Activities of Dominique RIQUET related to 2022/2133(DEC)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2021
Amendments (6)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Notes that the Council Regulation (EU) 2021/2085 of 19 November 2021 established Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking to replace Shift2Rail under the Horizon Europe programme for the period ending on 31 December 2031;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that 2021 has seen the full commitment of the remaining budget appropriations related to the H2020 funded Shift2Rail Programme for the operational activities. The Undertaking’s annual budget for 2021 was EUR 13.6 million in commitment appropriations and EUR 68.4 million in payment appropriations; notes that the budget implementation rate was 100 % for the commitment appropriations and 85 % of the active funds for the payment appropriations; notes that the implementation rate for the Undertaking’s 2021 operational payment budget available fell to 61 %, compared to 76% in 2020;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Commends the Undertaking’s continued reporting, since 2018, on its contribution to the attainment of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Underlines the importance of the cooperation of the Undertaking with the European Agency for Railways in order to ensure interoperability for the developed projects;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Notes that the Undertaking played an active role for the visibility of the sector during the Year of Rail 2021;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7 c. Calls on the Commission to clarify together with the Undertaking the legal provisions regarding the Undertaking’s employer contributions to the Union pension scheme to avoid any future possible differences of interpretation;