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24 Amendments of Andrea COZZOLINO related to 2019/0183(COD)

Amendment 7 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
(2) On 29 March 2017, the United Kingdom submitted the notification of its intention to withdraw from the Union pursuant to Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU). The Treaties cease to apply to the United Kingdom from the date of entry into force of a withdrawal agreement or failing that, two years after that notification, unless the European Council, in agreement with the United Kingdom, unanimously decides to extend that period.deleted
2019/10/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 9 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) On 11 April 2019, following a request by the United Kingdom, the European Council agreed9 to extend further10 the period provided for in Article 50(3) TEU until 31 October 2019. Unless the United Kingdom ratifies the Withdrawal Agreement11 by 31 October 2019 or requests a third extension, to which the European Council agrees by unanimity, the United Kingdom will leave the Union without an agreement and will become a third country as of 1 November 2019. _________________ 9European Council Decision (EU) 2019/584 (OJ L 101, 11.4.2019, p. 1). 10 Following a request by the United Kingdom, the European Council decided a first extension on 22 March 2019 - European Council Decision (EU) 2019/476 (OJ L 80I, 22.3.2019, p. 1). 11 Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community (OJ C 144I, 25.4.2019, p. 1).deleted
2019/10/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 11 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
(4) To mitigate the economic impact of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union without an agreement and to show solidarity with the most affected Member States in such exceptional circumstances, Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002 should be amended to support related public expenditure.deleted
2019/10/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 13 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) As this is an exceptional use of the Fund, its assistance to mitigate serious financial burden, inflicted on the Member States as a direct consequence of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union without an agreement, should be targeted and limited in time to safeguard the Fund’s original rationale and its capacity to respond to natural disasters.deleted
2019/10/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 18 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
(6) For the purposes of this exceptional use of the Fund, it is appropriate to establish a minimum amount of estimated damage above which a Member State may apply for assistance from the Fund due to the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union without an agreement. In addition, the eligibility rules need to be amended to include support for public expenditure incurred as a result of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union without an agreement.deleted
2019/10/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) To ensure equal treatment among the Member States, there should be one single deadline applicable to all Member States for the submission of applications for a financial contribution from the Fund, without possibility to extend an application after that deadline to cover additional expenditure.deleted
2019/10/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) To maintain the availability of the Fund for natural disasters, its original purpose, a budgetary ceiling for support related to the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union without an agreement should be established.deleted
2019/10/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) Assistance from the Fund to mitigate serious financial burden inflicted on the Member States as a consequence of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union without an agreement should be subject to the same rules for implementation, monitoring, reporting, control and audit as any other interventions of the Fund. In addition, given the broad scope of public expenditure potentially eligible for support, it is important to ensure that other provisions of EU law, in particular the State aid rules, are respected.deleted
2019/10/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) The Commission should be able to take a rapid decision to commit specific financial resources and to mobilise them as quickly as possible. The existing provisions for making advance payments should therefore be strengthened by increasing their amounts.deleted
2019/10/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) This Regulation should enter into force as a matter of urgency on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union and should apply from the day following that on which the Treaties cease to apply to the United Kingdom pursuant to Article 50(3) TEU unless a withdrawal agreement concluded with the United Kingdom has entered into force by that date.deleted
2019/10/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002 should therefore be amended accordingly,deleted
2019/10/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002
Article 1 - paragraph 1 - subparagraph 1 a
“For the purpose of this Regulation, the notion of “major disasters” covers natural disasters as well as situations where serious financial burden is inflicted on a Member State as a direct consequence of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union without an agreement.”.
2019/10/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002
Articles 3a, 3b
[...]deleted
2019/10/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002
Article 3a - paragraph 1
1) At the request of a Member State, assistance from the Fund may also be mobilised when serious financial burden is inflicted on this Member State as a direct consequence of the United Kingdom leaving the Union without an agreement in accordance with Article 50(2) TEU (“withdrawal without an agreement”). The assistance shall take the form of a financial contribution from the Fund.deleted
2019/10/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002
Article 3a - paragraph 2
2) The available appropriations for this goal shall be limited to half of the maximum available amount for the Fund intervention for the years 2019 and 2020.deleted
2019/10/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002
Article 3a – paragraph 3
3) Such assistance shall cover a part of the additional public expenditure caused directly by the withdrawal without an agreement and incurred exclusively between the date of the withdrawal without an agreement and 31 December 2020 ("financial burden").deleted
2019/10/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002
Article 3a - paragraph 4
4) A Member State shall be eligible to apply for assistance under this Article, if the financial burden it has suffered is estimated to be either over EUR 1 500 000 000 in 2011 prices, or more than 0.3 % of its GNI.deleted
2019/10/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002
Article 3a - paragraph 5
5) Only Member States may apply for assistance from the Fund under this Article.deleted
2019/10/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002
Article 4a
[...]deleted
2019/10/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002
Article 4a - title
Article 4adeleted
2019/10/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 70 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002
Article 4a - paragraph 1
1) The responsible national authorities of a Member State may submit a single application to the Commission for a financial contribution from the Fund in accordance with Article 3a by 30 April 2020 at the latest. The application shall include, as a minimum, all relevant information on the financial burden inflicted on that Member State. It shall describe the public measures taken in response to the withdrawal without an agreement specifying their net cost until 31 December 2020 and the reasons why they could not have been avoided through preparedness measures. It should also include the justification concerning direct effect of the withdrawal without an agreement.deleted
2019/10/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 73 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002
Article 4a - paragraph 2
2) The Commission shall prepare guidance on how to access and implement the Fund effectively. The guidance shall provide detailed information on the preparation of the application, and the information to be submitted to the Commission, including on the evidence to be provided concerning the financial burden inflicted. The guidance shall be made public on the websites of the relevant Directorate Generals of the Commission and the Commission shall ensure its wider dissemination to the Member States.deleted
2019/10/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002
Article 4a - paragraph 3
3) After 30 April 2020, the Commission shall assess on the basis of the information referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, for all applications received, whether the conditions for mobilising the Fund are met in each case and shall determine the amounts of any possible financial contribution from the Fund within the limits of the financial resources available.deleted
2019/10/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002
Article 4a – paragraph 4
4) Assistance from the Fund shall be awarded to the Member States meeting the eligibility criteria, taking into account the thresholds specified in Article 3a(4), at a rate of up to 5 % of the inflicted financial burden, and within the limits of the budget available. In the event that the budget available should prove insufficient, the aid rate shall be proportionately reduced.deleted
2019/10/09
Committee: REGI