Activities of Sylvie GOULARD related to 2010/0276(CNS)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1467/97 on speeding up and clarifying the implementation of the excessive deficit procedure PDF (423 KB) DOC (421 KB)
Amendments (2)
Amendment 185 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – point 2 – point b
Regulation (EC) No 1467/97
Article 2 – paragraph 1a
Article 2 – paragraph 1a
1a. When it exceeds the reference value, the ratio of the government debt to gross domestic product (GDP) is to be considered sufficiently diminishing and approaching the reference value at a satisfactory pace in accordance with Article 126 (2) (b) of the Treaty if the differential with respect to the reference value has reduced over the previous three years at a rate of the order of one-twentieth per year. In implementing this differential, the relevant factors for each country, as referred to in paragraph 3, shall be taken into account. For a period of 3 years from [date of entering into force of this Regulation - to be inserted], account shall be taken of the backward-looking nature of this indicator in its application.
Amendment 210 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 2 – point d a (new)
Article 1 – point 2 – point d a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1467/97
Article 2 – paragraph 5
Article 2 – paragraph 5
(d a) paragraph 5 is amended as follows: 5. The Commission and the Council, in all budgetary assessments in the framework of the excessive deficit procedure, shall give due consideration to the implementation of pension reforms introducing a multipillar system that includes a mandatory, fully funded pillar, and of government investment expenditure in accordance with article 126 paragraph 3 of the Treaty. The Commission, in collaboration with national fiscal councils, shall define and make public a transparent, independent and reasoned assessment of the methodology for the accounting and auditing of such government investment expenditure. These expenditures, in particular in the field of research and development, education and major infrastructures, shall respect the provisions of the Treaty on State aids and be future oriented.