9 Amendments of Gilles PARGNEAUX related to 2011/0272(COD)
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The creation of an EGTC is a matter to be decided by its members and their national authorities, and is not automatically associated with any legal orGiven the particular nature of their activities and their contribution to multi- level governance, EGTCs may be granted specific financial aidvantages at the Union level inasmuch as they lend themselves especially well to cross-border cooperation.
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Experience with EGTCs set up so far shows that the new legal instrument is also being used for cooperation in the implementation of other European policies. The efficiency and effectiveness of EGTCs should be enhanced by broadenEGTCs should therefore not be discriminated against when they are deemed to be a single partner for the purposes of calls for projects related to EU sectoral policies, and recognition should be accorded to their role ing the nature of EGTCestablishment of integrated European Union policies.
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) The purpose of an EGTC should be extended to cover the facilitating and promotion of territorial cooperation in general, including strategic planning and the management of regional and local concerns in line with Cohesion and other Union policies, thus contributing to the Europe 2020 strategy or to the implementation of macro-regional strategies. In addition, it should be clarified that a given competence needed forThe contribution which EGTCs are to make to the achievement of the above-mentioned strategic objectives should the refficient implementation of an EGTC should be represented by at least one member in each of the Member States representedore be clarified at the time when partnership contracts are concluded between the Commission and Member States and when operational programmes are drawn up by Member States with EGTCs on their territory.
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) It should be clarified that the convention – and given the importance of this issue, not the statutes – should indicate the rules applicable to the EGTC’s staff as well as the principles governing the arrangements concerning personnel management and recruitment procedures. Several options should be available to the EGTCs. One such option is to acquire the status specific to the staff of European Union agencies. However, the specific arrangements concerning personnel management and recruitment procedures should be addressed in the statutes.
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
An EGTC shall be considered to be an entity of the Member State where it has its registered office for the purposes of determining the applicable law. However, the other Member States which are stakeholders in the EGTC must recognise the specific provisions adopted by the above procedure.”
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – point e a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – point e a (new)
(ea) organisations representing civil society.”
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – paragraph 8 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 8 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 1082/2006
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Specifically, the tasks of an EGTC may concern the implementation of cooperation programmes or parts thereof or, the framing and implementation of integrated territorial strategies, or the implementation of operations supported by the Union through the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and/or, the Cohesion Fund, and/or calls for projects related to Union sectoral policies.
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – paragraph 8 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 8 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 1082/2006
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
Member States may not limit the actions that EGTCs may carry out without a financial support from the Union. However, Member States shall not ex, includeing those actions covered by the investment priorities under the Cohesion Policy of the Union as adopted for the period 2014-2020.”
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 4
Article 1 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 4
Regulation (EC) No 1082/2006
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
To allow equal treatment of all staff working at the same location, the national laws and rules, whether of public or private law, may be subject to additional ad hoc rules fixed by the EGTC. These may be modelled on the European status accorded to staff of Union agencies.”