5 Amendments of Luís Paulo ALVES related to 2011/0272(COD)
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) In that Report, the Commission announced its intention to propose a limited number of modifications to the EGTC Regulation to facilitate the establishment and operation of EGTCs, as well as clarification of certain existing provisions. Obstacles to establishing new EGTCs, including, where the outermost regions are concerned, the maximum distance of 150 km, should be removed while maintaining continuity in and facilitating the operation of existing ones, thus allowing more extensive use of EGTCs to contribute to better cooperation and policy coherence among public bodies without additional burdens on national or European administrations.
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The Treaty of Lisbon has added the territorial dimension to Cohesion Policy and replaced “Community” by the “Union”. The new terminology should therefore be introduced into the EGTC Regulation and at the same time find visible practical expression, given that the object is to promote the harmonious development of the European Union as a whole and it is, to that extent, unfair to exclude the outermost regions from the outset.
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
Article 174 of the TFEU states that particular attention must be paid to rural areas, areas affected by industrial transition, and regions which suffer from severe and permanent natural or demographic handicaps such as the northernmost regions with very low population density and island, cross- border, and mountain regions.
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 4 b (new)
Recital 4 b (new)
(4b) Article 349 of the TFEU calls for specific measures to be adopted to take account of the structural social and economic situation of the outermost regions, which is compounded by certain specific features which severely restrain their development.
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) It should be made clear that fostering territorial cooperation between these regions, regarded as outposts of the EU, strengthens relations and helps to promote new markets for European regions, taking advantage of the historical and cultural synergies existing between these regions and other countries in the world.