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2017/2071(INI)
2015/0065(CNS)
Taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments: repealing the Savings Directive
1973/10/12 Šibenik
2011/2033(INI) Budgetary management of European Union pre-accession funds in the areas of judicial systems and the fight against corruption in the candidate and potential candidate countries
2013/09/06 CONT 2 amendments...
19. Is concerned that ROM reports are considered to be structurally biased in favour of positive ratings and that they are inappropriate for longer-term performance monitoring; stresses that monitoring should track sector performance and not just project results; urges the Commission to develop a comprehensive monitoring action plan including evaluation tools other than ROM reports, such as sector performance assessment frameworks with SMART indicators, in order to make comprehensive monitoring of project outcomes possible over time;. For such comprehensive monitoring at sector level all source of financing invested in the sector should be taken into account. Goals and indicators should be set per sector taking into account total financing.
20. Is of the opinion that a database listing all of the projects within the sector funded under pre- accession assistance programmes and other sources such as donations, national public funds, loans should be established and made publicly available; calls on the Commission, therefore, to develop measures to increase the transparency of legal arrangements and to design a system whereby all beneficiaries of EU funding are published on the same website, independently of the administrator of the funds, and on the basis of standard categories of information to be provided by all Member States in at least one working language of the EU;
source: PE-516.837
2014/01/09 ECON 1 amendments...
12a. Considers, as regards Member States whose GDP is below 75% of the average for the Member States as a whole and which are engaged in an excessive deficit procedure, that the deficit should be calculated in such a way as to exclude both investment in the groundwork for projects to be co-financed out of European funds and the expenditure incurred to finance those projects while they are being implemented, the object being to enable the Member States in question to carry through the investment needed to achieve growth and development; considers that specific recommendations coming under the European Semester should allow for the higher expenditure necessitated by intensive investment backed by European funds; also considers it important to steer Member States towards domestic-level structural reforms and measures aimed clearly at cutting spending and increasing efficiency;
2015/02/06 AFET 1 amendments...
(7b)The newly elected institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina should seize the opportunity of the renewed EU policy approach towards Bosnia and Herzegovina to conclude the Agreement on the adaptation of Stabilisation and Association Agreement and the Interim Agreement taking into account Croatia's accession to the EU and maintaining the preferential traditional trade.
source: PE-546.781
2015/02/26 INTA 2 amendments...
Davor Ivo STIER, Andrej PLENKOVIĆ, Dubravka ŠUICA, Ivana MALETIĆ, Marijana PETIR
(7) However, Bosnia and Herzegovina has not yet accepted to adapt trade concessions granted under the Interim Agreement in order to take into account the preferential traditional trade between Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina under the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA). In case, by the time of the adoption of this Regulation, an agreement on the adaptation of the trade concessions set out in the Stabilisation and Association Agreement and in the Interim Agreement has not been signed and provisionally applied by European Union and Bosnia and Herzegovina, the preferences granted to Bosnia and Herzegovina should be suspended as from 1 January 2016. Once Bosnia-Herzegovina and the European Union will have signed and provisionally applied an agreement on the adaptation of trade concessions in the Interim Agreement, those preferences should be re- established. The authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the European Commission should redouble efforts to adapt the Interim Agreement before 1 January 2016,
(7a) The European Union remains committed to support Bosnia and Herzegovina's European perspective and expects from the political leadership of the country to pursue reforms aimed at promoting functional institutions as well as ensuring equal rights to the three constituent peoples and all citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
2014/07/31 ECON 7 amendments...
1a. Bearing in mind the Europe 2020 targets and the aims of stimulating economic growth and development and resolving the problem of unemployment, especially among young people, calls on the Commission to lay emphasis in the partnership agreements with Member States and in operational programmes upon development projects and drivers of growth, one such measure being to open up sources of financing to small and medium-sized enterprises, thereby channelling budget resources with a view to bringing about an innovative, creative, and competitive Europe;
1b. Given that the European Semester was established for the purpose of coordinating the Member States’ economic policies at EU level and that, to that end, the Commission produces a detailed analysis of their economic and structural reform programmes and issues recommendations agreed with them, believes that, as the European Semester proceeds, Member States can learn from each other’s experiences, enabling them to reach the targets more quickly and to more successful effect; considers it important, therefore, that the EU budget be used to promote human capacity- building programmes through which to exchange knowledge and experience related to public finances, the financial system, structural reforms, employment, and social policy; calls on the Commission, together with the Member States, to encourage investment in analysis and scientific research and innovation in the above areas and the exchange of knowledge and experience through projects financed under European structural and investment funds;
1c. Given that sound financial management is central to the implementation of the EU budget as well as of national budgets, since it increases the effectiveness of expenditure, reduces the possibility of error and fraud, and enhances budget transparency, considers it important that the EU budget be used to promote programmes aimed at developing the Member States’ statistical, reporting, and accounting systems, auditing and supervisory procedures, and the enforcement of financial management and control systems; calls on the Commission, therefore, to make rapid and effective use of the Anti-Fraud Information System (AFIS) and the European statistical programme (ESP) and, in cooperation with the Member States, to channel European structural and investment funding towards capacity building and the exchange of knowledge and experience among Member States in the field of financial management and reporting;
1d. Bearing in mind that recommendations to Member States for the purposes of the European Semester relate most often to strengthening of the tax collection system, the prevention of tax evasion, sound revenue management, and the calculation of tax expenditures, the main object being to enhance competitiveness, which implies a need for a stable, predictable tax system and for better management and greater efficiency in the existing tax system, considers it essential for Member States to exchange knowledge and experience in the field of tax administration; calls on the Commission, therefore, to make rapid and effective use of the Fiscalis and Hercules III programmes and, in cooperation with the Member States, to channel European structural and investment funding towards capacity building and the exchange of knowledge and experience among Member States with a view to achieving a high standard of tax policy implementation;
4. Stresses that the ESAs need the appropriate human resources in order to fulfil their supervisory and regulatory role in a satisfactory manner; suggests that eventual increases in human resources should be preceded or accompanied by rationalisation efforts such as reallocation to achieve efficiency gains; points out that such rationalisation must not affect cooperation with scientific institutions, the conduct of research and analysis, or education and training and that, on the contrary, investment and the number of activities in these areas need to be increased; points out that the ESAs stated having difficulties in employing staff members of a certain seniority and are limited in fulfilling their mandate by a lack of resources, staff and available resources do not reflect the tasks required to be carried out, in particular the highly resource-intensive and time- constrained work of delivering the single rulebook;
4a. Maintains that, in the short term, the three ESAs can and must substantially boost their human capacity, quantitatively and qualitatively, so as to ensure that they perform all the tasks assigned to them under the regulations; notes that care must be taken to ensure that the fact of having a large intake of newcomers does not interfere with the day-to-day running of affairs, and therefore points to the importance of fast recruitment procedures and a compulsory entering programme for newcomers, along with good training and a well-thought-out mentoring system;
6. Calls therefore on the Commission to bring analysis and scrutiny to bear and, should this be shown to be acceptable, propose a financing system by 2017 that is solely based on the introduction of fees by market participants, and/or to propose that separate headings be laid down in the general budget. .
source: PE-537.267
2014/09/09 ECON 8 amendments...
Danuta Maria HÜBNER, Georgios KYRTSOS, Ivana MALETIĆ, Brian HAYES, Neena GILL CBE
17a. Calls on the Commission, in order to ensure proper implementation of cohesion policy and stop growing regional disparities, and to serve as an incentive to efficiently use investments backed by ESI funds, to encourage the use of these funds especially were they would be used as a flanking measure for structural reforms; expects that the prolongation of the fiscal adjustment period, which is made possible under the condition that structural reforms are decided and implemented, will together with the use of the ESI funds create synergy effects;
2015/03/03 ECON 3 amendments...
15a. Calls on more active role of the national parliaments in creating national reform programmes and convergence programme and in implementation of CSRs.
20a. Recalls on the last In-depth reviews and county reports (published on 26th of February, 2015) where a number of Member States fall under excessive imbalances (category 5) and imbalance category (category 4) and requires decisive policy actions in order to remove imbalances.
Motion for a resolutionParagraph 37 – indent 1
– a ‘taxation union’, and support/enhance cooperation of the national tax authorities in order to exchange information regarding tax avoidance and tax fraud.
2015/03/04 ECON 10 amendments...
- having regard to the Commission's sixth report on economic, social and territorial cohesion entitled 'Investment for jobs and growth: promoting economic, social and territorial cohesion in the Union' of 23 July 2014 (hereinafter 'the Sixth Cohesion Report'),
Motion for a resolutionCitation 28 b (new)
- having regard to the communication from the Commission of 13 January 2015 entitled 'Making the best use of the flexibility within the existing rules of the stability and growth pact' (COM(2015)0012),
Motion for a resolutionCitation 28 c (new)
- having regard to the Council conclusions on the sixth report on economic, social and territorial cohesion: investment for jobs and growth, adopted by the General Affairs (Cohesion) Council on 19 November 2014,
B. whereas huge differences will continue to prevail between the Member States, also following the Troika’s intervention, with forecasted GDP growth rates in 2014 ranging between -2.8 % in Cyprus and +4.6 % in Ireland reflecting increasingly undermining growing internal divergdifferences in political will and ownership to implement necessary reforms to increase competitivencess and productivity;
Da. E. whereas EU cohesion policy forms, with the budget of over 350 billion euros until 2020, in some Member States principal source of public investments; whereas correlation between good economic governance and absorption capacity has been confirmed in practice; objectives of enhancing growth and jobs could be achieved through a coherent interaction within the EU economic policy mix of fiscal consolidation, structural reforms and growth enhancing investment supported by cohesion policy;
1. Believes that the current economic situation calls for urgent, comprehensive and decisive measures to face the threat of deflation or very low inflation, low growth and high unemployment;deleted
1a. Notes that the structural reforms, fiscal consolidation and investments, lower oil prices and ECB's accommodative monetary policy created synergy effect (preconditions) for the stronger economic growth in the EU and the euro area. Forecasted economic growth (EC winter forecasts) for 2015 is up to 1.7 % for the EU and 1.3 % for the euro area, and in 2016 forecasted economic growth is up to 2.1 % for the EU and 1.9 % for euro area;
2. Highlights the fact that the current economic governance framework does not allow for a proper debate on the economic perspective of the euro area or on an aggregate fiscal stance and does not address the differentseeks for stronger involvement of all stakeholders in the member states, involved in policy and strategic formulation, and those involved in implementation of the measures to fight economic crises, as well as National Parliaments, in order to define best solution for each specific economic and fiscal situations on an equal footing;.
5a. Highlights that the national ownership of the reform programmes must be increased. Member States should not outsource their national responsibility for the reforms;
8a. Calls on the Commission to encourage the use of ESI funds by prolongation of the fiscal adjustment period, especially were they would be used as a flanking measure for structural reforms and increase of investments;
2015/04/14 REGI 7 amendments...
1. Notes that cultural heritage projects are often examples of innovative and sustainable economic activities which create jobs and develop the business and research capabilities of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)e has positive impact on smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, competitiveness and job creation; therefore calls on the Commission to encourage Member States to invest in cultural heritage and infrastructure as well as education, skills and trainings, cultural entrepreneurship and innovation, when projects clearly contribute to the fulfilment of goals set in the Operational Programmes and Europe 2020 Strategy;
2a. Calls on the Commission to establish more comprehensive approach to culture having in mind role of the culture in the urban infrastructure developments, preservation of monuments, capacity building and support of SMEs;
2b. Notes that integrated approach to cultural heritage in the ESIF is still to be further straighten; calls on Commission to monitor closely and guide Member States on integrating cultural heritage in local economic development, considering tangible and intangible assets comprehensively;
2c. Considering that protection, promotion and development of cultural heritage could be financed from different funds (ERDF, ESF, EAFRD, EMFF); and that funding opportunities are also under different thematic objectives, calls on the Member States and the Commission to report in their progress and respectively strategic reports on investments in cultural heritage and results achieve;
3. Notes that the concentration of funding advocated in the context of the revision of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) regulation can oftenin very specific and limited cases be achieved by supporting large-scale projects for which the budget exceeds the EUR 50 million threshold;
7. Notes that this ceiling, in particular because it relates to total costs, rather than total eligible costs, couldannot seriously limit Member States’ ability to finance such projects since cultural infrastructural projects could be combined with cultural educational projects, projects for SMEs etc. and in this way total invested amount can be much higher than 5 million euros;
8. CTherefore calls on the Commission to reconsider the figure of EUR 5 million, given that itencourage the effective combination of funds for financing could detract from Member States’ ability to disburse spend ERDF funds effectivelytural projects, and to introduce flexibility in the case of specific projects when investment in infrastructure exceeds limit of 5 million euro;
2015/07/08 REGI 6 amendments...
A. whereas the macro-regional strategies represent a new model of multilevel governance in which the involvement of stakeholders representing the EU, national, regional and local levels and different policies and programmes is essential for successful implementation and achievement of the goals;
B. whereas the increased interest of countries in the Adriatic and Ionian Region and their continuous effort to increase the effectivfor cooperation and defining joint actions to the challengess of regional policy by using potentials of the whole region and their continuous effort to achieve synergy, has led to the adoption of the EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region (EUSAIR);
1a. Stresses the importance of implementation of the strategy and calls for defining the implementation structure in each of the country within the Region as well as coordination mechanisms; calls for high level political involvement in implementation and monitoring of achievement of the goals;
2. Highlights the need for non-EU countries to bringharmonize their legislation into line with specific sectoral acquis, as a practical exercise designed to adapt them to EU legislation with a view to their future membership related to the Strategy in order to ensure fulfilment of the EU goals and regular, legal and timely implementation based on EU standards and regulations;
5. Calls on the EIB, in cooperation with the Commission, to examine the possibility of setting up a dedicated investment platform forPoints out that there is no specific funds assigned just for implementation of macro-regional strategies and that strong political will, partnership and coordination among the countries is precondition for success; calls, therefore, on countries in the Region to establish the Adriatic and -Ionian Region that would enable the mobilisation of fuInvestment Fund, based on EIB, ESIF, IPA an EFSI financial potentials as well as contributions from national sources, as financial and ing from public and private sourcesvestment platform for supporting financing of the projects contributing fulfilment of the goals set in the Strategy; calls for the creation of a transparent and publicly available project pipeline for the Adriatic and Ionian Region, which would increase the visibility of current and potential projects as well as attract investors;
6a. Reminds that countries in the Adriatic and Ionian Region are at different levels of development and have different needs; supports the reforms in less developed countries, and encourages exchange of knowledge, experience and practices among the countries to ensure that all countries of the Adriatic-Ionian Region benefit from the implementation of the Strategy;
2015/03/16 REGI 9 amendments...
- having regard to the Communication from the Commission of 9 March 2015 on the 2015 EU Justice Scoreboard (COM(2015) 116 final),
Motion for a resolutionCitation 24 b (new)
- having regard to the Annual report 2013 on the protection of the EU's financial interests - Fight against fraud,
4a. Underlines that straightening administrative capacity for programming, implementation and evaluation in the Member States, is key priority for timely and successful performance of cohesion policy;
5. Expresses its serious concern about the significant delay in the implementation of cohesion policy 2014-2020, including the delay in adoption of Operational Programmes, with only just over 100263 Operational Programmes adopted at the end of 2014, as well as a backlog in payments amounting to ca EUR 25 billion for the 2007-2013 programming period; stresses that these delays are undermining the credibility of the EU budget and cohesion policy, effectiveness and sustainability, challenging national, regional and local authorities’' capacity to finalize implementation of the 2007-2013 period and to plan effectively and implement the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) for the 2014- 2020 period;
8. Asks the Commission, in view of the above, to present to Parliament the measures it envisages to facilitate, as soon as possible, the implementation of the Operational Programmes, especially in order to avoid decommitments of funds in 2017, together with the timeline it envisages, as well as to explain the impact of the delay in payments on the start of implementation of the new Operational Programmes, and to put forward solutions to limit the damage as far as possible; demands, furthermore, that the Commission, in the context of the report on the outcome of the negotiations provided for in Article 16(3) of the Common Provisions Regulation, analyses the possible impact of the belated start-up of the 2014-2020 cohesion policy on growth and jobs, and provides recommendations based on the lessons learnt;
10. Welcomes the new European Fund for Strategic Investment (EFSI) and its potential leverage effect; advises the parties concerned to build on the experiences gained from the implementation of the European Economic Recovery Plan in 2008, in particular regarding smart investments; calls for the coordination of all EU investment and development policies – in particular cohesion policy – to ensure complementarity and avoid overlaps; suggests that the implementation of this new EU investment plan build on the experiences of the three joint initiatives JEREMIE, JESSICA and JASMINE, which allowed an increase in the delivery of Structural Funds from EUR 1.2 billion in 2000-2006 to EUR 8.4 billion in 2007- 2012;
15. Notes the importance of a solid macroeconomic environment for cohesion investments and welcomes the link of the ESIF to the European Semester; especially having in mind correlation between good economic governance and absorption capacity. Calls on the Commission to encourage the use of ESIF by prolongation of the fiscal adjustment period, when they are used as a flanking measure for structural reforms and increase of investments.
21a. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to ensure coherence between National Reform Programmes and Operational Programmes with the aim to adequately address Country Specific Recommendations and to provide full alignment with the economic governance procedures, thus limiting the risk of early reprogramming;
31a. Calls on the Member States to conduct regularly a high level political debate, within National Parliaments, on effectiveness, efficiency and timely implementation of ESIF and on cohesion policy's contribution to the fulfilment of macroeconomic objectives;
1. Underlines that the economic crisis and the austerity measures have greatly increased economic and social disparities, worsening the differences between (and within) Member Statesfollowed by an investment gap, as well as structural weaknesses and macroeconomic imbalances within certain Member States, which had built up over years and sometimes decades, ended up seriously affecting the economic, social and territorial cohesion in the Union;
1a. Underlines the importance of national competence over the implementation of structural reforms and fiscal consolidation measures as defined in the Country Specific Recommendations (CSR) for achieving the aim of economic, social and territorial cohesion in the EU; therefore calls on the Member States to increase the use of ESIF for the implementation of CSRs;
2. Stresses the important role of cCohesion pPolicy in mitigatclosing the effects of the financial, economic and social crisis, as well as its positive effects on all regions; underlines its importance in closing the public/private investment gap, especially in the Member States hit most by the crisiinvestment gap, especially in Member States which had been facing an increase of the fiscal deficit and debt and had lost access to capital markets;
3. Notes that the reform of cCohesion pPolicy has focused on delivering anot only investment policybut development policy as well; welcomes the Commission’'s Investment Plan, and endorses its proposal to finance the new EFSI by making nationalencourage additional national contributions to the EFSI through not triggering an Excessive Deficit Procedure under the conditions that the 3% deficit value be breached only because of the contribution to the EFSI, and as long as the excess over the reference value is small and is expected to be temporary; notes that, as far as the attainment of the Medium Term Objective of reducing the overall debt is concerned, the contributions to the fundEFSI is fiscally neutral as regards the SGPboth in the preventive and the corrective arm; reminds that the national contributions to the ESIF are considered as an expenditure and do not lead to a reduction of the deficit under the new rules; having in mind the correlation between good economic governance and absorption capacity; stresses the interdependence of cCohesion pPolicy with the EU’'s other investment initiatives; calls on the Commission to encourage the use of ESIF by prolonging the fiscal adjustment period, when they are used as a flanking measure for structural reforms and an increase in investments; calls on the Commission to create a coherent and effective investment framework;
4. WelcomesNotes the clarification of the ‘'investment clause’' as outlined in the Commission communication on flexibility within the SGP; strongly believes thatnotes that the 'investment clause' does not allow for expenditures to be excluded from the calculation of the deficit, neither in the preventive, nor in the corrective arm of the Pact; notes that under the 'investment clause' should be symmetrically extended to the corrective armome investments deemed to be equivalent to major structural reforms may justify a temporary deviation from the Medium Term Objective of reducing the overall debt; reminds that there are stringent conditions attached to activating the 'investment clause', including severe growth weaknesses in the Member State, as well as the obligation to compensate in the future for that temporary deviation from the MTO, and finally that the clause can only be activated if it doesn't lead to an excess over the 3% deficit limit;
5. Believes that the possibility of exempting the national cofinancing of the ESIF from SGP deficit calculations should be examined;deleted
6. Welcomes the closer alignment of cCohesion pPolicy with the overall economic strategy and the EU’'s Economic Governance Framework; oppose, thus creating a close link between financial and fiscal objectives and cCohesion pPolicy; calls on the Commission to ensure that the effectiveness of the ESIF is not compromised by macroeconomic policies; calls for the full and formal involvement of Parliamentpolitical interference into the EFSI's decision making process; calls for the establishment of an appropriate mechanism for democratic accountability in the future governance structure of the fund;
6a. Calls on Commission to encourage Member States to invest ESIF and national sources in strengthening institutional and administrative capacity, cutting red tapes and improving the quality of legislation thus improving good governance, creating stable business environment and fulfilling preconditions for smooth and proper implementation of ESIF; notes the importance of implementation of the reforms at the EU level and calls on Commission to continue straightening single market and decreasing fragmentation by continuous and harmonized work on development of capital market union, banking union, energy union and digital single market;
7. Highlights the importance of better inclusion of the social partners at regional, local level and of civil society organisationCalls on Member States to regularly conduct high level political debates, within National Parliaments, on the effectiveness, efficiency and timely implementation of ESIF and on the Cohesion Policy's contribution to the fulfilment of macroeconomic objectives.
2015/07/07 REGI 11 amendments...
— having regard to the Commission communication of 26 November 2014 entitled ‘An Investment Plan for Europe' (COM(2014)0903)Regulation (EU) No 2015/760 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2015 on European long-term investment funds,
A. whereas cohesion policy for 2014-2020 is the EU's main investment and development policy aligned with the goals of the Europe 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, with a budget of EUR 3501,8 billion until the end of 2020;
C. whereas there is a growing need for stronger co-ownership of the strategy by the different levels of governance and for shared responsibility at all levels of project implementation; whereas multi-level governance should be enhanced;
E. whereas the mid-term review of the Europe 2020 strategy affords an opportunity to improve existing interactions and links between various EU policies as well as with the EU budget as a policy instrument for implementation of the Strategy; whereas this stage is essential for shaping future cohesion policy;
2. Points out that anEU economic governance system (the framework and its implementation mechanism "European Semester)" was put in place to provide for the coordination of actionfiscal policy's action and structural reforms at the EU and national levels and to support the delivery of the strategy; stresses that cohesion policy for 2007- 2013, aligned with the predecessor Lisbon Strategy and having similar core objectives, was already in the implementation phase when the Europe 2020 strategy was launched, and that reprogramming in accordance with the new strategy objectives would therefore have been both difficult and counterproductive; points out, nevertheless, that cohesion policy, through ‘Lisbon earmarking', substantially supported the implementation of the strategy, as shown by the sixth cohesion report and by several Commission communications and studies;
4. Emphasises that cohesion policy for 2014-2020, the key EU instrument for investment in the real economy, is fully aligned with the Europe 2020 objectives; stresses in this context that, through thematic concentration, the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESI Funds) are oriented towards 11 thematic objectives derived straight from the Europe 2020 objectives, and that preconditions linked directly to these thematic objectives have been established in order to ensure that investments are made in such a way as to maximise their effectiveness; stresses that cohesion policy should contribute to EU policies such as digital single market, the energy union, single capital market, the social policy, macro-regional strategies, urban agenda, territorial agenda, investing in SMEs and smart growth, cutting red tapes, therefore contributing to strengthening single market and avoiding fragmentation;
5. Points also to the closer relationship with the broader economic governance process through measures linking the effectiveness of the ESI Funds to sound economic governance, and through the provision of support to Member States experiencing temporary budgetary difficulties; welcomes the flexibility mechanisms introduced by the Commission within the existing rules of the stability and growth pact with the aim to strengthen the link between investment, structural reforms and fiscal responsibility;
9. Welcomes Eurostat's regular publication of progress indicators as regards the implementation of the Europe 2020 strategy; calls, nevertheless, for greater and more accurate regional details in respect of the data provided at the NUTS II and NUTS III levels;
10 a. Welcomes task force for better implementation of the EU funds; also welcomes "Structural Reform Support Service" which will officially start working on the 1st of July 2015, and which will provide technical assistance to Member States in order to be more effective in implementation of structural reforms and CSRs;
16. Highlights the importance of the new EU investment instrument, the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), and emphasises that itwhich will support mobilisation up to € 315 billion of the additional investments with the aim of closing investment gap in EU. EFSI should be complementary and additional to the ESI Funds; points out that the EFSI is not clearly linked to the Europe 2020 strategy, but that through its objectives it contributes to the implementation of the strategy; stresses, moreover, the imperative of ensuring full coherence and synergies between all EU instruments, in order to avoid overlapping or contradictions among them or between the different levels of policy implementation; appreciates that the review of the Europe 2020 strategy, as the EU's long-term strategic framework for growth and jobs, must address this challenge with a view to using all the available resources effectively and achieving the expected results as regards the overarching strategic goals;
2015/0093(COD) Possibility for the Member States to restrict or prohibit the use of genetically modified food and feed on their territory
2015/09/18 ENVI 1 amendments...
Marijana PETIR, Ivana MALETIĆ, Romana TOMC, Andrej PLENKOVIĆ, Alojz PETERLE, Patricija ŠULIN, Milan ZVER
Draft legislative resolutionParagraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission, within six months after the adoption of the decision of the European Parliament on this proposal, to submit a legislative proposal which would allow Member States to independently restrict or prohibit the use of genetically modified food and feed on their territory;
source: PE-567.727
2016/09/01 ECON 7 amendments...
Ivana MALETIĆ, Burkhard BALZ
(3) Several Member States have been undergoing and continue to undergo adjustment processes to correct macroeconomic imbalances accumulated in the past and many are facing the challenge of low potential growth. The Union has identified the implementation of socially sustainable structural reforms among its policy priorities to set the recovery on a sustainable path, unlock the growth potential to strengthen the adjustment capacity, and support the process of convergence.
(4) Reforms are by their very nature complex processes that require a complete chain of highly-specialised knowledge and skills. Addressing structural reforms in a variety of public policy areas is reforms and political will of Member States, as well as early and efficient design and implementation is crucial, be it for crisis-struck or structurally-weak economies. In this context, the provision of support by the Union in the form of technical assistance has been crucial in supporting the economic adjustment of Greece and Cyprus in the last years.
(7) Against this background, it is (7) capacity of Member States to prepare and implement growth-enhancing administrative and structural reforms, including through assistance for the efficient and effective use of the Union funds. The Programme is significant additional support for better and faster implementation of reforms intended to contribute to the achievement of common goals towards obtaining economic recovery, job creation, boosting Europe's competitiveness and productivity, and stimulating investment in the real economy. Therefore, financing of the Programme should be provided for in Member States' budgets and by existing instruments in the Union budget. The Programme should support structural reforms in Member States by providing added value at the Union level and not merely replace indispensable national reform efforts.
(10) Further to a dialogue with the requesting Member State, including in the context of the European Semester, the Commission should analyse the request, taking into account the principles of transparency, equal treatment and sound identified, support needs in respect of the policy areas envisaged, analysis of socioeconomic indicators, and the general administrative capacity of the Member State. The Commission should also, in close cooperationgree with the Member State concerned, identify on the priority areas, the particular objectives for that Member State based on the objectives set out in this Regulation, a timeline, the scope of the support measures to be provided and the estimated global financial contribution for such support, taking into accounto be specified in a support plan, which should be made public. In addition, the existing actions and measures financed by Union funds or other Union programmes should be taken into account.
(10a) The Commission should be able, with the consent of the Member State wishing to receive support, to organise the provision of support in cooperation with international organisations or other Member States that may agree to act as reform partners. The Member State wishing to receive support should be able, for a specific area of support, to enter into a partnership with one or more Member States as reform partners to help formulate strategy, reform roadmaps, design assistance or oversee the implementation of strategy and projects. While the responsibility for the delivery of the reforms lies with the Member State wishing to receive support, reform partners or other Member States providing support should be able to contribute to the successful implementation of the Programme.
The general objective of the Programme shall be to contribute to institutional, administrative and structural reforms in the Member States by providing support to in response to economic and social challenges with a view to enhancing competitiveness, productivity, growth, jobs, and investment, in particular in the context of economic governance processes, including through assistance for the efficient and effective use of the Union funds.
2. Taking into account the principles in the context of the European Semester, the Commission shall analyse the request for support referred to in paragraph 1 based on the urgency, breadth and depth of the problems identified, support needs in respect of the policy areas concerned, analysis of socioeconomic indicators and general administrative capacity of the Member State. Taking into account the existing actions and measures financed by Union funds or other Union programmes, the Commission in close cooperationshall agree with the Member State concerned shall identifyon the priority areas for support, the particular objectives for that Member State based on Article 5 of this Regulation, a timeline, the scope of the support measures to be provided and the estimated global financial contribution for such support in a support plan. That support plan shall be made publicly available.
2015/05/22 REGI 5 amendments...
1. Emphasises the importance of cohesion policy instruments and resourceESI Funds in maintaining the level of European added- value investment in Member States and regions; when national and regional public and private investments fell significantly due to negative effects of economic and financial crisis.
2. Believes that an increased emphasis on economic governance mechanisms cannot jeopardise the achievement of the ESI Funds' policy objectives and goals; stresses that stable fiscal and economic environment is basic precondition for the effectiveness and successful implementation of Cohesion policy;
3. Considers that macroeconomic conditionality must only be used to contribute to asupport more focused and result- driven implementation of the ESI Funds;
4. RecallEmphasises the multiannual and long- term nature of programmes and objectives under the ESI Funds, as well as their strong result-driven nature, as opposed to the annual cycle of the European semester and the rather weak implementation of the semester recommenwhich should be aligned with national strategies and sectorial policies; therefore underlines the need for coordination with European semester as an annual cycle of economic policy coordination involving Member States' plans for structural reforms, investments and fiscal consolidations;.
8. Considers that the partnership agreements and programmes adopted in the current programming period have taken account of the relevant CSRs and the relevant Council recommendations, thus making any reprogramming unnecessary in the medium term, unless the conditions are changed and strong need for new economic policy's approach is required;
2015/2154(DEC)
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6. Calls on the Commission to propose measures to achieve balance between greater simplification and strict application of rules and sound financial management; notes that the interruption and suspension of payments in case of irregularities could hinder the implementation of certain projects and programmes., bearing in mind that there is already a huge backlog in Cohesion Policy payments;
6a. Urges the Commission and Member States to take more specific actions on the preventive side, e.g. to simplify existing rules, to provide more training and exchange of good practices on specific implementation topics (e.g. public procurement, state aid, eligibility criteria or audit trail.), in particular for the final beneficiaries during implementation of the projects;
2015/09/14 REGI 5 amendments...
2. Recalls that the macroeconomic framework seems to be essential to achieving the objective of reducing disparities in the levels of development as defined in Article 174 of the TFEU and that cohesion policy can be a strong driver for achieving this objective if accompanied by a sound macro-economic framework; is deeply concerned that, in an economic environment with high government debt levels and macro-economic imbalances, the absorption and effectiveness of ESI funds can be greatly diminished; therefore calls on the European Commission to propose tailor made measures which will support timely implementation and achievement of the Cohesion Policy and economic goals in these countries;
3. Welcomes the closer links between the objectives of the European Semester process and the programming of the ESI Funds 2014-2020, and especially the systematic references to CSRs and NRPs (National Reform Programmes) in the programming exercise; takes note on the Study on Strategic Coherence of cohesion policy: Comparison of the 2007-2013 and the 2014-2020 programming period, which presents that CSRs are in a very limited way taken into consideration in PAs and OPs; considers that cohesion policy investments could play a very important role in supporting structural reforms and fulfilment of the EU strategic goals by following up the relevant CSRs; calls for steps to be taken to ensure compleimentarity and synergies between the ESI Funds, the European Fund for Strategic Investment (EFSI) and the other EU-subsidised programmes and initiatives, as well as national public investments and private financial instruments, in order to obtain maximum added value and synergy from the whole investments effected potential;
4. Urges the Commission and the Member States to ensure the quality of interventions co-financed by cohesion policy and compliance with most relevant CSRs; notes that, in the 2013 and 2014 financial years there were more CSRs with relevance for ESI Funds programming, and underlines that medium- term structural reforms related to ESI Funds investments are still necessary and should be included in CSRs eventhough they are very often contained in the ex-ante conditionalities of the ESI Funds common framework;
5. Notes with great concern the persistently high unemployment rates across most Member States, especially as regards youth and long-term unemployment; stresses the need for structural reforms related to labour market, educational system and financial services for the SMEs, highly supported with Cohesion Policy financial instruments, to be implemented at regional, national and EU level in order to create employment opportunities and boost job creation;
6. Urges the Member States to ensure swift and effective implementation of the respective CSRs for 2015 and those outstanding from previous years in order to achieve sustainable growth and jobs; deplores, in this connection, the non- binding natures of the recommendations; recalls that the quality of ESI Funds interventions as policy responses to the challenges identified in the CSRs will depend on how Member States connect their structural reforms, better spending and and smart fiscal consolidation with the use of ESI funds through the National Reform Programmes and theon how Member States ensuingre programme implementation;
2015/2282(INI) Implementation of the thematic objective "enhancing the competitiveness of SMEs" (Article 9(3)) of the Common Provisions Regulation
2016/03/03 REGI 4 amendments...
4a. Welcomes establishing of Capital Market Union with the aim to facilitate movement of the capital, diversify the financing sources, reduce the cost of capital, and improve access to finances, in particular in regard to the SMEs; calls on the Commission and the Member States to work on removing the existing barriers on capital markets which cause fragmentation and high cost of capital;
7. Reiterates its calls to enhance transparency and the participation of all relevant regional and local authorities, civil society stakeholders and interested parties; reiterates, therefore, the need for implementation of the partnership principle, entrepreneurs and other interested parties, especially in the process of defining the requirement in implementation of the partnership principle as detailed in the Common Provisions Regulation and the Code of Conduct on Partnership;
8. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure enhanced coordination and consistency among all EU investment policies targeted at SMEs; welcomes the plan to ease access to ESI funds through the introduction of a ‘seal of excellence’ for projects which have been evaluated as ‘excellent’ but are not financed by Horizon 2020; urges the Member States to provide a one-stop shop at regional level for the various EU financing instruments aimed at SMEs as well as administrative support for preparation and implementation of projects;
15a. Calls on the Member States which still did not fulfilled ex-ante conditionalities in TO 3 to undertake necessary actions and speed up achievement of targets set in Small Business Act;
2016/01/21 REGI 1 amendments...
5a. Calls on EU institutions and national and regional/local authorities to simplify and speed up the decision-making process and to ensure timely payments from EGF to the beneficiaries in order to maximize the envisaged impact;
2015/2285(INI) European semester for economic policy coordination: annual growth survey 2016
2016/01/12 ECON 20 amendments...
– having regard to the Commission’s report of 14 December 2015 on Public Finances in EMU 2015 (Institutional Paper 014),
– having regard to the debate with Commission in the European Parliament on European Semester package - Annual Growth Survey 2016
2. Welcomes improvements in public finances, in particularwhich resulted in gradually declininge of deficit and debt/ to GDP ratios; notes that there are still nine Member States under Excessive Deficit Procedure which requires further fiscal consolidation efforts;
5. Is encouraged by mild improvements in labour market indicators; calls for more effort to reduce poverty, social exclusion and growing inequalitieshowever notes that divergence between Member States persist with a number of Member States still facing substantial employment and social challenges; calls for more effort to reduce poverty, social exclusion and growing inequalities, while pointing out to the new challenges that need to be tackled resulting from the recent large number of refugees which fled to the European Union;
7. Calls for the European Fund for Strategic Investments to be used to maximum effect to support higher-risk projects not financed otherwise, and tos well as the European Investment Advisory Hub and European Investment Project Portal, with the aim of promoteing growth, job creation and cohesion;
8. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to use the European Structural and Investment Funds to their full potential; underlines the need for better coordination at the subnational level and active role of the regions in promotion and preparing well-structured project for the ESIF;
9. Is aware of the ongoing deleveraging process in the private sector; welcomes Commission’s efforts to establish European Deposit Insurance Scheme and Capital Markets Union and points to the importance of completing the banking union and boosting equity investments in businesses, notably SMEs;
10. Highlights the importance of calls for better use of Cohesion policy’s instruments in achieving this goal;
10a. Calls for urgent measures and reforms aimed at improving investment environment in order to increase attractiveness for investments and competiveness of Member States;
11a. Calls for the implementation of benchmarking in order to stimulate reform efforts in line with best practices and increase convergence;
innovation, entrepreneurship and quality- based competition;
14a. Calls for further reform efforts towards sustainable welfare systems with increased focus on social investment in order to reduce poverty and social
15. Emphasises the need for modern, efficient and citizen and business-friendly public
16. Calls for a greater shift of taxation away from labourmore growth friendly tax systems which implies greater shift of taxation away from labour, broadening tax bases and putting more efforts in achieving tax compliance and fighting tax evasion and fraud;
17. Takes note of the proposal for a Structural Reform Support Programme designed to strengthen the implementation of growth-friendly reforms in Member States, to be discussed under the ordinary legislative procedure;
19. Insists on stricter implementation of the Stability and Growth Pact, while making use of available fiscal space, inter alia, to deal with security threats and refugee inflows; reminds that the deviation from MTOs due to these circumstances must be considered temporary and therefore compensated during better times;
20. Emphasises the need for improved tax collection, fighting tax evasion and avoidance and improved tax policy coordination and cooperation in exchange of knowledge and experiences in the field of tax administration in order to prevent illicit behaviour and to strengthen tax compliance and effective tax collection;
30. Believes that better implementation of country-specific recommendations requires clearly articulated priorities at European welcomes Commission's decision to streamline the European Semester;
32. RequestWelcomes thate plenary debates with the Commission and the President of the Eurogroup on the draft euro area recommendation and requests it to become regular features in order to strengthen democratic dialogue and accountability;
32a. Welcomes Commission's participation at Plenary and Committee debates on the European semester cycle and appreciates its decision to take into account Parliament's views in the preparation of final documents;
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1. Acknowledges the new approach for a more streamlined European Semester organised in two successive phases, including publishing the recommendations for the entire euro area early on, togethcountry-specific and euro area analysis earlier, with this annual growth survey (AGS), preceding the country-specific recommendations (CSRs), thus giving Member States the opportunity to take the euro area recomhich gives an opportunity to the Member States to involve the local and regional authorities and other relevant stakeholders in defining economic policies and connecting Cohesion policy's instruments with CSRs, thus raising the ownership for the implemendtations into account in national policymaking of the CSRs;
2. Expresses concern that despite moderate signs of recovery, the EU economy is still in a period of slow growth, high long-term and youth unemployment, increased poverty levels and widening regional disparities in terms of GDP per capita; therefore calls on the Commission and Member States to speed up the implementation of ESI Funds 2014-2020 and all activities which support the stresses that the unprecedented inflow of refugees and asylum seekers over the last year has represented a great challenge in some Member States;
3. Urges the Commission to take better account of the Europe 2020 Strategy and its key targets by improving its implementation and carrying out a further review; calls on the Commission to ensure, in the context of the European Semester, as well as by proposingthat the key challenges from Europe 2020 targets are properly addressed; reminds the Commission on the need to propose measures and methodology for better monitoring of the EUSI Funds' expenditures related to Europe 2020 goals; believstresses that the forthcoming Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) review will provide an opportunity to analyse and therefore enhance the value added by EU funding to the goals of Europe 2020 Strategyshould continue supporting delivery of the Europe 2020 strategy, which should remain the main priority of the EU budget; stresses that having in mind recent political developments, migration and refugee crisis should be also effectively addressed in the context of MFF review;
5. Notes the closer links between the objectives of the European Semester process and the programming of the ESI Funds for 2014-2020, reflected in the Partnership Agreements, especially concerning improvements to the labour market, the reform of education systems, the functioning of public administration, improvements to the business and research and innovation environment, and social inclusion; therefore, considers that cCohesion pPolicy's investruments could play a very important role in supporting structural reforms andimplementation of the relevant CSRs, thus contributing to the fulfilment of the EU’'s strategic goals by following up the relevant CSRs together with the effectivas well as the implementation of the Partnership Agreements;
6. Urges the Member States and the Commission to ensure adequate administrative capacity in order to increase the quality of public services to firms and citizens, andbusinesses, especially to SMEs and to citizens; reminds that the most of the errors and irregularities in Cohesion Policy occur because of lack of sound financial management and good economic governance and process wise most of the errors and irregularities occur in public procurement, therefore it is necessary to ensure improved transparency, efficiency and accountability in public procurement, by utilising e-procurement and tackling corruption; calls, in this context, for the efficient use of ESI Funds to reform structures and processes, human resource management and service delivery;
source: PE-575.295
2015/2320(INI) How best to harness the job creation potential of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs)?
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5. Stresses that neither future unexpected EU-wide crises nor major initiatives should lead to a decrease in commitments or payments relating to Thematic Objective 3 (‘Enhancing the competitiveness of SMEs’) and relevant instruments under Heading 1b of the EU General Budget; calls on the Member States and the Commission to put more effort in fulfilling the ex-ante conditionality for the Thematic Objective 3 in order to accelerate implementation;
8. Calls for faster and eull, quick and effectiven implementation of country-specific recommendations and National Reform Programmes relating to the enterprise environmented to improving business environment, more specifically in taking effective action in removing high administrative burdens, uncertain and non-transparent regulatory environment, barriers to establish business and excessive parafiscal charges imposed to the SMEs;
2016/06/09 BUDG, ECON 2 amendments...
Siegfried MUREŞAN, Theodor Dumitru STOLOJAN, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Luděk NIEDERMAYER, Dariusz ROSATI, Ivana MALETIĆ, Danuta Maria HÜBNER, Nils TORVALDS
D. whereas keeping the Balance of Payments Facility for non-euro Member States while depriving euro area Member States of this instrument as a consequence of the no-bail-out clause reflects one of the original flaws of EMU; whereas the creation of the EFSM, followed by the EFSF and the ESM, was a first step to correct it in urgency;
Siegfried MUREŞAN, Dariusz ROSATI, Luděk NIEDERMAYER, Theodor Dumitru STOLOJAN, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Danuta Maria HÜBNER, Ivana MALETIĆ
42. Considers that those non-euro countries that do not have an opt-out will special statuEmphasizes that the seven EU Member States that do not have an opt-out European Union, should have full rights of participating in the governance structure of any fiscal capacity, be able to contribute and benefit financially, receive technical and financial assistance in transposing needed structural reforms in their countries, thereby making their economies more competitive especially vis-à-vis current euro area Member States, increasing resilience, thus ensuring the sound transition into the euro area and avoid economic and financial crises in the future by fostering a stronger euro area with stronger Member States;
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2. Emphasises the need for effectiveness and result-orientation of cohesion policy; recalls that European Structural and Investment (ESI) Funds are at an early stage of implementation in 2016 and that at the time of the MFF review/revision only limited evidence is available as to results; therefore underline the need for early preparatory activities of all EU policies financed from the MFF with the aim to start implementation at the beginning of the next MFF;
2a. Stresses the need to encourage implementation of structural reforms related to improvement of financial management and good governance as preconditions to increase and accelerate implementation of Cohesion policy; underlines that this has direct impact to the successful implementation of the MFF and achievement of the Europa 2020 strategy's goals;
3. Highlights the improved synergies and coordination among the five European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) and other EU instruments, which is an important element in ensuring the effectiveness of the EU budget; calls on the Commission and on national, regional and local authorities to take appropriate account of the opportunities for combining ESI and EFSI funding, thus increasing the leverage effect of investments and positive impact on economic growth and development;
6a. Underlines that administrative capacity at national and regional/ local level as well as at the level of EU institutions is a key precondition for timely and successful performance of Cohesion policy as well as all other policies financed from EU budget; therefore asks the Commission to define actions to support strengthening of administrative capacity for implementation of the policies;
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(11a) In order to maximise the impact of the EFSI, particularly as regards attaining targets in the areas of energy, environment, climate policy and transport, it is important – with a view to preventing cross-border pollution and removing barriers to achieving standards for speed and security in the aforementioned areas – to allow the financing of projects in non-Member States that border the Union.
(11b) It is necessary to allow the financing of projects in all candidate and potential candidate countries, provided that EU laws are upheld, in order to ensure that EU standards are attained and that functional market economies are established in those countries.
(21) The European Investment Advisory Hub (EIAH) should be enhanced and its activities should focus on needs not projects involving two or more Member States, candidate countries and/or potential candidate countries, and projects that contribute to achieving the objectives of COP21. Notwithstanding its objective to build upon existing advisory services of the EIB and the Commission, so to act as a single technical advisory hub for project financing within the Union, the EIAH should also contribute actively to the objective of sectorial and geographical diversification of the EFSI and support the EIB where needed in originating projects. It should also actively contribute to the establishment of investment platforms and provide advice on the combination of other sources of Union funding with the EFSI.
Proposal for a regulationArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2Regulation (EU) No 2015/1017Article 5 – paragraph 1 – third subparagraph
The projects supported by the EFSI that consist of physical infrastructure linking two or more Member States or of the extension of physical infrastructure or services linked to physical infrastructure, candidate countries or potential candidate countries, or of the extension of physical countries or potential candidate countries, shall also be considered to provide additionality, particularly within the scope of environmental policy, waste management and utilities.
Proposal for a regulationArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point a – point iRegulation (EU) No 2015/1017Article 14 – paragraph 1 – first subparagraph
'Such support shall include providing targeted support on the use of technical assistance for project structuring, on the use of innovative financial instruments and on the use of public-private partnerships, that guarantee public ownership taking into account the specificities and needs of Member States with less- developed financial markets.'; (This amendment applies to the entire text; adoption thereof will necessitate corresponding adjustments throughout.) Or. it (See wording of Article 14, paragraph 1, first part)
Proposal for a regulationArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point b – point iii a (new)
(iiia) (g) providing special assistance in the identification, preparation, development and funding of projects in candidate and potential candidate countries;
source: PE-597.735
2017/03/27 BUDG, ECON 11 amendments...
Ivana MALETIĆ, Eva MAYDELL
(6 a) EFSI is one of the pillars of the all-encompassing Investment Plan for Europe, and its implementation cannot be successful without implementation of activities aimed at strengthening the single market, creating a favourable business environment and implementation of structural reforms. In addition, well structured projects as parts of investment and development plans brought at the level of Member States are of key importance for success in using EFSI.
Eva MAYDELL, Ivana MALETIĆ
(7) FIn the Multiannual Financial Framework for the period after 2020, the Commission intends toshall put forward the necessary proposals to ensure that strategic investment will continue at a sustainable level based on the assessment of EFSI's operation and its qualitative effect on the investment landscape in the EU.
(11) In order to reinforce the take-up of the EFSI in less-developed and transition regions, the scope of the general objectives eligible for EFSI support should be enlarged and allow for additional technical assistance to Member States which have not been using funds successfully, especially in the project preparation phase.
(11) In order to reinforce the take-up of the EFSI in less-developed and transition threshold should be adjusted for each Member state to take into account the differences in the size of the economies.
(21) The European Investment Advisory Hub (EIAH) should be enhanced and its of high quality EFSI project proposals. It should pay particular attention to supporting the preparation of projects involving two or more Member States and projects that contribute to achieving the objectives of COP21. Notwithstanding its objective to build upon existing advisory services of the EIB and the Commission, so to act as a single technical advisory hub for project financing within the Union, the EIAH should also contribute actively to the objective of sectorial and geographical diversification of the EFSI, enhancing its capacity building role in Member states, and support the EIB where needed in originating projects, especially with a focus on member states with less developed financial markets. It should also actively contribute to the establishment of investment platforms and provide advice on the combination of other sources of Union funding with the EFSI.
Proposal for a regulationArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)Regulation (EU) No 2015/1017Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
(2 a) in Article 5 the following combined with other EU funds (including ESI Funds) should be, by definition, EFSI eligible and considered "additional".’;
Proposal for a regulationArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point dRegulation (EU) No 2015/1017Article 7 – paragraph 12 – subparagraph 2 – second sentence
Decisions approving the use of the EU guarantee shall be public and accessible, and include the rationale for the decision, with particular focus on compliance with the additionality criterion. The publication shall not contain commercially sensitive informationAll additionality aspects, which are not commercially sensitive information, shall be publicly disclosed by EIB as soon as projects are approved. In reaching its decision, the Investment Committee shall be supported by the documentation provided by the EIB.
Proposal for a regulationArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point bRegulation (EU) No 2015/1017Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a
(b) in paragraph 2, the following subparagraph is added: ‘The EIB shall target that at least 40 % of EFSI financing under the infrastructure and innovation window supports projects with components that contribute to climate action, in line with the COP21 commitments. The Steering Board shall provide detailed guidance to that end.;’deleted
Proposal for a regulationArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point d a (new)Regulation (EU) No 2015/1017Article 9 – paragraph 7 a (new)
(6) in Article 10(2), point (a) is replaced by the following: ‘a) guarantees, capital market instruments, any other form of funding or credit enhancement instrument, including subordinated debt, equity or quasi-equity participations, including in favour of national promotional banks or institutions, investment platforms or funds;deleted EIB loans, guarantees, counter-
Proposal for a regulationArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point b – point iiiRegulation (EU) No 2015/1017Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) providing advice on the combination of other sources of Union funding (such as the European Structural and Investment Funds, Horizon 2020 and the Connecting Europe Facility) with the EFSI.; and solution of practical problems in implementation of combining financing sources which occur because of different administrative requirements and financing sources in different instruments
Proposal for a regulationArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11Regulation (EU) No 2015/1017Article 19 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The EIB and EIF shall inform or shall oblige financial intermediaries to inform the final beneficiaries, including SMEs, of the existence of EFSI support; and publish explanations as to why selected projects were supported on their website.
Proposal for a regulationArticle 265 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point aRegulation (EU) No 1303/2013Article 34 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) building the capacity of local actors to develop and implement operationsincluding fostering their project management capabilities, and buiding the capacity of potential final beneficiaries to prepare and implement the projects;
Proposal for a regulationArticle 265 – paragraph 1 – point 8Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013Article 34 – paragraph 3 – point aa
(aa) ensuring visibility of the strategy, operations and projects;
Proposal for a regulationArticle 265 – paragraph 1 – point 23 a (new)Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013Article 61 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
23a. In Article 61, in paragraph 1, subparagraph 1 is replaced by the following: "This Article shall apply to operations which generate net revenue after their completion. For the purposes of this Article 'net revenue' means cash in-flows directly paid by users for the goods or services provided by the operation, such as charges borne directly by users for the use of infrastructure, sale or rent of land or buildings, or payments for services less any operating costs and replacement costs of short-life equipment incurred during the corresponding period. Operating cost- savings generated by the operation, with the exception of cost-savings resulting from the implementation of energy efficiency measures, shall be treated as net revenue unless they are offset by an equal reduction in operating subsidies. " Or. en (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32013R1303&from=EN)
– having regard to the Commission Communication of 28 January 2016 on Anti-Tax Avoidance Package: Next steps towards delivering effective taxation and greater tax transparency in the EU (COM(2016)23),
also of importance for the transfer of businesses; calls on the Commission and the Member States to support SMEs in this process; welcomes the Commission's CMU Action Plan which aims to ensure easier access of SMEs to more diverse funding options;
10. Highlights that a healthy, stable and resilient banking sector is a prerequisite for strengthening SMEs’ access to finance; points out that the CRR and CRD IV are a direct response to the crisis and form the core of the renewed stability of the financial sector; reminds, that some Member States, in order to facilitate SME funding, already allow credit unions to be exempted from the provisions contained within the CRD IV since the risks to financial stability is very limited;
18a. Reminds that there is still high level of non-performing loans which limit banking financing capacity of the real economy; calls on the Member States to implement legislation for effective and transparent insolvency regimes and timely restructuring process as well as to remove administrative and regulatory burdens which are imposed to SMEs as stated by Country specific recommendations;
19. Calls on the Member States to foster a risk-taking and capital market culture; reiterates that financial education for SMEs is key to increasing the use and acceptance of capital market solutions, allowing for a better assessment of costs, benefits and the associated risks; calls on the Member States to enhance the financial literacy of SMEs and provide them with effective advisory support, both on national and regional level;
21. Recalls the sizeable cost for SMEs to access capital markets; stresses the need for a proportionate regulation, with less complex and burdensome disclosure and listing requirements for SMEs; welcomes the Commission's proposed revision of the Prospectus Directive;
27. Underlines the importance of corporate and income taxation for the internal financing capacity of SMEs; points out that due to unfair tax practices by multinational companies, SMEs experience up to 30% more taxation than they would have in the case of the fair tax practices, which consequently affect their achieve simpler, more effective and fairer taxation in the EU;
27a. Reiterates the importance of the Cohesion Policy support through the European Structural and Investment Fund to SMEs and other EU financial instruments to SMEs; calls on better use of synergies between different EU funding sources and programmes in order to support SMEs competitiveness, internationalisation and innovation; Calls on the Member States to undertake necessary actions and speed up achievement of targets set in Small Business Act;
27a. Highlight the need of effective tax treatment of financial instruments;
1. Emphasises the key role of SMEs in generating growth and employment in EU regions; notes that in the current climate of fiscal constraint, cohesion policy is a vital source of support for SMEsto boost the economic activity of SMEs, develop new and support active businesses, enhance entrepreneurial skills and business environment;
2. Welcomes initiatives designed to diversify sources of funding and reduce the cost of capital for SMEs; stresses the need to improve the way in which capital markets fund the real economy, by developing alternatives to bank loans, and to make EU funding more attractive to SMEs since a sizeable share of economically significant SMEs cannot obtain financing from banks nor other suppliers of finance due to structural market characteristics; stresses the need to improve the way in which traditional bank lending to SMEs as well as to make EU funding more attractive to SMEs; reminds that, besides access to finance, overall business environment needs to be improved and therefore calls on the Member States to remove administrative and regulatory burdens , implement structural reforms and build effective and efficient public administration;
5. Notes that, setting aside the issue of their size, each SME is different and there are many factors which determine their needs and the ease with which they can obtain funding, such as where they are based, the business sector in which they operate and the stage they have reached in their development; calls on the Commission, Member States and regional authorities to take these factors into account in coming up with tailor-made financing arrangements which in particular exploit the scope for combining subsidies and funding instruments, as well as to provide effective advisory support to SMEs, especially on the regional level, on different available sources of funding that fits their characteristics and needs.
source: PE-582.097
2017/03/02 BUDG, ECON 6 amendments...
6a. Stresses the importance of continuing the independent evaluation on whose results future decisions on extending, amending or eliminating EFSI will be based; considers it important to explore options for the further redistribution of the EU guarantee, given that current EIB figures show that the present guarantee is sufficient for continuing operations under the infrastructure and innovation window; considers, moreover, that it is important, in the upcoming period, to test the performance and added value of EFSI, since this could reduce fragmentation and overlapping with other financial instruments;
8. UNotes that a contradiction between and qualitative and quantitative goals of EFSI might occur in the sense that to achieve the target for attracted private investment the EIB might fund less risky projects where investors´ interest is already available; urges the EIB to comply fully with the letter and the spirit of the EFSI Regulation and to always implement real additionality;
25. Urges the EFSI governing bodies to pay greater attention to investment platforms with a view to maximising the benefits that the latter can bring in overcoming investment barriers, especially in EU-13; invites the EIB to provide stakeholders with more information on the platforms and urges national banks, local and regional bodies and other relevant stakeholders to establish investment platforms;
25. Urges the EFSI governing bodies to pay greater attention to investment platforms with a view to maximising the benefits that the latter can bring in overcoming investment barriers, especially in EU-13member states with less developed financial markets; invites the EIB to provide stakeholders with more information on the platforms;
29. Acknowledges that GDP and the number of projects approved are linked; capital markets and are therefore more likely to benefit from a market-driven instrument such as EFSI; underlines that lower EFSI support in EU-13newer member states may be attributable to other factors, such as the small size of projects, and competition from the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF); observes with concern, however, the disproportionate benefit to certain countries and underlines the need to diversify geographical distribution further, especially in crucial sectors such as modernising and improving the productivity and sustainability of economies;
47. Observes that many project promoters are not aware of the existence of EFSI, or have an insufficiently clear picture of what EFSI can offer them and how to benefit from it; underlines that further efforts have to be made to raise awareness of what EFSI is, which specific products and services it has to offer and of the roles of investment platforms (IPs) and NPBs;, including targeted technical support in low-performing member-states in their respective EU language, have to be made to raise awareness of what EFSI is, which specific
source: PE-600.948
2016/12/13 REGI 3 amendments...
Stanislav POLČÁK, Ivana MALETIĆ
1. Acknowledges that the Annual Report of the Court of Auditors (the ‘Court’) for 2015 found that the estimated error rate in Cohesion Policy decreased from 5,7 % in 2014 to 5,2 % in 2015 which is basically the same error rate as in 2013 (5,3 %); highlights the reduced level of error for the 2007-2013 programming period compared to the 2000-2006 period, which is a result of the strengthened management and control systems of Member States and the corrective measures taken by the Commission;
2 a. Recalls that not all irregularities are fraud and that non-fraudulent and fraudulent irregularities must be differentiated; points out that non- fraudulent irregularities result often from weak financial management and control systems as well as the lack of administrative capacity, relating to both knowledge of the rules and of technical expertise concerning the specific works or services;
3. Urges the Commission through the Commission to clarify the notion of recoverable VAT by providing guidance; calls on the Commission, Member States and the regional authorities to ensure that beneficiaries are provided with consistent information about funding conditions, particularly concerning the eligibility of expenditure and the relevant ceilings for reimbursement; _________________ 1 High Level Group of Independent Experts on Monitoring Simplification for Beneficiaries of the European Structural and Investment Funds
2017/01/31 BUDG 2 amendments...
2017/02/06 REGI 2 amendments...
2017/03/24 REGI 4 amendments...
2016/12/15 ECON 5 amendments...
4. Agrees with the Commission that access to finance and strengthening single market is crucial for businesses to grow;
5. Notes that the financial system and its institutions are crucial for investment and growth in the European economy; stresses that the current financial system is characterised by increased safety and stability; calls on Member States to define appropriate models to decrease percentage of non-performing loans;
7. Stresses that a step-by-step completion of the Banking Union shall aim financial instruments to the SMEs.
8 a. Notes that projected GDP growth for the EU is not enough for job creation and development, therefore calls for more investment in innovation, startups and R&D as well as partnership among policy makers, legislators, researchers, producers and innovators in designing regulation which encourage creativity and new ideas.
26. Highlights the importance of national parliaments debating national reform programs, country reports and country-specific recommendations; stresses that coordination of these documents with local and regional governments as well as other stakeholders can support and improve their implementation.
source: PE-595.607
2017/01/10 BUDG 8 amendments...
1. Considers that the EU budget could help relieve the strain on national budgets and bolster fiscal consolidation efforts, while not calling into question the principle of shared managemenprovide an added value for investments and structural reforms in Member States if greater synergy between existing instruments and linkage with Member States' budgets is introduced; therefore AGS, as an important policy document which provides basic content for national reform programmes, country-specific recommendations and implementation plans, should serve as a guideline for Member States and for the preparation of national budgets, in order to introduce joint solutions visible in national budgets and linked to the EU budget;
2. Agrees that stability mechanisms are essential, but and recalls that they must guarantee a framework for living together, in particular by preserving public services accessible to all generations and territories; considers that cohesion should be removed from the convergence criteria established by the Stability and Growth Pactimplementation and compliance with criteria established by the Stability and Growth Pact should be a priority for Member States; welcomes making full use threats and refugee inflows;
3. Recalls that improving the systems for collecting VAT and customs duties Commission’sshould proposal for establishing an EU black list of tax havens, which should be enforced by criminal sanctions with the aim of dealing with multinationals that evade taxes; recalls the need to resort to new own resources for the EU budget, suchfor the introduction of a reform of own resources system which should lead to as taxation on speculative financial movements and on environmental and social driftrue reform of EU financing without increasing the tax burden on citizens;
4. Considers that growth is still insufficient to create the jobs that the EU urgently needs, especially for its young people, and that it is necessary to encourage more public and private investment into infrastructure and SMEs; welcomes a further boost of the Youth Employment Initiative: an additional €500 million under the YEI specific allocation, matched by €1 billion from the European Social Fund for the period 2017-2020, which will give several YEI-eligible Member States the possibility to invest more of ESF funding into youth employment measures;
European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) in terms of duration and financial capacity; highlights that reinforcement of EFSI is important in order to return investment back to its long-term sustainable trend, to continue delivering concrete results and to provide project promoters with certainty that they will still be able to prepare projects after the initial investment period;
5. Is convinced that monetary control is an integral part of the problems of economic development; recalls that monetary policy must be at the service of a budget policy focused on stimulatingpolicy, if strongly supported by a proper budgetary policy, can boost economic development, sustainable growth and job creation;
6. Recalls that the use of structural 6. funds can under no circumstances be subject to macroeconomic conditionESI funds is subject to macroeconomic conditions; having in mind the correlation between good economic governance and absorption capacity calls on the Commission to encourage the use of ESIFs for the implementation of Country Specific Recommendations by prolonging the fiscal adjustment period, wherein ESIFs are used as a flanking measure for implementing structural reforms and achieving an increase in investments.
across Member States and a large number of different limitations which represent obstacles to progress, innovative solutions and growth; therefore calls on the Commission to carry out a more detailed discussion with Member States on common activities and rules which must be established on EU level in order to support the exchange of knowledge, experiences, technologies, innovation, development and fast startup growth prior to the bringing of the Annual Growth Survey.
source: PE-597.414
2017/02/09 AFET 13 amendments...
2016/2313(INI)
2017/01/12 AFET 4 amendments...
2016/2326(INI)
Motion for a resolutionCitation 22 c (new)
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