2 Amendments of Luís Paulo ALVES related to 2013/0248(COD)
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002
Article 2 – point 3
Article 2 – point 3
For the purposes of this Regulation, a ‘regional natural disaster’ shall mean any natural disaster resulting, in a region of a Member State or a country involved in accession negotiations with the Union at NUTS 2 level, in direct damage in excess of 1,5 % of the region's gross domestic product (GDP). In the case of outermost regions defined under Article 349 of the Treaty, the threshold shall be reduced to 1 % of the affected region’s gross domestic product (GDP) or where there is a direct impact on a whole sector of activity or group of infrastructure such as ports, roads or airports which, given the specific island condition of these regions, makes it impossible for economic and social activity to resume immediately under normal conditions. Where the disaster concerns several regions at NUTS 2 level or regions referred to in Article 349 of the Treaty, the thresholds shall be applied to the weighted average GDP of those regions. In the case of natural disasters which affect outermost, island or archipelago regions, the assessment referred to in Article 4(2) shall include a degree of flexibility in these thresholds, to allow for their specific territorial condition.
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
restoring the working order of infrastructure and plant in the fields of energy, water and waste water, telecommunications, transport, health and education; Under the terms of this Regulation, for the purposes of point (a), ‘restoring the working order’ shall be understood to mean a repair carried out in such a way as to improve capacity to withstand a natural disaster, which may include the relocation of infrastructure projects away from places clearly likely to be threatened by natural disasters again in the future.