open to the UK in futureand the governments of its devolved nations, provided that a financial contribution is made;
Amendment 28 #
2020/2023(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Believes that the UK should be offered the opportunity to engage with, and be included in, territorial cooperation, whilst complying with European best practices and applying all provisions for the fully fledged cooperation of UK actors with EU counterparts, including an appropriate financial contribution from the UK;
Amendment 29 #
2020/2023(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that, whatever solution is found for cohesion funding in other regions, such as in Scotland and in Wales, it is of the utmost importance that the PEACE programme continue to operate in Northern Ireland and the border regions of Ireland, administered autonomously by the Special EU Programmes Body;
Amendment 33 #
2020/2023(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Underlines the important contribution of EU cohesion policy to Northern Ireland, particularly in terms of assisting the recovery of deprived urban and rural areas, tackling climate change, and building cross-community and cross- border contacts in the context of the peace process;
Amendment 34 #
2020/2023(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Emphasises the attachment of all stakeholders in Northern Ireland to the continuance of EU cohesion policy goals in the region; stresses in that regard the importance of a bottom-up approach, coordinated multilevel governance and the partnership principle;
Amendment 35 #
2020/2023(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Recalls the positive role of the Common Fisheries Policy in the development of the fishing sector and in the management of fishery resources; calls on the Commission to ensure that the new agreement does not affect either the existing biodiversity strategies or the economic sector;
Amendment 3 #
2020/2006(INL)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas global deforestation can be in part tackled by addressing the impact of our patterns of consumption and our financial sector, securing the economic value of forests and by creating incentives for forest ownershipsecuring land tenure rights; whereas, at the same time, it is crucial to maintain a balance between primary forests and regeneration of secondary forestsprimary forests globally and to promote forest restoration;
Amendment 12 #
2020/2006(INL)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas not only forests but also other ecosystems such as grasslands and peatlands are threatened by Union's consumption of commodities such as soy and palm oil;
Amendment 15 #
2020/2006(INL)
Ab. whereas deforestation and ecosystem conversion can be linked to human rights violations, including concerning the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities;
Amendment 19 #
2020/2006(INL)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas according to Union legislation woody raw material should emanate only from forests that are legally harvested in accordance with the principles of sustainable forest management that are developed under international forest processes such as Forest Europeincludes, on an equal basis, environmental and social objectives as well as economic ones;
Amendment 24 #
2020/2006(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that the Union addresses the risk of deforestation by means of EU Timber Regulation1 (EUTR),illegal logging by means of the communication of the Commission ‘of 21 May 2003 'Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade- (FLEGT) - the Proposal for an EU Action Plan’ (FLEGT) and Renewable Energy Directive2 (RED II), which include numerous rules the purpose of which is to minimise the risk of deforestation and illegal logging', the EU Timber Regulation1 (EUTR) and the Voluntary Partnership agreements promoting multi-stakeholder processes in producer countries; notes that the Renewable Energy Directive2 (RED II) extends the obligation to fulfil the Union sustainability criteria from biofuels to all bioenergy end-uses, including heating/cooling and electricity, however, as it only covers raw material used for bioenergy production, it cannot currently ensure that the use of commodities linked to deforestation or ecosystem conversion as biofuel is not permitted; _________________ 1Regulation (EU) No 995/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 October 2010 laying down the obligations of operators who place timber and timber products on the market (OJ L 295, 12.11.2010, p. 23). 2Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 82).
Amendment 27 #
2020/2006(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes with deep concern that Union consumption represents around 10% of the global share of deforestation, due to its high import dependency on agricultural commodities such as palm oil, meat, soy, cocoa, coffee, maize, timber, rubber; stresses that combatting illegal deforestation is not sufficient for halting and reversing Union-driven global deforestation; asks for supply chains linked to the Union to be sustainable, free from deforestation, forest degradation and conversion or degradation of natural ecosystems and compliant with international standards and obligations concerning human rights, including the rights of Indigenous Peoples and local communities, as set out in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) and in International Labour Organization Convention No 169 on indigenous and tribal peoples;
Amendment 34 #
2020/2006(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Supports the Commission in its efforts to strengthen standards and certification schemes that help to identify and promote deforestation-free commodities; Points out that voluntary measures and schemes alone will not be able to stop deforestation; calls therefore on the Commission to strengthen standards and legislation that identifies, prevents and mitigates environmental, social and human rights risks and guarantees that commodities and products placed on the Union market are sustainable, free from deforestation, forest degradation and conversion or degradation of natural ecosystems as well as compliant with international standards and obligations concerning human rights, including the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities, with specific attention to be given to gender balance; insists that such legislation be accompanied by a robust enforcement mechanism and includes effective, proportionate and dissuasive penalties for non-compliance;
Amendment 47 #
2020/2006(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 – introductory part
Paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. Stresses the need in particular of markefor independent monitoring of production and trading of commodities associated with deforestation, forest degradation and human and especially tenure rights violations; calls on the Commission to enhance its efforts on these issues through Horizon Europe and to support independent monitoring in producer countries, as well as the exchange of best practices and lessons-learnt among them, in order to enhance methodologies used and granularity of information;
Amendment 51 #
2020/2006(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Asks the Commission to explore the strengthened use of the Copernicus satellite system for forest monitoring and for forest fire and forest damage prevention, including monitoring and identifying the causes of fires and forest damage, deforestation and ecosystem conversion;
Amendment 57 #
2020/2006(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Invites the Commission to consider the feasibilitycreation of an early alert mechanism to notify consumers, public authorities and companies about sourcing commodities from areas at risk of deforestation.;
Amendment 58 #
2020/2006(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission to submit a proposal for a European legal framework based on mandatory due diligence to ensure sustainable and deforestation-free supply chains for products placed on the Union market, with a particular focus on tackling deforestation, forest degradation, ecosystem conversion and human rights violations, including concerning the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities, in particular women as well as their drivers;
Amendment 73 #
2020/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The Union is committed to mitigating the economicnegative economic, social, environmental and territorial impacts of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union and to show solidarity with all Member States, especially their most affected oneregions and sectors in such exceptional circumstances.
Amendment 81 #
2020/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) A Brexit Adjustment Reserve (the ‘Reserve’) should be established to provide support to counter adverse consequences in Member States, regions and sectors, in particular those that are worst affected by the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union, and thus to mitigate the related negative impact on the economic, social and territorial cohesion. It should cover in whole or in part the additional public expenditure incurred by Member States and regions for measures specifically taken to mitigate those consequences.
Amendment 83 #
2020/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) The Republic of Ireland, given its geographical location and high degree of interdependence with the UK economy, its primary responsibility for the implementation of the Northern Ireland Protocol, the risks of unpredictable developments with the UK authorities, requires particular attention and enhanced solidarity from the Union.
Amendment 91 #
2020/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) For the purposes of contributing to economic, social and territorial cohesion, it is appropriate that Member States, when designing support measures, focus in particular on the most affected regions, and on areas and local communities, including those dependent on fishing activities in the United Kingdom waters, that are likely to be most negatively impacted by the withdrawal of the United Kingdom. Member States may have to take specific measures notably to support organisations, businesses and economic sectors adversely affected by the withdrawal. It is therefore appropriate to provide a non-exhaustive list of the type of measures that are most likely to achieve this objective.
Amendment 99 #
2020/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) At the same time, it is important to clearly specify any exclusions from support provided by the Reserve. The Reserve should exclude from support the value added tax as it constitutes a Member State revenue, which offsets the related cost for the Member State budget. In order to concentrate the use of limited resources in the most efficient way, technical assistance used by the bodies responsible for the implementation of the Reserve should not be eligible for support from the Reserve. In line with the general approach for cohesion policy, expenditure linked to relocations or contrary to any applicable Union or national law should not be supported. Finally, as the financial sector is excluded from the EU-UK agreement and because positive spill-over effects are already visible within the Union, this sector should be excluded from any calculation.
Amendment 106 #
2020/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) In order to take into account the immediate impact of the adverse economic, social and environmental consequences of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union on the Member States and their economie, especially in their most affected regions and the need to adopt mitigating measures, as appropriate, prior to the expiry of the transition period, the eligibility period for implementing such measures should start as from 1 Julanuary 202019 and be concentrated over a limited period of 3048 months.
Amendment 113 #
2020/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) Concerning the adverse consequences on fishing activities, actions aimed at mitigating the negative consequences of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union may be the subject of contracts concluded before the date of 31 December 2023 but may cover a period up to 31 December 2026 to corroborate with the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement.
Amendment 116 #
2020/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) It is necessary to specify that the budget allocated to the Reserve should be implemented by the Commission under shared management with Member States and regional authorities within the meaning of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council12 (the ‘Financial Regulation’). It is therefore appropriate to determine the principles and specific obligations that the Member States, local and regional authorities should respect, in particular the principles of sound financial management, transparency and non- discrimination and the absence of conflict of interest, as well as the partnership principle and the “do no significant harm” principle (the ‘EU taxonomy regulation’). _________________ 12Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 July 2018 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union (OJ L 193, 30.7.2018, p. 1).
Amendment 120 #
2020/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) For the purpose of sound financial management, specific rules should be laid down for budget commitments, payments, carry-overs and the recovery of the Reserve. While respecting the principle that the Union budget is set annually, this Regulation should provide for possibilities to carry-over unused funds beyond those set out in the Financial Regulation, thus maximising the Reserve’s capacity to address adverse consequences of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union on the Member States, their regions and their economies.
Amendment 125 #
2020/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) In order to enable Member States to deploy the additional resources and to ensure sufficient financial means to swiftly implement measures under the Reserve, a substantial amount thereof should be disbursed in 2021 as pre-financing. The distribution method should take into account the importance of trade with the United Kingdom and the importance of fisheries in the United Kingdom exclusive economic zone, based on the last reliable and official statistics. Given the unique nature of the event that the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union constitutes and the uncertainty that has surrounded key aspects of the relationship between the United Kingdom and the Union after the expiry of the transition period, it is difficult to anticipate the appropriate measures Member States will have to take rapidly to counter the effects of the withdrawal. It is therefore necessary to grant Member States flexibility and in particular to allow the Commission to adopt the financing decision providing the pre-financing without the obligation pursuant to Article 110(2) of the Financial Regulation to provide a description of the concrete actions to be financed. Nevertheless, all measures and actions should be in line with the Union’s climate objectives, European Green Deal and Paris agreement, respecting the “Do no significant harm principle” within the EU taxonomy regulation.
Amendment 127 #
2020/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Prior to the payment of the pre- financing, Member States should notify the Commission of the identity of the bodies designated and of the body to which the pre-financing shall be paid, and confirm that the systems’ descriptions have been drawn up, within three months of the entry into force of this Regulation. The Member States should prepare the programmes, measures and actions in accordance with the Partnership principle in order to consult the stakeholders, civil society organisations and social partners.
Amendment 131 #
2020/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Pursuant to paragraphs 22 and 23 of the Inter-institutional agreement for Better Law-Making of 13 April 201613 , there is a need to evaluate the Reserve on the basis of information collected through specific monitoring requirements, while avoiding overregulation and administrative burden, in particular on Member States and regional or local authorities. These requirements, where appropriate, should include measurable indicators, as a basis for the evaluation of the Reserve. _________________ 13Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission on Better Law-Making (OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1).
Amendment 139 #
2020/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) To ensure equal treatment of all Member States and consistency in the evaluation of the applications, the Commission should assess the applications in a package. It should look in particular into the eligibility and the accuracy of the expenditure declared, the direct link of the expenditure with measures taken to address the severe consequences of the withdrawal and the measures put in place by the Member State concerned to avoid double funding. Upon assessment of the applications for a financial contribution from the Reserve, the Commission should clear the pre- financing paid, and recover the unused amount. In order to concentrate the support on Member States and regions most affected by the withdrawal, where the expenditure in the Member State concerned, accepted as eligible by the Commission, exceeds 1.2 times the amount paid as pre-financing and 0.06% of the nominal Gross National Income (GNI) for 2021 of the Member State concerned, it should be possible to allow for a further allocation from the Reserve to that Member State within the limits of the financial resources available20% of its pre-financing. Given the extent of the expected economic shock, the possibility to use the amounts recovered from the pre-financing for the reimbursement of additional expenditure by Member States should be provided for.
Amendment 144 #
2020/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) In order to ensure the proper functioning of shared management, Member States should establish a management and control system, designate and notify the Commission of the bodies responsible for the management of the Reserve as well as a separate independent audit body. For simplification reasons, Member States may make use of existing bodies designated, including on regional and local level, and systems set up for the purpose of the management and control of cohesion policy funding or the European Union Solidarity Fund. It is necessary to specify the responsibilities of the Member States and lay down the specific requirements for the bodies designated.
Amendment 151 #
2020/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Member States should raise awareness on the Union contribution from the Reserve and inform the public and potential beneficiaries accordingly as transparency, communication and visibility activities are essential in making Union action visible on the ground. Those activities should be based on accurate and updated information.
Amendment 160 #
2020/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) ‘reference period’ means the reference period referred to in Article 63(5), point (a), of the Financial Regulation, which shall be from 1 Julanuary 202019 to 31 December 20223;
Amendment 164 #
2020/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
The Reserve shall provide support to counter the adverse economic, social, territorial and environmental consequences of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union in Member States, regions and sectors, in particular those that are worst affected by that withdrawal, and to mitigate the related negative impact on the economic, social and territorial cohesion. The Reserve shall however be in line with the European Green Deal and the Digital agenda. The Reserve shall not support measures or actions that are not aligned with the “do no significant harm” (DNSH) principle as provided for in the EU taxonomy regulation. The Reserve must provide enhanced assistance to the Republic of Ireland to cope with the consequences of its particular situation at the forefront of the foreseeable and unforeseeable consequences of the UK's withdrawal from the Union. Ireland benefits from a fixed rate of the pre-financing part of the Reserve as specified in Annexe I.
Amendment 169 #
2020/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a (new)
(a) The most affected regions shall receive, at least, 80% of the funding as defined in the paragraph 2 of this article.
Amendment 186 #
2020/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The financial contribution from the Reserve shall only support the public expenditure directly linked to measures specifically taken by Member States and regional or local authorities to contribute to the objectives referred to in Article 3, shall be aligned with the European Green Deal and the Digital agenda; and shall respect the “Do no significant harm” (DNSH) principle as provided for in the EU taxonomy regulation, and may cover, in particular the following:
Amendment 190 #
2020/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) measures to support and assist businesses, organisations (LAGs) and local communities adversely affected by the withdrawal, particularly in the most affected regions;
Amendment 196 #
2020/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) measures to support the most affected economic sectors, except the financial and banking sector;
Amendment 199 #
2020/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) measures to support businesses, organisations (LAGs) and local communities dependent on fishing activities in the United Kingdom waters, firstly those which cannot compensate those impacts by having activities or related activities in different waters; measures and actions excluded in the EMFF shall be excluded from the Reserve;
Amendment 207 #
2020/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) measures to support employment and inclusion, including through short- time work schemes, re-skilling, that would include green jobs, and training in affected sectors;
Amendment 214 #
2020/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) measures for communication, information, legal advice and awareness- raising of citizens and businesses about changes stemming from the withdrawal to their rights and obligations.
Amendment 221 #
2020/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) measures aimed to mitigate adverse consequences for EU nationals living in the United Kingdom as a result of the withdrawal, for the Member States exceeding 10 per 1000 nationals expatriated in the UK as to the 31 December 2020.
Amendment 222 #
2020/0380(COD)
(gb) new measures aimed at supporting citizens affected by restrictions to free movement due to the withdrawal, including citizens’ advice service, information and legal protection.
Amendment 225 #
2020/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point g c (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point g c (new)
(gc) measures deemed to compensate directly or indirectly foregone revenues or activities which are affected by other regional, national or European policies or decisions and not demonstrably linked to the withdrawal shall be excluded;
Amendment 228 #
2020/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. Expenditure shall be eligible if it is incurred and paid during the reference period for measures carried out in the Member State and regions concerned or for the benefit of the Member State or region concerned.
Amendment 229 #
2020/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. When designing support measures, Member States shall take into account the Partnership principle and the varied impact of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union on different regions and local communities and focus support from the Reserve on those most affected, as appropriate. Member States shall dedicate, at least, 80% of their envelope to their most affected regions if they have any.
Amendment 248 #
2020/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. In accordance with the partnership principle, a Member State shall establish a multi-level dialogue with local and regional authorities, civil society organisations and social partners.
Amendment 255 #
2020/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5
Article 7 – paragraph 5
5. By derogation from Article 12 of the Financial Regulation, unused commitment and payment appropriations under this Regulation shall be automatically carried over and may be used until 31 December 20256. The appropriations carried over shall be consumed first in the following financial year.
Amendment 259 #
2020/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. The allocation criteria for pre- financing to be paid by the Commission to Member States and regions are set out in Annex I.
Amendment 261 #
2020/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. Subject to receipt of the information required under Article 13(1), point (d), of this Regulation the Commission shall, by means of an implementing delegated act, set out the breakdown of the resources referred to in Article 4(3)(a) of this Regulation per Member State. That implementing act shall constitute a financing decision within the meaning of Article 110(1) of the Financial Regulation and the legal commitment within the meaning of that Regulation. By way of derogation from Article 110(2) of the Financial Regulation, that financing decision shall not include a description of the actions to be financed.
Amendment 263 #
2020/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall pay the pre- financing within 630 days of the date of the adoption of the implementingdelegated act referred to in paragraph 2. It shall be cleared in accordance with Article 11.
Amendment 267 #
2020/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. The Member States and regional authorities shall submit an application to the Commission for a financial contribution from the Reserve by 30 September 20234. The Commission shall assess this application and establish whether additional amounts are due to Member States and regions or any amounts should be recovered from the Member States and regions in accordance with Article 11.
Amendment 272 #
2020/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. Where a Member State or a regional authority does not submit an application for a financial contribution from the Reserve by 30 September 20234, the Commission shall recover the total amount paid as pre- financing to that Member State or region.
Amendment 278 #
2020/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. The application shall be based on the template set out in Annex II. The application shall include information on the total public expenditure incurred and paid by Member States or by the regional authority and the values of output indicators for the measures supported. It shall be accompanied by the documents referred to in paragraphs 5, 6 and 7 of Article 63 of the Financial Regulation and by an implementation report.
Amendment 282 #
2020/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) a description of the negative impact of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union in economic, territorial, environmental and social terms including an identification of the regions, areas and sectors most affected;
Amendment 289 #
2020/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
(ea) a description of the coherence of the measures with the European Green Deal and the Digital agenda.
Amendment 293 #
2020/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Based on the assessment, the Commission shall, by means of an implementing delegated act, establish the following:
Amendment 296 #
2020/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) whether additional amounts are due to the Member State or the regional authority, in line with paragraph 3, or whether amounts need to be recovered pursuant to paragraph 5.
Amendment 300 #
2020/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. Where the accepted amount exceeds both1.2 times the amount of pre- financing and 0.06% of the nominal GNI of 2021 of the Member State concerned, an additional amount shall be due to that Member State from the allocation referred to in Article 4(3), point (b), and any amounts carried over pursuant to Article 8(4).
Amendment 303 #
2020/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
In such a case, the Commission shall pay the amount exceeding 1.2 times the pre- financing paid to the Member State concerned or 0.06% of the nominal GNI of 2021, whichever is higher.in the limits of 20% of its pre- financing
Amendment 310 #
2020/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 5
Article 11 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission shall clear the respective pre-financing and pay any additional amount due within 630 days of adoption of the implementing act referred to in paragraph 2.
Amendment 313 #
2020/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 7
Article 11 – paragraph 7
7. The Commission shall, by means of an implementing delegated act, set out the additional amounts due pursuant to the second sentence of paragraph 6 of this Article. That implementing act shall constitute a financing decision within the meaning of Article 110(1) of the Financial Regulation and the legal commitment within the meaning of that Regulation. The Commission shall pay any additional amount due within 60 days of adoption of that act.
Amendment 315 #
2020/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 8
Article 11 – paragraph 8
8. Prior to the adoption of the implementingdelegated acts referred to in paragraphs 2 and 7, the Commission shall inform the Member State of its assessment and invite the Member State to submit its observations within two months.
Amendment 317 #
2020/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. When executing tasks relating to the implementation of the Reserve, Member States and regions shall take all the necessary measures, including legislative, regulatory and administrative measures, to protect the financial interests of the Union, namely by:
Amendment 322 #
2020/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 2
2. For the purposes of points (a) and (b) of paragraph 1, the Member States may make use of bodies, including on regional and local level, and management and control systems already in place for the implementation of cohesion policy funding or the European Union Solidarity Fund.
Amendment 328 #
2020/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Member States and regions shall be responsible for informing and publicising to Union citizens the role, the results and impact of the Union contribution from the Reserve through information and communication actions.
Amendment 339 #
2020/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1
1. EachThe share of each of the other Member State’s share fromin the pre-financing of the Brexit Adjustment Reserve is determined as the sum of a factor linked to the fish caught in the waters that belong to the UK Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and a factor linked to trade with the UK.
Amendment 349 #
2020/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b – point i
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b – point i
(i) for each Member State, the value of fish caught in UK EEZ as a percentage of the total value of fish caught by that Member State in the concerned NUTS 2 maritime regions of the Baltic, North Sea, Channel and Atlantic basins is expressed as an index of the EU average (index of dependency);
Amendment 358 #
2020/0380(COD)
b) to assess the relative importance of these trade flows for each Member State, the sum of trade flows with the UK are expressed as a percentage of the Member State’s GDPEU 28 trade flow in 2019 and subsequently expressed as an index of the EU average (index of dependency);
Amendment 364 #
2020/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point h
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point h
h) if the calculation referred to in point g) results in an aid intensity of more than EUR 1930/inhabitant, that Member State’s allocation is capped at the level corresponding to an aid intensity of EUR 1930/inhabitant. The resources deducted due to this capping are distributed to the Member States not capped under points g) or h), proportionally to their shares as calculated in point g).
Amendment 370 #
2020/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b
b) for the value of the fish caught in the UK EEZ as a share of total value of fish caught by a Member Statein the concerned NUTS 2 maritime regions of the Baltic Sea, North Sea, Channel, and Atlantic basins, the reference period shall be 2015-2018;
Amendment 373 #
2020/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Annex I – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Ireland shall be allocated 25% of the Reserve.
Amendment 9 #
2020/0112R(APP)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the role of the FRA as an independent and fully-fledged EU agency and fundamental rights watchdog should be further strengthened; in this context highlights the landmark judgment of the General Court of the European Union from September 24, 2019 which clarified that the rights of persons belonging to minorities is an EU value and respecting and promoting cultural and linguistic diversity in the EU is an EU objective;
Amendment 71 #
2020/0112R(APP)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point iii – paragraph 1
Paragraph 4 – point iii – paragraph 1
Amendment 78 #
2020/0112R(APP)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point iii – paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 4 – point iii – paragraph 1 a (new)
Situation of national, ethnic, cultural and linguistic minorities in the European Union should be specifically mentioned as part of the mandate of the Fundamental Rights Agency; the Agency should conduct necessary research with regard to safeguarding their rights, preserving minority culture, regional and minority languages;
Amendment 111 #
2020/0112R(APP)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls on the Commission to propose that future multiannual frameworks of FRA refer to the protection and promotion of minorities, including national and linguistic minorities, in line with article 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights;
Amendment 253 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Regrets that the current overly broad anti-terrorism provisions and the abuse of the anti-terror measures have become the backbone of this state policy; reiterates its firm condemnation of the violence by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which has been on the EU list of terrorist organisations since 2002;notes with great concern the continued mass incarceration of people convicted or held in pre-trial detention on terrorism- related charges based on scant evidence; reiterates its firm condemnation of any violence against civilians from all state and non-state actors.
Amendment 257 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Deeply regrets the discriminatory Covid-19 early release law which disregarded the right to life of those imprisoned on political grounds and failed to address the situation of those held in pre-trial detention; expresses concern about the unsanitary and overcrowded prison facilities.
Amendment 263 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Considers that the erosion of the rule of law and the systemic lack of independence of the judiciary continues to be one of the most pressing and worrying issues; condemns the increased surveillance by the executive and the political pressure affecting the work of judges, prosecutors, lawyers and bar associations; is appalled by the mass arrest and prosecution of lawyers for representing their clients; is concerned about the legislative amendment allowing for the division of bar associations along political lines in a way to diminish their role as human rights watchdogs.
Amendment 290 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Expresses serious concern about the disproportionate and arbitrary measures curtailing freedom of expression, media freedom and access to information; condemns the imprisonment of journalists, media employees as well as social media users; notes with deep concern the increasing restrictions and censorship imposed on social media platforms; urges Turkey to guarantee media freedom as a matter of priority;
Amendment 315 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Notes with great concern the way that the People’s Democratic Party (HDP) has been specifically and continuously targeted by the Turkish authorities; strongly condemns the continued detention of former HDP co-chairs Selahattin Demirtaş; and Figen Yüksekdağ, members of parliament, elected mayors, administrators and members.
Amendment 382 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Urges Turkey to protect the rights of minorities and vulnerable groups, including women, refugees, LGBTI people and ethnic and religious minorities; is appalled by the rise in hate crimes.
Amendment 401 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Expresses concern about the reported deportation of Uighurs by way of third countries to China, where they are likely to face grave persecution.
Amendment 474 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Recalls the laudable role played by Turkey in responding to the migration crisis resultinghosting refugees from the war in Syria; takes the view that the EU should continue to give the necessary support to Syrian refugees and host communities in Turkey; supports an objective assessment of the EU-Turkey Statement and underlines the importance of both parties’ compliance with their respective commitments; however at the same time criticises the resettlement of Syrian refugees to Turkish-occupied regions in the North of Syria, from which the local Syrian population was previously displaced and is now prevented from returning; refugees must not be brought back to Syria against their will, nor must they be used to carry out demographic engineering against the Kurdish and Christian population in the North of Syria.
Amendment 520 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Stresses that a modernisation of the Customs Union could be beneficial for both parties and would keep Turkey economically and normatively anchored to the EU; reiterates that this would need to be based on strong conditionality related to human rights and fundamental freedoms; highlights that it seems unrealistic to envisagestresses that given the current circumstances, any modernisation of the Customs Union given the current circumstancescan't be envisaged; recalls that the current Customs Union will not achieve its full potential until Turkey fully implements the Additional Protocol in relation to all Member States;
Amendment 568 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Condemns the partial reopening of Varosha beach, which undermines mutual trust and therefore the prospect of the resumption of direct talks on the comprehensive resolution of the Cyprus issue; calls on Turkey to reverse this action and to refrain from provoking nationalist sentiments; reiterates its support for a fair, comprehensive and viable settlement on the basis of a bi-communal, bi-zonal federation with political equality;
Amendment 595 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Strongly condemns the Turkish military interventions in Syria, especially in the northeast and Idlib, Afrin, Ras al- Ayn/Sere Kaniye and Tal Abyad which constitute grave violations of international law;
Amendment 599 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Amendment 654 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Believes that it is high time to review the EU’s relations with Turkey and to define a comprehensive, unified and coherent strategy for the medium to long term, among all EU institutions and Member States; However the strong relapse in the area of fundamental rights, the deteriorating human rights situation, the lack of freedom of the press and expression, the arbitrary detention of opposition politicians and journalists and the non-recognition of democratic elections show that Turkey's future cannot lie within the EU. The accession negotiations with Turkey must therefore be dissolved.
Amendment 669 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. calls on Turkey to stop the attempts to influence European policy through a targeted diaspora policy and to mobilise Turkish- and Islamic communities against the secular understanding of freedom of religion and expression;
Amendment 671 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 b (new)
Paragraph 32 b (new)
32b. Recalls that Turkey has to stop in particular the attempt of the Turkish government to spy and put pressure on opposition members and politicians of Turkish origin in Europe and condemns in the strongest possible terms all attempts to use violence and intimidation against intellectuals, activists or politicians in Europe.
Amendment 4 #
2019/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that there is no specific legal basis for a commonWelcomes the decision of the Commission, building on the 2030 biodiversity strategy, to prepare a new EU forest policstrategy; points out, however, that many EU policies have an impact that several current EU policies touch on forests and the forest-based sector and, therefore requireing stronger cross-sectoral coordinationpolicy integration between climate, biodiversity, forest, agriculture and industry policies;
Amendment 9 #
2019/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Supports the European Green Deal when it comes to key objectives of the new EU forest strategy, in particular forest restoration, preservation and protection of forests to allow for proforestation which prioritises diverse tree species throughout Europe in locations appropriate for those species, to help to increase the storage of CO2 in trees and soils, and to reduce the incidence and extent of forest fires;
Amendment 17 #
2019/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that European forest-based industries may help decarbonise Europe byto replacinge CO2- intensive raw materials and fossil energy with forest-based alternatives such as biogas and biofuel, and therefore help in achieving the goa; recognises however the challenges and trade-offs resulting from the increasing demand of wood for materials, energy and the bio-economy, which is in tension with the levels of harvesting deemed sustainable given the availability of forest biomass, and calls ofn the Paris Agreement and the European Green DealCommission to address these challenges adequately when preparing the new forest strategy;
Amendment 27 #
2019/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that no substitution effect of forest-based products can compensate for the loss of old-growth and primary forests, which are recognised as irreplaceable and should be protected through legal and incentivising instruments;
Amendment 29 #
2019/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Expresses concern regarding illegal logging in the EU; recognises that almost all primary old growth forest has been lost; recognises that not only are forests at threat, but that there has been violence towards forest rangers in connection with illegal logging; urges the Commission and the Member States to take urgent action on these issues through close monitoring and through the enforcement of existing EU laws and introduction of new measures to prevent illegal logging, to hold those responsible to account, and to end the oppression of rangers;
Amendment 36 #
2019/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that forest-based industry is a key driving force behie important role of biodiverse forests, the sustainably- managed forest-based sector and the circular bio-economy in achieving the goals of the European Green Deal; encourages the Member States to support recyclable and sustainably-sourced bio- based products produced within the limits of availability of natural resources and with respect to protecting the forest carbon sink, through public procurement and investment support;
Amendment 45 #
2019/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes that where managed forests are in question, forests which are managed with biodiversity protection and species diversity in mind are more resilient to climate impacts such as fires, droughts, and unseasonal weather events, and as such are an important investment for the future, not only for communities and nature, but also for forest economies;
Amendment 51 #
2019/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Encourages the use of wood as an environmentally friendly raw material; underlines that wood-based products and wood construction provide an effective way of increasing carbon storageStresses the need to prioritise the most efficient use of wood following the ‘cascading principle’ starting from using it for most value adding applications, i.e. construction and furniture purposes, which also allows the locking-in of carbon over the long-term; discourages increasing the production of short lived forest products;
Amendment 55 #
2019/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Notes with interest that less intensive harvesting methods and stronger forest protection could improve the health and resilience of forests without reducing current harvest levels and forest economies, while at the same time increasing the carbon stored in forests1a; _________________ 1aSee the new report 'FRANCE’S FOREST STRATEGY: FIGHTING TO END THE CLIMATE CRISIS OR TO INCREASE LOGGING?' which shows that, in the case of France, it would be possible to improve the health and resilience of forests without reducing current harvest levels. This could be achieved through less intensive harvesting methods and stronger forest protection. It would increase the carbon stored in French forests from around 55 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent in 2017 to almost 80 million tonnes in 2050. https://www.fern.org/news- resources/frances-forest-strategy-fighting- to-end-the-climate-crisis-or-to-increase- logging-2082/
Amendment 58 #
2019/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States to ensure the timely and adequate implementation of the revised Renewable Energy Directive (RED II)1 ; insists however that harvesting forest for energy cannot be done at the expense of the forests, climate change or other environmental issues and must not compete with other uses of wood for the local economic development, in particular in rural areas; calls on the Member States to refrain from importing wood and wood- based products for energy purposes; asks the Commission to modify the Renewable Energy Directive (RED II), so that burning forest wood would not be eligible for meeting EU Member States renewable energy targets, and so that burning forest wood is no longer eligible for subsidies; _________________ 1Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources, OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 82.
Amendment 77 #
2019/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for adequate funding for Horizon Europe and for the strengthening of links between research, industry, agroforestry and society through specific instruments such as European Partnerships; these programs should integrate mechanisms to respect objectives and the legislation on environmental protection and biodiversity preservation, while ensuring climate change mitigation;
Amendment 82 #
2019/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Regrets that the majority of products stemming from the forest sector are short lived, and not achieving long lasting product function or carbon storage, making any substitution effect negligible; calls on the Commission and the Member States to improve the accuracy of forest data, including the reporting of how the harvested wood is used, calls for the harmonisation of this data, making information comparable between Member States;
Amendment 86 #
2019/2157(INI)
7b. Calls for the creation and implementation of a satellite monitoring system to enable the detailed monitoring of forests across the European Union, towards improved weather alerts and impact reports, and to feed into more accurate National Forest Inventories;
Amendment 89 #
2019/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 99 #
2019/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. In this framework, particular attention should be paid to ensuring climate change adaption in harmony with nature in all regions, with particular attention to those areas which are the most endangered by climate change, for example those facing extreme heat and drier seasons in the south of Europe, and shifting forest species and pests further north; considers that the Commission should propose a differentiated strategy depending on the climate areas, including the Mediterranean climate region.
Amendment 6 #
2019/2156(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 12 #
2019/2156(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. EndorsesTakes note of the priorities for action set out in the communication and expresses its commitment to engage actively in implementingdeveloping further the actions described to make them effective and complementary, and subsequently calls for their reinforcement and proper implementation;
Amendment 19 #
2019/2156(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. DIs deeply regrets thatconcerned because, despite the efforts of the EU and its Member States, the EU’s objective of reducing gross tropical deforestation by 50 % by 2020commitment to halting deforestation by 2020 as part of the Sustainable Development Goals is unlikely to be met, and therefore strongly supports the Commission in its proposal to step up action in protecting and restoring the world’s forests;
Amendment 24 #
2019/2156(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Requests the provision of new incentives to reduce the impact of the food system in the EU on nature and people within the EU and beyond;
Amendment 26 #
2019/2156(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Reminds that EU action on afforestation and reforestation should be secondary to forest restoration efforts to create biodiverse forests that are more resilient towards climate change;
Amendment 32 #
2019/2156(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the importance of inclusive partnership with third countries in order to strengthen sustainable forestland management, the wood-based circular economy and agriculture, as well as land tenure and good governance and the strong relationship between them in combating deforestation; requests that a partnership approach needs to support better governance, respect the rights of indigenous peoples, smallholders and local communities and enable multi- stakeholder processes in producer countries;
Amendment 37 #
2019/2156(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission to initiate dialogue with other consuming countries including China and India about deforestation-free supply chains;
Amendment 39 #
2019/2156(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls on the Union to develop more detailed land imaging satellites in order to monitor deforestation accurately and in real time; notes that the information provided would be a valuable tool in the fight against deforestation globally;
Amendment 42 #
2019/2156(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for raising consumer awareness about the need to reduce our consumption footprint Reiterates its calls on the Commission to present, without delay, a proposal for a European legal framework based on due diligence to ensure sustainable and deforestation-free supply chains for products placed on the EU market, with a particular focus on tackling the main drivers of imported deforestation land insteand encourages people to consume products from supply chains that are ‘deforestation- free’ing imports that do not create deforestation abroad; insists that such legislation is accompanied by a robust enforcement mechanism and includes effective, proportionate and dissuasive penalties for non-compliance.
Amendment 4 #
2014/2005(INI)
3. Stresses that the discussion about the resources for cohesion policy should be based on an analysis of the needs and take account of the evaluation of the implementation of the policy in the previous programming period; recalls that cohesion policy is a pro-growth investment policy fighting the crisis and will therefore gain importance as an EU instrument for boosting sustainable growth, creating jobs, stimulating public investment and, reducing social inequities and poverty, stimulating energy transition and combating climate change;
Amendment 4 #
2013/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the present and future health and wellbeing of the population is deeply determined by the environment and diet;
Amendment 14 #
2013/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the European ‘Food at Schools’ programmes seek to ensure that the food served in school canteens includes all the necessary elements of a high-quality, balanced diet;
Amendment 21 #
2013/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas gastronomy is the combination of knowledge, experience, art and craft which provides a healthy and pleasurable eating experience; whereas if people are to have the chance to acquire a detailed knowledge of the products used and their intrinsic quality and taste, it is essential to develop suitable labelling schemes which provide all consumers with clear information about the composition or origin of products;
Amendment 23 #
2013/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas gastronomy is not only an elite art form based on the careful preparation of food, but also reflects an acknowledgement of the value of the raw materials it uses, of their quality and of the need for excellence at all stages of the processing of foodstuffs, a concept which incorporates respect for animals and nature;
Amendment 45 #
2013/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out that it is important to inculcate from a very early age eating habits which are respectful of nature and of the environment, which determines the quality of food;
Amendment 48 #
2013/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points to the need to also enhance the school curriculum with information about gastronomic culture, food preparation, production, conservation and distribution processes, the social and cultural influence of foodstuffs and consumer rights; this information should also cover an understanding of the cold chain and the possibility that pesticide or antibiotic residues may be present in foodstuffs, in particular food prepared for immediate consumption, thus reducing its quality;
Amendment 52 #
2013/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Reminds Member States to make sure that all advertising and sponsorship of comestible products is banned in schools;
Amendment 56 #
2013/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that good nutrition increases the wellbeing of children and improves their capacity to learn, points out, in that connection, the importance of combating the increasing use of sugar in foodstuffs, by enhancing the taste and quality of products on sale;
Amendment 59 #
2013/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Points out that dietary habits acquired in childhood can influence food preferences and choices in adulthood, takes the view that emphasis should be placed on the value of meals prepared with care and the importance of consuming as few pre- prepared dishes as possible, and that information should be provided on the dangers posed by over-processed foodstuffs (which contain additives);
Amendment 62 #
2013/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Asks the Commission to include nutrition as a field in the Comeniencourage projects which involve exchanges of information and practices in the area of nutrition, for example as part of the Comenius (school education) strand of the Erasmus+ programme (school e, or research projects dealing with nutrition, well- being, the environment and the raw materials used in food producation) in Europe;
Amendment 65 #
2013/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Points out that nutritional education should include the participation of families, teachers, the educational community and all professionals involved in education; emphasises the need for children to be able to follow the food chain and visit farms presenting good examples of crop and livestock practices that are in harmony with nature and the environment, to given them a better understanding of the future challenges in terms of food, the food industry, and consumers;
Amendment 70 #
2013/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on Member States to ensure that teachers are properly trained to correctly teach food sciences in schools and universities; points out that nutrition and the environment are co-dependent and also calls therefore for the updating of knowledge about the natural environment, such as the need to protect certain plants, animals, fish or insects that are dying out due to excessive consumption or the use of pesticides (such as bees);
Amendment 72 #
2013/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Member States to exchange knowledge and best practices concerning gastronomy-related activities in education and to promote gastronomic awareness in the various regions; calls also for an exchange of best practices or for thought to be given to shortening the food chain by focusing on local seasonal produce, such as by organising baskets of organic products or by creating cooperative purchasing groups forming a direct link between farmers and consumers;
Amendment 80 #
2013/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Emphasises the need to create awareness of the diversity and quality of Europe’s gastronomy, which forms part of our cultural heritage; stresses that this sometimes requires respect for local habits such as the use of raw milk;
Amendment 84 #
2013/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Points out that gastronomy is an instrument which can be used to develop a wide range of economic sectors, such as the restaurant, tourism, agri-food and research industries; notes that gastronomy can also develop a keen sense for the protection of nature and the environment that ensures food has a more authentic taste and is less processed with additives or preservatives;
Amendment 1 #
2013/2146(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Would like to see the flexibility instrument used to support territorial cooperation, which Parliament has consistently promoted as a priority and the appropriations for which were drastically cut during the negotiations on the multiannual financial framework;
Amendment 2 #
2013/2146(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Notes that the Youth Employment Initiative adopted by the European Council on 27-28 June 2013 applies to regions where youth unemployment exceeds 25%, and that it is essential therefore for the relevant statistics to be provided by Eurostat for all Europe’s regions, which is not currently the case;
Amendment 18 #
2013/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that – evidence notwithstanding that local and regional authorities are being involved in the preparation of Partnership Agreements – further action must be taken to reinforce the territorial dimension of the governance system of cohesion policy, the Europe 2020 strategy and the European Semester, by ensuring real coordination and complementarity among the different levels of governance, on one hand, and consistency of the priorities established at those levels with the needs and specificities identified at national, regional and local levels, on the other, while still allowing, where appropriate and necessary, some policy issues to be dealt with in a top- down manner;
Amendment 92 #
2013/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission and the Council to adapt EU policies and programmes so as to support endangered languages and linguistic diversity using EU financial support tools for the period between 2014 and 2020, including: programmes on education and training, youth and sport, the culture and media programme, the structural funds (cohesion fund, ERDF, ESF, European territorial cooperation, EARDF) and all instruments designed to promote new technologies, social media and multimedia platforms;
Amendment 140 #
2013/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to provide constant support, via its various programmes, for transnational networks, such as the Network to Promote Linguistic Diversity (NPLD), and European-level initiatives and activities that are designed to promote endangered languages, and emphasises that active participation is needed in order to ensure that UNESCO’s Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger remains a permanent fixture;
Amendment 143 #
2013/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission to support research on endangered languages acquisition, revitalisation and the cognitive and societal benefits of bilingual and multilingual European citizens;
Amendment 156 #
2013/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Believes that the Commission should pay attention to the fact that some Member States and regions put in danger with their policies the survival of languages inside their borders, even if those languages are not in danger in the European context;
Amendment 157 #
2013/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls on the Commission to support exchange of knowledge, expertise best practices between the different language communities through European language networks such as the NPLD, with a view of learning from existing successful language promotion and revitalization experiences across Europe;
Amendment 7 #
2012/2302(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that cultural diversity in Europe is of key significance for this economic sector, since it stimulates creative potential;
Amendment 4 #
2012/2297(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the role of sea-basin strategies in fostering balanced, integrated regional development; calls for such strategies to be effectively rolled out and for appropriate financial and administrative resources to be targeted on their implementation by linking them to current and future macroregional strategies;
Amendment 8 #
2012/2297(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for a focus on leveraging synergies across EU instruments to support and develop maritime clusters; welcomes initiatives at Member State level, such as Ireland’s INFOMAR programme; considers maritime transport of goods to be an alternative to long-distance road transport and calls for maritime routes to be developed, particularly in the Atlantic arc and the Mediterranean basin;
Amendment 8 #
2012/2098(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Encourages the EU as well as Member States to provide concrete information on, and education and training in CSR, in order for enterprises to take full advantage of CSR and be able to implement it in their organisational culture; points out and regrets however that the language of CSR is still mostly voluntary;
Amendment 9 #
2012/2098(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Emphasises that, as a purely voluntary commitment, CSR is insufficient to deal with externalities resulting from the operations of multinationals, including environmental, social and human rights violations; reiterates its call for the establishment of legally binding obligations for investors, especially those operating in developing countries, to respect cultural diversity, human rights, environmental and social standards;
Amendment 13 #
2012/2098(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. EStresses that CSR shall apply to the entire global supply chain of a company, and therefore shall built up trust and fairness, aim at empowering all stakeholders; encourages Member States to integrate CSR into relevant education curricula;
Amendment 19 #
2012/2098(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Encourages enterprises to promote creativity and cultural projects within their CSR policies, in the context of civic commitment, and to stimulate growth and job creationas issues of prime importance in a context of changing society and work methods, also in terms of civic commitment;
Amendment 33 #
2012/2098(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses that Socially Responsible Investment (SRI), as part of the implementation process of CRS in investment decisions, shall combine investors' financial and economic objectives with their social, environmental, ethical, cultural and educational issues;
Amendment 34 #
2012/2098(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Encourages the Member States and the Union to take into consideration for their CSR agenda that the cultural and creative SMEs can have a significant impact on social and environmental change, inducing long term solutions to combat poverty in giving new impulses to the labour market and integrating social consideration;
Amendment 8 #
2012/2097(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Encourages the EU as well as Member States to provide concrete information on, and education and training in CSR, in order for enterprises to take full advantage of CSR and be able to implement it in their organisational culture; points out and regrets however that the language of CSR is still mostly voluntary;
Amendment 9 #
2012/2097(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Emphasises that, as a purely voluntary commitment, CSR is insufficient to deal with externalities resulting from the operations of multinationals, including environmental, social and human rights violations; reiterates its call for the establishment of legally binding obligations for investors, especially those operating in developing countries, to respect cultural diversity, human rights, environmental and social standards;
Amendment 13 #
2012/2097(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. EStresses that CSR shall apply to the entire global supply chain of a company, and therefore shall built up trust and fairness, aim at empowering all stakeholders; encourages Member States to integrate CSR into relevant education curricula;
Amendment 19 #
2012/2097(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Encourages enterprises to promote creativity and cultural projects within their CSR policies, in the context of civic commitment, and to stimulate growth and job creationas issues of prime importance in a context of changing society and work methods, also in terms of civic commitment;
Amendment 33 #
2012/2097(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses that Socially Responsible Investment (SRI), as part of the implementation process of CRS in investment decisions, shall combine investors' financial and economic objectives with their social, environmental, ethical, cultural and educational issues;
Amendment 34 #
2012/2097(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Encourages the Member States and the Union to take into consideration for their CSR agenda that the cultural and creative SMEs can have a significant impact on social and environmental change, inducing long term solutions to combat poverty in giving new impulses to the labour market and integrating social consideration;
Amendment 9 #
2012/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the implementation of the Europe 2020 strategy is based on a plan for economic growth primarily based on knowledge and innovation is needed to make the EU emerge out of the actual crises, and it is important to implement the EU 2020 strategy framework in order to get through this crucial periodand education is one of its priorities;
Amendment 11 #
2012/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas inadequatesufficient language knowledge continues to be an enormous obstacle to learning mobility;
Amendment 16 #
2012/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas LLL should genuinely mean lifelong within the actual demographic context; whereas further consideration should be given to the prospects of the older people, starting with high-quality pre-school education and extending to the higher age bands;
Amendment 20 #
2012/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
Amendment 35 #
2012/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Asks Member States to prioritise expenditures in education, research and innovation that are considered to be investments for the future growth, but at the same time ensuring the added value of such investmentand the pursuit of economic balance;
Amendment 37 #
2012/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Asks Member States to prioritise expenditures in education, research and, innovation and linguistic and cultural diversity that are considered to be investments for future growth, but at the same time ensuring the added value of such investment;
Amendment 49 #
2012/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 60 #
2012/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Regrets that the Commission Communication on ‘Education and Training in smart, sustainable and inclusive Europe’ does not give adequate coverage to the issue of early school development, particularly its linguistic dimension; believes that this stage in education should be seen as the most crucial for the individuals’ future educational attainment and development;
Amendment 67 #
2012/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Highlights the need for the acquirement of language skills since itfrom a very early age, covering not only the official languages of the EU but also regional and minority languages spoken in the EU, since these enables people to be more mobile and promote intercultural exchange;
Amendment 89 #
2012/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Recognises that it may be the case that thee positive impact on society in general of the activities of older that people get, the more likel, promoted by their participation in education and training activities, will behich are carried out for personal fulfilment or social contact;
Amendment 103 #
2012/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Encourages Member States to consider the possibility of introducing smalla wider system of grants for pre-university students from poorer backgrounds to encourage them to stay in education;
Amendment 84 #
2012/0199(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) to strengthen the capacity of the cultural sector and its connectivity with other sectors, especially involved in education, research, the environment, and the local and regional economy inasmuch as they promote innovative cultural tourism;
Amendment 31 #
2011/2310(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Believes that the motorways of the sea and maritime cabotage help to provide access to the Atlantic regions, increase trade, stimulate port- based economic activity, encourage tourism and reduce CO2 emissions; calls for them to be eligible for support under the Connecting Europe Facility;
Amendment 62 #
2011/2310(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls for the operational programmes to be closely geared to the corresponding priorities of the macro-regional strategies in order to ensure the best possible coordination of objectives and means; points out that this gearing must cover not only operational programmes coming under the cohesion policy's territorial cooperation objective (Interreg) but also the operational programmes for each region in the Atlantic area, with at least 20% of the appropriations being set aside accordingly;
Amendment 1 #
2011/2201(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Regrets that Regional policy was part of an error-prone group, which was the most error prone among the policy areas of Union expenditure, with 49 % of the 243 payments audited by the Court of Auditors affected by error; Underlines that thise level of error has been decreasing very significantly as compared to the error rates detected in the 2000-2006 programming period, and that only part of the errors will have a financial impact;
Amendment 9 #
2011/2201(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Considers, therefore, that meticulous efforts should be made to further reduce this error rate;
Amendment 3 #
2011/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)
Citation 14 a (new)
- Having regard to the Opinion on ‘Territorial cooperation in the Mediterranean through the Adriatic- Ionian macro-region’ adopted unanimously by the Committee of the Regions on 11 October 2011,
Amendment 21 #
2011/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas the Adriatic-Ionian macro- regional strategy is progressing, taking place in the context of longstanding cooperation and solidarity in a contiguous territory around the Adriatic Sea; and has the support of the eight Members of the Adriatic-Ionian Initiative (AII), as expressed several times in the Declarations by the eight Foreign Affairs Ministers of the Adriatic-Ionian Initiative – AII in Ancona (2010), Brussels (2011) and Belgrade (2012);
Amendment 22 #
2011/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
La. whereas experience has been acquired through regional cooperation in the Mediterranean; whereas there have been bilateral and multilateral cooperation initiatives for EU programmes such as MED and ENPI within the framework of the European Neighbourhood Policy;
Amendment 29 #
2011/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Takes the view that the overview provided by a macro-regional strategy would make territorial cooperation projects and the EGTC more beneficial, and that this would enhance synergies with the major EU strategies, such as the trans- European transport network or the Integrated Maritime Policy; considers that it would also be easier to involve other European policy instruments, such as those proposed by the EIB; considers that these steps would improve the coordination of EU policies at a transnational and inter- regional level;
Amendment 35 #
2011/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Considers it necessary, if this strategy is to be fully successful, to retain the governance structure, by extending it to include local and regional authorities, in the long term by including it in the upcoming programming period 2014– 2020;
Amendment 39 #
2011/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Suggests that the Commission coordinate a consultation and dialogue process for future macro-regional strategies; takes the view that lack of cooperation between European territories belonging to different Member States but the same services and working area should be the basis for identifying priority areas; considers that the result of this dialogue should be a ‘projected European macro- regions map’, mainly coordinated with the Member States and the regions concerned, which would not be binding and could change depending on local dynamics;
Amendment 42 #
2011/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Takes the view that the macro-regional strategy does not require further funding, institutional instruments or regulation, but considers funding for the monitoring thereof in the form of technical assistance appropriations justified and that the macro-regional strategy should promote structural projects taking the multi- annual financial framework 2014-2020 into account;
Amendment 56 #
2011/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Takes the view that a macro-regional strategy that involves European, national, regional and local authorities and their organisations, regional organisations, financial institutions, and NGOs from the European side of the Mediterranean basin, and that is open to neighbouring countries and/or countries at the pre-accession stage, would significantly improve territorial cooperation in this area in political and operational terms;
Amendment 60 #
2011/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Hopes that the Council, in view of the willingness expressed by all players involved on a local, regional and national level, will quickly adopt the Adriatic- Ionian macro-regional strategy, in the follow-up to its Declaration of 24 June 2011, so as to realise a first step towards a Mediterranean macro-regional strategy;
Amendment 11 #
2011/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Maintains that the new ENP approach must also allow for the EU’s macro-regional strategies;
Amendment 1 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
Citation 3 a (new)
- having regard to Article 3 (3) first paragraph of the Treaty of the European Union (TEU) which underlines that the EU shall work for a high level of protection and improvement of the quality of the environment,
Amendment 2 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 b (new)
Citation 3 b (new)
- having regard to Article 191 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) which underlines that the Union shall pursuit the objective of preserving, protecting and improving the quality of the environment and the prudent and rational utilisation of natural resources as well as the fight against climate change on regional and international level,
Amendment 3 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 c (new)
Citation 3 c (new)
- having regard to Article 2, Treaty on the European Union (TEU) and Article 3(3), paragraph 2 of the TEU which underline equality between women and men as a fundamental principle of the European Union and also an objective of the Union,
Amendment 6 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)
Citation 13 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 22 September 2010 on the European strategy for the economic and social development of mountain regions, islands and sparsely populated areas (P7_TA- PROV(2010)0341),
Amendment 7 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 b (new)
Citation 13 b (new)
- having regard to the Commission Staff Working Document "Regions 2020 - an Assessment of Future Challenges for EU Regions" (SEC(2008)2868),
Amendment 10 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)
Citation 16 a (new)
- having regard to the communication from the Commission on "The European Platform against Poverty and Social Exclusion: A European framework for social and territorial cohesion" (COM (2010) 578),
Amendment 11 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 a (new)
Citation 17 a (new)
- having regard to the conclusions of the European Council (October 29th/30th, 2009) referring to the need to reduce emissions of at least 80-95% by 2050 compared to 1990 levels and having regard to the conclusions of the European Council of February 4th, 2011 which reconfirmed this need,
Amendment 12 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 b (new)
Citation 17 b (new)
- having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee from 14 July 2010 on "How to foster efficient partnership in the management of cohesion policy programmes, based on good practices from the 2007-2013 cycle" (ECO/258),
Amendment 18 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas EU cohesion policy has contributed greatlyis a modern and a long-term policy in favour of regional development of all regions, which contributes to the overall EU objectives; whereas this policy has contributed greatly to facilitate sustainable development and to the increased productivity achieved by all regions of the Union during the previous and current funding periods; whereas it is striking that ex-post evaluation has also shown a significant narrowing of the economic, social and regional divide; whereas these developments do not always have equally positive effects on social security and on inveare partly not consistment inwith the protection of the environmentEU goals for climate protection and preservation of biodiversity,
Amendment 28 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas gearing the Structural Funds to the Lisbon Strategy objectives has proved effective, as is evident from the impressive commitment rates for the Convergence and the Regional Competitiveness and Employment objectives, although it is regrettable that only 20% of projects under the heading of Territorial Cooperation accord with the Lisbon aimEuropean objectives leads to an added- value for the regions; whereas further concentration of funds in more developed regions on a limited number of objectives will only deliver results if a bottom-up approach ensures sufficient flexibility for tailor-made regional solutions to achieve targets,
Amendment 37 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the partial failure of the Lisbon Strategy is due not to the inadequate implementation of cohesion policy but rather to the lack of multi-level governance and of ownership of this strategy by the regional and local level, the effects of the financial crisis, imperfect implementation of the single market, slack budgetary discipline and inadequate macroeconomic framework conditions in individual Member States; whereas cohesion policy is not a mere delivery instrument of the EU 2020 Strategy but a permanent EU Treaty objective,
Amendment 45 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the existing system of cohesion and structural policy objectives (Convergence, Regional Competitiveness and Employment, and European Territorial Cooperation), combined with a multi-level governance approach, horizontal objectives and security to plan on the basis of reliable funding and an agreed time frame (seven years), has basically proved its worth, but whereas there have been considerable delays in programme planning as a result of protracted financial and legislative negotiations,
Amendment 51 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas a comprehensive European cohesion policy continues to be essential, given the significant imbalances between regional economies and in social terms, as well as specific structural problems and, geographical disadvantages and challenges which European regions are facing and which are linked to Cohesion Policy (globalisation, demography, climate change, energy, social inclusion and poverty), and it is also a requirement under the Lisbon Treaty,
Amendment 54 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
H a. whereas the values and principles of the European Union as enshrined in the Treaty of Lisbon (including democracy, human rights, solidarity, equality between women and men and social justice) should set the framework for cohesion policy and be reflected in programming and evaluation,
Amendment 71 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recognises, too, that European funding adds value where projects supported at regional level contribute to the achievement of pan-European objectives in the fields of economic growth, research, environmental and climate protection, resource management, demographic change, energy supply sustainability, social cohesion or cross-border development and this would not have been realised without the European stimulus;
Amendment 75 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Sees the achievement of European objectives in accordance with the principle of multi-level governance as one of the major advantages of cohesion policy and thus as a form of added value in itself; calls for this partnership principle to be further strengthened, therefore the European Commission should ensure that the multi-level governance principle will be implemented systematically and that local and regional authorities will be involved in preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation; recognises that principles such as bottom-up approach, public participation and integrated approach contribute to a successful implementation of Cohesion Policy; calls for the partnership principle to be made legally binding and further strengthened also through appropriate funding under technical assistance, capacity building of the partners and an upgrade in the context of simplification; calls for clear guidance and effective controls by the Commission to assure full compliance with the binding requirements of the partnership principle which necessarily involves local and regional authorities and, in accordance with the Treaty, social partners, environmental partners and those responsible for gender mainstreaming;
Amendment 84 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Underlines that gender mainstreaming is a horizontal principle of all structural funds and investments, therefore its implementation is a prerequisite of future funding and has to be fixed in the programme documents;
Amendment 86 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that, despite the trend towards a narrowing of inter-regional disparities, major imbalances still exist – and in some Member States are actually growing – so cohesion policy must continue to concentrate on evening outreducing differences between regions' levels of development and on integrated sustainable development;
Amendment 105 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Recognises the specific needs of regions particularly disadvantaged in their development by virtue of demographic change; reiterates its call for special forms of preference to continue to apply in respect of that type of region;
Amendment 107 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises that the Union will be able to hold its own in the face of global competition only if its cohesion policy can tapcan only meet the challenges of the double crisis - the economic crisis and the climate crisis - if economic, social and territorial cohesion is achieved in all regions of the EU; emphasises that cohesion policy has to make use of the development potential of all the regions in response to the challenand only in that way it can significantly contribute to achieve the targets of the EU 2020 strategy;
Amendment 122 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Emphasises that cohesion policy must continue to focus on regional (territorial) cohesion and points out that the Lisbon Treaty added the objective of territorial cohesion to those of economic and social cohesion; affirms that this aim remains indissociable from the challenges of economic and social cohesion and strengthens the European added-value of cohesion policy;
Amendment 125 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Highlights the need for a more territorialised and integrated approach to unleash development potential on subregional and local level, to improve synergies and to address marginalised communities; calls for a common framework for local development approaches which achieves complementarities among the existing funds by allowing the local action groups to draw down funds from multiple sources with a territorial perspective and make better use of global grants;
Amendment 145 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Doubts whetherRecognises that specific operational programmes for functional geographical entities such as metropolitanurban areas, urban-rural partnership regions or sea or river basins will yield additional benefits; is particularly aware, in relation to such programmes, of the absence of political bodies (including democratically elected bodies) with a sufficiently wide- ranging remit to implement them; calls insteadcalls for closer coordination of macroregional or natural-environment strategies at inter-governmental levelsmong the Member States, regions and municipalities concerned;
Amendment 158 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses the key role of towns and cities in achieving the economic, environmental and social EU 2020 objectives; calls for support for ideas and projects which can serve as models, on the basis of integrated local development plans, and for the upgrading of urban-rural linksfostering polycentric development and upgrading of urban-rural links in the respect of the regional strategy and taking into account the specificities of periurban areas; underlines that cross-sectoral local actions groups of public authorities, civil society and private enterprises have the knowledge and potential to develop an integrated strategy for local services, markets, employment opportunities and local solutions for social inclusion and thus have to be involved;
Amendment 172 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Rejects the use of quotas in particular for national allocations under ESF/ERDF programmes, for urban development, for the countryside or otherwise according to categorisation on the basis of population density or territorial functioncognises that the national allocation for ESF can only be examined ex-post; might consider to review this approach for future programming; also regards as questionable the requirement to specify already at operational programme level which urban and other areas are to be eligible for support, and calls for the Member States and regions to be allowed to organise competitive selection procedures in this respect as well;
Amendment 187 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Amendment 191 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Emphasises that support from the Cohesion Fund and the Structural Funds must be more strongly oriented towards the educational and socio-political challenges of the EU 2020 strategy; takes the view, however, that across-the-board ‘Europeanisation’ of the relevant policy areas would be a doomed endeavour purely on financial grounds; calls, therefore, for the further development of approaches that could serve as models, while retaining existing national and regional competences including social inclusion and accessibility of goods and services; asks Member States to use the potentials and synergies of structural funds in order to realise the reforms that are necessary to meet the goals of the EU 2020 strategy;
Amendment 209 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Sees scope under the Structural Funds for specifically supporting investment in energy infrastructureIs convinced that the energy share in the next period of cohesion policy programming should increase; believes that new and renewable energy technologies, energy efficiency and energy saving policies should remain key priorities of Cohesion policy interventions; Sees scope under the Structural Funds for specifically supporting investment in energy infrastructure in order to allow for integration of renewable energies and the establishing of decentralised, smart energy grids, although such support must be available only in regions where political or geographical constraints significantly hamper the ability of the market to meet energy-supply needs; calls, too, for support from the Structural Funds to be made contingent in all cases on the adoption of a commercial approach and of compliance with the principle of multi- level governance;
Amendment 215 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Emphasises that the trans-European transport networks play a decisive role in European regional cohesidevelopment as long and that development of TEN infrastructure and designated E-roads must therefore be stepped up and access to them improved, especially in border regions; suggests that ‘s they are coherent with the concept of sustainability and cohesion; Calls for a review of financing transport infrastructure, to be oriented towards EU targets on climate change, oil dependency and accidents reduction, environmental protection legislation and a ceiling for road infrastructure’ to be accorded more importance as a category of project eligible for support infixed at a maximum of 20% of total co-funding for transport infrastructure; Emphasises to focus on existing and cross-border rail connections with the third objective of European Territorial Cooperationpriority for new Member States;
Amendment 229 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Emphasises that the core components of the EU 2020 strategy (innovation, education and training, energy, environmentsustainable development, energy, environment, climate protection, employment, competitiveness, skills and combating poverty) are already integral to cohesion and structural policy; takes the view that the EU 2020 challenges can be integrated very easily into the system of three objectives (Convergence, Regional Competitiveness and Employment, and European Territorial Cooperation), which has proved its effectiveness;
Amendment 235 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Takes the view that the development of basic infrastructure and support for conventional forms of energy should also be regarded as compatible with EU 2020, because only when they have competitive transport, energy and communications networks and waste-disposal infrastructure will the convergence regions be in a position Underlines the urgent need to modernise and upgrade the European energy infrastructure, to develop smart grids and build interconnections which are necessary for realising the internal energy market, enhancing security of supply, and to meet energy and climate targets; takes the view that substantial investments could be needed in this field and the Cohesion policy funding is an appropriate to contribute matching these needs; recalls the need to accurately ascertain infrastructure requirements and avoid lock-in to surplus capacity by taking the cost-effective energy efficiency potential fully into accountribute to achieving the EU 2020 objectives – and that is precisely why the weaker and neediest regions must be given some leeway to interpret those ob; emphasises the need to maximise the impact of European funding and the opportunity offered by innovative financial instruments to funding key European priority clean energy infrastructure projectives;
Amendment 242 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Takes the view that GDP must be retained as the key criterion in theshould remain one of the main criteria for determining the eligibility for regional policy assistance but has to be complemented by other indicators for identification of the most vulnerable regions; emphasises that GDP alone does not have the capacity to provide a comprehensive picture of regional development disregarding relevant social factors such as income disparities and unemployment; suggests to retain the threshold for definition of areas eligible for maximum support (those with GDP/PE below 75% of the EU average) and, where appropriate, cohesion countries (GDP/PE below 90% of the; proposes a modulation between 50% and 75% of co-financing from EU-funds according to the region's distance to EU average); points out that the competent national authorities must continue to have scope for the use of additional indicators at the relevant decision-making levels;
Amendment 262 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls for a dependable and appropriate phasing-out arrangement for areas formerly eligible for maximum support under the Convergence objective (convergence regions); and also an phasing-in for regions particularly affected by economic crises and other social-economic problems like demographic change; therefore supports the Commission's proposal for an intermediate category of eligibility above 75% of the EU average of GDP and below that average; Underlines the necessity of a differentiated approach within this category concerning the co- financing rate and the number of spending priorities which have to be fulfilled; Underlines the character of the intermediate region as transitional arrangement and calls on the Commission to ensure a degressive approach for all regions within this category taking also into account the necessity of complementing GDP by social criteria to provide information about the real socio- economic situation;
Amendment 269 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls for Objective 2 (Regional Competitiveness and Employment), which is based on a cross-cutting approach, to be upgradedsupports the proposal of the Commission for intervention of structural funds in “more developed regions”, the former Objective 2 (Regional Competitiveness and Employment), which is based on a cross-cutting approach to achieve results on a limited number of EU priorities, such as support for SMEs, green innovations, climate mitigation, local economies, access to labour market, education and training, social inclusion including active integration policy, access to services of general interest, biodiversity and green infrastructure, sustainable mobility, energy efficiency, renewable energies and energy supply including smart, decentralised energy infrastructure, resource efficiency (in particular waste and water), cultural heritage and diversity; stresses that the proven system of innovation clusters for transformation towards a sustainable economy and competition for funding needs to be developed further;
Amendment 276 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Calls to ensure that more developed regions are able to modernise their social and economic capital and to address specific pockets of deprivation and of lack of economic development;
Amendment 278 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
Amendment 289 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Takes the unequivocal view that efforts under Objective 3 (European Territorial Cooperation) represent the strongest European added-value and thus need to be stepped up at all EU internal borders and at all three levels of such cooperation (cross-border, inter- regional and trans- national) and calls for the relevant share of the Structural Funds to be increased to 7%; stresses the importance of the border regions for the in terms of achievement of the EU 2020 objectives; considers there is a need for closer linkage with the TEN networks – in line wigration of the European Union and strengthening of cohesion beyond national borders; stresses the importance of the closures of gaps in sustainable modes of infrastructure for the achievement of the European priorities – and with cross- border infrastructure, and calls for aU 2020 goals; calls for a co-financing rate of all funds in all programmes which is by 10 percentage points higher as promotional bonus for territorial corrhespionding increase in funding for all border regions due to additional costs of complex decision-making procedures for multi- lateral projects; stresses the added-value of EGTCs and supports their development;
Amendment 308 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls for the ESF, as a component of cohesion policy, to continue to foster social integration, economic growth and employment; regards the ESF as the Union's most important labour-market and employment-policy tool; attaches particular importance to developing skills and mobility, enhancing equality of opportunity between the sexes, integrating people who are disadvantaged and supporting SME to remain under the umbrella of cohesion policy; indicates its special role as most important instrument for labour-market and employment policies and for social cohesion of all regions, especially due to its contribution to social integration and promotion of employment, education, training and life long learning, transformation towards sustainable economies and combating poverty; underlines that this can not be achieved by public authorities alone, but that especially non-public actors including companies of the social economy play a central role in the report on social integration; asks for a greater account of a territorial approach in order to increase effectiveness and visibility of its interventions;
Amendment 319 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Draws attention to the synergies achievable through integrated approaches, notably linking the ESF and the ERDF, and calls for the option of cross-financing between these funds – specifically with a view to place-based integrated development planning – to be facilitated;
Amendment 334 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Suggests, in this context, that reintegration of the regionally oriented EAFRD (Axes 3 and 4) programmes be considered, and calls for binding targets to be set for the Member States and the regions in order to establish more standardised arrangements for administering the EU Structural Funds and the regionally oriented rural development programmes;
Amendment 352 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Welcomes the objectives of the development and investment partnership contracts between the EU and the Member States, which the Commission is proposing in place of the strategic framework plans previously prepared for individual Member States; calls for investment priorities geared to the implementation of the EU 2020 strategy and the achievement of other cohesion policy and structural policy objectives to be set at this stage; considers that the allocation of responsibilities between the various levels involved needs to be clarified, and calls for national and/or regional and local competences to be retained in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity; calls for a clear commitment for an appropriate involvement of partners in the development and investment contracts;
Amendment 357 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Calls for the mandatory involvement of federal Länder and regionregional and local authorities in drawing up development partnerships and operational programmes; considers it essential to make appropriate provision for this in the regulations governing the Structural Funds; underlines the necessity of participation of regional and local authorities through a detailed and legally binding definition of the partnership principle including specific criteria to guarantee that partners can effectively participate in all stages of programming; points out that regional and local authorities and not only the central government must be included in the Development and Investment Contracts (DIC); considers that only the agreement of all partners concerned provide the DIC a broad and sustainable basis;
Amendment 377 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Calls, in the event that binding priorities are set for all Member States, for these to cover innovation, infrastructure and resource management and transformation towards a sustainable economy, sustainable and climate- resilient infrastructure and climate protection, resource management and biodiversity, climate protection and energy efficiency and to be tailored in each case to regions'’ specific needs; stresses that it must be possible to suggest and pursue additional priorities on a voluntary basis and in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity; calls for suggested priority areas to include energy, education and training, and combating poverty;
Amendment 385 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Calls for delays in launching programmes to be avoided and for decision-making and evaluation processes to be expedited as a matter of course; calls, too, for the technical equipment, capacity building measures, guidance and simple and innovative forms available to the relevant administrative authorities including interlocutory bodies to be improved and for them to be more closely networked, for disclosure requirements to be reduced, and for a significant shortening of deadlines for putting the necessary expert reports out to tender and for their delivery; underlines the impact of successful partnership for reducing red tape of beneficiaries and that this should go hand in hand with training and empowering of “actors of change”; in this context underlines the importance of exchange of best practise among the regions;
Amendment 405 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)
Paragraph 37 a (new)
37a. Stresses that gender responsive budgeting will make EU spending more effective; invites the European Commission to propose a procedure for introducing gender budgeting methods in the design and management of structural fund programmes beyond 2013 and to increase the gender competence of administrations on all relevant levels by promoting capacity building;
Amendment 411 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Welcomes the Commission's proposal for a stronger focus on results, to be achieved through the ex-ante establishment of appropriate objectives and indicators; stresses that such indicators must be few in number, that they must all be clearly defined, measurable and related directly to the impact of the funding, and that they should be established by agreement with the regions/Member States; recommends to improve project selection while building on experience gained in the regions/Member States also by introducing support tools such as NECATER that was developed by the French government and aims at reducing carbon emissions of projects and improving local and regional carbon accounting;
Amendment 415 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)
Paragraph 38 a (new)
Amendment 418 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Calls for the indicators to concentrate on areas of impact with European added value (increases in productivity, research, transport services, regional growth and relevant environmental improvements); calls for quantitative targets to be eschewed when measuring progress in areas where responsibility rests largely with national authorities (i.e. on educational standards, poverty thresholds and integration)taking also into account the monitoring progress for EU 2020; calls for quantitative targets to be calculated cautiously and as potential contribution to achieve quantifiable targets based on the financial contribution by structural funds and for assessment, instead, of projects' potential as models and of the degree of innovation they display;
Amendment 428 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Regards co-financing as one of the basic principles of cohesion policy; calls for a review of the percentage ceiling for EU funding – which should take more account of regional development levels, European added value and the types of measure funded and should be raised or lowered accordinglin a differentiated way;
Amendment 435 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Considers that the maximum level of support must not exceed 75%, otherwise applications will be driven less by the case for the projects than by the prospect of the funding they can attract; calls for it to be made easier for regions to use private co- financing and market-oriented credit options to cover their share of project financingSupports the Commission in its proposals to lower the co-financing rate; Considers that the maximum level of support must not exceed 75%, as it contributes to a thorough examination and better performance of projects; considers the opening of different options for co-financing desirable;
Amendment 441 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41 a (new)
Paragraph 41 a (new)
41a. Supports the proposal of the Commissions to establish a performance reserve, which is to be spent on achieving particular results on the agreed priorities in the development and investment contract (DIC) calculated as potential contribution to achieve quantifiable results which are linked to EU targets; after approval in the midterm review the Commission will evaluate and reward the money to all those regions who have well met the targets as fixed in the OPs or even overachieved the priorities foreseen in the OPs; underlines that the DIC needs to define a correction mechanism in case of unexpected crisis which might impede to meet the targets;
Amendment 448 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
42. Calls, in the case of direct subsidies to undertakings, for it to be recognised that cohesion policy funding, rather than influencing decisions by companies – and particularly bigger companies – to open a plant in a given location, tends to be pocketed by companies which have already taken such decisions (deadweight effect), and calls, therefore, for support for undertakings to focus on investment in research and development or for it to be provided, in more cases, indirectly through infrastructure financing; also calls for clear provisions to be included in the general regulation governing the Structural Funds ruling out EU support for the relocation of undertakings within the Union also by fixing the durability of operations at 10 years, and for a substantial lowering of the threshold for review of relocation investments including the exclusion of large enterprises from direct subsidies;
Amendment 455 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
43. Recognises the leverage effect of new financial instruments and their potential to mobilise investment, supports increased financing from credit in principle, and calls for the use of revolving financial instruments to be extended to morthose areas eligible for funding (including research and infrastructure)which prove to be appropriate; calls for procedures to be simplified to that end and for a greater degree of legal certainty throughout the entire funding period; takes the view that at the end of a funding period, at the latest, responsibility for how the funds are spent should transfer to national level or project level;
Amendment 465 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
Paragraph 45
45. Considers that the EIB must assume a stronger role in the financing of TEN infrastructure; calls for more emphasis to be placed on self-suppclimate friendly sustainable European transport systems infrastructure; calls for more caution when calculating the value-for- money for the public sectort ing public- private partnerships and to ensure democratic scrutiny; considers, as a matter of principle, that the European Parliament has a major responsibility in this regard for ensuring transparency including transparency on public budgetary burdens, and in relation to decision- making and supervision;
Amendment 480 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48
Paragraph 48
48. Emphasises, nonetheless, that the EU budget as currently structured, underpinned by the regulations governing the various funds, has proved effective in the implementation of cohesion and structural policy in particular,taking into account the proposals of the Commission for harmonisation of rules for all funds available for regional development; underlines that this should not increase the burden for beneficiaries, particularly not for those, who have a small structure and limited capacity; calls on the Commission to keep the specific character of the different structural funds and changes should therefore be made only where procedures have not worked or where the arrangements are at odds with the Financial Regulation; calls for the utmost caution to be exercised when making even the most minor adjustment to established, tried and tested structures;
Amendment 487 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50
Paragraph 50
50. Regards post-2013 cohesion and structural policy as the decisivone policy arena for cross-sectoral implementation of the EU 2020 strategy ; strategy and therefore calls for it to be treated at least as generously in budgetary terms it has been as in the current planning periodthat a successful and strengthened cohesion policy needs that the amounts allocated to it in the budget year 2013 should be at least maintained during the next financial programming period; reiterates, in this context, its strong request to ensure that, in the next MFF, the unspent or decommitted resources of cohesion funds remain in the cohesion budget and not be returned to the Member States;
Amendment 500 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51
Paragraph 51
51. Calls, in respect of Member States that are falling significantly short of the EU stability criteria requirements and also have a poor record on the use of monies from thehave a poor record on the use of monies from the Structural Funds or that violated EU law in implementation of Structural Funds, for a proposal for the automatic application of more stringent rules in order to monitor the use of such monies in accordance with the law and the relevant objectives;
Amendment 514 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53
Paragraph 53
53. Envisages that the Commission will, in future, have a greater responsibility for the improvement of national administrative procedures; takes the view, therefore, that it will be incumbent on the Commission to implement accreditation procedures for national or federal-state administrative and auditing bodies; envisages linkage between, on the one hand, successful accreditation and a reduction in the error rate and, on the other, entitlement to simplified and less frequent reporting; proposes in order to prevent mismanagement of structural funds that the effective functioning of the management and control systems should be verified and in return the number of on-the-spot audits by the Commission be increased; recommends to introduce a "Cohesion Ombuds Centre" by the Commission for an additional source of information on both best practice and possible misuse of funds;
Amendment 554 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57
Paragraph 57
57. Emphasises the importance in terms of cohesion policy of the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (ENPI) promoting cross-border cooperation with states outside the EU; sees infrastructure (transport and energy) links with neighbouring countries as having particularly positive effects on the European border regions; calls for ENPI funding to focus more closely on strategic needs in relation to energy and to transport infrastructure; underlines the role that macroregions can play in this context;
Amendment 561 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 60
Paragraph 60
Amendment 3 #
2011/2019(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that the indisputable added value of European cohesion policy offers the best means of creating jobs and promoting economic growth and sustainable development; stresses the fact that programmes that started after 2007 require higher payment appropriations, and that this need must be reflected accordingly in the EU Budget for 2012;
Amendment 11 #
2011/2019(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Considers that pilot projects contribute to innovation in regional development and hopes that the capacity to implement such projects will be stepped up;
Amendment 20 #
2011/0459(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Statistics developed, produced and disseminated under this programme should be available promptly and should contribute to the implementation of the policies of the European Union, as reflected in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the Europe 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and other policies addressed in the Commission’'s strategic priorities for 2010-2014 (i.e. strengthened and integrated economic governance, climate change, reformed agricultural policy, growth and social cohesion, people’'s Europe and globalisation) and should be fostered through actions financed under this programme where the European Union can bring a clear added value. The necessity for a prompt availability of statistics is specifically crucial in relation to the indicators underpinning the EU2020 objectives, since even until now certain data on these indicators for the year 2010 are still not available.
Amendment 30 #
2011/0459(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall, after consulting the European Statistical System Committee, submit an intermediate progress report, specifically pointing out the progress made towards the production and provision of more reliable statistics on public debt to the European Parliament and the Council no later than June 2015.
Amendment 129 #
2011/0436(APP)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) A horizontal dimension of the Programme shouldall ensure the valorisation and transferability of results for enhanced impact and long-term sustainability. For this purpose, activities launched should have a clear link to the European political agenda, and be communicated appropriatelyall actions, debates and projects of citizens, that have a clear link to the European political agenda, enhance participation of citizens in Union decision-making and promote a culture of civic participation. Furthermore, it is of utmost importance to foster actions aiming at reinforcing the intercultural dialogue, respecting the cultural and linguistic diversity, as in the UNESCO Convention of 2005 on the protection and promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions.
Amendment 167 #
2011/0436(APP)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) ‘Remembrance and European citizenship’raising a sense of common history and belonging, promoting peace, common values and the well being of its peoples together with the respect of its cultural and linguistic diversity, by stimulating debates, reflection, networking, societal projects, aiming at bringing together people from local communities across Europe to share and exchange experiences
Amendment 234 #
2011/0436(APP)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – part 1 – section 1 – paragraph 2
Annex – part 1 – section 1 – paragraph 2
Amendment 34 #
2011/0430(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Directive 2003/98/EC does not contain an obligation to allow re-use of documents. This state of affairs should be reviewed. As the Directive currently stands, the decision whether or not to authorise re-use remains with the Member States or the public sector body concerned. At the same time, the Directive builds on national rules on access to documents. Some Member States have expressly linked the right of re- use to this right of access, so that all generally accessible documents are re- usable. In other Member States, the link between the two sets of rules is less clear and this is a source of legal uncertainty. The directive should promote harmonisation of practices so that access to documents and authorisation to re-use them become the rule and are reflected in the establishment of open data projects.
Amendment 35 #
2011/0430(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) While Directive 2003/98/EC cannot compel Member States to digitise existing analogue content, the publication of public data in digital form should become the rule.
Amendment 37 #
2011/0430(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Directive 2003/98/EC should therefore lay down a clear obligation for Member States to make all generally available documents re-usable. As it constitutes a limitation to the intellectual property rights hold by the authors of the documents, the scope of such a link between the right of access and the right of use should be narrowed to what is strictly necessary to reach the objectives pursued by its introduction. In this respect, taking into account the Union legislation and Member States' and Union's international obligations, notably under the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works and the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (the TRIPS Agreement), documents on which third parties hold intellectual property rights should be excluded from the scope of Directive 2003/98/EC. If a third party was the initial owner of a document held by libraries (including university libraries), museums and archives that is still protected by intellectual property rights, that document should, for the purpose of this Directive, be considered as a document for which third parties hold intellectual property rights.
Amendment 38 #
2011/0430(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) Re-use of documents should respect the intellectual property rights of the authors of the documents. Taking into account the legislation of the Union and the Member States and the Union's international obligations, notably under the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works and the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (the TRIPS Agreement), documents on which third parties hold intellectual property rights should be excluded from the scope of Directive 2003/98/EC. If a third party was the initial owner of a document held by libraries (including university libraries), museums and archives that is still protected by intellectual property rights, that document should, for the purpose of this Directive, be considered as a document for which third parties hold intellectual property rights.
Amendment 54 #
2011/0430(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 4 – point 2
Article 1 – point 4 – point 2
Directive 2003/98/EC
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Article 4 – paragraph 4
(2) At the end of paragraph 4, the following wording is added: ‘TParagraph 4 is replaced by the following: ‘4. Any negative decision shall contain a reference to the means of redress in case the applicant wishes to appeal the decision. In each Member State, the means of redress shall include the possibility of review by an independent authority that is vested with specific regulatory powers regarding the re-use of public sector information and whose decisions are binding upon the public sector body concerned.’
Amendment 58 #
2011/0430(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 8 – point 1
Article 1 – point 8 – point 1
Directive 2003/98/EC
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. Public sector bodies may allow re-use without conditions orWhile the rule regarding re-use should be that it is unconditionally permitted, public sector bodies may impose conditions, such as indication of source, where appropriate throughunder the terms of a licence. These conditions shall cannot unnecessarily restrict possibilities for re-use and shall notor be used to restrict competition.
Amendment 16 #
2011/0405(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Under the European Neighbourhood Policy, the Union offers Neighbourhood countries a privileged relationship, building upon a mutual commitment to and promotion of the values of democracy and human rights, minority rights, the rule of law, good governance and the principles of market economy and sustainable development.
Amendment 24 #
2011/0405(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) promoting human rights, minority rights and fundamental freedoms, the rule of law, principles of equality, establishing deep and sustainable democracy, promoting good governance and developing a thriving civil society including social partners;
Amendment 38 #
2011/0405(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point g a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) contributions to transnational programmes established as part of a macro-regional strategy enlarged to include European Neighbourhood Policy partner countries and/or the Russian Federation.
Amendment 51 #
2011/0405(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17
Article 17
Without prejudice to the provisions on the suspension of aid in partnership and cooperation agreements and association agreements with partner countries and regions, where a partner country fails to observe the principles of democracy, the rule of law and respect for human rights, minority rights and fundamental freedoms, the Union shall invite the country concerned to hold consultations in view of finding a solution acceptable to both parties, except in cases of special urgency. Where consultation with the country concerned does not lead to a solution acceptable to both parties, or if consultations are refused or in case of special urgency, the Council may take appropriate measures in accordance with Article 215(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, which may include full or partial suspension of Union support.
Amendment 22 #
2011/0404(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – indent 1
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – indent 1
– Progress in the areas of democracy, the rule of law, the respect of human rights and fundamental freedoms and of minority rights, the justice system and the level of administrative capacity;
Amendment 29 #
2011/0404(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Where appropriate, the IPA may contribute to programmes or measures which are introduced as part of a macro- regional strategy and in which IPA beneficiary countries are involved.
Amendment 414 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – point e – introductory part
Article 5 – point e – introductory part
(e) To improve the teaching and learning of languages and, including co-official, regional and minority languages, with a view to promoteing linguistic diversity;
Amendment 515 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – point d
Article 10 – point d
d) support for literary translation into all EU languages, whether or not they have official status in the Member States;
Amendment 19 #
2011/0363(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
Amendment 20 #
2011/0363(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 b (new)
Recital 6 b (new)
(6b) The conclusions of the fact-finding mission of the Committee on Budgetary Control to Lithuania from 10 to 12 July 2012 which express support to the Commission proposal, on the basis of which additional EUR 230 million could be made available from 2014 to 2017 for the Ignalina Programme but also a statement on the fact that at that stage EU financial assistance should end and that any funding under the new Multiannual Financial Framework should be put in reserve until such times when the conditionality, as outlined in this Regulation, is met, and the effective use of the money can be guaranteed.
Amendment 22 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) In its resolution of 8 June 2011 on Investing in the future: a new Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for a competitive, sustainable and inclusive Europe1, the European Parliament recalled that cohesion policy has an increased importance with the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon and with the anchorage of territorial cohesion therein, took the view, in this context, that all forms of territorial cooperation (cross-border, transnational, interregional) must be strengthened; underlined that macro-regional cooperation and strategies should also be addressed; _____________ 1 Texts adopted, P7_TA(2011)0266.
Amendment 23 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 b (new)
Recital 2 b (new)
(2b) In its resolution of 8 June 2011 on Investing in the future: a new Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for a competitive, sustainable and inclusive Europe, the European Parliament recalled that the EU cohesion policy has its own mission and objectives set out in Article 174 of TFEU that goes beyond the Europe 2020 strategy; stressed that those should be preserved in the next programming period, especially given the enduring need for economic, social and territorial convergence in the Union;
Amendment 24 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 c (new)
Recital 2 c (new)
(2c) In its resolution of 8 June 2011 on Investing in the future: a new Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for a competitive, sustainable and inclusive Europe, the European Parliament recognized that according to the Treaty particular attention should be paid to rural areas, areas affected by industrial transition, and regions suffering from severe and permanent natural or demographic handicaps such as the northernmost regions with very low population density, islands, cross-border and mountain regions, as well as outermost regions.
Amendment 25 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 d (new)
Recital 2 d (new)
(2d) In its resolution of 8 June 2011 on Investing in the future: a new Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for a competitive, sustainable and inclusive Europe, the European Parliament called on the Commission to establish an intermediary category for regions whose GDP per capita stands at between 75 % and 90 % of EU GDP, in order to provide them with a clearer status and more security in their development.
Amendment 26 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) The objectives of the CSF Funds should be pursued in the framework of sustainable development and the Union's promotion of the aim of protecting and improving the environment as set out in Article 11 and 19 of the Treaty, taking into account the polluter pays principle and minimising future external costs. The Member States should provide information on the support for climate change objectives in line with the ambition to devote at least 20% of the Union budget to this end, using a methodology adopted by the Commission by implementing act.
Amendment 28 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The Commission should adopt by delegated act a Common Strategic Framework whichon Strategic Framework which is laid down in the Annex X of this regulation translates the objectives of the Union into key actions for the CSF Funds, in order to provide clearer strategic direction to the programming process at the level of Member States and regions. The Common Strategic Framework should facilitate sectoral and territorial coordination of Union intervention under the CSF Funds and with other relevant Union policies and instruments.
Amendment 30 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) On the basis of the Common Strategic Framework adopted by the Commiss, laid down in the Annex X of this Regulation, each Member State should prepare, in cooperation with its partners and in dialogue with the Commission, a Partnership Contract. The Partnership Contract should translate the elements set out in the Common Strategic Framework into the national context and set out firm commitments to the achievement of Union objectives through the programming of the CSF Funds.
Amendment 31 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) Member States should concentrate support to ensure a significant contribution to the achievement of Union objectives in line with their specific national and regional development needs. Ex needs for sustainable development. Relevant ex-ante conditionalities should be defined to ensure that the necessary framework conditions for the effective use of Union support are in place. The fulfilment of those ex ante conditionalities should be assessed by the Commission in the framework of its assessment of the Partnership Contract and programmes. In cases where there is a failure to fulfil an ex ante conditionality, the Commission should have the power to suspend payments to the programme.
Amendment 34 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
Amendment 35 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21 a (new)
Recital 21 a (new)
(21a) In order to better mobilise potential at a local level, it is necessary to strengthen and facilitate community-led local development by laying down common rules and close coordination for all CSF Funds. Responsibility for the implementation of local development strategies should be given to local action groups, including existing LEADER- groups, representing the interests of the community, as an essential principle.
Amendment 48 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 8 – paragraph 1
Part 2 – article 8 – paragraph 1
The objectives of the CSF Funds shall be pursued in the framework of sustainable development and the Union's promotion of the aim of protecting and improving the environment, as set out in Article 11 of the Treaty, taking into account the polluter pays principle and minimising future external costs for the European society.
Amendment 49 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 4
(4) supporting the shift towards a low- carbonclimate- compatible, energy-saving economy in all sectors ;
Amendment 50 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 6
(6) protecting the environment and, biodiversity and ecosystems, promoting resource efficiency; and cultural resources.
Amendment 53 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 12 – paragraph 1
Part 2 – article 12 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall be empowered to adopt a delegated act in accordance with Article 142 on the Common Strategic Framework within 3 months of the adoptionon Strategic Framework is laid down in Annex X of this Regulation.
Amendment 63 #
Amendment 64 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 51 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point f
Part 2 – article 51 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point f
(f) actions to disseminate information, support networking, carry out communication activities, raise awareness and promote cooperation and exchange of experience, including civil society organisations, including with third countries. To bring about greater 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 the corporate communication of the political priorities of the European Union as far as they are related to the general objectives of this Regulation;
Amendment 72 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 82 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Part 3 – article 82 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The three categories of regions are determined on the basis of how their GDP per capita, measured in purchasing power parities and calculated on the basis of Union figures for the period 2006 to 2008the latest available three-year period of Union figures, relates to the average GDP of the EU-27 for the same reference period.
Amendment 74 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 82 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Part 3 – article 82 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
The Cohesion Fund shall support those Member States whose gross national income (GNI) per capita, measured in purchasing power parities and calculated on the basis of Union figures for the period 2007 to 2009the latest three-year period Union figures, is less than 90 % of the average GNI per capita of the EU-27 for the same reference period.
Amendment 171 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Article 174 of the Treaty provides that, in order to strengthen its economic, social and territorial cohesion, the Union shall aim at reducing disparities between the levels of development of the various regions and the backwardness of the least favoured regions or islands, particular attention shall be paid to rural areas, areas affected by industrial transition, and regions which suffer from severe and permanent natural or demographic handicaps such as the northernmost regions with very low population density and island, cross- border and mountain regions.. Article 175 of the Treaty requires that the Union would support the achievement of these objectives by action it takes through the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guidance Section, the European Social Fund, the European Regional Development Fund, the European Investment Bank and other instruments.
Amendment 182 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) For the Partnership Contract and each programme respectively, a Member State should organise a partnership with the representatives of competent regional, local, urban and other public authorities, economic and social partners, and bodies representing civil society, including environmental partners, non-governmental organisations, and bodies responsible for promoting gender equality and non- discrimination. The purpose of such a partnership is to respect the principle of multi-level governance, ensure the ownership of planned interventions by stakeholders and build on the experience and know-how of relevant actors, as well as non- governmental organisations promoting social inclusion and organisations active in the areas of culture, education and youth policy. Specific attention should be paid to groups that might be affected by the programmes and may have difficulties to influence them. The cooperation with the partners should follow the best practices. Each Member State should ensure an adequate level of technical assistance in order to facilitate their involvement and participation in all stages of the programming process. The purpose of such a partnership is to respect the principle of multi-level governance, ensure the ownership of planned interventions by stakeholders and build on the experience and know-how of relevant actors. Therefore the partners should represent the different territorial levels in accordance with the institutional structure of the Member States. The partners should select and appoint their members representing them in the monitoring committee. The Commission should be empowered to adopt delegated acts providing for a code of conduct in order to ensure that partners are involved in the preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of Partnership Contracts and programmes in a consistent manner.
Amendment 194 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) In the context of its effort to increase economic, territorial and social cohesion, the Union shouldall, at all stages of implementation of the CSF Funds, aim at eliminating inequalities and promoting equality between men and women, as well as combating discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation in form of a twofold approach, both through systematic integration of gender aspects into all stages of the programming and the implementation process and through additional specific actions. Methods of Gender-budgeting assessment should be used to include the horizontal principal of gender equality in the preparation and implementation of programmes of all Funds.
Amendment 197 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) In the context of its effort to increase economic, territorial and social cohesion, the Union should, at all stages of implementation of the CSF Funds, aim at eliminating inequalities and promoting equality between men and women, taking into account the EU gender equality strategy1, the pact for gender equality2 and implementation acts and further policies at Union, national and regional level implementing Article 8 of the Treaty, as well as combating discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, age or sexual orientation, and disability, in particular taking into account the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities which is in force since 3 May 2008 and EU policies to implement the UN Convention. _________ 1 COM(2010)0491 final. 2 European Pact for Gender Equality (2011-2020) adopted by the Council on 7 March 2011.
Amendment 202 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) The objectives of the CSF Funds should be pursued in the framework of sustainable development and the Union's promotion of the aim of protecting and improving the environment as set out in Article 11 and 19 of the Treaty, taking into account the polluter pays principle and minimising future external costs. The Member States should provide information on the support for climate change objectives in line with the ambition to devote at least 20% of the Union budget to this end, using a methodology adopted by the Commission by implementing act.
Amendment 205 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) In order to achieve the targets and objectives of the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, the CSF Funds should focus their support on a limited number of common thematic objectives. The precise scope of each of the CSF Funds shouldall be set out in Funds- specific rules and may be limited to only some of the thematic objectives defined in this Regulation.
Amendment 208 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The Commission should adopt by delegated act a Common Strategic Framework which translates the objectives of the Union into key actions for the CSF Funds, in order to provide clearer strategic direction to the programming process at the level of Member States and regionsa Common Strategic Framework contains a non-exhaustive menu of recommended actions supported by each CSF Fund for the funding period 2014-2020, which helps Member States to achieve the objectives of the Union, to ensure coherence and consistency of programming under the CSF Funds with the economic and employment policies of the Member States and the Union, while acknowledging the different needs of regions ensuring the necessary flexibility for their development. The Common Strategic Framework should facilitate sectoral and territorial and coordination of Union intervention under the CSF Funds and, including multifund-approaches and integrated territorial approaches, and coordination with other relevant Union policies and instruments.
Amendment 212 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
Amendment 219 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) On the basis of the Common Strategic Framework adopted by the Commission, eEach Member State should prepare, in cooperation with its partners referred to in Article 5 of this Regulation, and in dialogue with the Commission, a Partnership Contract. The Partnership Contract should translate thecontain selected elements set out in the Common Strategic Framework and put them into the national context and set out firm commitments to the achievement of Union objectives through the programming of the CSF Funds.
Amendment 225 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) Member States should concentrate support to ensure a significant contribution to the achievement of Union objectives in line with their specific national and regional development needs. Ex needs for sustainable development. Relevant ex-ante conditionalities should be defined to ensure that the necessary framework conditions for the effective use of Union support are in place. The fulfilment of those ex ante conditionalities should be assessed by the Commission in the framework of its assessment of the Partnership Contract and programmes. In cases where there is a failure to fulfil an ex ante conditionality, the Commission should have the power to suspend payments to the programme.
Amendment 230 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) A performance framework should be defined for each programme with a view to monitoring progress towards the objectives and targets set for each programme over the course of the programming period. The Commission should undertake a performance review in cooperation with the Member States in 2017 and 2019. A performance reserve should be foreseen and allocated in 2019 where milestones set in the performance framework have been attained. Due to their diversity and multi- country character,The Commission shall allocate to each Member State there should be noare of its performance reserve for ‘European Territorial Cooperation’ programmes. In cases where the shortfall in the achievement of milestones othat corresponds to the share of successful programmes in the total allocation of the Member Stargets is significant, the Commission should be able to suspend payments to the programme or, at the end of the programming period, apply financial corrections, in order to ensure that the Union budget is not used in a wasteful or inefficient wayte. Thereby, the Commission shall take duly into account whether unforeseeable external factors on which the concerned programme could not take influence have caused failures to attain milestones. The Member States shall attribute the performance reserve equally to all programmes having attained their milestones. Due to their diversity and multi-country character, there should be no performance reserve for 'European Territorial Cooperation' programmes.
Amendment 236 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
Amendment 246 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) Territorial cohesion has been added to the goals ofis the main instrument to achieve economic and social cohesion as provided for by the Treaty, and it is necessary to address the role of cities, urban areas, functional geographies and sub-regional areas facing specific geographical or demographic problems. To this end, to better mobilise potential at a local level, it is necessary to strengthen and facilitate community-led local development by laying down common rules and close coordination for all CSF Funds. Responsibility for thherefore, the integrated territorial approach as laid down in article 99 of this regulation should be the main tool to achieve a successful sustainable development of such areas and to promote iempleoymentation of l, social development strategies should be given to local action groups representing the interests of the community, as an essential principleinclusion and prosperity of citizens living in those areas.
Amendment 249 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21 a (new)
Recital 21 a (new)
(21 a) In order to better mobilise potential at a local level, it is necessary to strengthen and facilitate community-led local development by laying down common rules and close coordination for all CSF Funds. Responsibility for the implementation of local development strategies should be given to local action groups, including existing LEADER- groups, representing the interests of the community, as an essential principle.
Amendment 254 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) Financial instruments supported by the CSF Funds should be used to address specific market needs in a cost effective way, in accordance with the objectives of the programmes, and should not crowd out private financing. The decision to finance support measures through financial instruments should be determined therefore on the basis of an ex ante analysis and be subject to democratic scrutiny at the appropriate level.
Amendment 265 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
Recital 33
(33) In order to improve the quality and design of each programme, and verify that objectives and targets can be reached, an ex ante evaluation of each programme should be carried out. For each programme, the ex-ante evaluation should include an evaluation of the horizontal principles relating to compliance with Union and national law, promotion of equality between men and women and non-discrimination, and sustainable development, as defined in this Regulation.
Amendment 267 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36
Recital 36
(36) It is useful to specify the types of action that may be undertaken at the initiative of the Commission and of the Member States as technical assistance with support from the CSF Funds. Member States should ensure that an adequate level of technical assistance is allocated to the partners referred to in Article 5 in order to facilitate their involvement and participation in the preparation and implementation of the Partnership Contracts and in the whole programming process. Technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission should support thematic umbrella organizations, non-governmental organizations, social and economic partners and networks and associations representing local, urban and regional authorities working at EU-level on cohesion policy.
Amendment 293 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 55 a (new)
Recital 55 a (new)
(55 a) The modulation of the co-financing rate from the Funds to a priority axis shall take into account the coverage of areas with severe and permanent natural or demographic handicaps, of island Member States eligible under the Cohesion Fund and other islands except those on which the capital of a Member State is situated or which have a fixed link to the mainland, of mountainous areas as defined by the national legislation of the Member State, and of sparsely and very sparsely populated areas and other areas with severe demographic handicaps.
Amendment 294 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 55
Recital 55
(55) Objective criteria should be fixed for designating eligible regions and areas for support from the Funds. To this end, the identification of the regions and areas at Union level should be based on the common system of classification of the regions established by Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and the Council of 26 May 2003 on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) .It shall be possible to adapt this classification for specific areas such as island regions.
Amendment 316 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 61
Recital 61
(61) It is necessary to lay down additional provisions concerning the programming, management, monitoring and control of operational programmes supported by the Funds. Operational programmes should set out priority axes corresponding to thematic objectives and to the horizontal principles relating to compliance with Union and national law, promotion of equality between men and women and non- discrimination, and sustainable development, as defined in this Regulation, elaborate a consistent intervention logic to tackle the development needs identified, and set out the framework for performance assessment. They should also contain other elements necessary to underpin the effective and efficient implementation of these Funds.
Amendment 322 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 72
Recital 72
(72) With a view to strengthening accessibility and transparency of information about funding opportunities and project beneficiaries, and explaining more clearly the thinking behind the European integration process in the areas of regional development and cross- sectoral action, in each Member State a single website or website portal using clear and comprehensible language and providing information on all the operational programmes, including the lists of operations supported under each operational programme, should be made available.
Amendment 360 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 2
Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 2
(2) ‘'Common Strategic Framework’' (CSF) means the document translating the objectives and targets of the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth into key actions for the CSF Funds, establishing for each thematic objective the key actions to be supported by each CSF Fund and theAnnex to this Regulation containing a non-exhaustive menu of recommended actions supported by each CSF Fund for the funding period 2014- 2020, which help Member States to achieve the objectives and targets of the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and particularly the thematic objectives laid down in Article 9 of this Regulation. The document also contains mechanisms forthat help ensuring the coherence and consistency of the programming ofunder the CSF Funds with the economic and employment policies of the Member States and of the Union; the Union with other relevant Union policies and instruments, and coordination among the CSF Funds. In recognition of the different needs of regions and in order to ensure the necessary flexibility for regional sustainable development, the selection of actions from the proposed non-exhaustive menu of recommended actions should be the responsibility of the Member States and regions.
Amendment 361 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 4
Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 4
(4) ‘programming’ means the process of organisation, decision-making and allocation of financial resources in several stages, with the involvement of partners and in line with the multi-level governance approach in accordance with Article 5, intended to implement, on a multi- annual basis, the joint action by the Union and the Member States to achieve Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth;
Amendment 368 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 16
Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 16
(16) ‘'local development strategy’' means a coherent set of operations to meet local objectives and needs and aims at an integrated sustainable development at local level, which contributes to meeting the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and which is implemented in partnership at the appropspecific sub- regional territoriatel levels;
Amendment 373 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 18
Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 18
(18) ‘'Partnership Contract’' means the document prepared by the Member State with the involvement of partners in line with the multi-level governance approach as laid down in Article 5 of this Regulation, which sets out the Member State's strategy, priorities and arrangements for using the CSF Funds in an effective and efficient way to pursue the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth while recognizing the different needs of the regions, and guarantees the necessary flexibility for the sustainable regional development, and which is approved by the Commission following assessment and dialogue with the Member State;
Amendment 379 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 4 – paragraph 1
Part 2 – article 4 – paragraph 1
1. The CSF Funds shall provide support, through multi-annual programmes, which complements national, regional and local intervention, to deliver the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth as well as to fulfil the specific missions of the Funds pursuant to their Treaty-based objectives, taking account of the relevant Integrated Guidelines, the relevant country-specific recommendations under Article 121(2) of the Treaty and the relevant Council recommendations adopted under 148(4) of the Treaty.
Amendment 381 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 4 – paragraph 2
Part 2 – article 4 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission and the Member States shall ensure that support from the CSF Funds is consistent with the policierelevant policies including the horizontal targets and priorities of the Union and complementary to other instruments of the Union.
Amendment 385 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 4 – paragraph 4
Part 2 – article 4 – paragraph 4
4. Member States and the bodies designated by them for that purpose shall be responsible for preparing and implementing programmes and carrying out their tasks under this Regulation and the Fund-specific rules at the appropriate territorial level, in accordance with the institutional, legal and financial framework of the Member State and subject to compliance with this Regulation and the Fund-specific rules.
Amendment 387 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 4 – paragraph 5
Part 2 – article 4 – paragraph 5
5. Arrangements for the implementation and use of the CSF Funds, and in particular the financial and administrative resources required for the implementation of the CSF Funds, in relation to the reporting, evaluation, management and control shall take into account the principle of proportionality having regard to the level of support allocated and the size of the beneficiary.
Amendment 394 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 4 – paragraph 9
Part 2 – article 4 – paragraph 9
9. The Commission and the Member States shall ensure the effectiveness of the CSF Funds, in particular through monitoring, reporting and evaluation, informing the potential beneficiaries about funding opportunities and making publicly known the role and the achievements of cohesion policy.
Amendment 417 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c
Part 2 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) bodies representing civil society, including environmental partners, non- governmental organisations, and bodies responsible for promoting gender equality and non-discrimination, and non- governmental organisations promoting social inclusion and organisations active in the areas of culture, education and youth policy.
Amendment 422 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Part 2 – article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. A Member State shall include those institutions, organisations and groups in the Partnership that might influence or might be affected by the implementation of the programmes. Specific attention shall be paid to groups that might be affected by the programmes and may suffer difficulties to influence them, in particular the most vulnernable and marginalised groups.
Amendment 425 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 5 – paragraph 2
Part 2 – article 5 – paragraph 2
2. In accordance with the multi-level governance approach, the partners representing the different territorial levels in accordance with the institutional structure of the Member States shall be involved by Member States in all stages of the preparation of Partnership Contracts and progress reports and in all stages of the preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of programmes. The partners shall participate in the monitoring committees for programmes.
Amendment 433 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 5 – paragraph 3
Part 2 – article 5 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt, following comprehensive consultation of the partners referred to in paragraph 1 at Union level, delegated acts in accordance with Article 142 to provide for a European code of conduct, based on best practices, that lays down objectives and criteria to support the implementaensure the implementation of partnership during the preparation, implementation monitoring and evalution of pPartnership Contracts and programmes, and to facilitate the sharing of information, experience, results and goodbest practices among Member States.
Amendment 446 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 7 – paragraph 1
Part 2 – article 7 – paragraph 1
The Member States and the Commission shall ensure that equality between men and women and the coherent integration of the gender perspective is promoted in the preparation and implementation of programmesnto all stages of the preparation, programming and implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the CSF-Funds using methods of the gender budgeting assessment. Member States shall further allow for a balanced participation of women and men in the management and implementation of operational programmes at local, regional and national level and report on progress in this matter.
Amendment 451 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 7 – paragraph 2
Part 2 – article 7 – paragraph 2
The Member States and the Commission shall take appropriate steps to prevent any discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or, sexual orientation or gender identity during the preparation and implementation of programmes by paying particular attention to those who face multiple discriminations. The accessibility for disabled persons shall be one of the criteria to be observed in defining operations co-financed by the Funds and to be taken into account during the various implementation stages.
Amendment 461 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 8 – paragraph 1
Part 2 – article 8 – paragraph 1
The objectives of the CSF Funds shall be pursued in the framework of integrated sustainable development and the Union's promotion of the aim of protecting and improving the environment, as set out in Articles 11 and 19 of the Treaty, taking into account the polluter pays principle and minimising future external costs for the European society.
Amendment 463 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 8 – paragraph 2
Part 2 – article 8 – paragraph 2
The Member States and the Commission shall, based on existing environmental legislation, ensure that environmental protection requirements, resource efficiency, biodiversity and ecosystem protection, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and ecosystem-based disaster resilience and risk prevention and management are promoted in the preparation and implementation of Partnership Contracts and included as objectives in the programmes. Member States shall provide information on the support for climate change and biodiversity objectives using the methodology adopted by the Commission. The Commission shall adopt this methodology by means of an implementing act. The implementing act shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 143(3). Sustainability shall also be ensured in terms of maintaining and creating employment.
Amendment 480 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 4
(4) supporting the shift towards a low- carbon economy in all sectors; climate- compatible, energy-saving economy in all sectors including urban development
Amendment 484 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 5
(5) promoting ecosystem-based climate change adaptation, risk prevention and management;
Amendment 487 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 6
(6) protecting the environment and, biodiversity and ecosystems, promoting resource efficiency; and cultural resources.
Amendment 492 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 7
(7) promoting intermodal sustainable transport and mobility, while focusing on improving existing infrastructure, removing rail bottlenecks in key network infrastructures and filling in missing trans-border links;
Amendment 495 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 8
(8) promoting quality employment and supporting labour mobility;
Amendment 500 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 9
(9) promoting social inclusion ands well as combating poverty and discrimination;
Amendment 506 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 10
(10) investing in education, skills, training and lifelong learning;
Amendment 509 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 11
(11) eEnhancing institutional capacity and an efficient and participative public administration and promoting capacity building for social partners, non- governmental organisations, regional and local authorities and other stakeholders, in particular the partners referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No [CPR...].
Amendment 520 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 10 – paragraph 1
Part 2 – article 10 – paragraph 1
In order to promote the harmonious, balanced and sustainable development of the Union, a Common Strategic Framework shall translate the objectives and targets of the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth into keya non-exhaustive menu of recommended actions for the CSF Funds.
Amendment 522 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point a
Part 2 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) for each thematic objective, the key actions to be supported by each a non- exhaustive menu of recommended actions for the CSF Fund;s.
Amendment 530 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point d
Part 2 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) priority areas for cooperation activities for each of the CSF Funds, where appropriate, taking account of macro- regional and sea basin strategies;
Amendment 538 #
Amendment 542 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 12 – paragraph 1
Part 2 – article 12 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall be empowered to adopt a delegated act in accordance with Article 142 on the Common Strategic Framework within 3one months of the adoption of this Regulation.
Amendment 543 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 12 – paragraph 2
Part 2 – article 12 – paragraph 2
Amendment 548 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 12 – paragraph 3
Part 2 – article 12 – paragraph 3
Amendment 559 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 13 – paragraph 2
Part 2 – article 13 – paragraph 2
2. The Partnership Contract shall be drawn up, at all stages of its preparation, by Member States in close cooperation with the partners referred to in Article 5. The Partnership Contract shall be prepared in dialogue with the Commission.
Amendment 563 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 13 – paragraph 4
Part 2 – article 13 – paragraph 4
4. Each Member State shall transmit its Partnership Contract to the Commission within 36 months of the adoption of the Common Strategic Frameworkentry into force of this Regulation.
Amendment 570 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
(i) an analysis of disparities and sustainable development needs with reference to the thematic objectives and key, to the horizontal principles laid down in Articles 6, 7 and 8 of this Regulation and the recommended actions defined in the Common Strategic Framework and, taking into account, the targets set in the relevant country-specific recommendations under Article 121(2) of the Treaty and the relevant Council recommendations adopted under Article 148(4) of the Treaty;
Amendment 581 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iv
Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iv
(iv) the indicative allocation of support by the Union by thematic objective at national level for each of the CSF Funds, as well as the total indicative amount of support foreseen for climate change and biodiversity objectives;
Amendment 590 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a – point v
Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a – point v
(v) the main priority areas for cooperation, taking account, where appropriate, of macro-regional and sea basin strategies;
Amendment 594 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
(b) an integrated approach to sustainable territorial development supported by the CSF Funds setting out:
Amendment 603 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
(ii) the arrangements to ensure an integrated approach to the use of the CSF Funds for the sustainable territorial development of urban, rural, coastal and fisheries areas and areas with particular territorial features, in particular the implementation arrangements for Articles 28, 29 and 99 accompanied, where appropriate, by a list of the cities to participate in the urban development platform referred to in Article 8 of the ERDF Regulation;.
Amendment 615 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point c
Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) an integrated sustainable approach to address the specific needs of geographical areas most affected by poverty or of target groups at highest risk of discrimination or social exclusion, with special regard to marginalised communities, where appropriate, including the indicative financial allocation for the relevant CSF Funds;
Amendment 622 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Amendment 623 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point d – point i
Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point d – point i
(i) a consolidated table of measurable qualitative and quantitative milestones and targets established in programmes for the performance framework referred to in Article 19(1), together with the methodology and mechanism to ensure consistency across programmes and CSF Funds;
Amendment 628 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point d – point iv
Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point d – point iv
(iv) the actions taken to involve the partnersmplement the multilevel governance approach and to involve the partners referred to in Article 5 and their role of the partners in the preparation of the Partnership Contract and the progress report as defined in Article 46 of this Regulation and in the preparation, implementation, evaluation and monitoring of the programmes, in accordance with the European Code of Conduct, including a list of the partners involved, description of the way they have been selected and of their responsibilites, as well as their views on the content of the Partnership Contract and on the implementation of the partnership principle;
Amendment 634 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point d – point iv a (new)
Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point d – point iv a (new)
(iv a) an identification of the legal and administrative barriers to the implementation of partnership in the national context and actions envisaged to address these obstacles;
Amendment 636 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point d – point iv b (new)
Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point d – point iv b (new)
(iv b) an identification of relevant existing national/regional/local partnership and multilevel governance structures and ways to take them into account;
Amendment 639 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point e – point i
Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point e – point i
(i) an assessment of whether there is a need to reinforce the administrative capacity of the authorities and, where appropriate, beneficiaries, beneficiaries and partners referred to in Article 5 of this Regulation, and actions to be taken for this purpose;
Amendment 648 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 15 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Part 2 – article 15 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Where a Member State experiences temporary budgetary difficulties or a severe economic downturn, the Commission may request the Member State concerned to assess whether reviewing and amending its Partnership Contract is appropriate and necessary for achieving the objectives and targets of the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and the fund-specific missions pursuant to their Treaty-based objectives.
Amendment 651 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 16 – paragraph 1
Part 2 – article 16 – paragraph 1
Member States shall concentrate support, in accordance with the Fund-specific rules, on actions bringing the greatest added value while minimising future external costs for the European society in relation to the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, addressing the challenges identified in the relevant country-specific recommendations under Article 121(2) of the Treaty and the relevant Council recommendations adopted under 148(4) of the Treaty, and taking into account national and regional needs and the horizontal principles.
Amendment 664 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 17 – paragraph 2
Part 2 – article 17 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall assess whether the applicable ex ante conditionalities are fulfilled. The assessment shall be based on a common methodology and involve the partners referred to in Article 5 of this Regulation.
Amendment 701 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 18 – paragraph 1
Part 2 – article 18 – paragraph 1
5% of the resources allocated to each CSF Fund and Member State, with the exception of resources allocated to the European territorial cooperation goal and to Title V of the EMFF Regulation, shall constitute a performance reserve to be allocatedremain with the Commission and to be allocated to the Member States in accordance with Article 20.
Amendment 716 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 20 – paragraph 1
Part 2 – article 20 – paragraph 1
1. Where the review of performance undertaken in 2017 reveals that a priority within a programme has not attained its milestones set for the year 2016, the Commission shall make recommendations to the Member State concerned, taking duly into account whether unforeseeable external factors on which the concerned programme could not take influence, such as an unexpected severe economic downturn, have caused the failure to attain the milestones of the concerned priority or priorities. Where necessary, the Commission shall initiate technical support for the managing authorities.
Amendment 717 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 20 – paragraph 2
Part 2 – article 20 – paragraph 2
2. On the basis of the review undertaken in 2019, the Commission shall adopt, by 30 June 2019, a decision, by means of implementing acts, to determine for each CSF Fund and Member State the programmes and priorities which have attained their milestones. The Member State shall propose the attribution ofCommission shall allocate to each Member State only the percentage of its performance reserve corresponding to the share of the concerned successful programmes and priorities in the total allocation of a Member State for the concerned Fund or Funds. The Member State shall attribute the performance reserve for theequally to all programmes and priorities set out in thate Commission decision. The Commission shall approve the amendment of the programmes concerned in accordance with Article 26. Where a Member State fails to submit the information in accordance with Article 46(2) and (3), the performance reserve for the programmes or the priorities concerned shall not be allocated.
Amendment 719 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 20 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Part 2 – article 20 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Where the review undertaken in 2019 reveals that a priority of a programme has failed to attain its milestones set for the year 2018, the Commission shall duly consider whether this failure was caused by unforeseeable external factors on which the concerned programme could not take influence, such as an unexpected severe economic downturn, in which cases the performance reserve shall not be retained but allocated to the Member State on whose territory the concerned programme is carried out. The Member State shall attribute the performance reserve then either to the concerned priorities, provided that these are still viable, or, with a due justification, to other priorities of the concerned programme or other programmes.
Amendment 720 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 20 – paragraph 3
Part 2 – article 20 – paragraph 3
Amendment 723 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 20 – paragraph 4
Part 2 – article 20 – paragraph 4
Amendment 727 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – chapter 4 – title
Part 2 – chapter 4 – title
Amendment 732 #
Amendment 736 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 22 – title
Part 2 – article 22 – title
Increase in payments for Member States with temporary budgetary difficulties and experiencing a severe economic downturn as referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1466/97 and Regulation (EC) No 1467/97.
Amendment 738 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)
Part 2 – article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)
(c a) Where the Member State concerned experiences a situation of severe economic downturn as referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1466/97 and Regulation (EC) No 1467/97
Amendment 741 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 23 – paragraph 2
Part 2 – article 23 – paragraph 2
2. Programmes shall be drawn up by Member States or any authority designated by them, in cooperation with the partners referred to in Article 5 of this Regulation. This cooperation shall follow the best practices forming the basis of the European Code of Conduct referred to in paragraph 3 of Article 5.
Amendment 751 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 23 – paragraph 3
Part 2 – article 23 – paragraph 3
3. Programmes shall be submitted by the Member States at the same time aswithin three months of the adoption of the Partnership Contract, with the exception of European territorial cooperation programmes, which shall be submitted within sixnine months of the approval of the Common Strategic Framework. All programmes shall be accompanied by the ex ante evaluation as set out in Article 48.
Amendment 761 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 24 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Part 2 – article 24 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Each priority shall set out measurable qualititative and quantitative indicators to assess progress of programme implementation towards achievement of objectives as the basis for monitoring, evaluation and review of performance. These shall include:
Amendment 764 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 24 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Part 2 – article 24 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
For each CSF Fund, the Fund-specific rules shall set out common measurable qualitative and quantitative indicators and may provide for programme-specific indicators.
Amendment 765 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 24 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Part 2 – article 24 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. indicators referring to the horizontal principles in Article 7 and 8
Amendment 766 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 24 – paragraph 4
Part 2 – article 24 – paragraph 4
4. Each programme, except those which cover exclusively technical assistance, shall include a description of themeasurable qualitative and quantitative targets and milestones for the indicators relating to the horizontal principles set out in Articles 7 and 8, which shall, where appropriate, be added to the programme-specific indicators and specific actions to be taken into account order to comply with the principles set out in Articles 7 and 8.
Amendment 768 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 24 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Part 2 – article 24 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Each programme shall set out the actions taken to involve the partners referred to in Article 5 at all stages of the preparation, implementation, evaluation and monitoring of the programme, in accordance with the European Code of Conduct referred to in Article 5, including a list of the partners involved, how they have been selected, their responsibilites and the views they expressed regarding the content of the programme and regarding the implementation of the partnership principle;
Amendment 770 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 24 – paragraph 4 b (new)
Part 2 – article 24 – paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Each programme shall set out evidence that the competent regional and local authorities and the population on whose territory the programme is carried out have been closely involved into the preparation and approval of the programme, their opinions regarding the content of the programmes have been duly considered and a substantiated justification is provided for in cases where the programme is submitted despite serious concerns raised by one or more of the concerned regional, local authorities or the civil society of this territory.
Amendment 771 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 24 – paragraph 4 c (new)
Part 2 – article 24 – paragraph 4 c (new)
Amendment 772 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 24 – paragraph 5
Part 2 – article 24 – paragraph 5
5. Each programme, except those where technical assistance is undertaken under a specific programme, shall set out the indicative amount of support to be used for climate change objectives be based on a carbon-proofing assessment, in accordance to the targets of the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. The Commission shall define a common methodology for these assessments according to the procedure indicated in Article 143.
Amendment 776 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 24 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Part 2 – article 24 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Each programme, plan and project related to transport and mobility shall be based on an assessment of the effects on safety and on the avoidance of accidents in accordance with the EU's target to reduce heavy accidents by 50% by 2020.
Amendment 779 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 25 – paragraph 1
Part 2 – article 25 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall assess the consistency of programmes with this Regulation, the Fund-specific rules, their effective contribution to the thematic objectives and the Union priorities specific to each CSF Fund, the Common Strategic Framework, the Partnership Contract, the relevant country-specific recommendations under Article 121(2) of the Treaty and the relevant Council recommendations adopted under 148(4) of the Treaty, taking account of the ex ante evaluation. The assessment shall address, in particular, the adequacy of the programme strategy, the corresponding objectives, indicators, targets and the allocation of budgetary resources.
Amendment 784 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 26 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Part 2 – article 26 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Requests for amendment of programmes submitted by a Member State shall be duly substantiated and shall in particular set out the expected impact of the changes to the programme on achieving the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and sustainable development and the specific objectives defined in the programme, taking account of the Common Strategic Framework and the Partnership Contract. TheyRequests shall be accompanied by the revised programme and, where appropriate, a revised Partnership Contractmade according to the requirements laid down in Article 24, in particular those related to the horizontal principals including the Partnership principle and the multi-level governance approach referred to in Article 5.
Amendment 789 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 27 – paragraph 1
Part 2 – article 27 – paragraph 1
1. The EIB may, at the request of Member States, participate in the preparation of the Partnership Contract, as well as in activities relating to the preparation of operations, in particular major projectslarge and small-scale projects which offer significant potential for innovation, financial instruments and public-private partnerships.
Amendment 791 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 27 – paragraph 3
Part 2 – article 27 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission may request the EIB to examine the technical quality and economic and, financial viability and sustainability of major projects and to assist it as regards the financial instruments to be implemented or developed.
Amendment 799 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 28 – paragraph 1 – point b
Part 2 – article 28 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) community-led, by local action groups composed of representatives of public and private local socio-economic interests, where at the decision-making level neither the public sector nor any single interest group shall represent more than 49 % of the voting rights; local action groups include existing LEADER-groups already qualified under Leader II1 or Leader+2 or Article 62 of COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1698/2005 (EAFRD)3; _____________ 1 Commission notice to the Member States laying down guidelines for global grants or integrated operational programmes for which Member States are invited to submit applications for assistance in the framework of a Community initiative for rural development (Leader II) (OJ C 180, 1.7.1994, p. 48). 2 Commission notice to the Member States of 14 April 2000 laying down guidelines for the Community initiative for rural development (Leader+) (OJ C 139, 18.5.2000, p. 5). Notice as last amended by Commission communication amending the notice to the Member States of 14 April 2000 laying down guidelines for the Community Initiative for rural development (Leader+) (OJ C 294, 4.12.2003, p. 11). 3 COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1698/2005 of 20 September 2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD)
Amendment 804 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 28 – paragraph 1 – point c
Part 2 – article 28 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) carried out through integrated and multi-sectoral area-based local sustainable development strategies taking into account the long term effects;
Amendment 805 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 28 – paragraph 1 – point d
Part 2 – article 28 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) designed taking into consideration local needs and potential, and include innovative and socio-cultural features in the local context, networking and, where appropriate, cooperation.
Amendment 809 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 29 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Part 2 – article 29 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. A local sustainable development strategy shall contain at least the following elements:
Amendment 816 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 29 – paragraph 1 – point c
Part 2 – article 29 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) a description of the strategy and its objectives, a description of the integrated and innovative character of the strategy and a hierarchy of objectives, including clear and measurable targets for outputs or results. The strategy shall be coherent with the relevant programmes of all the CSF Funds involved and with the horizontal targets laid down in Articles 6, 7 and 8 of this Regulation;
Amendment 820 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 29 – paragraph 2
Part 2 – article 29 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall define criteria for the selection of local sustainable development strategies. The Fund-specific rules may set out selection criteria.
Amendment 822 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 29 – paragraph 3
Part 2 – article 29 – paragraph 3
3. Local sustainable development strategies shall be selected by a committee set up for this purpose by the relevant managing authorities of the programmes. The partners referred to in Article 5 shall be appropriately represented in this committee.
Amendment 823 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 29 – paragraph 4
Part 2 – article 29 – paragraph 4
4. The selection and approval of all local development strategielocal sustainable development strategies designed and implemented by existing local action groups shall be completed by 31 December 2015 at the latest, the selection and approval for local development strategies proposed by newly established local action groups shall be completed by 31 December 20156 at the latest.
Amendment 825 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 29 – paragraph 5
Part 2 – article 29 – paragraph 5
5. The decision to approve a local sustainable development strategy by the managing authority shall set out the allocations of each CSF Fund. It shall also set out the roles of the authorities responsible for the implementation of the relevant programmes for all implementation tasks relating to the strategy.
Amendment 829 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Part 2 – article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Local action groups shall design and implement the local sustainable development strategies.
Amendment 837 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 30 – paragraph 3 – point b
Part 2 – article 30 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) drawing up a gender equality-based, non-discriminatory and transparent selection procedure and criteria for the selection of operations, which avoid conflicts of interest, that shall ensure that at least 50% of the votes in selection decisions are from the non-public sector partners, providing for the possibility of appeal against selection decisions and allowing selection by written procedure;
Amendment 839 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 30 – paragraph 3 – point c
Part 2 – article 30 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) ensuring coherence with the local sustainable development strategy when selecting operations, by prioritising them according to their contribution to meeting the strategies' objectives and targets;
Amendment 848 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 32 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Part 2 – article 32 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Financial instruments may be combined with grants, interest rate subsidies, microcredits and guarantee fee subsidies. In this case, separate records must be maintained for each form of financing.
Amendment 851 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 32 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Part 2 – article 32 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 142 laying down detailed rules concerning the ex-ante assessment of financial instruments, the combination of support provided to final recipients through grants, interest rate subsidies, guarantee fee subsidies, microcredits and financial instruments, additional specific rules on eligibility of expenditure and rules specifying the types of activities which shall not be supported through financial instruments.
Amendment 860 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 33 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Part 2 – article 33 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) invest in the capital of existing or newly created legal entities, including those financed from other CSF Funds or other EU instruments, dedicated to implementing financial instruments consistent with the objectives of the respective CSF Funds, which will undertake implementations tasks; the support to such investments shall be limited to the amounts necessary to implement new financial instruments consistent with the objectives of this Regulation; or
Amendment 920 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 39 – paragraph 1
Part 2 – article 39 – paragraph 1
Member States shall adopt the necessary measures to ensure that the capital resources and gains and other earnings or yields attributable to the support from the CSF Funds to financial instruments are used in accordance with the aims of the programme for a period of at least 10 years after the closure of the programme. The amount left over after 10 years after the closure of the programme shall be transferred to the budget of the European Union.
Amendment 926 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 40 – paragraph 2 – point c – indent 1 (new)
Part 2 – article 40 – paragraph 2 – point c – indent 1 (new)
- (d) identification of the beneficiaries and the amount of public funding allocated to them;
Amendment 931 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 40 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Part 2 – article 40 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The specific report shall be made public in its entirety.
Amendment 934 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 42 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Part 2 – article 42 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The monitoring committee shall be composed of representatives of the managing authority and intermediate bodies and of representatives of the partners referred to in Article 5, in particular considering partners involved in the preparation of the concerned programmes. Each member of the monitoring committee shall have a voting right. Member states shall ensure the gender equality at this body.
Amendment 942 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 42 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Part 2 – article 42 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. The partners shall select and appoint their members representing them in the monitoring committee.
Amendment 943 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 42 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Part 2 – article 42 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. The list of members of the monitoring committee shall be published.
Amendment 946 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 43 – paragraph 1
Part 2 – article 43 – paragraph 1
1. The monitoring committee shall meet at least once twice a year and shall review implementation of the programme and progress towards achieving its objectives and the implementation of the horizontal principles laid down in Articles 6, 7 and 8 of this Regulation. In doing so, it shall have regard to the financial data, common and programme- specific indicators, including changes in result indicators and progress towards quantified target values, and the milestones defined in the performance framework.
Amendment 948 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 43 – paragraph 2
Part 2 – article 43 – paragraph 2
2. The monitoring committee shall examine in detail all issues that affect the performance of the programme, including the performance review.
Amendment 953 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 43 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Part 2 – article 43 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The monitoring committee shall approve the annual reports on the implementation of the programmes referred to in Article 44 and the progress reports referred to in Article 46.
Amendment 959 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 44 – paragraph 2
Part 2 – article 44 – paragraph 2
2. Annual implementation reports shall set out information on implementation of the programme and its priorities by reference to the financial data, common and programme-specific indicators and quantified target values, including changes in result indicators, and the milestones defined in the performance framework. The data transmitted shall relate to values for indicators for fully implemented operations and also for selected operations. All personal data has to be broken down by gender. They shall also set out actions taken to fulfil the ex-ante conditionalities and any issues which affect the performance of the programme, and the corrective measures taken, and actions taken for administrative simplification.
Amendment 965 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 44 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Part 2 – article 44 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The annual implementation report shall assess the role of the partners referred to in Article 5 in the implementation of the programme, including a list of the partners involved, their responsibilities and the opinions they expressed regarding the implementation of the programme and of the partnership principle and how these views have been taken into account;
Amendment 971 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 44 – paragraph 8
Part 2 – article 44 – paragraph 8
8. A citizen's summary of the contents of tThe annual and the final implementation reports shall be made public in their entirety.
Amendment 978 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 46 – paragraph 2 – point b
Part 2 – article 46 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) progress towards achievement of the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, in particular in respect of the measurable qualitative and quantitative milestones set out for each programme in the performance framework including for the indicators referring to the horizontal principles laid down in Articles 7 and 8 and the support used for climate change objectives;
Amendment 989 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 46 – paragraph 2 – point h
Part 2 – article 46 – paragraph 2 – point h
(h) the role of the partners referred in Article 5 in the implementation of the Partnership Contract. , including a list of the partners involved, their responsibilities and their view on the implementation of the programme and of the partnership principle and how these views have been taken into account;
Amendment 994 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 46 – paragraph 3
Part 2 – article 46 – paragraph 3
3. Where the Commission determines, within threone months of the date of submission of the progress report that the information submitted is incomplete or unclear, it may request additional information from the Member State. The Member State shall provide to the Commission the information requested within three months and, where appropriate, shall revise the progress report accordingly.
Amendment 996 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 46 – paragraph 5
Part 2 – article 46 – paragraph 5
5. In 2018 and 2020, the Commission shall include in its Annual Progress Report to the spring meeting of the European Council a section summarising the strategic report, in particular with regard to progress made towards Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and the targets of the flagships within the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth.
Amendment 998 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 47 – paragraph 1
Part 2 – article 47 – paragraph 1
1. Evaluations shall be carried out to improve the quality of the design and implementation of programmes, as well as to assess their effectiveness, efficiency and impact. Impact of programmes shall be evaluated in accordance with the mission of the respective CSF Funds in relation to the targets for the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth33 as well as in relation to the climate targets, to the indicators relating to horizontal principles, to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and unto the employment, where appropriate. and qualitative jobs targets, where appropriate. Member States may use additional indicators, including indicators related to the social or environmental impact of programmes.
Amendment 1011 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 48 – paragraph 3 – point a
Part 2 – article 48 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) the contribution to the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, having regard to the selected thematic objectives, the horizontal principles laid down in Articles 6, 7, 8 of this Regulation and priorities, taking into account national and regional needs;
Amendment 1014 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 48 – paragraph 3 – point d
Part 2 – article 48 – paragraph 3 – point d
(d) the consistency of the selected thematic objectives, the priorities and corresponding objectives of the programmes withand the horizontal principles laid down in Articles 6, 7 and 8 of this Regulation, the Common Strategic Framework, the Partnership Contract and the country- specific recommendations under Article 121(2) of the Treaty and the Council recommendations adopted under Article 148(4) of the Treaty;
Amendment 1021 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 48 – paragraph 3 – point l
Part 2 – article 48 – paragraph 3 – point l
(l) the adequacsuitability of planned measures to promote equal opportunitiesity between men and women and to prevent discrimination, including measures to remove barriers to accessibility for persons with disabilities;
Amendment 1025 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 48 – paragraph 3 – point m
Part 2 – article 48 – paragraph 3 – point m
(m) the adequacsuitability of planned measures to promote sustainable development and the prevention of additional future external costs to the European society in accordance with Article 8 of this Regulation.
Amendment 1027 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 48 – paragraph 3 – point m a (new)
Part 2 – article 48 – paragraph 3 – point m a (new)
(ma) the suitability of planned or taken measures to involve partners referred to in Article 5 in the preparation, implementation, evaluation and monitoring of the Partnership Contract and the programmes.
Amendment 1029 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 48 – paragraph 4
Part 2 – article 48 – paragraph 4
4. The ex-ante evaluation shall incorporate, where appropriate, the requirements for Strategic Environmental Assessment set out in implementation of Directive 2001/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 June 2001 on the assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment34 and shall include assessments of the effects of programmes on climate change..
Amendment 1035 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 50 – paragraph 1
Part 2 – article 50 – paragraph 1
The ex post evaluations shall be carried out by the Commission or by the Member States, in close cooperation. Ex post evaluations shall examine the effectiveness and efficiency of the CSF Funds and their contribution to the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth in accordance with the targets of the flagships of the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and the specific requirements established in the Fund-specific rules. Ex post evaluations shall be completed by 31 December 2023.
Amendment 1039 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 51 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point f
Part 2 – article 51 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point f
(f) actions to disseminate information, support networking, carry out communication activities, raise awareness and promote cooperation and exchange of experience, including civil society organisations, including with third countries. To bring about greater 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 covering the corporate communication of the political priorities of the European Union as far asprovided that theyse are related to the general objectives of this Regulation;
Amendment 1044 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 51 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point j a (new)
Part 2 – article 51 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point j a (new)
(j a) assistance to thematic umbrella organizations and non-governmental organizations, economic and social partners and networks and associations representing local, urban and regional authorities, working at EU-level on cohesion policy, to support the networking with national and regional partners in the monitoring committee and to promote a structured dialogue among them and with the Commission. Moreover, the assistance may include the promotion of exchanges of views and of cooperation between partners working on specific themes issues in existing and new thematic networks.
Amendment 1045 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 51 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point j b (new)
Part 2 – article 51 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point j b (new)
(j b) assistance to support exchanges of views and cooperation in existing and new thematic networks of composed by local actions groups referred to in Article 30 of this Regulation.
Amendment 1049 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 52 – paragraph 1
Part 2 – article 52 – paragraph 1
1. At the initiative of a Member State, the CSF Funds may support actions for preparation, management, monitoring, evaluation, information and communication, networking, complaint resolution, and control and audit. The CSF Funds may be used by the Member State to support actions for the reduction of administrative burden for beneficiaries, including electronic data exchange systems, and actions to reinforce the capacity of Member State authorities, partners referred to in Article 5 and beneficiaries to administer and use the CSF Funds. Moreover, the exchange of views and of best practices amongst local actions groups referred to in Article 30 shall be promoted at national level. These actions may concern preceding and subsequent programming periods.
Amendment 1052 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 52 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Part 2 – article 52 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Each Member State shall ensure that an adequate level of technical assistance in its operational programmes is allocated to partners referred to in Article 5 paragraph 1 a), b) and c) of this Regulation in order to facilitate the involvement and participation of these partners in the preparation and implementation of the Partnership Contracts and in the preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of programmes.
Amendment 1057 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 54 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Part 2 – article 54 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) calculation of the current value of the net revenue of the operation, taking into account the appinternalicsation of theexternal social and environmental costs for all modes of transport and polluter- pays principle and, if appropriate,s well as considerations of equity linked to the relative prosperity of the Member State concerned.
Amendment 1077 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 57 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Part 2 – article 57 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Amongst enterprises, only small and medium-sized enterprises shall be eligible for grants.
Amendment 1094 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 59 – paragraph 3 – point c
Part 2 – article 59 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) value added tax. However, VAT amounts shall be eligible where they are not recoverable under national VAT legislation and are paid by a beneficiary other than non-taxable person as defined in the first subparagraph of Article 13(1) of Directive 2006/112/EC, provided that such VAT amounts are not incurred in relation to the provision of infrastructure.
Amendment 1100 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 60 – paragraph 2 – point b
Part 2 – article 60 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the total amount allocated under the programme to operations located outside the programme area does not exceed 10 % of the support from the ERDF, Cohesion Fund and EMFF at the level of the priority, or 35% of the support from the EAFRD at the level of the programme;
Amendment 1105 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 61 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Part 2 – article 61 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
An operation comprising investment in infrastructure or productive investment shall repay the contribution from the CSF Funds if within fiveten years from the final payment to the beneficiary or within the period of time set out in the State aid rules, where applicable, it is subject to:
Amendment 1109 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 61 – paragraph 2
Part 2 – article 61 – paragraph 2
2. Operations supported by the ESF and operations supported by the other CSF Funds that are not investment in infrastructure or productive investments shall repay the contribution from the Fund only where they are subject to an obligation for maintenance of investment under the applicable State aid rules and where they undergo a cessation or relocation of a productive activity within the period laid down in those ruleten years.
Amendment 1110 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 61 – paragraph 3
Part 2 – article 61 – paragraph 3
3. Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to contributions to or by financial instruments or to any operation which undergoes cessation of a productive activity due to a non- fraudulent bankruptcy.
Amendment 1196 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 82 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Part 3 – article 82 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The three categories of regions are determined on the basis of how their GDP per capita, measured in purchasing power parities and calculated on the basis of Union figures for the period 2006 to 2008the latest available three-year period of Union figures, relates to the average GDP of the EU-27 for the same reference period.
Amendment 1201 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 82 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Part 3 – article 82 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
The Cohesion Fund shall support those Member States whose gross national income (GNI) per capita, measured in purchasing power parities and calculated on the basis of Union figures for the period 2007 to 2009the latest three-year period Union figures, is less than 90 % of the average GNI per capita of the EU-27 for the same reference period.
Amendment 1210 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 83 – paragraph 2
Part 3 – article 83 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall adopt a decision, by means of implementing acts, setting out the annual breakdown of the global resources by Member State under the Objective "Investment for growth and employment", without prejudice to paragraph 3 of this Article and Article 84(7), and by cooperation programme under the Objective "Territorial Cooperation".
Amendment 1246 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The following criteria shall be used for the breakdown by Member State, based on gender-related sensitive statistics:
Amendment 1249 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 2 – point a
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) eligible population, regional prosperity, national prosperity, net adjusted disposable income per inhabitant, and unemployment rate for less developed regions and transition regions;
Amendment 1260 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 2 – point b
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) eligible population, regional prosperity, unemployment rate, employment rate, educational levelducational level, net adjusted disposable income per inhabitant, social fragility, demographic vulnerability and population density for more developed regions;
Amendment 1316 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 8
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 8
8. Resources for the European territorial cooperation goal shall amount to 3,487 % of the global resources available for budgetary commitment from the Funds for the period 2014 to 2020 (i.e., a total of EUR 11 700 000 004)XX XXX XXX XXX). These resources will be deducted from the overall resources allocated to cohesion policy on the basis of a breakdown by cooperation programmes.
Amendment 1341 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 1
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 1
1. An operational programme shall consist of priority axes. A priority axis shall concern one Fund for aand one category of region, and shall correspond, without prejudice to Article 52, to a thematic objective and comprise one or more investment priorities of that thematic objective, in accordance with the Fund- specific rules. For the ESF, aA priority axis may combine investment priorities from different thematic objectives set out in Article 9(8), (9), (10) and (11) in order to facilitate their contribution to other priority axes, in duly justified circumstances., where necessary to increase impact and effectiveness in a thematically coherent integrated approach to pursuing the objectives and targets of the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth:
Amendment 1347 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 1 – point a (new)
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 1 – point a (new)
(a) concern more than one category of region;
Amendment 1348 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 1 – point b (new)
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 1 – point b (new)
(b) combine one or more complementary investment priorities from the ERDF, CF and ESF under one thematic objective;
Amendment 1349 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 1 – point c (new)
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 1 – point c (new)
(c) combine one or more complementary investment priorities from different thematic objectives up to 20 % of the EU contribution to an operational programme, in particular for those parts of the contribution that are dedicated to an integrated approach of territorial development;
Amendment 1350 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 1 – point d (new)
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 1 – point d (new)
(d) For the ESF [...] combine investment priorities from different thematic objectives set out in Article 9(8), (9), (10) and (11) in order to facilitate their contribution to other priority axes [...].
Amendment 1351 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 1 – point e (new)
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 1 – point e (new)
(e) Member States may set up a single priotity axis in an operational programme for the Technical Assistance as described in Article 52; these priority axis shall not apply to paragraph 2(b)(i), (ii), (iv), (c) (ii) - (via) and (e) (i)-(iia) of this Article;
Amendment 1352 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Member States may combine two or more of the options a)-d).
Amendment 1354 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i
(i) an identification of needs addressing the challenges identified in the country- specific recommendations under Article 121(2) and the Council recommendationand the broad guidelines of the economic policies of the Member States and of the Union under Article 121(2) and the Council recommendations and guidelines which the Member States shall take into account in their employment policies adopted under Article 148(4) of the Treaty, andin particular taking into account the Integrated Guidelines and nationalneeds for sustainable development of the concerned Member States and/or regional specificities;s.
Amendment 1357 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point a – point ii
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point a – point ii
(ii) a justification of the choice of thematic objectives and corresponding investment priorities, having regard to the Partnership Contract and the results of the ex ante evaluation, according to the sustainable development needs of the Member States and/or regions, where appropriate;
Amendment 1361 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point b – point i
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point b – point i
(i) the investment priorities and corresponding specific objectives, in accordance with the different options laid down in paragraph 1 of this Article;
Amendment 1363 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point c – introductory part
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point c – introductory part
(c) the contribution to the integrated approach for territorial development set out in the Partnership Contract, including:
Amendment 1366 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point c – point i
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point c – point i
(i) the mechanisms that ensure coordination between the CSF-Funds, the EAFRD, the EMFF within one or in more than one priority axis and the mechanisms that ensure coordination between the Funds and other Union and national funding instruments, and with the EIB;
Amendment 1369 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point c – point ii
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point c – point ii
(ii) where appropriate, a planned integrated approach to the territorial development of urban, rural, coastal and fisheries areas and areas with particular territorial features, in particular the implementation arrangements for Articles 28 and 29 and the mechanisms contributing to integrated territorial investment (ITI) referred to in Article 99 of this Regulation, including those under Article 12 Par.1 of Regulation (EU) No [ESF] including the indicative annual allocation of each Fund to integrated actions;
Amendment 1372 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point c – point iii
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point c – point iii
(iii) the list of citiesfunctional urban areas, where integrated actions for sustainable, inclusive urban development will be implemented, in accordance with article 7 of Regulation (EU) No (ERDF), provided that the local authorities or existing bodies managing the functional urban areas where the integrated actions are to be implemented have given their consent; the indicative annual allocation of the ERDF support for these actions, including the resources delegated to cities for management under Article 7(2) of Regulation (EU) No […] [ERDF] and the indicative annual allocation of ESF support for integrated actions shall be added;
Amendment 1379 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point c – point iv
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point c – point iv
(iv) the identification of the areas in which community-led local development will be implemented and of the implementation arrangements for Articles 28 and 29, including the indicative annual allocation of each Funds for integrated actions;
Amendment 1381 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point c – point vi
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point c – point vi
(vi) where appropriate, the contribution of the planned interventions towards all forms of macro regional strategies and sea basin strategies;
Amendment 1385 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point c – point vi a (new)
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point c – point vi a (new)
(vi a) the contribution to the integrated approach set out in the Partnership Contract to address the specific needs of geographical areas most affected by poverty or target groups at highest risk of discrimination or exclusion, with special regard to marginalised communities, and the indicative financial allocation;
Amendment 1386 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point d
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point d
Amendment 1392 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point e – point i a (new)
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point e – point i a (new)
(i a) the results of the Strategic Environmental Assessment of the operational programme carried out in accordance with the Directive 2001/42/EC;
Amendment 1394 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point e – point iii
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point e – point iii
(iii) the actions taken to involve the partners in the preparation of the operational programme, and the role of the partners in the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the operational programme, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the operational programme in accordance with the European code of conduct referred to in Article 5, including a list of the partners involved, information on how they have been selected, their responsibilites and their views;
Amendment 1397 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point f – point i
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point f – point i
(i) the planned use of the option laid down in paragraph 1 (e) of this Article on technical assistance including, and planned actions to reinforce the administrative capacity of authorities and beneficiaries, beneficiaries and partners referred to in Article 5 in accordance with the European code of conduct, with the relevant information referred to in paragraph 2 (b) for the priority axis concerned;
Amendment 1399 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point f – point ii
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point f – point ii
(ii) an assessmentthe actions planned to achieve a reduction of the administrative burden for beneficiaries and the actions planned to achieve a reduction accompanied by targets;
Amendment 1403 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point g – point ii
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point g – point ii
(ii) a table specifying, for the whole programming period, for the operational programme and for each priority axis, the amount of the total financial appropriation of the support from the Funds and the national co-financing. For priority axes which concern more than one category of region, the table shall specify the different amounts from each Fund and the respective co-financed amounts for each category of region. For priority axes which combine one or more complementary investment priorities from different CSF Funds, the table shall specify the amounts from each Funds. Where the national co-financing is made up of public and private co-financing, the table shall give the indicative breakdown between the public and the private components. It shall show, for information purposes, the envisaged participation from the EIB;
Amendment 1409 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point i
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point i
(i) a description of specific actions to take into account environmental protection requirements, resource efficiency, biodiversity protection, ecosystem-based climate change mitigation and adaptation, disaster resilience and risk prevention and management, in the selection of operations;
Amendment 1413 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point ii
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point ii
(ii) a description of the specific actions to promote equal opportunities and prevent any discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or, sexual orientation or gender identity during the preparation, design and implementation of the operational programme and in particular in relation to access to funding, taking account of the needs of the various target groups at risk of such discrimination and in particular the requirements of ensuring accessibility for disabled persons;
Amendment 1418 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point iii
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point iii
(iii) a description of its contribution to the promotion of equality between men and women and, where appropriate, the arrangements to ensure the integration of gender perspective at operational programme and operation level and a description of the specific actions put in place to promote equality between men and women.
Amendment 1423 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Member States shall submit an opinion of the national equality bodies and partners referred to in Article 5 of this Regulation, on the measures set out in points (i), (ii) and (iii), toghether with the proposal for an operational programme under the Investment for growth and jobs goal.
Amendment 1426 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 88 – paragraph 2
Part 3 – article 88 – paragraph 2
2. The ERDF and the ESF may finance, in a complementary manner and subject to a limit of 510% of Union funding for a priority axis of an operational programme in cases where the priority axis corresponds to the option laid down in paragraph 1 (b) of Art. 87 and to a limit of 20 % of Union funding for each a priority axis of an operational programme in cases where the priority axis corresponds to the option laid down in paragraph 1 (c) of Article 87, a part of an operation for which the costs are eligible for support from the other Fund on the basis of eligibility rules applied to that Fund, provided that they are necessary for the satisfactory implementation of the operation and are directly linked to it.
Amendment 1440 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 91 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Part 3 – article 91 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) information on the feasibility studies carried out, including the options analysis, the results, and independent quality review, the long-term social impact, the long-term impact for public budgets and coherence with regional und local sustainable development;
Amendment 1441 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 91 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e
Part 3 – article 91 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e
(e) a cost-benefit analysis, including an economic and a financial analysis, an analysis of the application of the polluter- pays principle and of the internalisation of external environmental and social costs, and a risk assessment;
Amendment 1442 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 91 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point f
Part 3 – article 91 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point f
(f) an analysis of the environmental impact in accordance with Directives 85/337/EEC and 97/11/EC, taking into account climate change adaptation and mitigation needs, biodiversity protection, resource efficiency and disaster resilience;
Amendment 1446 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 91 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point i a (new)
Part 3 – article 91 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point i a (new)
(i a) a description of how and to what extent the partners referred to in Article 5 are involved in the decision on major projects, including a list of the partners involved, how they have been selected, their responsibilites and their views on the content of the programme and on the implementation of the partnership principle;
Amendment 1447 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 91 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point i b (new)
Part 3 – article 91 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point i b (new)
(i b) a description of how and to what extent the public has been consulted on the preparation and implementation of the major project.
Amendment 1463 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 93 – paragraph 2
Part 3 – article 93 – paragraph 2
2. The public support allocated to a joint action plan shall be a minimum of EUR 10 000 000 or 20 % of the public support of the operational programme or programmes, whichever is lower. The public support allocated to one joint action plan per Member State may be a minimum of EUR 5 000 000.
Amendment 1470 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 94 – paragraph 2
Part 3 – article 94 – paragraph 2
2. A joint action plan shall cover the entire programming period or part of the period between 1 January 2014 and 31 December 2022. The outputs and results of a joint action plan shall give rise to reimbursement only if attained after the date of the decision of approval of the joint action plan and before the end of the implementation period defined.
Amendment 1475 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 95 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Part 3 – article 95 – paragraph 1 – point 6
(6) an analysis of the effects of the joint action plan on the promotion of equality between men and women and the prevention of discrimination; referred to in Article 7
Amendment 1478 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 95 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Part 3 – article 95 – paragraph 1 – point 7
(7) an analysis of the effects of the joint action plan on the promotion of sustainable development, where appropriate referred to in Article 8;
Amendment 1481 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 95 – paragraph 1 – point 9 a (new)
Part 3 – article 95 – paragraph 1 – point 9 a (new)
(9 a) measures taken or planned in order to involve the partners referred to in Article 5 of this Regulation in the preparation, implementation, evaluation and monitoring of the joint action plan, including in their role as members monitoring committee.
Amendment 1488 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 97 – paragraph 2 – point a
Part 3 – article 97 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) review progress towards achieving the milestones, outputs and results of the joint action plan and transmit the results to the monitoring committee;
Amendment 1489 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 97 – paragraph 2 – point b
Part 3 – article 97 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) consider and approve any proposal to amend the joint action plan in order to take account of any issues affecting its performance and transmit the results to the monitoring committee.
Amendment 1491 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 98 – paragraph 2
Part 3 – article 98 – paragraph 2
2. The financial management, control and audit of the joint action plan shall aim exclusively at verifying that the conditions for payments defined in the decision approving the joint action plan have been fulfilled. Besides that, concerned Member States or regions concerned may decide about stages of fulfillments of the requirements of a joint action plan and an annual or multiannual period for payments.
Amendment 1497 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 99 – paragraph 1
Part 3 – article 99 – paragraph 1
1. Where an urban development strategy or other territorial strategy or pact as defined in Article 12(1) of Regulation…...[ESF] requires an integrated approach as referred to in Art. 87 paragraphs 1 (b), (c) and (d), involving investments under more than onone or more priority axis of one or more operational programmes, the action shall be carried out as an integrated territorial investment (an ‘'ITI’').
Amendment 1501 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 99 – paragraph 2
Part 3 – article 99 – paragraph 2
2. The relevant operational programmes shall identify the ITIs planned and shall set out the indicative financial allocation from eachwithin each priority axis or within the priority axeis to eachinvolved to the planned ITI.
Amendment 1507 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 99 – paragraph 3
Part 3 – article 99 – paragraph 3
3. The Member State or the managing authority may designate one or more intermediate bodies, including local authorities, regional development bodies, or non-governmental organisations or local action groups referred to in Article 30, to carry out the management and implementation of an ITI. The coherence of the ITI with regional sustainable development strategies at regional level has to be ensured.
Amendment 1510 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 99 – paragraph 4
Part 3 – article 99 – paragraph 4
4. The Member State or the relevant managing authorities shall ensure that the monitoring system for the operational programme provides for the identification of operations and outputs of a priority axis contributing to an ITI.
Amendment 1514 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 100 – paragraph 1 – point f
Part 3 – article 100 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) actions to promotensure equality between men and women, equal opportunities, and non- discrimination, including accessibility for disabled persons;
Amendment 1519 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 100 – paragraph 1 – point i
Part 3 – article 100 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) the implementation of financial instruments.
Amendment 1520 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 100 – paragraph 2 – point b
Part 3 – article 100 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the annual and final implementation reports and the progress reports in 2017 and 2019;
Amendment 1537 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 101 – paragraph 3 – point i
Part 3 – article 101 – paragraph 3 – point i
(i) progress in the implementation of measures to address the specific needs of geographical areas most affected by poverty or of target groups at highest risk of discrimination or social exclusion, with special regard to marginalised communities including, where appropriate, the financial resources used;
Amendment 1569 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 105 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Part 3 – article 105 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(c a) informing the public about the timelines for programming and about the expected timelines of all related public consultation processes at all stages of the preparation of the Partnership Contract and the programmes;
Amendment 1571 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 105 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Part 3 – article 105 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The EU institutions and the advisory bodies shall organise raising awareness actions in order to explain how cohesion policy works.
Amendment 1590 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 109 – paragraph 2
Part 3 – article 109 – paragraph 2
2. Technical assistance shall take the form of a mono-fundpart of a priority axis or a priority axis within an operational programme or of a specific operational programme.
Amendment 1593 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 110 – paragraph 1
Part 3 – article 110 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission decision adopting an operational programme shall fix the co- financing rate and the maximum amount of support from each Funds for each priority axis.
Amendment 1601 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 110 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Part 3 – article 110 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Amendment 1623 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 110 – paragraph 5
Part 3 – article 110 – paragraph 5
5. The maximum co-financing rate under paragraph 3 at the level of a priority axis shall be increased by ten percentage points, where the whole of a priority axis is delivered through financial instruments, or through community-led local development.
Amendment 1625 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 110 – paragraph 7
Part 3 – article 110 – paragraph 7
7. AOnly in cases referring to Article 22 a separate priority axis with a co- financing rate of up to 100% may be established within an operational programme to support operations implemented through financial instruments set up at Union level and managed directly or indirectly by the Commission. Where a separate priority is established for this purpose, the support under this axis may not be implemented by any other means.
Amendment 1628 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 111 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Part 3 – article 111 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) the importance of the priority axis for the delivery of the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, having regard to the specific gaps to be addressedin achieving the targets of the flagships initiatives of the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth;
Amendment 1634 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 111 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point c a (new)
Part 3 – article 111 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point c a (new)
(c a) other areas with severe demographic handicaps.
Amendment 1664 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 113 – paragraph 7
Part 3 – article 113 – paragraph 7
7. The Member State or the managing authority may entrust the management of part of an operational programme to an intermediate body by way of an agreement in writing between the intermediate body and the Member State or managing authority (a ‘'global grant’)'), including local authorities, regional development bodies or non-governmental organisations. With the view of facilitating access to Structural Funds for small non- governmental organisations, the management authority shall promote the use of small and tailor-made global grants. The intermediate body shall provide guarantees of its solvency and competence in the domain concerned, as well as its administrative and financial management.
Amendment 1670 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 114 – paragraph 2 – point a
Part 3 – article 114 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) support the work of the monitoring committee and provide itin particular ensure that the partners referred to in Article 5 of this Regulation, in accordance with the European code of conduct, have the necessary capacity to participate in the preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the Partnership Contract and the programmes, and provide the monitoring committee with the information it requires to carry out its tasks, in particular data relating to the progress of the operational programme in achieving its objectives, financial data and data relating to indicators and milestones;
Amendment 1671 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 114 – paragraph 2 – point e
Part 3 – article 114 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) ensure that the data referred to in point (d) is collected, entered and stored in the system, and that data on indicators is broken down by gender where required by Annex I of the ESF Regulation.
Amendment 1673 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 114 – paragraph 3 – point a – introductory part
Part 3 – article 114 – paragraph 3 – point a – introductory part
(a) together with the monitoring committee, draw up and, once approved, apply appropriate selection procedures and criteria that:
Amendment 1676 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 114 – paragraph 4 – point c
Part 3 – article 114 – paragraph 4 – point c
(c) put in place effective and proportionate anti-fraud measures taking into account the risks identified, such as an independent office receiving information by whistle blowers;
Amendment 1708 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 124 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Part 3 – article 124 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) in 2015: 13 % of the amount of support from the Funds for the entire programming period to the operational programme;
Amendment 1715 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 124 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Part 3 – article 124 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) in 2016: 13 % of the amount of support from the Funds for the entire programming period to the operational programme.
Amendment 1721 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 126 – paragraph 5
Part 3 – article 126 – paragraph 5
5. Subject to available funding, the Commission shall make thput in place effective and proportionate ianterim payment no later than 60 days after the date on which a payment application is registered with the Commission.i-fraud measures taking into account the risks identified, such as an independent office receiving information by whistle blowers;
Amendment 1755 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 134 – paragraph 1 – point f
Part 3 – article 134 – paragraph 1 – point f
Amendment 1761 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 134 – paragraph 1 – point g
Part 3 – article 134 – paragraph 1 – point g
Amendment 1808 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 3 – indent 2
Annex I – point 3 – indent 2
– transparent, easily understandable, with objectively verifiable targets and the source data identified and publicly available;
Amendment 1809 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities –point 4 – sub-point 4.1 – column 3 – indent 2
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities –point 4 – sub-point 4.1 – column 3 – indent 2
– Adoption of measures necessary to establish a system of certification of the energy performance of buildings in accordance with Article 119.3 (B), Article 11 and Article 18 of Directive 2010/31/EU;
Amendment 1810 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 4 – sub-point 4.1 – column 3 – indent 5 a new
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 4 – sub-point 4.1 – column 3 – indent 5 a new
– National Energy Efficiency Action Plans which translate energy saving objectives into concrete and coherent measures have been submitted in accordance with Directive 2006/32/EC, or equivalent reporting documents in application to the Directive on Energy Efficiency when it will be repealing Directive 2006/32/EC.
Amendment 1811 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 4 – sub-point 4.1 – column 2 – subparagraph 4 a (new)
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 4 – sub-point 4.1 – column 2 – subparagraph 4 a (new)
Transposition into national law, once adopted, of the Energy Efficiency Directive (COM(2011)370 final).
Amendment 1812 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 4 – sub-point 4.1 – column 2 – subparagraph 4 b (new)
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 4 – sub-point 4.1 – column 2 – subparagraph 4 b (new)
Transposition into national law of Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for energy-related products (recast).
Amendment 1813 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 4 – sub-point 4.2 – column 3 – indent 1 a new
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 4 – sub-point 4.2 – column 3 – indent 1 a new
– A Member State has put in place support schemes for the three renewable energy sectors until 2020: electricity, heat and transport;
Amendment 1815 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 4 – sub-point 4.1 – column 3 – indent 5 b new
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 4 – sub-point 4.1 – column 3 – indent 5 b new
– Market surveillance mechanisms in place in accordance with Article 3 of Directive 2009/125/EC are in place.
Amendment 1816 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 6 – sub-point 6.1 – column 3 – indent 1
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 6 – sub-point 6.1 – column 3 – indent 1
– A Member State has ensured contribution of the different water uses to the recovery of the costs of water services by sector in accordance with Article 9 of Directive 2000/60/EC, guaranteeing equal, universal access to this common good.
Amendment 1817 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 6 – sub-point 6.2 a (new)
Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 6 – sub-point 6.2 a (new)
6.2a Biodiversity The Member State has submitted, and together with the European Commission has adopted a multi-annual plan for prioritization and budgeting of investments for Natura 2000 sites (Prioritised Action Framework) in accordance with Article 8 of the Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora.
Amendment 1818 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 6 – sub-point 6.2 a (new) – column 3 – indent 1 (new)
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 6 – sub-point 6.2 a (new) – column 3 – indent 1 (new)
– The Member States has adopted a multi- annual plan for prioritization and budgeting of investments in accordance with Article 8 of the Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora (National Prioritised Action Frameworks for financing Natura 2000), including: 1.A list of priority measures in Natura 2000 sites and respective EU co-financing needs; 2. an analysis of co-financing sought from different EU funds to realise those measures;
Amendment 1819 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 6 – sub-point 6.2 b (new)
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 6 – sub-point 6.2 b (new)
6.2b. Cultural heritage sector: Development of projects to safeguard, pass on, promote and develop tangible and intangible cultural heritage.
Amendment 1820 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 6 – sub-point 6.2 a (new) – column 3 – indent 1 (new)
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 6 – sub-point 6.2 a (new) – column 3 – indent 1 (new)
– Effective instruments are available at national, regional and local level , in particular in regions with specific characteristics;
Amendment 1821 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 6 – sub-point 6.2 b (new) – column 3 – indent 2 (new)
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 6 – sub-point 6.2 b (new) – column 3 – indent 2 (new)
– Measures designed to exploit cultural and linguistic diversity and all aspects of the living heritage of the Union are developed.
Amendment 1822 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 7 – sub-point 7.1
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 7 – sub-point 7.1
7.1. Road: The existence of a comprehensive national transport plan which contains an appropriate prioritisation of investments in the core Trans European Network of Transport Infrastructure (TEN- T) network, in the comprehensive network (investments other than the core TEN-T) and in secondary connectivity (including public transport at regional and local level). Transposition and application of Directive 2011/76/EU on the charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures.
Amendment 1823 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 7 – sub-point 7.1 – column 3 – sub- indent 5 a new
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 7 – sub-point 7.1 – column 3 – sub- indent 5 a new
– National road user charging systems in place, in line with the provisions of 2011/76/EU, including recovery of costs for infrastructure, noise and air pollution, applied on all motorways since the beginning of their operation.
Amendment 1824 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 7 – sub-point 7.2 – column 3 – indent 1 – subindent 2
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 7 – sub-point 7.2 – column 3 – indent 1 – subindent 2
3. a strategic environmental assessment fulfilling the legal requirements for the transport plan, including an assessment of the overall greenhouse gas impacts of implementation of the plan to 2030 and 2050, including, if appropriate an assessment of the trans-border section;
Amendment 1825 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 7 – sub-point 7. 2 a new
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 7 – sub-point 7. 2 a new
7.2a. Transport maritime Incorporation of sea routes (‘motorways of the sea’ and maritime cabotage) into the comprehensive regional, trans- regional, national and transnational transport plan, with particular reference to the transport of goods.
Amendment 1826 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 7 – sub-point 7. 2 a new – column 3
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 7 – sub-point 7. 2 a new – column 3
– indent 1 (new)
Amendment 1827 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 7 – sub-point 7. 2 a new – column 3
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 7 – sub-point 7. 2 a new – column 3
– indent 2 (new)
–a realistic and mature project pipeline (including a budgetary framework);
Amendment 1828 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 7 – sub-point 7.2 a new – column 3
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 7 – sub-point 7.2 a new – column 3
– indent 3 (new)
– a strategic environmental assessment fulfilling the legal requirements for the transport plan;
Amendment 1829 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 7 – sub-point 7.2 a new – column 3
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 7 – sub-point 7.2 a new – column 3
– indent 4 (new)
– measures to strengthen the capacity of intermediary bodies and beneficiaries to deliver the project pipeline.
Amendment 1830 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 8 – sub-point 8.1 – column 3 – indent 2
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 8 – sub-point 8.1 – column 3 – indent 2
– Employment services have set up networks with employers and education institutes, also crossing the sectors.
Amendment 1831 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 8 – sub-point 8.2 – column 2
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 8 – sub-point 8.2 – column 2
8.2. Self-employment, entrepreneurship and business creation and business transfer: the existence of a comprehensive strategy for inclusive start- up support in accordance with the Small Business Act and in coherence with the Employment guidelines and the Broad Guidelines for the economic policies of the Member States and of the Union, regarding the enabling conditions for job creation.
Amendment 1832 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 8 – sub-point 8.2 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub-indent 3a (new)
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 8 – sub-point 8.2 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub-indent 3a (new)
– Actions for information and awareness raising at secondary education level;
Amendment 1833 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 8 – sub-point 8.2 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub-indent 3b (new)
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 8 – sub-point 8.2 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub-indent 3b (new)
– Gender-related advice and preparation of new business start-ups;
Amendment 1834 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 8 – sub-point 8.2 – column 3 –
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 8 – sub-point 8.2 – column 3 –
– Measures intended for the preparation and for the follow-up of business transfer.
Amendment 1835 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 8 – sub-point 8.4 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub-indent 2
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 8 – sub-point 8.4 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub-indent 2
– a Member State has measures in place to promote active ageing and to reduce early retirement.
Amendment 1837 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 9 – sub-point 9.1 – column 3 – indent 2 – sub-indent 4
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 9 – sub-point 9.1 – column 3 – indent 2 – sub-indent 4
– cuts across-sectors, and involves and coordinates all policy sectors and stakeholders, including the areas of culture, arts and sport, that are relevant to address ESL.
Amendment 1838 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 9 – sub-point 9.2 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub-indent 1 – sub-indent 2
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 9 – sub-point 9.2 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub-indent 1 – sub-indent 2
– increase higher education participation among low income groups and other under-represented groups, with special consideration for the most vulnerable groups.
Amendment 1840 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 9 – sub-point 9.2 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub-indent 3
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 9 – sub-point 9.2 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub-indent 3
– gender-sensitive measures to increase employability and entrepreneurship that:
Amendment 1843 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 9 – sub-point 9.3 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub-indent 4
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 9 – sub-point 9.3 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub-indent 4
– measures to improve the relevance of education and training and to adapt it to the needs of identified target groups;, including the knowledge of regional, official and non-official languages.
Amendment 1844 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 9 – sub-point 9.3a (new)
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 9 – sub-point 9.3a (new)
9.3a Vocational education and training - The existence of national or regional strategies for a modern vocational education and training.
Amendment 1845 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 9 – sub-point 9.3a (new) – column 3
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 9 – sub-point 9.3a (new) – column 3
– indent 1 (new)
- Recognition of vocational education and training as engine for sustainable development and inclusive growth;
Amendment 1846 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 9 – sub-point 9.3a (new) – column 3
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 9 – sub-point 9.3a (new) – column 3
– indent 2 (new)
– Measures to improve the quality and efficiency of initial and continuous vocational training;
Amendment 1847 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 9 – sub-point 9.3a (new) – column 3
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 9 – sub-point 9.3a (new) – column 3
– indent 3 (new)
- Measures to promote vocational education and training.
Amendment 1848 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 10 – sub-point 10.1 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub-indent 2
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 10 – sub-point 10.1 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub-indent 2
– is in accordance withlays out concrete proposals designed to work towards the achievement of the national poverty and social exclusion target (as defined in the National Reform Programme and National Social Reports), which includes the extension of quality employment opportunities for disadvantaged groups;
Amendment 1849 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 10 – sub-point 10.1 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub-indent 4
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 10 – sub-point 10.1 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub-indent 4
– demonstrates that social partners and relevant stakeholders are involved in the design ofat all stages (design, implementation and evaluation) of the national anti-poverty strategies and active inclusion;
Amendment 1852 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 10 – sub-point 10.1 – column 3 – indent 2 – sub-indent 2
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 10 – sub-point 10.1 – column 3 – indent 2 – sub-indent 2
– is coherent with the National Reform Programme and National Social Reports;
Amendment 1855 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 10 – sub-point 10.2 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub-indent 1
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 10 – sub-point 10.2 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub-indent 1
– Contains coordinated measures to improve access to quality health servicand affordable health services aiming at tackling the social determinants of health inequalities;
Amendment 1857 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 11 – column 1
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 11 – column 1
11. Enhancing institutional capacity and efficient and participative public administration and promoting capacity building for social partners, nongovernmental organisations, regional and local authorities and other stakeholders, in particular the partners referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No [CPR...] (referred to in Article 9(11) )
Amendment 1858 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 11 – column 3 – indent 1
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 11 – column 3 – indent 1
- A strategy for reinforcing a Member State's administrative efficiencyregional and local authorities' administrative efficiency and their skills to implement participative methods is in place and in the process of being implemented1. The strategy includes:
Amendment 1859 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 11 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub- indent 5
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 11 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub- indent 5
– the development of skills at all levels, including acquisition of methods ensuring participation of civil society in the decision making processes;
Amendment 1860 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 11 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub- indent 6a (new)
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 11 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub- indent 6a (new)
– a strategy for capacity building for social partners, non-governmental organisations, regional and local authorities and other stakeholders;
Amendment 1861 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 11 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub- indent 6b (new)
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 11 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub- indent 6b (new)
– a strategy of the effectiveness’s of the Partnership principle including a financial concept for sufficient capacity building for partners referred to in Article 5 of this Regulation.
Amendment 1862 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – General ex-ante conditionalities – point 1 – column 2
Annex IV – General ex-ante conditionalities – point 1 – column 2
The existence of a mechanism which ensures effective implementation and application of Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation1 and Directive 2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin and of Article 5 of the UN Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities.
Amendment 1863 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – General ex-ante conditionalities – point 1 – column 3 – indent 1
Annex IV – General ex-ante conditionalities – point 1 – column 3 – indent 1
– Effective implementation and application of the EU Directive 2000/78/EC and Directive 2000/43/EC on non- discrimination is ensured through: and of Article 5 of the UN Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities;
Amendment 1864 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – General ex-ante conditionalities – point 1 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub-indent
Annex IV – General ex-ante conditionalities – point 1 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub-indent
– institutional arrangements for the implementation, application and supervision of the EU directives on non- discrimination and of Article 5 of the UN Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities;
Amendment 1865 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – General ex-ante conditionalities – point 1 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub-indent 3
Annex IV – General ex-ante conditionalities – point 1 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub-indent 3
– Measures to strengthen administrative capacity for implementation and application of the EU directives on non- discrimination. and of Article 5 of the UN Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities;
Amendment 1866 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – General ex-ante conditionalities – point 2 – column 2
Annex IV – General ex-ante conditionalities – point 2 – column 2
The existence of a strategy for the promotion ofachieving the EU gender equality objectives and a mechanism which ensures its effective implementation through gender mainstreaming and other specific actions.
Amendment 1867 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – General ex-ante conditionalities – point 2 – column 3 – indent 1
Annex IV – General ex-ante conditionalities – point 2 – column 3 – indent 1
Effective implementation and application of an explicit strategy for the promotion ofachieving the EU gender equality objectives is ensured through:
Amendment 1868 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – General ex-ante conditionalities – point 2 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub-indent 2
Annex IV – General ex-ante conditionalities – point 2 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub-indent 2
– a plan and ex-ante criteria for the integration of gender equality objectives through gender equality standards and guidelines; for all CSF-funds;
Amendment 1869 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – General ex-ante conditionalities – point 2 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub-indent 3
Annex IV – General ex-ante conditionalities – point 2 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub-indent 3
– implementation mechanisms including involvement of a gender body or gender experts and the relevant expertise to draft monitor and evaluate the interventions.
Amendment 1870 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – General ex-ante conditionalities – point 3 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub-indent
Annex IV – General ex-ante conditionalities – point 3 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub-indent
– Implementation of measures in line with Article 9 of the UN Convention to prevent, identify and eliminate obstacles and barriers to accessibility of persons with disabilities to all domains including infrastructure, services and goods;
Amendment 1871 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – General ex-ante conditionalities – point 3 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub-indent 2
Annex IV – General ex-ante conditionalities – point 3 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub-indent 2
– institutional arrangements for the implementation and supervision of the UN Convention in line with Article 33 of the Convention; and the involvement of disability representative organisations in the design and implementation of these arrangements;
Amendment 1874 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – General ex-ante conditionalities – point 4 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub-indent 5 a (new)
Annex IV – General ex-ante conditionalities – point 4 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub-indent 5 a (new)
– a strategy for allowing and incentivising the development of Green Public Procurement (GPP).
Amendment 1875 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – Information and communication on support from the Funds – part 1 –
Annex V – Information and communication on support from the Funds – part 1 –
paragraph 1 – indent 1
– Beneficiary name (only legal entities; no natural persons shall be named, including legal entities operating with financial instruments as laid down in Article 33);
Amendment 1876 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – Information and communication on support from the Funds – part 2 - section 2.1 – paragraph 2– point d a (new)
Annex V – Information and communication on support from the Funds – part 2 - section 2.1 – paragraph 2– point d a (new)
da. publishing at least the percentage corresponding to the European Union's share in the amount of total funding attributed to publications about a funded project or funded action;
Amendment 1878 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new)
Annex -I (new)
All wording of "must" should be changed into "should". Except rules regarding the partnership (according to Art. 5), there "shall" should be kept. (overall amendment, that should be applied to the whole text of the CSF)
Amendment 1881 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Introductory part – Paragraph 1 a (new)
Annex -I (new) – Introductory part – Paragraph 1 a (new)
In addition to the framework contained in this Annex, the Commission should support Member States and regions by adopting a non-exhaustive menu of recommended actions for the Funds covered by the CPR in the form of a delegated act in accordance with Article 142. This non-exhaustive menu, as part of the CSF, should provide Member States and regions with guidance on how they can translate the thematic objectives laid down in Article 9 of this Regulation into programming, considering the different needs, challenges and opportunities of regions and the necessary flexibility for regional sustainable development. (to Introduction, Purpose of CSF)
Amendment 1883 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.1 – Paragraph 1.1.2a (new)
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.1 – Paragraph 1.1.2a (new)
1.1.2a In accordance with Article 5, Member States shall organise a partnership with the representatives of competent regional, local, urban and other public authorities, economic and social partners, and bodies representing civil society, including environmental partners, non-governmental organisations, and bodies responsible for promoting gender equality, non- discrimination and non-governmental organisations promoting social inclusion and organisations active in the areas of culture, education and youth policy. Specific attention shall be paid to groups that might be affected by the programmes and may have difficulties to influence them.
Amendment 1889 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.1 – Paragraph 1.1.4
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.1 – Paragraph 1.1.4
1.1.4 At all stages of the implementation of the Funds covered by the CPR, partnership must be organised as following: The partners shall represent the different territorial levels in accordance with the institutional structure of the Member States and the partnership shall be established respecting the following minimal requirements:_ (i) the representation of the different partners is based on their respective responsibilities during the implementation of the programmes, (ii) partners select and appoint their own members representing them in the monitoring committees and other consultative bodies and working groups established within the framework of the funds, (iii) monitoring committees are gender-balanced and diverse in their composition, (iv) the list of members of the monitoring committees and other working groups are made public, (v) each selected partner is aware of his duties related to confidentiality and conflict of interest due to specific training and a formalisation of his duties in a signed statement. The partners shall be directly involved in the preparation of Partnership Contracts and into all stages of the preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the programmes. (changes and erasing parts of 1.1.4)
Amendment 1890 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.1 – Paragraph 1.1.4a (new)
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.1 – Paragraph 1.1.4a (new)
1.1.4a The cooperation with the partners shall follow best practices. Each Member State shall ensure an adequate level of technical assistance in order to facilitate the partners' involvement and participation at all stages of the programming process.
Amendment 1891 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.1 – Paragraph 1.1.4 b (new)
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.1 – Paragraph 1.1.4 b (new)
1.1.4b Member States shall establish a partnership respecting the following minimal requirements in terms of procedure: (i) timely disclosure of information during debates on strategic documents (ii) sufficient time for stakeholders to analyse documents, consult their members and constituencies and give feedback (iii) appropriate channels for stakeholders to ask questions or make suggestions and comments, (iv) transparency on the way proposals and comments by partners have been taken into account, including an explanation in case of rejection of comments; and (v) dissemination of the outcome of consultations. Moreover, accessibility for persons with disabilities to this process in terms of physical environment should be ensured.
Amendment 1892 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.2 – Paragraph 1.2.1
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.2 – Paragraph 1.2.1
1.2.1 The principle of sustainable development, as laid down in Article 3 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU), relates to a concept of progress according to which social, economic and environmental considerations are to be integrated when considering well-being and a better quality of life for the present and future generations. Sustainable development requires compliance with the environmental acquis. Moreover, it should be demonstrated that overall investment results in net benefits for society. (Addition of the second phrase to Art. 1.2.1 at the end.)
Amendment 1893 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.2 – Paragraph 1.2.2
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.2 – Paragraph 1.2.2
Amendment 1896 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.2 – Paragraph 1.2.3
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.2 – Paragraph 1.2.3
1.2.3 In order to tackle the complex challenges they face, Member States and regions must deploy all available Union policy instruments. In particular, for the purposes of tackling climate change, resources must be focused on preventative and mitigating measures, while minimising external costs. Any new investment made with the support of the Funds covered by the CPR must be of a nature such that it is inherently resilient to the impact of climate change and natural disasters. (Add last four words to the second sentence in paragraph 1.2.3 of the Rapporteurs text.)
Amendment 1901 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.2 – Paragraph 1.2.4
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.2 – Paragraph 1.2.4
Amendment 1907 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.2 – Paragraph 1.2.5 – point d
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.2 – Paragraph 1.2.5 – point d
d) the use of green public procurement. (The word "increasing" erased in Paragraph 1.2.5, point d))
Amendment 1910 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.3 – Paragraph 1.3.1
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.3 – Paragraph 1.3.1
1.3.1 Member States and regions should take appropriate steps to eliminate inequalities and to prevent any discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age, or sexual orientation or gender identity, at all stages of the implementation of the Funds covered by the CPR. (Changes to 1.3.1)
Amendment 1913 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.3 – Paragraph 1.3.3
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.3 – Paragraph 1.3.3
Amendment 1914 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.3 – Paragraph 1.3.3
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.3 – Paragraph 1.3.3
1.3.3 Higher participation of women in the labour market, both as employers and employees, would invigorate the Union's economy. Unblocking the potential for such an increase in activity, by increasing the female employment rate is crucial for reaching the Europe 2020 employment targets of 75% employment rate for women and men. Barriers to women's labour market participation, must, therefore, be fully addressed through, inter alia, reduction of labour market segmentation by occupation and sector by, amongst others, encouraging a better participation of women in the field of R & D and including female workers into training and vocational training in 'green jobs'; Member States and regions must ensure with specific actions that in addition to the ESF, the ERDF, the CF, the EMFF and the EAFRD also finance activities that promote women's economic independence, contribute to attaining an appropriate balance between work and family life, and that advance women's opportunities as entrepreneurs. (Changes to the second part of paragraph 1.3.3.)
Amendment 1918 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.3 – Paragraph 1.3.4 a (new)
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.3 – Paragraph 1.3.4 a (new)
1.3.4a The opinion issued by the equality bodies on the programmes for the ESF, ERDF and Cohesion Fund should aim at ensuring that all necessary provisions for the promotion of gender equality are in place. In addition, the involvement of equality bodies or other organisations active in combating discrimination is strongly recommended in order to provide the necessary expertise in the preparation, monitoring and evaluation of the Funds.
Amendment 1919 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.4 – Paragraph 1.4.1
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.4 – Paragraph 1.4.1
1.4.1 All products and services that are offered to the public and are co-financed by the Funds covered by the CPR must be accessible. In particular, accessibility to the built environment, transport, information and communication technologies, is essential for the purposes of inclusion for disadvantaged groups, including persons with reduced mobility and persons with disabilities, in particular taking into account the UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities in force since 3 May 2008 and EU policies to implement the UN-Convention. (Changes and additions to 1.4.1)
Amendment 1920 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.4 – Paragraph 1.4.2
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.4 – Paragraph 1.4.2
1.4.2 It is crucial to appropriately address the needs of those who are furthest from the labour market, people with disabilities, migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, homeless people, and other groups at risk of poverty, children and young people, elderly people, ethnic minorities and other disadvantaged groups in order to allow them to better integrate into the labour market, and to fully participate in society. (Changes to 1.4.2)
Amendment 1922 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.4 – Paragraph 1.4.3
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.4 – Paragraph 1.4.3
1.4.3 Member States and regions must continue to promote social cohesion, on an equal footing to economic and territorial cohesion, across all EU regions, if the EU 2020 Strategy is to achieve its targets. A minimum share for the ESF for each category of regions is established in accordance with article 84 paragraph 3 of Regulation (EU) No (...CPR), resulting in a minimum overall share for the ESF of 25% of the budget allocated to cohesion policy (excluding Connecting Europe Facility). (Addition of the last sentence at the end of the paragraph 1.4.3)
Amendment 1930 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.5 – Paragraph 1.5.4
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.5 – Paragraph 1.5.4
Amendment 1937 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.6 – Paragraph 1.6.3
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.6 – Paragraph 1.6.3
1.6.3 When developing their strategies and programmes with a view to identifying the most appropriate interventions, Member States and regions must pay particular attention to predominant territorial, structural and institutional features, such as connectivity of the region in question, employment patterns and labour mobility; rural-urban linkages and sustainable development; the local interdependencies between different sectors; cultural heritage; ageing and demographic shifts,; etc. (Changes to 1.6.3.)
Amendment 1942 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.6 – Paragraph 1.6.4
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.6 – Paragraph 1.6.4
Amendment 1947 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.6 – Paragraph 1.6.5
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.6 – Paragraph 1.6.5
1.6.5 So as to foster good policies which are tailored to specific regional needs, Member States and regions must further develop an integrated territorial approach to policy design and delivery. The method of integrated territorial investment should be the main tool to achieve balanced sustainable development, with the potential to promote employment, social inclusion and prosperity, taking account of relevant contextual aspects but focusing on the basis of the following central elements: (Changes to 1.6.5)
Amendment 1948 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.6 – Paragraph 1.6.5 – point c a (new)
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.6 – Paragraph 1.6.5 – point c a (new)
(ca) the possibility to combine one or more complementary investment priorities from different thematic objectives in one priority axis or within one programme; (Add to 1.6.5 a new ca))
Amendment 1962 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 2 – Section 2.2 – Paragraph 2.2.4
Annex -I (new) – Part 2 – Section 2.2 – Paragraph 2.2.4
2.2.4 Downstream actions must provide the means to exploit and diffuse R&I results, stemming from Horizon 2020, into the market and into the wider research community, and may include: pilot plants and demonstration sites, proof of concept and early stage financing, incubation facilities, applied research, specific industrial and technology transfer capabilities and cluster support. (Changes to 2.2.4)
Amendment 1963 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 2 – Section 2.2 – Paragraph 2.2.5
Annex -I (new) – Part 2 – Section 2.2 – Paragraph 2.2.5
2.2.5 Joint support must be provided to national and regional authorities for the design and implementation of such innovation strategies, which may include: support to identify opportunities for joint financing of R&I infrastructures of European interest, the promotion of international collaboration, methodological support through peer reviews, open access strategies for publications and research data, exchange of good practice, and training across regions. (Changes to 2.2.5)
Amendment 1972 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 2 – Section 2.3 – Paragraph 2.3.8
Annex -I (new) – Part 2 – Section 2.3 – Paragraph 2.3.8
2.3.8 In addition, financing from the Funds covered by the CPR must be coordinated with the support from the NER 300 Programme, which uses revenue from auctioning allowances under the European Emissions Trading Scheme, in order to boost renewable energy sources and energy saving measures .[1] [1] OJ L 290, 6.11.2010, p. 39–48 2010/670/EU: Commission Decision of 3 November 2010 laying down criteria and measures for the financing of commercial demonstration projects that aim at the environmentally safe capture and geological storage of CO2 as well as demonstration projects of innovative renewable energy technologies under the scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community established by Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (2010/670/EU) OJ L 275, 25.10.2003, p. 32–46. (Changes to 2.3.8)
Amendment 1973 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 2 – Section 2.4
Annex -I (new) – Part 2 – Section 2.4
2.4. New education programme - "ERASMUS for All".
Amendment 1975 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 2 – Section 2.4 – Paragraph 2.4.1
Annex -I (new) – Part 2 – Section 2.4 – Paragraph 2.4.1
2.4.1 The synergies between the Funds covered by the CPR and the ‘Erasmus for All’ programme must be ensured in order to maximise the efficiency of the tools developed and the social and economic impact of investment in people. That synchronised investment will benefit both individuals and society as a whole by contributing to growth and prosperity, providing a better intercultural understanding, giving access to a wide range of education and training actions, both formal and informal, and giving impulses to youth initiatives, citizens actions and directed to all generations. The new education programme as proposed by the Commission ‘Erasmus for All’ supports mainly transnational projects, whereas cohesion Policy has a more pronounced regional dimension. Member States and Regions are encouraged to test tools and methods resulting from transnational cooperation through ‘Erasmus for All’ and then to implement them on their territory through Funds covered by the CPR.
Amendment 1976 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 2 – Section 2.4 – Paragraph 2.4.2
Annex -I (new) – Part 2 – Section 2.4 – Paragraph 2.4.2
2.4.2 The Commission and Member States must ensure effective coordination between cohesion policy and ‘Erasmus for All’ through a clear distinction in the types of investment and target groups supported. ‘Erasmus for All’ shall focus its support on transnational projects including the mobility of students, youth and staff; on strategic partnerships between organisations and institutions across Europe and on actions supporting policy development and implementation. The primary investment priority targets for cohesion policy will respond to the need to ensure a complementary action to 'Erasmus for all" in the fields of: education (support of infrastructures of kindergarten, primary and secondary schools, universities), labour market training (to make sure all adults in search for work or a change in their career can be supported, (like it used to be under the sub-programme Leonardo da Vinci, action PLM People in the Labour Market) and adult learners in general.
Amendment 1978 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 2 – Section 2.4 – Paragraph 2.4.3
Annex -I (new) – Part 2 – Section 2.4 – Paragraph 2.4.3
2.4.3 Furthermore, enhanced results will be achieved in adding up funds for mobility and activities that mainstream best practices and innovative projects identified at EU level under the new programme for education, youth and sports’, making sure a real , transparent and easily accessible communication towards the citizens is taken care of, at EU, national and regional level.
Amendment 1979 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 2 – Section 2.4a (new) – Paragraph 2.4 a 1 (new)
Annex -I (new) – Part 2 – Section 2.4a (new) – Paragraph 2.4 a 1 (new)
2.4a Programme for Social Chance and Innovation (PSCI) 2.4a.1 The synergies between the Funds covered by the CPR and the European Union Programme for Social Chance and Innovation (PSCI) should be increased, aiming to contributing to the implementation of the Europe 2020 Strategy, its headline targets, flagship initiatives, Integrated Guidelines and the Youth Opportunities Initiative by providing financial support for the European Union's objectives in terms of promoting a high level of high-quality employment, guaranteeing adequate and decent social protection, combating social exclusion and poverty, improving working conditions and improving the employment and educational situation of young people.
Amendment 1980 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 2 – Section 2.4a new – Paragraph 2.4. a 2 (new)
Annex -I (new) – Part 2 – Section 2.4a new – Paragraph 2.4. a 2 (new)
2.4a 2 Member States should use the opportunity and deliver on complementary actions under the European Social Fund (ESF) consistent with activities carried out under the PSCI in areas such as social dialogue, fundamental rights, equal opportunities, education, vocational training, children's rights and well-being, youth policy, migration policy, research and innovation, entrepreneurship, health, working conditions, enlargement and external relations, as well as general economic policy.
Amendment 1981 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 2 – Section 2.4a new – Paragraph 2.4a 3(new)
Annex -I (new) – Part 2 – Section 2.4a new – Paragraph 2.4a 3(new)
2.4a 3 In border regions, EURES cross- border partnerships play an important role in developing a genuine European labour market. EURES cross-border partnerships should therefore continue to be supported through horizontal Union activities, which could be complemented by national resources or by the ESF.
Amendment 1982 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 2 – Section 2.4a new – Paragraph 2.4a 4 (new)
Annex -I (new) – Part 2 – Section 2.4a new – Paragraph 2.4a 4 (new)
2.4a 4 In order to ensure complementarity, actions under PSCI should be closely coordinated with those undertaken in the framework of cohesion policy. Member states should coordinate corresponding actions under the CSF Funds, in particular under the ESF and the ERDF, with actions of the PSCI-pillar microfinance, which aim at increasing access to and the availability of microfinance to persons who have lost or are at risk of losing their jobs, or having difficulties in entering or re-entering the labour market, as well as to persons who are at risk of social exclusion and vulnerable persons in disadvantaged positions with regard to access to the conventional credit market and wishing to start up or develop their own micro- enterprises, including self-employment, without any discrimination regarding age, as well as to micro-enterprises, especially in the social economy, and micro- enterprises which employ the furthest persons from the labour market.
Amendment 1983 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 2 – Section 2.4 a new – Paragraph 2.4a 5 (new)
Annex -I (new) – Part 2 – Section 2.4 a new – Paragraph 2.4a 5 (new)
2.4a 5 At the initiative of the European Parliament, a 'Youth Initiative axis' within the PSCI supports actions for people aged under 25 years, inter alia actions to prevent early-school leaving especially through reintegration into training, to develop skills that are relevant to the labour market to bring together more closely the worlds of employment, education and training, to support a first work experience and on-the-job training in order to offer the opportunity to young people to acquire both the relevant skills and work experience and quality of traineeships and apprenticeships and to support their access to the labour market. In order to strengthening these actions, Member States and regions should set up corresponding actions in the programmes under the CSF Funds.
Amendment 1986 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 j (new)
Annex 1 j (new)
2.5.2 Just as national infrastructure needs to be planned coherently, both by taking into account the development of Union cross border links, and by developing links across regions within a Member State, plans must be based on real and projected transport demand and identify missing links and bottlenecks. Investment in regional connectivity to the comprehensive network and to the core Trans European Network of transport infrastructure (TEN-T) network must ensure that urban and rural areas benefit from the opportunities created by major networks and missing links of sustainable transport modes in trans-border connections. (Changes to 2.5.2.)
Amendment 1989 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 2 – Section 2.5 – Paragraph 2.5.4
Annex -I (new) – Part 2 – Section 2.5 – Paragraph 2.5.4
Amendment 1992 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 2 – Section 2.5 – Paragraph 2.5.5
Annex -I (new) – Part 2 – Section 2.5 – Paragraph 2.5.5
Amendment 1994 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 2 – Section 2.5 – Paragraph 2.5.6
Annex -I (new) – Part 2 – Section 2.5 – Paragraph 2.5.6
2.5.6 With regard to maritime transport, ports must be developed as efficient entry and exit points through full integration with land infrastructure. Priority must be given to projects concerning port access and hinterland connections. The development of short sea shipping and of inland waterways must reinforce their contribution to sustainable European freight transport networks. (Changes to 2.5.6.)
Amendment 2003 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 3 – Paragraph 3.2 – point a
Annex -I (new) – Part 3 – Paragraph 3.2 – point a
a) identify areas of intervention where the Funds covered by the CPR can be combined in a complementary manner to achieve one or more the thematic objectives set out in this Regulation; (Changes to 3.2. a)
Amendment 2005 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 3 – Paragraph 3.2 – point b
Annex -I (new) – Part 3 – Paragraph 3.2 – point b
b) promote the involvement by managing authorities responsible for one of the Funds covered by the CPR of other managing authorities and relevant ministries in the development of support schemes to ensure synergies and avoid overlaps and to promote a multifunds approach; (Change to 3.2. b)
Amendment 2008 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 4 – Section 4.3 – Paragraph 4.3 a (new)
Annex -I (new) – Part 4 – Section 4.3 – Paragraph 4.3 a (new)
4.3a. Cross-border Community-led local development (based on the experience of LEADER under rural development and the former "Small Project Fund") may complement and enhance the delivery of a successful territorial cooperation, aiming at increasing effectiveness and efficiency of cross-border programmes by delegating decision-making and implementation to a local partnership of public, private and civil society actors.
Amendment 16 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) In its resolution of 8 June 2011 on Investing in the future: a new Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for a competitive, sustainable and inclusive Europe1, the European Parliament recalled that, according to the Article 195 of the Lisbon Treaty, tourism is a new EU competence under the Lisbon Treaty, and should, therefore, also be reflected in the next MFF. It stressed the important contribution of sustainable tourism to the European economy and believed that the European strategy for tourism should aim at raising the competitiveness of the sector, promoting cooperation between the national, regional and local authorities and be supported with adequate funding for the next period. The ERDF should support activities relevant to the tourism dimension. _______________ 1 Texts adopted, P7_TA(011)0266.
Amendment 17 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Within the framework of sustainable urban development, it is considered necessary to support integrated actions to tackle the economic, environmental, climate and social challenges affecting urban areas and to define a procedure to establish the list of citie, cultural, social, employment and demographic challenges affecting urban and peri-urban areas and to set out, in the operational programmes, functional urban areas covered by such actions and the financial allocation set aside for such actions.
Amendment 19 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) productive investment, which contributes to creating and safeguarding sustainable jobs, through direct aid to investment in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and micro-enterprises, including those of the social economy;
Amendment 21 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) investments in social, health and educational infrastructurecultural and sport infrastructure as well as affordable housing and sustainable tourism;
Amendment 23 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d – point ii
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d – point ii
(ii) support for and services to enterprises, in particular SMEs, including micro- enterprises, including those of the social economy;
Amendment 25 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part
(a) in more developed regions and transition regions:
Amendment 27 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
(ii) at least 240% of the total ERDF resources at national level shall be allocated to the thematic objective set out in point 4 of Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No […...]/2012 [CPR] , where investments under this objective outside transport sector shall represent at least 30% of the total ERDF resources at national level;
Amendment 28 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) in transition regions: (i) at least 60% of the total ERDF resources at national level shall be allocated to the thematic objectives set in points 1, 3 and 4 of Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No [...]/2012 [CPR]; and (ii) at least 40% of the total ERDF resources at national level shall be allocated to the thematic objective set out in point 4 of Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No [...]/2012 [CPR] where investments under this objective outside transport sector shall represent at least 30% of the total ERDF resources at national level;
Amendment 29 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point i
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point i
(i) at least 560% of the total ERDF resources at national level shall be allocated to the thematic objectives set in out in point 1, 3 and 4 of Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No […]/2012 [CPR] .
Amendment 30 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
(ii) at least 620% of the total ERDF resources at national level shall be allocated to the thematic objective set out in point 4 of Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No […...]/2012 [CPR], where investments under this objective outside transport sector shall represent at least 15% of the total ERDF resources at national level.
Amendment 31 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
(b) promoting business R&I investment, product and service development, technology transfer, social innovationeco-efficient innovation, social innovation, cultural and creative industries and public service applications, demand stimulation, networking, clusters and open innovation through smart specialisation;
Amendment 32 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c
(c) strengthening ICT applications for e- government, e-learning, e-training, e- culture, e-inclusion and e- health;
Amendment 33 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – introductory part
(4) supporting the shift towards a low- carbonclimate compatible, energy-saving economy in all sectors:
Amendment 34 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point b
(b) promoting energy efficiency and renewable energy use in SMEs and micro- enterprises, including those of the social economy;
Amendment 36 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point e
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point e
(e) promoting low-carbonclimate compatible and energy-saving strategies for urban areas;
Amendment 37 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – introductory part
(6) protecting the environment, biodiversity and ecosystems and promoting resource efficiency and cultural resources:
Amendment 38 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – introductory part
(7) promoting intermodal sustainable transport and mobility, while focusing on improving existing infrastructure, removing rail bottlenecks in key network infrastructures and filling in missing trans-border links:
Amendment 39 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point d a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point d a (new)
(d a) promoting sustainable waterborne transport;
Amendment 103 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
By derogation from point (a) and (aa), all NUTS 2 or NUTS 3 level regions consisting solely of islands or which are outermost regions, shall be considered as less developed regions for the purpose of this Article.
Amendment 10 #
2011/0274(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – point a – introductory part
Article 3 – point a – introductory part
(a) supporting the shift towards a low- carbon economy in all sectorsclimate compatible, energy saving economy in all sectors, including urban development, by:
Amendment 11 #
2011/0274(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – point a – point ii
Article 3 – point a – point ii
(ii) promoting energy efficiency and renewable energy use exclusively in small and medium-sized enterprises and micro- enterprises;
Amendment 12 #
2011/0274(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – point a – point v
Article 3 – point a – point v
(v) promoting low-carbonclimate compatible, energy saving strategies for urban areas;
Amendment 13 #
2011/0274(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – point c – introductory part
Article 3 – point c – introductory part
(c) protecting the environment, biodiversity and ecosystems and promoting resource efficiency and cultural resources by:
Amendment 14 #
2011/0274(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – point c – point iii
Article 3 – point c – point iii
(iii) protecting and restoring biodiversity, including through green infrastructures and Natura 2000 sites;
Amendment 15 #
2011/0274(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – point d – introductory part
Article 3 – point d – introductory part
(d) promoting intermodal sustainable transport and mobility while focusing on improving existing infrastructure, removing rail bottlenecks in key network infrastructures and filling in missing border links, by:
Amendment 16 #
2011/0274(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – point d – point ii
Article 3 – point d – point ii
(ii) developing environment-friendly and low-carbon transportrenewable-energy based transport and mobility systems including promoting sustainable urban mobility;
Amendment 17 #
2011/0274(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – point d – point iii a (new)
Article 3 – point d – point iii a (new)
(iii a) promoting sustainable waterborne transport.
Amendment 16 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Cross-border cooperation should aim to tackle common challenges identified jointly in the border regions (such as poor accessibility, inappropriate business environment, lack of networks among local and regional administrations, research and innovation and take-up of information and communication technologies, environmental pollution, risk prevention, negative attitudes towards neighbouring country citizens) and exploit the untapped potentials in the border area (development of cross-border research and innovation facilities and clusters, cross-border labour market integration, cooperation among universities or health centeducational systems, in particular universities or health centres and highlighting cross-border regional cultures), while enhancing the cooperation process for the purpose of the overall harmonious development of the Union. In the case of any cross-border programme between Northern Ireland and the border counties of Ireland in support of peace and reconciliation, the ERDF shall also contribute to promoting social and economic stability in the regions concerned, notably by actions to promote cohesion between communities.
Amendment 17 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
a) exchange of experience on thematic and territorial objectives among partners throughout the Union on the identification and dissemination of good practice with a view to its transfer to operational programmes under the Investment for growth and jobs goal;
Amendment 18 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
b) exchange of experience concerning the identification, transfer and dissemination of good practice on sustainable urban and rural development; and taking into account specific territorial characteristics, including permanent natural and geographical handicaps;
Amendment 19 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
When submitting draft cross-border cooperation programmes, Member States may request that additional NUTS level 3 regions adjacent to those listed in the decision referred to in the second subparagraph are added to a given cross- border area and shall give reasons for the request. Pursuant to Article 174 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, islands belonging to the same sea basin are eligible for these programmes without any restriction as to NUTS level or distance.
Amendment 20 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Resources for the European territorial cooperation goal shall amount to 3,487 % of the global resources available for budgetary commitment from the Funds for the period 2014 to 2020 and set out in Article 83(1) of Regulation (EU) No[…/2012 [CPR] (i.e., a total of EUR 11 700 000 004XXX) and shall be allocated as follows:
Amendment 21 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
a) 73,24 % (i.e., a total of EUR 8 569 000 003XXX) for cross-border cooperation;
Amendment 22 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
b) 20,78 % (i.e., a total of EUR 2 431 000 001XXX) for transnational cooperation;
Amendment 23 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c
c) 5,98 % (i.e., a total of EUR 700 000 000XXX) for interregional cooperation.
Amendment 59 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Cross-border cooperation should aim to tackle common challenges identified jointly in the border regions (such as poor accessibility, inappropriate business environment, lack of networks among local and regional administrations, research and innovation and take-up of information and communication technologies, environmental pollution, risk prevention, negative attitudes towards neighbouring country citizens) and exploit the untapped potentials in the border area (development of cross-border research and innovation facilities and clusters, cross-border labour market integration, cooperation among universities or health centres)education systems particularly universities or health centres), promotion of cross- border regional cultures, while enhancing the cooperation process for the purpose of the overall harmonious development of the Union. In the case of any cross-border programme between Northern Ireland and the border counties of Ireland in support of peace and reconciliation, the ERDF shall also contribute to promoting social and economic stability in the regions concerned, notably by actions to promote cohesion between communities.
Amendment 72 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Areas for transnational cooperation should be defined having regard to actions needed to promote integrated territorial development. The Commission should be empowered to define transnational cooperation areas. The Commission must take into consideration the necessary adjustments in order to ensure coherence with cross-border regional strategies.
Amendment 82 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) In order to deliver on the targets and objectives of smart, sustainable and inclusive growth set out in the Europe 2020 strategy, the ERDF should contribute under the European territorial cooperation goal to the thematic objectives of developing an economy based on knowledge, research and innovation, promoting a greener, more resource-efficient and competitive economy, fostering high employment that delivers social and territorial cohesion, and developing administrative capacity. However, the list of the investment priorities under the different thematic objectives should be adapted to the specific needs of the European territorial cooperation goal, in particular by allowing for the continuation under cross-border cooperation of legal and administrative cooperation and cooperation between citizens and institutions, of cooperation in the fields of employment, training and social inclusion in a cross-border perspective, by allowing for the continuation under transnational cooperation of maritime cross-border cooperation and cross-border cooperation between regions not covered by cross- border cooperation programmes, and by the development and implementation of macro-regional and seabasin strategies.
Amendment 102 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
2) Transnational cooperation over larger transnational territories, involving national, regional and local authorities and also covering maritime cross-border cooperation and regional cross-border cooperation in cases not covered by cross- border cooperation, with a view to achieving a higher degree of territorial integration of those territories, thus contributing to territorial cohesion across the Union.
Amendment 105 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
a) exchange of experience on thematic and territorial objectives among partners throughout the Union on the identification and dissemination of good practice with a view to its transfer to operational programmes under the Investment for growth and jobs goal;
Amendment 108 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
b) exchange of experience concerning the identification, transfer and dissemination of good practice on sustainable urban and rural development and the consideration of particular territorial features including permanent natural and geographical handicaps;
Amendment 113 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
When submitting draft cross-border cooperation programmes, Member States, in duly justified cases, and , in order to ensure the coherence of cross border areas, may request that additional NUTS level 3 regions adjacentre included to those listed in the decision referred to in the second subparagraph are added to a given cross- border area and shall give reasons for the request. Pursuant to Article 174 of the TFEU, islands situated in the same sea-basin are eligible for these programmes without any restrictions concerning NUTS level or distance. At the request of those Member States concerned, in order to facilitate cross- border cooperation on maritime borders for outermost regions, and without prejudice to the provisions of the first subparagraph, the Commission my include in the decision referred to in the second subparagraph as cross border areas which may receive support from the corresponding allocation of those Member States, NUTS level 3 regions in outermost regions along maritime borders separated by more than 150 km.
Amendment 128 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
When submitting draft cross-border cooperation programmes, Member States may request that additional NUTS level 3 regions adjacent to those listed in the decision referred to in the second subparagraph or in NUTS level 2 are added to a given cross- border area and shall give reasons for the requesttake account of Euroregions and Working Communities and the geographical scope of their structuring projects. Pursuant to Article 174 of the TFEU, islands situated in the same sea-basin are eligible for these programmes without any restrictions concerning NUTS level or distance.
Amendment 135 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
For transnational cooperation, the Commission shall adopt the list of transnational areas to receive support, broken down by cooperation programme and covering NUTS level 2 regions while ensuring the continuity of such cooperation in larger coherent areas based on previous programmes, by means of implementing acts. To improve programming efficiency, the transnational areas identified must rely on natural and human geography and consider large sea-basins, river basins and river basins in their breakdown. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 30(2).
Amendment 155 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Population in the areas referred to in the 3rd sub-paragraph of Ar ticle 3(1) and the first sub-paragraph of Article (3)(3) shall be used as the criterion for the annual breakdown by Member Statcooperation programme.
Amendment 195 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i a (new)
Amendment 198 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i b (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i b (new)
i b) the promotion of sea routes (motorways of the sea and maritime cabotage);
Amendment 200 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i c (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i c (new)
i c) the promotion of regional cross- border cultures;
Amendment 243 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
b) under transnational and cross-border cooperation: development and implementation of macro-regional and sea- basin strategies (within the thematic objective of enhancing institutional capacity and an efficient public administration).or mountain range strategies
Amendment 246 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
b) under transnational cooperation: developmenting and implementation of macro-regional and sea-basining: macro- regional strategies; cross-border regional strategies such as the Euroregions, where they are not covered by cross-border programmes and maritime strategies (within the thematic objective of enhancimproving institutional capacity and an efficient public administration).
Amendment 277 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point c – point v
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point c – point v
v) where appropriate, the contribution of the planned interventions towards macro regional strategies and sea basin or mountain range strategies;
Amendment 350 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point 1 (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point 1 (new)
(1) The managing authority must accept a cross-border or transnational project coordinated by a European grouping of territorial cooperation (EGTC) outside of the area of cooperation, provided that the activity is carried out in the programmed area.
Amendment 369 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1
Annex 1
Add the following rule to the ‘Transport' section of the table in the Annex: Sea routes tonnes-km Increase in goods transported by sea
Amendment 22 #
2011/0270(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In line with the Europe 2020 Strategy, the Programme should pursue a coherent approach to promoting employment and combating social exclusion and poverty. Its implementation should be rationalised and simplified, notably through a set of common provisions including, inter alia, general objectives, typology of actions, monitoring and evaluation arrangements. The Programme should also focus on large projects with clear EU added value in order to reach critical mass and reduce reduce administrative burden for both the beneficiaries and the Commission. In addition, greater use should be made of simplified cost options (lump-sum and flat- rate financing) in particular for the implementation of mobility schemes. The Programme should be a one-stop shop for microfinance providers, providing financing for micro-credit, capacity building and technical assistance. Lastly, the Programme should provide for budgetary flexibility through the establishment of a reserve to be allocated on an annual basis in order to respond to policy priorities.
Amendment 26 #
2011/0270(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation establishes a European Union Programme for Social Change and Innovation (hereinafter ‘the Programme’) which aims to contribute to the implementation of the Europe 2020 Strategy, its headline targets, flagship initiatives and Integrated Guidelines by providing financial support for the European Union's objectives in terms of promoting a high level of employment, guaranteeing adequate social protection, combating social exclusion and poverty and improving working conditions.
Amendment 35 #
2011/0270(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point d
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point d
(d) Networking and cooperation among specialist bodies, national, regional and local authorities, civil society and social partner organisations and employment services at European level;
Amendment 30 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The ESF should contribute to the Europe 2020 Strategy, ensuring greater concentration of support on the priorities of the European Union. A minimum share for the ESF for each category of regions should be established in accordance with Article 83(3) of the Common Provisions Regulation, resulting in a minimum overall share for the ESF of 25% of the budget allocated to cohesion policy. The ESF should in particular increase its support for the fight against social exclusion and poverty, through a minimum ring-fenced allocation of 20 % of the entire ESF resources of each Member State. According to the level of development of the supported regions, the choice and number of investment priorities for ESF support should also be limited.
Amendment 32 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Efficient and effective implementation of actions supported by the ESF depends on good governance and partnership between all relevant territorial and socio- economic actors, taking into account those who act at the regional and local levels, in particular the social partners and non- governmental organisations. It is therefore necessary that by granting them a defined part of allocation which may take the form of a global grant. Member States encouragshould ensure the participation and active engagement of social partners and non- governmental organisations in the implementation of the ESF. In addition, Member States should allocate an appropriate level of financial support for technical assistance in connection with the ESF pursuant to Article 52 of the Regulation [...] [CPR] directly to all the partners of Article 5 referred to in the Regulation [...] [CPR], in particular to social partners and civil society organisations, in order to facilitate the involvement and participation of these partners in the preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of programmes and operations and to support their capacity building in accordance with the European Code of Conduct on Partnership.
Amendment 36 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) Synergies among the European Social Fund, the European Regional Development Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund should be mainstreamed. In addition, the European Social Fund, the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund and the multiannual Programme for Social Change and Innovation should be coherently structured to increase their respective effectiveness and in order to avoid financing overlaps.
Amendment 38 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
Amendment 39 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The mobilisation of regional and local stakeholders is necessary to deliver the Europe 2020 Strategy and its headline targets. Territorial pacts, local initiatives for employment and social inclusion, community-led local development strategies and sustainable urban development strategies may be used and supported to involve more actively regional and local authorities, cities, social partners and non-governmental organisations in the implementation of programmes. A Member State should include those institutions, organisations and groups in the Partnership that represent the territorial level concerned and that might influence or be affected by the implementation of the Operational programmes. Specific attention should be paid to groups that might be affected by the programmes and may have difficulties influencing those programmes, in particular the most vulnerable and marginalised groups.
Amendment 39 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The European Union is confronted with structural challenges arising from economic globalisation, technological change and an increasingly ageing workforce and growing skills and labour shortages in some sectors and regions. They have been compounded by the recent economic and financial crisis, which has resulted in increased levels of unemployment, hitting in particular young people and other vulnerable groups, such as migrants, refugees and asylum seekers. The ESF should aim to promote quality employment with particular attention to those who are the furthest from the labour market and support labour mobility, invest in education, skills and life-long learning, promote social inclusion and, combat poverty and discrimination. In promoting the better functioning of labour markets by enhancing the transnational geographical mobility of workers, the ESF should, in particular, support European Employment Services (and related EURES activities) especially the EURES cross-border partnerships in relation to recruitment and the related information, advice and guidance services at national and cross- border level, taking into account particularly cross border workers.
Amendment 46 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In addition to these thematic priorities, in the less developed of Article 9 in the Regulation [...] [CPR], in regions and Member States, and with a view to increasing economic growth and employment opportunities, the efficiency of public administration on the national and regional level and the ability of a public administration to act in a participative matter should be improved and the institutional capacity of stakeholders delivering employment, education, socio-cultural and social policies should be strengthened.
Amendment 51 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) At the same time, it is crucial to support the on-going development and competitiveness of European micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises, including cultural and creative undertakings, in order to create quality jobs, and to ensure that people can adapt, through acquiring appropriate skills and through lifelong learning opportunities, to new challenges such as the shift to a knowledge-based economy, the digital agenda, and the transition to a low-carbon and more energy-efficient economy. By pursuing its primary thematic objectives, the ESF should contribute to addressing these challenges. In this context, the ESF should support the labour force transition towards greener skills and jobs, in particular in the energy efficiency, renewable energy and sustainable transport sectors, taking into account the Union's intention to increase the proportion of the EU budget that is related to climate mainstreaming to at least 20%, with contributions from different policy fields.ESF should also contribute to cultural and creative skills in order to increase job opportunities.
Amendment 56 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that the strategy and actions set out in the Operational Programmes are consistent and focused on addressing the challenges identified by their regions and sub- national authorities, in the National Reform Programmes and the relevant Council Recommendations made under Article 148(4) of the Treaty, in order to contribute to achieving the headline targets of the Europe 2020 strategy on employment, education and poverty reduction.
Amendment 59 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Efficient and effective implementation of actions supported by the ESF depends on good governance and partnership between all relevant territorial and socio- economic actors, taking into account those who act at the regional and local levels, in particular the involvement of social partners and non-governmental organisations. It is therefore necessary that by granting them a defined part of allocation which may take the form of a global grant. Member States encouragshall ensure the participation and activation of social partners and non- governmental organisations in the implementation of the ESF. Besides that, Member States shall allocate an appropriate level of financial allocations of Technical Assistance of the ESF in Article 52 of the Regulation [...] [CPR] directly to all the partners of Article 5 in the Regulation [...] [CPR], in particular to social partners and civil society organisations, in order to facilitate the involvement and participation of these partners in the preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of programmes and operations and to support their capacity building in accordance with the European Code of Conduct on Partnership.
Amendment 60 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. Member States and regional authorities shall pursue thematic concentration according to the following modalities:
Amendment 62 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. To encourage adequate participation of and access by non-governmental organisations to actions supported by the ESF, notably in the fields of social and socio-cultural inclusion, gender equality and equal opportunities, the managing authorities of an operational programme in a region as defined in Article 82(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No […] or in Member States eligible for Cohesion Fund support shall ensure that an appropriate amount of ESF resources is allocated to capacity- building for non-governmental organisations.
Amendment 64 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. The ESF may support community-led local development strategies, as referred to in Article 28 of Regulation (EU) No […], territorial pacts and local initiatives for, such as socio-cultural initiatives, for employment, including youth employment, education and social inclusion, as well as Integrated Territorial Investments (ITI) as referred to in Article 99 of Regulation (EU) No […].
Amendment 66 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. Pursuant to Article 32 of Regulation (EU) No […...], the ESF may support actions and policies falling within its scope through financial instruments, such as risk- sharing schemes, equity and debt, guarantee funds, holding funds, and loan funds and microcredits and -facilities.
Amendment 67 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
ESF may be used to enhance access to capital markets for public and private bodies at national and, regional and local levels implementing actions, in particular microcredits and -facilities and policies falling within the scope of the ESF and the operational programme through ‘'ESF policy-based guarantees’' subject to Commission approval.
Amendment 69 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The mobilisation of regional and local stakeholders is necessary to deliver the Europe 2020 Strategy and its headline targets. Territorial pacts, local initiatives for employment and social inclusion, community-led local development strategies and sustainable urban development strategies may be used and supported to involve more actively regional and local authorities, cities, social partners and non-governmental organisations in the preparation, implementation of programmes. , monitoring and evaluation whenever part of Operational Programmes. A Member State shall include those institutions, organisations and groups in the Partnership that represent the territorial level concerned and that might influence or that might be affected by the implementation of the Operational programmes. Specific attention shall be paid to groups that might be affected by the programmes and may suffer difficulties to influence them, in particular the most vulnerable and marginalised groups. The cooperation with the partners shall follow the best practices forming the basis of the code of conduct referred to in Article 5 (3). At least 5% of the ESF-resources allocated at national level shall be allocated for actions under the Integrated territorial Investments (ITI) as it is lay down in Article 99 of the Regulation [...] [CPR].
Amendment 73 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The Member States and regions should be encouraged to leverage the ESF through financial instruments in order to support for example students, job creation, mobility of workers, social inclusion and social entrepreneurshipf this helps to increase the effectiveness of actions or completes actions of other EU- instruments such as PSCI, the EGF and the ERDF.
Amendment 82 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. The ESF shall promote high levels of employment, job creation and job quality, facilitate their adaptation to change, support the voluntary geographical and occupational mobility of workers, facilitate their adaptation to change, provide support for workers made redundant, encourage a high level of education and training, promote gender equality, equal opportunities and non- discrimination, enhance social inclusion and combat poverty, thereby contributing to the priorities of the European Union as regards strengthening economic, social and territorial cohesion.
Amendment 86 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Article 2 – paragraph 3
3. The ESF shall benefit people, including disadvantaged groups such as the long- term unemployed, people with disabilities, migrants and those who are furthest from the labour market, people with disabilities, migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, homeless people, and other groups at risk of poverty, children and young people, elderly people, ethnic minorities, marginalised communities or communities at risk of marginalisation and people facing social exclusion. The ESF shall also provide support to enterprises, to microenterprises and to cooperative enterprises which promote the interests of their members and users as well as solutions to societal challenges, and are in the social economy. The ESF shall also provide support to organisations, systems and structures with a view to facilitating their adaptation to new challenges and promoting good governance and the implementation of reforms, in particular in the fields of employment, educsocio- cultural and cultural activity, employment, education, non- discrimination and social policies.
Amendment 95 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Under the thematic objectives listed below, and in accordance with Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No […]in Article 9 paragraphs (8), (9), (10), (11) of Regulation (EU) No [...],listed accordingly below in (a), (b), (c) and (d), and in accordance with its mission, the ESF shall support the following investment priorities:
Amendment 108 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iv
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iv
(iv) Equality between men and women in the labour market and equality in career progression, economic independence of women and men and reconciliation between work and private life;
Amendment 118 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point vi
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point vi
(vi) Active and healthy ageing for workers by improvement of the working conditions and environment, occupational health and actions of promoting elderly workers;
Amendment 121 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point vii
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point vii
(vii) Modernisation and strengthening of labour market institutions, including actions to enhance transnational labour mobilityorganisations, promotion of partnerships, pacts and initiatives through networking of relevant stakeholders, such as social partners and non-governmental organisations at the transnational, regional and local level in order to strengthen labour market inclusiveness, support of actions to enhance transnational labour mobility and to improve information services, counselling and job- matching for employers and mobile workers, including cross-border workers, seasonal workers, posted workers regardless of their status;
Amendment 126 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
(b) Investing in education, skills, training and life- long learning through:
Amendment 131 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii
(iii) Enhancing access to lifelong learning, upgrading and retraining the skills and competences of the workforce and increasing the labour market relevance of education and training systemspersons and increasing their informal as well as non-formal learning as well as increasing the labour market relevance of training systems; promoting the transition between education, training and employment;
Amendment 137 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c – introductory part
(c) Promoting social inclusion and combating poverty and discrimination through:
Amendment 152 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d – introductory part
(d) Enhancing institutional capacity and efficient and participative public administration and promoting capacity building for social partners, non- governmental organisations, regional and local authorities and other stakeholder in particular those partners as referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No [...], through:
Amendment 154 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d – point i – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d – point i – introductory part
(i) Investment in institutional capacity, and in the efficiency of public administrations and public services including local and regional level with a view to reforms, better regulation and good governance;to increase their ability of good governance; This investment priority is only applicable throughout the territory of the Member States which have at least one NUTS level 2 region as defined in Article 82(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No [...] or in Member States eligible for Cohesion Fund support.
Amendment 156 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d – point i a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d – point i a (new)
(i a) Investment in institutional capacity on local and regional level with a view to reforms for increasing their ability of good governance;
Amendment 157 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d – point ii
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d – point ii
(ii) Capacity building for stakeholders, in particular social partners and non- governmental organisations including socio-cultural and environmental organisations, in the implementation of operational programmes which delivering employment, education, social and socio- cultural policies ands well as sectoral and territorial pacts to mobilise for reform at national, regional and local level.
Amendment 162 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d – point ii a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d – point ii a (new)
(ii a) Investment in the partnership principle and in the capacity building for those partners referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No [...], in order to ensure the involvement and participation of these partners in the preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of programmes and operations.
Amendment 167 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) Strengthening research, technological development and innovation including innovatory networks in the socio-cultural and creative sector, through the development of post-graduate studies, the training of researchers, networking activities and partnerships between higher education institutions, research and technological centres and enterprises;
Amendment 168 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) Enhancing the competitiveness of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, through promoting the adaptability of enterprises and workers and increased investment in human capital, increasing the investment in human capital and strengthening the inclusive labour market including the accessibility for people with disabilities, enhancing the training and learning schemes of SMEs, in particular for young people, promoting small and medium-sized cooperative enterprises, systems and structures which provide solutions to societal challenges.
Amendment 179 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. At least 20 % of the total ESF resources in each Member State shall be allocated to the thematic objective ‘promoting social inclusion and, combating poverty’ and discrimination set out in Article 9(9) of Regulation (EU) No […...].
Amendment 188 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) For more developed regions, Member States shall concentrate at least 80 % of the ESF allocation to each operational programme on up to four of the investment prioritotal amount of the ESF resources at the national level to the thematic objectives set out in Article 3(1)point 8,9, and 10 in Article 9 of the Regulation (EU) No[...]/2012[CPR].
Amendment 193 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) For transition regions, Member States shall concentrate at least 70 % of the ESF allocation to each operational programme on up to four of the investment prioritotal amount of the ESF resources at the national level to the thematic objectives set out in Article 3(1)point 8,9, and 10 in Article 9 of the Regulation (EU) No[...]/2012[CPR].
Amendment 199 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) For less developed regions, Member States shall concentrate at least 60 % of the ESF allocation to each operational programme on up to four of the investment prioritotal amount of the ESF resources at the national level to the thematic objectives set out in Article 3(1)point 8,9, and 10 in Article 9 of the Regulation (EU) No[...]/2012[CPR].
Amendment 208 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Common indicators as set out in the Annex to this Regulation and programme specific indicators shall be used in accordance with Article 24(3) and 87(2)(b)(ii) of Regulation (EU) No […...]. All indicators shall be expressed in absolute numbers and all data has to be broken down by gender.
Amendment 210 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Common and programme specific hard and soft output indicators relate to partially or fully implemented operations. Where relevant to the nature of the operations supported, cumulative quantified target values shall be fixed for 2022. Baseline indicators shall be set at zero.
Amendment 212 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. The involvement of the social partners and other stakeholders, in particular non- governmental organisations taking into account such, which act at the regional and local levels, in the implementation of operational programmes, also such partners as referred to in Article 5 under a), b) and c) of Regulation (EU) No […], may...], take the form of global grants as defined in Article 113(7) of Regulation (EU) No […...]. In such a case, the operational programme shall identify thone part of the programme concerned by the global grant, including an indicative financial allocation from each priority axis to it.
Amendment 217 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. To encourage adequate participation of the social partners in actions supported by the ESF, managing authorities of an operational programme in a region as defined in Article 82(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No […] or in Member States eligible for Cohesion Fund support shall ensure that an appropriate amount of ESF resourcesshall ensure that an appropriate amount of ESF resources, minimum 2% of the total ESF resources in each Member State is allocated to capacity-building activities, in the form of training, networking measures, and strengthening of the social dialogue, and to activities jointly undertaken by the social partners.
Amendment 220 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. To encourage adequate participation of and access by non-governmental organisations to actions supported by the ESF, notably in the fields of social and socio-cultural inclusion, gender equality and equal opportunities, the managing authorities of an operational programme in a region as defined in Article 82(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No […] or in Member States eligible for Cohesion Fund support shall ensure that an appropriate amount of ESF resourcesshall ensure that an appropriate amount of ESF resources, minimum 2% of the total ESF resources in each Member State, is allocated to capacity-building and networking for non- governmental organisations.
Amendment 226 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
The Member States and the Commission shall promote equality between men and women through mainstreaming as referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No […...] and specific targeted actions as referred to in Article 3(1)(a)(iv), in particular with the aim of increasing the sustainable participation and progress of women in employment, reducing gender-based segregation in the labour market, combating gender stereotypes in education and training and, promoting reconciliation of work and personal life for men and women, addressing the feminisation of poverty by promoting equal share of care responsibility between men and women. The Member States shall ensure that gender equality and equal opportunities are promoted in the preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of operational programmes with methods of the Gender budgeting assessment. Member States shall further allow for a balanced participation of women and men in the management and implementation of operational programmes at local, regional and national level and report on progress in this matter.
Amendment 229 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
The Member States and the Commission shall promote equal opportunities for all, including accessibility for disabled persons through mainstreaming the principle of non-discrimination, as referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No […...], and through specific actions within theall relevant investment priorities as defined in Article 3, and by paying particular Article 3(1)(c)(iii)attention to those who face multiple discriminations. Such actions shall target people at risk of discrimination and people with disabilities, with a view to increasing their labour market participation, in particular improving the accessibility for the concerned of the labour market, enhancing their social inclusion, reducing inequalities in terms of educational attainment and health status and facilitating the transition from institutional to community-based care.
Amendment 232 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. The ESF shall promote social innovation within all areas falling under the scope of the ESF, as defined in Article 3 of this Regulation, in particular with the aim of testing, evaluating and scaling up innovative solutions including bottom up solutions to address social needs.
Amendment 233 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall identify themes for social innovation, corresponding to their specific needs in their operational programmes, including matters relating socio-cultural innovation and corresponding to actions of other CSF funds, in particular the ERDF.
Amendment 242 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall support transnational cooperation with the aim of promoting mutual learning and thereby increasing the effectiveness of policies supported by the ESF. Transnational cooperation shall involve partners , referred to in Article 5 of the of Regulation (EU) No [...),.from at least two Member States.
Amendment 247 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. Member States may select themes for transnational co-operation from a list after consultation with the partners proposed by the Commission and endorsed by the ESF Committee.
Amendment 248 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall facilitate transnational cooperation on the themes referred to in paragraph 2 through mutual learning and coordinated or joint action. In particular, the Commission shall operate an EU-level platform to facilitate the exchange of experience, capacity building and networking, as well as dissemination of the relevant outcomes. Member States shall be encouraged to build up social inclusion networks at transnational level including relevant stakeholders of the civil society. In addition, the Commission shall develop a coordinated implementation framework, including common eligibility criteria, types and timing of actions, and common methodological approaches for monitoring and evaluation, with a view to facilitating transnational cooperation.
Amendment 257 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. By way of derogation from Article 110 109(3) of Regulation (EU) No […...], the maximum co-financing rate for a priority axis shall be increased by ten percentage points, but not exceeding 100%, where the whole of a priority axis is dedicated to social innovation or to transnational cooperation, or a combination of both or refer to Article 6, paragraph (1).
Amendment 261 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. The ESF may support community-led local development strategies, as referred to in Article 28 of Regulation (EU) No […...], territorial pacts and local initiatives for employment, education and social inclusion, as well as including youth employment, education, social inclusion including promotion of regional cultures and languages. The ESF may be used as "lead" Fund for integrated social inclusion projects under Article 3 (c) combined with investment priorities or actions of the ERDF. At least 5% of the ESF shall support Integrated Territorial Investments (ITI) as referred to in Article 99 of Regulation (EU) No […]....]
Amendment 266 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. Complementing ERDF interventions as referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No [ERDF], the ESF may support sustainable urban development through strategies setting out integrated actions to tackle the economic, environmental and soci, social and cultural challenges affecting urban areas of cities which are listed in the partnership contract.
Amendment 270 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. The ESF shall provide support for eligible expenditure, which, notwithstanding Article 109 110(2)(b) of Regulation (EU) No […...], may include any financial resources collectively constituted by employers and workers.
Amendment 271 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. As established by article 52 (2) of the Regulation [...] [CPR], Member States shall allocate an appropriate level of financial allocation of Technical Assistance of the ESF directly to all the partners referred to in article 5 of the Regulation [...] [CPR], in order to facilitate the involvement and participation of these partners in the preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of programmes and operations and to support their capacity building in accordance with the European Code of Conduct on Partnership.
Amendment 278 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. Pursuant to Article 32 of Regulation (EU) No […...], the ESF may support actions and policies falling within its scope through financial instruments, such as risk- sharing schemes, equity and debt, guarantee funds, holding funds, and loan funds and microcredits and -facilities.
Amendment 279 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
ESF may be used to enhance access to capital markets for public and private bodies at national and, regional and local levels implementing actions, in particular microcredits and -facilities. and policies falling within the scope of the ESF and the operational programme through ‘'ESF policy-based guarantees’' subject to Commission approval.
Amendment 286 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – indent 1 (new)
Annex 1 – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – indent 1 (new)
- workers made redundant as a result of serious disruption of the local, regional or national economy caused by an unexpected crises or as result of a rapid declining in a given sector or a delocalisation of activities to non EU- member countries
Amendment 288 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – indent 1 (new)
Annex 1 – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – indent 1 (new)
- inactive and furthest from the labour market
Amendment 289 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – indent 1 (new)
Annex 1 – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – indent 1 (new)
- vulnerable persons who are in a disadvantaged position with regard to access to the conventional credit market
Amendment 290 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – indent 1 (new)
Annex 1 – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – indent 1 (new)
- person below 25 years, either being in a job, education or (re-)training within four months after leaving school
Amendment 293 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – indent 1 (new)
Annex 1 – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – indent 1 (new)
- persons above 54 years suffering from severe material deprivation
Amendment 295 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Annex 1 – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
· migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, people with a foreign background, minorities (including marginalised communities such as the Roma)**
Amendment 296 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – indent 1 (new)
Annex 1 – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – indent 1 (new)
- persons at risk of poverty
Amendment 297 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – indent 2 (new)
Annex 1 – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – indent 2 (new)
- persons suffering from severe material depriviation
Amendment 298 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – indent 3 (new)
Annex 1 – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – indent 3 (new)
- persons below 18 years living in households of long-term unemployed
Amendment 299 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – indent 4 (new)
Annex 1 – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – indent 4 (new)
- Single parents
Amendment 300 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – indent 5 (new)
Annex 1 – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – indent 5 (new)
- Homeless people
Amendment 305 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 2 – point 1
Annex 1 – point 2 – point 1
· number of projects fully or partially implemented by social partners or non- governmental organisations or other stakeholders
Amendment 306 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 2 – point 2
Annex 1 – point 2 – point 2
· number of projects targeting public administrations or public services on national, regional and local level
Amendment 307 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 2 – point 3
Annex 1 – point 2 – point 3
· number of supported micro, small and medium- sized enterprises supported, cooperative enterprises and enterprises of the social economy
Amendment 308 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 2 – point 3 – indent 1 (new)
Annex 1 – point 2 – point 3 – indent 1 (new)
- number of supported micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, cooperative enterprises, enterprises of the social economy which are under female leadership or having a majority of women in the executive or supervisory board
Amendment 309 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 2 – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – point 2 – paragraph 1
These data are to be provided in the annual implementation reports as specified in Article 44(1) and (2) and Article101(1) of Regulation (EU) No […]. All data without specific gender relevance shall also be broken down by gender.
Amendment 310 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 3 – point 4 – indent 1 (new)
Annex 1 – point 3 – point 4 – indent 1 (new)
- women remaining in precarious job situations
Amendment 311 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 3 – point 4 – indent 2 (new)
Annex 1 – point 3 – point 4 – indent 2 (new)
- women becoming economically independent
Amendment 312 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 3 – point 4 – indent 3 (new)
Annex 1 – point 3 – point 4 – indent 3 (new)
- increase of the number of women in the MINT-sectors
Amendment 313 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 3 – point 4 – indent 4 (new)
Annex 1 – point 3 – point 4 – indent 4 (new)
- participants involved in voluntary work upon leaving
Amendment 314 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 3 – point 4 – indent 5 (new)
Annex 1 – point 3 – point 4 – indent 5 (new)
- participants lifted above the relative poverty line
Amendment 315 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 3 – point 4 – indent 6 (new)
Annex 1 – point 3 – point 4 – indent 6 (new)
- participants lifted out of severe material deprivation
Amendment 316 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 3 – point 4 – indent 7 (new)
Annex 1 – point 3 – point 4 – indent 7 (new)
Amendment 317 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 3 – point 4 – indent 8 (new)
Annex 1 – point 3 – point 4 – indent 8 (new)
- participants' assessments of the value of the intervention (in terms of increasing their emotional well-being, developing their skills...), rating of consultation process around the intervention
Amendment 318 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 3 – point 4 – indent 9 (new)
Annex 1 – point 3 – point 4 – indent 9 (new)
- percentage of disabled participants in employment after getting support
Amendment 319 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 3 – point 4 – indent 10 (new)
Annex 1 – point 3 – point 4 – indent 10 (new)
- percentage of disabled participants successfully transfered from institutional to community-based care
Amendment 322 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 3 – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – point 3 – paragraph 1
These data are to be provided in the annual implementation reports as specified in Article 44(1) and (2) and Article 101(1) of Regulation (EU) No […...]. All data are to be broken down by gender. and should depend of the expected result of the investment priority show, if the persons or participants are below 25 years between 25 and 54 years and above 54 years old*
Amendment 323 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 1 – introductory part
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 1 – introductory part
· participants in full-time employment 6 months after leaving
Amendment 326 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 1 – indent 1 (new)
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 1 – indent 1 (new)
- participants in part-time employment 6 months after leaving
Amendment 328 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 1 – indent 2 (new)
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 1 – indent 2 (new)
- participants in full-time employment 6 months after leaving
Amendment 329 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 3
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 3
· participants with an improved labour market situation 6 months after leaving (nature of employment – full or part time, wages compared to minimum or national level, nature of contracts)
Amendment 332 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 3 – indent 1 (new)
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 3 – indent 1 (new)
- participants in full-time employment 1 year after leaving
Amendment 333 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 3 – indent 2 (new)
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 3 – indent 2 (new)
- participants actively involved in community and social networks
Amendment 334 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 3 – indent 3 (new)
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 3 – indent 3 (new)
- participants in part-time employment 1 year after leaving
Amendment 335 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 3 – indent 4 (new)
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 3 – indent 4 (new)
- participants in self-employment 1 year after leaving
Amendment 336 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 3 – indent 5 (new)
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 3 – indent 5 (new)
- participants with an improved labour market situation 1 year after leaving
Amendment 337 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 3 – indent 6 (new)
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 3 – indent 6 (new)
- Participants lifted and living above the relative poverty line 1 year after leaving
Amendment 338 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 3 – indent 7 (new)
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 3 – indent 7 (new)
- Participants lifted out of severe material deprivation remaining out of severe material deprivation 1 year after leaving
Amendment 339 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 3 – indent 8 (new)
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 3 – indent 8 (new)
- women remaining in precarious job situation 1 year after leaving
Amendment 340 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 3 – indent 9 (new)
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 3 – indent 9 (new)
- women becoming economically independent 1 year after leaving
Amendment 341 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 3 – indent 10 (new)
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 3 – indent 10 (new)
- increase of the number of women in the MINT-sectors 1 year after leaving
Amendment 342 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 3 – indent 11 (new)
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 3 – indent 11 (new)
- percentage of disabled participants in employment after 1 year of getting support
Amendment 343 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 3 – indent 12 (new)
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 3 – indent 12 (new)
- percentage of not any longer existent institutional based care in comparison to the original total number at the beginning of the measurement period
Amendment 344 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 3 – indent 13 (new)
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 3 – indent 13 (new)
- percentage of persons below 18 years living in households of long-term unemployed
Amendment 345 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 3 – indent 14 (new)
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 3 – indent 14 (new)
- percentage of persons above 54 years suffering from severe material depriviation
Amendment 346 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 3 – indent 15 (new)
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 3 – indent 15 (new)
- reduction of number of cases of discrimination registered by the designated body or bodies for the promotion of equal treatment of all persons without discrimination at work and occupation and in expected result of the investment priority in fields outside work and occupation
Amendment 348 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 4 – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – point 4 – paragraph 1
These data are to be provided in the annual implementation reports as specified in Article 44(4) of Regulation (EU) No […...]. They are to be collected based on a representative sample of participants within each priority axis or sub-priority. Internal validity of the sample should be ensured in such a way that the data can be generalised at the level of priority axis or sub-priority. All data are to be broken down by gender. and should depend on the expected result of the investment priority, show if the persons or participants are below 25 years between 25 and 54 years and above 54 years old*
Amendment 14 #
2011/0177(APP)
Draft opinion
Point i
Point i
i. The amount of EUR 376 billion forUnderlines that the position of the European Parliament is that Cohesion pPolicy, as proposed by the Commission in its proposal for a regulation laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014- 2020, should be considered as a funding should be maintained at least at the level of the 2007-2013 period, namely EUR 366, 8 billion in 2011 prices (excluding the Connecting Europe Facility), which is the absolute minimum sound level of sound funding and should, therefore, constitutes a red line in the future negotiationg position of the Parliament.
Amendment 51 #
2010/2277(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls for the proposals in the chapter ‘Increasing solidarity in the single market’ to be expanded and bolstered, and particularly for account to be taken of the impact of the single market in the most disadvantaged regions in order to anticipate and support the adjustment efforts of those regions;
Amendment 2 #
2010/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Points to the increased importance of cohesion policy following the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon, and to the fact that a third pillar – territorial cohesion – has been added to it, and notes that the regions are best placed to implement that policy on an active basis and that sectoralisation is therefore counterproductive and would not be consistent with the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;
Amendment 12 #
2010/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Takes the view that cohesion policy is an important component of the EU 2020 strategy and that a sound, fully developed cohesion policy is the prerequisite for successful joint action by the EU;
Amendment 14 #
2010/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that the success of economic and social cohesion policy can be clearly seen in the 271 regions of the 27 Member States and notes that the subsidiarity and partnership principles and multilevel governance are fundamental prerequisites for that success; emphasises that direct management of funds by the regions will help to improve effectiveness; reaffirms its position on best practice, as set out in its resolution of 24 March 2009 on best practices in the field of regional policy and obstacles to the use of the Structural Funds;
Amendment 45 #
2010/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – indent 3 – point v a (new)
Paragraph 5 – indent 3 – point v a (new)
(va) the fight against climate change,
Amendment 46 #
2010/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – indent 3 – point v b (new)
Paragraph 5 – indent 3 – point v b (new)
(vb) recognising the promotion of biodiversity and cultural heritage as aspects of regional development;
Amendment 54 #
2010/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Points outTakes the view that all forms of territorial cooperation and the budgets allocated to them must be strengthened;
Amendment 56 #
2010/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Insists, in keeping with a spirit of solidarity, on specific support for the EU- 27's most disadvantaged regions; sStresses, at the same time, the need for a powerful Objective 2 and sound transitional rulesto adapt to the new reality of Europe's regions by giving consideration to establishing, alongside Objective 1, which should be retained for the most disadvantaged regions, and Objective 2, under which all the regions of the European Union would be eligible for funding, an intermediate objective for regions whose GDP is below the EU average, but above 75% of that average;
Amendment 66 #
2010/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that a successful, strengthened cohesion policy needs commensurate funding, which cannot in any circumstances be less than in the current 2007-2013 funding period;
Amendment 72 #
2010/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Points out that funds must be spent transparently and efficiently in the regions, on the basis of rules that are as simple as possible, publication of the names of the recipients and sound management;
Amendment 75 #
2010/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Insists that, in future, expenditure control should be more result-oriented; considers, with that aim in view, that a performance reserve will make it possible to strengthen the regional programmes which make the greatest contribution to achieving the priorities laid down in the development contract;
Amendment 78 #
2010/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Proposes the establishment of a ‘Cohesion policy mediation centre’ which would be set up by the Commission and would enable every member of the public freely to submit any information or complaint concerning the implementation of cohesion policy on the ground should suspicions arise concerning the inadequate or inappropriate use of cohesion funds;
Amendment 15 #
2010/2156(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Recalls that the cultural diversity of Europe, and particularly its rich heritage of regional languages and cultures, constitutes an irreplaceable raw material for CCIs; calls on the Commission therefore to include promoting cultural diversity in regional development strategies;
Amendment 20 #
2010/2156(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers culture and creative-based projects capable not only of improving the structural conditions of lagging regions, but also of contributing directly to competitiveness and employment creation in all regions; hence calls on the Commission, Member States, regions and local authorities to use, and make the most of, existing EU support programmes such as the Cohesion and Structural Policy, rural development within the Common Agricultural Policy, the Research Framework Programme, CIP, etc. to foster cultureal diversity and creativity;
Amendment 22 #
2010/2156(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers culture and creative-based projects capable not only of improving the structural conditions of lagging regions, but also of contributing directly to competitiveness and employment creation in all regions; hence calls on the Commission, Member States, regions and local authorities to use, and make the most of, existing EU support programmes such as the Cohesion and Structural Policy, rural development within the Common Agricultural Policy, the Research Framework Programme, CIP, etc. to foster culture and creativity, including for regional languages and cultures;
Amendment 50 #
2010/2156(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to continue its efforts to support the culture and creativity framework by fostering a more elaborate system of cooperation among Member States, regions and EU institutions, based not on a regulatory framework but on the Open Method of Coordination for sharing experience, and recommends that the Commission include local and regional authorities in the follow-up process to the Green Paper, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity.
Amendment 81 #
2010/2155(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Amendment 94 #
2010/2155(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Recommends that a first assessment of the EGTCs in place be carried out, with a view to learning from these initial experiences;
Amendment 2 #
2010/2040(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Empowered by the reference to territorial cohesion in the TFEU, and with the aim of improving accessibility, considers it essential to continue to make the mobility of passengers and goods an integral part of internal market policy through the promotion of short sea shipping and maritime cabotage between territories and, at the same time, ensure better links between peripheral maritime regions and islands and European mainland and economic centres without any restrictions on links between those territories based on which state they belong to; in the same context, points out that it is of crucial importance to deal with the difficulties facing island areas in the EU with regard to the transport of persons by guaranteeing the same cost per kilometre for a reliable, regular service for the transport of goods and people, regardless of their location;
Amendment 160 #
2010/2002(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 67 a new
Paragraph 67 a new
67a. Provides herewith a provisional indication of pilot projects that may be submitted to the Commission;
Amendment 161 #
2010/2002(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 67 b new
Paragraph 67 b new
67b. Recalls that no studies have been done and published by the Commission giving a precise diagnostic on endangered languages in the European Union; taking into account the EUROMOSAIC report which gives an overview on minority languages, it is necessary to point out the lack of investigation and methodological expertise on the field of threatened languages. Proposes therefore the setting up of a pilot project in order to make a study that should investigate endangered languages, with serious criteria (such as UNESCO) to have an assessment on diversity languages that the commission could use as a reference for multilingualism programs and funding;
Amendment 162 #
2010/2002(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 67 c new
Paragraph 67 c new
67c. Points out that under the Culture programme, sub category "literary translation", which has as its objective to encourage the transnational circulation of cultural and artistic products and works, only works in the EU official or classic languages are eligible for funding, whereas other languages that equally form part of our cultural and literary heritage, some of which are in danger of disappearing, are not. Proposes therefore the setting up of a pilot project to encourage the mobility of cultural and artistic products and works also in non- official languages to preserve and enhance cultural and linguistic diversity;
Amendment 4 #
2010/2001(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to undertake a pilot project aiming at promoting a common regional identity and reconciliation of nations, e.g. in the Danube macro-region, and drawing lessons from these experiences that can be taken into account in other potential macro-regions; considers that these pilot projects should consist of training programmes, seminars organised for young people with a view to fostering opportunities of cultural exchange and contributing to a progressive, sustainable, European, future-oriented dimension of coexistence; considers that this would promote social and economic stability in the regions concerned.
Amendment 5 #
2009/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. having regard to the fact that the Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region is a pilot for future macro-regional strategies, such as the Danube Basin, the Mediterranean Sea, the North Sea, the Alps and the Atlantic Arc, and that the Strategy’s success will directly influence the way in which future strategies are implemented,
Amendment 29 #
2009/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Draws attention to the needEmphasises that it is a priority to create an effective and environmentally friendly transport and communication network (sea, - with a dominant role in the transport of goods - land and inland);
Amendment 35 #
2009/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Draws attention to the significant economic disproportion that exists in the Baltic Sea Region and in terms of innovation, and the necessity to increase the potential of highly developed areas and eliminate inequality in order to create a permanent area of common prosperity with a high level of competitiveness, which is crucial in the face of an aging population, and the necessity to eliminate inequality in order to create a permanent area of common prosperity;
Amendment 59 #
2009/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers that all actions regarding sector policies with a territorial dimension are of key importance to the Strategy’s success and the achievement of the ambitious goals of further micro-regional strategies, including the common agricultural policy, fisheries policy and industrial policy, as well as combining available funds intended for jointly defined goals in a given area; in this context a policy review should be carried out with regard to these new challenges and appropriate organisational structures put in place at EU level, and how they should relate with existing national and local structures;
Amendment 77 #
2009/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Emphasises the importance of promoting the development of culture, education and research as well as encouraging the Member States to enter into close cooperation in these areas;
Amendment 80 #
2009/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Guided by the principle of subsidiarity, under which the Union shall act if the objectives of the proposed action cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States, and seeing the enormous potential for cooperation at local and regional level, underlines the considerable importance of creating an effective, multilevel structure for cooperation, that capitalises these new cooperation opportunities in these functional areas while respecting established local and regional institutions;
Amendment 93 #
2009/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Awaits with great interest the analysis of the first results and experiences in connection with the implementation of the Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region, which will lead to the development of new sources of payment and a method for financing macro-regional strategies and be an inspiration and example for further macro-regions, while stressing however that the development of macro regions is essentially a complementary measure that does not aim at substituting EU financing of individual local and regional programmes as the priority of interventions;
Amendment 98 #
2009/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. For the benefit of future macro-regional strategies, draws attention to the need for the European Commission to resolve the issue of its own appropriate human and financial resources, in order, inter alia, to anticipate these strategies in the regions concerned on the basis of the territorial realities;
Amendment 102 #
2009/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the European Commission, the Member States and its own members to find answers to the questions of what nature macro-regional policies should take and how they should be programmed (separately or as part of cohesion policy) and timed, who should implement them and how, and with what sources of funding they should be financed, particularly in the context of the EU2020 Strategy, the EU budget review and the future cohesion policy;
Amendment 3 #
2009/2156(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Takes the view that the fight against the depopulation of rural areas should form part of the strategy to support disadvantaged areas in the EU; considers it necessary to take a 'depopulation'considers it necessary to take not only biophysical criteria, but also certain socio-economic criteriona into account in the ‘fine-tuning’ that the Member States are to carry out when drawing up the map of intermediate disadvantaged areas; takes the view, in particular, that insular locations, very low population density and remoteness from consumer areas also form natural handicaps that must be taken into consideration;
Amendment 12 #
2009/2156(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Takes the view that the new scheme could lead to a transfer of aid from some areas to others, making it necessary for places which lose the status of intermediate disadvantaged areas to be given a sufficient transitional period to adapt to the new situation; during this transitional period, the biophysical criteria proposed by the Commission should be tested to verify their relevance to the different ecosystems and climates in the European Union;
Amendment 17 #
2009/2156(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Takes the view that, when the map of intermediate disadvantaged areas is drawn up, account should be taken of local flexibility by means of objective national criteria that will make it possible to adapt the definition of areas to the national and regional situation in each country;
Amendment 21 #
2009/2156(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Considers that the aids granted to areas with natural handicaps should be increased and should as a priority serve to sustain productive agricultural activities.
Amendment 11 #
0112/2167(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Observes the increasing level of suspension and interruption of payments carried out by the Commission; notes that in spite of the fact that the Commission ensures corrective actions to be systematically initiated whenever deficiencies are identified, the Court is of the opinion that there is no assurance that financial correction mechanisms adequately compensate the detected errors, nor that they prevent the recurrence of such errors; calls, therefore, for better definition and tailoring of the procedures leading to the suspension or interruption of payments;