Activities of Nuno TEIXEIRA related to 2012/2075(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Urban redevelopment as contribution to economic growth - Role of territorial development in cohesion policy - European Union Solidarity Fund, implementation and application - Role of EU cohesion policy in implementing the new European energy policy (debate)
Amendments (9)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Takes the view that, in the case of what are considered 'slowly unfolding' disasters, the current provisions of the regulation pose legal and practical difficulties for mobilisation, chiefly due to the 10-week deadline set for submitting applications; calls, therefore, on the Commission, in the case of 'slowly unfolding' disasters where the damage tends to become clear over a long period, to pay particular attention to ensuring that such damage can also be covered by the EUSF;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. TCalls for better clarification of the scope of the EUSF in a future proposal for a regulation, which should identify the Fund's areas of intervention, in addition to natural disasters, and set out which operations are eligible for cover under the Fund; takes the view that, where a disaster has 'cascading' effects, the 'collateral' damage should still be covered by the Fund where it has a significant impact on a region's socio-economic structure, and calls for clarification regarding the 'cascading' effects or 'collateral' damage caused by disasters that are covered by the EUSF;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses the need to define clearly and simply what is a disaster at regional level and to clarify the eligibility of disasters that occur at regional level, introducing an objective criterion that will make it possible to assimilate them to other disasters and remove any possibility of speculative interpretation, and any doubt among applicants as to their eligibility;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Takes the view that the criteria for eligibility for the EUSF should be adapted in the case of the outermost regions, in order to take account of their permanent constraints, their high risk of natural disasters and their difficulties in terms of access and connections, and the urgent need for assistance in the event of an emergency; takes the view that the weighting of such criteria should therefore take account of the additional costs associated with the island status of most of the outermost regions; calls on the Commission to lower the threshold for the estimated value of damage and/or the corresponding percentage of GDP in the event of disasters occurring in the outermost regions;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Urges the Commission to examine and adapt the criteria so that the Solidarity Fund can respond to Mediterranean natural disasters which, partly due to climate change, represent the most serious natural disasters that have been occurring in the Union in recent years, as well as natural disasters in the outermost regions, which face a greater risk of disasters and whose geographical and structural features tend to aggravate their effects;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Points out that the EUSF does not cover all the damage arising from a natural disaster, and damage covered under this instrument should therefore be properly defined in a future proposal for a regulation;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. Underlines the importance of guaranteeing advance payments under the EUSF, based on the availability of an emergency fund, in order to boost the efficiency, speed and profile of this instrument among the people affected, and of looking into the possibility of approving long-term measures to cope with the prolonged effects of natural disasters;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Highlights the need for the EUSF to complement other financial instruments, such as the structural funds and the EAFRD, in responding to natural disasters, taking advantage of the creation of synergies with these mechanisms and associated programmes;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Urges that the regions should have sufficient flexibility in the forthcoming financial framework 2014-2020 and that they should be able to redistribute the resources allocated to them so that they can boost the resources available in the event of a disaster, if they consider this necessary and appropriate, and calls on the Commission to revise the regulation in force in good time for the new financial period;