7 Amendments of Ioan ENCIU related to 2012/2099(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Highlights the need to address the fragmentation of the EU energy market by removing the barriers and the bottlenecks in the legislative frameworks and in the access to public and private funds for the elaboration and implementation of projects;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Underlines the need to simplify rules and procedures at both EU and national level without creating major difficulties for the beneficiaries; believes that simplification will contribute to the efficient allocation of funds, higher absorption rates, fewer errors and reduced payment periods; considers that a balance needs to be struck between simplification and the stability of rules and procedures;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Calls on the Commission to establish a EU-wide cooperation programme based on experience with the twinning programme in order to improve cooperation between regions with high absorption and regions with low absorption rates of EU funds and to facilitate the dissemination of best practices;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Stresses the importance of increasing administrative capacity in the Member States, at regional and local level as well as among stakeholders, in order to overcome barriers to effective synergies between structural funds and other funds and to support effective policy design and implementation; calls on Member States to make further efforts to attract and retain qualified staff to manage EU funds;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. Welcomes the launch of Smart Cities and Communities European Innovation Partnership and calls on relevant partners involved in planning processes for sustainable urban development to better promote and profit from the benefits that the JESSICA and ELENA initiatives can provide for investments in sustainable energy at local level, with a view to helping cities and regions embark on viable investment projects in the fields of energy efficiency, clean-burning, renewable energy sources, and sustainable urban transport;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 f (new)
Paragraph 1 f (new)
1f. Emphasises that cooperation between municipalities and regions on a national and European level contributes to eliminating energy islands, to the completion of the internal energy market and to the implementation of energy infrastructure projects; takes the view that the European territorial cooperation objective of cohesion policy, as well as macro-regional strategies, can increase cooperation opportunities for cross-border projects with a view to achieving efficient and intelligent interconnections between non-conventional local and regional energy sources and large energy grids;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers it to be of paramount importance to be able to use the Structural Funds, the Cohesion Fund and other financial instruments to finance energy efficiency and renewable energy use in the housing sector; calls on the Commission and the Member States, therefore, to disseminate clear, easily accessible informationfacilitate the use of those Funds to finance projects in the field onf the financial instruments, incentives, grants and loans available to support energenergy efficiency of buildings and energy generation and transportation, at local and regional level, by eofficiency service projectering incentives, grants and loans.