14 Amendments of Andrey NOVAKOV related to 2016/2148(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Is concerned by delays in the adoption of operational programmes and the designation of managing, paying and certifying authorities aund calls for sufficient payment appropriations to be made available through the current multiannual financial framework (MFF) in orer cohesion policy that led to a slow start-up of the projects and an extremely low level of absorption of cohesion policy in the first three years of the current programming period; considers that the utmost effort needs to be mader to prevent a new backlog of unpaid biensure that the new programmes start without delay in the beginning of each programming period and calls, in the second halfis context, for a timely agreement ofn the next multiannual financial framework (MFF);
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Underlines the high risk of the accumulation of payment claims under Heading 1b in the second half of the current MFF and calls for a sufficient level of payment appropriations to be made available on a yearly basis until the end of the current perspective in order to prevent a new backlog of unpaid bills; stresses, for this purpose, the need for the three EU institutions to develop and agree upon a new joint payment plan for 2016- 2020, which should provide for a clear strategy to meet all payment needs until the end of the current MFF;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes the efforts made to use the ESI Funds in support of key priorities set in the country-specific recommendations; notes the limitations of Commission’s proposal on the establishment of the Structural Reform Support Programme; stresses that Article 23 of the Common Provision Regulation must only be used as a last resort and that Parliament must be fully involved from the early stages;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that there is aUnderlines the stronger focus on performance of ESI Funds in the current MFF; believes that any link between performance and the ESI Funds in the future MFF can only bthe future performance framework in the next perspective should build on the restablished after aults of the thorough evaluation of the functioning of the current arrangement;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Concludes that significant EU budget performance and efficiency gains can be achieved through simplification of ESI Funds for both beneficiaries and managing authorities, including application (public procurement), implementation (project management) and control (audits during and after the project); calls on the Commission to encourage the High Level Expert Group to work in the spirit of exploration and non-conventional solutions, instead of operating under limitations;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. NotAcknowledges that, in the current MFF, financial instruments play a stronger role; believes, however, that they should not substitute gra that a proper mix of grants and financial instruments ais the core tool for ESI Funds; stresses that theirnecessary in EU's cohesion policy; stresses that financial instruments' implementation must be effective, transparent and always subject to full parliamentary scrutiny, without any prejudice to the unity of the EU budget; refers to the upcoming INI report entitled "The right funding mix for Europe's regions: balancing financial instruments and grants in EU cohesion policy";
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Welcomes significant progress and results by existing EFSI operations; calls on the Commission and the EIB to enable even better EFSI performance through: enabling non-participating regions through on-the-ground technical assistance to induce regionally balanced demand and project operations; comprehensive guidance to managing authorities on combining EFSI with shared and direct management instruments; accelerate creation of investment platforms in the member states - meeting point for public funds and private financing; rebalance sector investment especially in view of the largest investment shortfalls - innovation and digital infrastructure; higher risk profile of approved investment projects; full-scale data and information on the progress of the SME window, including utilisation of financial products by SMEs;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that immigration has become a structural phenomenon in Europe andpolicy priority in Europe; welcomes that the EU budget uses all of its flexibility to provide response and, therefore, calls for furtherprudent use to be made of ESI Funds in order to promote the integration of asylum seekers and refugees into economy and society;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to keep the budgetary authority informed about the possible budgetary consequences of Brexit for the ESI Funds in the EU-27 in the current programming period.
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Points out that the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) is represented as a success story when it comes to fast implementation and results in the form of existing operations, and against this background asks the Commission to come forward with learning points for the ESI Funds for the new programming period;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Believes that the Commission and the EIB can deliver even better EFSI performance through on-the-ground technical assistance to induce regionally balanced demand and project operations, creation of investment platforms in the Member States - a meeting point for EU funds and private financing, rebalancing sector investment especially in view of the largest investment shortfalls - innovation and digital infrastructure, higher risk profile of approved investment projects, full-scale data and information on the progress of the SME window including utilisation of financial products by SMEs;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses that state aid rules apply to ESI Funds, but not to EFSI and Horizon 2020, causing problems in increasing the level of synergy among the instruments; underlines the fact that if there is an ambition to extend EFSI or any similar types of financial instrument, the question of state aid rules needs to be adapted accordingly; calls on the Commission to deliver comprehensive guidance to managing authorities on combining EFSI with shared and direct management instruments, including ESI Funds and Horizon 2020;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Supports a further balanced increase in financial instruments; asks the Commission, therefore, to come forward with incentives for managing authorities to achieve this; refers to the upcoming INI report entitled "The right funding mix for Europe's regions: balancing financial instruments and grants in EU cohesion policy" where this topic will be elaborated on further;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Welcomes the fact that the new modernised regulatory framework of the ESI Funds provides new possibilities for simplification in terms of common eligibility rules, simplified cost options and e-governance; notes, however that significant simplification measures are still needed for both beneficiaries and managing authorities, focusing on public procurement, project management, and audits during and after the operations;