9 Amendments of Patrice TIROLIEN related to 2013/0000(INI)
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas State aid should be better aligned with the targets set by the Lisbon European Council of March 2000, while at the same time complements the objectives of other EU policies, in particular the Cohesion Policy;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Asks the Commission to confirm in the future regional State aid guidelines that the aid intensities laid down in these guidelines do not apply for public subsidies granted by Member States using ESF and ERDF resources which meet the compatibility requirements of the Services of General Economic Interest Decision or the Framework;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Suggests that in its zoning criteria, the Commission takes into account the natural, geographic or demographic handicaps faced by certain regions, including rural, mountain and island areas; points out that the zoning requirements are not always appropriate for all areas, in terms of the minimum size and extent of the zones, and that these areas can in particular often not meet the population requirements set out in the texts; calls therefore for these requirements to be relaxed either by setting more relevant population ceilings, or by applying these two criteria in different way;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Draws the Commission's attention to the specific situation of the outermost regions, recognised in Article 107(3)(a)TFEU, and reiterates the need for a more flexible approach tailored to reflect their specific features; considers that outermost regions should be able to allocate operating aid to businesses and they should keep receiving the same level of aid they have traditionally been allocated; considers that, as regards investment aid, the bonus to the outermost regions should be kept unchanged;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls for the geographical zoning to be harmonised with the Commission's new proposals for cohesion policy and in particular the creation of a new category of transition regions whose GDP is between 75% and 90% of the EU average, and proposes a simplified system, in which all transition regions would be considered as predefined areas covered by Article 107(3)(c)TFEU;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Calls on the Commission to raise the current threshold for the definition of small and medium enterprises (SMEs); asks, accordingly the Commission to create, as it has already agreed for the agri-food industry, a new category of mid- sized enterprises, employing between 250 and 750 workers and with a turnover of under EUR 200 million, located between SMEs and large enterprises, in order to promote the development of our SMEs; considers that the Commission should also launch a discussion on taking account of mid-cap enterprises (MCEs) formed by SMEs that have grown and employing between 250 and 5 000 workers, and that mid-sized enterprises and MCEs should receive appropriate rates of aid, which are higher than those for large enterprises and lower than those for SMEs;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17 b. Notes the risks of relocation, both within and outside the European Union, which are very real for the regions as a result of the ban on aid to large enterprises, and that such businesses could decide to leave the areas covered by Article 107(3)(c) TFEU for areas covered by Article 107(3)(a) TFEU or for non-EU States if aid levels and rates were to fall;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 c (new)
Paragraph 17 c (new)
17 c. Welcomes the safeguard clause proposed by the European Commission which would oblige large companies to maintain the investment and the jobs created in the area where the aid was awarded for a period of 5 years, or 3 years in the case of SMEs;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 d (new)
Paragraph 17 d (new)
17 d. Suggests the inclusion of a clause on the full recovery of aid, modelled on Article 57 of the current General Regulation of the Structural Funds, which would apply during the five years following the grant of the aid if the nature of the co-financed operation or the conditions for implementing it were affected, if the operation were to confer an undue advantage on a firm or public body, if the ownership of an item of infrastructure were to change or if a productive activity were to cease; considers that the Member States and the Commission should ensure that undertakings which are or have been subject to a procedure of recovery following the transfer of a productive activity within a Member State or to another Member State do not benefit from a contribution from the Structural Funds;