5 Amendments of Derk Jan EPPINK related to 2013/2131(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the role of the European Investment Bank (EIB) laid out under the Compact for Growth and Jobs, as well as the increase in EIB lending in the areas of infrastructure, resource efficiency and the knowledge economy; expresses its hope, in this connection, that the full potential of the recent increase in capital of EUR 10 billion will better provide for new lending for growth and jobs, especially in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMES);
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Appreciates that unused structural funds can now be used as a special guarantee fund for EIB lending, especially in Greece; highlights, furthermore, the success of EIB pilot-project bonds; calls for the continued and increased use of such bonds, and for a regular review of their efficiency in order to boost viable investment in debt instruments that channel private capital into needed transport, energy and ICT infrastructure projects, especially those with a cross-border dimension;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Encourages the EIB to form partnerships with transparent and accountable financial intermediaries with established links to the local economy in each country of operation; calls on the EIB, in this connection, to ensure greater transparency, especially in the intermediated loans business, as well as to exercise enhanced due diligence in preventing the use of tax havens, transfer pricing and, tax fraud, evasion and aggressive tax avoidance or planning;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 – point a (new)
Paragraph 9 – point a (new)
(a) Encourages the EIB to negotiate and conclude Memorandums of Understandings (MoUs) with regional development banks active in its regions of operations to foster synergies, share risks and costs, and ensure sufficient lending to the real economy;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Requests that the EIB systematically report on progress made in the context of Parliament's previous recommendations, especially as regards the impact of its lending activities in the various regions of its operations on growth and jobs creation in the EU and therein, and economic integration between the EU and pre- accession and neighbourhood countries.