BETA

Activities of Joachim ZELLER

Plenary speeches (103)

Situation in Sudan (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Discharge 2017 (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2219(DEC)
Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA III) (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/0247(COD)
Specific provisions for the European territorial cooperation goal (Interreg) (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/0199(COD)
General budget of the European Union for 2019 - all sections (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2046(BUD)
Uganda, arrest of parliamentarians from the opposition DE
2016/11/22
The impact of EU cohesion policy on Northern Ireland (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2225(INI)
Burundi (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2785(RSP)
2019 budget - Trilogue mandate (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2024(BUD)
Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Violation of rights of indigenous peoples in the world (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2206(INI)
Situation of Rohingyas refugees, in particular the plight of children DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2756(RSP)
Negotiations for a new EU-ACP Partnership Agreement (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2634(RSP)
Sudan, notably the situation of Noura Hussein Hammad DE
2016/11/22
Discharge 2016 (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2158(DEC)
Discharge 2016 (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2158(DEC)
Situation in Zimbabwe (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Situation in Kenya (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Situation of the Rohingya people (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2973(RSP)
Terrorist attacks in Somalia DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2962(RSP)
The EU-Africa Strategy: a boost for development (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2083(INI)
General budget of the European Union for 2018 - all sections (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2044(BUD)
Presentation of the Court of Auditors' annual report - 2016 (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Gabon, repression of the opposition DE
2016/11/22
Burundi DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2756(RSP)
The new European Consensus on Development - our world, our dignity, our future (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2586(RSP)
Resilience as a strategic priority of the EU external action (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2594(RSP)
Discharge 2015 (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2168(DEC)
Discharge 2015 (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2168(DEC)
Supply chain due diligence by importers of minerals and metals originating in conflict-affected and high-risk areas (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/0059(COD)
Severe malnutrition and looming famine in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Investing in jobs and growth - maximising the contribution of European Structural and Investment Funds - Delayed implementation of ESI Funds operational programmes - impact on cohesion policy and the way forward (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2148(INI)
Situation in South Sudan (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Situation in Burundi DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2508(RSP)
The European Union Solidarity Fund: an assessment - Situation in Italy after the earthquakes (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2045(INI)
Presentation of the Court of Auditors' annual report - 2015 (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Economic Partnership Agreement between the EU and the SADC EPA States - Parliamentary oversight and civil society monitoring of EU-SADC Economic Partnership Agreement (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Post-electoral situation in Gabon (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Enhancing the competitiveness of SMEs - Cohesion Policy and Research and Innovation Strategies for smart specialisation (RIS3) - European territorial cooperation - best practices and innovative measures - EU strategy for the Alpine region (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2278(INI)
EU Trust Fund for Africa: implications for development and humanitarian aid (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2341(INI)
Massacres in eastern Congo (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2770(RSP)
2015 Report on policy coherence for development (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2317(INI)
Cohesion policy in mountainous regions of the EU - New territorial development tools in cohesion policy 2014-2020 - Acceleration of implementation of cohesion policy (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2224(INI)
Discharge 2014 (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2205(DEC)
Nigeria DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2649(RSP)
Implementation and review of the EU-Central Asia Strategy (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2220(INI)
Situation in Eritrea (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Tobacco agreement (PMI agreement) (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2555(RSP)
The role of local and regional authorities in the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) (debate) DE
2016/11/22
The role of local and regional authorities in the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Protection of Virunga national park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Presentation of the Court of Auditors' annual report - 2014 (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Situation in Burundi (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Situation in South Sudan (debate) DE
2016/11/22
EU strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian region - Cohesion policy and review of the Europe 2020 strategy - European Structural and Investment Funds and sound economic governance - Towards simplification and performance orientation in cohesion policy for 2014-2020 (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2052(INI)
Urban dimension of EU policies - Investment for jobs and growth: promoting economic, social and territorial cohesion in the EU (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2245(INI)
UN International conference on financing for development (13-16 July 2015) - Tax avoidance and tax evasion as challenges in developing countries (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2058(INI)
Situation in Burundi (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Situation in Burundi (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Situation in Burundi (debate) DE
2016/11/22
EU Member States' commitments on Official Development Assistance (ODA) (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Discharge 2013 (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2140(DEC)
The work of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2154(INI)
Sudan: the case of Dr. Amin Mekki Medani DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/3000(RSP)
The EU and the global development framework after 2015 (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Delays in the start-up of cohesion policy for 2014-2020 (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Humanitarian situation in South Sudan (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Human rights in Uzbekistan DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2904(RSP)
European Union Solidarity Fund (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2013/0248(COD)
Manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco and related products (A7-0276/2013 - Linda McAvan)
2016/11/22
Domestic passenger transport services by rail - Normalisation of the accounts of railway undertakings - European Union Agency for Railways - Single European railway area - Railway safety - Interoperability of the rail system (continuation of debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2013/0013(COD)
Common rules and procedures for the implementation of the Union's instruments for external action - Instrument for stability - Financing instrument for the promotion of democracy and human rights worldwide - Partnership instrument for cooperation with third countries - Establishing a financing instrument for development cooperation - European neighbourhood instrument - Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2011/0404(COD)
European Neighbourhood Policy, working towards a stronger partnership: EP's position on the 2012 progress reports (debate)
2016/11/22
2012 progress report on Turkey (B7-0162/2013)
2016/11/22
Regional State Aid (debate)
2016/11/22
Regional State Aid (debate)
2016/11/22
Urban redevelopment as contribution to economic growth - Role of territorial development in cohesion policy - European Union Solidarity Fund, implementation and application - Role of EU cohesion policy in implementing the new European energy policy (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2012/2075(INI)
Negotiations for an EU-Kazakhstan enhanced partnership and cooperation agreement (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2012/2153(INI)
Explanations of vote
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2011/0117(COD)
Follow-up of the elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo (debate)
2016/11/22
Explanations of vote
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2011/0105(COD)
Risk sharing instruments for Member States experiencing or threatened with serious difficulties with respect to their financial stability (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2011/0283(COD)
Kazakhstan (debate)
2016/11/22
Reprogramming of the structural funds to better combat youth unemployment and help SMEs (debate)
2016/11/22
Explanations of vote
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2011/2008(INI)
Explanations of vote
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2011/2008(INI)
EC-Uzbekistan partnership and cooperation agreement and bilateral trade in textiles (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2010/0323(NLE)
EU relations with Mongolia (debate)
2016/11/22
Sudan and South Sudan (debate)
2016/11/22
Explanations of vote
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2010/2050(INI)
Explanations of vote
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2010/2095(INI)
Explanations of vote
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2008/0227(COD)
Territorial, social and economic cohesion - Good governance and EU regional policy (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2009/2231(INI)
Explanations of vote
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2010/2059(INI)
Explanations of vote
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2008/0257(COD)
European strategy for the economic and social development of mountain regions, islands and sparsely populated areas (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2010/2856(RSP)
Situation in Kyrgyzstan (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2010/2770(RSP)
Explanations of vote
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2009/0005(COD)
A sustainable future for transport (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2009/2096(INI)
Floods in Central European countries, in particular Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2010/2713(RSP)
Implementation of the synergies of research and innovation earmarked funds in Regulation (EC) No 1080/2006 concerning the European Fund of Regional Development and the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Development - Delivering a single market to consumers and citizens - Long-term sustainability of public finances for a recovering economy - Contribution of the Cohesion policy to the achievement of Lisbon and the EU 2020 objectives (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2009/2235(INI)
Principle of subsidiarity and universality of social public services in the EU (debate)
2016/11/22

Reports (5)

REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2016, Section III – Commission and executive agencies PDF (1 MB) DOC (228 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: CONT
Dossiers: 2017/2136(DEC)
Documents: PDF(1 MB) DOC(228 KB)
REPORT on the Court of Auditors’ special reports in the context of the 2016 Commission discharge PDF (1000 KB) DOC (116 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: CONT
Dossiers: 2017/2188(DEC)
Documents: PDF(1000 KB) DOC(116 KB)
REPORT on the Court of Auditors’ special reports in the context of the 2015 Commission discharge PDF (835 KB) DOC (127 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: CONT
Dossiers: 2016/2208(DEC)
Documents: PDF(835 KB) DOC(127 KB)
REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2015, Section III – Commission and executive agencies PDF (1 MB) DOC (203 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: CONT
Dossiers: 2016/2151(DEC)
Documents: PDF(1 MB) DOC(203 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1082/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 on a European grouping of territorial cooperation (EGTC) as regards the clarification, simplification and improvement of the establishment and implementation of such groupings PDF (397 KB) DOC (360 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: REGI
Dossiers: 2011/0272(COD)
Documents: PDF(397 KB) DOC(360 KB)

Shadow reports (8)

REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the eighth, ninth, tenth and eleventh European Development Funds for the financial year 2017 PDF (231 KB) DOC (87 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: CONT
Dossiers: 2018/2177(DEC)
Documents: PDF(231 KB) DOC(87 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a mechanism to resolve legal and administrative obstacles in a cross-border context PDF (765 KB) DOC (102 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: REGI
Dossiers: 2018/0198(COD)
Documents: PDF(765 KB) DOC(102 KB)
REPORT on transparent and accountable management of natural resources in developing countries: the case of forests PDF (530 KB) DOC (104 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: DEVE
Dossiers: 2018/2003(INI)
Documents: PDF(530 KB) DOC(104 KB)
REPORT on violation of the rights of indigenous peoples in the world, including land grabbing PDF (667 KB) DOC (101 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: AFET
Dossiers: 2017/2206(INI)
Documents: PDF(667 KB) DOC(101 KB)
REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2014, Section III – Commission and executive agencies PDF (1 MB) DOC (647 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: CONT
Dossiers: 2015/2154(DEC)
Documents: PDF(1 MB) DOC(647 KB)
REPORT on the Court of Auditors’ special reports in the context of the 2014 Commission discharge PDF (708 KB) DOC (208 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: CONT
Dossiers: 2015/2206(DEC)
Documents: PDF(708 KB) DOC(208 KB)
REPORT on cohesion policy and marginalised communities PDF (220 KB) DOC (166 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: REGI
Dossiers: 2014/2247(INI)
Documents: PDF(220 KB) DOC(166 KB)
REPORT Report on the European Union Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region and the role of macro-regions in the future cohesion policy PDF (240 KB) DOC (266 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: REGI
Dossiers: 2009/2230(INI)
Documents: PDF(240 KB) DOC(266 KB)

Opinions (9)

OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA III)
2016/11/22
Committee: REGI
Documents: PDF(260 KB) DOC(135 KB)
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing rules on support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States under the Common agricultural policy (CAP Strategic Plans) and financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD)
2016/11/22
Committee: CONT
Documents: PDF(229 KB) DOC(165 KB)
OPINION on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2019
2016/11/22
Committee: CONT
Documents: PDF(191 KB) DOC(64 KB)
OPINION on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2018
2016/11/22
Committee: CONT
Documents: PDF(188 KB) DOC(70 KB)
OPINION on improving the connection and accessibility of the transport infrastructure in Central and Eastern Europe
2016/11/22
Committee: REGI
Documents: PDF(127 KB) DOC(188 KB)
OPINION on long-term financing of the European economy
2016/11/22
Committee: REGI
Documents: PDF(114 KB) DOC(343 KB)
OPINION on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2012/34EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 establishing a single European railway area, as regards the opening of the market for domestic passenger transport services by rail and the governance of the railway infrastructure
2016/11/22
Committee: REGI
Documents: PDF(200 KB) DOC(274 KB)
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a European Neighbourhood Instrument
2016/11/22
Committee: REGI
Documents: PDF(219 KB) DOC(515 KB)
OPINION on energy infrastructure priorities for 2020 and beyond
2016/11/22
Committee: REGI
Documents: PDF(125 KB) DOC(97 KB)

Shadow opinions (10)

OPINION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam on forest law enforcement, governance and trade
2016/11/22
Committee: DEVE
Dossiers: 2018/0272(NLE)
Documents: PDF(122 KB) DOC(50 KB)
OPINION on the Council decision on the conclusion of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam on forest law enforcement, governance and trade
2016/11/22
Committee: DEVE
Dossiers: 2018/0272M(NLE)
Documents: PDF(144 KB) DOC(65 KB)
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on specific provisions for the European territorial cooperation goal (Interreg) supported by the European Regional Development Fund and external financing instruments
2016/11/22
Committee: DEVE
Dossiers: 2018/0199(COD)
Documents: PDF(250 KB) DOC(177 KB)
OPINION on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2017
2016/11/22
Committee: CONT
Dossiers: 2016/2047(BUD)
Documents: PDF(147 KB) DOC(72 KB)
OPINION on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2017
2016/11/22
Committee: DEVE
Dossiers: 2016/2047(BUD)
Documents: PDF(123 KB) DOC(66 KB)
OPINION on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania for a period of four years
2016/11/22
Committee: DEVE
Dossiers: 2015/0229(NLE)
Documents: PDF(118 KB) DOC(63 KB)
OPINION on Peace Support Operations - EU engagement with the UN and the African Union
2016/11/22
Committee: DEVE
Dossiers: 2015/2275(INI)
Documents: PDF(123 KB) DOC(187 KB)
OPINION on common rules in respect of application of the external dimension of the CFP, including fisheries agreements
2016/11/22
Committee: DEVE
Dossiers: 2015/2091(INI)
Documents: PDF(115 KB) DOC(177 KB)
OPINION on forward policy planning and long-term trends: budgetary implications for capacity-building
2016/11/22
Committee: REGI
Dossiers: 2012/2290(INI)
Documents: PDF(110 KB) DOC(205 KB)
OPINION on social housing in the European Union
2016/11/22
Committee: REGI
Dossiers: 2012/2293(INI)
Documents: PDF(115 KB) DOC(77 KB)

Institutional motions (132)

JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on mass arbitrary detention of Uyghurs and Kazakhs in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region PDF (151 KB) DOC (57 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2863(RSP)
Documents: PDF(151 KB) DOC(57 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the deterioration of media freedom in Belarus, notably the case of Charter 97 PDF (155 KB) DOC (53 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2861(RSP)
Documents: PDF(155 KB) DOC(53 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the UAE, notably the situation of human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor PDF (260 KB) DOC (50 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2862(RSP)
Documents: PDF(260 KB) DOC(50 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on mass arbitrary detention of Uyghurs and Kazakhs in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region PDF (361 KB) DOC (51 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2863(RSP)
Documents: PDF(361 KB) DOC(51 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on deterioration of media freedom in Belarus, notably the case of Charter 97 PDF (268 KB) DOC (51 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2861(RSP)
Documents: PDF(268 KB) DOC(51 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Myanmar, notably the case of journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo PDF (153 KB) DOC (60 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2841(RSP)
Documents: PDF(153 KB) DOC(60 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Cambodia, notably the case of Kem Sokha PDF (158 KB) DOC (53 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2842(RSP)
Documents: PDF(158 KB) DOC(53 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Uganda, arrest of parliamentarians from the opposition PDF (148 KB) DOC (56 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2840(RSP)
Documents: PDF(148 KB) DOC(56 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Myanmar, notably the case of journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo PDF (140 KB) DOC (49 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2841(RSP)
Documents: PDF(140 KB) DOC(49 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Cambodia, notably the case of Kem Sokha PDF (159 KB) DOC (49 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2842(RSP)
Documents: PDF(159 KB) DOC(49 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Uganda, arrest of parliamentarians from the opposition PDF (144 KB) DOC (50 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2840(RSP)
Documents: PDF(144 KB) DOC(50 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Burundi PDF (162 KB) DOC (53 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2785(RSP)
Documents: PDF(162 KB) DOC(53 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Somalia PDF (161 KB) DOC (64 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2784(RSP)
Documents: PDF(161 KB) DOC(64 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the political crisis in Moldova following the invalidation of the mayoral elections in Chișinău PDF (151 KB) DOC (57 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2783(RSP)
Documents: PDF(151 KB) DOC(57 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Burundi PDF (150 KB) DOC (53 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2785(RSP)
Documents: PDF(150 KB) DOC(53 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Somalia PDF (149 KB) DOC (52 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2784(RSP)
Documents: PDF(149 KB) DOC(52 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the political crisis in Moldova following the invalidation of the mayoral elections in Chisinau PDF (144 KB) DOC (52 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2783(RSP)
Documents: PDF(144 KB) DOC(52 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of Rohingya refugees, in particular the plight of children PDF (291 KB) DOC (59 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2756(RSP)
Documents: PDF(291 KB) DOC(59 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Situation of Rohingyas refugees, in particular the plight of children PDF (144 KB) DOC (51 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2756(RSP)
Documents: PDF(144 KB) DOC(51 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Sudan, notably the situation of Noura Hussein Hammad PDF (156 KB) DOC (58 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2713(RSP)
Documents: PDF(156 KB) DOC(58 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation on women’s rights defenders in Saudi Arabia PDF (162 KB) DOC (61 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2712(RSP)
Documents: PDF(162 KB) DOC(61 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Sudan, notably the situation of Noura Hussein Hammad PDF (151 KB) DOC (52 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2713(RSP)
Documents: PDF(151 KB) DOC(52 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on women's rights activists in Saudi Arabia PDF (160 KB) DOC (52 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2712(RSP)
Documents: PDF(160 KB) DOC(52 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the integrity policy of the Commission, in particular the appointment of the Secretary-General of the European Commission PDF (280 KB) DOC (57 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2624(RSP)
Documents: PDF(280 KB) DOC(57 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Democratic Republic of the Congo PDF (161 KB) DOC (58 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2515(RSP)
Documents: PDF(161 KB) DOC(58 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Nigeria PDF (285 KB) DOC (54 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2513(RSP)
Documents: PDF(285 KB) DOC(54 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the cases of the human rights activists Wu Gan, Xie Yang, Lee Ming-che and Tashi Wangchuk, and the Tibetan monk Choekyi PDF (290 KB) DOC (56 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2514(RSP)
Documents: PDF(290 KB) DOC(56 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Democratic Republic of Congo PDF (158 KB) DOC (56 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2515(RSP)
Documents: PDF(158 KB) DOC(56 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the cases of human rights activists Wu Gan, Xie Yang, Lee Ming-cheh, Tashi Wangchuk and the Tibetan monk Choekyi PDF (157 KB) DOC (52 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2514(RSP)
Documents: PDF(157 KB) DOC(52 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION Nigeria PDF (151 KB) DOC (54 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2513(RSP)
Documents: PDF(151 KB) DOC(54 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Madagascar PDF (291 KB) DOC (59 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2963(RSP)
Documents: PDF(291 KB) DOC(59 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on freedom of expression in Sudan, notably the case of Mohamed Zine al-Abidine PDF (155 KB) DOC (50 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2961(RSP)
Documents: PDF(155 KB) DOC(50 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on terrorist attacks in Somalia PDF (162 KB) DOC (52 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2962(RSP)
Documents: PDF(162 KB) DOC(52 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Madagascar PDF (154 KB) DOC (52 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2963(RSP)
Documents: PDF(154 KB) DOC(52 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Freedom of expression in Sudan, notably the case of Mohamed Zine El Abidine PDF (151 KB) DOC (50 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2961(RSP)
Documents: PDF(151 KB) DOC(50 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Terrorist attacks in Somalia PDF (155 KB) DOC (52 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2962(RSP)
Documents: PDF(155 KB) DOC(52 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Myanmar, in particular the situation of Rohingyas PDF (153 KB) DOC (55 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2838(RSP)
Documents: PDF(153 KB) DOC(55 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Laos, notably the cases of Somphone Phimmasone, Lod Thammavong and Soukane Chaithad PDF (148 KB) DOC (54 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2831(RSP)
Documents: PDF(148 KB) DOC(54 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Gabon: repression of the opposition PDF (162 KB) DOC (52 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2830(RSP)
Documents: PDF(162 KB) DOC(52 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Cambodia, notably the case of Kem Sokha PDF (151 KB) DOC (57 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2829(RSP)
Documents: PDF(151 KB) DOC(57 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Myanmar, in particular the situation of Rohingyas PDF (140 KB) DOC (49 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2838(RSP)
Documents: PDF(140 KB) DOC(49 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Gabon, repression of the opposition PDF (271 KB) DOC (51 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2830(RSP)
Documents: PDF(271 KB) DOC(51 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Laos: notably the cases of Somphone Phimmasone, Lod Thammavong and Soukane Chaithad PDF (137 KB) DOC (50 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2831(RSP)
Documents: PDF(137 KB) DOC(50 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Cambodia: notably the case of Mr Kem Sokha PDF (137 KB) DOC (50 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2829(RSP)
Documents: PDF(137 KB) DOC(50 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Burundi PDF (156 KB) DOC (55 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2756(RSP)
Documents: PDF(156 KB) DOC(55 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Eritrea, notably the cases of Abune Antonios and Dawit Isaak PDF (169 KB) DOC (63 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2755(RSP)
Documents: PDF(169 KB) DOC(63 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the cases of Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo and Lee Ming-che PDF (153 KB) DOC (54 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2754(RSP)
Documents: PDF(153 KB) DOC(54 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Burundi PDF (151 KB) DOC (54 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2756(RSP)
Documents: PDF(151 KB) DOC(54 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Eritrea, notably the cases of Abune Antonios and Dawit Isaak PDF (151 KB) DOC (54 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2755(RSP)
Documents: PDF(151 KB) DOC(54 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the cases of Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo and Lee Ming-Che PDF (146 KB) DOC (51 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2754(RSP)
Documents: PDF(146 KB) DOC(51 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo PDF (276 KB) DOC (49 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2703(RSP)
Documents: PDF(276 KB) DOC(49 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo PDF (275 KB) DOC (54 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2703(RSP)
Documents: PDF(275 KB) DOC(54 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Dadaab refugee camp PDF (159 KB) DOC (53 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2687(RSP)
Documents: PDF(159 KB) DOC(53 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the rule of law crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo and in Gabon PDF (288 KB) DOC (58 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2510(RSP)
Documents: PDF(288 KB) DOC(58 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the rule of law crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in Gabon PDF (273 KB) DOC (47 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2510(RSP)
Documents: PDF(273 KB) DOC(47 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Burundi PDF (152 KB) DOC (56 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2508(RSP)
Documents: PDF(152 KB) DOC(56 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in the Central African Republic PDF (162 KB) DOC (55 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2507(RSP)
Documents: PDF(162 KB) DOC(55 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Indonesia, notably the case of Hosea Yeimo and Ismael Alua PDF (148 KB) DOC (53 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2506(RSP)
Documents: PDF(148 KB) DOC(53 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Central African Republic PDF (292 KB) DOC (53 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2507(RSP)
Documents: PDF(292 KB) DOC(53 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Burundi PDF (275 KB) DOC (53 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2508(RSP)
Documents: PDF(275 KB) DOC(53 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Indonesia, notably the cases of Hosea Yeimo, Ismael Alua and the Governor of Jakarta PDF (265 KB) DOC (50 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2506(RSP)
Documents: PDF(265 KB) DOC(50 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo PDF (276 KB) DOC (50 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/3001(RSP)
Documents: PDF(276 KB) DOC(50 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo PDF (202 KB) DOC (48 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/3001(RSP)
Documents: PDF(202 KB) DOC(48 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of the Guarani-Kaiowá in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso Do Sul PDF (149 KB) DOC (54 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2991(RSP)
Documents: PDF(149 KB) DOC(54 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the case of Gui Minhai, jailed publisher in China PDF (157 KB) DOC (57 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2990(RSP)
Documents: PDF(157 KB) DOC(57 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of the Guarani-Kaiowa in the Brazilian State of Mato Grosso PDF (263 KB) DOC (50 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2991(RSP)
Documents: PDF(263 KB) DOC(50 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the case of Gui Minhai, jailed publisher in China PDF (275 KB) DOC (53 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2990(RSP)
Documents: PDF(275 KB) DOC(53 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the massacres in eastern Congo PDF (279 KB) DOC (82 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2770(RSP)
Documents: PDF(279 KB) DOC(82 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the massacres in eastern Congo PDF (174 KB) DOC (72 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2770(RSP)
Documents: PDF(174 KB) DOC(72 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Nigeria PDF (167 KB) DOC (91 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2649(RSP)
Documents: PDF(167 KB) DOC(91 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Honduras: situation of human rights defenders PDF (162 KB) DOC (85 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2648(RSP)
Documents: PDF(162 KB) DOC(85 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Pakistan, in particular the attack in Lahore PDF (159 KB) DOC (85 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2644(RSP)
Documents: PDF(159 KB) DOC(85 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Nigeria PDF (372 KB) DOC (77 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2649(RSP)
Documents: PDF(372 KB) DOC(77 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Honduras: situation of human rights defenders PDF (161 KB) DOC (68 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2648(RSP)
Documents: PDF(161 KB) DOC(68 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Pakistan, in particular the attack in Lahore PDF (272 KB) DOC (73 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2644(RSP)
Documents: PDF(272 KB) DOC(73 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Democratic Republic of the Congo PDF (164 KB) DOC (88 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2609(RSP)
Documents: PDF(164 KB) DOC(88 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Egypt, notably the case of Giulio Regeni PDF (168 KB) DOC (85 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2608(RSP)
Documents: PDF(168 KB) DOC(85 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Eritrea PDF (163 KB) DOC (91 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2568(RSP)
Documents: PDF(163 KB) DOC(91 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Eritrea PDF (178 KB) DOC (73 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2568(RSP)
Documents: PDF(178 KB) DOC(73 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the case of the missing book publishers in Hong Kong PDF (157 KB) DOC (83 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2558(RSP)
Documents: PDF(157 KB) DOC(83 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Bahrain: the case of Mohammed Ramadan PDF (149 KB) DOC (82 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2557(RSP)
Documents: PDF(149 KB) DOC(82 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Estonian and UK seamen under detention in India PDF (148 KB) DOC (72 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2522(RSP)
Documents: PDF(148 KB) DOC(72 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on North Korea PDF (159 KB) DOC (83 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2521(RSP)
Documents: PDF(159 KB) DOC(83 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Ethiopia PDF (166 KB) DOC (91 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2520(RSP)
Documents: PDF(166 KB) DOC(91 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Burundi PDF (303 KB) DOC (93 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2973(RSP)
Documents: PDF(303 KB) DOC(93 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Burundi PDF (178 KB) DOC (72 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2973(RSP)
Documents: PDF(178 KB) DOC(72 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the political situation in Cambodia PDF (281 KB) DOC (78 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2969(RSP)
Documents: PDF(281 KB) DOC(78 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Afghanistan, in particular the killings in the province of Zabul PDF (286 KB) DOC (79 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2968(RSP)
Documents: PDF(286 KB) DOC(79 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on freedom of expression in Bangladesh PDF (292 KB) DOC (85 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2970(RSP)
Documents: PDF(292 KB) DOC(85 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of two Christian pastors in Sudan PDF (146 KB) DOC (76 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2766(RSP)
Documents: PDF(146 KB) DOC(76 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Burundi PDF (162 KB) DOC (86 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2723(RSP)
Documents: PDF(162 KB) DOC(86 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Situation of two Christian pastors in Sudan PDF (144 KB) DOC (72 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2766(RSP)
Documents: PDF(144 KB) DOC(72 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Bahrain, in particular the case of Nabeel Rajab PDF (141 KB) DOC (71 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2758(RSP)
Documents: PDF(141 KB) DOC(71 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Burundi PDF (172 KB) DOC (70 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2723(RSP)
Documents: PDF(172 KB) DOC(70 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Nepal following the earthquakes PDF (178 KB) DOC (83 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2734(RSP)
Documents: PDF(178 KB) DOC(83 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Syria: situation in Palmyra and the case of Mazen Darwish PDF (191 KB) DOC (87 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2732(RSP)
Documents: PDF(191 KB) DOC(87 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Paraguay: legal aspects related to child pregnancy PDF (163 KB) DOC (70 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2733(RSP)
Documents: PDF(163 KB) DOC(70 KB)
PROPOSITION DE RÉSOLUTION sur Syrie: la situation à Palmyre et le cas de Mazen Darwish FR PDF (166 KB) DOC (73 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2732(RSP)
Documents: PDF(166 KB) DOC(73 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Swaziland, the case of human rights activists Thulani Maseko and Bheki Makhubu PDF (145 KB) DOC (72 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2712(RSP)
Documents: PDF(145 KB) DOC(72 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the plight of Rohingya refugees, including the mass graves in Thailand PDF (138 KB) DOC (68 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2711(RSP)
Documents: PDF(138 KB) DOC(68 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Zimbabwe, the case of human rights defender Itai Dzamara PDF (140 KB) DOC (68 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2710(RSP)
Documents: PDF(140 KB) DOC(68 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of the Yarmouk refugee camp in Syria PDF (145 KB) DOC (70 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2664(RSP)
Documents: PDF(145 KB) DOC(70 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Nigeria PDF (154 KB) DOC (80 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2520(RSP)
Documents: PDF(154 KB) DOC(80 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the destruction of cultural sites perpetrated by ISIS/Da’esh PDF (152 KB) DOC (76 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2649(RSP)
Documents: PDF(152 KB) DOC(76 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the imprisonment of human and workers' rights activists in Algeria PDF (136 KB) DOC (58 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2665(RSP)
Documents: PDF(136 KB) DOC(58 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of the Yarmouk refugee camp in Syria PDF (127 KB) DOC (55 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2664(RSP)
Documents: PDF(127 KB) DOC(55 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the destruction of cultural sites perpetrated by ISIS/Da’esh PDF (320 KB) DOC (70 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2649(RSP)
Documents: PDF(320 KB) DOC(70 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Nigeria PDF (236 KB) DOC (59 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2520(RSP)
Documents: PDF(236 KB) DOC(59 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Tanzania, notably the issue of land grabbing PDF (145 KB) DOC (71 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2604(RSP)
Documents: PDF(145 KB) DOC(71 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on South Sudan, including recent child abductions PDF (151 KB) DOC (76 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2603(RSP)
Documents: PDF(151 KB) DOC(76 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on recent attacks and abductions by Da’esh in the Middle East, notably of Assyrians PDF (150 KB) DOC (75 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2599(RSP)
Documents: PDF(150 KB) DOC(75 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Tanzania, notably the issue of land grabbing PDF (127 KB) DOC (54 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2604(RSP)
Documents: PDF(127 KB) DOC(54 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on South Sudan, including recent child abductions PDF (134 KB) DOC (61 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2603(RSP)
Documents: PDF(134 KB) DOC(61 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on recent attacks and abductions by Daesh in the Middle East, notably of Assyrians PDF (133 KB) DOC (61 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2599(RSP)
Documents: PDF(133 KB) DOC(61 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on mass graves of the missing persons of Ashia in Ornithi village in the occupied part of Cyprus PDF (135 KB) DOC (70 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2551(RSP)
Documents: PDF(135 KB) DOC(70 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Burundi: the case of Bob Rugurika PDF (138 KB) DOC (74 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2561(RSP)
Documents: PDF(138 KB) DOC(74 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Burundi: the case of Bob Rugurika PDF (130 KB) DOC (58 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2561(RSP)
Documents: PDF(130 KB) DOC(58 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Saudi Arabia, the case of Raif Badawi PDF (128 KB) DOC (55 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2550(RSP)
Documents: PDF(128 KB) DOC(55 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on mass graves of the Missing Persons of Ashia at Ornithi village in the occupied part of Cyprus PDF (131 KB) DOC (58 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2551(RSP)
Documents: PDF(131 KB) DOC(58 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Pakistan, in particular the situation following the Peshawar school attack PDF (142 KB) DOC (66 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2514(RSP)
Documents: PDF(142 KB) DOC(66 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Ukraine PDF (150 KB) DOC (81 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2965(RSP)
Documents: PDF(150 KB) DOC(81 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Ukraine PDF (251 KB) DOC (72 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2965(RSP)
Documents: PDF(251 KB) DOC(72 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Sudan: the case of Dr Amin Mekki Medani PDF (144 KB) DOC (73 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/3000(RSP)
Documents: PDF(144 KB) DOC(73 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Mauritania, in particular the case of Biram Dah Abeid PDF (144 KB) DOC (69 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2999(RSP)
Documents: PDF(144 KB) DOC(69 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Serbia: the case of accused war criminal Šešelj PDF (136 KB) DOC (63 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2970(RSP)
Documents: PDF(136 KB) DOC(63 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Pakistan: blasphemy laws PDF (156 KB) DOC (72 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2969(RSP)
Documents: PDF(156 KB) DOC(72 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on delays in the start-up of cohesion policy for 2014-2020 PDF (132 KB) DOC (63 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2946(RSP)
Documents: PDF(132 KB) DOC(63 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Pakistan : blasphemy laws PDF (130 KB) DOC (58 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2969(RSP)
Documents: PDF(130 KB) DOC(58 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the delays in the start-up of cohesion policy 2014-2020 PDF (126 KB) DOC (56 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2946(RSP)
Documents: PDF(126 KB) DOC(56 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the humanitarian situation in South Sudan PDF (148 KB) DOC (73 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2922(RSP)
Documents: PDF(148 KB) DOC(73 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the humanitarian situation in South Sudan PDF (132 KB) DOC (65 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2922(RSP)
Documents: PDF(132 KB) DOC(65 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Sudan – the case of Meriam Yahia Ibrahim PDF (138 KB) DOC (66 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2727(RSP)
Documents: PDF(138 KB) DOC(66 KB)

Oral questions (3)

Commission's answers to written questions PDF (205 KB) DOC (19 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(205 KB) DOC(19 KB)
Switch between summer and winter time PDF (195 KB) DOC (17 KB)
2016/11/22
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Commission's answers to Written Questions PDF DOC
2016/11/22
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Written questions (12)

Compliance with 'better regulation' standards by the European Commission PDF (102 KB) DOC (18 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(102 KB) DOC(18 KB)
Legal framework conditions for Nord Stream 2 and similar gas pipelines PDF (103 KB) DOC (16 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(103 KB) DOC(16 KB)
Implementation and future of Cohesion Policy PDF (5 KB) DOC (16 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(5 KB) DOC(16 KB)
Merging of Polish municipalities PDF (5 KB) DOC (19 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(5 KB) DOC(19 KB)
The Norwegian and EEA Financial Mechanism Agreements for 2014-2021 and the Norwegian fish trade protocol for 2014-2021 PDF (197 KB) DOC (18 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(197 KB) DOC(18 KB)
Energy Union/gas supply PDF (4 KB) DOC (23 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(4 KB) DOC(23 KB)
The current situation regarding the market for windows made from synthetic materials PDF (103 KB) DOC (24 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(103 KB) DOC(24 KB)
EU counter-measures to Russian trade sanctions against Ukraine PDF (95 KB) DOC (25 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(95 KB) DOC(25 KB)
Use of European funding to build up a telecommunications network in Croatia PDF (4 KB) DOC (23 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(4 KB) DOC(23 KB)
Temporary overfishing PDF (101 KB) DOC (23 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(101 KB) DOC(23 KB)
Fishing rights PDF (98 KB) DOC (22 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(98 KB) DOC(22 KB)
Globalisation fund PDF (4 KB) DOC (23 KB)
2016/11/22
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Written declarations (1)

Written declaration on establishing 30 May as European Day of Foster Families

Amendments (801)

Amendment 57 #

2018/2148(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Regrets that the issue of the legitimate representation of three constituent communities raised in Parliaments resolution is still an open issue, which should be addressed as soon as possible by the new legislators, including through the operationalization of the Sejdić Finci decision;
2018/10/18
Committee: AFET
Amendment 58 #

2018/2148(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 e (new)
3e. reaffirms the statement made by Mogherini and Hahn about election campaign concerns, and especially the need to form the Federation House of People's along the lines decided by the Constitutional Court in the Ljubić case;
2018/10/18
Committee: AFET
Amendment 2 #

2018/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10
– having regard to the Consumer Good Forum of 2010, a global industry network of retailers, manufacturers and service providers, which adopted a target of achieving zero net deforestation in its membership’s supply chains by 2020,deleted
2018/05/22
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 3 #

2018/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12
– having regard to the Tropical Forest Alliance 2020,deleted
2018/05/22
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 4 #

2018/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 a (new)
– having regard to the UN Convention to Combat Deforestation, established in 1994,
2018/05/22
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 5 #

2018/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 20
– having regard to the Bilateral Cooperation Mechanism on Forest Law Enforcement and Governance (BCM- FLEG) with China (2009),deleted
2018/05/22
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 15 #

2018/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas over 1,6 billion people depend directly on forests for their livelihood, including many living in extreme poverty; whereas according to the FAO, around 13 million hectares of forests are lost each year;
2018/05/22
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 23 #

2018/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas forests play a key role in the development of local economy as it often represents a source of income, of food and of employment for local communities;
2018/05/22
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 24 #

2018/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas more than 2,000 indigenous groups live in or near forests and depend on them for their survival;
2018/05/22
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 37 #

2018/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas corruption and weak institutions represent major obstacles to the protection and preservation of forests; whereas a 2016 joint report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and INTERPOL1 identify forest crimes as being among the five most salient challenges to achieving the SDGs; whereas according to the World Bank, affected countries lose an estimated 15 billion USD each year to illegal logging and timber trade; _________________ 1 Nellemann, C. (Editor in Chief); Henriksen, R., Kreilhuber, A., Stewart, D., Kotsovou, M., Raxter, P., Mrema, E., and Barrat, S. (Eds). 2016. The Rise of Environmental Crime – A Growing Threat to Natural Resources, Peace, Development And Security, A UNEP-INTERPOL Rapid Response Assessment, United Nations Environment Programme and RHIPTO Rapid Response, Norwegian Center for Global Analyses, www.rhipto.org.
2018/05/22
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 43 #

2018/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas REDD+ is widelyhas brought environmental and social benefits in many developing countries, from biodiversity conservation to rural development and the improvement of forest governance; whereas however, it has been criticised for putting pressure on forest communities;
2018/05/22
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 51 #

2018/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas agriculture accounts for 80 % of deforestation worldwide; the expansion of industrial agriculture worldwide has often led to loss of forests and biodiversity; whereas agriculture accounts for 80 % of deforestation worldwide; whereas livestock farming, soy and palm oil, in particular, are major drivers of deforestation due to growing demands for these products in developed countries and emerging economies;
2018/05/22
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 59 #

2018/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J
J. whereas deforestation and forest degradation is the second leading human cause of carbon emissions and accounts for nearly 20 % of global greenhouse gas emissions;
2018/05/22
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 62 #

2018/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas wood fuel is still the most important forest product in developing countries and the most important energy source in many African and Asian countries; whereas in sub-Saharan Africa, 4 out of 5 people still use wood for cooking;
2018/05/22
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 63 #

2018/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J b (new)
Jb. whereas forests products account for 1% of the world’s GDP;
2018/05/22
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 64 #

2018/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J c (new)
Jc. whereas the private sector shows a growing engagement to forest protection and whereas over 400 companies have committed to eliminating deforestation from their products and supply chains in accordance with the New York Declaration on Forests;
2018/05/22
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 94 #

2018/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Urges the Commission to insist on the strict implementation and compliance in all Member States of the EUTR;
2018/05/22
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 95 #

2018/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on the Commission to produce a report every 2 years on the progress of the FLEGT Action Plan. This should include an assessment of VPA implementation, scheduled deadlines, difficulties encountered, and measures taken or planned;
2018/05/22
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 96 #

2018/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Calls on the Commission to streamline and better coordinate its efforts of fighting illegal logging within its different EU policies and involved services; calls on the Commission to negotiate timber import standards in future bilateral or multilateral trade related agreements, in order not to undermine the successes achieved through the FLEGT Action Plan with timber-producing countries;
2018/05/22
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 107 #

2018/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the announcement by the Commission that the FAO VGGT will become binding for the External Investment Plan; sStresses that compliance with VGGT requires the existence of effective independent monitoring and enforcement, including appropriate dispute resolution and grievance mechanisms;
2018/05/22
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 113 #

2018/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the EU to step up financial and technical support to partner countries in order to help them develop the expertise necessary to improve local forest governance structures and accountability;
2018/05/22
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 114 #

2018/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Stresses the need to encourage participatory and community forest management by strengthening the participation of civil society in the planning and implementation of forests management policies and projects, raising awareness and ensuring that local communities share the benefits of forests resources;
2018/05/22
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 125 #

2018/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. StressesHighlights the key role of the private sector in achieving international forests targets; stresses however the need to ensure that global supply chains and financial flows support sustainable and deforestation-free production and do not result in human rights violations;
2018/05/22
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 149 #

2018/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Calls for the EU to introduce cross- compliance criteria for animal feed in the CAP reform with the objective of reducing imports of protein feed crops and livestockoriginating from areas affected by deforestation;
2018/05/22
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 163 #

2018/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the EU to comply with the principle of policy coherence for development (PCD), as enshrined in Article 208 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and therefore, to ensure consistence between its development, trade, agriculture and climate policies;
2018/05/22
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 4 #

2018/0272M(NLE)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Recalls that sustainable and inclusive forest management and governance is essential to achieve the objectives set in the Agenda 2030 and the Paris Agreement;
2018/12/11
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 5 #

2018/0272M(NLE)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Calls on the EU to ensure the coherence of the agreement with all its policies, including in the field of development, environment, agriculture and trade;
2018/12/11
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 7 #

2018/0272M(NLE)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Draws attention to the crucial importance of full stakeholder involvement and of the major role that civil society and the private sector must be able to play; encourages the Vietnamese Government to further develop the working methods in relation to transparency and the timely sharing of documents;
2018/12/11
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 12 #

2018/0272M(NLE)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to continue its FLEGT-related support to Vietnam and to ensure the integrity of the FLEGT process, in particular through the stamping out of illegal timber, the protection of the rights of indigenous people and forest dependent communities, and the full involvement of civil society in the preparation of measures and monitoring of results;
2018/12/11
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 15 #

2018/0272M(NLE)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Stresses that poor governance and corruption in the forestry sector accelerate illegal logging and forest degradation; calls on the EU to direct its efforts towards the strengthening of Vietnam’s legal framework and institutional capacity, by addressing the technical and economic challenges that impede the effective implementation and enforcement of existing national and international regulation;
2018/12/11
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 29 #

2018/0202(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
(13) The Commission underlines the continuing importance of the role of the EGF as a flexible fund to support workers who lose their jobs in large-scale restructuring events and to help them to find another job as rapidly as possible. The Union should continue to provide specific, one-off support to facilitate the re- integration into employment of displaced workers in areas, sectors, territories or labour markets suffering a shock of serious economic disruption. Considering the interplay and mutual effects of open trade, technological change or other factors like the planned transition to a low carbon economy, particularly in regions affected by the phasing-out of coal, and therefore considering that it is increasingly difficult to single out a specific factor that causes job displacements, the mobilisation of the EGF shall in the future only be based on the significant impact of a restructuring event. Given its purpose, which is to provide support in situations of urgency and unexpected circumstances, complementing the more anticipatory assistance offered by the ESF+, the EGF shall remain a flexible and special instrument outside the budgetary ceilings of the Multiannual Financial Framework, as set out in the Commission's communication.' A Modern Budget for a Union that Protects, Empowers and Defends - The Multiannual Financial Framework for 2021 – 2027'and its annex27 . _________________ 27 Commission SWD (2018) 171 final and its annex COM (2018) 321 final.
2018/10/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 31 #

2018/0202(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) The decline in coal mining and the switch to alternative energy sources, which is partly required by European climate change policy, presents major challenges in certain regions where coal has hitherto been mined. Particularly for coal mining regions, the phasing-out of coal will be an economic burden and a threat to jobs. This structural change needs to be cushioned, supported and made tolerable in terms of employmment.
2018/10/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 76 #

2018/0202(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. The specific objective of the EGF is to offer assistance in case of unexpected major restructuring events, particularly those caused by globalisation-related challenges, such as changes in world trade patterns, trade disputes, financial or economic crises, the transition to low- carbon economy, particularly in regions affected by the phasing-out of coal, or as a consequence of digitisation or automation. Particular emphasis shall lie on measures that help the most disadvantaged groups.
2018/10/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 281 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. The ERDF resources for the European territorial cooperation goal (Interreg) shall amount to EUR 8 430 0016 165 910 000 of the global resources available for budgetary commitment from the ERDF, ESF+ and the Cohesion Fund for the 2021-2027 programming period and set out in Article [102(1)] of Regulation (EU) [new CPR].
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 291 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) 52.767.5 % (i.e., a total of EUR 4 440 00010 911 989 000) for cross-border cooperation (component 1);
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 297 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) 31.417.7 % (i.e., a total of EUR 2 649 900861 366 000) for transnational cooperation and maritime cooperation (component 2);
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 310 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) 3.22.7 % (i.e., a total of EUR 270 100436 479 000) for outermost regions' cooperation (component 3);
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 319 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) 13.2 % (i.e., a total of EUR 100 000517 309 000) for interregional cooperation (component 4);
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 333 #

2018/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) 11.58.6 % (i.e., a total of EUR 970 0001 390 268 000) for interregional innovation investments (component 5).
2018/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 64 #

2018/0198(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) ‘cross-border region' means the territory covered by neighbouring land border or sea border regions in two or more Member States at NUTS level 3 regions;
2018/10/23
Committee: REGI
Amendment 67 #

2018/0198(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2
(2) 'joint project' means any item of infrastructure with an impact in a given cross-border region or any service of general economic interest provided in a given cross-border region, regardless of whether this impact appears on both sides of the border or only on one side;
2018/10/23
Committee: REGI
Amendment 74 #

2018/0198(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. Member States may also use the Mechanism in cross-border regions on maritime borders or. Moreover, Member States may also apply the Mechanism for joint projects in cross-border regions between one or more Member States and one or more third countries or one or more overseas countries and territories.
2018/10/23
Committee: REGI
Amendment 89 #

2018/0198(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
(d) prepare a supporting communication strategy: i) for the exchange of best practices, ii) for the practical interpretation of the subject-area breadth of this Regulation, iii) for more precisely explaining the process for concluding a Commitment or Statement.
2018/10/23
Committee: REGI
Amendment 117 #

2018/0198(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1
1. By dd mm yyyy [i.e. the 1st of the month following the entry into force of this Regulation + five years; to be filled in by the Publication Office], the Commission shall present a report to the European Parliament, the Council and the Committee of the Regions assessing the application of this Regulation based on indicators on its effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, European added value and scope for simplification. The report will make particular reference to this Regulation’s geographical scope of applicability and the breadth of its subject-area scope of applicability. 2. Before the report is prepared, an official consultation shall be carried out with the various actors involved, including local and regional authorities.
2018/10/23
Committee: REGI
Amendment 99 #

2018/0197(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) In an increasingly interconnected world and in view of the demographic and migration dynamics, it is clear that Union migration policy requires a common approach that relies on the synergies and complementarities of the different funding instruments. In order to ensure coherent, strong and consistent support for solidarity and responsibility-sharing efforts between Member States in managing migration, the ERDF and the Cohesion Fund should provide support to facilitate the long-term integration of migrants.
2018/11/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 147 #

2018/0197(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
(17) The ERDF should help to redress the main regional imbalances in the Union and to reduce disparities between the levels of development of the various regions and the backwardness of the least favoured regions including those facing challenges due to the decarbonisation commitments. ERDF support under the Investment for jobs and growth goal should therefore be concentrated on key Union priorities in line with policy objectives laid down in Regulation (EU) 2018/xxx [new CPR]. Therefore support from the ERDF should be concentrated on the policy objectives of 'a smarter Europe by promoting innovative and smart economic transformation' and 'a greener, low-carbon Europe by promoting clean and fair energy transition, green and blue investment, the circular economy, structural and climate adaptation and risk prevention and management'. That thematic concentration should be attained at national level while allowing for flexibility at the level of individual programmes and between the three groups of Member States formed according to respective gross national income. In addition, the methodology to classify Member States should be set out in detail taking into account the specific situation of the outermost regions.
2018/11/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 178 #

2018/0197(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
(24) In order to maximise the contribution to territorial development, actions in this field should be based on integrated territorial strategies including in urban areas. Therefore, the ERDF support should be delivered through the forms set out in Article 22 of Regulation (EU) 2018/xxxx [new CPR] ensuring appropriate involvement of local, regional and urban authorities and representatives of civil society.
2018/11/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 196 #

2018/0197(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
(26) In order to identify or provide solutions which address issues relating to sustainable urban development at Union level, the Urban Innovative Actions in the area of sustainable urban development should be replaced bycontinued and developed into a European Urban Initiative, to be implemented under direct or indirect management. That initiative should cover all urban areas and support the Urban Agenda for the European Union21. _________________ 21 Council Conclusions on an Urban Agenda for the EU of 24 June 2016.
2018/11/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 210 #

2018/0197(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part
(a) 'a smarter Europe by promoting innovative and smart economic transformation and strengthening small and medium-sized enterprises' ('PO 1') by:
2018/11/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 225 #

2018/0197(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
(ii) reaping the benefits of digitisation for citizens, scientific establishments, companies and governments;
2018/11/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 226 #

2018/0197(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iii
(iii) enhancing growth and competitiveness of SMEs and providing support for the creation and safeguarding of jobs and training places and efforts to secure, and remedy the shortage of, skilled workers;
2018/11/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 234 #

2018/0197(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iv
(iv) ensuring that skilled workers are available and developing skills for smart, sustainable specialisation, industrial transition and entrepreneurship; and social innovation;
2018/11/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 282 #

2018/0197(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b – point vi
(vi) promoting the transition to a circular economy; improving resource protection;
2018/11/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 284 #

2018/0197(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b – point vi a (new)
(via) supporting structural change to make the transition to low-carbon energy generation;
2018/11/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 295 #

2018/0197(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b – point vii
(vii) enhancing biodiversity, green infrastructure in the urban and rural environment, and reducing pollution;
2018/11/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 297 #

2018/0197(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b – point vii
(vii) enhancing biodiversity, green infrastructure in the urban environment, and reducing pollution;
2018/11/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 325 #

2018/0197(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii
(ii) developing a sustainable, climate resilient, intelligent, secure and intermodal TEN-T, with a focus on environmentally friendly rail networks;
2018/11/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 345 #

2018/0197(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d – introductory part
(d) 'a more social Europe implementing the European Pillar of Social Rights' ('PO 4') by:(Does not affect the English version.)
2018/11/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 354 #

2018/0197(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d – point ii
(ii) improving access to inclusive and quality services in education, training and life long learning and sport through developing infrastructure;
2018/11/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 365 #

2018/0197(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d – point iii
(iii) increasing the socioeconomic integration of marginalised communities, migrants and disadvantaged groups, through integrated measures including housing, local sport infrastructure and social services;
2018/11/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 394 #

2018/0197(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e – point i
(i) fostering the integrated social, economic and environmental development, cultural heritage, provision of sports infrastructures and security in urban areas;
2018/11/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 405 #

2018/0197(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e – point i
(i) fostering the integrated social, economic and environmental development, cultural heritage and security in urban areas;
2018/11/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 428 #

2018/0197(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2
2. The Cohesion Fund shall support PO 2 and specific obejectives under PO 3 set out in points (ii), (iii) and (iv) of paragraph 1(c). and under PO 4 set out in point (iii) of paragraph 1(d);
2018/11/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 437 #

2018/0197(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Meaningful participation civil society organisations including beneficiaries in all stages of the preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the Operational Programmes under ERDF shall be ensured in line with the principles, set in the European Code of Conduct on Partnership (ECCP).
2018/11/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 480 #

2018/0197(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) Member States of group 1 shall allocate at least 8570 % of their total ERDF resources under priorities other than for technical assistance to PO 1 and PO 2, at least 50 % to PO 1 and at least 620 % to PO 14;
2018/11/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 485 #

2018/0197(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) Member States of group 1 shall allocate at least 8570 % of their total ERDF resources under priorities other than for technical assistance to PO 1 and PO 2, and at least 650 % to PO 1;
2018/11/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 493 #

2018/0197(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) Member States of group 2 shall allocate at least 450 % of their total ERDF resources under priorities other than for technical assistance to PO 1, and at least 3025 % to PO 2; and 15 % to PO 4;
2018/11/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 504 #

2018/0197(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – point c
(c) Member States of group 3 shall allocate at least 35 % of their total ERDF resources under priorities other than for technical assistance to PO 1, and at least 30 % to PO 2. and 15 % to PO 4;
2018/11/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 521 #

2018/0197(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 6 a (new)
(6a) Member States may use at least 5 % of the programme contribution for interregional and cross-border cooperation measures.
2018/11/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 562 #

2018/0197(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
In order to contribute to the specific objective under PO 1 set out in point (a) (iv) of Article 2(1) and the specific objective under PO 4 set out in point (d) (iii) of Article 2(2), the ERDF shall also support training, life long learning and education activities.
2018/11/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 584 #

2018/0197(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) information, communication, studies, networking, cooperation, exchange of experience and activities involving clusters;
2018/11/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 602 #

2018/0197(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) undertakings in difficulty, as defined in point 18 of Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/201425 ; except for follow-up investments of financial instruments under pari passu conditions; _________________ 25 Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty (OJ L 187, 26.6.2014, p. 1).
2018/11/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 678 #

2018/0197(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. Common output and result indicators, as set out in the Annex I with regard to the ERDF and to the Cohesion Fund, and, where necessaryrelevant, programme- specific output and result indicators shall be used in accordance with point (a) of the second subparagraph of Article [12(1)], point (d)(ii) of Article [17(3)] and point (b) of Article [37(2)] of Regulation (EU) 2018/xxxx [new CPR].
2018/11/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 682 #

2018/0197(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 13 to amend Annex I in order to make the necessary adjustments to the list of indicators to be used by Member States and to amend Annex II in order to make the necessary adjustments to the information on performance to be provided to the European Parliament and the Council.
2018/11/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 703 #

2018/0197(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
At least 6% of the ERDF resources at national level under the Investment for jobs and growth goal, other than for technical assistance, shall be allocated to sustainable urban development in the form of community-led local development, integrated territorial investments or another territorial tool under PO5. All ERDF resources under Policy Objectives 1 to 5 can contribute to the quota in sentence 1 when supporting integrated territorial development.
2018/11/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 842 #

2018/0197(COD)

2. A greener, low-carbon Europe by promoting clean and fair energy transition, green and blue investment, the circular economy, structural change and climate adaptation and risk prevention and management
2018/11/08
Committee: REGI
Amendment 850 #

2018/0197(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Policy objective 2 – Column 2 – point iv
(iv) Promoting structural and climate change adaptation, risk prevention and disaster resilience
2018/11/08
Committee: REGI
Amendment 855 #

2018/0197(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Policy objective 3 – Column 3 – Outputs – CCO 14
CCO 14 – Road TEN-T: New and upgraded roads and bridges
2018/11/08
Committee: REGI
Amendment 856 #

2018/0197(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Policy objective 3 – Column 4 – Results – CCR 13
CCR 13 - Time savings due to improved road and bridge infrastructure
2018/11/08
Committee: REGI
Amendment 172 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) Reflecting the importance of tackling climate change in line with the Union's commitments to implement the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the Funds will contribute to mainstream climate actions and to the achievement of an overall target of 25 % of the EU budget expenditure supporting climate objectives. by, inter alia, restructuring coal mining regions and switching to low-CO2 energy production;
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 184 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) Part of the budget of the Union allocated to the Funds should be implemented by the Commission under shared management with Member States within the meaning of Regulation (EU, Euratom) [number of the new Financial Regulation] of the European Parliament and of the Council12 (the 'Financial Regulation'). Therefore, when implementing the Funds under shared management, the Commission and the Member States should respect the principles referred to in the Financial Regulation, such as sound financial management, transparency and non- discrimination. Member States at the appropriate territorial level, in accordance with their institutional, legal and financial framework and the bodies designated by them for that purpose, should be responsible for preparing and implementing programmes. _________________ 12 OJ L […], […], p. […].
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 211 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) At Union level, the European Semester of economic policy coordination is the framework to identify national reform priorities and monitor their implementation. Member States develop their own national multiannual investment strategies in support of these reform priorities. These strategies should be presented at the beginning and in view of the mid-term review of the programming period alongside the yearly National Reform Programmes as a way to outline and coordinate priority investment projects to be supported by national and Union funding. They should also serve to use Union funding in a coherent manner and to maximise the added value of the financial support to be received notably from the Funds, the European Investment Stabilisation Function and InvestEU.
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 212 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) At Union level, the European Semester of economic policy coordination is the framework to identify national reform priorities and monitor their implementation. Member States develop their own national multiannual investment strategies in support of these reform priorities. These strategies should be presented alongside the yearly National Reform Programmes as a way to outline and coordinate priority investment projects to be supported by national and Union funding. They should also serve to usend may outline priority investment projects. The strategies guide Member States in using Union funding in a coherent manner and toin maximiseing the added value of the financial support to be received notably from the Funds, the European Investment Stabilisation Function and InvestEU.
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 254 #

2018/0196(COD)

(19a) The combination of a shrinking share of the working population and an increasing proportion of retired people in the general population, as well as the problems associated with population dispersion, are expected to continue to place strains, inter alia, on Member States' education and social support structures and thus on the Union's economic competitiveness. Adopting to such demographic changes constitutes one of the core challenges that Member States and regions are to face in the years to come, and as such should be given a particularly high level of consideration for the regions most affected by demographic change.
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 318 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 61
(61) Objective criteria should be established 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 Council23 , as amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No 868/201424 the latest available list of NUTS II regions for which the necessary data can be provided by EUROSTAT. _________________ 23 Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) (OJ L 154, 21.6.2003, p. 1). 24 Commission Regulation (EU) No 868/2014 of 8 August 2014 amending the annexes to Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) (OJ L 241, 13.8.2014, p. 1).
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 393 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) a smarter Europe by promoting innovative and smart economic transformation and strengthening small and medium-sized enterprises;
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 394 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) a smarter Europe by promoting innovative and smart economic transformation and making SMEs more competitive;
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 408 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) a greener, low-carbon Europe by promoting clean and fair energy transition, green and blue investment, the circular economy, structural and climate adaptation and risk prevention and management;
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 439 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Member States and the Commission shall take into account the relevant country-specific recommendations.
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 573 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the selected policy objectives indicating by which of the Funds and programmes they will be pursued and a justification thereto, and where relevant, a justification for using the delivery mode of the InvestEU, taking into account relevant country-specific recommendation. The Partnership Agreement shall, in particular, describe which relevant country-specific recommendations will be addressed with the support of the Funds;
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 597 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii
(iii) complementarities and synergies between the Funds and other Union instruments, includingparticularly with the European Partnerships of the Horizon programme and the LIFE strategic integrated projects and strategic nature projects;
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 603 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the preliminary financial allocation from each of the Funds by policy objective at national level and at regional level (NUTS 1), respecting Fund-specific rules on thematic concentration;
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 644 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall assess the Partnership Agreement and its compliance with this Regulation and with the Fund- specific rules. In its assessment, the Commission shall, in particular, take into account how the Member States intend to address relevant country-specific recommendations.
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 649 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall assess the Partnership Agreement and its compliance with this Regulation and with the Fund- specific rules. In its assessment, the Commission shall, in particular,may take into account relevant country-specific recommendations.
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 679 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may allocate, in the Partnership Agreement or in the request for an amendment of a programme, the amount of ERDF, the ESF+, the Cohesion Fund and the EMFF amount to be contributed to InvestEU and delivered through budgetary guarantees. The amount to be contributed to InvestEU shall not exceed 5 % of the total allocation of each Fund, except in duly justified cases. Such contributions shall not constitute transfers of resources under Article 21.
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 701 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
For each specific objective, prerequisite conditions for its effective and efficient implementation ('enabling conditions') are laid down in this Regulation. Enabling conditions shall apply only to the extent and provided that they contribute to the specific objectives pursued within the priorities of the programme and that they can be influenced by those in charge of the programmes.
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 706 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Taking account of the above, Annex III lays down horizontal enabling conditions applicable to all specific objectives and the criteria necessary for the assessment of their fulfilment.
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 707 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Annex IV lays down thematic enabling conditions for the ERDF, the Cohesion Fund, the EAFRD and the ESF+ and the criteria necessary for the assessment of their fulfilment.
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 733 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. In the event of a disagreement between the Commission and a Member State on the applicability of an enabling condition to the specific objective or the priorities of a programme or its fulfilment, the Commission shall bear the burden of proving the applicability or the non-fulfilment along defined criteria by means of a reasoned opinion.
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 739 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The Member State, in close cooperation with the territorial level administering the programmes and by fully respecting the Code of Conduct of Partnership and Multi-level Governance, shall establish a performance framework which shall allow monitoring, reporting on and evaluating programme performance during its implementation, and contribute to measuring the overall performance of the Funds.
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 751 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. For programmes supported by the ERDF, the ESF+, the EAFRD and the Cohesion Fund, the Member State shall carry out a mid-term review. The Member State and the territorial level in charge of the programme shall review each programme, taking into account the following elements:
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 754 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the challenges identified in relevant country-specific recommendations adopted in 2024;deleted
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 773 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
TIf necessary, should changes not be achievable throug other administrative means, the Member State shall submit to the Commission by 31 March 2025 a request for the amendment of each programme in accordance with Article 19(1). The Member State shall justify the amendment on the basis of the elements set out in paragraph 1.
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 774 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The Member State shall submit to the Commission by 31 March 2025 a request for the amendment of each programme in accordance with Article 19(1). T or notify the Commission that the programme is not revised. If revised, the Member State shall justify the amendment on the basis of the elements set out in paragraph 1.
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 775 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The Member State shall submit to the Commission by 31 March 20250 June 2025, where appropriate, a request for the amendment of each programme in accordance with Article 19(1). The Member State shall justify the amendment on the basis of the elements set out in paragraph 1.
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 781 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
The revised programme shallmay include:
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 783 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) the revised allocations of the financial resources by priority including the amounts for the years 2026 and 2027;
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 790 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3
3. Where as a result of tha case-by-case review a new programme is submitted, the financing plan under point (ii) of Article 17(3)(f) shall cover the total financial appropriation for each of the Funds as of the year of the programme approval.
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 791 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 (new)
The Commission shall be required to report on the results of the mid-term review.
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 812 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 7
7. The Commission shall make a proposal to the Council to suspend all or part of the commitments or payments for one or more of the programmes of a Member State in the following cases: (a) where the Council decides in accordance with Article 126(8) or Article 126(11) TFEU that a Member State has not taken effective action to correct its excessive deficit; (b) where the Council adopts two successive recommendations in the same imbalance procedure, in accordance with Article 8(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1176/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council40 on the grounds that a Member State has submitted an insufficient corrective action plan; (c) where the Council adopts two successive decisions in the same imbalance procedure in accordance with Article 10(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1176/2011 establishing non-compliance by a Member State on the grounds that it has not taken the recommended corrective action; (d) where the Commission concludes that a Member State has not taken measures as referred to in Council Regulation (EC) No 332/200241 and as a consequence decides not to authorise the disbursement of the financial assistance granted to that Member State; (e) where the Council decides that a Member State does not comply with the macro-economic adjustment programme referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 472/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council42 , or with the measures requested by a Council decision adopted in accordance with Article 136(1) TFEU. Priority shall be given to the suspension of commitments; payments shall be suspended only when immediate action is sought and in the case of significant non- compliance. The suspension of payments shall apply to payment applications submitted for the programmes concerned after the date of the decision to suspend. The Commission may, on grounds of exceptional economic circumstances or following a reasoned request by the Member State concerned addressed to the Commission within 10 days of adoption of the decision or recommendation referred to in the previous sub-paragraph, recommend that the Council cancel the suspension referred to in the same sub- paragraph. _________________ 40 Regulation (EU) No 1176/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 November 2011 on the prevention and correction of macroeconomic imbalances (OJ L 306, 23.11.2011, p. 25). 41 Council Regulation (EC) No 332/2002 of 18 February 2002 establishing a facility providing medium-term financial assistance for Member States' balances of payments (OJ L 53, 23.2.2002). 42 Regulation (EU) No 472/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on the strengthening of economic and budgetary surveillance of Member States in the euro area experiencing or threatened with serious difficulties with respect to their financial stability (OJ L 140, 27.5.2013, p. 1).deleted
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 866 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall prepare programmes to implement the Funds for the period from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2027. Programmes shall be drawn up by Member States or at sub- national level, in cooperation with the partners referred to in Article 6 and in accordance with the Code of Conduct for Partnership and Multi-level Governance.
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 933 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point d – point iv
(iv) specific territories targeted, including the planned use of integrated territorial investment, community-led local development or other territorial tools;
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 970 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 6
6. For ERDF, ESF+ and Cohesion Fund programmes submitted in accordance with Article 16, the table referred to in paragraph (3)(f)(ii) shall include the amounts for the years 2021 to 2025 only7.
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 979 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall assess the programme and its compliance with this Regulation and with the Fund-specific Regulations, as well as its consistency with the Partnership Agreement. In its assessment, the Commission shall, in particular, take into account relevant country-specific recommendations.
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 983 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall assess the programme and its compliance with this Regulation and with the Fund-specific Regulations, as well as its consistency with the Partnership Agreement. In its assessment, the Commission shall, in particular, take into account how relevant country-specific recommendations are to be addressed.
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1049 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
The Member State may transfer during the programming period an amount of up to 510 % of the initial allocation of a priority and no more than 3 % of the programme budget to another priority of the same Fund of the same programme. For the programmes supported by the ERDF and ESF+, the transfer shall only concern allocations for the same category of region.
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1071 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2
2. The ERDF and the ESF+ may finance, in a complementary manner and subject to a limit of 105 % of support from those Funds for each priority of a programme, all or 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 such costs are necessary for the implementation.
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1079 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may request the transfer of up to 5 % of programme financial allocations from any of the Funds to any other Fund under shared management or to any instrument under direct or indirect management.
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1088 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2
2. Transferred resources shall be implemented in accordance with the rules of the Fund or the instrument to which the resources are transferred and, in the case of transfers to instruments under direct or indirect management, for the benefit of the Member State concerned.
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1102 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) another territorial tool supporting initiatives designed by the Member State for investments programmed for the ERDF under theall policy objectives referred to in Article 4(1)(e).
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1120 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) a description of the involvement of partners in accordance withunder Article 6(1) in the preparation and in the implementation of the strategy.
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1122 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
They may also contain a list of operations to be suppordeleted.
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1125 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 2
2. Territorial strategies shall be drawn up under the responsibility of the relevant urban, local or other territorial authorities or bodies in cooperation with the economic and social partners.
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1129 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Where the list of operations to be supported has not been included in the territorial strategy, the relevant urban, local or other territorial authorities or bodies shall select or shall be involved in the selection of operations.deleted
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1134 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Selecupported operations shall comply with the territorial strategy.
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1136 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 4
4. Where an urban, local or other territorial authority or body carries out tasks falling under the responsibility of the managing authority other than the selection of operations, the authority shall be identified by the managing authority as an intermediate body.deleted
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1141 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 (new)
The supported operations can be supported under more than one priority of the same programme.
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1145 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1
1. Where a strategy implemented in accordance with Article 23 involves investments that receive support from one or more Funds, from more than one programme or from more than one priority of the sam or from more than one programme, actions may be carried out as an integrated territorial investment ('ITI').
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1147 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Where the list of operations to be supported has not been included in the territorial strategy, the relevant urban, local or other territorial authorities or bodies shall select or shall be involved in the selection of operations.
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1148 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Where an urban, local or other territorial authority or body carries out tasks falling under the responsibility of the managing authority other than the selection of operations, the authority shall be identified by the managing authority as an intermediate body.
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1215 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. TOn the basis of the financing plan in the operational programme, the percentage of the Funds reimbursed for technical assistance shall be the followingmay be set at up to:
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1226 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) for the ERDF support under the Investment for jobs and growth goal, and for the Cohesion Fund support: 2,54 %;
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1258 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The Member State shall set up a committee to monitor the implementation of the programme ('monitoring committee') - to be complemented by monitoring committees at regional level (NUTS 1) - within three months of the date of notification to the Member State concerned of the decision approving the programme.
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1260 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The Member State may set up a single monitoring committee to cover more than one programme, but in connection with the ERDF and with the ESF+ a separate monitoring committee shall be set up in each case.
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1316 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) in the data transmissions due by 31 January, 31 July and 31 October of each year, the number of selected operations, their total eligible cost, the contribution from the Funds and the total eligible expenditure declared by the beneficiaries to the managing authority, all. In addition, the transmission made 31 January shall contain the above data broken down by types of intervention;
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1373 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Where the total cost of an operation does not exceed EUR 200 000, the contribution provided to the beneficiary from the ERDF, the ESF+, the AMIF, the ISF and the BMVI shall take the form of unit costs, lump sums or flat rates, except for operations for which the support constitutes State aid or operations supported on the basis of investment costs of a heterogeneous nature for which the calculation of unit costs, lump sums or flat rates has no sufficient grounding. Where flat-rate financing is used, only the categories of costs to which the flat-rate applies may be reimbursed in accordance with point (a) of the first sub-paragraph.
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1459 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 62 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
For point (d) of paragraph 1, management fees shall be performance based. Where bodies implementing a holding fund and/or specific funds, pursuant to Article 53(3), are selected through a direct award of contract, thHowever, for the first 24 months after the signature of the funding agreement, base remuneration can be added. The base remuneration for a financial instrument providing equity shall not exceed per annum 2.5% of programme contributions committed under the relevant funding agreement. The base remuneration for a financial instrument in all other cases shall not exceed per annum 0.5% of the programme contributions committed under the relevant funding agreement. The aggregate amount of management costs and fees paid to those bodies that can be declared as eligible expenditure shall be subject to a threshold of up to 5 % of the total amount of programme contributions disbursed to final recipients over the eligibility period shall not exceed the following limits: (a) for a fund of funds, 7% of the total amount of programme contributions paid to the fund of funds, (b) for a financial instrument providing equity, 20% of the total amount of programme contributions paid to the financial instrument, (c) for a financial instrument providing loans, equity or quasi-equity investments or set aside as agreed in guarantee contracts8% of the total amount of programme contributions paid to the financial instrument, (d) for a financial instrument providing guarantees, 10% of the total amount of programme contributions paid to the financial instrument, (e) for a financial instrument providing micro-credit, 10% of the total amount of programme contributions paid to the financial instrument.
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1478 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 63 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall ensure that all exchanges of information between beneficiaries and the programme authorities arcan be carried out by means of electronic data exchange systems in accordance with Annex XII.
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1480 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 63 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall ensure that all exchanges of information between beneficiaries and the programme authorities arcan be carried out by means of electronic data exchange systems in accordance with Annex XII.
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1513 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 66 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) record and store in an electronic systems the data on each operation necessary for monitoring, evaluation, financial management, verifications and audits, and shall ensure the security, integrity and confidentiality of data and the authentication of the users.
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1574 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) drawing up the accounts, confirming the completeness, accuracy and correctness in accordance with Article 92 and keeping records of all the elements of the accounts in an electronic systems;
2018/11/15
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1590 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 – paragraph 1
1. The audit authority shall prepare an audit strategy based on a risk assessment, taking account of the management and control system description provided for in Article 63(9), covering system audits and audits of operations. The audit strategy shall include system audits of newly identified managing authorities and authorities in charge of the accounting function. The audit shall be performed within nine months following their first year of functioning. The audit strategy shall be prepared in accordance with the template set out in Annex XVIII and shall be updated annually following the first annual control report and audit opinion provided to the Commission. It may cover one or more programmes. In the audit strategy, the audit authority may determine a limit for single account audits.
2018/11/15
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1598 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 74 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The Commission and audit authorities shall first use all information and records available in the electronic systems referred to in Article 66(1)(e), including results of management verifications and only request and obtain additional documents and audit evidence from the beneficiaries concerned where, based on their professional judgement, this is required to support robust audit conclusions.
2018/11/15
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1603 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 75 – paragraph 1
1. The managing authority shall carry out on-the-spot management verifications in accordance with Article 68(1) only at the level of bodies implementing the financial instrument and, in the context of guarantee funds, at the level of bodies delivering the underlying new loans. If the financial instrument provides control reports supporting the payment application, the managing authority does not need to carry out on-the-spot management verifications.
2018/11/15
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1607 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 75 – paragraph 3
3. The audit authority shall carry out system audits and audits of operations in accordance with Articles 71, 73 or 77 at the level of bodies implementing the financial instrument and, in the context of guarantee funds, at the level of bodies delivering the underlying new loans. If the financial instrument provides the audit authority with an annual audit report drawn up by their external auditors by the end of each calendar year that covers the elements included in Annex XVII., the audit authority does not need to carry out further audits.
2018/11/15
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1651 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) 2022: 0.52 %;
2018/11/15
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1662 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) 2023: 0.2,625 %;
2018/11/15
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1683 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) 2024: 0.2,75 %;
2018/11/15
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1702 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e
(e) 2025: 0.2,875 %;
2018/11/15
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1724 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point f
(f) 2026: 0.53 %
2018/11/15
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1751 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 85 – paragraph 4 – point c a (new)
(ca) in the case of state aid, the payment application may include advances paid to the beneficiary by the body granting the aid under the condition that those advances do not exceed 40% of the total amount of the aid to be granted to a beneficiary for a given operation.
2018/11/15
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1785 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 99 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall decommit any amount in a programme which has not been used for pre-financing in accordance with Article 84 or for which a payment application has not been submitted in accordance with Articles 85 and 86 by 26 December of the seconthird calendar year following the year of the budget commitments for the years 2021 to 2026. In the event of payment stops on a legal or precautionary basis, an extension shall also be applied.
2018/11/15
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1790 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 99 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall decommit any amount in a programme which has not been used for pre-financing in accordance with Article 84 or for which a payment application has not been submitted in accordance with Articles 85 and 86 by 26 December of the seconthird calendar year following the year of the budget commitments for the years 2021 to 2026.
2018/11/15
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1803 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 99 – paragraph 2
2. The amount to be covered by pre- financing or payment applications by the time limit established in paragraph 1 concerning the budget commitment of 2021 shall be 60 % of that commitment. 1Concerning the budget commitments for 2022 and 2023, it shall be 80% of that commitment. 20 % of the budget commitment of 2021 shall be added to each budget commitment for the years 2022 to 20255 and 2026, and 20% of the budget commitments of 2022 and 2023 shall be added to the budget commitment for the year 2027 for the purposes of calculating the amounts to be covered.
2018/11/15
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1865 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 104 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 5
350% of the resources transferred to the CEF shall be available immediately after the transfer to all Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund to finance transport infrastructure projects in accordance with Regulation (EU) [the new CEF Regulation].
2018/11/15
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1869 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 104 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 6
Rules applicable for the transport sector under Regulation (EU) [new CEF Regulation] shall apply to the specific calls referred to in the first subparagraph. Until 31 December 2023, the selection of projects eligible for financing shall respect the national allocations under the Cohesion Fund with regard to 750% of the resources transferred to the CEF.
2018/11/15
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1872 #

2018/0196(COD)

As of 1 January 2024, 50% of the resources transferred to the CEF which have not been committed to a transport infrastructure project shall be made available to all Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund to finance transport infrastructure projects in accordance with Regulation (EU) [the new CEF Regulation].
2018/11/15
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1890 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 105 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The Commission may accept a proposal by a Member State in its submission of the Partnership Agreement or in the context of the mid-term review, for a transfer: of not more than 15% of the total allocations.
2018/11/15
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1896 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 105 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) of not more than 15 % of the total allocations for less developed regions to transition regions or more developed regions and from transition regions to more developed regions;deleted
2018/11/15
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1901 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 105 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) from the allocations for more developed regions or transition regions to less developed regions.deleted
2018/11/15
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1921 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) 7085 % for the less developed regions;
2018/11/15
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1942 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) 5570 % for the transition regions;
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1945 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) 450 % for the more developed regions; where a less developed region adjoins a more developed region and, as a result, there is a considerable funding differential, the EU co-financing rate for the more developed region may be raised to 55 %.
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1960 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) 450 % for the more developed regions.
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1974 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
The co-financing rate for the Cohesion Fund at the level of each priority shall not be higher than 7085 %.
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 2005 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 112 a (new)
Article 112a Cohesion report The Commission report in accordance with Article 175 TFEU shall contain: (a) an account of the progress made towards achieving economic, social and territorial cohesion, including consideration of the socio-economic situation, development of the regions, and the extent to which account has been taken of the Union’s priorities; (b) an account - in connection with the progress achieved - of the role of the Funds, EIB support and other instruments, as well as the impact of other Union and national policy strategies; (c) where appropriate, an indication of any future Union action and strategies needed to strengthen economic, social and territorial cohesion and to comply with Union priorities.
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 2009 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 5 – paragraph 3
*Policy objectives according to Article 4(1), CPR. For ERDF, CF and ESF+ years 2021-2025; for EMFF for 2021- 2027.deleted
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 2011 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 6 – paragraph 3
*Policy objectives according to Article 4(1), CPR. For ERDF, CF and ESF+ years 2021-2025; for EMFF for 2021- 2027.deleted
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 2013 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – point 2 – paragraph 3 – point 2.1 – point 2.1.1 – point 2.1.1.2 – introductory part
2.1.1.2 Indicators55 _________________ 55 Prior to the mid-term review in 2025 for the ERDF, the ESF+ and the CF, breakdown for the years 2021 to 2025 only.
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 2015 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – point 2 – paragraph 3 – point 2.1 – point 2.1.1 – point 2.1.1.3 – introductory part
2.1.1.3 Indicative breakdown of the programme resources (EU) by type of intervention56 (not applicable to the EMFF) _________________ 56 Prior to the mid-term review in 2025 for the ERDF, the ESF+ and the CF, breakdown for the years 2021 to 2025 only.
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 2017 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – point 3 – point 3.2 – introductory part
3.2 Total financial appropriations by fund and national co-financing59 _________________ 59 the ERDF, the ESF+ and the CF, financial appropriations for the years 2021 to Prior to the mid-term review in 2025 only.for
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 2023 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex XXIV – point 6
6. To the amounts by NUTS level 2 region obtained in accordance with point (5) is added, an amount resulting from the allocation of a premium of EUR 41 000 per person per year, applied to the population share of the region of net migration from outside the EU to the Member State since 1 January 2013.
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 2024 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex XXIV – point 6 a (new)
6a. To the amounts obtained in accordance with point (5) for NUTS level 2 regions containing coal-mining areas is added an amount of EUR 1 000 per person for each job lost or restructured as a result of structural change intended to achieve a CO2-free energy supply.
2018/10/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 2087 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Table 1 – Policy objective 1 – row 001 – column 1
001 Investment in fixed assets in micro enterprises directly linked to research and innovation activitito increase the growth potential and competitiveness of SMEs or to secure and create jobs and training places, to secure skilled workers and to tackle skills shortages
2018/10/30
Committee: REGI
Amendment 2089 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Table 1 – Policy objective 1 – row 001 a (new)
001a Investment in fixed assets in micro 0% 0% enterprises
2018/10/30
Committee: REGI
Amendment 2090 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Table 1 – Policy objective 1 – row 002 – column 1
002 Investment in fixed assets in small and medium-sized enterprises (including private research centres) directly linked to research and innovation activitito increase the growth and competitiveness of SMEs or to secure and create jobs and training places, to secure skilled workers and to tackle skills shortages
2018/10/30
Committee: REGI
Amendment 2092 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Table 1 – Policy objective 1 – row 002 a (new)
002a Investment in fixed assets in small and 0% 0% medium-sized enterprises
2018/10/30
Committee: REGI
Amendment 2093 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Table 1 – Policy objective 1 – row 004 – column 1
004 Investment in intangible assets in micro enterprises directly linked(including vocational training and technology centres) to increasearch and innovation activiti the growth and competitiveness of SMEs or to secure and create jobs and training places, to secure skilled workers and to tackle skills shortages
2018/10/30
Committee: REGI
Amendment 2095 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Table 1 – Policy objective 1 – row 004 a (new)
004a Investment in intangible assets in 0% 0% micro enterprises
2018/10/30
Committee: REGI
Amendment 2096 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Table 1 – Policy objective 1 – row 005 – column 1
005 Investment in intangible assets in small and medium-sized enterprises (including private research centres) directly linked and vocational training and technology centres) to increasearch and innovation activiti the growth and competitiveness of SMEs or to secure and create jobs and training places, to secure skilled workers and to tackle skills shortages
2018/10/30
Committee: REGI
Amendment 2098 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Table 1 – Policy objective 1 – row 005 a (new)
005a Investment in intangible assets in 0% 0% small and medium-sized enterprises
2018/10/30
Committee: REGI
Amendment 2103 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Table 1 – Policy objective 1 – row 016 column 1
016 Supply of skilled labour for SMEs and skills development for smart specialisation, industrial transition and entrepreneurship, in particular through the promotion of vocational education and training (including vocational training and technology centres)
2018/10/30
Committee: REGI
Amendment 2105 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Table 1 – Policy objective 1 – row 017 column 1
017 Advanced support services for SMEs and groups of SMEs (including services for management, marketing and design services and for vocational and training services and vocational training and technology centres)
2018/10/30
Committee: REGI
Amendment 2107 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Table 1 – Policy objective 2 – row 027 a (new)
027a Support to enterprises that undergo 100% 40% structural changes to foster a low carbon economy and low carbon energy generation
2018/10/30
Committee: REGI
Amendment 2118 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Table 1 – Policy objective 2 – row 046 a (new)
046a Rehabilitation of coal regions 0% 100%
2018/10/30
Committee: REGI
Amendment 2124 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Table 1 – Policy objective 3 – row 056 – column 1
056 Newly built motorways, bridges and roads – TEN-T core network
2018/10/30
Committee: REGI
Amendment 2125 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Table 1 – Policy objective 3 – row 057 – column 1
057 Newly built motorways, bridges and roads – TEN-T comprehensive network
2018/10/30
Committee: REGI
Amendment 2126 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Table 1 – Policy objective 3 – row 060 – column 1
060 Reconstructed or improved motorways, bridges and roads – TEN-T core network
2018/10/30
Committee: REGI
Amendment 2127 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Table 1 – Policy objective 3 – row 061 – column 1
061 Reconstructed or improved motorways, bridges and roads – TEN-T comprehensive network
2018/10/30
Committee: REGI
Amendment 2156 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Specific objective – row 2 – column 2
ERDF: All specific objectives under this policy objectives, except for the specific objective in Article 2 (1) (a) (iii) of the Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the European Regional Development Fund and on the Cohesion Fund
2018/10/30
Committee: REGI
Amendment 2161 #

2018/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Policy objective 2 – row 4 – column 2
ERDF and Cohesion Fund: 2.4 Promoting climate and structural change adaptation, risk prevention and disaster resilience
2018/10/30
Committee: REGI
Amendment 24 #

2017/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas human rights treaties recognise the right of indigenous peoples to their ancestral lands and resources and provide that states must consult indigenous peoples in good faith in order to obtain their free, prior and informed consent pertaining to projects that can have a negativen impact on their ways of life or that can lead to the displacement of their populations;
2018/02/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 43 #

2017/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas increasing demand and growing competition over natural resources is driving a ‘global land rush’ that in several countries is putting the territories traditionally inhabited and used by indigenous peoples and local communities under unsustainable pressure; whereas the exploitation of those natural resources by the agribusiness, energy, timber and mining sectors, among other extractive industries, as well as by illegal logging and large infrastructure and development projects as well as governments and the local population, constitutes one of the main causes of enduring conflict over land tenure and the main cause for water and soil contamination;
2018/02/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 66 #

2017/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K
K. whereas a great number of EU- based investors and companies among many others are involved in hundreds of land acquisition operations in Africa, Asia and Latin America, which sometimes leads to violations of the rights of indigenous and local communities; whereas in many cases, given the multiple foreign ramifications of those actors, it can prove difficult to trace their roots directly to the EU and its Member States;
2018/02/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 93 #

2017/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on all states, including the EU and its Member States, to legally recogniseaccept and respect the territorial autonomy of the traditional lands of indigenous people;
2018/02/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 107 #

2017/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Urges the EU and its Member States to redoublestrengthen their efforts in order to ensure the physical integrity and the legal assistance of indigenous, environmental and land rights defenders, taking particular account of the protection of women, children and people with disabilities;
2018/02/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 116 #

2017/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on all states, including the EU and its Member States, to ensure that their environmental conservation policpolitical strategies fully respect the rights of indigenous peoples and rural communities so that when protected areas are created or extended, compliance with these rights has already been established;
2018/02/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 135 #

2017/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Urges the EU and its Member Sall states to monitor and publicly report the land acquisitions, particularly those involving EU-based corporations and actors or EU-funded development projects, in countries where such deals could result in the violation of human rights, instructing and capacitating EU Delegations and embassies for that purpose ;
2018/02/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 141 #

2017/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on all states, especially the EU and its Member States, to adopt and give their support to the implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests of the Committee on World Food Security and to sign forest law enforcement, governance and trade voluntary partnership agreements with as many relevant countries as possible; calls on the Commission to ensure strict compliance with and implementation of the Timber Regulation and to sanction Member States that fail to comply with the Directive;
2018/02/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 158 #

2017/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the EU to set up a grievance mechanism whereby indigenous and local communities can lodge complaints regarding violations and abuses of their rights resulting from EU-based business activities or EU development or investment projects, regardless of the country where the violations and abuses occurred, in order to ensure that the victims have effective access to justice, as well as to technical and legal assistance; calls on the EU and the Member States to engage in the negotiations to adopt a legally binding international human rights instrument for transnational corporations and other companies;
2018/02/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 166 #

2017/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the EU to fulfil its extraterritorial duties related to human rights, and resolves to request legislative proposals from the Commission and to work together with the European Council to create legislation, in the framework of development cooperation, to prevent and sanction extraterritorial violations of the rights of indigenous peoples and of local communities;
2018/02/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 170 #

2017/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4
Sustainable and economic development tofor indigenous people
2018/02/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 174 #

2017/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Invites the EU to urge its partner states to draw up inclusive social policies for indigenous peoples i, in the framework of their development cooperation with third countries, to take particular account of the situation ain the urban environment and, in order to reducthe context of poverty reduction measures, to mitigate the effects of uprooting and of the mismatch between their traditional capabilities and cultural specificities of indigenous peoples and contemporary metropolitan dynamics;
2018/02/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 181 #

2017/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on all states to commit themselves to ensuring that indigenous peoples have genuine access to health and, education and economic opportunities, to promoting intercultural public policies, to incorporating indigenous languages and cultures into their school programs and to developing initiatives to raise awareness among civil society of the rights of indigenous peoples and the importance of respecting their beliefs and values in order to tackle prejudice and misinformation;
2018/02/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 190 #

2017/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Recommends that greater prominence be given to this issuee situation of indigenous peoples in the EU’s foreign policy, including in its human rights dialogues with third countries, EU policy documents as well as in trade, cooperation and development agreements negotiated or concluded with other countries; calls on the EU and its Member States to take into account the result of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in the annual monitoring report in order to ascertain the conformity of their policies with the rights of indigenous peoples;
2018/02/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 201 #

2017/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the EU to ensure that all EU-funded development projects that could in any way negatively affect the livelihoods, lands and resources of indigenous peoples rigorously comply with the principle of free, prior and informed consent;
2018/02/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 217 #

2017/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Calls on the EU to increase the degree of ambition and endowment of its programmes of support to indigenous peoples; lude support to indigenous peoples in its development cooperation programmes and for this also to be expressed through an increased financial endowment;
2018/02/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 4 #

2017/2146(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. SupportsIs aware of the use of budget support but urges the Commission to better define the development outcomes to be achieved in each case and above all to enhance control mechanisms concerning recipient States’ conduct in the fields of corruption, respect of human rights, rule of law and democracy; notes the Court’s Special Report 35/2016 on the use of budget support for domestic resource mobilisation (DRM) in sub-Saharan Africa, which finds that the Commission’s ex- ante analyses of DRM are not sufficiently detailed and do not follow its own guidelines, that the Commission often fails to assess tax exemptions and illicit capital outflows and does not properly consider extraction dividends and whether royalties for access to natural resources have been paid; is concerned about the Commission’s low and sometimes not relevant use of DRM conditions in budget support contracts;
2017/12/13
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 14 #

2017/2146(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that given the funding gap required to reach the ambitious development goals, the private sector mightshould play a crucial role; notes that blending mightcan be a useful vehicle for leveraging additional resources, provided that its use is duly justified, its added value is demonstrated and it meets development effectiveness principles.
2017/12/13
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 8 #

2017/2136(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. SupportNotes the use of budget support but urges the Commission to better define the development outcomes to be achieved in each case and above all to enhance control mechanisms concerning recipient states' conduct in the fields of corruption, respect of human rights, rule of law and democracy; notes the Court’s Special Report 35/2016 on the use of budget support for domestic resource mobilisation (DRM) in sub-Saharan Africa, which finds that the Commission's ex-ante analyses of DRM are not sufficiently detailed and do not follow its own guidelines, that the Commission often fails to assess tax exemptions and illicit capital outflows and does not properly consider extraction dividends and whether royalties for access to natural resources have been paid; is concerned about the Commission’s low and sometimes not relevant use of DRM conditions in budget support contracts;
2017/12/13
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 383 #

2017/2136(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 250 a (new)
250a. Insists that teaching and training programmes that are financed from Union funds such as PEGASE should be commensurate with common values such as freedom, tolerance and non- discrimination within education, as was decided upon by Union education ministers in Paris on 17 March 2015;
2018/03/01
Committee: CONT
Amendment 395 #

2017/2136(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 254 a (new)
254a. Asks the Commission to ensure that EU funding is disbursed in accordance with the UNESCO standards of peace and tolerance;
2018/03/01
Committee: CONT
Amendment 50 #

2017/2052(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Considers that to increase the impact of the next MFF, further links should be established between EU funds such as the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, Structural Funds, the European social fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and Creative Europe.
2017/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 133 #

2017/2052(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Stresses that appropriate recognition and full support of Cultural and Creative Industries (CCIs) would strengthen the impact of the next MFF; recalls the dual nature of the cultural and creative sector: economic (wealth and job creation)and cultural (creating values, meaning and identity);recalls that CCIs are one of Europe’s fastest growing sector, generating 509 billion Euros in value added to GDP per year and representing more than 12 million full time jobs ;calls for additional links between the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation and the Creative Europe programme, as this would help to address the increased industrial dependency on design and creativity; reminds that Creative Europe has consistently boasted excellent performance with full implementation at year-end since the start of this MFF; calls on the Commission to comply with Article 167(4) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and establish the CCIs as a horizontal priority within EU funding schemes and programmes, particularly in the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, the EaSI and the ESIFs.
2017/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 137 #

2017/2052(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Calls on the Commission to develop , through the MFF, a comprehensive, coherent and long-term industrial policy framework for the cultural and creative industries, with adequate funding to CCIs in order to boost their competitiveness and enable them to fulfil their potential in terms of creating quality jobs and growth for the benefit of the Union;
2017/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 138 #

2017/2052(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Calls on the Commission to facilitate funding to the sector, based on the following definition of CCIs: ‘Cultural and Creative Industries are those industries that are based on cultural values, cultural diversity, individual and/or collective creativity, skills and talent with the potential to generate innovation, wealth and jobs through the creation of social and economic value, in particular from intellectual property; they include the following sectors relying on cultural and creative inputs: architecture, archives and libraries, artistic crafts, audio-visual (including film, television, software and video games, and multimedia and recorded music), cultural heritage, design, creativity-driven high- end industries and fashion, festivals, live music, performing arts, books and publishing (newspapers and magazines), radio and visual arts, and advertising’, as adopted in its own resolution on “a coherent EU policy for cultural and creative industry” of 13 December 2016;
2017/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 4 #

2017/2044(BUD)

Draft opinion
Subheading 1
Programme Statements of operational expenditure accompanying the budget 2018
2017/07/13
Committee: CONT
Amendment 6 #

2017/2044(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that the statements corresponds in parts to the request made by the Parliament concerning the performance-based budget1 but notes that those statements complement the usual activity-based budgeting method with some performance data instead of basing the budget activities on firstly defined political objectives; _________________ 1 In its report on the Integrated Internal Control adopted on 3 June 2013 the Parliament calls for the establishment of a performance-based public budgeting model in which each budget line is accompanied by objectives and outputs to be measured by performance indicators.
2017/07/13
Committee: CONT
Amendment 10 #

2017/2044(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 – indent 1
- to align the performance framework used in the Article 318 TFEU evaluation report (Annual Management and Performance Report) and in its management tools (management plan and Directorate General annual activity reports) with the performance framework of the programme statements programme;
2017/07/13
Committee: CONT
Amendment 11 #

2017/2044(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 – indent 2
- to take thiprogramme statements framework as basis for its evaluation of the implementation of the EU 2020 Strategy and the 10 Commission priorities for 2015- 2019; and
2017/07/13
Committee: CONT
Amendment 13 #

2017/2044(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 – indent 3
- to include updated data on results for all the indicators established by programme statements;
2017/07/13
Committee: CONT
Amendment 28 #

2017/2044(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 16
16. Points out that the 2018 programme statements contain paragraphs referring to financial instruments financed by specific programme butand notes that the Commission considers that such information does not constitute the official reporting on the financial instruments financed by the Union budget as provided for under Article140(8) of the Financial Regulation" as the Commission presents a separate annual report on financial instruments supported by the general budget according to Art.140.8 of the Financial Regulation and the latest report for 2015 was published on 24 October 2016;
2017/07/13
Committee: CONT
Amendment 29 #

2017/2044(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 17
17. Urges once again the Commission to improve transparency in the use of financial engineering instruments (FEI), to regularly report on leverage, losses and risks and to present a cost-benefit analysis of FEIs compared with more direct forms of project funding;
2017/07/13
Committee: CONT
Amendment 15 #

2016/2202(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Recital Z
Z. whereas budget support, while beingit can be a key-driver for change and to address main developments challenges, carries a considerable fiduciary risk and should be granted only if it provides sufficient transparency, traceability, accountability and effectiveness alongside to proven commitment in policy reforms; whereas budget support is particularly adapted for small and isolated territories, such as ACP islands,
2017/03/07
Committee: CONT
Amendment 72 #

2016/2202(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 65
65. Welcomes, in principle,Acknowledges the setting- up of the Union Emergency Trust Fund for Africa (EUTFT) but regrets that no prior consultation of Parliament took place although Parliament enjoys reinforced oversight of EDF programming based on a political commitment made by the Commission; observes that 57 % of the initial amount pledged by Member States and other donors (Switzerland and Norway) were paid for the EUTF (i.e. EUR 47,142 million); notes that EUR 1,4 billion from the EDF reserve will be used for the EUTF and that the total financial pledges made by Member States represent only EUR 81,492 million (i.e. 4,3 % of the projected EUR 1,8 billion); notes the Bekou Trust Fund of the amount pledged and paid of EUR 34,925 million;
2017/03/07
Committee: CONT
Amendment 90 #

2016/2151(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Points ouNotes with concern the fact that five Member States (Czech Republic, Spain, Italy, Poland and Romania) account for more than half of the unused commitments of Structural Funds that have not led to payment;
2017/03/10
Committee: CONT
Amendment 115 #

2016/2151(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Regrets that only 75 %77 of the contributions to the financial engineering instruments for the programming period 2007-2013 were paid out to the final recipients by the end of 2015 in shared management (57 % paid out at the end of 2014 and 37 % paid out at the end of 2012) and that cash held in financial instruments under indirect management remain high (EUR 0,91,3 billion in 2015 EUR 1,3 billion in 2014; EUR 1,4 billion in 2013); _________________ 77 European Commission DG REGIO Summary of data on the progress made in financing and implementing financial engineering instruments reported by the managing authorities in accordance with Article 67(2)(j) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006, Programming period 2007- 2013 Situation as at 31 December 2015 20.09.2016, P 61.
2017/03/10
Committee: CONT
Amendment 117 #

2016/2151(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Points ouNotes with concern the fact that unused amounts of financial instruments remain relatively high, 80% of which were at the end of 2014 concentrated in five Member States (of which Italy constituted 45% of the total);
2017/03/10
Committee: CONT
Amendment 78 #

2016/2148(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines, in particular, that consideration should be given to the circumstances of the distinctively urban or rural regions, the so-called ‘lagging regions’ and regions with permanent natural or geographical handicaps (northernmost regions with very low population density, and cross-border, insular, mountainous or outermost regions); calls on the Commission to pursue and expand strategies to implement an urban agenda together with local authorities and metropolitan regions as EU growth centres; recalls in this context that it is important to support new policy challenges, such as immigration, as well as the broadly understood digital dimension of cohesion policy (including ICT and broadband access issues, which are linked to the completion of the Digital Single Market); points to the Energy Union Strategy, as the ESI Funds have an important role to play in its delivery;
2016/09/19
Committee: REGI
Amendment 133 #

2016/2148(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Points out that a separate agenda is being pursued with the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) is presented as a success story when it comes to fast implementation, and against this background asks the Commission, and asks the Commission to present the EFSI and the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) as two come forward with learning points for the ESI Funds for the new programming periodparallel paths for creating growth, competitiveness and employment;
2016/09/19
Committee: REGI
Amendment 195 #

2016/2148(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Highlights the European added value of ETC, which should be reflected in an increased level of appropriations for this cohesion policy objective, to be introduced as soon as practicable; calls at the same time on Member States to provide the necessary cofunding;
2016/09/19
Committee: REGI
Amendment 197 #

2016/2148(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Recommends that more intensive use be made of the modified and expanded EGTC legal instrument as the legal basis for territorial cooperation;
2016/09/19
Committee: REGI
Amendment 200 #

2016/2148(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
30. Is of the opinion that GDP might not be the onlyis the legitimate indicator for ensuring a fair distribution of money that takes account of specific territorial needs; is of the opinion that many regions in Europe are facing a situation of demographic change, as well as shrinking population numbers in rural areas;
2016/09/19
Committee: REGI
Amendment 213 #

2016/2148(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
31. Welcomes the code of conduct agreed during the negotiations, which outlines the minimum standards for a well- functioning partnership; observes, however, that while the code has improved the implementation of the partnership principle in most Member States, but regrets the fact that many Member States have centralised large parts of the negotiation and implementation of the PAs and OPs;
2016/09/19
Committee: REGI
Amendment 230 #

2016/2148(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
34. Recalls that the ETC, which serves the broader principle of territorial cohesion, introduced by the Lisbon Treaty, is not yet properly applied; therefore encourages all stakeholders involved in negotiations on the future policy to strengthen territorial cohesion; calls on the Commission to give ETC, the opportunities it provides and its legal instruments the focus they deserve in the 7th Cohesion Report;
2016/09/19
Committee: REGI
Amendment 8 #

2016/2047(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for the Commission to fully reflect in its Budget proposals the Union’s commitment to working with the private sector and financial institutions in development cooperation; highlights therefore the potential to leverage new resources for development through public- private partnerships, blending and other innovative ways; looks forward to the detailed proposals on the setting up of an investment plan for Africa, which should focus on capacity building and, technical assistance, industrialisation, trade and investment opportunities, access to energy and infrastructure requirements; stresses the important role that Parliament must play in supporting and monitoring such an investment plan;
2016/08/16
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 13 #

2016/2047(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that the alarming gravity of the humanitarian needs triggered by the Syrian crisis and other unprecedented conflicts necessitates using the Emergency Aid Reserve (over and above the MFF ceilings) and the Flexibility Instrument to the fullest extent possible, while also using the margin under heading IV to address the humanitarian crisis; calls on the EU to strengthen its capacity to link security and development in the implementation of the EU´s development policy;
2016/08/16
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 21 #

2016/2047(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Considers it of paramount importance to address protracted humanitarian crises, and to focus on prevention, building resilience, and cooperation with the private sector, in order to help bridge the global funding gap in humanitarian action;
2016/08/16
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 26 #

2016/2047(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 16
16. Notes that the financial engineering instruments (FEI), if implemented in a targeted manner, for appropriate project typology and reasonable purpose armight be tools for the effective allocation of Union funds with the potential to form part of mainstream best practice in budget expenditure allocation in the future; urges the Commission to improve transparency in the use of FEI, to regularly report on leverage, losses and risks and to present a cost-benefit analysis of FEIs compared with more direct forms of project funding; calls on the Commission to implement effective monitoring systems to analyse the demand for financial instruments in the Member States, which would lower the risk of undercapitalisationin order to avoid overcapitalisation, which commits funds without contributing to the implementation of EU policies, as identified by the Court of Auditors in its Special Report 5/2015.
2016/09/06
Committee: CONT
Amendment 28 #

2016/2047(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Insists that the development budget for 2017 must reflect more consistently the Union’s focus on fragile states, Least Developed Countries, security- development nexus, youth unemployment and women in conflict situations;
2016/08/16
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 34 #

2016/2047(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Stresses that the EU financial rules only allow faith-based organizations (FBO) to apply for funding if they register as an NGO; underlines that although funding should not be given for religious activities, the role of churches and FBOs in mitigating poverty and promoting development is undeniable among the most vulnerable sectors including the displaced, the poor, the sick, the handicapped, children, women and the elderly; stresses in this context that churches and FBOs are often the only reliable institutions that people trust as they have necessary infrastructure to provide aid and support for the people; calls for inclusion of the churches and FBOs in the EU financial regulations allowing them to apply for funding within the EU development policy and humanitarian aid.
2016/08/16
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 54 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 266 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation EU No 1304/2013
Annex 1 – paragraph (1) – subparagraph 4 – indent 3
- participants who live in jobless households*,deleted
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 58 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 266 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation EU No 1304/2013
Annex 1 – paragraph (1) – subparagraph 4 – indent 4
- participants who live in jobless households with dependent children*,deleted
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 61 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 266 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation EU No 1304/2013
Annex 1 – paragraph (1) – subparagraph 4 – indent 5
participants who live in a single adult household with dependent children*,deleted
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 65 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 266 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation EU No 1304/2013
Annex I – paragraph (1) – paragraph 5
The data on participants under the two first above indicators will be provided in the annual implementation reports as specified in Article 50(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013. The data on participants under the last three above indicators will be provided in the reports as specified in Article 50(5) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013. The data of the fivef the two indicators above shall be collected based on a representative sample of participants within each investment priority. Internal validity shall be ensured in such a way that the data can be generalised at the level of the investment priority.
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 208 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 265 – paragraph 1 – point 17
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
Article 43a – paragraph 1
1. Support from the ESI Funds to financial instruments invested in final recipients and gains and other earnings or yields, such as interest, guarantee fees, dividends, capital gains or any other income generated by those investments, which are attributable to the support from the ESI Funds, may be used for differentiated treatment of private investors operating under the market economy principle, as well as the EIB when using the EU guarantee pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2015/1017. Such differentiated treatment shall be justified by the need to attract private counterpart resources.
2017/03/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 215 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 265 – paragraph 1 – point 17
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
Article 43a – paragraph 3
3. The differentiated treatment shall not exceed what is necessary to create the incentives for attracting private counterpart resources. It shall not over-compensate private investors operating under the market economy principle and the EIB when using the EU guarantee according to Regulation (EU) 2015/1017. The alignment of interest shall be ensured through an appropriate sharing of risk and profit.
2017/03/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 230 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 265 – paragraph 1 – point 23 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
Article 61 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
23a. In Article 61, in paragraph 1, subparagraph 1 is replaced by the following: “This Article shall apply to operations which generate net revenue after their completion. For the purposes of this Article ‘net revenue’ means cash in-flows directly paid by users for the goods or services provided by the operation, such as charges borne directly by users for the use of infrastructure, sale or rent of land or buildings, or payments for services less any operating costs and replacement costs of short-life equipment incurred during the corresponding period. Operating cost- savings generated by the operation, with the exception of cost-savings resulting from the implementation of energy efficiency measures, shall be treated as net revenue unless they are offset by an equal reduction in operating subsidies. ” Or. en (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/?qid=1488992303244&uri=CELEX:32013R1303)
2017/03/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 263 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 265 – paragraph 1 – point 60
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
Article 152 – paragraph 3a
Where a call for proposal is launched prior to the entry into force of Regulation XXX/YYY amending the present Regulation tThe managing authority (or monitoring committee for the programmes under the European territorial cooperation goal) may decide not to apply the obligation set out in Article 67(2a) for a maximum of 6 months starting from the date of entry into force of Regulation XXX/YYY. Where the document setting out the cThe managing authority or monditions for support is provided to the beneficiary within a period of 6 monoring committee for the programmes under the European territorial cooperation goal may decide to extend thse starting from the date of entry into force of Regulation XXX/YYY the managing authority may decide not to apply those amended provisionsix-moth transitional period until programme closure. It shall notify the Commission of such decision before the expiration of the six-month transitional period.”
2017/03/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 3 #

2015/2275(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the aim of clarifying EU engagement boundaries on Peace Support Operations (PSOs) with the United Nations (UN) and the African Union (AU); recalls that the EU budget cannot be used to directly finance military or defence operations (Article 41(2) TEU); underlines the importance of EU operational and financial support for AU peacekeeping operations approved by the UN, notably through the African Peace Facility instrument;
2016/02/25
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 12 #

2015/2275(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Notes concern over the possible lack of transparency in EU PSOs; stresses that full investigations should be carried out if grievances arise; recalls the need to improve current EU funding for PSOs; underlines that African security should, in the future, be monitored by the AU, supported by the international communityconsiders that the EU's existing financing instruments and regional programmes must be use in a coherent manner, with a more systematic joint programming, in order to ensure effectiveness of the EU's external action;
2016/02/25
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 18 #

2015/2275(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Underlines that African security should primarily be monitored by the AU, supported by the international community; insists on the need for African partners to take greater ownership and responsibility for the stability of the continent; in this regard, welcomes the decision of the AU, on 15 June 2015, to allocate 25% of its resources to the AU's peace support operations budget;
2016/02/25
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 21 #

2015/2275(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for a comprehensive plan to reinforceBelieves that peace and security are necessary preconditions for development; calls on the Commission to create an innovating EU instrument to reinforce the link between peace, security and sustainable development policies in peacekeeping operations in order to ensure long-termgreater flexibility, as well as long-term results of development efforts; recalls the need to provide tools to achieve clear steps towards democracy and democratic values such as good governance, the rule of law and freedom of speechthe respect for fundamental rights, along with a sustainable economy and stable society; underlines the need for a comprehensive plan regarding conflict areas and their surroundings with a view to preventing the emergence of new conflicts; calls, in this regard, for an early warning system;
2016/02/25
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 35 #

2015/2275(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the need to see PSOs in terms of a continuum between conflict prevention, conflict resolution and post-conflict development; underlines the need for a holistic approach to peacekeeping operations by the UN, the AU and the EUconsiders that EU's external action in fragile and conflict-affected countries should focus on conflict prevention and capacity building in support of security and development, thus tackling root causes of instability;
2016/02/25
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 38 #

2015/2275(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Insists on a continuous political dialogue between the EU and the AU on peace and security challenges and on how to consolidate recent APF gains over the longer-term;
2016/02/25
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 41 #

2015/2275(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that political, humanitarian and development policy efforts should be used initially, supported by civilian peacekeeping operations, and should be transfsuppormted intoby military operationactors and capabilities only when necessary; demands that military peacekeeping should be supported by humanitarian and development policy both during operations, to aid peaceful resolution of the conflict, and afterwards, so as to make the settlement sustainable.
2016/02/25
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 7 #

2015/2160(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Notes the 13 transfers between budget lines during the financial year 2014; is of the opinion that the transfers concerning the political groups communication budget and printing in the Official Journal of the European Union could have been foreseen in the initially approved budget;
2016/03/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 9 #

2015/2160(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Notes nevertheless that a total of EUR 8 277 556 was spent in 2014 only on travel and meeting allowances for Members and alternate members of the Committee plus EUR 409 100 on missions and travel costs of staff; considers the number of missions extremely high (787), as is the expenditure generated by members for travel and meeting allowances; considers that missions undertaken by Members should be clearly described in the annual activity report (AAR), with detailed expenses and a cost benefit analysis; stresses that the reference to Members' missions is vague, imprecise and does not provide clear figures; urges the Committee always to include data on Members' missions in its AAR;
2016/03/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 15 #

2015/2160(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Considers the total amount of EUR 9 594 089 paid by the Committee for 2014 lease expenses (external lessors) to be too high; recalls that even after withdrawing the contribution from the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) of EUR 1 181 382, the net amount paid by the Committee remained higher than the accounting share of those lease payments, the difference being recorded as building expenses (EUR 852 464); stresses that most of the liabilities of the Committee result from transactions generated by the leased buildings (95,6 % in 2014) and that at the end of 2014 the financial lease debt amounted to EUR 65 051 695; calls on the Committee to identify solutions jointly with Parliament and the Commission (e.g. extensive joint use of buildings /meeting rooms/ conference rooms) to reduce costs;deleted
2016/03/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 17 #

2015/2160(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Notes the increased use of videoconferencing by the Committee; regrets however the delay in developingthe use of portable videoconferencing facilities and asks for such facilities to be further developed; calls on the Committee to update the discharge authority in this regard by the end of June 2016to be informed about developments in the AAR;
2016/03/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 23 #

2015/2160(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Notes with satisfaction that a cooperation agreement between the Committee, the EESC and Parliament was signed on 5 February 2014 with the objective of developing political and administrative cooperation;cooperation; notes that an appendix on administrative cooperation was signed between the Committee, the EESC and Parliament
2016/03/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 26 #

2015/2160(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Finds that there is still room for improvement in the collaboration between the three parties to the cooperation agreement, particularly in the political side; believes thatinvites the three institutions are capable of developingto examine whether further synergies that will enhance productivity in the domains covered by the cooperation agreement can be found and asks to be kept informed of its follow-up;
2016/03/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 30 #

2015/2160(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Takes note that thea new administrative bilateral cooperation agreement between the Committee and the EESC was extended for one year till the end of 2015 in order to identify areas for improvement and further efficiencies; requests an update and detailedsigned in 2015; requests to be kept informationed on this bilateral cooperation in the context of the mid-term assessment;
2016/03/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 33 #

2015/2160(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Notes the continued shortage of women holding senior Committee posts; calls for an equal opportunities plan to be set with respect to management positions, with the aim of correcting this imbalance as quickly as possibleat 33% senior Committee posts are held by women; acknowledges the increase in the share of female managers and calls for continuing this trend through the adoption of a new pluriannual Equal Opportunities Strategy for coming years;
2016/03/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 36 #

2015/2160(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Notes that only 12 staff members were recruited following an EPSO competition, whereas 32 staff members, including a Secretary General, were recruited without passing any competition in 2014; urges the Committee to adopt transparent and competitive recruitment procedures and selection criteria for all staff, including at senior level;deleted
2016/03/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 39 #

2015/2160(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Regrets that the number of derogations from procurement rules / contract management increased from 1 in 2013 to 4 in 2014; requests further explanation of how these derogations occurred; asks the Committee to address without delay the ongoing issue of all exception reports due to non-compliance with the provisions of the Financial Regulation or the internal rules of procedure; notes that the number of exceptions represents, however, 0,4 % of the operations concerned;
2016/03/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 43 #

2015/2160(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
30. Welcomes the adoption by the Committee of a decision laying down rules on whistleblowing6 , which entered into force on 1 January 2016; considers that it took too long to implement those rules; calls on the Committee to publish and enforce them without further delay and to inform the discharge authority of its progress on the implementation byin the end of June 2016Annual Activity Report; __________________ 6 Decision No 508/2015 of the Committee of the Regions, of 17 December 2015, laying down rules on whistleblowing.
2016/03/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 48 #

2015/2160(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
34. StressesIs confident that the risks identified during the audits and risk analyses that have been performed, particularly in the areas of financial management and operational / organisational matters, need towill be addressed without delay; requests a detailed presentation of the mitigation measures the Committee proposes and a clear calendar for their implementation, by the end of June 2016 as appropriate; requests to be kept informed in the context of the Annual Activity Report;
2016/03/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 49 #

2015/2160(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
35. Is of opinion that there is still little correlation between strategic and budgetary planning within the Committee and requests a report on the correlation between actions defined in the management plan and the corresponding budgetary lines by the end of June 2016;deleted
2016/03/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 51 #

2015/2160(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
36. Considers that insufficient action is being taken to fulfil the Committee’s main mandate, to "engage participation" from Union citizens; requires examples of situations where mutual exchanges with citizens and their involvement have occurred and where direct results - measurable, focused, and with a visible impact - have been obtained through such participation;deleted
2016/03/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 55 #

2015/2160(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
37. Concludes that, while the 2014 list of Committee activities in support of Union policies is quite comprehensive, their practical outcome is vaguely and imprecisely addressed; calls for a thorough SWAT analysis of the outcomes and SMART indicators for the Committee's objectives, along with an outline of a number of direct benefits for Un; calls for further efforts to increase its practical impact, in cooperation cwitizens to be obtained as a result of its mandate and activitiesh the European Parliament.
2016/03/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 184 #

2015/2155(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 69
69. Encourages the travel agency to an intensify comparison of prices. Calls on the travel agency to actively seek less expensive tickets when booking and, in general, to offer more competitive prices; notes with concern that the staff in the travel agency have partly gained a reputation for their lack of cooperation and professionalism; calls for an improved service;
2016/03/14
Committee: CONT
Amendment 78 #

2015/2154(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 a (new)
45a. Endorses the reservations issued by the Director-General of DG REGIO in its annual activity report concerning the ERDF/Cohesion Fund management and control systems for the 2007-2013 programming period in 12 Member States (77 programmes) and ETC programmes; is of the opinion that those reservations demonstrate that the control procedures put in place in the Commission and the Member States cannot give the necessary guarantees concerning the legality and regularity of all the underlying transactions in the corresponding policy areas;
2016/03/07
Committee: CONT
Amendment 79 #

2015/2154(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 b (new)
45b. Endorses the reservations issued by the Director-General of DG AGRI in its annual activity report; ABB02 – Expenditure on Market Measures: EUR 77,7 million at risk; 4 aid schemes in 7 Member States (8 elements of reservation): Austria, France (for two aid measures), Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Romania and the United Kingdom; ABB03 – Direct payments: EUR 831,6 million at risk; 15 paying agencies, comprising 6 Member States: Spain (10 paying agencies), France, UK (RPA- England), Greece, Hungary and Portugal; ABB04 – Rural development expenditure: EUR 532,5 million at risk; 28 paying agencies, comprising 16 Member States: Bulgaria, Germany (3 paying agencies), Denmark, Spain (6 paying agencies), France (2 paying agencies), UK (2 paying agencies), Hungary, Greece, Italy (4 paying agencies), Lithuania, Latvia, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania and Sweden; ABB05 – IPARD expenditure for Turkey: EUR 5,07 million at risk; is of the opinion that those reservations demonstrate that the control procedures put in place in the Commission and the Member States cannot give the necessary guarantees concerning the legality and regularity of all the underlying transactions in the corresponding policy areas;
2016/03/07
Committee: CONT
Amendment 80 #

2015/2154(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 c (new)
45c. Endorses the reservations issued by the Director-General of DG EMPL in its annual activity report; notes that its annual activity report contains a reservation relating to payments made for the 2007-2013 programming period for an amount at risk of EUR 169,4 million in 2014; Management and control systems for 36 specific ESF Operational Programmes in Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Slovakia, Spain and the United Kingdom for the programming period 2007-2013; is of the opinion that those reservations demonstrate that the control procedures put in place in the Commission and the Member States cannot give the necessary guarantees concerning the legality and regularity of all the underlying transactions in the corresponding policy areas;
2016/03/07
Committee: CONT
Amendment 81 #

2015/2154(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 d (new)
45d. Requests the director general of DG DEVCO to provide a more risk differentiated assurance in his annual activity report and to subsequently direct more of their control resources towards areas covered by specific reservations;
2016/03/07
Committee: CONT
Amendment 82 #

2015/2154(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 e (new)
45e. Calls on the Council to adopt a more vigilant position on the discharge and welcomes the critical stance taken by Sweden and the United Kingdom asking the Commission and the Court to: - focus on areas and recipients with high risk of errors instead of adding more controls for all; - focus on ex-ante controls rather than ex- post controls; - urging Member States authorities to make better use of the available information to prevent, detect and correct errors before declaring expenditure to the Commission; - preserve the unanimously agreed payment ceilings, in particular by maintaining fiscal discipline in relation to commitments, effectively de-committing unused appropriations in order to make room for new priorities and programmes, increasing transparency by providing long-term forecasts, ensuring a balance between commitments and payments and reducing excessive cash balances in financial instruments, given that more than €14 bn in unutilised funds remains locked within such instruments, which could be used for more urgent needs and priorities.
2016/03/07
Committee: CONT
Amendment 108 #

2015/2154(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 66 a (new)
66a. Endorses the inclusion of Country- Specific Recommendations (CSRs) in partnership agreements;
2016/03/07
Committee: CONT
Amendment 110 #

2015/2154(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
New subheading after paragraph 66 and paragraph 66 a (new)
66a. Financial corrections and recoveries Is concerned that for the financial corrections implemented in 2014 (as compared to Union payments received) some Member States laid three times above the average percentage of 2,3 % (Slovakia 8,7%, Czech Republic 8,1%, Greece 4,7%); Notes that for the 2007 - 2013 programming period, EUR 209 million of financial corrections under ESF has been confirmed and EUR 156 million implemented, out of which EUR 95 million were confirmed in 2014; remarks that Member States with the highest level of corrections are Spain (EUR 56 million), Romania (EUR 43 million); Poland (EUR 32 million) and France (EUR 20 million); States that the cumulative amounts corrected for cohesion policy in 2007 - 2013 represent 0,9% of the budget allocations; shares the Commission´s view that financial corrections for the 2007- 2013 period are expected to continue to increase in the coming years as its programmes start to close; Notes that for ERDF/CF programmes, the Commission has imposed around EUR 2 billion of financial corrections cumulatively since the beginning of the 2007-2013 programming period, which includes EUR 782 million of financial corrections applied by the Member States before or at the same time of declaring the expenditure to the Commission; observes with concern that the main Member States concerned are Czech Republic (EUR 719 million), Hungary (EUR 298 million), Greece (EUR 257 million), Spain (EUR 237 million), Slovakia (EUR 152 million), Romania (EUR 146 million) and Italy (EUR 105 million); Notes that for ESF, the Member States with the highest level of cumulative financial correction figures are Romania (EUR 355 million), Spain (EUR 213 million) and Poland (EUR 152 million);
2016/03/07
Committee: CONT
Amendment 111 #

2015/2154(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 66 b (new)
66b. Considers financial corrections and recoveries effective means to protect the Union´s budget; regrets however that due to the legal framework for protecting Union financial interests, the complexity of the related procedures and the number of control layers involved in many areas, errors can only be corrected several years after they have occurred;
2016/03/07
Committee: CONT
Amendment 137 #

2015/2154(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 87
87. Points out in particular that by the end of 2014, payments to Member States for the multiannual ESIFs for 2007-2013 had reached EUR 309,5 billion; i.e. 77% of the EUR 403 billion for all the operational programmes, where five Member States, namely Czech Republic, Spain, Italy, Poland and Romania account for more than the half of the unused commitments of multiannual ESIFs;
2016/03/07
Committee: CONT
Amendment 142 #

2015/2154(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 95
95. Points out that the VAT gap and the estimated losses on VAT collection amounted to EUR 168 billion in 2013; is concerned that the new system of accountability for VAT as an own resource could not totally achieve its goal of simplification and stresses the need to improve EUROFISC to facilitate the exchange of information and help combat irregularities and fraudsConsiders that VAT fraud, and in particular the so-called carousel or missing trader fraud, distorts competition and deprives national budgets from significant resources and is detrimental to the Union budget; points out that the VAT gap and the estimated losses on VAT collection amounted to EUR 168 billion in 2013; notes, that the current VAT system remains fragmented and creates significant administrative burdens, especially for SMEs and online companies; is concerned that the new system of accountability for VAT as an own resource could not totally achieve its goal of simplification and stresses the responsibility of Member States to address the weaknesses in EUROFISC and better coordinate their policies on reverse charges, to facilitate the exchange of information and help combat irregularities and frauds; asks the Commission to propose legislative amendments enabling effective cross-checks between customs and tax data and to focus its monitoring of Member States on improving the timeliness of their replies to information requests and the reliability of the VAT Information Exchange System;
2016/03/07
Committee: CONT
Amendment 151 #

2015/2154(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 109
109. Is pleased that the Commission was able to meet most targets of the key performance indicators (KPI); doubts however, that the target of investing, by 2020, 3% of the Union GDP in research and development can be met; calls on all Member States to rise to the challenge; the situation seems to be particularly difficult for Croatia, Finland, Luxembourg Portugal, Romania, Spain and Sweden;
2016/03/07
Committee: CONT
Amendment 155 #

2015/2154(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 117 a (new)
117a. Reiterates its concern about the systematic delays in the ITER programme which questions its efficiency and effectiveness; is deeply worried by the over costs, which have impacted upon the cost-effectiveness of the programme and put other Union programmes in jeopardy, mainly in the research policy area; recalls with much regret the meeting organised in the Parliament on 11 November during which merely a future action plan was announced but not presented; is troubled by the Commission replies of 3 December 2015 pointing out that the ITER Council of November 2015decided that the "(...) assumptions underlying the proposed project's schedule cannot be considered to be fully realistic and that the associated IO costs appear excessive, in particular in relation to staffing requests. Further iterations are needed with the Domestic Agencies (in particular F4E) to ensure the reliability, stability and cost sustainability of the schedule proposal over the long term. (...) For this reason, the ITER Council decided at this last meeting to carry out a high level independent assessment on the result of the work presented by the ITER Organization, covering both technical and resource matters. This assessment should be available before the ITER Council of June 2016, (...)"; considers progress to be highly unsatisfactory;
2016/03/07
Committee: CONT
Amendment 159 #

2015/2154(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 121 a (new)
121a. Takes note that the director general of Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, as in previous years, has issued a horizontal reservation concerning the rate of the residual error within cost claims in the FP7, implemented directly by DG RTD, and in the payments to the Innovative Medicines Initiative Joint Undertaking, as the estimated residual risk is 3%; the estimated impact is EUR 111,39 million;
2016/03/07
Committee: CONT
Amendment 160 #

2015/2154(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 121 b (new)
121b. Acknowledges that certain parts of FP7 expenditure were not covered by a reserve where there was evidence that the risks (and so the residual error rates) are significantly lower than for all expenditure; within RTD this applies to expenditure given to Fusion for Energy Joint Undertaking, Clean Sky and Fusion Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking; outside DG RTD this also applies to expenditure by the Research Executive Agency under the Marie Curie programme, and all expenditure from the European Research Council Executive Agency;
2016/03/07
Committee: CONT
Amendment 161 #

2015/2154(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 121 c (new)
121c. Concludes that, whereas the horizontal reservation may be legally necessary, such a reservation sheds a negative light on the Commission's financial management, in particular as the Directorate-General for Research and Innovation can give full assurance of 97% of this expenditure;
2016/03/07
Committee: CONT
Amendment 184 #

2015/2154(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 140
140. Notes that by the end of 2015, on average 89% of funds were used with some Member States(absorption rate) with Italy (79%), Romania (70%) and Croatia (59%) trailing behind;
2016/03/07
Committee: CONT
Amendment 187 #

2015/2154(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 144
144. Shares the Commission's opinion that unemployment rates (especially long-term unemployment) and the percentage of young persons not in employment, education or training (NEETs), are indications of mismatch in the labour market. The five countries with the highest level of long-term unemployment (as share of active population) in the Union are Greece (19,5%), Spain (12,9%), Croatia (10,1%), Slovakia (9,3%) and Portugal (8,4%) against the Union average of 5,1%. The countries with the highest rate of NEETs are Cyprus (33,7%), Bulgaria (30,9%), Hungary (30,3%), Greece (30,0%) and Romania (26,9%) compared to an Union average of 16,37%;
2016/03/07
Committee: CONT
Amendment 199 #

2015/2154(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 152
152. Welcomes the fact that the Commission has set up, in November 2014, a task force for better implementation for Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy (South), Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia in order to avoid de- commitment of funds;
2016/03/07
Committee: CONT
Amendment 202 #

2015/2154(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 153
153. Recalls that the legal framework for ESIFs 2014-2020 has also introduced ex ante conditionalities for the effective and efficient use of Union funds, which cover inter alia Member States’ public procurement systems; and that in that context, actions plans have been adopted for 12 countries (Bulgaria, Czech republic, Greece, Hungary, Croatia, Italy, Latvia, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, and Slovakia) and will be assessed by 2016; stresses that fulfilling the ex-ante conditionalities is a precondition for funding; remarks the fundamental role of the ex-ante assessments is to guarantee the better use of resources and asks for the necessary full transparency on the financing of infrastructural projects;
2016/03/07
Committee: CONT
Amendment 209 #

2015/2154(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 161
161. Regrets that Member States have not yet fully embraced the simplified cost option (SCO) under the ESF; whereas the Commission expects the that under the programming period 2014-2020 on average 35% of cost will be claimed under the SCO, some Member States (Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Sweden) will be significantly above, other Member States (Bulgaria, Hungary, Latvia and Slovakia) will be significantly below;
2016/03/07
Committee: CONT
Amendment 219 #

2015/2154(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 168 – point b
(b) in the employment and social affairs policy area (Employment): claiming ineligible cost, ineligible project or beneficiary, as well as cases of non- compliance with the rules on public procurement; the most common types of eligibility issues detected are the following: expenditure declared outside the eligibility period (CZ, DE), overcharged salaries (DE, FI, PL, PT), costs not related to the project (NL, PL, PT), non-compliance with national eligibility rules (PL) and revenue not deducted (AT); the most common examples of failures to comply with public procurement rules are the following: unjustified direct award (DE, IT), unjustified direct award of additional works/services, unlawful exclusion of bidders, conflict of interest and discriminatory selection criteria (FI);
2016/03/07
Committee: CONT
Amendment 220 #

2015/2154(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 168 a (new)
168a. Deplores that, for years, errors of the same kind continue to be identified often in the same Member States; acknowledges that suspension and interruptions of payments by the Commission ensures that corrective actions are carried out in cases where deficiencies were identified; calls on the Commission to step up monitoring of national and regional management and control systems in the light of this finding, and to ease monitoring in countries where management and control systems have proved reliable;
2016/03/07
Committee: CONT
Amendment 226 #

2015/2154(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 176 a (new)
176a. Recalls that the implementation of 51 priority projects in Greece needed to be accelerated; furthermore, 14 projects - concerning, among other issues, the cadastre and the national registry - have been identified as "bottleneck" projects and run the risk of de-commitment; expects the Commission to update Parliament on the situation in the 2014 Commission discharge follow-up report;
2016/03/07
Committee: CONT
Amendment 227 #

2015/2154(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 176 b (new)
176b. Recalls that the Czech Audit Office report OPTP/2014/SM/01 on the procurement procedure for the monitoring system for 2014-2020, which was filed with the Commission in April 2015, refers to unwarranted expenditure of over EUR 9 million; welcomes that the Commission has issued a letter of warning of possible interruption of payments and called on the Czech authorities to apply the adequate financial corrections; wishes to know how the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) assessed the situation;
2016/03/07
Committee: CONT
Amendment 228 #

2015/2154(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 176 c (new)
176c. Is concerned by infringements of public procurement rules during the tendering procedure for IT monitoring systems during the financing periods 2007-2013 and 2014-2020 which also gave rise to suspicion of fraud; notes that these errors were discovered by the Czech audit authorities; fully supports the Commission's position that no payments should be made until the respective corrective measures were taken and the police investigation was completed;
2016/03/07
Committee: CONT
Amendment 229 #

2015/2154(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 176 d (new)
176d. Considers that a former employee of the Czech Ministry of Regional Development and current staff member of Commissioner Crețu's private office should not follow Czech regional policy affairs, as such an assignment constitutes a potential conflict of interest;
2016/03/07
Committee: CONT
Amendment 231 #

2015/2154(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 178
178. Notes that the aIs concerned by the Court's opinion - referring to the situation by end of September 2014 - that the overagell disbursement rate to final recipients of FEI was 47%as reported by the Commission is still too low to expect that all funds available will be used at least once; particular problems were noted for financial instruments in five Member States (Bulgaria, Greece, Spain, Romania, and Slovakia);
2016/03/07
Committee: CONT
Amendment 246 #

2015/2154(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 204 a (new)
204a. Notes with satisfaction that the weaknesses in the LPIS had been addressed in all the Member States audited but deplores that some important weaknesses still persist in Greece, Spain and Italy; asks the Commission to use the reinforced instruments it has under the new CAP legislation where there are significant and persistent deficiencies in national systems;
2016/03/07
Committee: CONT
Amendment 248 #

2015/2154(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 205 a (new)
205a. Deeply regrets that the Greek certifying body significantly underestimated the level of error reported for financial year 2014 in the framework of the "reinforcement of assurance procedure" and stresses that overall for the 6 Member States which had opted for the voluntary application of this procedure(Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Italy, Luxemburg, United Kingdom), the Court found that with the exception of Luxembourg the weaknesses in its implementation render the reported levels of error unreliable;
2016/03/07
Committee: CONT
Amendment 249 #

2015/2154(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 206
206. Regrets that the Court detected weaknesses in the control systems related to transactions in rural development of the five paying agencies it visited in 2014: Ireland, Italy (Campania) Portugal, Romania and Sweden and, in particular, in the checks related to eligibility conditions for environmental conditions, to the maximum size of companies and to public procurement procedure;
2016/03/07
Committee: CONT
Amendment 252 #

2015/2154(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 210 a (new)
210a. Deplores the Courts´ findings that EU support for rural infrastructure has achieved only limited value for money; regrets that the need for Union rural development funding was not always clearly justified and coordination with other funds weak and that the selection procedure did not systematically direct funding towards the most cost-effective projects; asks the Commission and the Member States to collect relevant and reliable data on the effectiveness and efficiency of the measures funded, in order to manage the spending by results;
2016/03/07
Committee: CONT
Amendment 257 #

2015/2154(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 217
217. Stresses that while in 2014 the certification bodies gave a positive assessment on all EAGF-IACS statistics, the Commission has to correct upwards the error rates communicated by 17 out of 69 paying agencies with a residual error rate above 2%, of which five were above 5%92 - Spain (Andalucía, Cantabria, Extremadura and La Rioja) as well as Hungary -; points out that overall, the reported error rate for CAP direct payments increased from 0,55% to 2,54% as a result of adjustments made by DG AGRI; __________________ 92 See Table: Annex 10- 3.2.8 on the DG AGRI annual activity report 2014.
2016/03/07
Committee: CONT
Amendment 259 #

2015/2154(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 218
218. Stresses that while in 2014 the certification bodies gave a positive assessment on 88% of the EAFRD statistics, the Commission has to correct upwards the error rates communicated by out 43 out of 72 paying agencies with an adjusted error rate above 2% (of which 14 were above 5%): - Bulgaria, Denmark, Spain (Andalucía and Valencia), France (ODARC and ASP), UK (England), Greece, Ireland, Lithuania, Latvia, Netherlands, Portugal and Romania -; points out that overall, the reported error rate for rural development payments increased from 1,52% to 5,09% as a result of adjustments made by DG AGRI;
2016/03/07
Committee: CONT
Amendment 273 #

2015/2154(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 232 a (new)
232a. Notes that the Commission has launched a conformity clearance procedure to get detailed and precise information on the risk of a conflict of interest concerning the State Agricultural Intervention Fund in the Czech Republic and stressed that failure to take the necessary measures to prevent a conflict of interest could ultimately require the Czech competent authority to withdraw the accreditation of the paying agency and/or could lead to the application of financial correction by the Commission; asks the Commission to proceed rapidly and to report to the Parliament on this issue by June 2016; asks Olaf to report without delay to the Parliament on its decision to open or not a case;
2016/03/07
Committee: CONT
Amendment 280 #

2015/2154(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 241
241. Regrets that the external assistance management reports (EAMR) issued by the heads of Union delegations are not annexed to the annual activity reports of DG DEVCO and NEAR as is foreseen by Article 67.3 of the Financial Reguldeleted (Duplication;)
2016/03/07
Committee: CONT
Amendment 281 #

2015/2154(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 241 a (new)
241a. Notes with concern that the overall performance of the EU delegation as measured by the key performance indicators utilised in the EAMR of 2014 has worsened compared to 2013;
2016/03/07
Committee: CONT
Amendment 282 #

2015/2154(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 241 b (new)
241b. Notes with surprise that the delegations with the highest amount at risk as measured by key performance indicator 5: "timely implementation" and 6: "objective reached" differ from those listed as the worst performers and considers that it raises questions on the quality and seriousness of reporting of some delegations;
2016/03/07
Committee: CONT
Amendment 283 #

2015/2154(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 241 c (new)
241c. Notes with deep concern that according to the EAMR on 2598 projects led by the EU delegations; – 805 projects worth EUR 13,7 Billion (45,53% of the total amount) are delayed, – 610 projects worth EUR 9,9 Billion (32,96%) will not reach the initially set objectives, – 500 projects worth EUR 8,6 Billion (29%) are both delayed and will not reach their initially set objectives, – 915 projects worth EUR 15 billion (50%) are either delayed or will not reach the initially set objectives, – budget support actions account for almost one fifth of the projects with the worst problems;
2016/03/07
Committee: CONT
Amendment 284 #

2015/2154(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 241 d (new)
241d. Regrets that project with implementation problems are less often visited by delegation staff than projects without problem;
2016/03/07
Committee: CONT
Amendment 285 #

2015/2154(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 241 e (new)
241e. Recalls that its requested the Commission to present the measures taken in order to improve the performance of Union delegations as regards financial planning and resource allocations, financial administration and auditing and to provide the conclusions it has drawn from the EAMR with the EAMRs to Parliament;
2016/03/07
Committee: CONT
Amendment 286 #

2015/2154(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 241 f (new)
241f. Insists that the Commission should in no way utilise the adversarial procedure as foreseen by article 163 of the financial regulation applicable to the general budget of the Union in order to delay or to block the adoption of a special report of the Court of auditors;
2016/03/07
Committee: CONT
Amendment 287 #

2015/2154(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 243
243. Considers the EAMR issued by the heads of Union delegations to be a useful internal management instrument to enable the Commission to identify early problems with projects and to address them even during the implementation; regrets that these reports are not annexed to the annual activity reports of DG DEVCO and NEAR as is foreseen by Article 67.3 of the Financial Regulation; regrets that they are systematically considered as confidential whilst in accordance with Article 67 paragraph3 of the Financial Regulation , "they shall be made available to the Parliament and the Council having due regard, where appropriate to their confidentiality";
2016/03/07
Committee: CONT
Amendment 288 #

2015/2154(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 244
244. NoteRegrets that the overall performance of Union delegations in implementation of external assistance programs as measured by the KPI utilised in the EAMR of 2014 has worsened compared to 2013; notes however that these reports present an assessment of ongoing projects and that the performance is influenced by factors outside the control of the Union delegations, including quality of governance in beneficiary countries, security situation, political crises, commitment of implementing partners, etc.;
2016/03/07
Committee: CONT
Amendment 344 #

2015/2154(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 278
278. Is of the opinionEmphasises that the SC should, as a matter of consistency with its mandate, have autonomous staff who are detached from the OLAF administration and enjoy financial autonomy; calls on OLAF to grant the SC access to documents that the SC deems necessary to fulfil its task in accordance with its remit within the legislative mandatewelcomes the Commission's ongoing efforts towards this end;
2016/03/07
Committee: CONT
Amendment 345 #

2015/2154(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 278 a (new)
278a. Urges OLAF to grant the SC access to documents that the SC deems necessary to fulfil its task in accordance with its remit within the legislative mandate;
2016/03/07
Committee: CONT
Amendment 3 #

2015/2132(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Notes the growth of the number of refugees and IDPs in the world to an unprecedented level of 60 million and the consequent growth in the need for humanitarian aid; welcomes the Council's maintenance of the humanitarian aid amounts in the Commission's Draft Budget; considers, however, that €26 million should be added to line 23 02 01 and used for education in refugee camps as well as in emergencies and crisis situations, as this can provide life-saving skills, help children build a future and shield them from radicalisation;
2015/09/02
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 5 #

2015/2132(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Holds that given the current refugee crisis, the Draft Budget amounts on line 21 02 07 05 for migration and asylum must not be reduced, but should rather be increased; stresses that this line should be used for measures to address push factorroot causes of migration and support for proper management of migratory flows in developing countries;
2015/09/02
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 3 #

2015/2074(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls the EU Member States’ collective and individual commitments to raise, by 2015, the level of their Official Development Assistance (ODA) to 0.7 % of Gross National Income (GNI), including at least 0.20 % of GNI to Least Developed Countries (LDCs), or, in the case of states which joined the EU in 2004 or later, to strive to increase their ODA to 0.33 % of GNI; notes that EU development assistance counts towards these targets and therefore helps reduce the big ODA deficits of most Member Statcollective ODA currently amounts to 0,42% of its GNI and that EU development assistance counts towards these; calls for allocation of at least 50 % of EU ODA to LDCs;
2015/05/11
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 4 #

2015/2074(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls the commitment of developed countries to provide new and additional climate finance from different sources to developing countries, reaching USD 100 billion per year by 2020; emphasises that the additionality requirement should be respected and points out that the increasing use of EU development assistance for the pursuit of closely climate-related objectives implies that the total volume of the development assistance must increase at least as much; affirms that the room for climate-unrelated health, education anEU development assistance should be spent more effectively and that ODA should be targeted to sectors where it is needed other action to reduce poverty cannot be allowed to shrink, but must grow most, namely capacity building, good governance, health, education, agriculture, water supply and energy;
2015/05/11
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 5 #

2015/2074(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the need for more coherence of the EDF with the general budget of the European Union; considers that the EDF should be submitted to parliamentary scrutiny and common budget rules;
2015/05/11
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 7 #

2015/2074(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Draws attention to the humanitarian emergencies in Syria, Iraq, South Sudan, the Central African Republic and Ukraine, and to the situations in the countries worst affected by the Ebola virus; underlines that the complexity of crises has increased the challenges faced by the EU as a global actor; warns of the political consequences of far-reaching budgetary cuts and insists that the extraordinary scale of the current global humanitarian needs must be reflected in the funding for the Directorate- General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (ECHO);
2015/05/11
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 14 #

2015/2074(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Is concerned about the various estimates on outstanding payments in the humanitarian aid field, while commitments keep growing; stresses the need for an appropriate budget allowing the EU to pursue its humanitarian aid actions; therefore urges for an increase of the financial means for humanitarian aid and disaster risk reduction; firmly objects any reallocation of money allocated for development and humanitarian aid;
2015/05/11
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 15 #

2015/2074(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Emphasises that it is important that the Council honour its commitment to allocate and earmark money for each measure it undertakes; insists that the money that has not been spent in the 2014 and 2015 budgets should be automatically transferred to the financial year 2016;
2015/05/11
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 22 #

2015/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas taxation can be a reliable and sustainable source of development financerevenue in developing countries if there is a pgrogressivewth- oriented and well-balanced taxation regime, an effective and efficient tax administration to promote tax compliance, and transparent, and a transparent, responsible and accountable use of public revenue;
2015/05/06
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 25 #

2015/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas fairgrowth-oriented and well- balanced tax regimes provide vital finance to governments to cover citizens’ rights toneeds for basic services, such as healthcare and education for all, and whereas effective redistributive fiscal policies are essential in decreasing the effect of growing inequalities;
2015/05/06
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 29 #

2015/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas tax regimes in developing countries should encourage the creation of jobs by attracting necessary foreign investments as well as by supporting micro, small and medium-sized enterprises;
2015/05/06
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 30 #

2015/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas effective fiscal policies are essential in strengthening the social contract between government and citizens, in order to increase low taxpayer morale and to create a reciprocal link between tax, public and social services;
2015/05/06
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 33 #

2015/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas the potential benefits of taxation go beyond the increase in available resources to foster development, but have a direct positive side-effect on good governance and state-building by strengthening the rule of law and democratic institutions, promoting long- term independence from foreign assistance and allowing developing countries to assume ownership of their policy choices;
2015/05/06
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 36 #

2015/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas developing countries face major political and administrative constraints in raising tax revenues as a result of insufficient human and financial resources to collect taxes, weak administrative capacity to deal with the complexity of imposcollecting taxes on certain activities of transnational companies, lack of tax collection infrastructurecapacities, a drain of skilled personnel away from tax administrations, corruption, lack of legitimacy of the political system, an uneveninadequate distribution of revenues and poor tax governance;
2015/05/06
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 42 #

2015/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the gradual removal of trade barriers over the past decades has increased the amount of cross-border- traded goods and services, and hence has led to a widening of the tax base in developing countries;
2015/05/06
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 46 #

2015/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas, comparatively speaking, developing countries raise substantially less revenue than advanced economies and are characterised by extremely narrow tax bases, and there is considerable potential for increasing the tax-to-GDP ratioamount of tax revenues in order to provide the necessary means for essential governmental responsibilities, especially in the least industrialised countries (LICs);
2015/05/06
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 49 #

2015/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas developing countries have been offering various tax incentives and exemptions, leading to harmful tax competition and a ‘race to the bottom’ that brings greater benefit to multinational corporations (MNCs) than to developing countrieunsatisfactory outcomes in terms of effective and efficient tax systems;
2015/05/06
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 64 #

2015/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas many developing countries cannot attain even the minimum tax level necessary to finance their basic functioning, their public services and their efforts to reduce povertyoften do not collect sufficient means to finance necessary governmental responsibilities;
2015/05/06
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 71 #

2015/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J
J. whereas developing countries are heavily underrepresenshould be better supported in the existing structures and procedures of international tax cooperation, and do notin order to participate on an equal footing in the current global processes seeking to redefinfurther improve international tax rules, such as the OECD base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) process;
2015/05/06
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 75 #

2015/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K
K. whereas revenue raising can have an important role to play in rebalancing gender inequalitiecollecting sufficient levels of public finances can have an important role to play in having more equitable societies without discrimination between men and women and special support in particular for children and vulnerable groups;
2015/05/06
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 80 #

2015/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to put forward an action plan, in the form of a communication, on supporting developing countries in fighting tax dodgingillicit capital flows and setting up fairerbetter-balanced tax systems, taking into account the work undertaken by the Development Assistance Committee of the OECD in advance of the Financing for Development Conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to be held from 13 to 16 July 2015, and the impact of international tax treaties on developing countries;
2015/05/06
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 90 #

2015/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Underlines the necessity of having a well-balanced tax mixture with a significant share of the tax revenue in developing countries originating from value added tax (VAT); recalls that in contrary to income taxes, VAT equally puts the burden on imported goods and hence supports domestic economic activities in developing countries; however, takes into account the need for reduced rates for basic and necessary goods of daily consumption as well as the possibility of additional sin taxes in particular on tobacco or alcohol products;
2015/05/06
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 92 #

2015/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Stresses the importance of efficient and growth-oriented tax regimes in developing countries in order to attract necessary foreign investments as well as to support micro, small and medium-sized enterprises;
2015/05/06
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 93 #

2015/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Urges the Commission to support developing countries and regional tax administration frameworks in the fight against tax dodgingillegal capital flows, in developing fairerbetter-balanced tax policies, in promoting administrative reforms and in order to increase the share, in terms of aid and development, of financial and technical assistance to the national tax administrations of developing countries;
2015/05/06
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 98 #

2015/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Regrets that only an estimated 0.1 percent (USD 118.4 million) of ODA was dedicated to capacity building in tax matters in 2012; calls for a significant increase of respective technical assistance programmes to 0.5 percent of provided ODA in order to strengthen tax administration and statistical capacities in developing countries;
2015/05/06
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 99 #

2015/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Encourages the development of Twinning initiatives, beyond countries in enlargement negotiations or in the framework of the EU Neighbourhood Policy; calls for bringing together public sector expertise from EU Member States and beneficiary countries, aiming to enhance cooperative activities while yielding at preliminarily agreed and concrete operational results for beneficiary countries; supports workshops, training sessions, expert missions, study visits and counselling in order to bring about changes both in the structure of beneficiary institutions, as well as in the respective regulatory tax frameworks in developing countries;
2015/05/06
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 100 #

2015/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Asks the Commission to give good governance in tax matters and faireffective tax collection a high place on the agenda in its policy dialogue (political, development and trade) and in all development cooperation agreements with partner countries;
2015/05/06
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 107 #

2015/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Urges that information on beneficial ownership of companies, trusts and other institutions be made publicly available in open-data formats, in order to prevent anonymous shell companies and similar legal structurcomparable legal entities from being used to finance illegal activities;
2015/05/06
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 113 #

2015/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the EU and the Member States to enforce the principle that multinational companies must adopt country-by-country reporting (CBCR) as standard, requiring them to publish as part of their annual reportadopt country-by-country reporting (CBCR) as a common practice, requiring large multinational companies onf all country-by-country basis for each territory in which they operate the names of all subsidiaries, their financial performance, relevant taxies and sectors to publish required information, assets and number of employees, and to ensure that this information is publicly available part of their annual report on a country-by-country basis;
2015/05/06
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 123 #

2015/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the adoption of an Automatic Exchange of Information mechanism, a fundamental tool for enhancing global transparency and cooperation in the fight against tax avoidance and tax evasion; acknowledges, however, that support in terms of expertise and time is needed for developing countries to build the required capacity to send and process information;
2015/05/06
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 132 #

2015/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Urges the Commission and all the Member States, following the example of some Member States and in conformity with Art. 5 (3) TEU, to conduct impact assessments of European tax policies on developing countries, in order to strengthen policy coherence for development and remove practices that have negative spilloverimprove current practices to take better into account the special needs onf developing countries;
2015/05/06
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 139 #

2015/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses than when negotiating tax treaties with developing countries, source- country taxation rights should be preserved, and the UN Model Tax Conventionincome or profits resulting from cross-border activities should be preferrtaxed toin the OECD Model Tax Conventionsource country, in order to avoid a bias towards developed countries’ interests and to ensure a fair distribun effective collection of taxing right revenues;
2015/05/06
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 141 #

2015/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Urges the EU and the Member States to ensure that the UN taxation committee is transformed into a genuine intergovernmental body equipped with additional resourcesbetter equipped with additional resources inside the framework of the UN Economic and Social Council, ensuring that developing countries can participate equally in the global reformmore effectively in the further global development of existing international tax rules;
2015/05/06
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 146 #

2015/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that gender analysis should be made central to tax justicesufficient levels of public finance can contribute to an environment with less discrimination between men and women and with better support in particular for children and vulnerable groups in society;
2015/05/06
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 152 #

2015/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the EIB to ensure that companies or other legal entities that receive EIB support do not participate in tax evasion via offshore centres and tax haveninteract with financial intermediaries established in offshore centres and tax havens in terms of illicit capital flows;
2015/05/06
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 8 #

2015/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)
- having regard to the Foreign Affairs Council conclusions of 12 December 2014 on a stronger role of the private sector in development cooperation,
2015/03/26
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 9 #

2015/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 b (new)
- having regard to the European Court of Auditors' Special Report No. 16/2014 on "The effectiveness of blending regional investment facility grants with financial institution loans to support EU external policies",
2015/03/26
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 31 #

2015/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas the magnitude of the SDGs financing challenge demands a strong and global partnership and the use of all forms - including innovative sources - of financing (domestic, international, public and private);
2015/03/26
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 34 #

2015/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas domestic resource mobilisation and Official Development Assistance (ODA) are non-substitutable anchors of development finance which must be strengthened in order that developing countries can reach their full potential;
2015/03/26
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 37 #

2015/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas three-quarters of the world's poorest people - an estimated 960 million - currently live in middle-income countries; whereas developing countries’ potentials for domestic resource mobilisation are significant, but there are limits to what countries can accomplish on their own;
2015/03/26
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 61 #

2015/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J
J. whereas the nature and impacts of private capital flows affects developing countries in many different ways, positive as well as negative; whereas financial flows to developing countries from private sources are significant but unevenly distributed and are often associated with outflows such as profit repatriation;
2015/03/26
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 73 #

2015/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K
K. whereas the EU and its Member States, as the largest donors of development aid, must lead the FfD process and help bring about a credible response to the development finance challenges; whereas other developed and emerging countries should follow its example;
2015/03/26
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 86 #

2015/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the UN Secretary-General’s Synthesis Report and its transformative, holistic and integrated approach to an ambitious global partnershipas a negotiation basis for achieving an ambitious global partnership on new development goals and the associated financial framework;
2015/03/26
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 88 #

2015/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Urges the EU to leadaffirm its political leadership all throughout the preparatory process towards the definition of a sustainable development framework and its means of implementation along the commitments and values stated in its founding Treaties;
2015/03/26
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 95 #

2015/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the recent Commission communication entitled ‘A Global Partnership for Poverty Eradication and Sustainable Development after 2015’, for its comprehensiveness, for its policy coherence focus and for confirming that the EU is committed to playing its full part in this global partnership; however, regrets a certain lack ofencourages further commitments as regarding the timeline fors future financial targets;
2015/03/26
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 99 #

2015/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Urges the EU and its Member States to re-commit without delay or negotiationgradually increase their level of ODA and re-commit to the 0.7 % of GNI target, with at least 0.2 % of GNI reserved for LDCs, and to present multiannual budget timetables for the scale-up to thes; these efforts should be done in a joint effort and in close cooperation with all other donor countries around the world in order to ensure the best possible outcome in view of the implementation of the Sustainable lDevels by 2020opment Goals;
2015/03/26
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 104 #

2015/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that the EU and other developed countries must honour their commitment to provide scaled-up, new and additional climate finance to developing countries reaching USD 100 billion per year by 2020reach the goal of mobilizing jointly USD 100 billion annually, from a wide variety of sources, public and private, bilateral and multilateral, including alternative sources by 2020 to address the needs of developing countries; calls on countries with emerging economies to increasingly follow this example by financially contributing to these goals;
2015/03/26
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 110 #

2015/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Supports innovative sources of additional development and climate finance, including financial transaction taxes and carbon taxes on international aviation and maritime transport; welcomes further European and international efforts to identify other additional sources;
2015/03/26
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 123 #

2015/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Emphasises that ODA should remain the standard measure of financial efforts made; supports the inclusion of concessional loans based on calculation of their grant equivalents, despite due consideration of total official support for development; stresses the role of ODA as a catalyst to attract private investment;
2015/03/26
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 133 #

2015/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for the EU and its Member States to promote an aid effectiveness agenda building on the commitments in the Busan Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation, in particular by reducing aid fragmentation through greater coordination between different aid delivery mechanisms and donostakeholders;
2015/03/26
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 137 #

2015/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Stresses the importance of a clear priority-setting in the spending of aid with a special focus on sectorial areas such as health, education, energy and water supply, agriculture as well as infrastructure;
2015/03/26
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 142 #

2015/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Recalls that development efforts need to be undertaken in a joint effort following the principles of shared responsibility and mutual accountability between local, regional and national authorities on the one side and donors on the other side;
2015/03/26
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 144 #

2015/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. SFully encourages developing countries' efforts to increasingly finance their own development; to this end, stresses that domestic resource mobilisation must be a key source of financing for all developed and developing countries; emphasises the need for robust, far and progressiveeffective and well-balanced tax systems;
2015/03/26
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 151 #

2015/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Encourages the Commission to further help strengthening the areas oftax collection capacity of developing countries by improving tax administration, financial governance and public financial management through enhanced cooperation and capacity building in developing countries;
2015/03/26
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 162 #

2015/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for the EU and its Member States to actively crack down on tax havens, tax evasion and illicit financial flows; supports the setting-up ofidea of having an intergovernmental body for tax cooperation under the auspices of the UN, in particular with the Economic and Social Council of the UN and UNCTAD being in charge; recalls that illicit capital flows coming out of developing countries amount to USD 1 trillion and correspond ten times the total ODA;
2015/03/26
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 170 #

2015/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses the decisive importance of good governance, the rule of law and democracy, institutional framework and regulatory instruments in particular of public registers such as land and commercial registers; especially supports investment in capacity-building, education, health, public services, social protection, the protection of human rights and the fight against poverty and inequality, including in terms ofwith regard to gender; recognises the need for infrastructures and selective public investments, as well as the sustainable use and management of natural resources, including by the extractive industries;
2015/03/26
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 186 #

2015/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Calls for greater financing of research and development in science, technology and innovation in developing countries in order to improve their position in global value chains and to support the domestic production of sophisticated goods and services; emphasises in this context the important role of micro, small and medium enterprises;
2015/03/26
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 199 #

2015/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses the importance of favourable conditions for private enterprise and entrepreneurship in developing countries; calls for alignmentthe active participation of the private sector with the aim of contributing to the sustainable development goals through appropriate partnerships, financial instruments, incentives and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR); such efforts should be accompanied by a commitment to strengthening domestic legal frameworks;
2015/03/26
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 216 #

2015/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Insists that the EU’s support and cooperation with the private sector can and must contribute to reducing poverty and inequality and promote human rights, environmental standards and social dialogue; recalls that the private sector generates 90 percent of jobs in developing countries and therefore insists on its fundamental role as engine of job creation and inclusive growth;
2015/03/26
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 217 #

2015/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for the EU to setupport developing countries in setting up a regulatory business framework that stimulates responsible, transparent and accountable investment which contributes to the development of the private sector in developing countries;
2015/03/26
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 220 #

2015/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Welcomes the Cotonou Agreement Investment Facility as a tool for increasing developing countries’ ownership while promoting the private sector, in particular in fragile states or least developed countries, where the development impact is potentially greater;
2015/03/26
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 223 #

2015/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to support increased access to finance for micro, small and medium enterprises in developing countries as this constitutes an effective path out of poverty for the local communities; underlines the importance of micro-finance loan systems and guarantees in particular for the creation phase of such companies;
2015/03/26
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 227 #

2015/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Insists on the necessity of further developing local and regional banks and credit unions in order to significantly decrease excessive interest rates for market loans in order to better support community development at a local level 1 a ; stresses in this context the specific needs of micro, small and medium enterprises as well as NGOs and calls for the development of targeted programmes and instruments in order to address their respective situations; __________________ 1a http://www.eib.org/attachments/dalberg_s me-briefing-paper.pdf
2015/03/26
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 229 #

2015/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. CRecalls for the adoption of an ‘SDG partner’ framework forthat public aid alone is far from sufficient to cover all investment needs in developing countries; therefore, insists on the leverage role of blending projects and public-private partnerships (PPPs) that will ensure that such projects respect the best international practices and the internationally agreedas means to enhance the impact of development assistance, to attract private finance and to support local businesses; however, stresses that blended finance must not replace state responsibility for delivering on social needs and should be guided by development effectiveness principles;
2015/03/26
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 236 #

2015/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Supports increased market access for developing countries, especially LDCs, as it can strengthen the private sector and create incentives for reform; urges the Commission to ensure that trade and investment agreements, especially with developing countries, LDCs and fragile states, are aligned with the SDGs; emphasises that such agreements should be subjected to SDG impact assessmentson measures that strengthen competition authorities in the respective countries, bring more transparency into public procurement procedures and focus on trade facilitation; supports the Commission’s suggestion of updating its Aid for Trade Strategy in light of the outcomes of the post-2015 negotiations;
2015/03/26
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 243 #

2015/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Recalls the role of local authorities and civil society, including NGOs, as an essential development partner; calls for an increasedphilanthropic foundations and the private sector, as an essential development partner; supports an effective participation of the representatives of civil society voice in the discussions of development priorities and the set-up of operations on the ground; underlines the role of EU delegations in the respective countries as a facilitator of such dialogues;
2015/03/26
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 253 #

2015/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Recalls the UN’s central role, in complementarity with other existing institutions and forums such as the OECD, in global economic governance and development; supports efforts to further enhance the voice and representation of developing countries in multilateral institutions and other norm- and standard- setting bodies;
2015/03/26
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 255 #

2015/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Insists that sustainable debt solutions must be facilitated through a multilateral legal framework for sovereign debt restructuring processes with a view to alleviating the debt burden; takes in particular into consideration the recent contributions of the IMF as well as of the Paris Club on this matter; urges the EU to push for the implementation of the UNCTAD principles of responsible sovereign debt transactions for both borrowers and lenders;
2015/03/26
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 261 #

2015/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Calls for a review of international organisations’ programmes and instruments of financial assistance for development in order to align them with the new SDGs; urges, and to allow notably, the European Investment Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank to increase low- income countries’ levels of access to their concessional facilities and to gear their resources more closely to the needs of developing countries, including through mutually effective pro-poor lending facilities;
2015/03/26
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 122 #

2014/2247(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses that the partnership principle must lead to involvement at all levels and needs to be applied by Member States on an obligatory basis; stresses the importance of the implementation of the code of conduct on partnership to ensure equal participation and representation of marginalised communities; is concerned about the poor compliance with the obligatory involvement of partners in accordance with Article 5 of the CPR; calls on the Commission not to authorise payments for programmes that disregard theto implement the system of incentives and to support those managing authorities and beneficiaries who have particularly good results in involvement of partners, includi their programmes; and to exchange those most concernede best practices in this area;
2015/07/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 149 #

2014/2247(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Notes that cross-financing is currently used in a limited way, which could be caused by complex rules described in Article 98(2) of the CPR; is of the opinion that increasing the flexibility of rules for cross-financing, particularly in reference to marginalised communities, could increase the effectiveness of the projects and bring an important added value to their impact; calls therefore the Commission to conduct an analysis of the application and level of use of cross-financing;
2015/07/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 104 #

2014/2143(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the fact that the new development framework must be universal in its nature, while also taking into account different national circumstances, capacities, policies and priorities; In this respect calls for the EU to indicate which concrete actions and commitments it can suggest to respond domestically and internationally to the principle of universality;
2014/10/22
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 138 #

2014/2143(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recognises that the Post 2015 agenda should address the interconnected economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainable development, as well as issues of governance, and should promote inter-linkages across all goals and targets. Therefore calls the EU to strongly support this comprehensive approach and indicate how inter-linkages can be effectively achieved;
2014/10/22
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 454 #

2014/2143(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Believes that Policy Coherence for sustainable Development is a key tool for the implementation of the Post 2015 framework, and calls the EU to promote it with all partners as to improve the monitoring and review of their policies and ensure they are coherent with global poverty reduction and sustainable development objectives. To this end calls the EU to ensure that the necessary guidelines, impact assessments and monitoring and reporting mechanisms to make PCD a reality are included as commitments in the post-2015 framework;
2014/10/22
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 56 #

2014/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) The interregional, transnational and cross-border co- operation and the support to all organisations operating for EURES in Member States would be facilitated by a structure at Union level ('the European Coordination Office') that should provide common information, training activities, tools and guidance. That structure should also be responsible for the development of the 'European Job Mobility portal' (EURES portal), the common IT platform. To guide its work, multiannual work programmes should be developed in consultation with Member States.
2015/02/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 61 #

2014/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) In cross-border regions, permanent structures like working communities, euroregions and in particular the EGTC can be the basis for cross-border partnerships
2015/02/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 63 #

2014/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) A broader membership of the EURES network has social, economic and financial benefits. It improves efficiency in service delivery by facilitating partnerships, enhancing complementarity and quality improvements. It increases the market share of the EURES network insofar as new members make available job vacancies, job applications and curriculum vitae ('CV’s'). TInterregional, transnational and cross- border co-operation, which is a key feature of the operation of the EURES network, could generate innovative forms of learning and co-operation between employment services, including on quality standards for job vacancies and support services. The EURES network would therefore enhance its relevance as one of the key Union tools available to Member States and the European Commission for supporting concrete measures towards a high level of employment within the Union.
2015/02/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 67 #

2014/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
(24) A profound understanding of labour demand in terms of occupations, sectors and needs of employers would benefit the right of free movement of workers within the Union and therefore support services should include good quality assistance to employers, small and medium sized enterprises in particular. Close working relationships between employment services and employers will increase the pool of job vacancies and job matching of suitable candidates, ensure decreasing of labour shortages, secure pathways for job seekers in particular those in vulnerable groups and improve labour market intelligence.
2015/02/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 83 #

2014/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) ‘employment services’ means any legal or natural person, lawfully operating in a Member State, whether of a public or private nature and, in the latter case, whether for profit or non-profit, which provides services for job seekers to get employed and for employers to recruit workers;
2015/02/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 85 #

2014/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) The EURES Partners which are the organisations authorised by Member States to provide at national, regional and/or local level support with clearance and/or support services to workers and employers and EURES cross-border partnerships.
2015/02/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 88 #

2014/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. In accordance with their respective roles and responsibilities, all organisations participating in the EURES network promote actively, in close cooperation, the opportunities labour mobility in the Union offers and seek to enhance ways and means for workers and employers to seize these opportunities at local, regional, national and EuropeanEuropean, national and, in particular regional and/or local level.
2015/02/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 90 #

2014/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the better functioning and integration of the labour markets in the Union;, including cross-border labour markets,
2015/02/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 99 #

2014/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the analysis of geographic and occupational mobility, endeavouring to reflect regional and/or local characteristics;
2015/02/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 102 #

2014/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) the monitoring and evaluation of EURES activity and its employment performance, in co-operation with EURES Members;, with particular attention to the regional and/or local dimension and, where appropriate, drawing up any proposals for improvement that it sees fit.
2015/02/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 105 #

2014/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) organisation of the work for EURES in the Member State, including organisation of the delivery of support services, with particular attention to the regional and/or local dimension, in accordance with Chapter IV;
2015/02/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 113 #

2014/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 6
6. Each Member State ensures that its National Coordination Office gets the staff and other resources necessary to carry out its tasks as defined under this Regulation. and properly represents the regional and/or local interests that exist within its territory;
2015/02/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 114 #

2014/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall set up a system to authorise EURES Partners to participate in the EURES network, monitor their activities and their compliance with national and Union law when applying this Regulation. This system shall be transparent, proportionate and respect the principles of equal treatment for applicant organisations and due process of law. The EURES cross-border partnerships proposed by the services territorially responsible for border regions shall be exempted from this national authorisation procedure and, once established, shall be considered EURES Partners as of right.
2015/02/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 118 #

2014/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 6
6. EURES Partners may involve other EURES Partners or other organisations in order to comply together with the criteria in the Annex. In such cases, the continued existence of an appropriate partnership, particularly designed to resolve the specific problems of EU regions and/or municipalities, is an additional condition for participation in the EURES network.
2015/02/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 119 #

2014/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Applicant organisations can choose to participate in the EURES network according tothrough the following optiomeans:
2015/02/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 121 #

2014/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to contributeing to the pool of job applications and CV’s in accordance with Article 14(1), paragraph (b);
2015/02/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 123 #

2014/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) a combination of points (a) to (c).deleted
2015/02/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 140 #

2014/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall support the development of a coordinated approach at national level to such services, designed to address the specific needs of regions and/or municipalities.
2015/02/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 146 #

2014/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1
The Commission and the Member States monitor labour mobility flows and patterns in the Union on the basis of Eurostat statistics and the available national and regional data.
2015/02/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 147 #

2014/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 3
3. Taking into account the exchange of information and the joint analysis, Member States shall endeavour to develop mobility policies as an integral part of their employment policies. These mobility policies provide the framework on the basis of which Member States carry out the programming referred to in Article 28.
2015/02/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 149 #

2014/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The Commission, through cooperation between the European Coordination office and DG REGIO, ensures synergy with funding available from INTERREG 2014-2020 and the EU programme for Employment and Social Innovation.
2015/02/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 152 #

2014/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 1
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. Article 14(1) to (7) shall apply two years following the date of entry into force referred to in paragraph 1.
2015/02/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 34 #

2013/2175(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that some countries face serious obstacles to, or are even denied, access to capital markets; notes, further, that SMEs in many Member States are having great difficulty accessing capital because commercial banks are only prepared to grant loans subject to unduly tough conditions;
2013/12/05
Committee: ECON
Amendment 41 #

2013/2175(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that some investors from the banking and insurance sector are reluctant to invest on account of tightened regulatory requirements adopted in response to the business practices employed by market operators before the financial crisis;
2013/12/05
Committee: ECON
Amendment 86 #

2013/2175(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses the need to improve access to capital markets through new sources of funding such as initial public offerings and (covered) bonds or through new market segments, but without crowding out the provision of financing by local banks with which firms have longstanding relationships and decentralised regional financial institutions, which have been a reliable source of funding for local economies, even during the crisis in the financial markets;
2013/12/05
Committee: ECON
Amendment 86 #

2013/0029(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
(10) The existing requirements of Directive 2012/34/EU only include legal, organisational and decision-making independence. This does not entirely exclude the possibility of maintaining an integrated undertaking, as long as these three categories of independence are ensured. Concerning the decision-making independence it must be mutual independence of the transport undertaking and the infrastructure manager is ensured thatin the appropriate safeguards exclude control of an integrated undertaking over the decision-making of an infrastructure manager. However, even the full application of such safeguards does not completely remove all the possibilities for discriminatory behaviour towards competitors which exist in the presence of a vertically integrated undertaking. In particular, the potential for cross- subsidisation still exists in integrated structures, or at least it is very difficult for regulatory bodies to control and enforce safeguards which are established to prevent such cross-subsidisation. An institutional separatessential functions, i.e. in decisions on the allocation of routes and infrastructure charging, stations, investments and maintenance. As far as independent decision-making is concerned, appropriate rules must be in place to prevent an integrated undertaking from exercising supervision over the decisions of an infrastructure management and transport operation is the most effective measure to solve these problemsr.
2013/09/26
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 191 #

2013/0029(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 2012/34/EU
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. In Article 6, paragraph 2 is deleted;replaced by the following: 2. To avoid incurring disproportionately high costs, the Member States may provide that, as long as the undertaking has fewer than 3 000 employees and its activities are restricted to urban transport and to an infrastructure of less than 150 km, distinct divisions may be set up within a single undertaking.
2013/09/26
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 204 #

2013/0029(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 3
Directive 2012/34/EU
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall ensure that the infrastructure manager performs all the functions referred to in Article 3(2) and is independent from any railway undertaking as regards the essential functions, i.e. decisions on the allocation of routes and infrastructure charging, stations, investments and maintenance.
2013/09/26
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 208 #

2013/0029(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 3
Directive 2012/34/EU
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
To guarantee the independence of the infrastructure manager, Member States shall ensure that infrastructure managers are organised in an entmay organise themselves independently in accordance wityh that is legally distinct from any railway undertakinge subsidiarity principle.
2013/09/26
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 209 #

2013/0029(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 3
Directive 2012/34/EU
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Small-scale vertically integrated undertakings to which the following criteria apply shall be exempt from mandatory separation: - undertakings integrated since at least 1 January 2013; - undertakings maintaining a rail network no longer than 350 km; - undertakings with employees carrying out both infrastructure manager and train operator tasks.
2013/09/26
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 272 #

2013/0029(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 4
Directive 2012/34/EU
Article 7 a – paragraph 3
3. The infrastructure manager’s incomes may not be used in order to finance other legal entities within the vertically integrated undertaking but only in order to finance the business of the infrastructure manager and to pay appropriate dividends to the ultimate owner of the vertically integrated company. Profit transfers shall not be permissible. The infrastructure manager may not grant loans to any other legal entities within the vertically integrated undertaking, and no other legal entity within the vertically integrated undertaking may grant loans to the infrastructure manager. Any services offered by other legal entities to the infrastructure manager shall be based on contracts and be paid at market prices. The debt attributed to the infrastructure manager shall be clearly separated from the debt attributed to other legal entities within the vertically integrated undertaking, and these debts shall be serviced separately. The accounts of the infrastructure manager and of the other legal entities within the vertically integrated undertaking shall be kept in a way that ensures the fulfilment of these provisions and allows for separate financial circuits for the infrastructure manager and for the other legal entities within the vertically integrated undertaking.
2013/09/26
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 311 #

2013/0029(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 4
Directive 2012/34/EU
Article 7 b – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
The infrastructure manager shall have a Supervisory Board which is composed of representatives of the ultimate owners of the vertically integrated undertaking and representatives of the competent local and regional authorities where these are not already represented.
2013/09/26
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 334 #

2013/0029(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 4
Directive 2012/34/EU
Article 7 b – paragraph 5
5. The infrastructure manager shall have its own staff and be located in separate premises from the other legal entities within the vertically integrated undertaking. Access to information systems shall be protected to ensure the independence of the infrastructure manager. Internal rules or staff contracts shall clearly limit contacts with the other legal entities within the vertically integrated undertaking to official communications connected with the exercise of the functions of the infrastructure manager which are also exercised in relation to other railway undertakings outside the vertically integrated undertaking. Transfers of staff other than those referred to under point (c) between the infrastructure manager and the other legal entities within the vertically integrated undertaking shall only be possible if it can be ensured that sensitive information will not be passed on between them. In line with established practices under commercial law, however, the staff concerned shall not disclose business secrets relating to their former activities.
2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 368 #

2013/0029(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 4
Directive 2012/34/EU
Article 7 c – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall be entitled to require all necessary information within a reasonable deadline from the Member State where the vertically integrated undertaking is established. The Commission shall consult the regulatory body or bodies concerned and, if appropriate,, the relevant competent authorities and the network of regulatory bodies referred to in Article 57.
2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 373 #

2013/0029(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 4
Directive 2012/34/EU
Article 7 c – paragraph 3
3. Member States may limit the rights of access provided for in Article 10 to railway undertakings which are part of the vertically integrated undertaking to which the infrastructure manager concerned belongs, if the Commission informs Member States that no request has been made in accordance with paragraph 1 or pending the examination of the request by the Commission or if it decides, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 62(2), that: (a) no adequate replies to the Commission information requests in accordance with paragraph 2 have been made, or (b) the infrastructure manager concerned does not fulfil the requirements set out in Articles 7a and 7b, or (c) the implementation of requirements set out in Articles 7a and 7b is not sufficient to ensure a level playing field for all railway undertakings and the absence of distortion of competition in the Member State where the infrastructure manager concerned is established.deleted
2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 390 #

2013/0029(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 4
Directive 2012/34/EU
Article 7 d – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that infrastructure managers set up and organise Coordination Committees for each network. Membership of this committee shall be open at least to the infrastructure manager, known applicants in the sense of Article 8(3) and, upon their request, potential applicants, their representative organisations, representatives of users of the rail freight and passenger transport services and, wher the relevant, regional and local authorities. Member State representatives and the regulatory body concerned shall be invited to the meetings of the Coordination Committee as observers.
2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 411 #

2013/0029(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 4
Directive 2012/34/EU
Article 7 d – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The infrastructure manager shall appoint from among its staff a representative, who shall be responsible for relations with local and regional authorities. That representative shall be in a position to answer queries from a local or regional authority, on behalf of the infrastructure manager, within five days.
2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 418 #

2013/0029(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 4
Directive 2012/34/EU
Article 7 e – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Within two years following transposition of this Directive, Member States shall ensure thatrequire infrastructure managers to participate and cooperate in a network to develop the Union rail infrastructure, in particular to ensure timely and efficient implementation of the trans-European transport network, including the core network corridors, rail freight corridors according to Regulation (EU) No 913/2010 and the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) deployment plan laid down in Decision 2012/88/EU, and the efficiency of regional cross-border cooperation within railway transport.
2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 462 #

2013/0029(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 6 – point d
Directive 2012/34/EU
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
'In order to determine whether the economic equilibrium of a public service contract would be compromised, the relevant regulatory body or bodies referred to in Article 55 shall make an objective economic analysis and base its decision on pre-determined criteria. They shall determine this after a request from any of the following, submitted within onetwo months from the information on the intended passenger service referred to in Article 38(4):
2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 489 #

2013/0029(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 7
Directive 2012/34/EU
Article 13 a – paragraph 1
1. Without prejudice to Regulation (EC) No 1371/2007 and Directive 2010/40/EU, Member States mayshall require railway undertakings operating domestic passenger services to participate in a common information and integrated ticketing scheme for the supply of tickets, through- tickets and reservations or decide to give the power to competent authorities to establish such a scheme. IfWhen such a scheme is established, Member States shall ensure that it does not create market distortion or discriminate between railway undertakings and that it is managed by a public or private legal entity or an association of all railway undertakings operating passenger services. A group of representatives of local and regional authorities shall be fully involved in decision-taking within that legal entity or association.
2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 9 #

2013/0028(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) The principle of reciprocity is an important means of counteracting distortion of competition; this principle should apply to companies from third countries that wish to participate in procurement procedures within the Union.
2013/09/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 11 #

2013/0028(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
(15) Preparing railway undertakings for mandatory competitive tendering for public service contracts requires some extra time to allow effective and sustainable internal restructuring of companies to which such contracts were directly awarded in the past. Transitional measures are therefore necessary for contracts directly awarded between the date of entry into force of this Regulation and 3 December 2019.
2013/09/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 12 #

2013/0028(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
(18) In the context of amendments to the Regulation (EC) No 994/98 (Enabling Regulation), the Commission proposed also an amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 (COM(2012) 730/3). In order to harmonize the approach to block exemption regulations in the field of State aid and, in accordance with the procedures foreseen in Articles 108(4) and 109 of the Treaty, aid for the coordination of transport or reimbursement for the discharge of certain obligations inherent in the concept of a public service as referred to in Article 93 of the Treaty should be brought under the scope of the Enabling Regulation.deleted
2013/09/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 13 #

2013/0028(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Regulation 1370/2007/EC
Article 2 – point c
(c) "(c) "competent local authority" means any competent authority whose geographical area of competence idoes not national andcomprise the whole territory of a Member State or which covers the transport needs of a region, an urban agglomeration or a rural district, including at cross-border level;"
2013/09/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 15 #

2013/0028(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Regulation 1370/2007/EC
Article 2 - point e
"The scope of public service obligations shall exinclude all public transport services that go beyond of what is necessary to reapwhich create local, regional or sub- national network effects; such network effects may arise from the merger of profitable and unprofitable routes.
2013/09/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 16 #

2013/0028(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation 1370/2007/EC
Article 2 a – paragraph 1 – introductory wording
1. Competent authorities shall establish and regularly update public passenger transport plans covering all relevant transport modes for the territory for which they are responsible. These obligations shall apply only to urban agglomerations with over 100 000 inhabitants. These public transport plans shall define the objectives of public transport policy and the means to implement them covering all relevant transport modes for the territory for which they are responsible. They shall at least include:
2013/09/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 18 #

2013/0028(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation 1370/2007/EC
Article 2 a – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) basic requirements to be fulfilled by public transport offer such as accessibility, territorial connectivity, security, modal and intermodal interconnections at main connecting hubs, offer characteristics such as times of operation,tabling principles and frequency of services and minimum degree of capacity utilisation;
2013/09/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 19 #

2013/0028(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation 1370/2007/EC
Article 2 a – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) the requirements of social and territorial cohesion;
2013/09/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 20 #

2013/0028(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation 1370/2007/EC
Article 2 a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
In establishing public transport plans, competent authorities shall have regard in particular to applicable rules regarding passenger rights, social, employment and environmental protection. The public transport plans shall be submitted to the regulatory body for its opinion one month before their publication. The competent authorities shall coordinate the information in their respective transport plans and shall set up common transport plans for regional cross-border services;
2013/09/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 21 #

2013/0028(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation 1370/2007/EC
Article 2 a (new) – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
The competent authorities shall adopt the public transport plans after consultation of relevant stakeholders and publish them. For the purpose of this Regulation, relevant stakeholders to be taken into consideration are at least transport operators, infrastructure managers if appropriate, and representative passenger and employee organisations. Existing public service providers shall be required to provide the competent authorities on request with the necessary information within one month. This shall also apply to the authorities of a neighbouring country.
2013/09/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 22 #

2013/0028(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point d
Regulation 1370/2007/EC
Article 4 – paragraph 8
8. Competent authorities shall make available to all interested parties relevant information for the preparation of an offer under a competitive tender procedure. Infrastructure operators, in particular rail operators, who perform or have performed a public service contract, shall assist the competent authorities in providing all the relevant information. They shall be liable for the accuracy of the data provided to the competent authority in compliance with the obligation of business confidentiality. This shall include information on passenger demand, fares, costs and revenues related to the public passenger transport covered by the tender and details of the infrastructure specifications relevant for the operation of the required vehicles or rolling stock to enable them to draft well informed business plans. Rail infrastructure managers shall support competent authorities in providing all relevant infrastructure specifications. Non- compliance with the provisions set out above shall be subject to the legal review provided for in Article 5(7)." The current operator of a route or network covered by a tender in accordance with the competitive tender procedure shall provide the competent authority free of charge, with the full and precise information necessary for the preparation of an offer, particularly concerning transport demand and revenue earned from passenger transport. The former rail operator and the infrastructure operator shall compensate the other operators for any loss the latter may incur as a result of submitting tenders based on inaccurate or incomplete information.”
2013/09/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 23 #

2013/0028(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point -a (new)
Regulation 1370/2007/EC
Article 5 - paragraph 3 a (new)
(-a) The following paragraph is inserted: ‘3a. "The competent authority may exclude operators from third countries from the competitive tendering procedure if such countries have no provision for competitive tendering for companies from the Member States of the Union."
2013/09/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 25 #

2013/0028(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Regulation 1370/2007/EC
Article 5 a - paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
The competent authority may comply with the requirement set out in the first subparagraph in one of the following waysvarious ways conducive to generating economies of scale:
2013/09/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 26 #

2013/0028(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Regulation 1370/2007/EC
Article 5 a - paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – points c a (new) and c b (new)
(ca) by establishing cooperation with neighbouring local authorities with a view to making available a larger supply of rolling stock, (cb) by applying for a contribution from its Member State as a measure supplementing one of the modalities for covering the residual value of the rolling stock.
2013/09/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 70 #

2013/0028(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) The principle of reciprocity is an important means of counteracting distortion of competition; this principle should apply to undertakings from third countries that wish to participate in procurement procedures in the Union.
2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 96 #

2013/0028(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
(15) Preparing railway undertakings for mandatory competitive tendering for public service contracts requires some extra time to allow effective and sustainable internal restructuring of companies to which such contracts were directly awarded in the past. Transitional measures are therefore necessary for contracts directly awarded between the date of entry into force of this Regulation and 3 December 2019.
2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 108 #

2013/0028(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
(18) In the context of amendments to the Regulation (EC) No 994/98 (Enabling Regulation), the Commission proposed also an amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 (COM(2012) 730/3). In order to harmonize the approach to block exemption regulations in the field of State aid and, in accordance with the procedures foreseen in Articles 108(4) and 109 of the Treaty, aid for the coordination of transport or reimbursement for the discharge of certain obligations inherent in the concept of a public service as referred to in Article 93 of the Treaty should be brought under the scope of the Enabling Regulation.deleted
2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 126 #

2013/0028(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007
Article 2 – point c
(c) "competent local authority" means any competent authority whose geographical area of competence idoes not national andcomprise the whole territory of a Member State or which covers the transport needs of a region, an urban agglomeration or a rural district, including at cross-border level;
2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 138 #

2013/0028(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1 – point b
Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007
Article 2 – point e
(e) The scope of public service obligations shall exinclude all public transport services that go beyond of what is necessary to reapwhich create local, regional or sub- national network effects; such network effects may arise from the merger of profitable with unprofitable routes.
2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 153 #

2013/0028(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – – point 2
Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007
Article 2 a (new) – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. Competent authorities shall establish and regularly update public passenger transport plans covering all relevant transport modes for the territory for which they are responsible. These requirements shall apply only to agglomerations with over 100 000 inhabitants. These public transport plans shall define the objectives of public transport policy and the means to implement them covering all relevant transport modes for the territory for which they are responsible. They shall at least include:
2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 163 #

2013/0028(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007
Article 2 a (new) – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) basic requirements to be fulfilled by public transport offer such as accessibility, territorial connectivity, security, modal and intermodal interconnections at main connecting hubs, offer characteristics such as times of operation, frequency of services and minimum degree of capacity utilisationtabling principles and frequency of services;
2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 184 #

2013/0028(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007
Article 2 a (new) – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) the requirements of social and territorial cohesion;
2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 191 #

2013/0028(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007
Article 2 a (new) – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
In establishing public transport plans, competent authorities shall have regard in particular to applicable rules regarding passenger rights, social, employment and environmental protection. The public transport plans shall be submitted to the regulatory body for its opinion one month before their publication. The competent authorities shall work together to coordinate the information in their respective transport plans and shall set up common transport plans for regional cross-border services;
2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 196 #

2013/0028(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007
Article 2 a (new) – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
The competent authorities shall adopt the public transport plans after consultation of relevant stakeholders and publish them. For the purpose of this Regulation, relevant stakeholders to be taken into consideration are at least transport operators, infrastructure managers if appropriate, and representative passenger and employee organisations. The existing public service providers shall be required, on request, to provide the competent authorities, including those of a neighbouring state, with the necessary information within one month.
2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 276 #

2013/0028(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 3 – point d
Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007
Article 4 – paragraph 8 (new)
Competent authorities shall make available to all interested parties relevant information for the preparation of an offer under a competitive tender procedure. Infrastructure operators, in particular rail operators, who perform or have performed a public service contract, shall assist the competent authorities in providing all the relevant information. They shall be liable for the accuracy of the data provided to the competent authority in compliance with the principle of business confidentiality. This shall include information on passenger demand, fares, costs and revenues related to the public passenger transport covered by the tender and details of the infrastructure specifications relevant for the operation of the required vehicles or rolling stock to enable them to draft well informed business plans. Rail infrastructure managers shall support competent authorities in providing all relevant infrastructure specifications. Non- compliance with the provisions set out above shall be subject to the legal review provided for in Article 5(7)." The current operator of a route or network covered by a tender awarded under a competitive tender procedure shall provide the competent authority free of charge with full and precise information for the preparation of an offer, particularly concerning transport demand and revenue earned from passenger transport. The former rail operator and the infrastructure operator shall compensate the other operators for any loss the latter incur as a result of submitting tenders based on inaccurate or incomplete information.
2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 288 #

2013/0028(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 4 – point -a b (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007
Article 5 – paragraph 3 a (new)
(-ac) The following paragraph 3a is added: The competent authority may exclude operators from third countries from the competitive tender procedure if such countries make no provision for competitive tendering for companies from the Member States of the Union.
2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 60 #

2013/0015(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) networks that are functionally separate from the rest of the rail system and intended only for the operation of local, urban or suburban passenger services, as well as railway undertakings operating solely on these networks.
2013/09/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 100 #

2013/0015(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) networks that are functionally separate from the rest of the rail system and intended only for the operation of local, urban or suburban passenger services, as well as railway undertakings operating solely on these networks.
2013/10/01
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 30 #

2013/0000(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights that the State aid rules, as well as the Cohesion Policy objectives, should lead to improving the situation of the less-developed regions, and that the SAM process must reflect the objectives of cohesion throughout the EU; believes that the modernisation of competition rules must be based on understanding the impact of these rules at sub-national level;
2013/05/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 48 #

2013/0000(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Takes the view that the geographical zoning of the new Guidelines on Regional State Aid 2014-2020 (RSAG) should not be reduced, and that decreasing the aid intensity should be reconsidered, taking into account the political, economic and social situation in the Member States; points out that, in the global context, the EU economy could be placed at a disadvantage relative to third countries benefitting from looser employment schemes or lower costs; is therefore of the opinion that the geographical zoning shoud not fall below 45.5% in order not to jeopardize the economic development of the regions;
2013/05/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 66 #

2013/0000(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Points out to the restrictive impact of new rules on investment and growth of regions as they move from the less developed to the more developed category; is aware that certain regions eligible for State aid under the current system will not meet the zoning criteria of the RSAG in the future period; believes that these regions should have a special safety regime, similar to that for transition regions under the Cohesion Policy, allowing them to cope with their new situation; highlights the need to prolong the transitional period for those regions until 2020;
2013/05/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 69 #

2013/0000(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Underlines the specific situation of border regions with highly differing aid rates and the potential of competition distortion which these differences can have; welcomes the Commission's ambition to limit the distorting effects of State aid for competition; stresses the damaging economic impact that differing aid rates between regions of the less developed and the more developed category can have; underlines therefore the need to limit the difference between the less developed and the more developed category to 10%;
2013/05/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 93 #

2013/0000(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Believes that the application of State aid rules within Cohesion Policy programmes could be better achieved by focussing on large-scale aid, simplifying rules, increasing the de minimis ceiling to EUR 500.000, and extending the horizontal categories in the Enabling Regulation and the scope of the block exemption rules in the General Block Exemption Regulation;
2013/05/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 122 #

2013/0000(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Is of the opinion that excluding large enterprises companies from State aid rules in areas covered by Article 107(3)(c) TFEU is not justified given their contribution to employment, the supply- chains that they create with SMEs, their common involvement in research and development, and the role they play in the economic crisis; takes the view that the presence of large undertakings is often key to the success of SMEs that benefit from clusters led by large companies and from their sub-contracting activities; underlines that such a decision may lead to job losses and reduced economic activity in the regions and to the relocation of companies to other regions either within and outside the EU; takes therefore the view that those companies need to remain eligible for State aid;
2013/05/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 132 #

2013/0000(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Welcomes the obligation for companies to leave investments and jobs throughout 10 years in the region where the State aid was granted in order to impede relocations to regions with higher aid rates;
2013/05/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 2 #

2012/2293(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the crucial role played by the European Parliament, and in particular its Committee on Regional Development, in ensuring social housing was eligible for funding under past and current European programme, both in the past and under the new regulations on the Structural Funds;
2013/02/25
Committee: REGI
Amendment 8 #

2012/2293(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. WelcomesDraws attention to the Commission’s proposals for a regulation laying down common provisions (COM(2012)0496), a regulation on specific provisions concerning the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) (COM(2011)0614) and a regulation on the European Social Fund (ESF) (COM(2011)0607 final/2), which make full provision for priority investment in energy- efficiency improvements, the promotion of renewable energy sources, integrated sustainable urban development measures and action to combat exclusion by providing marginalisedfinancially less affluent communities with access to high-qualitypublicly subsidised housing and social services at affordable prices; points out that publicly subsidised housing construction must go hand in hand with the development of public and social infrastructure;
2013/02/25
Committee: REGI
Amendment 25 #

2012/2293(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Member States and regional and local authorities to devise ways of bringing about low-cost housing construction, for example by making publicly owned land available free of charge for public and cooperative housing promoters;
2013/02/25
Committee: REGI
Amendment 31 #

2012/2293(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that investment in social housing plays a part in more far-reaching policies andwhich hasve a beneficial impact on the local economy in terms of job creation, social inclusion, and support for local SMEs, public health and environmental protection; notes that healthy housing promotes public health;
2013/02/25
Committee: REGI
Amendment 41 #

2012/2293(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that investment in socialpublicly subsidised housing can play a concrete and effective role in improving Europe’s economic governance by, in particular, countertackling property price bubbles and their disruptive effect on society and macroeconomic stability.
2013/02/25
Committee: REGI
Amendment 44 #

2012/2293(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Member States to tackle speculative tendencies in housing construction by means of statutory regulation;
2013/02/25
Committee: REGI
Amendment 47 #

2012/2293(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Notes that housing is a valuable social good, for which Member States bear special responsibility;
2013/02/25
Committee: REGI
Amendment 48 #

2012/2293(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Calls on the Commission to compile information on the extent to which Member States implement or promote housing construction measures using their own resources;
2013/02/25
Committee: REGI
Amendment 49 #

2012/2293(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Proposes an exchange of experience and opinions between the Member States and promoters of publicly subsidised housing construction measures in Europe;
2013/02/25
Committee: REGI
Amendment 34 #

2012/2259(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that increased renewable energy production will pose challenges to the serviceability of the existing energy infrastructure; points to the importance of both public and private funding where energy infrastructure investment is concerned; urges the need for progress in the development and expansion of an EU internal energy market; believes that, for example, ELENA assistance should support large- scale renewable energy investment projects to more useful effect and that the Intelligent Energy – Europe programme could be used to foster acceptance of renewable energy;
2013/01/29
Committee: REGI
Amendment 62 #

2012/2259(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Maintains that effective renewable energy projects should not stop at the EU's internal borders, to say nothing of its external borders; draws attention to the importance of cross-border energy projects and takes the view that European regional cooperation programmes, as well as the IPA and the ENI, should be exploited to the full to helppromote the introduction of renewable energy to take offproduction; also stresses that best practice should be shared and turned to account under those programmes;
2013/01/29
Committee: REGI
Amendment 71 #

2012/2259(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Points out that coherence and perseverance are key elements of EU climate and energy policy; notes that the targets set and the requirements imposed on production may not all be consistent in every respect; points out that legislation which limits the exploitation of renewable energy will at worst make the targets more difficult to reach, and that this could adversely affect regional economies; points out that energy production from renewable energy sources is closely linked to the development and expansion of energy infrastructure, and that the necessary planning procedures often require the interaction of various planning levels; points out that national legislation must ensure the simplification and acceleration of planning procedures in the development of energy infrastructure;
2013/01/29
Committee: REGI
Amendment 227 #

2012/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
40. Supports the EU's promotion of a regional approach in Central Asia, which is essential to tackling the regional dimension of issues including organised crime, trafficking in drugs, radioactive materials and human beings, terrorism, natural and manmade environmental disasters and management of water and energy resources; calls for such engagement to be differentiated and conditional upon progress in democratisation, human rights, good governance, sustainable socio- economic development, the rule of law and the fight against corruption; notes that the EU cooperation Strategy for Central Asia identifies seven priorities, but provides resources too limited to have an impact in all policy areas; calls therefore for the EU to define priorities better according to the resources available, whilst ensuring that development cooperation is not subordinated to economic, energy or security interests;
2012/06/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 231 #

2012/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
41. Notes that the overall situation in human rights, labour rights, lack of support for civil society and the status of the rule of law remain worryingneed to be improved; calls for the human rights dialogues to be strengthened and made more effective and result- oriented, with the close cooperation and involvement of civil society organisations in the preparation, monitoring and implementation of such dialogues; calls on the EU and HR/VP to raise publiclclarify the cases of political prisoners and imprisoned human rights defenders and journalists and to call for their immediate release; calls for the Rule of Law Initiative to improve transparency towards civil-society organisations and to include clear objectives to make possible a transparent assessment of its implementation and results;
2012/06/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 6 #

2011/2196(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the importance of regional airports in the context of air transport and their role in ensuring territorial, economic and social cohesion in the Union by connecting regions; points out that existing public service obligations should be maintained in order to guarantee the accessibility of regions, such as peripheral and island regions, that face geographical handicaps; notes the importance of airports, especially of regional airports, which are sometimes the only effective link between a region and the rest of Europe;
2011/12/21
Committee: REGI
Amendment 12 #

2011/2196(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission, Member States and regional authorities to take greater account of the fact that good air transport connections are often decisive for the development of tourism and fundamental to the rapid transportation of passengers and goods;
2011/12/21
Committee: REGI
Amendment 21 #

2011/2196(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises the economic importance of regional airports for job creation, particularly in less-developed or disadvantaged regions; stresses, in that connection, the need to exploit the potential for green jobs more effectively;
2011/12/21
Committee: REGI
Amendment 33 #

2011/2196(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Considers it particularly important to employ intermodal solutions where possible; takes the view that rail links between airports should be developedairports need rail links, as they offer an ideal way of easing the capacity problems of the airports concerned;
2011/12/21
Committee: REGI
Amendment 40 #

2011/2196(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Takes the view that the preservation, building and expansion of regional airports and related infrastructure should be properly supported by national and regional authorities and receive appropriate financing under the TEN-T Networks, the Cohesion Fund and the ERDFmust be considered primarily from an economic perspective;
2011/12/21
Committee: REGI
Amendment 25 #

2011/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas European structural policy contributes greatly to overcoming the economic and financial crisis, as it tends to be oriented towards innovation and removing disparities, strongly encouraging the European regions to upgrade infrastructure, increase regional innovation potential and boost sustainable ecological development,
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI
Amendment 26 #

2011/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas Europe’s regions together face the challenges of globalisation, demographic change and conserving resources, and whereas the intrinsic potential of all regions should be exploited to boost growth and regional and social cohesion,
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI
Amendment 49 #

2011/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the completely free movement of goods, services and workers is the most effective regional policy and tends in itself to help smooth out regional disparities in development,
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI
Amendment 73 #

2011/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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 protection, resource management, sport, demographic change, energy supply sustainability, social cohesion or cross-border development and this would not have been realised without the European stimulus;
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI
Amendment 104 #

2011/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that larger urban centres face specific challenges because of the complexity of their social, economic and environmental tasks;
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI
Amendment 110 #

2011/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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 tap the development potential of all the regions in response to the challenges of the EU 2020 strategy; underlines in this connection that targeting Structural Fund resources in a broad territorial approach must also serve to compensate for structural weaknesses in the stronger regions too, as well as to counteract potential weaknesses;
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI
Amendment 117 #

2011/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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 tap the development potential of all the regions and cities in response to the challenges of the EU 2020 strategy;
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI
Amendment 132 #

2011/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Sees macroregional strategies as affording a major opportunity to harness forms of trans-regional potential and adopt a joint approach to challenges stemming from the natural environment, e.g. in relation to environmental protection; considers that better coordination of existing support mechanisms can create scope for more targeted use of the EU structural funds; nevertheless, no new instruments, financial resources or implementation structures should be created for these strategies;
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI
Amendment 153 #

2011/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Doubts whether specific operational programmes for functional geographical entities such as metropolitan 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 instead for closer coordination of macroregional or natural- environment strategies at inter- governmental levels;
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI
Amendment 161 #

2011/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses the key role of towns and citiecities and regions 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 place-based development plans, and for the upgrading of urban-rural links; underlines that the greatest socioeconomic differences often exist within cities and that cities with deprived areas and pockets of poverty can also be found in wealthy regions;
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI
Amendment 180 #

2011/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Commission to oblige the Member States to involve the relevant actors in key urban areas as well as local and regional authorities in all phases of cohesion policy decisions (strategic planning, drawing up and negotiating development and investment partnership agreements, and operational programmes);
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI
Amendment 213 #

2011/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Also considers that cohesion policy has a responsibility to do what is needed to fill gaps and remove bottlenecks in a core TEN network of main routes of European significance, particularly in the border regions which have until now been badly neglected in this regard;
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI
Amendment 216 #

2011/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Emphasises that the trans-European transport networks play a decisive role in European regional cohesion and that development of TEN infrastructure, Motorways of the Sea and designated E- roads must therefore be stepped up and access to them improved, especially in border regions; suggests that ‘infrastructure’ be accorded more importance as a category of project eligible for support in connec and outermost regions,; suggests that certain crossborder ‘infrastructure’ shall be considered as priority projects eligible to funds of the objective 1, 2 and 3 calls for a obligatory right to make the first proposal of the regional level for this type of action and equal participation withof the third objective of European Territorial Cooperation; border regions and local authorities in the planning;
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI
Amendment 236 #

2011/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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 to contribute to achieving the EU 2020 objectives – and that is precisely why the weaker and neediest regions must be given some leeway to interpret those objectives; in this connection, welcomes the greater use of innovative funding solutions such as EU project loans or public-private partnerships and other services offered by the EIB/EIF group;
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI
Amendment 261 #

2011/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Calls for a dependable and appropriate phasing-out arrangement under the Convergence objective for areas formercurrently eligible for maximum support under the Convergence objective (conwith a GDP per inhabitant that is more than 75% of the EU averagence regions); without such phasing out, existing successful approaches to further regional development would be greatly jeopardised;
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI
Amendment 267 #

2011/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. In addition, calls for a time-limited safety net for cases where the loss of support in a Member State affects a large proportion of its population and also a significant part of the support within the previous programming period; sees a particular justification for an appropriate phasing out system for regions leaving the convergence support system, which despite having exceeded the 75% threshold face growing disadvantages (demographic change, migratory deficit, monolithic structure, unemployment, etc.)
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI
Amendment 270 #

2011/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Calls for a strengthening of Objective 2 (Regional Competitiveness and Employment), which is based on a cross- cutting approach, to be upgraded; stresses that the proven system of innovation clusters and competition for funding needs to be developed further; stresses for Objective 2 regions that the proven system of ensuring that more developed regions are able to remove regional structural weaknesses; reduce territorial disparities; contribute to common European objectives; and to meet future challenges, when using structures that can respond flexible to changing circumstance, including, inter alia, innovation clusters and competition for funding, must be retained and developed further; calls for additional instruments for areas highly affected by structural change, which can contribute to the socio-economic and infrastructural improvement;
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI
Amendment 287 #

2011/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Fears that the transitional category proposed by the Commission will become a permanent feature and will act to the detriment of other regions; calls, therefore, for the transitional rules to be degressive, subject to a time limit and restricted to regions currently eligible for support under the 'convergence' objective;
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI
Amendment 295 #

2011/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Takes the unequivocal view that efforts under Objective 3 (European Territorial Cooperation) 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 710%; stresses the importance of the border regions in terms of achievement of the EU 2020 objectives; considers there is a need for closer linkage with the TEN networks – in line with European priorities – and with cross-border infrastructure, and calls for a corresponding increase in funding for all border regions;
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI
Amendment 320 #

2011/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Calls for the sake of increasing synergies for a greater integration of sectoral policies (transport, energy, research, environment, education) in the cohesion and structural policy creating more effectiveness and better coordination between the Structural Funds, the CIP and the Framework Programmes for Research and Development, suggests that multi-fund programming could contribute to work in a more integrated manner and would increase the effectiveness between these different funds; considers the national / regional development partnerships as an appropriate instrument to bring together the various policies; in this respect underlines the need to set clear objectives and to assess whether the goals were achieved in the Member States;
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI
Amendment 360 #

2011/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
33. Calls for the mandatory involvement of federal Länder and regionsregional and local authorities, in accordance with constitutional and institutional set up of Member States, in drawing up development partnerships and operational programmes; considers it essential to make appropriate provision for this in the regulations governing the Structural Funds;
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI
Amendment 388 #

2011/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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; stresses that this is extremely important for small and medium-sized undertakings in particular; calls, too, for the technical equipment available to the relevant administrative authorities 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;
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI
Amendment 408 #

2011/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)
37a. Supports the Commission's call for the macroeconomic conditionality linked to budgetary discipline to apply not only to the Cohesion Fund but to be extended to other structural and agricultural funds as well;
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI
Amendment 409 #

2011/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 b (new)
37b. Considers the Commission to be responsible for formulating conditionalities and overseeing their implementation, and proposes corresponding action plans for the Member States and regions;
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI
Amendment 429 #

2011/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 a (new)
40a. Calls on the Member States and regions to look ahead when programming co-financing appropriations and to boost them by means of financial engineering;
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI
Amendment 449 #

2011/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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 large 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, and for a substantial lowering of the threshold for review of relocation investments;
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI
Amendment 460 #

2011/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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 more areas eligible for funding (including research and infrastructure); 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; under the current period, not all member states adopted a decentralised approach to dealing with financial instruments such as JESSICA; emphasises the need for direct access for cities.
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI
Amendment 468 #

2011/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46
46. Sees global grants at subregional level as an appropriate tool for developing independent innovation strategies in line with European structural-policy objectives; proposes that the tried and tested approach of competitive procedures should also be applied in respect of global grants;
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI
Amendment 516 #

2011/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53
53. Envisages that the Commission will, in future, have a greater responsibility for the improvement of national administrative procedures; considers in this connection that simplification and clarification in the administration of support programmes, in particular in the area of financial implementation and financial control, are urgently necessary; 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;
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI
Amendment 520 #

2011/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53 b (new)
53b. Calls for significantly stricter standards for budgetary control and proof of compliance with funding rules to be applied to Member States whose auditing bodies do not pass the accreditation procedures;
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI
Amendment 524 #

2011/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54 a (new)
54a. Calls on the Commission to maintain an annual public 'failure scoreboard' of inadequate and/or late execution of reporting and disclosure requirements and of irregularities, abuse and fraud in the use of monies from the cohesion fund; calls for this information to be broken down by Member State and Fund;
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI
Amendment 528 #

2011/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54 c (new)
54c. Calls for annual clearance of accounts procedures to be established for the new programming period that also cover multiannual programmes;
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI
Amendment 529 #

2011/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54 d (new)
54d. Considers more efficient e- government solutions (harmonised forms) to be necessary for the entire implementation and monitoring system; calls for exchange of experience between the Member States coordinated by the Commission and for coordinated implementation through groupings of administrative authorities and auditing bodies;
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI
Amendment 530 #

2011/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54 e (new)
54e. Considers that the transparency provisions (obligation to disclose the final beneficiary) are a necessary instrument for experts, the public and policy-makers to evaluate the conformity with objectives and the legality with which the structural funds have been used; Calls for the description to be supplied not only in the relevant national language but also in one of the three working languages (English, French or German) and recommends further harmonisation of the information required;
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI
Amendment 535 #

2011/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55 a (new)
55a. Regards the Commission’s call for payments to be more closely geared to results as illogical in that results will only be achieved by financing the projects in the first place, is concerned that the monitoring is likely to be highly bureaucratic, but regards as conceivable requirements which make payments contingent on proven consistency between the projects and, say, EU 2020 strategies;
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI
Amendment 537 #

2011/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55 b (new)
55b. Considers the offsetting of improperly received monies that have not been paid back against current funding pledges to be an effective instrument for disciplining Member States with a poor record;
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI
Amendment 538 #

2011/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55 c (new)
55c. Calls for diversification of the penalty mechanisms, including among other aspects a bonus system for those Member States which comply with the implementation requirements, in particular through administrative concessions;
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI
Amendment 545 #

2011/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56
56. Supports the Commission’s proposal that the N+2 rule should be applied systematically except in the first year of funding and except for cross-border programmes and that derogations from it should be abolished; supports, indeed, the application of an N+3 rule in the case of cross-border programmes, in order to take account of the slower administrative processes resulting from the linguistic and cultural challenges they face; considers this will guarantee that a balance is struck between high- quality investment and smooth and speedy programme implementation;
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI
Amendment 2 #

2011/2034(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that the upgrading and renewal of energy infrastructure are essential factors for achieving the 20/20/20 as well as the objectives of the Europe 2020 Strategy; emphasises that not only crossborder infrastructure needs to be improved but also infrastructure that allows the transmission to and from transmission highways and the distribution on national level; notes that regional and local authorities play the most important role in the authorisation processes as well as in promoting EIPenergy infrastructure projects to the general population;
2011/03/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 12 #

2011/2034(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Emphasises that the greatest challenge lies in securing local public acceptance for energy infrastructure projects; is convinced that the acceptance and trust of members of the public and decision-makers can only be won by holding open and transparent debates in the run-up to decisions on energy infrastructure projects;
2011/03/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 13 #

2011/2034(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls for authorisation procedures to be speeded up (maximum five years) and simplified (one-stop shop); emphasises, however, that planning rights lie with the Member States and regions and that any EU-wide approximation of authorisation procedures must be consistent with the subsidiarity principle;
2011/03/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 32 #

2011/2034(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Welcomes the decision to focus on a small number of infrastructure priorities over the period to 2020 by concentrating on ‘projects of European interest’; calls on the Commission to develop precise criteria to be used in selecting these projects, in close coordination with the Member States and regional and local stakeholders;
2011/03/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 48 #

2011/2034(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. CSupports the prompt launch of the ‘Intelligent cities’ partnership for innovation and calls on relevant partners to better promote and profit from the benefits JESSICA can provide for urban energy infrastructure; points out the potential of cross-border funding with neighbouring countries in the framework of the ENPI;
2011/03/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 58 #

2011/2034(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Asks the Commission to evaluate if the modernisation and upgrading of existing energy corridors is preferable to new corridors as to cost-efficiency and public acceptance; asks furthermore for the interconnector capabilities of the regions to be assessed;
2011/03/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 59 #

2011/2034(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Recalls that the 3rd energy package creates an obligation for regulators, in setting tariffs, not only to evaluate investments on the basis of benefits in their Member State, but on the basis of EU-wide benefits; urges the ACER to ensure their members heed this obligation and asks the Commission to consider compensatory mechanisms where costs and benefits cannot be fairly allocated through tariff-setting and for this compensation to be shared with the towns and regions effected;
2011/03/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 62 #

2011/2034(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to ensure that financing of infrastructure investments is market-based, in order to prevent distortions of competition and the creation of false incentives for investment, provided, however, that public interest – especially at local and regional level – is also safeguarded.
2011/03/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 67 #

2011/2034(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a.Notes the problems in those regions dominated by a limited number of market actors which leads to slow infrastructure development and renewal; regrets that this prevents the 'user pays' principle from being applied universally and therefore believes that in such cases, public financing may still be needed in order to build the infrastructure required to develop these national and regional energy markets as part of the European energy market; asks the Commission to review state-aid rules in this regard and if needed, to bring forward proposals to amend these rules to allow Member States to encourage the modernisation of infrastructure;
2011/03/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 68 #

2011/2034(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls on the Commission to issue a new guideline document on public financing of projects and current state aid legislation which presents clear criteria for public funding of energy infrastructure; stresses that this document must be developed jointly by DG Energy, DG Competition and DG Regional Policy in order to prevent Commission rules contradicting each other;
2011/03/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 69 #

2011/2034(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls for steps to be taken to ensure compliance with international agreements, such as the Espoo Convention, before cross-border projects are undertaken or further developed, and draws attention, in the context of the expansion of energy networks, to the need to foster closer cooperation, in particular between Russia and Belarus and the Baltic States, and, in that connection, to develop the EU-Russia energy dialogue, in particular with a view to achieving the objective of energy security for the EU Member States and regions;
2011/03/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 103 #

2011/0405(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) Support under this Instrument and the European Regional Development Fund should be provided forIn order to guarantee a clear, flexible and efficient application of the Cross- Border Cooperation programmes along the external borders of the European Union between partner countries and Member States to promote integrated and sustainabla separate inclusive rlegional development between neighbouring border regions and harmonious territorial integration across the Union and with neighbouring countriesal package on this issue should be adopted.
2012/06/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 265 #

2011/0405(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Cross-border cooperation shall be implemented in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2, with the assistance of appropriate instruments. Those instruments shall specifically include the European grouping of territorial cooperation in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1082/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 on European grouping of territorial cooperation (EGTC).
2012/06/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 273 #

2011/0405(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1
1. The financial envelope available for implementing this Regulation over the period 2014 to 2020 shall be EUR 18 182 300 000 (current prices). Up to 57% of the financial envelope shall be allocated to the Cross-Border Cooperation programmes referred to in Article 6(1) (c).
2012/06/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 222 #

2011/0302(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 47 a (new)
(47a) In order to guarantee broad and fair competition for projects funded under the CEF, the form of the contract must be consistent with the aims and circumstances of the project. The terms of the contract must be drafted in such a way as to spread the risks associated with the work to be carried out fairly, in order to maximise cost-effectiveness and ensure that the work is performed as efficiently as possible. This principle shall apply irrespective of whether a national or international contract model is employed.
2012/10/10
Committee: TRANITRE
Amendment 523 #

2011/0302(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 a (new)
Article 13a In order to guarantee broad and fair competition for projects funded under the CEF, the form of the contract must be consistent with the aims and circumstances of the project. The terms of the contract must be drafted in such a way as to spread the risks associated with the work to be carried out fairly, in order to maximise cost-effectiveness and ensure that the work is performed as efficiently as possible. This principle shall apply irrespective of whether a national or international contract model is employed.
2012/10/10
Committee: TRANITRE
Amendment 572 #

2011/0302(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. If a large-scale project fails to comply with the general principles laid down in Article 13a, it may not be supported using CEF funds. The Commission shall give the Member State concerned the opportunity to bring the project into line with the general principles in question.
2012/10/10
Committee: TRANITRE
Amendment 651 #

2011/0302(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Part 1 – point 5 – introductory part
Helsinki – Turku – Stockholm – Malmö – København – Fehmarn – Hamburg – Hannover Bremen – HannoverGedser Rostock – Berlin – Nürnberg – München – Brenner – Verona – Bologna – Roma – Napoli – Bari Napoli – Palermo – Valletta
2012/10/17
Committee: TRANITRE
Amendment 652 #

2011/0302(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Part 1 – point 5 – introductory part
Helsinki – Turku – Stockholm – Malmö – København – Fehmarn – Hamburg – Hannover Bremen – Hannover – Nürnberg – Øresund/Copenhagen – Rostock - Berlin - Nürnberg -München – Brenner – Verona – Bologna – Roma – Napoli – Bari Napoli – Palermo – Valletta
2012/10/17
Committee: TRANITRE
Amendment 654 #

2011/0302(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Part I – point 5 – rows 7-9
Fehmarn Nykøbing - Gedser Rail studies ongoing, and upgrading Gedser - Rostock Ports, MoS construinterconnection ws Porkts Fehmarn Belt fixed link between 2014 and 2020 København - Hamburg Rail access routes DK to be via Fehmarn: access completed by 2020, routes access routes Germany to be completed in 2 steps (2020 - 2027) Hamburg/Bremewith rail; low-emission ferries; ice-breaking capacity Rostock - Berlin - Rail works to be started before Hannover 2020studies; upgrading Nürnberg
2012/10/17
Committee: TRANITRE
Amendment 662 #

2011/0302(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Part 1 – point 7 – introductory part
Gran Canaria / Tenerife – Sines / Lisboa – Madrid – Valladolid Lisboa – Aveiro – Oporto Aveiro – Valladolid – Vitoria – Bordeaux – Paris – Mannheim/Strasbourg
2012/10/17
Committee: TRANITRE
Amendment 664 #

2011/0302(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Part I – point 7 – row 1 a (new)
Gran Canaria/Tenerife – Ports, Airports, MoS port and airport studies Sines / Lisboa – Madrid and works, links between the Canaries and Sines / Lisboa
2012/10/17
Committee: TRANITRE
Amendment 850 #

2011/0294(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Volume 14/33
to add the connection Berlin - Szczecin as rail and road core network section
2012/10/11
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 866 #

2011/0294(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Volume 15/33
to add the connection Berlin - Szczecin as rail and road core network section
2012/10/11
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 904 #

2011/0294(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Volume 17/33
to add Gran Canaria and Tenerife Airports to the core network
2012/10/11
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 905 #

2011/0294(COD)

to add the port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife to the core network
2012/10/11
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 961 #

2011/0294(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Section 1a
to add Cagliari (IT), Heraklion (EL), Las Palmas (ES) and Santa Cruz de Tenerife
2012/10/11
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 967 #

2011/0294(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Section 1b
to add Gran Canaria and Tenerife Airports
2012/10/11
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 975 #

2011/0294(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Section 2
to add Cagliari (IT) Heraklion (EL) and Santa Cruz de Tenerife (ES)
2012/10/11
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 1049 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) investments in the setting-up, improvement or expansion of local basic services for the rural population, including sport, leisure and culture, and the related infrastructure;
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 154 #

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
(15) The distribution of direct income support among farmers is characterised by the allocation of disproportionate amounts of payments to a rather small number of large beneficiaries. Due to economies of size, larger beneficiaries do not require the same level of unitary support for the objective of income support to be efficiently achieved. Moreover, the potential to adapt makes it easier for larger beneficiaries to operate with lower levels of unitary support. It is therefore fair to introduce a system for large beneficiaries where the support level is gradually reduced and ultimately capped to improve the distribution of payments between farmers. Such system should however take into account salaried labour intensity to avoid disproportionate effects on large farms with high employment numbers. Those maximum levels should not apply to payments granted to agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment since the beneficial objectives they pursue could be diminished as a result. In order to make capping effective, Member States should establish some criteria in order to avoid abusive operations by farmers seeking to evade its effects. The proceeds of the reduction and capping of payments to large beneficiaries should remain in the Member States where they were generated and should be used for financing projects with a significant contribution to innovation under Regulation (EU) No […] of the European Parliament and of the Council of….on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) [RDR].deleted
2012/07/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 173 #

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
(16) In order to facilitate the implementation of capping, notably with regard to the procedures for granting direct payments to farmers and the corresponding transfers to rural development, net ceilings should be determined for each Member State to limit the payments to be made to farmers following the application of capping. To take into account the specificities of CAP support granted in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 247/2006 of 30 January 2006 laying down specific measures for agriculture in the outermost regions of the Union and Council Regulation (EC) No 1405/2006 of 18 September 2006 laying down specific measures for agriculture in favour of the smaller Aegean islands and amending Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, and the fact that these direct payments are not subject to capping, the net ceiling for the Member States concerned should not include those direct payments.deleted
2012/07/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 706 #

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11
Article 11 Progressive reduction and capping of the payment 1. The amount of direct payments to be granted to a farmer under this Regulation in a given calendar year shall be reduced as follows: – by 20 % for the tranche of more than EUR 150 000 and up to EUR 200 000; – by 40 % for the tranche of more than EUR 200 000 and up to EUR 250 000; – by 70 % for the tranche of more than EUR 250 000 and up to EUR 300 000; – by 100 % for the tranche of more than EUR 300 000. 2. The amount referred to in paragraph 1 shall be calculated by subtracting the salaries effectively paid and declared by the farmer in the previous year, including taxes and social contributions related to employment, from the total amount of direct payments initially due to the farmer without taking into account the payments to be granted pursuant to Chapter 2 of Title III of this Regulation. 3. Member States shall ensure that no payment is made to farmers for whom it is established that, as from the date of publication of the Commission proposal for this Regulation, they artificially created the conditions to avoid the effects of this Article.deleted
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 199 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
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. The Member States should provide informationon 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.
2012/06/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 227 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
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, there should be no performance reserve for 'European Territorial Cooperation' programmes. In cases where the shortfall in the achievement of milestones or targets 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 way. Where these corrections or suspensions affect a Member State which is experiencing or is threatened with serious difficulties with regard to its financial stability, the Member State should be able to request that these funds are provided to it in a specific growth programme administered by the Commission. This should be carried out on the basis of the relevant programmes, having regard to priorities and with the maximum economic effectiveness. The purpose of this mechanism is to avoid further worsening of the economically constrained situation.
2012/06/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 238 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
(19) Establishing a closer link between cohesion policy and the economic governance of the Union will ensure that the effectiveness of expenditure under the CSF Funds is underpinned by sound economic policies and that the CSF Funds can, if necessary, be redirected to addressing the economic problems a country is facing. This process has to be gradual, starting with amendments to the Partnership Contract and to the programmes in support of Council recommendations to address macroeconomic imbalances and social and economic difficulties. Where, despite the enhanced use of CSF Funds, a Member State fails to take effective action in the context of the economic governance process, the Commission should have the right to suspend all or part of the payments and commitments. Decisions on suspensions should be proportionate and effective, taking into account the impact of the individual programmes for addressing the economic and social situation in the relevant Member State and previous amendments to the Partnership Contract. When deciding on suspensions, the Commission should also respect equality of treatment between Member States, taking into account in particular the impact of the suspension on the economy of the Member State concerned. The suspensions should be lifted and funds be made available again to the Member State concerned as soon as the Member State takes the necessary action. If a Member State fails to take appropriate actions within a period greater than three months, the Commission should be able to place the suspended payments and commitments in a programme administered and supervised by the Commission. This programme should prioritise maximising growth, for example by providing grants for economy-related infrastructure, to avoid causing further damage to the regional economy and the social situation.
2012/06/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 244 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19 a (new)
19a. The Commission should, at the request of the relevant Member State, be able to make an ad hoc decision on the rules and conditions applicable to this programme, in particular on the basis of the funds released due to corrections and suspensions relating to the Structural Funds and the Cohesion Fund;
2012/06/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 258 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
(27) It is necessary to lay down specific rules regarding the amounts to be accepted as eligible expenditure at closure, to ensure that the amounts, including the management costs and fees, paid from the CSF Funds to financial instruments are effectively used for investments and payments to final recipients. It is also necessary to lay down specific rules regarding the reuse of resources attributable to the support from the CSF Funds, including the use of legacy resources after the closure of the programmes. These attributable and legacy resources, together with other available resources, e.g. from financial corrections, should be made available to Member States experiencing serious difficulties with regard to their financial stability and managed by the Commission, prioritising the most effective measures to stimulate growth.
2012/06/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 269 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41
(41) To ensure the effectiveness, fairness and sustainable impact of the intervention of the CSF Funds, there should be provisions guaranteeing that investments in businesses and infrastructures are long- lasting and prevent the CSF Funds from being used to undue advantage. Experience has shown that a period of five10 years is an appropriate minimum period to be applied, except where State aid rules foresee a different period. It is appropriate to exclude actions supported by the ESF and those not entailing productive investment or investment in infrastructure from the general requirement of durability, unless such requirements are derived from applicable State aid rules, and to exclude contributions to or from financial instruments.
2012/06/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 270 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41 a (new)
(41a) When assessing projects in excess of EUR 25 million, the Commission should be in possession of all information necessary to judge whether the financial contribution of the Funds will lead to significant job losses at existing locations in the European Union, in order to ensure that Community funding does not contribute to relocations within the Union.
2012/06/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 271 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41 b (new)
(41b) In the case of direct subsidies to undertakings, it should be recognised that cohesion policy funding, rather than influencing decisions by companies, 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). Support for large private undertakings should therefore be focussed on investment in research and development or provided, in more cases, indirectly through infrastructure financing;
2012/06/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 272 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41 c (new)
(41c) The Structural Funds Regulation should contain an explicit regulation excluding all EU financing for relocations within the Union and reducing the threshold for reviewing investments of this kind to EUR 25 million, thereby excluding large enterprises from receiving direct subsidies and limiting the duration of operation to 10 years;
2012/06/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 284 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 51
(51) In order to encourage financial discipline, it is appropriate to define the arrangements for decommitment of any part of the budget commitment in a programme, in particular where an amount may be excluded from decommitment, notably when delays in implementation result from circumstances which are independent of the party concerned, abnormal or unforeseeable and whose consequences cannot be avoided despite the diligence shown. If a Member State is in a difficult financial position, the Commission should, at the request of this Member State, be able to assume financial administration responsibility and set up a programme promoting economic growth in the relevant Member State.
2012/06/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 289 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 54
(54) In order to promote the Treaty objectives of economic, social and territorial cohesion, the 'Investment for growth and jobs' goal should support all regions. To provide balanced and gradual support and reflect the level of economic and social development, resources under that goal should be allocated from the ERDF and the ESF among the less developed regions, the transition regions and the more developed regions according to their gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in relation to the EU average. In order to ensure the long-term sustainability of investment from the Structural Funds, all regions which received support for the 2007–2013 period under the ‘Convergence’ goal, including regions which received support in this period, including ‘Phasing Out’ regions referred to in Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 of 11 July 2006 laying down general provisions on the European Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1260/19991, whose GDP per capita for the 2007-2013 period was less than 75 % of the average of the EU-25 for the reference period but whose GDP per capita has grown to more than 75 % of the EU-27 average should receive at least two thirds of their 2007-2013 allocation. Member States whose per capita gross national income (GNI) is less than 90 % of that of the Union average should benefit under the 'Investment for growth and jobs' goal from the CF. _________________ 1 OJ L 210, 31.7.2006, p. 25.
2012/06/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 311 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 59
(59) As regards the Funds and with a view to ensuring an appropriate allocation to each category of regions, resources should not be transferred between less developed, transition and more developed regions except in duly justified circumstances linked to the delivery of one or more thematic objectives and for no more than 2 % of the total appropriation for that category of region.
2012/06/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 314 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 60
(60) In order to ensure a genuine economic impact, support from the Funds should not replace public expenditure or equivalent structural expenditure by Member States under the terms of this Regulation. In addition, so that the support from the Funds takes into account a broader economic context, the level of public expenditure should be determined with reference to the general macroeconomic conditions in which the financing takes place based on the indicators provided in the Stability and Convergence Programmes submitted annually by Member States in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1466/1997 of 7 July 1997 on the strengthening of the surveillance of budgetary positions and the surveillance and coordination of economic policies. Verification by the Commission of the principle of additionality should concentrate on the Member States in which less developed and transition regions cover at least 15% of the population because of the scale of the financial resources allocated to themsider all regions.
2012/06/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 338 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 86 a (new)
(86a) In the case of Member States experiencing or threatened by a difficult financial situation and already receiving support measures from the Union in the form of financial assistance, the Commission should be able to make available to the Member States corrected and/or recovered resources and/or interest earnings or other amounts recovered by the central funds management system, in accordance with Article 53a of the Financial Regulation, in a separate programme focussing on investments for growth, in particular grants for economy- related infrastructure works.
2012/06/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 339 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 86 b (new)
(86b) In order to avoid exacerbating the financial situation of Member States already experiencing or threatened by a difficult financial situation, the Commission should, at the request of these Member States and under their management, be able to make available to these Member States recovered or suspended resources without delay and within the framework of a separate programme supporting specific growth stimulation measures (including grants for economy-related infrastructure works).
2012/06/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 341 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 87
(87) The frequency of project audits should be proportionate to the support provided by the EU from the Funds. The number of audits should be limited particularly in cases where the total eligible costs of the project do not exceed EUR 100 000. The Commission should have an audit obligation for projects exceeding EUR 25 million. The option of auditing a project within the framework of sample audit should always be available if there is any suggestion of irregularity, relocation or fraud, or after a project has been completed. To ensure the extent of the audits performed by the Commission is proportionate to the risk, the Commission should reduce its audit work relating to operational programmes if there are no significant deficiencies or if the audit authority is reliablehas shown itself to be reliable in previous funding periods.
2012/06/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 349 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 90
(90) The Commission should be empowered to adopt, by means of implementing acts, as regards all CSF Funds, decisions approving the Partnership Contracts, decisions on the allocation of the performance reserve, decisions suspending payments linked to Member States' economic policies, and, in the case of decommitment, decisions to amend decisions adopting programmes; and as regards the Funds, decisions identifying the regions and Member States fulfilling the Investment for growth and jobs criteria, decisions setting out the annual breakdown of commitment appropriations to the Member States, decisions setting out the amount to be transferred from each Member State's CF allocation to the Connecting Europe Facility, decisions setting out the amount to be transferred from each Member State's Structural Funds allocation for food for deprived people, decisions adopting and amending operational programmes, decisions on major projects, decisions on joint action plans, decisions suspending payments and decisions on financial corrections and decisions on separate programmes for Member States in financial difficulties.
2012/06/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 364 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 8
(8) 'beneficiary' means a public or private body responsible for initiating or initiating and implementing operations; in the context of State aid, the term 'beneficiary' means the body which receives the aid; in the context of financial instruments, the term 'beneficiary' means the body that implements the financial instrument;
2012/06/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 374 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 19
(19) 'category of regions' means the categorisation of regions as 'less developed regions', 'transition regions' or 'more developed regions' according to Article 82(2);
2012/06/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 393 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 4 – paragraph 7
7. The part of the Union budget allocated to the CSF Funds shall be implemented within the framework of shared management between the Member States and the Commission, in accordance with Article 53(b) of the Financial Regulation, with the exception of the amount of the CF transferred to the Connecting Europe Facility referred to in Article 84(4) and innovative actions at the initiative of the Commission under Article 9 of the ERDF Regulation, and technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission and the support programmes for Member States in financial difficulties referred to in Article 22(2a).
2012/06/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 621 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) an integrated infrastructure development strategy for the regions, particularly with reference to the integrated use of the CPR Fund, the ‘Connecting Europe’ facility and the TEN Fund with particular consideration of cross-border connections and regional links to transnational transport axes;
2012/06/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 626 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point d – point ii
ii) a summary of the assessment of the fulfilment of ex ante conditionalities and of the actions to be taken at European, national and regional level, and the timetable for their implementation, where ex ante conditionalities are not fulfilled;
2012/06/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 627 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point d – point iii a (new)
(iiia) measures for the efficient allocation of resources, taking competition procedures into consideration;
2012/06/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 677 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 17 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission shall assess the information provided on the fulfilment of ex ante conditionalities in the framework of its assessment of the Partnership Contract and programmes. It may decide, when adopting a programme, to suspend all or part of interim payments to the programme pending the satisfactory completion of actions to fulfil an ex ante conditionality. The failure to complete actions to fulfil an ex ante conditionality by the deadline set out in the programme shall constitute a basis for suspending payments by the Commission. Article 22(2a) (Application for a special programme managed by the Commission) shall apply to Member States threatened or affected by financial difficulties.
2012/06/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 735 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 21 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. In the case of Member States that receive financial assistance according to Paragraph 1, Letter d, the Commission can, at the request of the relevant Member State, use an implementing measure to establish a special programme according to Article 53a of the Financial Regulation (centralised management) that allocates suspended or withdrawn payments of the relevant Member State to the objectives of Article 21(4) (greatest possible increase in the effects of the available resources on growth and competitiveness);
2012/06/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 739 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 22 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States that meet one of the conditions of Paragraph 1, Letters a, b, or c can, in order to stabilise their economic position and to avoid a disastrous loss of resources, request that the Commission should use an implementing measure to establish a special programme according to Article 53a of the Financial Regulation (centralised management) which ensures that suspended or withdrawn payments of the relevant Member State enable the objectives of Article 21(4) (greatest possible increase in the effects of the available resources on growth and competitiveness) to be achieved as quickly as possible;
2012/06/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 757 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 24 – paragraph 1
1. Each programme shall set out a strategy for the programme's contribution to the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth consistent with the Common Strategic Framework and Partnership Contract. Each programme shall include the arrangements to ensure effective, efficient and coordinated implementation of the CSF Fund, also applying competition procedures and actions to achieve a reduction of administrative burden for beneficiaries.
2012/06/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 847 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 32 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Financial instruments may be combined with grants, interest rate subsidies and guarantee fee subsidies. In this case, separate records must be maintained for each form of financing.
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 850 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
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 beneficiaries through grants, interest rate subsidies, guarantee fee subsidies and financial instruments, additional specific rules on eligibility of expenditure and rules specifying the types of activities which shall not be supported through financial instrumentslay down uniform conditions in implementing acts for the ex-ante assessment of financial instruments. These implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the verification procedure referred to in Article 143(3).
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 852 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 32 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Rules not covered by this Title shall only be applied to the project or beneficiary (the financial instrument).
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 853 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 32 – paragraph 3
3. Contributions in kind are not eligible expenditure in respect of financial instruments, except for contributions of land or real estate in respect of investments with the objective of supporting urban development or urban regeneration, where the land or real estate forms part of the investment. Such contributions of land or real estate shall be eligible provided that the conditions in Article 59 are met regardless of the value limits established in Article 59(3)(b).
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 856 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 33 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
The Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 142 laying down the specific rules regarding certain types of financial instruments referred to in point (b), as well as the products that may be delivered through such instruments.
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 859 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
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, 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
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 861 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 33 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 142 laying down rules concerning funding agreements, the role and responsibility of the entities to which the implementation tasks are entrusted, as well as management costs and fees.
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 864 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 33 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Commission shall adopt rules regarding financing agreements, the role and powers of bodies entrusted with implementation tasks and management costs and fees by means of implementing acts. These implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the verification procedure referred to in Article 143(3).
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 865 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 33 – paragraph 5
5. The entities referred to in paragraph 4(b)(i) and (ii), when implementing financial instruments through funds of funds, may further entrust part of the implementation to financial intermediaries provided that these entities ensure under their responsibility that the financial intermediaries satisfy the criteria laid down in [Articles 57 and 131 (1), (1a) and (3)] of the Financial Regulation. Financial intermediaries shall be selected on the basis of open, transparent, proportionate and non- discriminatory procedures, avoiding conflicts of interests.
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 866 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 33 – paragraph 6
6. The entities referred to in paragraph 4(b) to which implementation tasks have been entrusted shall open fiduciary accounts in their name and on behalf of the managing authority. The assets held on such fiduciary accounts shall be managed in accordance with the principle of sound financial management following appropriate prudential rules and shall have appropriate liquidity and define the financial instrument as a separate block of finance. In this case, the difference between the new funds invested in the financial instrument (including the contribution from operational programmes) and the original funds available from the financial institute shall be guaranteed by separate accounting arrangements.
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 867 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 33 – paragraph 7
7. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 142 laying down detailed rules concerning specific requirements regarding the transfer and management of assets managed by the entities to which implementation tasks are entrusted, as well as conversion of assets between euro and national currencies.
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 872 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 34 – paragraph 1
1. The bodies accredited in accordance with Article 64 shall not carry out on-the- spot verifications of operations comprising financial instruments implemented under Article 33(14)(ab)(i) and (ii). They shall receive regular control reports from the bodies entrusted with the implementation of these financial instruments.
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 874 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 34 – paragraph 2
2. The bodies responsible for the audit of programmes shall not carry out audits of operations comprising financial instruments implemented under Article 33(1)(a4)(b)(i) and (ii) and of management and control systems relating to these instruments. They shall receive regular control reports from the auditors designated in the agreements setting up of these financial instruments.
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 876 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 34 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 142 concerning the arrangements for management and control of financial instruments implemented under Articles 33(1)(a) and 33(4)(b)(i), (ii) and (iii).
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 879 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 34 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The Commission shall adopt rules making arrangements for the management and control of financial instruments implemented under Article 33(1)(a) and Article 33(4)(b)(i), (ii) and (iii) by means of implementing acts. These implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the verification procedure referred to in Article 143(3).
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 880 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 35 – title
Requests for payment includingrelating to expenditure for financial instruments
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 881 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 35 – paragraph 1
1. As regards financial instruments referred to in Article 33(1)(a), the request for payment shall include and separately disclose the total amount of support paid to the financial instrument.
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 882 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 35 – paragraph 2
2. As regards financial instruments referred to in Article 33(1)(b) implemented in accordance with Article 33(4)(a) and (b), the total eligible expenditure presented in the request for payment shall include and separately disclose the total amount of support paid or expected to be paid to the financial instrument for investments in final recipients to be made over a pre-defined period of maximum two years, including management costs or fees.deleted
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 887 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 35 – paragraph 3
3. The amount determined in accordance with paragraph 2 shall be adjusted in subsequent requests for payment, to take account of the difference between the amount of support previously paid to the financial instrument concerned, and the amounts effectively invested in final recipients, plus management costs and fees paid. These amounts shall be separately disclosed in the payment request.deleted
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 889 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 35 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt, by means of delegated acts in accordance with Article 142, the specific rules concerning payments and withdrawal of payments to financial instruments and possible consequences in respect of requests of payments.
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 892 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 35 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. The Commission shall adopt, by means of implementing acts, rules regarding payments, the withdrawal of payments to financial instruments and possible consequences in respect of requests for payment. These implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the verification procedure referred to in Article 143(3).
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 893 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 35 a (new)
Article 35a The appropriate funding conditions and purpose shall be defined in the financing agreement for the establishment of financial instruments. Where i) repayment of loans, participations or guaranteed commitments must potentially be secured at the time of provision; ii) funding of undertakings in difficulties is not permitted.
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 896 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 36 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) capitalised interest rate subsidies or guarantee fee subsidies, due to be paid for a period not exceeding 10 years after the eligibility period laid down in Article 55(2), used in combination with financial instruments, paid into an escrow account specifically set up for that purpose or disclosed separately, for effective disbursement after the eligibility period laid down in Article 55(2), but in respect of loans or other risk- bearing instruments disbursed for investments in final recipients within the eligibility period laid down in Article 55(2);
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 897 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 36 – paragraph 2
2. In the case of equity-based instruments and micro-credit, cCapitalised management costs or fees due to be paid for a period not exceeding 5 years after the eligibility period laid down in Article 55(2), in respect of investments in final recipients which occurred within that eligibility period and which cannot be covered by Articles 37 and 38, may be considered as eligible expenditure when paid into an escrow account specifically set up for that purpose or disclosed separately.
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 899 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 36 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 142 concerning the establishment of a system of capitalisation of annual instalments for interest rate subsidies and guarantee fee subsidies.
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 902 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 36 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The Commission shall adopt rules for establishing a system to capitalise annual instalments for interest rate subsidies and guarantee fee subsidies. These implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the verification procedure referred to in Article 143(3).
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 903 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 37 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States in a difficult financial situation which fulfil the criteria set out in Article 22(1) shall invest interest income or other profits in economy-related infrastructure projects, where appropriate with the support of the Commission and with a view to maximising growth and competitiveness.
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 908 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 38 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) reimbursement of management costs incurred and payment of management fees of the financial instruments and additionally reimbursement of refinancing costs of the national cofinancing element where this is provided by a financial institution within the meaning of Article 33(4)(b)(i) and (ii).
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 914 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 38 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) infrastructure projects
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 915 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 38 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Member States in a difficult financial situation which fulfil the criteria set out in Article 22(1) shall make use of the resources referred to in paragraph 1 and 2, where appropriate with the support of the Commission and with regard to maximising growth and competitiveness, in particular grants for economy-related infrastructure projects.
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 917 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
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 covered by the CPR 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. This shall include targeted management costs.
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 922 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 39 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Member States in a difficult financial situation which fulfil the criteria set out in Article 22(1) shall make use of the resources referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, where appropriate with the support of the Commission and with regard to maximising growth and competitiveness, in particular grants for economy-related infrastructure projects.
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 955 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 44 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
For programmes where the resource allocation from the Funds does not exceed EUR 75 million, the Member State is exempted from submitting annual implementation reports and can submit implementation reports in 2017 and 2019.
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 976 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 45 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Review meetings shall be convened in 2017 and 2019 for programmes where the resource allocation from the Funds does not exceed EUR 75 million, notwithstanding Article 45(1).
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1058 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 54 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The eligible expenditure of the operation to be co-financed shall not exceed the current value of the investment cost of the operation less the current value of the net revenue, determined according to one of these methods with the exception of investments in sustainable, low-carbon transport infrastructure where the eligible expenditure is in line with the current value of investment costs for the operation.
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1081 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 58 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) a flat rate of up to 205 % of eligible direct costs, where the rate is calculated on the basis of a fair, equitable and verifiable calculation method or a method applied under schemes for grants funded entirely by the Member State for a similar type of operation and beneficiary;
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1084 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 58 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) a flat rate of up to 1520 % of eligible direct staff costs;
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1104 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
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 five10 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:
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1108 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 61 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. When assessing projects valued in excess of EUR 25 million, the Commission should have all the necessary information to enable it to estimate whether the level of funding would lead to significant job losses at existing locations in the European Union, so as to ensure that Community funding is not used to support changes of location within the Union.
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1123 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 64 – paragraph 1
1. In accordance with [Article 56(3)] of the Financial Regulation, each body responsible for the management and control of expenditure under the CSF Funds shall be accredited by formal decision of an accrediting authority at ministerial level., provided that the Commission has been able to gain sufficient confidence in the administrative structures of the Member State in the last funding periods;
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1124 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 64 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. If uncertainties exist in relation to the administrative capacity of a Member State, the Commission shall assume the functions of an accreditation authority;
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1127 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 64 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. The Commsssion should publish an annual report on the steps taken by the Commission and Member States as a contribution to simplification (Art. 4.10); the principle of proportionality (Art. 4.5) should also be considered;
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1177 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 77 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. If a Member State in a difficult financial position meets the conditions of Article 22(1), the Commission should, on request, use an implementing measure to establish a separate programme under centralised management according to Article 54a Regulation No 1605/2002; the aim should be to pool suspended and/or withdrawn funding and interest income or funds that the relevant Member State has not yet drawn down and to use these to promote growth and economic performance as effectively as possible, particularly with regard to economy- related infrastructural projects;
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1186 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 80 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. In the case of Member States in financial difficulties that come under Article 22(1), the reduced funding will be invested within a programme established by means of an implementing measure administered by the COM according to Article 54a Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 prioritising maximum support for growth and economic development, in particular economy- related infrastructural projects, in order to prevent further economic damage to the regions;
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1191 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 82 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Resources for the Investment for growth and jobs goal shall be allocated among the following threewo categories of NUTS level 2 regions:
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1193 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 82 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) transition regions, whose GDP per capita is between 75% and 90% of the average GDP of the EU-27;deleted
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1194 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 82 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) more developed regions, whose GDP per capita is above 9075 % of the average GDP of the EU-27.
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1195 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 82 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The threewo 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 2008, relates to the average GDP of the EU-27 for the same reference period.
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1200 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 82 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Less developed regions that have been between 70 and 75 % of the EU average GDP for more than two programming periods but that have been unable to achieve an appreciable improvement in their economic situation will be assigned to a category with a higher national co- financing level in the next period;
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1207 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 82 – paragraph 4
4. Immediately following the entry into force of this Regulation, the Commission shall adopt a decision by implementing act setting out the list of regions fulfilling the criteria of the threewo categories of regions referred to in paragraph 2 and of Member States fulfilling the criteria of paragraph 3. This list shall be valid from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2020.
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1214 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) [50.13 % (i.e., a total of EUR 162 589 839 384) for less developed regions;] 1 (xxx) for less developed regions; __________________ 1 The percentage must be adjusted in accordance with the MFF negotiations
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1216 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) 12,01 % (i.e., a total of EUR 38 951 564 661) for transition regions;deleted
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1219 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) 16,39 % (i.e., a total of EUR 53 142 922 017) for more developed regions; [28.40 %]1 (xxx) for more developed regions; __________________ 1 The percentage must be adjusted in accordance with the MFF negotiations
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1221 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) [21,.19 % (i.e., a total of EUR 68 710 486 782]1(xxx) for Member States supported by the Cohesion Fund; __________________ 1 The percentage must be adjusted in accordance with the MFF negotiations
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1224 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e
(e) 0,.29 % (i.e., a total of EUR 925 680 000xxx) as additional funding for the outermost regions identified in Article 349 of the Treaty and the NUTS level 2 regions fulfilling the criteria laid down in Article 2 of Protocol No 6 to the Treaty of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden.
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1243 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
All regionsIn order to ensure the long-term sustainability of investments from the Structural Funds, all regions that received funding under the convergence objective in the period 2007–2013, in other words including the Phasing-Out Regions under the terms of Article 8(1) of Regulation No 1083/2006, whose GDP per capita for the 2007-2013 period was less than 75 % of the average of the EU-25 for the reference period but whose GDP per capita ishas risen above 75 % of the GDP average of the EU-27 shall receive an allocation under the Structural Funds equal to at least two thirds of their 2007-2013 allocation.
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1281 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 3
3. At least 215 % of the Structural Funds resources for less developed regions, 40% for transition regions and 525 % for more developed regions in each Member State shall be allocated to the ESF. For the purposes of this provision, the support to a Member State through the [Food for deprived people instrument] shall be considered as part of the share of Structural Funds allocated to the ESF.
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1301 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The Member States and Commission must ensure, in accordance with Article 14 c 1 (new), that partnership agreements, as well as operational programmes, permit an effective, viable link between resources from the Structural Funds and Cohesion Funds as well as the Connecting Europe Facility and the TEN Regulation;
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1314 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
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 004xxx).
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1320 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 85 – paragraph 1
1. The total appropriations allocated to each Member State in respect of less developed regions, transition regions and more developed regions shall not be transferable between each of those categories of regions.
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1332 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 86 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Verification of whether the level of public or equivalent structural expenditure under the Investment for growth and jobs goal has been maintained for the period shall only take place in those Member States in which less developed and transition regions cover at least 15 % of the total population.deleted
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1334 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 86 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
In those Member States in which less developed and transition regions cover at least 70 % of the population, the verification shall take place at national level.
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1335 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 86 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
In those Member States in which less developed and transition regions cover more than 15 % and less than 70 % of the population, the verification shall take place at national and regional level. For that purpose, those Member States shall provide to the Commission information about the expenditure in the less developed and transition regions at each stage of the verification process.
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1364 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point c – point i
i) the mechanisms that ensure coordination between the Funds, the EAFRD, the EMFF, the CEF and other Union and national funding instruments, and with the EIB;
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1384 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point c – point vi a (new)
vi a) the determination of areas in which cross-border infrastructural links and/or regional links are promoted;
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1404 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point g – point ii a (new)
ii a) the planned linking of Structural Fund and Cohesion Fund resources with other financial instruments, in particular the CEF;
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1408 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point h – point i a (new)
i a) determination of the procedure for allotting funds also using competitive procedures;
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1417 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point ii a (new)
ii a) a description of its contribution to subsidising infrastructure;
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1437 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 90 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Large projects in highly developed regions are eligible if they feature an infrastructural focus according to Article 9(7);
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1455 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 92 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. When evaluating major projects, the Commission shall assess whether the funding would lead to significant job losses at existing locations in the European Union in order to ensure that Community funding does not support the relocation of businesses within the Union;
2012/06/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1494 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 99 – paragraph 1
1. Where an urban development strategy, an infrastructural strategy, or other territorial strategy or pact as defined in Article 12(1) of Regulation…[ESF] requires an integrated approach involving investments under more than one priority axis of one or more operational programmes, the action shall be carried out as an integrated territorial investment (an ‘ITI’).
2012/06/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1602 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 110 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) 75 % for the less developed regions of Member States other than those referred to in points (b) and (c), and for all regions whose GDP per capita for the 2007-2013 period was less than 75 % of the average of the EU-25 for the reference period but whose GDP per capita is above 75 % of the GDP average of the EU-27 and for the regions funded as so-called Phasing Out Regions under the convergence objective in the period 2007–2013;
2012/06/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1606 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 110 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point e
(e) 60 % for the transition regions other than those referred to in point (d);deleted
2012/06/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1624 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 110 – paragraph 7
7. 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 or the bodies mentioned in Article 33(4)(b)(ii). Where a separate priority is established for this purpose, the support under this axis may not be implemented by any other means.
2012/06/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1630 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 111 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
(3a) The independent sustainability of the project in economic and financial terms, where projects with higher co-financing rates that generate income should be favoured over projects that do not generate income;
2012/06/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1644 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 112 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that management and control systems for operational programmes are set up in accordance with Articles 62 and 63. The Member States should ensure that the general principles of proportionality (Article 4.5) and reducing administrative costs (Article 4.10) are observed.
2012/06/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1726 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 127 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
If a Member State in a difficult financial position meets the conditions of Article 22(1), the Commission should, on request, use an implementing measure to establish a separate programme under centralised management according to Article 54a Regulation No 1605/2002; the aim should be to pool suspended and/or withdrawn funding and interest income or funds that the relevant Member State has not yet drawn down and to use these to promote growth and economic performance as effectively as possible, particularly with regard to economy- related infrastructural projects;
2012/06/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1790 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 137 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Where a Member State which is in a difficult financial situation fulfils the conditions laid down in Article 22(1) the Commission shall, if so requested, and by means of an implementing act, set up a separate programme, to be implemented on a centralised basis in accordance with Article 53a of Council Regulation No 1605/2002, for the purpose of consolidating funds that have been suspended and/or recovered and the interest earnings or unused funds of the Member State concerned and using them to promote growth as effectively as possible, particularly by means of infrastructure projects that benefit the economy;
2012/06/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 145 #

2011/0275(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
(a a) investment in economy-related infrastructures
2012/06/07
Committee: REGI
Amendment 161 #

2011/0275(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) investments in social, health, sport and educational infrastructure;
2012/06/07
Committee: REGI
Amendment 167 #

2011/0275(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) investments in social, health, residential and educational infrastructure;
2012/06/07
Committee: REGI
Amendment 190 #

2011/0275(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d – point iii a (new)
(iii a) support for the redevelopment of former industrial and mining areas;
2012/06/07
Committee: REGI
Amendment 212 #

2011/0275(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
In more developed regions, the ERDF shall not support investments in infrastructure providing basic services to citizens in the areas of environment, transport, and ICT.deleted
2012/06/07
Committee: REGI
Amendment 246 #

2011/0275(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part
(a) In more developed regions and transition regions:
2012/06/07
Committee: REGI
Amendment 268 #

2011/0275(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
(ii) of this amount, at least 20 % 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]
2012/06/07
Committee: REGI
Amendment 278 #

2011/0275(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point i
(i) at least 540 % 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]
2012/06/07
Committee: REGI
Amendment 292 #

2011/0275(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point i a (new)
(i a) at least 30 % of the total ERDF resources at national level shall be allocated to the thematic objectives set out in points 7, 8 and 10 of Article 9 Regulation (EU) No [...]/2012 [CPR];
2012/06/07
Committee: REGI
Amendment 306 #

2011/0275(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
By derogation from point (a) (i), in those regions whose GDP per capita for the 2007-13 period was less than 75% of the average GDP of the EU-25 for the reference periodich received funding from the Convergence objective for the 2007-13 period, in other words including the Phasing Out Regions under Article 8(1) of Regulation No 1083/2006, but which are eligible under the category of transition or more developed regions as defined in Article 82(2)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) No [ ]/2012 [CPR] in the 2014-2020 period, at least 60 % of the total ERDF resources at national level shall be allocated to each of the thematic objectives set in out in points 1, 3 and 4 of Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No […]/2012 [CPR].
2012/06/07
Committee: REGI
Amendment 500 #

2011/0275(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b
(b) promoting investment to address specific risks, ensuring regional disaster resilience and developing regional disaster management systems. while respecting national competencies;
2012/06/07
Committee: REGI
Amendment 555 #

2011/0275(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point a
(a) supporting a multimodal Single European Transport Area by investing in the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) network also including the CEF;
2012/06/07
Committee: REGI
Amendment 556 #

2011/0275(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point a a (new)
(a a) supporting a multi-modal, unitary European transport area through investment in transport providers with the best possible integration of the CEF;
2012/06/07
Committee: REGI
Amendment 569 #

2011/0275(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point c
(c) developing environment-friendly and low-carbon transport systemsustainable transport systems for all forms of transport, while ensuring the lowest possible carbon emissions and promoting sustainable urban mobility;
2012/06/07
Committee: REGI
Amendment 634 #

2011/0275(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point a
(a) investing in health as well as health enhancing physical activity and social infrastructure which contribute to national, regional and local development, reducing inequalities in terms of health status, and transition from institutional to community- based services;
2012/06/07
Committee: REGI
Amendment 656 #

2011/0275(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point c
(c) support for social enterprises., social partners and chambers of commerce, etc.;
2012/06/07
Committee: REGI
Amendment 700 #

2011/0275(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
At least 510 % of the ERDF resources allocated at national level shall be allocated to integrated actions for sustainable urban development delegated to cities for management through Integrated Territorial Investments referred to in Article 99 of Regulation (EU) No […]/2012 [CPR].
2012/06/07
Committee: REGI
Amendment 25 #

2011/0274(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
(7 a) Conditionality provisions deriving from the Growth and Stability Pact should apply to the Cohesion Fund in relation to the fulfilment of economic governance conditions. This process should be gradual, starting with amendments to the Partnership Contract and to the programmes in support of Council recommendations to address macroeconomic imbalances and social and economic difficulties.
2012/06/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 66 #

2011/0274(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – point b – subpoint ii
(ii) promoting investment to address specific regional risks, ensuring regional disaster resilience and developing disaster management systems while preserving national competences;
2012/06/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 78 #

2011/0274(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – point d – subpoint i
(i) supporting a multi-modal Single European Transport Area by investing in the Trans-European Transport Network, also involving the CEF, the EFRD and territorial cohesion;
2012/06/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 80 #

2011/0274(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – point d – subpoint i a (new)
(ia) supporting a multi-modal Single European Transport Area by investing in feeder routes, with optimum involvement of the CEF, the EFRD and territorial cohesion;
2012/06/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 83 #

2011/0274(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – point d – subpoint ii
(ii) developing environment-friendly and low-carbon transport systems includingsustainable transport systems for all modes of transport, taking account in each case of the lowest possible carbon emissions and promoting sustainable urban mobility;
2012/06/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 95 #

2011/0274(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 a (new)
Article 4 a Conditionality applying to access to Fund assistance 1. The Commission may request a Member State to review and propose amendments to its Partnership Contract and the relevant operational programmes, where this is necessary: (a) to support the implementation of a Council recommendation, addressed to the Member State concerned and adopted in accordance with Article 121(2) of the Treaty, or to support the implementation of measures addressed to the Member State concerned and adopted in accordance with Article 136(1) of the Treaty; (b) to support the implementation of a Council recommendation addressed to the Member State concerned and adopted in accordance with Article 126(7) of the Treaty; or (c) to maximise the growth impact of the Cohesion Fund national allocations pursuant to paragraph 4, if a Member State meets one of the following conditions: (i) Union financial assistance is made available to it under Council Regulation (EU) No 407/2010; (ii) medium-term financial assistance is made available to it in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 332/2002; (iii) financial assistance in the form of an ESM loan is made available to it in accordance with the Treaty establishing the European Stability Mechanism. 2. The Member State shall submit a proposal for amending the Partnership Contract and the relevant operational programmes within one month. If necessary, the Commission shall make observations within one month from the submission of the amendments, in which case the Member State shall re-submit its proposal within one month. 3. Where the Commission has not made observations or where its observations have been satisfactorily taken into account, the Commission shall adopt a decision approving the amendments to the Partnership Contract and the relevant programmes without undue delay. 4. By derogation to paragraph 1, where financial assistance is made available to a Member State in accordance with paragraph 1(c) and is linked to an adjustment programme, the Commission may without any proposal from the Member State amend the Partnership Contract and the programmes with a view to maximising the growth and competitiveness impact of the available CSF Funds. To ensure effective implementation of the Partnership Contract and the relevant programmes, the Commission shall become involved in their management as detailed in the adjustment programme or the Memorandum of Understanding signed with the Member State concerned. 5. Where the Member State fails to respond to the Commission's request referred to in paragraph 1 or does not reply satisfactorily within one month to the observations of the Commission referred to in paragraph 2, the Commission may, within three months following its observations, adopt a decision, by means of implementing acts, suspending part or all of the payments for the programmes concerned. 6. The Commission shall suspend, by means of implementing acts, part or all of the payments and commitments for the programmes concerned where: (a) the Council decides that the Member State does not comply with the specific measures set out by the Council in accordance with Article 136(1) of the Treaty; (b) the Council decides in accordance with Article 126(8) or Article 126(11) of the Treaty that the Member State concerned has not taken effective action to correct its excessive deficit; (c) the Commission concludes that the Member State has not taken measures to implement the adjustment programme referred to in Council Regulation (EU) No 407/2010 or Council Regulation (EC) No 332/2002 and as a consequence decides not to authorise the disbursement of the financial assistance granted to this Member State; or (e) the Board of Directors of the European stability mechanism concludes that the conditionality attached to an ESM financial assistance in the form of an ESM loan to the concerned Member State was not met and as a consequence decides not to disburse the stability support granted to it. 7. When deciding to suspend part or all of the payments or commitments in accordance with paragraphs 5 and 6 respectively, the Commission shall ensure that the suspension is proportionate and effective, taking into account the economic and social circumstances of the Member State concerned, and respects equality of treatment between Member States, in particular with regard to the impact of the suspension on the economy of the Member State concerned. 8. The Commission shall without delay lift the suspension of payments and commitments where the Member State has proposed amendments to the Partnership Contract and the relevant operational programmes as requested by the Commission, which the Commission has approved and, where applicable: (a) the Council has decided that the Member State complies with the specific measures set out by the Council in accordance with Article 136(1) of the Treaty; (b) the excessive deficit procedure is held in abeyance in accordance with Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1467/97 or the Council has decided in accordance with Article 126(12) of the Treaty to abrogate the decision on the existence of an excessive deficit; (c) the Commission has concluded that the Member State has taken measures to implement the adjustment programme referred to in Council Regulation (EU) No 407/2010 or Council Regulation (EC) No 332/2002 and as a consequence has authorised the disbursement of the financial assistance granted to this Member State; or (e) the Board of Directors of the European stability mechanism has concluded that the conditionality attached to a financial assistance in the form of an ESM loan to the concerned Member State is met and as a consequence has decided to disburse the stability support granted to it. At the same time, the Council shall decide, on a proposal from the Commission, to re-budget the suspended commitments in accordance with Article 8 of Council Regulation (EU) No [...]/2012 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014 to 2020.
2012/06/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 140 #

2011/0273(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Resources for the European territorial cooperation goal shall amount to 3,48 % 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:
2012/06/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 143 #

2011/0273(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) 73,24 % (i.e., a total of EUR 8 569 000 003xxx) for cross-border cooperation;
2012/06/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 145 #

2011/0273(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) 20,78 % (i.e., a total of EUR 2 431 000 001xxx) for transnational cooperation;
2012/06/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 147 #

2011/0273(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) 5,98 % (i.e., a total of EUR 700 000 000xxx) for interregional cooperation.
2012/06/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 192 #

2011/0273(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
(i) integrating cross-border labour markets, including cross-border transport infrastructure and mobility, joint local employment initiatives and joint training (within the thematic objective of promoting employment and supporting labour mobility);
2012/06/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 262 #

2011/0273(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point c – point i
(i) the mechanisms that ensure coordination between the Funds, the EAFRD, the CEF, the EMFF and other Union and national funding instruments and with the European Investment Bank (EIB);
2012/06/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 280 #

2011/0273(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point c – point v a (new)
(va) if necessary a cross-border infrastructure strategy;
2012/06/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 289 #

2011/0273(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point e – point iii a (new)
iiia) the planned use and combination of CEF, ERDF and TEN-T programmes and funding;
2012/06/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 298 #

2011/0273(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point iii a (new)
(iiia) a description of the measures for improving cross-border infrastructure;
2012/06/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1 #

2011/0272(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
(4 a) It should be noted that EGTCs may have the potential to enhance the promotion and achievement of the harmonious development of the European Union as a whole and the economic, social and territorial cohesion of its regions, in particular and to contribute to meeting the objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy. They may also contribute positively to reducing barriers to territorial cooperation between regions which suffer from severe and permanent natural or demographic handicaps including the specific situation of outermost regions and may be instrumental in strengthening the cooperation between third countries, overseas countries and territories and EU border regions, including through the use of external cooperation programmes of the EU.
2013/06/28
Committee: REGI
Amendment 2 #

2011/0272(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) Experience with EGTCs set up so far shows that the new legal instrument is also being used for cooperation in the implementation of other European policies. The efficiency and effectiveness of EGTCs should be enhanced by broadening the nature of EGTCpolicies of the Union, including by implementing programmes or parts of programmes using EU financial support other than Cohesion Policy. The efficiency and effectiveness of EGTCs should be enhanced by broadening the nature of EGTCs, removing persisting barriers and facilitating the establishment and operations of EGTCs while maintaining the Member States’ possibility to limit the actions that EGTC’s may carry out without the EU financial support .It is recalled that under Regulation (EU) No 1083/2006 EGTC's have in each Member State the most extensive legal capacity, including also the possibility to conclude agreements with other EGTCs or other legal entities for the purposes of carrying out joint cooperation projects to, inter alia, provide for more efficient operation of macro-regional strategies.
2013/06/28
Committee: REGI
Amendment 3 #

2011/0272(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
(6) EGTCs operate by nature in more than one Member State. Consequently, while Article 2(1) of the EGTC Regulation before amendment allows thatEGTC Regulation allows that the possibility for the convention and statutes mayto state the applicable law on certain issues an. It should be clarified whilere such statements privilege - within the hierarchy of applicable law laid down in that Article - the national laws of the Member State where the EGTC has its registered office, this should be clarified. At the same time, the provisions on applicable law should be extended to the acts and activities of an EGTC subject to legal scrutiny by Member States in each individual case.
2013/06/28
Committee: REGI
Amendment 4 #

2011/0272(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) While point (d) of Article 3(1)(d) of the EGTC Regulation allows that bodies established under private law may become members of an EGTC provided that they are considered as being 'public law bodies' in terms of Article 1(9) of Directive 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on the coordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts, EGTCs may be used in the future to manage jointly public services with a particular focus on services of general economic interest or infrastructures. Other private or public law actors may therefore also become members of an EGTC. Consequently, 'public undertakings' within the meaning of Article 2(1)(b) of Directive 2004/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 coordinating the procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors, and, undertakings entrusted with the operation of services of general economic interest, in fields such as, education and training, of medical care, of social needs as regards health and long term care, childcare, access to and reintegration into the labour market, social housing and the care and social inclusion of vulnerable groups should be covered as well.
2013/06/28
Committee: REGI
Amendment 5 #

2011/0272(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) The third subparagraph of Article 175 of the Treaty does not foresee the inclusion of entities from third countries in legislation based on that provision. The EGTC Regulation did not explicitly exclude the possibility of entities from third countries to participate in an EGTC formed in accordance with this RegulationRegulation (EC) No 1082/2006 does not contain detailed rules concerning the participation of entities from third countries in an EGTC formed in accordance with this Regulation, i.e. between members from at least two Member States. Given the further alignment of the rules governing the cooperation between one or more Member States and one or more third countries - predominantly in the context of cross- border cooperation under the European Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI) and the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA II), but also in the context of complementary financing from EDF, and of transnational cooperation under the European territorial cooperation goal where allocations from ENI and IPA II will be transferred to pool these allocations with allocations from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) under joint cooperation programmes - the participation of members from third countries neighbouring a Member State including its outermost regions in EGTCs set up between at least two Member States should be explicitly provided for. This should be possible where the legislation of a third country or agreements between at least one participating Member States and a third countriesy so allows.
2013/06/28
Committee: REGI
Amendment 6 #

2011/0272(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) Experience shows that the involvement of authorities or other bodies from third countries equivalent to those eligible inside the Member States has given rise to implementation difficulties. However, such involvement in EGTCs set up by members drawn from two or more Member States constitutes only an ancillary element to the cooperation inside the Union and between Member States. Consequently, such involvement should be clarified without recourse to a different legal basis in the Treaty. In order to strengthen Union's economic, social and territorial cohesion and in this respect to reinforce in particular the effectiveness of territorial cooperation, including one or more of cross-border, transnational and interregional cooperation between members of an EGTC, the participation of third countries neighbouring a Member State (including its outermost regions) should be allowed in an EGTC. Operations under European territorial cooperation programmes, where co- financed by the EU, should therefore, continue to pursue cohesion policy objectives, even if they are implemented, partly or in their entirety, outside the territory of the Union, and, thus, the activities of an EGTC are carried out at least to some extent outside the Union territory. In this context and where relevant the contribution by the activities of an EGTC having also members from third countries neighbouring at least one Member State (including its outermost regions) to the objectives of EU external actions' policies (eg. development cooperation or economic, financial and technical cooperation objectives) remain merely incidental, as the centre of gravity of subject cooperation programmes and consequently the activities of an EGTC (even with the participation of third countries neighbouring at least one Member State (including outermost regions) should focus primarily on EU cohesion policy objectives. Consequently, the possible development cooperation or economic, financial and technical cooperation objectives between only one Member State, (including its outermost regions), and one or more third countries are only ancillary to the cohesion policy-based territorial cooperation objectives between Member States (including outermost regions). Therefore, the third subparagraph of Article 175 TFEU is sufficient legal basis for the adoption of the Regulation.
2013/06/28
Committee: REGI
Amendment 7 #

2011/0272(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) Since 1990, European territorial cooperation has been supported by financial instruments under Cohesion policy and in this context cooperation has always been possible in a limited number of cases between only one Member State and a third country. Consequently, the legal instrument EGTC should also be opened to such a cooperation context.deleted
2013/06/28
Committee: REGI
Amendment 8 #

2011/0272(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) TFollowing the authorization for participation of national, regional, sub- regional and local authorities and organizations, as well as, where appropriate, other public bodies or institutions ( including public service providers) from an overseas country or territory ( "OCT") in an EGTC, based on Article [...]1 of Council Decision No..(EU)../2013 on the association of OCT with the EU ("Overseas Association Decision") and taking into account the intention that, for the 2014 to 2020 period, there will berogramming period a special additional financial allocation will reinforce the cooperation of the outermost regions of the Union, alongside authorities and bodies from third countries, authorities and bodies fr with neighbouring third countries and some overseas countries and territorief the neighbouring OCTs as listed in Annex II to the Treaty (‘overseas territories’) should also be involved. Such cooperation is permitted by Article 203 of the Treatythe legal instrument of EGTC should be also opened to members from OCTs. For the sake of legal certainty and transparency special approval procedures for the accession of members from an OCT to an EGTC should be established including in this regard, where necessary, special rules on applicable law to the concerned EGTC with members also from an OCT. __________________ 1 Exact reference to be determined at a later stage in light of progress in negotiations on the Overseas Association Decision.
2013/06/28
Committee: REGI
Amendment 9 #

2011/0272(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
(13) The EGTC Regulation distinguisheds between the convention laying down the constitutive elements of the future EGTC and the statutes setting out the implementation elements. However, the statutes still hadhave to contain all the provisions of the convention. It should therefore be clarified that the convention and the statutes are distinct documents and - although both shall be sent to Member States - the approval procedure should be limited to the convention. In addition, some elements presently covered by the statutes should be covered by the convention instead.
2013/06/28
Committee: REGI
Amendment 10 #

2011/0272(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
(14) Experience from the setting up of EGTCs shows that the three months period for approval by a Member State has rarely been respected. The period should therefore be extended to six months. On the other hand, in order to create legal certainty after that period, the convention should be deemed to be approved by tacit agreement, where applicable, in accordance with the national law of the Member States concerned (including their respective constitutional requirements). However, the Member State where the proposed registered office of the EGTC will be located should have to formally approve the convention. While Member States may apply national rules on the procedure for such approval or may create specific rules in the framework of the national rules implementing the EGTC Regulation, derogations to the provision concerning tacit agreement after the period of six months should be ruled out except as provided for in this Regulation.
2013/06/28
Committee: REGI
Amendment 11 #

2011/0272(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
(15) It should be clarified that Member States should approve the convention unless it considers the participation of a prospective member is not in conformity with the EGTC Regulation, with other provisions of Union law concerning the EGTC's activities as laid down in the draft convention or with the national substantive law concerning therelating to the powers and competences of the prospective member, unless such; it considers that participation is not justified for reasons of public interest or public policy of that Member State, or it considers that the statutes are not consistent with the convention, while excluding from the scope of the scrutiny any national law requiring other or stricter rules and procedures than those foreseen by the EGTC Regulation.
2013/06/28
Committee: REGI
Amendment 12 #

2011/0272(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
(16) As the EGTC Regulation cannot apply in third countries or overseas territories, it should be specified that the Member State where the proposed EGTC's registered office will be located should ensure, when approving the participation of prospective members established under their law, satisfy itself, in consultation withat the othird countries or overseas territories have applied equivalent conditions and procedures to those in the EGTC Regulation or in accordance with international agreements, especially under the Council of Europe acquiser Member States concerned (being those Member States under whose laws prospective members have been formed), that the third countries have applied equivalent conditions and procedures to those in the EGTC Regulation or in accordance with international bilateral or multilateral agreements concluded between Member States of the Council of Europe, whether or not they are also Member States of the Union, based on the Madrid Outline Convention and the additional Protocols adopted thereupon. It should also be specified that in the case of the involvement of several Member States and one or more third countries or overseas territories, it should be sufficient that such an agreement has been concluded between the respective third country or overseas territory and one participating Member State.
2013/06/28
Committee: REGI
Amendment 13 #

2011/0272(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 a (new)
(16a) The procedures for approval of participation of prospective members from OCTs should, given links between OCTs and Member States of the Union, involve those Member States. In accordance with the specific governance relationship between the Member State and the OCT, the Member State should either approve the participation of the prospective member or provide written confirmation to the Member State where the registered office is located that the competent authorities in the OCT have approved the prospective member's participation in accordance with equivalent conditions and procedures to those laid down in this Regulation. The same procedure should apply in the case of a prospective member from an OCT that wishes to join an existing EGTC.
2013/06/28
Committee: REGI
Amendment 14 #

2011/0272(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
(17) In order to encourage the accession of additional members to an existing EGTC, the procedure to amend conventions in such cases should be simplified. Consequently, such amendments should, in the case of a new member from a Member State that has already approved the convention, not be notified to all participating Member States, but only to the Member State under whose national law the new prospective member is established and the Member State where the EGTC's registered office is located. The subsequent amendment of the convention should be notified to all Member States concerned. However, this simplification should not apply in case of a new prospective member from a Member State that has not already approved the convention or from a third country or overseas territory in order to enable all participating Member States to check whether such accession is in line with its public interest or public policy.
2013/06/28
Committee: REGI
Amendment 15 #

2011/0272(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
(19) The purpose of an EGTC should be extended to cover the facilitating and promotion of territorial cooperation in general, including strategic planning and the management of regional and local concerns in line with Cohesion and other Union policies, thus contributing to the Europe 2020 strategy or to the implementation of macro-regional strategies. An EGTC should therefore be able to implement operations with financial support other than that provided by the Union's cohesion policy. In addition, it should be clarified that a given competence needed for the efficient implementation of an EGTC should be represented by at least oneevery member in each of the Member States represented. unless the Member State or third country approves participation where the member is not competent for all the tasks specified in the convention.
2013/06/28
Committee: REGI
Amendment 16 #

2011/0272(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
(22) While it is laid down that the tasks do not concern, among others, 'regulatory powers', which may have different legal consequences in different Member States, it should nevertheless be specified that an EGTC's assembly may define the terms and conditions of the use of an item of infrastructure the EGTC is managing,, if the EGTC Convention specifically so provides, and, in compliance with national and Union law, define the terms and conditions of the use of an item of infrastructure the EGTC is managing, or the terms and conditions according to which a service of general economic interest can be provided including the tariffs and fees to be paid by the users.
2013/06/28
Committee: REGI
Amendment 17 #

2011/0272(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
(24) It should be specified that the convention should not only repeat a reference to the applicable law in general as already laid down in Article 2, but should list the specific Union or national rules applicable to the EGTC as a legal body or to its activities. In addition, it should be specified that such national legislation or rules may be those of the Member State where statutory organs exercise their powers, especially where the staff working under the responsibility of the director is located in a Member State other than the Member State where its office is registered, or wthere the EGTC applicable Union and national law directly relevant to the EGTC activities carriesd out its activitiesunder the tasks specified in the convention, including where it is managing public services of general economic interest or infrastructures.
2013/06/28
Committee: REGI
Amendment 18 #

2011/0272(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
(26) IGiven their importance, it should be clarified that the convention - and given the importance of this issue, not the statutes -, should indicate the rules applicable to the EGTC's staff as well as the principles governing the arrangements concerning personnel management and recruitment procedures. Several options should be available to the EGTCs. However, tIt should be possible to provide that different options as the choice of rules may be laid down in the convention. The specific arrangements concerning personnel management and recruitment procedures should be addressed in the statutes.
2013/06/28
Committee: REGI
Amendment 19 #

2011/0272(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
(27) Member States should further exploit the possibilities foreseen under Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the coordination of social security systems to provide by common agreement for exceptions to Articles 11 to 15 (Dthe determination of the legislation applicable) of according to that Regulation in the interest of certain persons or categories of persons and to consider the staff of EGTCs as being such a category of persons.
2013/06/28
Committee: REGI
Amendment 20 #

2011/0272(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
(28) IGiven their importance, it should be clarified that the convention - and given the importance of this issue, not the statutes -, should cover the arrangements for members' liability in case of an EGTC with limited liability.
2013/06/28
Committee: REGI
Amendment 21 #

2011/0272(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
(31) EGTCs whose members have limited liability should be more clearly distinguished from those whose members have unlimited liability. In addition, in order to enable EGTCs whose members have limited liability to implement activities that might generate debts, Member States should be allowed to require that such EGTCs take appropriate insurance or that they be subject to an appropriate financial guarantee to cover the risks specific to the activities thereof.
2013/06/28
Committee: REGI
Amendment 22 #

2011/0272(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
(33) A new deadline for the next report should be fixed. In accordance with the Commission's move towards more evidence-based policy-making, this report should address the main evaluation questions including effectiveness, efficiency, European added value, relevance and sustainability. Effectiveness is understood as also covering the attempts inside the different Commission services and between the Commission and other bodies such as the European External Action Service to disseminate the knowledge about the EGTC instrument. It should also be specified that taking account of the first subparagraph of Article 307 of the Treaty this report should also be forwarded to the Committee of the Regions.
2013/06/28
Committee: REGI
Amendment 23 #

2011/0272(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
(34) It should be clarified that existing EGTCs aremay not obliged to adapt their convention and statutes to amendments to the EGTC Regulation.
2013/06/28
Committee: REGI
Amendment 24 #

2011/0272(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36
(36) In order to adapt existing national rules to implement this Regulation before programmes under the European territorial cooperation goal have to be submitted to the Commission, the starting date of ithis Regulation's application should be 6six months after the date of its entry into force. When adapting their existing national rules Member States should ensure that competent authorities responsible for approval of EGTCs are determined and that, in accordance with their legal and administrative arrangements, these should be the same bodies responsible for receipt of notifications in accordance with Article 4 of this regulation.
2013/06/28
Committee: REGI
Amendment 25 #

2011/0272(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36 a (new)
(36a) In order to consider the effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, European added value and scope for further simplification of this Regulation, the Commission should prepare a report on the application of this regulation for submission to the European Parliament, the Council and the Committee of the Regions not later than 1 August 2018. This report should be prepared on the basis of appropriate consultation, including at expert level. The Commission should be empowered to adopted delegated acts laying down a list of indicators for use in the evaluation of the application of this Regulation.
2013/06/28
Committee: REGI
Amendment 26 #

2011/0272(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1 - subpoint a
Regulation (EC) No 1082/2006
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. The objective of an EGTC shall be to facilitate and promote in particular territorial cooperation, including one or more of cross-border, transnational and interregional cooperation, between its members as set out in Article 3(1), with the aim of strengthening Union economic, social and territorial cohesion."
2013/06/28
Committee: REGI
Amendment 27 #

2011/0272(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 3 – subpoint a
Regulation (EC) No 1082/2006
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) undertakings entrusted with operations of services of general economic interest in compliance with applicable national or Union law."
2013/06/28
Committee: REGI
Amendment 28 #

2011/0272(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 5 - subpoint a
Regulation (EC) No 1082/2006
Article 4- paragraph 3
"3. Following notification under paragraph 2 by a prospective member, the Member State concerned shall approwhich has received the conventionnotification shall, taking into account its constitutional structure, andpprove the prospective member's participation in the EGTC and the convention, unless: (a) it considers that such participation or the convention is not in conformity with: (i) this Regulation,; (ii) other Union law concerning the acts and activities of the EGTC; or (iii) national law concerning therelating to the powers and competences of the prospective member or; (b) it considers that such participation is not justified for reasons of public interest or of public policy of that Member State. In such a case; or (c) it considers that the statutes are not consistent with the convention. In case of non-approval, the Member State shall give a statement of its reasons for withholding agreement or shallpproval and shall, where appropriate, suggest the necessary amendments to the convention to enable the prospective member’s participation. The Member State shall reach its decision within a deadline of six months from the date of receipt of an appl notification in accordance with paragraph 2. If the Member State concerned does not respwhich has received the notification, does not raise any objectiond within the time limit laid down, the convention shall be deemed to be approved. However, the Member State where the proposed registered office of the EGTC will be located shall formally approve the convention before the EGTC can be established. Any request for additional information from the Member State shall interrupt the time limit. The period of interruption shall start on the day following the date on which the Member State has sent its observations to the prospective member and shall last until the prospective member has responded to the observations. However, an interruption of the time limit shall not occur as long as the prospective member has submitted a reply to the observations by the Member State within ten working days following the start of the period of interruption. In deciding on the prospective member's participation in the EGTC, Member States may apply their national rules."
2013/06/28
Committee: REGI
Amendment 29 #

2011/0272(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 8 – subpoint b
Regulation (EC) No 1082/2006
Article 7 – paragraph 4
"However, in compliance with applicable national or Union law, the assembly of an EGTC referred to in Article 10(1)(a) of an EGTC may define the terms and conditions of the use of an item of infrastructure the EGTC is managing, or the terms and conditions according to which a service of general economic interest is provided, including the tariffs and fees to be paid by the users."
2013/06/28
Committee: REGI
Amendment 30 #

2011/0272(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 9
Regulation (EC) No 1082/2006
Article 8 – paragraph 2
“2. The convention shall specify: (a) the name of the EGTC and its registered office; (b) the extent of the territory in which the EGTC may execute its tasks; (c) the objective and the tasks of the EGTC; (d) itsthe duration of the EGTC and the conditions for its dissolution; (e) the list of ithe EGTC’s members; (fea) the specific Union or national law applicable to the interpretation and enforcement of the convention; (g) the arrangement for the involvement of members from third countries or overseas territories if appropriate; (h) the specific Union or national law applicable to its activities, while the latter may be the law of the Member State where statutory organs exercise their powers or where the EGTClist of the EGTC’s organs and their respective competences; (f) the applicable Union law and national law of the Member State where the EGTC has its registered office for the purposes of interpretation and enforcement of the convention; (fa) the applicable Union and national law of the Member State(s) where the statutory organs of the EGTC act; (g) the arrangement for the involvement of members from third countries or in OCTs if appropriate including the identification of applicable law where an EGTC carries out tasks in third countries or in OCTs; (h) the applicable Union and national law directly relevant to the EGTC activities carriesd out its activitiesunder the tasks specified in the convention; (i) the rules applicable to the EGTC’s staff as well as the principles governing the arrangements concerning personnel management and recruitment procedures; (j) in case of an EGTC liabilitywith limited , the arrangements for liability of the EGTC and its members in accordance with Article 12(3); (k) the appropriate arrangements for mutual recognition, including for financial control of the management of public funds; and (l) the procedures for amendingdoption of the statutes and amendment of the convention, including compliance with the obligations set out in Articles 4 and 5. However, whereWhere the tasks of an EGTC isconcern only the managingement of a cooperation programme or part thereof under the Cohesion Policy of the European UnionRegulation No ... [ETC], or where an EGTC concerns interregional cooperation or networks, information under point (b) is not required. The following rules shall apply to the EGTC’s staff as referred to in point (i), (a) those of the Member State where the EGTC has its registered office; (b) those of the Member State where the EGTC’s staff is actually located; or (c) those of the Member State of which the staff member is a national. To allow equal treatment of all staff working at the same location, the national laws and rules, whether of public or private law, may be subject to additional ad hoc rules fixed by the EGTC.”aragraph 2, point (b) is not required. deleted
2013/06/28
Committee: REGI
Amendment 31 #

2011/0272(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Citation 1
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 175 in conjunction with Articles 209(1) and 212(1) thereof,
2013/07/02
Committee: REGI
Amendment 32 #

2011/0272(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 14
Regulation (EC) No 1082/2006
Article 16 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The provisions referred to in paragraph 1 insofar as they concern a Member State to which an OCT is linked shall, taking into account its relationship with the OCT, also govern the effective application of this Regulation with regard to those OCTs neighbouring other Member States or outermost regions thereof."
2013/07/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 49 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
(6) At the same time, it is crucial to support the development and competitiveness of European small and medium-sized enterprises 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.
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 119 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point vi
(vi) Active and healthy ageing; as well as physical activity
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 127 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – point i a (new)
(i a) establishment and strengthening of practical, economy-related training for young people through dual education systems that link theoretical and practical course content in a meaningful way;
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 144 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c – point iv
(iv) Enhancing access to affordable, sustainable and high-quality services, including health care, health enhancing physical activity programmes of non- profit organisations and social services of general interest;
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 164 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) SFor regions not supported by the Cohesion Fund, supporting the shift towards a low- carbon, climate-resilient, resource-efficient and environmentally sustainable economy, through reform of education and training systems, adaptation of skills and qualifications, up-skilling of the labour force, and the creation of new jobs in sectors related to the environment and energy;
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 186 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) or more developed regions, Member States shall concentrate 80 % of the allocation to each operational programme on up to foureight of the investment priorities set out in Article 3(1).
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 189 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) For transition regions, Member States shall concentrate 70 % of the allocation to each operational programme on up to four of the investment priorities set out in Article 3(1).deleted
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 196 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) For less developed regions, Member States shall concentrate 60 % of the allocation to each operational programme on up to four of the investment priorities set out in Article 3(1), and in countries receiving ESM support at least 50 % from thematic objectives b) investment in education, skills and life-long learning and d) development of administrative capacities.
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 256 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. By way of derogation from Article 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% in ESM countries, where the whole of a priority axis is dedicated to social innovation, education, or to transnational cooperation, or a combination of bothese.
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 260 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
(b a) to increase education and training, particularly among young people;
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 267 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. At least 5% of the ESF resources allocated at national level shall be allocated to integrated actions for sustainable urban development delegated to cities for management through Integrated Territorial Investments referred to in Article 99 of Regulation (EU) No [...]/2012 [CPR].
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 327 #

2011/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – points d, f und p
The distance of ‘50 km’ referred to in points (d), (f) and (p) of Article 13(1) is replaced by ‘1200 km’.
2012/03/29
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 12 #

2010/2304(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that full tailor-made broadband coverage at affordable prices must be made a universal service, as it is essential to helping create equal living conditions in Europe;
2011/03/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 26 #

2010/2304(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that State aid for broadband, that is to say, the use of EU funding expressly for that purpose, is an appropriate option when broadband development cannot be shown to be economically worthwhile; given that the cost in administrative and planning terms of implementing national and European broadband support programmes is considerable;, calls, therefore, on the Commission and the Member States to simplify conditions for support as well as procedures as far as possible, in order to step up the flow of funds and, help accelerate broadband roll-out;
2011/03/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 31 #

2010/2304(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission to apply more investment incentivised elements within the regulatory framework and provide stimulus to use synergies from infrastructure projects;
2011/03/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 32 #

2010/2304(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that European law on aid, as it currently stands, frequently leads in practice to legal uncertainty, hampering planned investment; calls, therefore, on the Commission to examine to what extent the rules could be simplified and made more investment-friendly and departures should be permitted from standard broadband support measures; considers that the broadband guidelines should, in addition, serve to clarify the application of the law on aid for the purposes of setting up public broadband companies or of cooperation between municipalities or PPP models;
2011/03/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 39 #

2010/2304(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Supports rapid expansion of broadband infrastructure and calls on the Member States to give effect without delay to the NGA recommendation aimed at improving legal certainty, investment, and competition; considers that regulators must ensure that all market players at any one time have sufficient incentives to enter into competition and invest;
2011/03/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 42 #

2010/2304(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that the definition of basic provision will have to be adjusted in future in line with changed requirements resulting from the ever increasing transmission rates being recorded by innovative Internet services such as eGovernment, eHealth, or eLearning; calls, therefore, on the Commission, in view of the likely failure of the market to supply rural areas with NGA networks, to incorporate new organisational models, providing in particular for the involvement of local authorities, for the provision and financing of high-speed and ultra-high-speed networks as an option into the broadband guidelines;
2011/03/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 48 #

2010/2304(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Points to the goal of establishing a predictable regulatory environment for investment and competition to promote investment in high-speed networks and technically and economically sound non- discriminatory access and cooperation opportunities;
2011/03/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 51 #

2010/2304(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that, even at the current level of basic provision, the use of ‘digital dividend’ frequencies based on LTE technology will not solve the problem of gaps in NGA networks in rural areas in the long term; believes, therefore, that it would be appropriate to enable funding to be provided for ducts for NGA networks in these areas, giving priority to fibre optic- based broadband development, where this would be the most economical and sustainable solution in the long term.
2011/03/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 52 #

2010/2304(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Maintains that satellite-based systems and other complementary technologies must be used to the best possible effect so as to enable rural areas to benefit from economically sustainable broadband provision at affordable prices.
2011/03/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 6 #

2010/2276(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Recognises that Roma continue to be victims of persistentpopulation faces discrimination in many Member States and that this situation is exacerbated by the current economic and financial crisis; calls on those Member States which the EU Fundamental Rights Agency identified as having severe problems to fully exploit the EUfinancial resources available under the StructuralEU Funds, and in particular the ERDF, ESF and ESF;AFRD.
2010/12/10
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 9 #

2010/2276(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Encourages the use of EU funds for building of new houses or renovation of existing ones, improving of engineering infrastructure, local utilities, communication systems, education, measurements for access to the job market etc., which should lead to social and economic inclusion marginalised communities
2010/12/10
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 42 #

2010/2276(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Recommends Member States to consider making the allocation of new housing to marginalised communities conditional on social commitments on their part, such as appropriate participation in the process of building the new establishments, obligatory school attendance for children (pre- schooling and for the whole period of schooling), and the acceptance of jobs offered by job mediators, in order to ensure their real, effective and sustainable integration.
2010/12/10
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 137 #

2010/2235(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls for the introduction of mandatory registration for bicycles and bicycles with ancillary electric motors (pedelecs);
2011/03/17
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 196 #

2010/2235(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
33. Calls on the Member States to monitor imported motor vehicle and motorcycle and bicycle accessories and spare parts more closely in order to ensure that they are suitable and meet stringent European consumer protection standards;
2011/03/17
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 244 #

2010/2235(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
38. Calls for the carrying of warning jackets for all vehicle occupants and the wearing of warning jackets by cyclists, as a means of improving their visibility,and crash helmets by cyclists to be made compulsory;
2011/03/17
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 4 #

2010/2206(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that Regulation (EC) No 1080/2006 on the European Regional Development Fund numbers among its priorities the protection and enhancement of natural and cultural heritage as offering potential for the development of sustainable tourism; calls in this context for a clear commitment to increasing the promotion of tourism through the cohesion policy in the next programming period;
2011/02/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 9 #

2010/2206(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises that tourism has a tangible impact on the economic, social and territorial cohesion of all the Member States; stresses also that tourism represents the main resource of some EU regions that are lagging behind economically, and that it has a direct impact on growth in other sectors; stresses in this context that tourism is becoming an ever more important factor in regional economies, in rural areas in particular, especially in the light of demographic trends;
2011/02/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1 #

2010/2158(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph A
A. recalling that a lack of access to transport is often onemobility and transport are vital factors in multiple deprivation areasurban development and underlining the important impact transport can have on regional developthe economy, environment and prosperity of an urban area,
2010/11/11
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 7 #

2010/2158(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the importance of an efficient, affordable and sustainableenvironment- friendly transport network in achievfor implementing lasustaingable urban regeneration;
2010/11/11
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 27 #

2010/2158(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the importance of public transport for deprived neighbourhoodmobility and communication in urban areas and calls on the Commission and Member States to promote the exchange of best practice in this area;
2010/11/11
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 21 #

2010/2156(INI)

Draft opinion
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; stresses that the creative industry displays far higher growth rates than other sectors; observes that as long ago as 2007 no other sector of the economy was displaying greater growth in Europe, in Germany and in the cities than the creative industry; considers, furthermore, that cultural and creative projects can play an enormous role as a factor creating ties between young people and their regions, the importance of which is not to be underestimated in view of demographic trends in many 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;
2011/02/07
Committee: REGI
Amendment 51 #

2010/2156(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that, although IT-based components do not fall within the core area of the cultural and creative industries, technology is a vital driving force behind these industries; considers, therefore, that the interaction between the two industries should be taken into account in all policy approaches; underlines that the possibility of comprehensive use of high-speed Internet connections is also a binding precondition for the further development of the creative industry;
2011/02/07
Committee: REGI
Amendment 89 #

2010/2139(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Underlines that the point on legal certainty in interpreting the legal bases needs to be revised, particularly the question of loan financing. In future the legal bases must be established so that, inter alia, the leeway allowed for financial intermediaries and promotional banks to make decisions is fixed right at the start for the whole programming period. The possibility of resolving the question of the establishment of the legal bases through cooperation with the European Court of Auditors providing should be addressed.
2011/02/07
Committee: REGI
Amendment 5 #

2010/2087(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that in order to launch an effective Strategy for the Black Sea, it is vital to involve fully all the countries concerned, with no distinction between EU and non-EU countries; calls for cooperation between all the relevant regions, through the involvement of existing organisations, such as the BSEC, the PABSEC and the Commission on the Black Sea, but also through the creation of new ones where necessary, with the aim ofin order to identifying common challenges and available resources, as well as areas where coordinated action can bring significant added value;
2010/11/10
Committee: REGI
Amendment 12 #

2010/2087(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Encourages the development, in the context of the Strategy, of an integrated approach and the use of the well- established principles of the EU’s Cohesion Policy; in particular, believes that cross-border cooperation between regions should be promoted, in order to tackle common problems through coordinated actionuropean Neighbourhood Policy as well as the promotion of cross-border cooperation between regions;
2010/11/10
Committee: REGI
Amendment 31 #

2010/2087(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Having regard to the importance of the Black Sea region for Europe’s energy supply, considers a thorough evaluation of all the benefits and environmental implications of currently planned and future energy projects essential; believes that all possible measures should be taken to facilitate a prompt and effectivin this regard, considers it crucial that, in order to be presponse topared for all potential environmental disasters orand technical accidents; in this regard, regards it as crucial that, all the countries and regions concerned agree well in advance on how to deal with these events from an environmental, economic and technical point of view;
2010/11/10
Committee: REGI
Amendment 41 #

2010/2087(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Given the overfishing in the Black Sea, calls for immediate and agreed measures to protect the diversity of species there.
2010/11/10
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1 #

2010/2053(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Acknowledges the potential of the Services Directive for the further integration of the EU economy and the re- launch of the single market, by fostering economic growth and competitiveness and contributing to employment and job creation, as services account for a significant share of GDP and employment in the EU; takes the view that, in this sense, the the correct and speedy implementation of the directive in all the Member States is an important condition for the objective of regional competitiveness and employment and that it can enhance the mutually reinforcing relationship between the internal market and cohesion policy;
2010/11/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 10 #

2010/2053(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Hopes that the aims of the directive may start to be achieved in the near future and that the whole of the EU and all its regions maywill benefit from the achievement of the aims of the directive, thus contributing to real economic, social and territorial cohesion; underlines the role of the structural funds and other funding instruments in providing access to and ensuring the availability of infrastructure such as transport, telecommunications and research and innovation, in granting access to public goods and services in the regions, particularly in areas unattractive to investors, and in helping to encourage exchanges of good practice in the provision of key services; demands, in this context, greater coherence and coordination between all policies;
2010/11/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 16 #

2010/2053(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Takes the view that, in order to make administrative procedures more efficient, public authorities should be obliged to adhere to the principle of multilingualism by using, in addition to their own language, one of the EU’s official working languages and, if possible, a selected language of the country that is their closest partner in terms of economic or – if this is impossible to ascertain – territorial cooperation;deleted
2010/11/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 22 #

2010/2053(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to monitor effectively, and assess from the outset, the impact of the directive on the regions, and to ensure effective coordination of all policies, especially cohesion policy instruments, by identifying needs for infrastructure, training, research and innovation, and to make any necessary adjustments at regional and local le connected with the implementation of this directivel;
2010/11/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 49 #

2010/2004(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Recalls that the financing of these priorities through the reallocation of funds must not be detrimental to traditional EU policies such as the cohesion or structural policies, since cohesion policy, by its unique multilevel governance structure and horizontal character, is predestined to play an important role in the implementation of the EU2020 strategy, furthering subsidiarity by means of a bottom-up approach and enhancing acceptance and mobilizing support by the citizens of the Union; points out that these policies fulfil the founding principle of the EU, namely social inclusion and solidarity amongst Member States and regions;
2010/02/26
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 81 #

2010/2004(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
33. Expects the fight against climate change to remain high on the EU’s ‘post- Copenhagen’ political agenda in 2010 and 2011, and recalls that, as part of a broader approach, sustainable development is an ongoing responsibility to the next generations; asks the Commission to provide a clear action plan and timetable for the implementation of appropriations under the EU action programme to combat climate change; recalls that the release of the reserve on this line will depend upon the Commission’s proposals;
2010/02/26
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 20 #

2009/2235(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Considers weak multi-level governance one of the main limits of the Lisbon Strategy, with the insufficient involvement of regional and local authorities and civil society in the design, implementation, communication and evaluation of the strategy; recommendscalls, in accordance with the subsidiarity principle enshrined in the Lisbon Treaty and with due regard for the importance of municipal self-governance, for their stronger integration in the future at all stages;
2010/03/29
Committee: REGI
Amendment 24 #

2009/2235(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Points out that the regional and local level in particular has a crucial role to play as the vehicle to reach the countless economic and social actors living and producing in Europe, especially SMEs, and to foster education and vocational training, research, innovation and development;
2010/03/29
Committee: REGI
Amendment 45 #

2009/2235(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes the call for more sustainable, smart jobs, but acknowledges that a new economic model might lead to an uneven distribution of costs and benefits among individual Member States and regions, and thus may require action at Union level to prevent this happening;deleted
2010/03/29
Committee: REGI
Amendment 53 #

2009/2235(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses that education, training, research and innovation are key instruments to foster the development of the EU and make it more competitive in the face of global challenges; is of the opinion that there must be regular investment in these fields and that innovation in particular should be measured by its results; calls in this regard for a better coordination of the structural funds and the Framework program to maximise the benefits of the funding for research and innovation in the future;
2010/03/29
Committee: REGI
Amendment 57 #

2009/2235(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16a (new)
16a. Acknowledges that the established structure of objectives in the structural policies has proven a success during its first years; calls for the sake of planning reliability for the perpetuation of this structure as well as for the perpetuation of the principle of shared management; acknowledges that an adjustment of the objective contents might be necessary for an adaption to the 2020 goals;
2010/03/29
Committee: REGI
Amendment 65 #

2009/2235(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Notes that, particularly with regard to access to broadband, major deficits exist in rural areas, which must be overcome, in accordance with the objective stated in the Digital Agenda, in order to support the sustainable economic development of these regions;
2010/03/29
Committee: REGI
Amendment 90 #

2009/2235(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Points out the key role of cities in achieving the EU2020 goals; urges that their experience and contribution be taken into account in implementing the EU2020 priorities, especially as regards climate and demographic change and green investments in sustainable economic developments;
2010/03/29
Committee: REGI
Amendment 95 #

2009/2235(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Recommends the adoption of a simplified approach to the use of the Structural Funds in the future regulatory framework; highlights that the harmonisation of rules and procedures may lead to simplifiedrecommends taking account of best practice models for the development of new delivery systems andin order to encourage participation by potential beneficiaries in EU co-funded programmes more effectively than hitherto;
2010/03/29
Committee: REGI
Amendment 5 #

2009/2234(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. stressing the fact that, based on the National Strategic Reports for 2009, the Member States appear to have made rather different uses of the instruments, means and methods for facilitating cohesion policy proposed by the Commission to combat the crisis and increase actual expenditure (such as use of 100% financing, changes to the strategic guidelines and the axes and financing for the operational programmes and the response to the simplification of implementing procedures);
2010/03/26
Committee: REGI
Amendment 26 #

2009/2234(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Acknowledges the significant problem posed by the reduction in the contribution of national co-financing to programmes, which affects Objective 2, due to the major financial problems of many Member States, and supports Commission policy regarding a ‘100% compensation’ option, following a request by Member States concerning their public expenditure share in co-financed projects, and therefore considers it necessary for the amendment of Regulation 1083/2006 in its present form accepted by the Council to be adopted and implemented quickly in Parliament;
2010/03/26
Committee: REGI
Amendment 2 #

2009/2230(INI)

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 #

2009/2230(INI)

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 #

2009/2230(INI)

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 #

2009/2230(INI)

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 #

2009/2230(INI)

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 #

2009/2230(INI)

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 #

2009/2230(INI)

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 #

2009/2230(INI)

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 #

2009/2230(INI)

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 #

2009/2230(INI)

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 #

2009/2230(INI)

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
Amendment 7 #

2009/2167(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Takes note of the European Court of Auditor's report on the implementation of the 2008 budget and deplores the estimated 11 % reimbursement failure rate for cohesion policy; opines that this is partly due to the burdensome administrative procedures, particularly the conditions governing invitations to tender, and stresses that a simplification of the national and Community legislative framework governing the Structural Funds, especially as regards management and monitoring procedures, is imperative in the process of improving performances;
2009/12/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 17 #

2009/2167(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Criticises the fact that the small number of Member States that are particularly concerned are not named at an earlier stage and penalised more heavily; considers that, in the case of Member States that have come to notice on several occasions, there is an urgent need for the Commission, the Court of Auditors, OLAF and Parliament to have special inspection and control mechanisms tailored to individual countries;
2009/12/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 18 #

2009/2167(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls on the Commission and the Court of Auditors to monitor national obligations to publicise support from the EU Structural Funds more closely; calls on the Commission in this connection to carry out more intensive checks on the legality of support under the Structural Regulations as well;
2009/12/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1 #

2009/2152(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Takes the view that climate change is a crucial challenge of our time. It is now clear that it has implications for the environment, human health and spatial planning, and is making it more difficult for allsome countries to progress towards sustainable development;
2009/12/14
Committee: REGI
Amendment 12 #

2009/2152(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Is firmly convinced of the need for the European Union to retain and develop its leadership role in the international fight against global warming, and believes that any delay in taking such action will heighten the risk of adverse environmental, economic and social effects and be likely to generate higher costs;
2009/12/14
Committee: REGI
Amendment 22 #

2009/2152(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Recognises, therefore, the need to ensure that the adaptation strategy is integrated into, and coherent with, all European Union policies; emphasises the key role played by local and regional authorities and the need for a bottom-up approach taking account of the differences between natural habitats in Europe, in full accordance with the subsidiarity principle, since it is convinced that local authorities will be better- equipped to find political solutions to their own needs;
2009/12/14
Committee: REGI
Amendment 26 #

2009/2152(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Considers it essential to pursue policies that make both public and private investment and certain administrative acts (such as planning permission and development plans) subject to a climate impact assessment, so as to block investment in unsustainable infrastructure;deleted
2009/12/14
Committee: REGI
Amendment 34 #

2009/2152(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the Commission’s decision to set up an Impact and Adaptation Steering Group (IASG), and hopes thatcalls for local and regional authorities willto be fully and actively involved in this group and its procedures, in accordance with the subsidiarity principle;
2009/12/14
Committee: REGI
Amendment 38 #

2009/2152(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
10. Reiterates that the fight againstmeasures to mitigate climate change may serve as an opportunity to arrive at a sustainable growth model;
2009/12/14
Committee: REGI
Amendment 43 #

2009/2152(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Stresses that the objectives of climate and global protection should be integrated into the EU cohesion policy's convergence and growth objectives, without replacing structural policy's traditional tasks;
2009/12/14
Committee: REGI