8 Amendments of Vilja SAVISAAR-TOOMAST related to 2011/0302(COD)
Amendment 125 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The Commission has committed to mainstream climate change into Union spending programmes and to direct at least 20% of the Union budget to climate-related objectives. It is important to ensure that climate change mitigation and adaptation as well as risk prevention and management are promoted in the preparation, design and implementation of projects of common interest. Infrastructure investments covered by this Regulation should contribute to promoting the transition to a low-carbon and climate- and disaster-resilient economy and society. The Commission should ensure that international agreements and standards applicable within the internal market are applied even-handedly to the Member States, without causing distortions of competition, in order to ensure the success of European undertakings in the face of global competition.
Amendment 209 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40
Recital 40
(40) With respect to the conditions for the financial instruments, it might be necessary to add additional requirements in the Work Programmes, for example to ensure a competitive and fair internal markets in view of the development of the Union's policies, technological developments and other factors that may become relevant.
Amendment 210 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41
Recital 41
(41) Multi-annual programming for support from the Facility should be directed towards supporting the Union's priorities by ensuring the availability of the necessary financial resources and the consistency, fairness and continuity of joint action by the Union and the Member States. For proposals submitted following the implementation of the first multiannual work programme in the sector of transport, eligibility of cost should start on 1 January 2014 to ensure the continuity of projects already covered by Regulation (EC) No 680/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2007 laying down general rules for the granting of Community financial aid in the field of the trans-European transport and energy networks.
Amendment 266 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) contribute to smart, sustainable and inclusive growth by developing modern and high performing trans-European networks which take account of future traffic flows, thus bringing forward benefits for the entire European Union in terms of competitiveness and economic, social and territorial cohesion within the Single Market and creating an environment more conducive to private and public investment through a combination of financial instruments and Union direct support and by exploiting synergies across the sectors. The achievement of this objective will be measured by the volume of public and private investment in projects of common interest, and in particular the volume of public and private investments in projects of common interest realised through the financial instruments under this Regulation.
Amendment 306 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iii a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iii a (new)
(iii a) preparing for future transport flows.
Amendment 321 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii
(iii) contributing to sustainable development and protection of the environment, notably by fostering the integration of energy from renewable sources into the transmission network and developing carbon dioxide networks and investing in sustainable transport, to be measured by the transmission of renewable energy from generation to major consumption centres and storage sites, and the sum of CO2 emissions prevented by the construction of the projects which benefited from the Connecting Europe Facility.
Amendment 422 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b – point i
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b – point i
(i) rail and inland waterways and motorways of the sea: the amount of Union financial aid shall not exceed 230% of the eligible cost; the funding rate may be increased to 340% for actions addressing bottlenecks; the funding rate may be increased to 450% for actions concerning cross-border sections;
Amendment 464 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point c – point ii
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point c – point ii
(ii) traffic management systems, including the implementation of the land-based and on-board components of RIS, VTMIS and SESAR, freight transport services, secure parkings on the road core network, as well as actions to support the development of Motorways of the Seas: the amount of Union financial aid shall not exceed 230% of the eligible cost.