4 Amendments of Ramon TREMOSA i BALCELLS related to 2014/2156(INI)
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas particular efforts should be made to expand joint interventions (combining EIF or other guarantee tools) for financing SMEs oreducing fragmentation on interest rates inside the single market as well as tangible and intangible sustainable infrastructures;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Takes note in that context of the establishment of a Task Force, led by the Commission and the European Investment Bank, with a view to identifying concrete actions to boost investment, including a pipeline of potentially viable projects of European relevance to be realised in the short and medium term; emphasises that this Task Force should explicitly identify hurdles and remedies for increasing investments and actively seek the involvement of Parliament, social partners and CSOs; believes that TEN-T projects in Energy and Transport should be prioritized, as well as other projects with an European added value and a positive cost-benefit analysis;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Is of the opinion that, in this respect, appropriate EIB involvement in an EU investment plan will require a substantial increase in EIB lending and borrowing ceilings within the next five years with a view to significantly increasing its balance sheet size; points out that such an increase will imply a combination of a new capital increase and guarantees provided to new credit lines in the framework of the plan; believes that an excessive level of leverage will undermine the objectives of the investment plan;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Regrets in particular the role played by the EIB and the Commission in the Castor project, which is funded in the framework of PBI, involving a risk assessment which did not take account of the risk of increased seismic activity associated with the injection of gas, despite the existence of studies clearly warning of the potential dangers8 ; urges the Commission and the EIB to take action in order to avoid Spainish citizens having to pay EUR 1 300 million in compensation over a disastrously assessed project either through a higher deficit or raising energy costs that would have a negative impact on poverty; __________________ 8 See: Observatori de l’Ebre (CSIC, URLL). Evaluación de Impacto Ambiental (SGEA/SHG; Ref.: GAD/13/05) - ‘Almacenamiento subterráneo de gas natural Amposta (Permiso Castor) Ttarragona); IAM 2109-07 - Estudio elaborado por la Dirección General de Política Ambiental y Sostenibilidad del Departamento de Medio Ambienta y Vivienda de la Generalitat de Catalunya sobre el estudio de impacto ambiental del Proyecto de almacén subterráneo de gas natural Castor’; and Simone Cesca, Francesco Grigoli, Sebastian Heimann, Álvaro González, Elisa Buforn, Samira Maghsoudi, Estefania Blanch y Torsten Dahm (2014): ’The 2013 September– October seismic sequence offshore Spain: a case of seismicity triggered by gas injection?’, Geophysical Journal International, 198, 941–953.