6 Amendments of Alain CADEC related to 2010/2087(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers the Black Sea region to be a strategically crucial area and deemsbelieves that an EU Strategy for the Black Sea will contribute to realising the aims of European integration, as well as being essential to ithe region’s sustainable and coordinated development;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
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 and stresses the importance of participation by bodies at all levels of governance in order to ensure the success of an integrated approach, 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 of jointly identifying common challenges and available resources, as well as areas where coordinated action can bring significant added value;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
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 action; points out that the European Grouping for Territorial Cooperation (EGTC) offers a suitable cooperation framework for structured, multi-level governance; calls on the Commission to explore ways of better coordinating the various European instruments providing for cross-border cooperation on the Union’s external borders;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. encourages the development of synergies between the various Union policies that come into play in the Strategy, particularly the structural funds, the Research and Development Framework Programme and the Trans- European Transport Networks;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Takes the view that the Strategy must not be funded via a new EU budget line but must facilitate networking among existing Union policies;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
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 effective response to all potential environmental disasters or technical accidents; in this regard, regardconsiders 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;