38 Amendments of Andrea COZZOLINO related to 2011/0276(COD)
Amendment 207 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The Commission should adopt by delegated act a Common Strategic Framework which translates the objectives of the Union into key actions for the CSF Funds, in orderIn order to achieve the objectives and targets of the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, the Common Strategic Framework should coordinate and balance investment priorities, , with the thematic objectives specific to the Funds covered by the CPR set out in this Regulation. The aim of the Common Strategic Framework is to provide clearer strategic direction to the programming process at the level of Member States and regions. The Common Strategic Framework should facilitate sectoral and territorial coordination of Union intervention under the CSF Funds covered by the CPR and with other relevant Union policies and instruments. The Common Strategic Framework should be set out in an annex to this Regulation.
Amendment 229 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) A performance framework should be defined for each programme with a view to monitoring progress towards the objectives and targets set for each programme over the course of the programming period. The Commission should undertake a performance review in cooperation with the Member States in 2017 and 2019. A performance reserve should be foreseen and allocated in 2019 where milestones set in the performance framework have been attained. Due to their diversity and multi-country character, there should be no performance reserve for 'European Territorial Cooperation' programmes. In cases where the shortfall in the achievement of milestones or targets is significant, the Commission should be able to suspend paycommitments to the programme or, at the end of the programming period, apply financial corrections, in order to ensure that the Union budget is not used in a wasteful or inefficient way.
Amendment 274 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43
Recital 43
(43) In accordance with the principles of shared management, Member States and regional and local authorities should have the primary responsibility, through their management and control systems, for the implementation and control of the operations in programmes. In order to strengthen the effectiveness of the control over the selection and implementation of operations and the functioning of the management and control system, the functions of the managing authority should be specified.
Amendment 303 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 58
Recital 58
Amendment 306 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 58
Recital 58
Amendment 342 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 87
Recital 87
(87) The frequency of audits on operations should be proportionate to the extent of the Union's support from the Funds. In particular, the number ofonly one audits shall be carried out should be reduced whwhenevere the total eligible expenditure for an operation does not exceed EUR 1200 000. Nevertheless, it should be possible to carry out audits at any time where there is evidence of an irregularity or fraud, or, following closure of a completed operation, as part of an audit sample. In order that the level of auditing by the Commission is proportionate to the risk, the Commission should be able to reduce its audit work in relation to operational programmes where there are no significant deficiencies or where the audit authority can be relied on.
Amendment 397 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Part 2 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. For the Partnership Contract and each programme respectively, athe Member States and local and regional authorities shall organise a partnership with the following partners:
Amendment 407 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
Part 2 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
a) regional, local, urban and other public authorities
Amendment 472 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
1a) preserving and promoting the cultural and creative heritage of the Union;
Amendment 486 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 4
Article 20 – paragraph 4
Amendment 486 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 6
6) preserving and protecting the environment, cultural and creative heritage and promoting resource efficiency;
Amendment 494 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 86 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Public or equivalent structural expenditure borne by the Member States in the form of co-financing of programmes co-financed under the Structural Funds shall not be included among the public or equivalent structural expenditure taken into account under partnership agreements for the purpose of ascertaining compliance with the Stability and Growth Pact, since such expenditure constitutes an obligation deriving directly from observance of additionality, which is a basic principle of Cohesion Policy; hence, public expenditure borne by the Member States in the form of co-financing of programmes co-financed under the Structural Funds must be excluded from the Stability and Growth Pact limitations because such expenditure is designed to support competitiveness, growth and job creation;
Amendment 504 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 10
(10) investing in education, skills and, lifelong learning and culture;
Amendment 540 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 12 – paragraph 1
Part 2 – article 12 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall be empowered to adopt a delegated act in accordance with Article 142 on the Common Strategic Framework within 3 months of the adoption of this Regulationon Strategic Framework is set out in Annex [X].
Amendment 544 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 12 – paragraph 2
Part 2 – article 12 – paragraph 2
Where there are major changes in the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, the Commission shall review and, where appropriate, adopt, by delegated act in accordance with Article 142, a revised Common Strategic Frameworkmay submit a proposal to review the Common Strategic Framework or the European Parliament and the Council may ask the Commission to submit such a proposal.
Amendment 551 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 13 – paragraph 1
Part 2 – article 13 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall prepare a Partnership Contract for the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2020in cooperation with their local and regional authorities for the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2020. In Member States whose national legislation or administrative provisions assign the regions and local authorities the role of managing operational programmes, these regions and local authorities shall participate fully in the drafting of the Partnership Contract.
Amendment 553 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 13 – paragraph 1
Part 2 – article 13 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall draw up aThe Partnership Contract shall be drawn up for the period between 1 January 2014 and 31 December 2020 inclusive.
Amendment 558 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 13 – paragraph 2
Part 2 – article 13 – paragraph 2
2. The Partnership Contract shall be drawn up by Member States in cooperation with the partners, as referred to in Article 5. The Partnership Contract shall be prepared in dialogue with the Commission4(4) and Article 5 in dialogue with the Commission. In Member States where other public authorities fulfil the role of owners of the operational programmes, they shall participate fully in drawing up the Partnership Contract.
Amendment 599 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
(ii) the arrangements to ensure an integrated approach to the use of the CSF Funds covered by the CPR, for the territorial development of urban, rural, coastal and fisheries areas and areas with particular territorial features, in particular the implementation arrangements for Articles 28, 29 and 99, accompanied, where appropriate, by athe list of the cities to participate in the urban development platform referred to in Article 8 of the ERDF Regulationcriteria for the designation of functional urban areas;
Amendment 645 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 15 – paragraph 2
Part 2 – article 15 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall adopt a decision, by means of implementing acts, approving the Partnership Contract no later than six months after its submission by the Member State, provided that any observations made by the Commission have been satisfactorily taken into account. As part of its decision to adopt the Partnership Contract, the Commission shall take account of the effective involvement of the autonomous regional territories called to enter into the Partnership Contract, in accordance with the institutional system of each Member State. The Partnership Contract shall not enter into force before 1 January 2014.
Amendment 646 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 15 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Part 2 – article 15 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. Where a Member State proposes an amendment to the Partnership Contract, the Commission shall carry out an assessment in accordance with paragraph 1 and, where appropriate, shall adopt a decision, by means of implementing acts, approving the amendment within three months of its submission by the Member State.
Amendment 650 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 16 – paragraph 1
Part 2 – article 16 – paragraph 1
Member States shall concentrate support, in accordance with the Fund-specific rules, on actions bringing the greatest added value in relation to the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, addressing the challenges identified in the country-specific recommendations under Article 121(2) of the Treaty and the relevant Council recommendations adopted under 148(4) of the Treaty, and taking into account national and regional needs. In accordance with the principle of subsidiarity, the managing authorities shall independently select the thematic objectives and investment priorities on which to concentrate the Union's support.
Amendment 679 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 17 – paragraph 5
Part 2 – article 17 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission shall assess the information provided on the fulfilment of the ex ante conditionalities in the framework of its assessment of the Partnership Contract and programmes. It may decide, when adopting a programme, to suspend all or part of interim payments to the programme pending the satisfactory completion of actions to fulfil an ex ante conditionality. The failure to complete actions to fulfil an ex ante conditionality by the deadline set out in the programme shall constitute a basis for suspending paycommitments by the Commission.
Amendment 695 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 18
Part 2 – article 18
Amendment 711 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 20
Part 2 – article 20
Amendment 731 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 21
Part 2 – article 21
Amendment 749 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 23 – paragraph 3
Part 2 – article 23 – paragraph 3
3. Programmes shall be submitted by the Member States at the same time aswithin six months of the submission of the Partnership Contract, with the exception of European territorial cooperation programmes, which shall be submitted within sixnine months of the approval of the Common Strategic FrameworkGeneral Regulation. All programmes shall be accompanied by the ex ante evaluation as set out in Article 48.
Amendment 755 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 23 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1a (new)
Part 2 – article 23 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1a (new)
The possibility of multi-fund operational programmes (ERDF, ESF, Cohesion Fund, EAFRD, EMFF) shall be encouraged. For this purpose the European Commission adopts any measure for the setting up and implementation of these programmes with due respect to the proportionality principle.
Amendment 815 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 29 – paragraph 1 – point c
Part 2 – article 29 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) a description of the strategy and its objectives, a description of the integrated and innovative character of the strategy and a hierarchy of objectives, including clear and measurable targets for outputs or results. The strategy shall be coherent with the relevant programmes of all the CSF Funds involvedwith a focus on its integrated character, especially with respect to strategies for peri-urban and functional zones involving both urban partners and rural players;
Amendment 1143 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 67 – paragraph 2
Part 2 – article 67 – paragraph 2
2. Payments shall take the form of pre- financing, interim payments and payment of the annual balance, where applicable, and of the final balance.
Amendment 1156 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 74 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Part 2 – article 74 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The payment deadline for an interim payment claim may be interrupted by the authorising officer by delegation within the meaning of the Financial Regulation for a maximum period of ninesix months if:
Amendment 1174 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 77 – paragraph 2 – point b
Part 2 – article 77 – paragraph 2 – point b
b) there is a risk that the breach has or could have breach has affected the amount of expenditure declared for reimbursement by the Union budget.
Amendment 1331 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 86 – paragraph 1 – point 3 bis (new)
Part 3 – article 86 – paragraph 1 – point 3 bis (new)
3a) Public or equivalent structural expenditure supported by the public administration by way of co-financing of investments activated as part of CSF funding will be deducted from the calculation of structural deficit in the definition of the specific medium-term objectives for the country within the framework of EU Regulation 1466/97, and will equally be deducted in the assessment of compliance with the preventive arm of the Stability and Growth Pact, within the framework of EU Regulation 1467/97.
Amendment 1340 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 1
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 1
1. An operational programme shall consist of priority axes. A priority axis shallmay concern one Fund for aor more categoryies of region and shall correspond, without prejudice to Article 52, to a thematic objective and comprise one or more investment priorities of that thematic objective, in accordance with the Fund-specific rules. For the ESF, a priority axis may combine investment priorities from different thematic objectives set out in Article 9(8), (9), (10) and (11) in order to facilitate their contribution to other priority axes, in duly justified circumstanc, or combine one or more complementary investment priorities from different thematic objectives and Funds, in accordance with Fund-specific rules.
Amendment 1425 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 88 – paragraph 2
Part 3 – article 88 – paragraph 2
2. The ERDF and the ESF may finance, in a complementary manner and subject to a limit of 510 % of Union funding for each priority axis of an operational programme, a part of an operation for which the costs are eligible for support from the other Fund on the basis of eligibility rules applied to that Fund, provided that they are necessary for the satisfactory implementation of the operation and are directly linked to it.
Amendment 1450 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 91 – paragraph 2
Part 3 – article 91 – paragraph 2
2. Major projects submitted to the Commission for approval shall be contained in the list of major projects in an operational programme. The list shall be reviewed by the Member State or the managing authority two years following the adoption of an operational programme and may at the request of the Member State be adjusted in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 26(2), in particular to include major projects with an expected completion date by the end of 2022Major projects may also be approved during the programming period.
Amendment 1693 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 120 – paragraph 1
Part 3 – article 120 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall reimburse as interim payments 905% of the amount resulting from applying the co-financing rate for each priority axis laid down in the decision adopting the operational programme to the eligible expenditure for the priority axis included in the payment application. It shall determine the annual balance in accordance with Article 130(1).
Amendment 1954 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 2.1 – Paragraph 2.1.1
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 2.1 – Paragraph 2.1.1
2.1.1 With a view to achieving optimal results for sustainable growth and development on the ground, it is important to coordinate all Union policies and their instruments which play a role in achieving economic, social and territorial cohesion and a better balanced territorial development in the EU. This must also be reflected in better coordination between the Union budget and the Member States' national and sub-national budgets in strengthening the integration and effectiveness of policies and the control over public finance balances, and in financing common political priorities as well as in improved vertical cooperation between the EU and national and regional entities.