20 Amendments of Sergio Gaetano COFFERATI related to 2011/0314A(COD)
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) Technical capacity building helps to ensure safety and security and facilitates legitimate trade. However, given the financial constraints currently experienced by numerous Member States, acquiring and maintaining the equipment needed for this purpose (e.g. scanners, laboratory equipment) represents a challenge, which consequently poses a threat to the effective protection of the Union's external borders. It is therefore essential to provide financial support in the area of acquisition and maintenance of the requisite technical equipment. With regard to the financial allocation for the programme, it should be stipulated that financial support for the acquisition and maintenance of technical equipment should be based on a cofinancing rate no higher than 10%. This should foster national investment in customs capacity building measures.
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – title
Article 5 – title
General objective and specific objective
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Amendment 54 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – point 1
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – point 1
(1) the availability and operation of the Common Communication Network forand the Union components of European Information Systems;
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – point 1 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – point 1 a (new)
(1a) changes in programme stakeholders’ perception of the programme’s contribution to strengthening the internal market;
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – point 2 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – point 2 a (new)
(2a) progress in the process of harmonising and standardising customs controls.
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – title
Article 6 – title
Priorities Specific objectives
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The priorispecific objectives of the programme shall be the following:
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The programme’s contribution to the realisation of the each of the specific objectives set out in the first subparagraph shall be measured using a set of indicators laid down in the annual work programme. Those indicators shall include the views of stakeholders and participants in the actions financed on the programme’s usefulness in terms of meeting the specific objectives, as well as the indicators set out in Article 5(3).
Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) to support the preparation, coherent application and effective implementation of Union law, with a view tof strengthening the customs union in terms of efficiency, effectiveness and uniformity and helping, in particular, to ensure that procedures are fully computerised within the time limits laid down in the Union Customs Code.
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 6
(6) to fight fraud, protect intellectual property and to enhance competitiveness, safety and security by enhancing cooperation with international organisations, third countries, other governmental authorities, and economic operators and their organisations.
Amendment 66 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) benchmarking activities organised by two or more participating countries, possibly with the involvement of the Commission, to compare working methods, procedures or processes with commonly agreed indicators, in order to identify best practices and shortcomings.
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 a (new)
Article 6 a (new)
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point d a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point d a (new)
(da) technical capacity building, in particular the acquisition and maintenance of technical equipment;
Amendment 70 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point e a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) cooperation and information pooling between national and Union internal market monitoring authorities and the customs authorities of two or more participating countries;
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The indicative distribution of the financial allocation among the eligible actions, as set out in Article 6, is specified in Section I of the Annex.
Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. The financial allocation for the pProgramme may also cover expenses pertaining to preparatory, monitoring, control, audit and evaluation activities which are required for the management of the programme and the achievement of its objectives; in particular, studies, meetings of experts, information and communication actions, including corporat, together with all other technical and administrative assistance expenses incurred by the cCommunicatission ofor the political priorities of the European Union as far as they are related to the objectives of this Regulation, expenses linked to IT networks focusing on information processing and exchange, together with all other technical and administrative assistance expenses incurred by the Commission formanagement of the programme. An estimate of those expenses, which shall under no circumstances account for more than 0.4% of the financial allocation specified in paragraph 1, subparagraph 1, shall be set out in the management of thenual work programme.
Amendment 73 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The cofinancing rate applying to support granted under this programme for the acquisition and maintenance of technical equipment shall be specified in the annual work programme and may under no circumstances be higher than 10%.
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall, in cooperation with the participating countries, monitor the programme and its actions in order to follow the implementation of actions carried out. The indicators used by the Commission for the purpose of monitoring the operation of the programme shall include those set out in Articles 5 and 6 and in the annual work programmes.
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex - Section -I (new)
Annex - Section -I (new)
-I. Indicative allocation of funds to eligible actions listed in Article 6 – IT capacity building: at least 70 %; – joint actions: maximum 15 %; – technical capacity building: maximum 5 %; – human capacity building: maximum 5 %. (This amendment is intended to form the first section of the Annex to the regulation.)