24 Amendments of Patrice TIROLIEN related to 2013/2178(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the assets, resources and potential of the ORs, as highlighted by the Commission in its 2008 strategy and 2012 communication, lie in areas of key importance to EU research, innovation and growth, and whereas they attract too little support and financing under the EU funds and programmes lying outside the scope of cohesion, agricultural and fisheries policy;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the ORs are regions of excellence that can make a significant contribution towards meeting the objectives the EU has set as part of the Europe 2020 growth strategy, the Horizon 2020 strategy, the Energy 2020 strategy, the LIFE+ and Natura 2000 programmes and the trans-European telecommunications, transport and energy networks;Linguistic amendment not affecting the English version
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas Article 349 of the TFEU also provides a means of enablallowing the ORs to take their rightful place inprocedural derogations in respect of the various EU programmes that can properly harness the potential that they are recognised as having;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the ORs can become regions of research and excellence, to the benefit of the EU as a whole, in areas such as biodiversity, the environment, adapting to climate change, dealing with and observing extreme weather events, research, innovation, space, the aerospace industry, oceans, maritime governance, volcanology, health, renewable energy, transport, telecommunications, emergency humanitarian assistance outside the EU and culture;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that the ORs’ lack of access to the various sources of EU funding will, in the long run, indirectly have a negative impact on the EU as a whole;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Endorses the Commission approach of implementing policies seeking to make the ORs more self-reliant, economically robust and better able to create sustainable jobs by capitalising on their assets and taking practical, imaginnnovative action on the basis of Article 349 of the TFEU and of ad hoc instruments introduced for each EU fund and programme that can help turn the ORs’ assets into economic development;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to introduce a global strategy for ‘European overseas entities’ and set up an EU-OR-OCT joint forum;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Points out that one of the primary aims of the new cohesion policy is to step up research, technological development and innovation efforts;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Believes that, if cohesion policy, Europe 2020 and Horizon 2020 targets are to be fully met – something which cannot be achieved by ERDF funding alone –, the Commission will need to streamline, guarantee and promotguarantee OR access to the Horizon 2020 programme by setting up dedicated programmes that can help to foster greater OR inclusion in European and international research and innovation networks;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Believes that the ORs’ potential in the areas of biodiversity management, conservation and rehabilitation, adaptation to climate change and renewable energy development can be maximised through the establishment of synergies and cross- funding arrangements between cohesion policy, the LIFE+ programme and the Energy 2020 strategy, and that this will at the same time helpenable the Union to achieve its own objectives;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission to draw up a specific Natura 2000 programme, with specific financing, for the ORs on the basis of Article 349 of the TFEU and the achievements of the BEST preparatory action;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Considers trans-European telecommunications network links between mainland Europe and the ORs to be essential; bBelieves that, in view of the digital economy'’s importance, the digital divide between the ORs and mainland Europe is hampering the ORs'’ development and competitiveness; points out that this digital divide, which is a result of delays in the roll-out and modernisation of ICT infrastructure in the ORs, is adding to the problems already faced by the ORs because of their geographical remoteness; suggests that the development of ICTs in the ORs should be stepped up by extending and modernising networks, exploiting synergies with the ERDF and granting easier access to EIB funding for projects in this area;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 7
Subheading 7
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Stresses that the ORs are dependent on the fish stocks in their EEZs, which are biologically highly vulnerable; emphasises the need to ensure that those stocks are used in a sustainable manner while maintaining the same level of fishing activity; calls for proper account to be taken of the long-term interests of local people when EU fisheries agreements are drafted andthe populations of neighbouring countries when EU fisheries agreements are negotiated, with OR stakeholders playing a part in those negotiatedions;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Criticises the fact that the ORs will not be granted fleet renewal aid under the new CFPEMFF Regulation;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Points out that farming in the ORs is grappling with the challenges of diversification and competitiveness with neighbouring countries, as well as with new challenges which include food self- sufficienccurity and sustainable development;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Believes that synergies should be created between cohesion policy and the EAFRD, with a view to modernising and extending irrigation networks so as to ensure that water resources are managed sustainably, and to land use planning, training and capitalising on the tourism potential of sustainable agriculture and rural communities;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 9
Subheading 9
Synergies with the European Development FundEU external policy
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
43. Deplores the continued lack of a proper linkage between the EDF and the ERDF, in particular as regards cross-border cooperation projects, despite the fact that this is essential if the fFunds’ objectives are to be met; points to the need, in this respect, to ensure that the programming methods used for the EDF and for the ERDF are compatible;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44
Paragraph 44
44. Calls on the Commission to initiate discussions between the Member States, the ORs, the OCTs and the ACP countries, with a view to fostering closer dialogue and better integration of the ORs into their geographical areas; emphasises that, to this end, the EU delegations should play an even more pivotal role in facilitating dialogue between the various stakeholders involved in programming in the ORs, the OCTs and the ACP countries;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 10
Subheading 10
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49
Paragraph 49
49. Calls on the Commission to negotiate the inclusion in all trade agreements with ACP countries that lie close to ORs a specific section on the creation of an exclusive OR-ACP market, with a view to integrating ORs more closely into their geographical neighbourhood;Linguistic amendment not affecting the English version