8 Amendments of Derk Jan EPPINK related to 2012/0344(NLE)
Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 994/98 of 7 May 1998 on the application of Articles 92 and 93 of the Treaty establishing the European Community to certain categories of horizontal State aid,*1 empowers the Commission to declare by means of regulations that certain specified categories of aid are compatible with the internal market and are exempted from the notification requirement of Article 108(3) of the Treaty. 1 OJ L 142, 14.5.1998, p.1Regulation (EC) No 994/98 specifies those categories, while the details of the exemptions and the aims to which they are introduced are clarified in the relevant Regulations and Guidelines. Or. en
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) The Commission aims to find the right balance between concentrating its enforcement efforts on cases with a significant impact on the internal market by exempting certain specified categories of aid from the notification requirements, while at the same time preventing that too many services will be excluded from State Aid scrutiny.
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Regulation (EC) No 994/98 authorises the Commission to exempt aid for research and development, but not for innovation. Innovation has since become a Union policy priority in the context of ‘Innovation Union’, one of the Europe 2020 flagship initiatives. Moreover, many aid measures for innovation are relatively small and create no significant distortions of competition. The Community Framework for State aid for research, development and innovation further specifies the types of aid suitable for exemption, taking into account inefficiencies that occurred in the past.
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) In relation to aid for transport by rail, road and inland waterways, Article 93 of the Treaty states that aid meeting the needs of coordination of transport or representing reimbursement for the discharge of certain obligations inherent in the concept of a public service shall be compatible with the Treaties. Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2007 on public passenger transport services by rail and by road*1 currently exempts from the prior notification requirement laid down in Article 108(3) of the Treaty public service compensations for the operation of public passenger transport services or for complying with tariff obligations that are established through general rules and paid in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007. In order to harmonize the approach to block exemption regulations in the field of State aid, and in accordance with the procedures foreseen in Articles 108(4) and 109 of the Treaty, aid for the coordination of transport or reimbursement for the discharge of certain obligations inherent in the concept of a public service as referred to in Article 93 of the Treaty should be brought under the scope of Regulation (EC) No 994/98. Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 should be therefore be deleted with effect from six months after the entry into force of a regulation adopted by the Commission concerning this category of State aid.
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15 a (new)
Recital 15 a (new)
(15a) In order to ensure a level playing field in line with the internal market principles, the national aid schemes should guarantee an open and equal access to the State aid support for all the relevant actors of the market, in particular through the use of schemes or systems of aid rather than individual aid.
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No 994/98
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
On implementation of aid systems or individual aids granted outside any system, which have been exempted pursuant to such regulations, Member States shall respect public procurement rules and Union objectives. They shall forward to the Commission, with a view to publication on the Commission's website, summaries of the information regarding such systems of aid or such individual aids as are not covered by exempted aid systems.
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2
Article 2
Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007
Article 9
Article 9