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22 Amendments of Sabine LÖSING related to 2011/0415(COD)

Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) The documents that define the objectives, priorities, expected results and financial allocations in broad terms are strategic programming documents. In order to ensure full democratic control, transparency and participation in the process of development, adoption and revision of those documents, they should be established by the European Parliament and the Council, acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure according to Article 294 of the TFEU, on the basis of Articles 209(1) and 212(2) of the TFEU.
2012/06/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
(4) Taking into account the policy programming or financial execution nature of those implementing actannual or multinannual action programmes, in particular their budgetary implications, the examination procedure should in generalalways be used for their adoption, except for measures of a small financial scale. However, the Commission should adopt immediately applicable implementing acts where, in duly justified cases relating to the need for a swift response from the Union, imperative grounds of urgency so requires.
2012/06/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) The examination procedure should always be used for the adoption of those individual measures, special measures and support measures.
2012/06/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) The external financing Instruments as the tool of the Union's external action should be guided by the principles of equality, solidarity and respect for the principles of the United Nations Charter and international law; the universality and indivisibility of human rights and fundamental freedoms and respect for human dignity, the principle for democracy and the rule of law and the strict commitment to a purely civilian and peaceful conflict resolution. In this regard, measures taken under the instruments should be consistent with these principles
2012/06/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The Commission shall adopt annual or multi-annual action programmes, where required based on the indicativeich are based on and in line with the strategic programming documents referred to in the applicable InstrumentArticle 2 paragraph 1a.
2012/06/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The documents that define the objectives, priorities, expected results and financial allocations in broad terms, are strategic programming documents. Those documents shall be established by the European Parliament and the Council, acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure according to Article 294 of the TFEU, on the basis of Articles 209(1) and 212(2) of the TFEU.
2012/06/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Action programmes and individual measures provided for in paragraph 1 for which the Union's financial assistance exceeds EUR 10 million and special measures for which the Union's financial assistance exceeds EUR 30 million shall be always adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 15(3).
2012/06/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
That procedure shall not be required for action programmes and measures below the above-mentioned thresholds, and for non substantial amendments thereto. Non-substantial amendments are technical adjustments such as extending the implementation period, reassigning funds within the forecast budget, or increasing or reducing the size of the budget by less than 20 % of the initial budget, provided these amendments do not substantially affect the objectives of the initial action programme or measure. In such case, action programmes and measures and non-substantial amendments thereto shall be communicated to the European Parliament and to the Council within one month of their adoption.deleted
2012/06/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) studies, meetings, information, awareness-raising, training, publication activities and any other administrative or technical assistance expenditure necessary for the management of the purely civilian actions,
2012/06/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 54 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3
3. Support measures may be financed outside the scope of indicative programming documents. Where applicable, the Commission shall adopt support measures in accordance with the advisoryexamination procedure referred to in Article 15(23).
2012/06/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) contributions to trust funds set up by the Commission;deleted
2012/06/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e
(e) financial instruments such as loans, guarantees, equity or quasi-equity, investments or participations, and risk- sharing instruments, possibly combined with grants.
2012/06/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point f
(f) shareholdings or equity participations in international financial institutions, including regional development banks.
2012/06/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 66 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Financial assistance in form of budget support as provided for by point (c) shall be spent in pursuit of the Millennium Development Goals and shall not be guided by political or geostrategic interests of the Union. Its effectiveness shall be evaluated on the basis of local criteria, which shall be developed and designed in the closest possible cooperation with the recipient country and its government, in consultation with a broad spectrum of civil society, and must be agreed by national parliaments. In order to ensure mutual accountability, civil society and parliamentarians must be involved throughout every stage of the implementation, monitoring and the evaluation of budget support measures.
2012/06/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4
4. The types of financing referred to in paragraph 1 and in Article 6(1), and the methods of implementation referred to in paragraph 3, shall be chosen on the basis of their ability to achieve the specific objectives of the actions, taking into account, inter alia, the costs of controls, the administrative burden, and the expected risk of non-compliance. For grants, this shall include a consideration of the use of lump sums, flat rates and scales of unit costs, in particular loans and grants shall be free of interest or at least provide stable and the lowest possible interest rates.
2012/06/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 6 – point c
(c) contributions to the costs necessary to set up and administer a public-private partnership, andeleted
2012/06/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. In the case of actions jointly co- financed with a partner, or implemented through one of the entrusted bodies in indirect management, or implemented through a Trust Fund established by the Commission in accordance with the Financial Regulation, countries which are eligible under the rules of that body, as identified in the agreements concluded with the co-financing or implementing body, or determined in the trust fund constitutive act, shall be eligible notwithstanding the specific rules provided for in the following Articles. The co-financing or implementing body shall in addition agree to apply the eligibility rules laid down in this Regulation as specified in the same agreements.deleted
2012/06/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 81 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 8
8. Tenderers, applicants and candidates who have been awarded contracts shall respect applicable environmental legislation including multilateral environmental agreements as well as internationally agreed core labour standards, the principles of equality, solidarity and respect for the principles of the United Nations Charter and international law; the universality and indivisibility of human rights and fundamental freedoms and respect for human dignity.
2012/06/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Under the EIDHR the following bodies and actors shall be eligible for funding in accordance with Articles 4(1) and 6(1) (c):
2012/06/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 87 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) civil society organisations, including non-governmental non-profit organisations and independent political foundations, community based organisations and private sector non-profit agencies, institutions and organisations and networks thereof at local, national, regional and international level;
2012/06/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) natural persons, entities without legal personality and, in exceptional and duly justified cases, other bodies or actors not identified in this paragraph, when this is necessary to achieve the objectives of the instrument.
2012/06/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. This report shall be submitted to the European Parliament and to the Council, and shall be accompanied if appropriate, by legislative proposals introducing the necessary modifications to the Instruments.
2012/06/15
Committee: AFET