Activities of Inês Cristina ZUBER related to 2015/2052(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
European Structural and Investment Funds and sound economic governance (A8-0268/2015 - José Blanco López) PT
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the European Structural and Investment Funds and sound economic governance: guidelines for the implementation of Article 23 of the Common Provisions Regulation
Amendments (4)
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 2
2. Highlights the fact that reprogramming or suspension as regulated in Article 23 of the Common Provisions Regulation (CPR) could underminenot only casts doubt on social and economic convergence between regions and, but also serves to aggravate inequalities from one region to another, jeopardiseing goals pursued by ESI funds, especially in countries with deep macroeconomic and social imbalances; asks the Commission to use the mechanism only when Member States have persistently failed to take effective action to address its requests to reprogramme funding and giving due consideration to the unemployment rate or the impact on the economies of the Member States concerned;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to be extremely cautious in applying the first strand ofcease applying Article 23 of the CPR to all programmes coming under any of the thematic objectives of the ESI Funds, in particular thematic objectives (8), (9) or (10), or the employment and social targets of the Europe 2020 Strategy, to ensure that social cohesion is not undermined; asks the Commission to be strictly committed to applying the ESF minimum share provided for in Article 92(4) of the CPR;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to avoid any suspension ofnot to suspend commitments or payments provided for in the second strand of Article 23 of the CPR where Member States are involved in any of the situations described in sub-paragraphs (a) to (e) of paragraph 1 of Annex III to the CPR;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Asks the Commission to avoid arbitrariness incease applying Article 23 of the CPR, to devise a transparent and democratic decision-making process, in line with Article 23(15) of the CPR, and to allow Parliament, on the basis of a formalised process, to be informed at all stages of the adoption of reprogramming requests or of any proposals and decisions on suspension of commitments or payments.