Activities of Giommaria UGGIAS related to 2011/0276(COD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the 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
Amendments (55)
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Article 174 of the Treaty provides that, in order to strengthen its economic, social and territorial cohesion, the Union shall aim at reducing disparities between the levels of development of the various regions and the backwardness of the least favoured regions or islands, particular. Among those regions, particular attention should be paid to rural areas, areas affected by industrial transition, and regions which suffer from severe and permanent natural or demographic handicaps, such as island, cross-border and upland regions. Article 175 of the Treaty requires that the Union would support the achievement of these objectives by action it takes through the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guidance Section, the European Social Fund, the European Regional Development Fund, the European Investment Bank and other instruments.
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 55
Recital 55
(55) Objective criteria should be fixed for designating eligible regions and areas for support from the Funds. To this end, the identification of the regions and areas at Union level should be based on the common system of classification of the regions established by Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and the Council of 26 May 2003 on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS)12. Particular attention should be paid to regions which suffer from severe and permanent natural or demographic handicaps, such as island, cross-border and upland regions, although it must be borne in mind that the current NUTS classification does not necessarily reflect actual territorial specificities.
Amendment 172 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Article 174 of the Treaty provides that, in order to strengthen its economic, social and territorial cohesion, the Union shall aim at reducing disparities between the levels of development of the various regions and the backwardness of the least favoured regions or islands, particular. Among the regions concerned particular attention shall be paid to rural areas, areas affected by industrial transition, and regions which suffer from severe and permanent natural or demographic handicaps such as the northernmost regions with very low population density and island, cross- border and mountain regions. Article 175 of the Treaty requires that the Union would support the achievement of these objectives by action it takes through the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guidance Section, the European Social Fund, the European Regional Development Fund, the European Investment Bank and other instruments.
Amendment 207 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The Commission should adopt by delegated act a Common Strategic Framework which translates the objectives of the Union into key actions for the CSF Funds, in orderIn order to achieve the objectives and targets of the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, the Common Strategic Framework should coordinate and balance investment priorities, , with the thematic objectives specific to the Funds covered by the CPR set out in this Regulation. The aim of the Common Strategic Framework is to provide clearer strategic direction to the programming process at the level of Member States and regions. The Common Strategic Framework should facilitate sectoral and territorial coordination of Union intervention under the CSF Funds covered by the CPR and with other relevant Union policies and instruments. The Common Strategic Framework should be set out in an annex to this Regulation.
Amendment 228 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) A performance framework should be defined for each programme with a view to monitoring progress towards the objectives and targets set for each programme over the course of the programming period. The Commission should undertake a performance review in cooperation with the Member States in 2017 and 2019. A performance reserve should be foreseen and allocated in 2019 where milestones set in the performance framework have been attained. Due to their diversity and multi-country character, there should be no performance reserve for ‘European Territorial Cooperation’ programmes. In cases where the shortfall in the achievement of milestones or targets is significant, the Commission should be able to suspend payments to the programme or, at the end of the programming period, apply financial corrections, in order to ensure that the Union budget is not used in a wasteful or inefficient way.
Amendment 229 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) A performance framework should be defined for each programme with a view to monitoring progress towards the objectives and targets set for each programme over the course of the programming period. The Commission should undertake a performance review in cooperation with the Member States in 2017 and 2019. A performance reserve should be foreseen and allocated in 2019 where milestones set in the performance framework have been attained. Due to their diversity and multi-country character, there should be no performance reserve for 'European Territorial Cooperation' programmes. In cases where the shortfall in the achievement of milestones or targets is significant, the Commission should be able to suspend paycommitments to the programme or, at the end of the programming period, apply financial corrections, in order to ensure that the Union budget is not used in a wasteful or inefficient way.
Amendment 239 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) Establishing a closer link between cohesion policy and the economic governance of the Union will ensure that the effectiveness of expenditure under the CSF Funds covered by the CPR is underpinned by sound economic policies and that the CSF Funds covered by the CPR can, if necessary, be redirected to addressing the economic problems a country is facing. This process has to be gradual, starting with amendments to the Partnership Contract and to the programmes in support of Council recommendations to address macroeconomic imbalances and social and economic difficulties. Where, despite the enhanced use of CSF Funds, a Member State fails to take effective action in the context of the economic governance process, the Commission should have the right to suspend all or part of the payments and commitments. Decisions on suspensions should be proportionate and effective, taking into account the impact of the individual programmes for addressing the economic and social situation in the relevant Member State and previous amendments to the Partnership Contract. When deciding on suspensions, the Commission should also respect equality of treatment between Member States, taking into account in particular the impact of the suspension on the economy of the Member State concerned. The suspensions should be lifted and funds be made available again to the Member State concerned as soon as the Member State takes the necessary action.
Amendment 274 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43
Recital 43
(43) In accordance with the principles of shared management, Member States and regional and local authorities should have the primary responsibility, through their management and control systems, for the implementation and control of the operations in programmes. In order to strengthen the effectiveness of the control over the selection and implementation of operations and the functioning of the management and control system, the functions of the managing authority should be specified.
Amendment 296 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 55
Recital 55
(55) Objective criteria should be fixed for designating eligible regions and areas for support from the Funds. To this end, the identification of the regions and areas at Union level should be based on the common system of classification of the regions established by Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and the Council of 26 May 2003 on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) Special attention should be paid to regions which suffer from serious and permanent natural or demographic handicaps, such as regions with very low population density and island, cross- border and mountain regions, taking into account the fact that these territorial characteristics do not necessarily correspond to the breakdown currently proposed by the NUTS classification.
Amendment 301 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 58
Recital 58
Amendment 303 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 58
Recital 58
Amendment 350 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 90
Recital 90
(90) TWith regard to all of the Funds covered by the CPR, the Commission should be empowered to adopt, by means of implementing acts, as regards all CSF Funds, decisions approving the Partnership Contracts, decisions on the allocation of the performance reserve, decisions suspending payments linked to Member States' economic policies, and, in the case of decommitment, decisions to amend decisions adopting programmes; and as regards the Funds, decisions identifying the regions and Member States fulfilling the Investment for growth and jobs criteria, decisions setting out the annual breakdown of commitment appropriations to the Member States, decisions setting out the amount to be transferred from each Member State's CF allocation to the Connecting Europe Facility, decisions setting out the amount to be transferred from each Member State's Structural Funds allocation for food for deprived people, decisions adopting and amending operational programmes, decisions on major projects, decisions on joint action plans, decisions suspending payments and decisions on financial corrections.
Amendment 403 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Part 2 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. For the Partnership Contract and each programme respectively, athe Member States and local and regional authorities shall organise a partnership with the following partners:
Amendment 412 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
Part 2 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) other competent regional, local, urban and other public authorities;
Amendment 420 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c
Part 2 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) bodies representing civil society, including environmental partners, non- governmental organisations, which include non-profit organisations that promote social inclusion, and bodies responsible for promoting equality and non- discrimination.
Amendment 436 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 5 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Part 2 – article 5 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The Code of Good Conduct will define, a number of partnership criteria that will be part of the Partnership Contract. These partnership criteria will cover following minimum specifications: (a) description of the partner institutions that form the formal partnership; (b) the cooperation procedure with the competent national, regional and local institutions, ensuring binding voting rights in partnership decisions, including changes of the operational programme; (c) description of the formal consultation procedure of the partner institutions in the drafting of national guidance notes and supplementary implementing rules; (e) description of the stakeholders involved in the preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the programmes; (f) transparency of the procedures and the relevant documents concerning the Development and Investment Partnership Contract and the operational programmes.
Amendment 439 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 5 – paragraph 3 b (new)
Part 2 – article 5 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. These criteria shall be verified ex ante, as well as be subject to annual reporting by the Member States to the Commission.
Amendment 486 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 4
Article 20 – paragraph 4
Amendment 489 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 6
6) protecting the environmenteserving and enhancing the environment and cultural heritage, and promoting resource efficiency;
Amendment 504 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 10
(10) investing in education, skills and, lifelong learning and culture;
Amendment 512 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 11
11) enhancing institutional capacity and an efficient public administration; providing strategic orientation for territorial development within the framework of the Europe 2020 Strategy at all levels of government via the Union’s territorial agenda.
Amendment 532 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point d
Part 2 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point d
d) priority areas for cross-border, trans- national and inter-regional cooperation activities for each of the CSF Funds, where appropriate, taking account of macro- regional and sea basin strategies;
Amendment 540 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 12 – paragraph 1
Part 2 – article 12 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall be empowered to adopt a delegated act in accordance with Article 142 on the Common Strategic Framework within 3 months of the adoption of this Regulationon Strategic Framework is set out in Annex [X].
Amendment 544 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 12 – paragraph 2
Part 2 – article 12 – paragraph 2
Where there are major changes in the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, the Commission shall review and, where appropriate, adopt, by delegated act in accordance with Article 142, a revised Common Strategic Frameworkmay submit a proposal to review the Common Strategic Framework or the European Parliament and the Council may ask the Commission to submit such a proposal.
Amendment 553 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 13 – paragraph 1
Part 2 – article 13 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall draw up aThe Partnership Contract shall be drawn up for the period between 1 January 2014 and 31 December 2020 inclusive.
Amendment 555 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 13 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Part 2 – article 13 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. In Member States where, under national legislation or administrative provision, the regions and local authorities are involved in implementing the operational programmes, they shall be fully involved in drawing up the Partnership Contract.
Amendment 558 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 13 – paragraph 2
Part 2 – article 13 – paragraph 2
2. The Partnership Contract shall be drawn up by Member States in cooperation with the partners, as referred to in Article 5. The Partnership Contract shall be prepared in dialogue with the Commission4(4) and Article 5 in dialogue with the Commission. In Member States where other public authorities fulfil the role of owners of the operational programmes, they shall participate fully in drawing up the Partnership Contract.
Amendment 599 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
(ii) the arrangements to ensure an integrated approach to the use of the CSF Funds covered by the CPR, for the territorial development of urban, rural, coastal and fisheries areas and areas with particular territorial features, in particular the implementation arrangements for Articles 28, 29 and 99, accompanied, where appropriate, by athe list of the cities to participate in the urban development platform referred to in Article 8 of the ERDF Regulationcriteria for the designation of functional urban areas;
Amendment 654 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 16 – paragraph 1
Part 2 – article 16 – paragraph 1
Member States shall concentrate support, in accordance with the Fund-specific rules and in full agreement with the regional authorities, on actions bringing the greatest added value, in relation to the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, and which addressing the challenges identified in the country- specific recommendations under Article 121(2) of the Treaty and the relevant Council recommendations adopted under 148(42) of the Treaty, andwhile taking into account national and regional needs.
Amendment 666 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 17 – paragraph 2
Part 2 – article 17 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall assess whether the applicable ex , where applicable as directly associated with a thematic objective/priority of the Partnership Agreement/programme, assess whether the ex-ante conditionalities are fulfilled.
Amendment 679 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 17 – paragraph 5
Part 2 – article 17 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission shall assess the information provided on the fulfilment of the ex ante conditionalities in the framework of its assessment of the Partnership Contract and programmes. It may decide, when adopting a programme, to suspend all or part of interim payments to the programme pending the satisfactory completion of actions to fulfil an ex ante conditionality. The failure to complete actions to fulfil an ex ante conditionality by the deadline set out in the programme shall constitute a basis for suspending paycommitments by the Commission.
Amendment 694 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 18
Part 2 – article 18
Amendment 706 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 19 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Part 2 – article 19 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Where the review of the results performed in 2017 and 2019 shows that the fundamental milestones set out for 2016 and 2018 have not been achieved for the programmes at the level of priorities, the Commission shall make recommendations to the Member State concerned and where applicable shall implement technical support for the managing authorities.
Amendment 708 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 20
Part 2 – article 20
Amendment 728 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 21
Part 2 – article 21
Amendment 747 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 23 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Part 2 – article 23 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Commission shall support the possibility of multi-fund operational programmes and to this end shall undertake to adopt any measure which will make the setting up and implementation of these programmes subject to the proportionality principle.
Amendment 774 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 24 – paragraph 5
Part 2 – article 24 – paragraph 5
5. Each programme, except those where technical assistance is undertaken under a specific programme, shall set out the indicative amount of support to be used for climate change objectives.objectives relating to climate change, social inclusion and reduction of poverty;
Amendment 802 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 28 – paragraph 1 – point b
Part 2 – article 28 – paragraph 1 – point b
b) community-led, by local action groups composed of representatives of public and private local socio-economic interests, where at the decisionmaking level neither the public sector nor any single interest group shall represent more than 49 % of the voting rights, save for exceptions contained in Operational Programmes in the case of institutionalised structures for existing local development and which allow different voting methods;
Amendment 964 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 44 – paragraph 3
Part 2 – article 44 – paragraph 3
3. The annual implementation report submitted in 2017 shall set out and assess the information set out in paragraph 2 and progress towards achieving the objectives of the programme, including the contribution of the CSF Funds to changes in result indicators, when evidence is available from evaluations. It shall also assess the implementation of actions to take into account the principles set out in Articles 6, 7 and 8 and report on support used for climate change targets and the actions taken to achieve the objectives of reducing poverty.
Amendment 980 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 46 – paragraph 2 – point b
Part 2 – article 46 – paragraph 2 – point b
b) progress towards achievement of the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, in particular in respect of the milestones set out for each programme in the performance framework and the support used for climate change objectivesobjectives for climate change and reducing poverty;
Amendment 1156 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 74 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Part 2 – article 74 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The payment deadline for an interim payment claim may be interrupted by the authorising officer by delegation within the meaning of the Financial Regulation for a maximum period of ninesix months if:
Amendment 1208 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 82 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Part 3 – article 82 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. 6 In 2015, the Commission shall review the eligibility of Regions under the various categories referred to in point 2. Those regions where, due to the recession, the GDP per capita has fallen by at least 5% between the above reference period and the period 2010 to 2012 will benefit from supplementary funding corresponding to their new situation.
Amendment 1227 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e
(e) 0,29 % (i.e., a total of EUR 925 680 000)e) XXX€ as additional funding for the outermost regions identified in Article 349 of the Treaty and the NUTS level 2 regions fulfilling the criteria laid down in Article 2 of Protocol No 6for which the level of support should correspond to the Treaty of Accession of Austria, Finlanlities of OMR-related hand Swedenicaps.
Amendment 1231 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e a (new)
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e a (new)
(e a) f) XXX€ as additional funding for the NUTS level 2 regions fulfillingthe criteria laid down in Article 2 of Protocol No 6 to the Treaty of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden.
Amendment 1233 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e b (new)
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e b (new)
(e b) XXX€ as additional funding , to be allocated to areas beset bypermanent and severe geographic handicaps in the framework of Operational Programmes undertaken under article 10 of the ERDF Regulation; such areas being those defined by Article 111§4, excluding those already mentioned above under e) and f).
Amendment 1237 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
All regions whose GDP per capita for the 2007-2013 period was less than 75% of the average of the EU-25 for the reference period but whose GDP per capita is above 75% of the GDP average of the EU-27 shall receive an allocation under the Structural Funds equal to at least two thirdsnot exceeding 50% of their 2007-2013 allocation.
Amendment 1374 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point c – point iii
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point c – point iii
iii) the indicative list of cities and functional areas where integrated actions for sustainable urban development will be implemented,. This list should be drawn up in partnership with local and regional authorities, with due attention to the institutional systems of each Member State in order to ensure fair access for each local authority which wishes to implement integrated urban measures, to the indicative annual allocation of the ERDF support for these actions, including the resources delegated to cities for management under Article 7(2) of Regulation (EU) No […] [ERDF] and the indicative annual allocation of ESF support for integrated actions;
Amendment 1421 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point iii bis (new)
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point iii bis (new)
iii a) a description of the specific measures taken to achieve the EU objective of poverty reduction by promoting the social inclusion of disadvantaged groups of people and of reducing inequality throughout the European Union.
Amendment 1425 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 88 – paragraph 2
Part 3 – article 88 – paragraph 2
2. The ERDF and the ESF may finance, in a complementary manner and subject to a limit of 510 % of Union funding for each priority axis of an operational programme, a part of an operation for which the costs are eligible for support from the other Fund on the basis of eligibility rules applied to that Fund, provided that they are necessary for the satisfactory implementation of the operation and are directly linked to it.
Amendment 1516 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 100 – paragraph 1 – point f bis (new)
Part 3 – article 100 – paragraph 1 – point f bis (new)
(fa) actions aimed at combating poverty and promoting social inclusion of disadvantaged groups of people;
Amendment 1531 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 101 – paragraph 3 – point e
Part 3 – article 101 – paragraph 3 – point e
e) the specific actions taken to promote equality between men and women and to prevent discrimination, including accessibility for disabled persons, and the arrangements implemented to ensure the integration of the gender perspective in the operational programme and operations, as well as specific measures adopted to combat poverty and promote social inclusion of vulnerable groups of people;
Amendment 1573 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 105 – paragraph 1 bis (new)
Part 3 – article 105 – paragraph 1 bis (new)
1a. Awareness-raising actions can also be organised by European institutions and advisory bodies in order to mirror the way in which cohesion policy functions, as well as its added value for the EU
Amendment 1631 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 111 – paragraph 1 – point 3 bis (new)
Part 3 – article 111 – paragraph 1 – point 3 bis (new)
3 a) reducing poverty and promoting social inclusion of vulnerable groups of people, especially through integrated approaches to active inclusion;
Amendment 1632 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 111 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a
Part 3 – article 111 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a
(a) Small island Member States eligible under the Cohesion Fund, and other islands except those on which the capital of a Member State is situated or which have a fixed link to the mainland;
Amendment 1633 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 111 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point c – indent 1 (new)
Part 3 – article 111 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point c – indent 1 (new)
- In such areas, the ceiling of co- financing rates set in Article 110.3 may be increased by 10% up to a maximum ceiling of 80%.