8 Amendments of Isabelle THOMAS related to 2016/0282(COD)
Amendment 1 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1 a) In order to ensure an appropriate debate between Parliament and the Council, more adequate deadlines should have been allowed for discussion of the Commission's proposal.
Amendment 2 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 178 a (new)
Recital 178 a (new)
(178 a) The transfer of ESI Funds allocations to instruments established under the Financial Regulation or under sector specific Regulations shall never, in any case, jeopardise the adequate implementation of sectorial policies by promoting the use of financial instruments.
Amendment 4 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 62 – paragraph 8 a (new)
Article 62 – paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. In order for the specific and appropriate policy and measures to be determined, the Commission shall promote the preparation of regional operational programmes in accordance with the principles of proportionality and subsidiarity and taking into account regional competences.
Amendment 225 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) The concept of performance as regards the EU budget should be clarified. Performance should be described as aon the basis of the achievement of objectives and the direct application of the principle of sound financial management. TWithout seeking to prejudge the relevance of the programme concerned, there should be a link between performance, objective-s setting and performance, indicators, results and economy, efficiency and effectiveness in the use of appropriations. To avoid conflicts with existing performance frameworks of the different programmes, references in terms of performance terminology should be limited to objectives and monitoring progress in achieving them.
Amendment 356 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 238
Recital 238
(238) The EGF should continue after 31 December 2017 to temporarily provide assistance to young people not in employment, education or training (NEETs) who reside in aregions eligible under the Youth Employment Initiative, since those regions are disproportionately impacted by major redundancas affected by high unemployment rates or have been disproportionately impacted by major redundancies. The EGF should also continue to provide assistance to people who have lost their jobs as a result of major structural changes in international trade due to globalisation or the global economic and financial crisis, and should be reinforced by new tools that give it a strategic and prospective role with a view to funding sectors likely to face problems in the future, based on sectoral globalisation impact studies.
Amendment 371 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 27
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 27
27. ‘financial instruments’ means Union measures of financial support provided from the budget in order to address one or more specific policy objectives of the Union. Such instruments may take the form of equity or quasi-equity investments, loans or guarantees, repayable advances or other risk-sharing instruments, and may, where appropriate, be combined with other forms of financial support or with funds under shared implementation or EDF funds;
Amendment 373 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 27 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 27 a (new)
27a. 'repayable advance' means a loan for a project which is paid in one or more instalments, the conditions for the reimbursement of which depend on the outcome of the project.
Amendment 672 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 228 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 228 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Financial reporting on the operations carried out by each trust fund shall be established twice every year by the authorising officer. They shall form the subject of a Communication to the European Parliament and to the Council.