9 Amendments of Milan ZVER related to 2015/0009(COD)
Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) The EFSI should support strategic investments with high economic value added contributing to achieving Union policy objectivesthe objectives of Europe 2020 strategy.
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) investment in education and training, with the goal of closing the skills-gap, increasing employability and thus promoting growth; health, research and development, information and communications technology and innovation;
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The EFSI is part of a comprehensive approach to address uncertainty surrounding public and private investments. The strategy has three pillars: mobilising finance for investment, making investment reach the real economy and improving the investment environment in the Union. With no improvement in the investment environment, it will be difficult for the EFSI to achieve its purpose. In that regard, a genuine commitment to further consolidation of the EU internal market is needed, with emphasis on the Digital Single Market.
Amendment 213 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) To partially finance the contribution from the Union budget, the available envelopes of the Horizon 2020 – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation 2014-2020, provided by Regulation (EU) No 1291/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council2, and the Connecting Europe Facility, provided by Regulation (EU) No 1316/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council3, should be reduced. Those programmes serve purposes that are not replicated by the EFSI. However, the reduction of both programmes to finance the guarantee fund is expected to ensure a greater investment in certain areas of their respective mandates than is possible through the existing programmes. The EFSI should be able to leverage the EU guarantee to multiply the financial effect within those areas of research, development and innovation and transport, telecommunications and energy infrastructure compared to if the resources had been spent via grants within the planned Horizon 2020 and Connecting Europe Facility programmes. It is, therefore, appropriate to redirect part of the funding presently envisaged for those programmes to the benefit of EFSI, if the original purposes of Horizon 2020 and the Connecting Europe Facility would in the long term also benefit from achievements of the EFSI. __________________ 2 Regulation (EU) No 1291/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 establishing Horizon 2020 - the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020) and repealing Decision No 1982/2006/EC (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 104). 3 Regulation (EU) No 1316/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 establishing the Connecting Europe Facility, amending Regulation (EU) No 913/2010 and repealing Regulations (EC) No 680/2007 and (EC) No 67/2010 (OJ L 348, 20.12.2013, p. 129).
Amendment 716 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
To meet that objective, the EIAH shall use the expertise of the EIB and its existing technical assistance facilities, the Commission, national promotional banks and the managing authorities of the European Structural and Investment Funds.
Amendment 1256 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point f
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) the financial statements of the EFSI, accompanied by an opinion of an independent external auditor .
Amendment 1323 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4
Article 12 – paragraph 4
4. The EIB and EIF shall on a regular basis provide the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission with all their independent evaluation reports which assess the practical results achieved by the specific activities of the EIB and EIF under this Regulation, focusing on outcomes and impacts.
Amendment 1326 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 5
Article 12 – paragraph 5
5. At the latest [PO insert date three years after the entry into force of this Regulation], the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the application of this Regulation, including assessment of the value added of the EFSI and its additionality to existing EU funding instruments, accompanied by any relevant proposal. for improvements.
Amendment 1354 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
The operations carried out under the EFSI and the instruments/entities/facilities which will be set up, along with the EU guarantee and the payments and recoveries under it that are attributable to the general budget of the Union shall be audited by the Court of Auditors.