Activities of Ivars GODMANIS
Plenary speeches (11)
Common provisions on European funds - European Social Fund - European Regional Development Fund and the 'investment for growth and jobs' goal - European Regional Development Fund and the 'European territorial cooperation' goal - Cohesion Fund - European grouping of territorial cooperation (debate)
Draft amending budget No 6/2012 - Revenue from own resources and other resources - Increase in payment appropriations in headings 1a, 1b, 2, 3a and 4 of the Multiannual Financial Framework - Reduction in the level of commitment appropriations entered in the budget - New general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2013 - all sections (debate)
Situation in Belarus (debate)
2011 budget (debate)
EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate)
Multiannual financial framework for 2007-2013 (debate)
Mandate for the trilogue on the 2011 Draft Budget (debate)
Priorities for the 2011 budget – Section III – Commission - Budget guidelines: 2011 - other sections (debate)
Belarus (debate)
Draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2010 as modified by the Council (all sections) - Draft amending budget No 10/2009 of the European Union for the financial year 2009, Section III – Commission - Mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrument - Amendment to the multiannual financial framework 2007-2013: financing energy projects under the European Economic Recovery Plan (debate)
Draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2010 as modified by the Council (all sections) - Draft amending budget No 10/2009 of the European Union for the financial year 2009, Section III – Commission - Mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrument - Amendment to the multiannual financial framework 2007-2013: financing energy projects under the European Economic Recovery Plan (debate)
Shadow reports (14)
REPORT on optimising the potential of outermost regions by creating synergies between the Structural Funds and other European Union programmes PDF (228 KB) DOC (95 KB)
REPORT on smart specialisation: networking excellence for a sound Cohesion Policy PDF (208 KB) DOC (102 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 as regards the financial allocation for certain Member States from the European Social Fund PDF (170 KB) DOC (89 KB)
REPORT on the amended proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund covered by the Common Strategic Framework and laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 PDF (3 MB) DOC (6 MB)
REPORT on the Council position on Draft amending budget No 7/2011 of the European Union for the financial year 2011, Section III – Commission PDF (171 KB) DOC (114 KB)
REPORT on the Council position on Draft amending budget No 6/2011 of the European Union for the financial year 2011, Section III – Commission PDF (130 KB) DOC (62 KB)
REPORT on the Council position on Draft amending budget No 4/2011 of the European Union for the financial year 2011, Section III – Commission PDF (131 KB) DOC (79 KB)
REPORT on Council's position on Draft amending budget No 2/2011 of the European Union for the financial year 2011, Section III – Commission PDF (287 KB) DOC (500 KB)
REPORT on Council's position on Draft amending budget No 1/2011 of the European Union for the financial year 2011, Section III – Commission PDF (190 KB) DOC (117 KB)
REPORT Report on Council's position on draft generl budget of the European Union for the financial year 2011 - all sections and Letters of amendments Nos 1/2011, 2/2011 and 3/2011 to the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2011 PDF (1 MB) DOC (2 MB)
REPORT Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities as regards the European External Action Service PDF (367 KB) DOC (551 KB)
REPORT Draft mandate for the trilogue on the 2011 Draft Budget PDF (286 KB) DOC (220 KB)
REPORT Report on transparency in regional policy and its funding PDF (184 KB) DOC (94 KB)
REPORT Report on Priorities for 2011 budget - Section III - Commission PDF (1 MB) DOC (1 MB)
Opinions (5)
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the amendment of Regulation (EC) No 294/2008 establishing the European Institute of Innovation and Technology
OPINION on the role of Cohesion Policy in the outermost regions of the European Union in the context of EU 2020
OPINION on State of play and future synergies for increased effectiveness between ERDF and other Structural Funds
OPINION on the Report 2010 on the implementation of the Cohesion Policy programmes for 2007-2013
OPINION Proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 concerning general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund as regards simplification of certain requirements and as regards certain provisions relating to financial management
Shadow opinions (16)
OPINION on Negotiations on the MFF 2014-2020: lessons to be learned and the way forward
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down measures concerning the European single market for electronic communications and to achieve a Connected Continent, and amending Directives 2002/20/EC, 2002/21/EC and 2002/22/EC and Regulations (EC) No 1211/2009 and (EU) No 531/2012
OPINION on the draft Council decision concerning the renewal of the Agreement on cooperation in science and technology between the European Community and the Government of the Russian Federation
OPINION on EU Member States preparedness for an effective and timely start of the new Cohesion Policy Programming period
OPINION on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a space surveillance and tracking support programme
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Copernicus Programme and repealing Regulation (EU) No 911/2010
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 as regards the financial allocation for certain Member States from the European Social Fund
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 as regards certain provisions relating to financial management for certain Member States experiencing or threatened with serious difficulties with respect to their financial stability and to the decommitment rules for certain Member States
OPINION on effects of budgetary constraints for regional and local authorities regarding the EU’s Structural Funds expenditure in the Member States
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on Hercule III programme to promote activities in the field of the protection of the European Union's financial interests
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing "ERASMUS FOR ALL" The Union Programme for Education, Training, Youth and Sport
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing an action programme for customs in the European Union for the period 2014-2020 (CUSTOMS) and repeal of Decision No 624/2007/EC
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the implementation and exploitation of European satellite navigation systems
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European statistical programme 2013-2017
OPINION on the mandate for the trilogue on the 2013 Draft Budget
OPINION on a sustainable future for transport
Written declarations (2)
Amendments (46)
Amendment 18 #
2013/0181(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) The implementation of European and Structural (ESI) Funds is, according to Regulation (EU) n° .../2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006, linked to sound economic governance and to the Macroeconomic Imbalances Procedure among others.
Amendment 19 #
2013/0181(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 b (new)
Recital 12 b (new)
(12b) In particular, Article 23(1) of Regulation (EU) No .../2013 provides that the Commission may request a Member State to review and propose amendments to its Partnership Agreement and relevant programmes, where this is necessary to support the implementation of relevant Council Recommendations addressed to the Member State concerned and adopted in accordance with Articles 7(2) or 8(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1176/2011 on the prevention and correction of macro- economic imbalances, provided that these amendments are deemed necessary to help correct the macroeconomic imbalances.
Amendment 20 #
2013/0181(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 c (new)
Recital 12 c (new)
(12c) Article 23(9) and Annex III of Regulation (EU) No .../2013 also provides that the Commission is to make a proposal to the Council to suspend part or all of the commitments or payments for the programmes of a Member State where the Council adopts two successive recommendations in the same imbalance procedure, in accordance with Article 8(3) or Article 10(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1176/2011 on the prevention and correction of macro-economic imbalances.
Amendment 21 #
2013/0181(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 d (new)
Recital 12 d (new)
(12d) However, the suspension of funds due to be triggered by the macroeconomic imbalances procedure should be used as a last resort and take into account an in- depth analyses of the unemployment, poverty and GDP contraction indicators.
Amendment 22 #
2013/0181(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 e (new)
Recital 12 e (new)
(12e) For the purpose of effectiveness, this Regulation should cover all statistical data that are required within the scope of the macroeconomic imbalances procedure.
Amendment 2 #
2012/2309(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Amendment 3 #
2012/2309(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas the current allocation of seats in the European Parliament is not proportional and is thus in contradiction with the Treaty on European Union, and whereas the representation of each Member State in the European Parliament cannot be discussed separately from representation in the Council of the European Union,
Amendment 4 #
2012/2309(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
Amendment 7 #
2012/2309(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas, given that the problem of truly degressive proportional representation in the European Parliament and the Council can be definitively solved only by changes to the Treaty on European Union, a temporary solution must be found pending the resolution of that question by changes to the Treaty,
Amendment 15 #
2012/2309(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Points out that the only possible temporary solution, in order not to distort the balance of representation of the Member States within the Union, is to temporarily increase the number of seats in the European Parliament from the 2014- 2019 parliamentary term, pending changes to the Treaty;
Amendment 31 #
2012/2309(INI)
Proposal for a Decision establishing the composition of the European Parliament
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) This Decision mustshould have respected the criteria laid down in the first subparagraph of Article 14(2) of the Treaty on European Union, namely representatives of the Union's citizens not exceeding seven hundred and fifty in number, plus the President, that representation being degressively proportional, with a minimum threshold of six members per Member State and no Member State being allocated more than ninety-six seats,
Amendment 32 #
2012/2309(INI)
Proposal for a Decision establishing the composition of the European Parliament
Article 1 – introductory part
Article 1 – introductory part
In the application of the principle of degressive proportionality provided for in the first subparagraph of Article 14(2) of the Treaty on European Union, the following principles shallould have been respected as far as possible:
Amendment 44 #
2012/2309(INI)
Proposal for a Decision establishing the composition of the European Parliament
Article 3
Article 3
Pursuant to Article 1, the number of representatives in the European Parliament elected in each Member State is hereby set as follows, with effect from the beginning of the 2014-2019 parliamentary term: Belgium 212 Bulgaria 178 Czech Republic 212 Denmark 13 Germany 969 Estonia 6 Ireland 112 Greece 212 Spain 54 France 74 Croatia 112 Italy 73 Cyprus 6 Latvia 89 Lithuania 112 Luxembourg 6 Hungary 212 Malta 6 Netherlands 26 Austria 19 Poland 51 Portugal 212 Romania 323 Slovenia 8 Slovakia 13 Finland 13 Sweden 1920 United Kingdom 73
Amendment 60 #
2012/2309(INI)
Proposal for a Decision establishing the composition of the European Parliament
Article 4
Article 4
This Decision shall be revised sufficiently far in advance of the beginning of the 2019- 2024 parliamentary term with the aim of establishing a system which in future will make it possible, before each fresh election to the European Parliament, toremain in effect until such time as new principles are laid down for the reallocate theion of seats between the Member States in an objective manner, based on the principle of degressive proportionality set forth in Article 1, taking account of any increase in their number and demographic trends in their population as duly ascertained, as well as voting rights in the Council.
Amendment 1 #
2012/2110(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
(A) whereas the European Union has set up the appropriate legislative and budgetary instruments to provide additional support to workers who are suffering from the consequences of major structural changes in world trade patterns and to assist their reintegration into the labour market,
Amendment 4 #
2012/2110(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the direct losses at Odense Steel Shipyard covered by the two EGF applications (this one and EGF/2010/025 DK/Odense Steel Shipyard) amount to around 2 % of the local workforce, and together with indirect job losses, the shipyard closure is regarded as a major crisis in the regional economy;
Amendment 8 #
2012/2110(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls the importance of improving the employability of all workers by means of tailored training and recognition of skills and competences gained throughout the professional career; expects the training on offer in the coordinated package to be tailored to the level andnot only to the needs of the dismissed workers but also of the actual business environment;
Amendment 10 #
2012/2110(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that the target group of workers is already highly skilled, but in a field where the outlook for future employment looks bleak; therefore, the measures proposed for them will be more costly than would be the case for other workers in mass layoffs, which often concern people with relatively low skills;
Amendment 13 #
2012/2110(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 17 #
2012/2110(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 39 #
2012/2016(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Reminds that already in 2011 a significant level of legitimate claims, notably in the field of cohesion policy, could not be paid out by the Commission; notes that those claims will also need to be covered by the Budget 2012, which already suffers from a shortage of funds as a consequence of the limited increase in payment appropriations due to Council's position throughout last year's budgetary procedure; calls, therefore, on the Commission to come up with a draft amending budget as early as possible, in order to rectify this situation, and to avoid shifting 2012 payments to the following year, which would create an unsustainable level of payments in 2013; asks the Commission, by coming up with draft amending budget for 2012 and draft budget 2013, to take into account the real implementation of the European Economic Recovery Plan programmes;
Amendment 12 #
2011/0286(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 4 a (new)
Article 1 – point 4 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 73/2009
Article 133 a (new)
Article 133 a (new)
(4a) The following Article is inserted: "Article 133a Transitional national support The new Member States other than Bulgaria, Romania and Cyprus may grant transitional national support in 2013 in a form of decoupled payments to farmers subject to the authorisation by the Commission. The amount of transitional national support may be limited by a specific financial envelope per sector. The sector specific financial envelope shall not exceed the difference between the total level of direct support that the farmers would have been entitled to receive in the sector in the calendar year 2003 under a CAP scheme and the direct support provided to the sector under Regulation No 73/2009."
Amendment 184 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) Due to the successive integration of various sectors into the single payment scheme and the ensuing period of adjustment granted to farmers, it has become increasingly difficult to justify the presence of significant individual differences in the level of support per hectare resulting from use of historical references. Therefore direct income support should be more equitably distributed between Member States, by reducing the link to historical references and having regard to the overall context of the Union budget. To ensure a more equal distribution of direct support, while taking account of the differences that still exist in wage levels and input costs, the levels of direct support per hectare should be progressively adjusted. Member States with direct payments below the level of 9a current level of direct payments per hectare below 80 % of the EU average should close one third of the gap between their current level and this level. This convergence should be financed proportionally by all Member States with direct payments above the UnionMember States with a level of direct payments above 80% but below the EU average should close this gap by 10 %. This convergence should be financed proportionally by all Member States with direct payments above the Union average. However, the maximum level of direct payments per hectare in the Member States should not exceed 120% of the EU average. In addition, all payment entitlements activated in 2019 in a Member State or in a region should have a uniform unit value following a convergence towards this value that should take place during the transition period in linear steps. However, in order to avoid disruptive financial consequences for farmers, Member States having used the single payment scheme, and in particular the historical model, should be allowed to partially take historical factors into account when calculating the value of payment entitlements in the first year of application of the new scheme. The debate on the next Multiannual Financial Framework for the period starting in 2021 should also focus on the objective of complete convergence through the equal distribution of direct support across the European Union during that period.
Amendment 646 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. Paragraph 1 and 2a shall not apply to farmers who received less than EUR 5 1000 of direct payments for the previous year.
Amendment 657 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Member States shall establish appropriate objective and non- discriminatory criteria to ensure that no direct payments are granted to a natural or legal person whose agricultural activities form only an insignificant part of its overall economic activities, and whose income from agricultural activities form less than a certain percentage of total incomes of the beneficiary.
Amendment 908 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall, by means of implementing acts, set, for each Member State, the annual national ceiling for the basic payment scheme by deducting from the annual national ceiling established in Annex II the annual amounts to be usetd in accordance with Articles 33, 35, 37 and 39. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 56(2).
Amendment 1418 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 29 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Farmers complying with the requirements laid down in Article 29(1) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 as regards organic farming shall be entitled ipso facto to the payment referred to in this Chaptershall be entitled ipso facto to payment referred to in this Chapter when they fall within the following categories: - farmers which have at least 20 % of forest areas; - farmers with more than 50 % of the eligible agricultural area covered by grassland; - farmers which are 100 % certified as using sustainable farming methods, including of integrated farming.
Amendment 1550 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 30 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. The first paragraph shall not apply to farms: - where the arable land is entirely used for grass production or other herbaceous forage, entirely left fallow, entirely cultivated with crops under water for a significant part of the year or a combination of these, or; - where the arable land of the farmer covers up to 50 hectares and more than 50% of the eligible agricultural area of the holding is covered by permanent crops.
Amendment 1625 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Member States shall ensure the maintenance of the ratio of the land under permanent grassland in relation to the total agricultural area. That obligation shall apply at national or regional level. The reference ratio shall be established as relation between the land under permanent grassland and total agricultural area declared by the farmers in 2014.
Amendment 1643 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2
Article 31 – paragraph 2
2. Farmers shall be allowed to convert a maximum of 5 % of their reference areas under permanent grassland. That limit shall not appMember States shall ensure that the ratio under this Article shall not decrease to the detriment of land under permanent grassland by more than 10 % relatively into the case of force majeure or exceptional circumstancesratio for the relevant reference year.
Amendment 1667 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 3
Article 31 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 55 laying down rules concerning the increase of reference areas under permanent grassland as laid down in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1, the renewal of permanent grassland, the reconversion of agricultural area into permanent grassland in case the authorised decrease referred to in paragraph 2 is exceeded, as well as the modification of the reference areas under permanent grassland in case of transfer of land. For the purposes of paragraph 2, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 55 laying down rules on maintenance of permanent grassland, in particular to ensure that measures are taken to maintain the ratio, including individual obligations to be respected such as obligation to reconvert areas into permanent grassland where it is established that the ratio of land under permanent grassland is decreasing.
Amendment 1728 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1
Article 32 – paragraph 1
1. FWhere the arable land and area covers more than 20 hectares, farmers shall ensure that at least 7 % of their eligible hectares as defined in Article 25(2), excluding areas under permanent grassland and permanent crops, is ecological focus area such as land left fallow, terraces, landscape features, buffer strip like hedges or stone walls, buffer strips, land planted with nitrogen-fixing crops, land cultivated according to environmentally friendly methods and afforested areas as referred to in article 25(2)(b)(ii).
Amendment 1763 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 32 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the minimum percentage indicated in paragraph 1 is reduced to: - 5% in cases of joint undertakings of groups of farmers putting in place continuous, adjacent ecological focus areas; - 1,5% in the Member States with at least 45% of their total terrestrial area covered by forests or; - 1,5% in the Member States where utilised agricultural area constitute is less than 35% of the total terrestrial area.
Amendment 2046 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Coupled support may be granted to the following sectors and productions: cereals, oilseeds, protein crops, grain legumes, flax, hemp, rice, nuts, starch potato, milk and milk products, seeds, sheepmeat and goatmeat, pigmeat, beef and veal, olive oil, silk worms, dried fodder, hops, sugar beet, cane and chicory, fruit and vegetables and short rotation coppice.
Amendment 2112 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 39 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, Member States may decide to use up to 10 % of the annual national ceiling set out in Annex II provided that:
Amendment 2118 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 39 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) up to 20% provided that they applied, until 31 December 2013, the single area payment scheme as laid down in Title V of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, or financed measures under Article 111 of that Regulation, or are concerned by the derogation provided for in Article 69(5), or, in the case of Malta, in Article 69(1) of that Regulation; and/or
Amendment 2123 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 39 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) up to 10% provided that they allocated, during at least one year in the period 2010- 2013, more than 5 % of their amount available for granting the direct payments provided for in Titles III, IV and V of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, with the exception of Section 6 of Chapter 1 of Title IV, for financing the measures laid down in Section 2 of Chapter 2 of Title III of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, the support provided for in points (i) to (iv) of paragraph 1(a) and paragraphs 1(b) and (e) of Article 68 of that Regulation, or the measures under Chapter 1, with the exception of Section 6, of Title IV of that Regulation.
Amendment 1125 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 64 – paragraph 4
Part 2 – article 64 – paragraph 4
4. The accrediting authority shall supervise the accredited body and withdraw its accreditation by formal decision if one or more of the accreditation criteria are no longer met, unless the body takes the necessary remedial actions within a period of probation to be determined by the accrediting authority according to the severity of the problem. The accrediting authority shall notify the Commission immediately of the setting of any probation period for an accredited body and of any withdrawal decision. The Member State may choose not to establish a separate Accrediting authority, but ensure accreditation process within existing independent Audit body;
Amendment 1234 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
For Member States which acceded to the Union before 2013, whose GDP per capita is below 75% of the EU 27 average, and whose average real GDP growth 2008- 2010 was lower than the EU 27 average, the cohesion policy allocation shall not be lower than in the period 2007-2013.
Amendment 1288 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 4
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 4
Amendment 91 #
2011/0177(APP)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Strongly believes that cohesion policy resources have to be focused on less developed regions; distribution of cohesion policy financing should be fair and equal, ensuring that no less developed Member State faces a decrease of cohesion policy financing in comparison to current period.
Amendment 95 #
2011/0177(APP)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Recalls its position that, given the wide array of tasks, challenges and objectives that the CAP is called on to respond to, the amounts allocated to the CAP in the budget year 2013 should be at least maintained during the next financial programming period, while ensuring that no Member State receives less than 80% of EU average Direct Payments’ level; stresses, in this context, the important role played by the second pillar of the CAP, which makes a significant contribution to investment and job creation in rural areas and to enhancing the effectiveness and competitiveness of the farming industry;
Amendment 65 #
2010/2004(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a new
Paragraph 28 a new
Amendment 66 #
2010/2004(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 b new
Paragraph 28 b new
28 b. Recalls that approximately €4.5 billion of the ESF and ERDF for the financial period 2006-2007 were not taken up by Member States, and these funds were used for other budgetary needs; the final result for the take-up rate under the ECF is still not available, the time deadline beings 31 December 2010);
Amendment 67 #
2010/2004(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 c new
Paragraph 28 c new
28c new. Stresses that in order to avoid having at least the same non-utilisation rate (2.2%) for the financial period 2007- 2013, it is necessary to ask the Commission to ensure closer and more regular work with the Member States, who did not utilise funds for 2000-2006 and would probably not utilise EU structural funds for the period 2007-2013;
Amendment 68 #
2010/0101(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) EIB activity in Neighbourhood countries should take place in the framework of the European Neighbourhood Policy, under which the EU aims to develop a special relationship with neighbouring countries with a view to establishing an area of prosperity and good neighbourliness, founded on the values of the EU and characterised by close and peaceful relations based on co-operation. To achieve these objectives the EU and its partners implement jointly agreed bilateral Action Plans defining a set of priorities including on political and security issues, trade and economic matters, environmental concerns and integration of transport and energy networks. The Union for the Mediterranean, the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region, the Eastern Partnership, and the Black Sea Synergy are multilateral and regional initiatives complementary to the European Neighbourhood Policy aimed at fostering co-operation between the EU and the respective group of neighbouring partner countries facing common challenges and/or sharing a common geographical environment. The Union for the Mediterranean supports improved socio-economic, solidarity, regional integration, sustainable development and knowledge building, underlining the need to increase financial co-operation to support regional and trans-national projects. The EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region supports a sustainable environment and optimal economic and social development in the Baltic Sea region. The Eastern Partnership aims to create the necessary conditions to accelerate political association and further economic integration between the EU and Eastern Partner countries. The Russian Federation and the EU have a wide-ranging Strategic Partnership, distinct from the European Neighbourhood Policy and expressed through the Common Spaces and Roadmaps. This isese are complemented at multilateral level by the Northern Dimension which provides a framework for co-operation between the EU, Russia, Norway and Iceland.