Activities of Kerstin WESTPHAL related to 2013/0248(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
European Union Solidarity Fund (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002 establishing the European Union Solidarity Fund PDF (292 KB) DOC (362 KB)
Amendments (10)
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
For the purposes of this Regulation, a ‘regional natural disaster’ shall mean any natural disaster resulting, in a region of a Member State or a country involved in accession negotiations with the Union at NUTS 2 level, in direct damage in excess of 1,50 % of the region's gross domestic product (GDP). Where the disaster concerns several regions at NUTS 2 level, the threshold shall be applied to the weighted average GDP of those regions.
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
restoring the working order of infrastructure and plant in the fields of energy, water and waste water, telecommunications, transport, health and education; this may take place on a different site if restoration to original condition on the same site would involve a demonstrable risk of damage recurring in the event of a future disaster;
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
‘restoring to working order’ generally means returning to original condition, except where the relevant infrastructure would, in that condition, be demonstrably vulnerable to new disasters. In that case ‘restoration to working order’ may also mean returning the infrastructure to a condition in which it is better able to withstand future disasters.
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002
Article 3 – paragraph 5
Article 3 – paragraph 5
Technical assistance, including management, monitoring, information and communication, complaint resolution, and control and audit, is notshall be eligible under certain circumstances for a contribution from the Fund up to a maximum of 2 % of the total amount of the contribution.
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e
the implementation of Union legislation on disaster risk prevention and management related to the nature of the disaster (brief summary);
Amendment 70 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point f
any other relevant information, where available, on prevention and mitigation measures taken related to the nature of the disaster.
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002
Article 4a – point 2
Article 4a – point 2
The amount of the advance shall not exceed 105 % of the amount of the contribution anticipated and shall in no case exceed EUR 30 40.000 .000. Once the definitive amount of the contribution has been determined, the Commission shall take into account the sum of the advance prior to the balance of the contribution being paid. The Commission shall recover unduly paid advances.
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
The contribution from the Fund shall be used within one year18 months from the date on which the Commission has disbursed the full amount of the assistance. Any part of the contribution remaining unused by that deadline or found to be used for ineligible operations shall be recovered by the Commission from the beneficiary State.
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
No later than six months after the expiry of the one-18-month year period referred to in paragraph 1, the beneficiary State shall present a report on the implementation of the contribution from the Fund with a statement justifying the expenditure, indicating any other source of funding received for the operations concerned, including insurance settlements and compensation from third parties. To enhance the visibility of European solidarity and ensure that it is clearly recognisable, the report should also set out in what way the public was informed that the expenditure in question came from the Fund.