4 Amendments of Dominique RIQUET related to 2011/2201(DEC)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the high utilisation rates for commitment appropriations for TEN-T projects; calls on the Member States to ensure that adequate funding is made available from national budgets to match this EU commitment; recalls that Parliament supported a higher level of EU funding; encourages the Member States, in connection with cross-border projects for the core network, to make every effort to reach balanced financial agreements that are in keeping with the Union’s stated ambitions;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the Commission’s proposals in relation to the TEN-T and the relevant financial instrument (known as the ‘Connecting Europe Facility’), and endorses its budgetary commitments, which are commensurate with the objectives of the new proposal; supports the development of innovative sources of funding with a view to ensuring that European transport infrastructure projects, which are of necessity long and costly, are brought in on time;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the increase in the take-up rate for payment appropriations for transport safety, passengers’ rights and the Marco Polo II programme; notes, however, that 14 % of the appropriations for the Marco Polo II programme were transferred to other budget headings; notes that some of the appropriations against the SESAR programme budget line have also been transferred, and draws attention to how important this programme is in terms of strengthening the EU’s industrial policy;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Takes note of the Special Report entitled ‘Were ERDF co-financed tourism projects effective?’, which states that tourism is the largest service industry in the EU; welcomes the Court of Auditors’ conclusion that most projects had several results, either by creating or maintaining jobs or by creating tourism capacity or activity; takes the view that the Commission shouldcalls on the Commission to follow the Court of Auditors’ recommendations concerning the management and control of ERDF funding for tourism projects and to make use of the provisions of the Lisbon Treaty to propose a multiannual tourism programme;