3 Amendments of Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR related to 2020/0006(COD)
Amendment 204 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) In order to enhance the economic diversification of territories impacted by the transition, the JTF should provide support to productive investment in SMEs. Productive investment should be understood as investment in fixed capital or immaterial assets of enterprises in view of producing goods and services thereby contributing to gross-capital formation and employment. For enterprises other than SMEs, productive investments should only be supported if they are necessary for mitigating job losses resulting from the transition, by creating or protecting a significant number of jobs and they do not lead to or result from relocation. Investments in existing industrial facilities, including those covered by the Union Emissions Trading System, should be allowed if they contribute to the transition to a climate-neutral economy by 2050 and go substantially below the relevant benchmarks established for free allocation under Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council14 and if they result in the protection of a significant number of decent jobs. Any such investment should be justified accordingly in the relevant territorial just transition plan. In order to protect the integrity of the internal market and cohesion policy, support to undertakings should comply with Union State aid rules as set out in Articles 107 and 108 TFEU and, in particular, support to productive investments by enterprises other than SMEs should be limited to enterprises located in areas designated as assisted areas for the purposes of points (a) and (c) of Article 107(3) TFEU, and take particular account of the areas and regions which have started the process of decarbonisation and which suffer from long-term standard of living problems and structural unemployment, with lower standards of living than other parts of Europe, and the outermost and island regions. This derogation should allow them to receive funding to develop their economies. _________________ 14Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC (OJ L 275, 25.10.2003, p. 32).
Amendment 255 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) The Just Transition Fund should also provide for an integrated local approach, to ensure synergies and coherence between investments supported under the Just Transition Fund and those supported under mainstream cohesion policy programmes. This should facilitate the economic conversion and development of regions facing greater difficulties such as the least-developed regions and the outermost and island regions. Similarly, structural changes should be addressed through a holistic approach encompassing the economic, industrial, technological and social dimensions of the transformation process, with the involvement of, and in close partnership with, local actors, including social partners, industry and non-governmental organisations.
Amendment 380 #
(b) investments in the creation of new firms, including through business incubators and consulting services; and the expansion of existing ones, leading to the creation of quality jobs focusing on smart specialisation strategies such as innovation, more efficient and sustainable of air and sea connectivity, moves towards sustainable and environmentally friendly tourism, support for SMEs, reskilling, promotion of energy efficiency and renewable energy sources, business incubators, etc.