5 Amendments of Derk Jan EPPINK related to 2013/2104(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission’s draft regional aid guidelines (RAG) for 2014- 2020 as an integral part of the State aid modernisation (SAM) programme; reiterates its support for an approach where the compatibility rules to assess State aid are rooted on common principles and are consistent across the General Block Exemption Regulation (GBER) and the different guidelines; favours the adoption of simpler, predictable and more effective State aid control and enforcement rules based on sound economic analysis;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Highlights that the purpose of the RAG is to promote a competitive and coherent internal market, while at the same time ensuring that distortive effects of aid are kept to a minimum;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission, however, to ensure that promoting economic growth through State aid will not again lead to an increase in public debt; underlines the need for less, but better-targeted, State aid, keeping in mind that State aid is meant to be an exception, not the rule;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Acknowledges the problems regarding investment aid to large enterprises indicated by the Commission; is, however, of the opinion that excluding large undertakings from State aid rules in areas covered by Article 107(3)(c) TFEU is not justified given their contribution to employment, their subcontracting activities benefiting SMEs and their involvement in research and development; highlights that an exclusion of large undertakings may lead to job losses and reduced economic activity in the regions concerned as well as to relocation of activity to other regions, either within or outside the EU; believes that the eligibility of enterprises for State aid incentives should not be determined on the basis of the size of the enterprise or the sector in which it operates;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Urges the Commission to make access to State aid for SMEs in those most disadvantaged regions simpler and clearer, recognising the importance of those entities for regional development; at the same time, asks the Commission to step up enforcement efforts in bigger, potentially more distortive cases;