14 Amendments of Nuno TEIXEIRA related to 2011/0273(COD)
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Article 176 of the Treaty provides that the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) is intended to help to redress the main regional imbalances in the Union. In accordance with Article 174 of the Treaty, the ERDF contributes to reducing disparities between the levels of development of the various regions and the backwardness of the least favoured regions, among which particular attention should be paid to regions which suffer from severe and permanent natural or demographic handicaps such as island, cross-border and mountain regions., as well as the outermost regions, according to Article 349 of the Treaty
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Cross-border cooperation should support regions located on land or sea borders. Based on experience from previous programming periods, the Commission should be empowered to define the list of cross-border areas to receive support under cross-border cooperation programmes in a simpler way, by cooperation programme, and which can include the largest possible number of regions. In drawing up that list, the Commission should take into account adjustments needed to ensure coherence, in particular on land and maritime borders, and continuity of programme areas established for the 2007- 2013 programming period. These adjustments may reduce or enlarge existing programme areas or the number of cross- border cooperation programmes, but may allow for geographical overlap. To enable the outermost regions to participate in the cross-border cooperation programmes, the maximum distance criterion should not be applied as this will exclude these countries from the cross-border strands of territorial cooperation.
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Areas for transnational cooperation should be defined having regard to actions needed to promote integrated territorial development. The Commission should be empowered to define transnational cooperation areas. so it can ensure this cooperation continues in wider and more coherent areas, based on experience from previous programmes.
Amendment 73 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) It is necessary to continue supporting or – where needed – to establish cross- border, transnational and interregional cooperation with the Union's neighbouring third countries, as this will benefit the regions of the Member States which border third countries. To that effect, the ERDF will contribute to the cross-border and sea basin programmes established under the European Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI) pursuant to Regulation (EU) No […]/2012 and the Instrument for Pre- Accession (IPA) pursuant to Regulation (EU) No […]/2012 and the transnational cooperation programmes may also cover regions from third countries covered by these external financial instruments of the Union.
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) It is necessary to fix the resources allocated to each of the different components of the European territorial cooperation goal, while maintaining a significant concentration on cross-border cooperation and securing a high level of participation and sufficient funding levels for cooperation between outermost regions cooperation..
Amendment 120 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
For cross-border cooperation, the regions to be supported shall be the NUTS level 3 regions of the Union along all internal and external land borders other than those covered by programmes under the external financial instruments of the Union, and all NUTS level 3 regions of the Union along maritime borders separated by a maximum of 150 km, without prejudice to potential adjustments needed to ensure the coherence and continuity of cooperation programme areas established for the 2007- 2013 programming period. This distance does not apply to the outermost regions.
Amendment 132 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Without prejudice to Article 19(2) and (3), cross-border cooperation programmes may cover regions from Norway, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Andorra, Monaco and San Marino and third countries or territories neighbouring outermost regions, including countries with which these regions share special historical and cultural ties.
Amendment 138 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. The Outermost Regions may include in a single programme for territorial cooperation all amounts of the ERDF allocated as referred to in the paragraphs above, including in the additional allowance of Article 4(2).
Amendment 161 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1
In 2015 and 2016, the annual contribution from the ERDF to the programmes under ENI and IPA for which no programme has been submitted to the Commission by 30 June under the cross-border and sea-basin programmes under ENI and IPA shall be allocated to the internal cross-border cooperation programmes under paragraph 1(a) in which the Member State concerned participates.
Amendment 171 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
a) up to 4six thematic objectives shall be selected for each cross-border cooperation programme;
Amendment 178 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
b) up to 4six thematic objectives shall be selected for each transnational cooperation programme;
Amendment 302 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5
Article 7 – paragraph 5
5. The participating Member States and third countries or territories, where applicable, shall confirm in writing their agreement to the contents of a cooperation programme prior to its submission to the Commission. This agreement shall also include a commitment of all participating Member States to provide the co-financing necessary to implement the cooperation programme, and, where applicable, the commitment for the financial contribution of the third countries or territories.
Amendment 313 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Operations selected under cross-border and transnational cooperation, and the additional allocation of Article 4, Section 2 shall involve beneficiaries from at least two participating countries, at least one of which shall be from a Member State. An operation may be implemented in a single country, provided that it is for the benefit of the programme area.
Amendment 341 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16
Article 16
The amount of the ERDF allocated to technical assistance shall be limited to 6% of the total amount allocated to a cooperation programmes, but shall not be less than EUR 1 500 000. In the case of the outermost regions, this limit may be increased to 10%.