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11 Amendments of Sabine VERHEYEN related to 2009/2230(INI)

Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
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 Alps and the Atlantic Arc, and that the Strategy’s success will directly influence the way in which future strategies arcan be implemented,
2010/03/30
Committee: REGI
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises the need for an environmental impact assessment of the Northern Gas Pipeline and other similarenergy infrastructure projects as well as the need to ensure that the construction of the pipelinsuch infrastructure does not affect shipping conditions adversely;
2010/03/30
Committee: REGI
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Draws attention to the strategic significance of the Baltic Sea Region for the development of renewable energy projects such as wind farms (onshore or offshore) or biogas plants for biofuels available in the region;
2010/03/30
Committee: REGI
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Draws attention to the positive cooperation already achieved in the energy and climate sector between the Council of the Baltic Sea States and the Nordic Council in the context of the Northern Dimension;
2010/03/30
Committee: REGI
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
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 inequalityopen up new areas with development and innovation potential 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;
2010/03/30
Committee: REGI
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Emphasises that the efficient and consistent implementation of existing EU legal acts for strengthening the internal market, such as the Services Directive, is necessary to increase the attractiveness of the Baltic Sea Region as an economic area;
2010/03/30
Committee: REGI
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for the renewal and deepening of relations as part of the Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region between the European Union and neighbouring countries not belonging to the Union whose territories are part of the functional spaces of a given macro-region or affect those spaces directly, in particular Russia and Belarus;
2010/03/30
Committee: REGI
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Draws attention to the need to seek greater cooperation particularly between Russia and Belarus and the Baltic States when constructing the energy network, and to take greater advantage of the energy dialogue between the EU and Russia for this purpose, which would at the same time open up opportunities for involving Russia in the Baltic Sea Strategy;
2010/03/30
Committee: REGI
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
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 and a coherent infrastructure 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;
2010/03/30
Committee: REGI
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Awaits with great interest theCalls on the European Commission to analysis ofe 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 furin order to use the example of the pilot project for other macro-regional strategies and demonstrate their macro-regionsfunctionality;
2010/03/30
Committee: REGI
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
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;deleted
2010/03/30
Committee: REGI