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Activities of Isabelle THOMAS related to 2016/0276(COD)

Plenary speeches (1)

Extension of the duration of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (debate) FR
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/0276(COD)

Amendments (14)

Amendment 219 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
(21) The European Investment Advisory Hub (EIAH) should be enhanced and its activities should focuaddress any shortcomings oin needs not covered adequately under current arrangementhe implementation of the EFSI. It should play an instrumental role in empowering project promoters to initiate and develop viable, sustainable and quality projects. It should pay particular attention to supporting the preparation of projects involving two or more Member States or regions, 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, tThe EIAH should also contribute actively to achieving the objective of sectorial and geographical diversification of the EFSI and proactively supporting the EIB where needand other actors involved in originating projects and launching operations, as well as in initiating demand, where needed. It should also actively contribute to the establishment of investment platforms and provide advice on the combination ofing other sources of Union funding with the EFSIEU funding with the EFSI. It is considered necessary for the EIAH to establish a strong local presence, where needed, to leverage local knowledge about the EFSI and give better consideration to local needs. The EIAH should aim to conclude agreements with national development banks or institutions in each Member State. To achieve those objectives, the staff capacity of the EIAH should be commensurate to the tasks that it is called upon to undertake.
2017/03/27
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 282 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 2015/1017
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 5
The pProjects 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 from one Member State to one or more Member States, shall also be considered to provide additionality if they directly concern at least one of the less-developed regions or transition regions listed, respectively, in Annex I and Annex II to Commission Implementing Decision 2014/99/EU1a. _________________ 1a Commission Implementing Decision No 2014/99/EU of 18 February 2014 setting out the list of regions eligible for funding from the European Regional Development Fund and the European Social Fund and of Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund for the period 2014-2020, OJ L 50, 20.2.2014, p. 22.
2017/03/27
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 284 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 2015/1017
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 5
The pProjects 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 from one Member State to one or more Member States, shall also be considered to provide additionality provided they do not undermine the commitments made in the context of the COP21 climate agreement by the European Union and by the Member States involved in the project.
2017/03/27
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 310 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point -a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 2015/1017
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
(-a) in paragraph 1, the first subparagraph is replaced by the following: ‘The Steering Board shall comprise four members: three appointed by the Commission and one by the EIB. The Steering Board shall elect a Chairperson from among its members for a fixed term of three years, renewable once. The Steering Board shall take its decisions by consensus. The members with observer status may be consulted by the permanent members, but shall not be involved in decision-making.’;
2017/03/27
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 312 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point -a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 2015/1017
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
(-a) in paragraph 3, the third subparagraph is replaced by the following: The Steering Board shall regularly organise a twice- yearly consultation of relevant stakeholders - in particular co-investors, including national promotional banks and institutions, public authorities, experts, education, training and research institutions, the relevant social partners and representatives of civil society - on the orientation and implementation of the investment policy carried out by the EIB under this Regulation.
2017/03/27
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 318 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a – point -i a (new)
Regulation 2015/1017
Article 7 – paragraph 8 – point c
c) energy infrastructures-ia) point (c) is replaced by the following: c) energy infrastructures (including marine energy), energy efficiency and renewable energy;
2017/03/27
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 326 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a – point ii
Regulation (EU) No 2015/1017
Article 7 – paragraph 8 – point l
l) agriculture, forestry, fishery and aquaculture;
2017/03/27
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 327 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a – point ii a (new)
Regulation 2015/1017
Article 7 – paragraph 8 – point l a (new)
la) blue growth
2017/03/27
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 344 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point -a (new)
Regulation 2015/1017
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b – point iii
(-a) in paragraph 2(b), point (iii) is replaced by the following: ‘iii) development and modernisation of energy infrastructure (in particular interconnections, smart grids at distribution level, energy storage and, synchronisation of networks and marine energy);
2017/03/27
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 354 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
Regulation (EU) No 2015/1017
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point h
h) agriculture, forestry, fishery and aquaculture;
2017/03/27
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 356 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 2015/1017
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point h a (new)
(a a) in paragraph 2 the following point (ha) is added: ‘ha) blue growth;’
2017/03/27
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 395 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point a a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 2015/1017
Article 11 – paragraph 2
(aa) paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: ‘2. The remuneration for risk-taking of a portfolio shall be allocated amongst contributors in proportion to their respective share in the risk-taking. The EU guarantee shall be eligible to provide either first loss guarantees on a portfolio basis or a full guarantee. The EU guarantee may be granted on a pari passu basis with other contributors. In the case of co-investment in infrastructure projects, the EIB shall be subordinate to the other investors in respect of the portion of the investment for which the EIB enjoys an EFSI guarantee. The EIB’s special activities which are backed by the EFSI and take the form of a guarantee may be offered on more advantageous terms than is the case for normal EIB or EIF guarantee operations carried out on the basis of market conditions and, if appropriate, may be subordinated to other investors to cover first loss portfolio instruments.’
2017/03/27
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 415 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point b – point i
Regulation (EU) No 2015/1017
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point c
c) leveraging local knowledge to facilitate EFSI support across the Union and contributing where possible to the objective of sectorial and geographical diversification of the EFSI referred to in Section 8 of Annex II by supporting the EIB to originateand the national promotional banks or institutions concerned to originate and develop operations;
2017/03/27
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 419 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point b – point ii
Regulation (EU) No 2015/1017
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point e
e) providing pro-active support on the establishment of investment platforms with a local presence, taking account of existing support programmes and bodies, in particular national promotional banks or institutions;
2017/03/27
Committee: BUDGECON