7 Amendments of Luís Paulo ALVES related to 2011/0275(COD)
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) Synergies between the cohesion policy and the research and innovation policy should promote the creation of technological and scientific clusters in regions with great, but as yet insufficiently exploited, potential, especially in regions which require economic and social convergence to achieve the European Union average, as is the case of the outermost, peripheral, maritime, island, mountainous or sparsely populated regions. Focus should be on the interconnection between the environment and science and technology.
Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) Without prejudice to the importance of the thematic concentration on specific allocations to the outermost and sparsely populated regions, to offset additional structural and permanent costs incurred by these regions, there should be some flexibility in how they are applied in order to respond more appropriately to the objectives for which they have been created.
Amendment 125 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
The ERDF shall contribute to the financing of support which aims to reinforce economic, social and territorial cohesion by redressing the main regional imbalances through support for the development and structural adjustment of regional economies, including the conversion of declining industrial regions and regions lagging behind, and regions facing demographic and geographical challenges and handicaps.
Amendment 129 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 A (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 A (new)
In keeping with Articles 174 and 349 of the TFEU, in conjunction with Article 176, the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) is intended to reduce the disparity between levels of development in different regions and reduce the extent to which the least favoured regions lag behind. Among these regions, special attention must be paid to rural areas, areas affected by industrial transition, and regions with severe and permanent natural and demographic handicaps, such as the outermost regions, northernmost regions with very low population density, and island, cross-border and mountain regions.
Amendment 185 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d – point iii
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d – point iii
(iii) support to public research and innovation bodies, and investment in technology and applied research in enterprises, as well as research and innovation initiatives by public research companies in partnership with private enterprises;
Amendment 301 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a). The thematic objectives set out in Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No […]/2012 [CPR] and the corresponding investment priorities set out in Article 5 of this regulation regarding the specific allocation for the outermost and sparsely populated regions, are waived so as to more effectively counter the permanent additional costs in these regions, and thereby achieve the aim of this specific item.
Amendment 673 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Common indicators, as set out in the Annex to this Regulation, shall be used where relevant, and after consultation with Member States and the regions, in accordance with Article 24(3) of Regulation (EU) No […]/2012 [CPR]. For common indicators, baselines shall be set at zero and cumulative targets shall be fixed for 2022,.