22 Amendments of Ruža TOMAŠIĆ related to 2015/0263(COD)
Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Reforms are by their very nature complex processes that require the ability to engage in dialogue, multi-level cooperation and a complete chain of highly-specialised knowledge and skills. Addressing structural reforms in a variety of public policy areas is challenging since their benefits often take time to materialise. Therefore, 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.
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The Union has a long-lasting experience on providing specific support to national and/or subnational administrations and other authorities of Member States as regards capacity building and similar actions in certain sectors (e.g. taxation, customs, support to small and medium-sized enterprises) and in relation to the implementation of cohesion policy. The experience gained by the Union in assisting national authorities carrying out reforms should be used in order to enhance the capacity of the Union to provide support to Member States. Comprehensive and integrated action is indeed necessary in order to provide support to those Member States that are undertaking growth- enhancing reforms and request assistance from the Union in this respect.
Amendment 97 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Support under the Programme should be provided by the Commission upon request by a Member State, in areas such as budget and taxation, public function, institutional and administrative reforms, the justice system, anti-fraud, anti-corruption and anti-money laundering, business environment, private sector development, investment, competition, public procurement, privatization processes, access to finance, investment, trade, sustainable development, innovation, education and training, labour policies, public health, asylum, migration policies, agriculture andgriculture, fisheries, rural development and , financial sector policies, asylum and migration policies.
Amendment 107 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(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 financial management and determine the support to be provided based on urgency, breadth and depth of the problems as 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 cooperationBased on this analysis and taking into account the existing actions and measures financed by Union funds or other Union programmes, the Commission should come to an agreement with the Member State concerned, identify on the priority areas, the objectives, an indicative timeline, the scope of the support measures to be provided and the estimated global financial contribution for such support, taking into acco be set ount the existing actions and measures financed by Union funds or other Union programmes cooperation and support plan.
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(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, partnership and sound financial management and determine the support to be provided based on urgency, breadth and depth of the problems as 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 cooperation with the Member State concerned, identify the priority areas, the scope of the support measures to be provided and the global financial contribution for such support, taking into account the existing actions and measures financed by Union funds or other Union programmes.
Amendment 120 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) The Commission Communications ‘The EU Budget Review’13 and ‘A budget for Europe 2020’14 underline the importance of focusing funding on activities with clear European added value, i.e. where the Union intervention can bring additional value compared to action of Member States alone. Against this background, the support actions carried out under the Programme should ensure complementarity and synergy with other programmes and policies at national, regional, local, Union and international level. The actions under the Programme should allow elaborating and implementing solutions that address national challenges which have impact on cross-border or Union-wide challenges and achieve a consistent and coherent implementation of Union law. In addition, they should contribute to further develop trust and promote cooperation with the Commission and among Member States. Moreover, the Union is in a better position than Member States to provide a platform for the provision and sharing of good practices from peers as well as to mobilise expertise so as to develop solutions tailored to the specific situation in the requesting Member States. __________________ 13 COM(2010)700 of 19 October 2010. 14 COM(2011)500 final of 29 June 2011.
Amendment 126 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The financial envelope of the Programme should consist of financial resources deducted from allocations for technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission under Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council16 and Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council17. In order to allow such deduction, for this particular programme and without prejudice to any future proposals it is necessary to amend those Regulations. __________________ 16 Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 320). 17 Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 487).
Amendment 138 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) In the event of unforeseen and duly justified grounds of urgency requiring immediate response, such as a serious disturbance in the economy or significant circumstances seriously affecting the economic or social conditions in a Member State going beyond its control, upon request of a Member State, the Commission should be able to adopt special measures, for a limited proportion of the annual work programme, in accordance with objectives and actions eligible under the Programme to support the national, regional and local authorities in addressing the urgent needs.
Amendment 144 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) In order to ensure the efficient and cohe, coherent and transparent allocation of funds from the Union budget and the principle of sound financial management, actions under this Programme should complement and be additional to ongoing Union programmes, whilst avoiding double funding for the same expenditure. In particular, the Commission and the Member State concerned, in accordance with their respective responsibilities should ensure at Union and Member State levels, in all stages of the process, effective coordination in order to ensure consistency, complementarity and synergy between sources of funding supporting actions in the relevant Member States with close links to this Programme, specifically with measures being financed from the Union funds in the Member States.
Amendment 149 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) To facilitate the evaluation of the Programme, a proper, transparent framework for monitoring the results achieved by the Programme should be put in place from the very beginning. A mid- term evaluation looking at the achievement of the objectives of the Programme, its efficiency and its added value at the European level should be carried out. A final evaluation should, in addition, deal with the long– term impact and the sustainability effects of the Programme. Those evaluations should be based on the indicators, measuring the effects of the Programme.
Amendment 153 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Regulation as regards the adoption of the multi-annual and annual work programmes, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission. To appropriately involve Member States, those implementing acts should be adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Amendment 157 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) Since the objective of this Regulation, namely to contribute to the institutional, administrative and structural reforms in the Member States by providing support to national authorities, meaning one or more national authorities, including authorities at regional and local levels, in accordance with national law, for measures aimed at reforming institutions, governance, administration, economic and social sectors, including through assistance for the efficient and effective use of the Union funds cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States alone, but can rather, by reason of their scale and effects, be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve that objective, since the scope of the support would be mutually agreed with the Member State concerned.
Amendment 161 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
1a. 'National authority' means one or more national authorities, including authorities at regional and local levels, in accordance with national law.
Amendment 179 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
The general objective of the Programme shall be to contribute to institutional, administrative and structural reforms in the Member States by providing support to national authorities for measures aimed at reforming institutions, governance, administration, economic and social sectors in response to economic and social challenges with a view to enhancing competitiveness, growth, jobs, and investment, in particular in the context of economic governance processes, including through assistance for the efficient and, effective and transparent use of the Union funds.
Amendment 180 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. To achieve the general objective set out in Article 4, the Programme shall have the following specific objectives that shall be pursued in close cooperation with beneficiary Member States:
Amendment 190 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) to support the efforts of national authorities to define and implement appropriate processes and methodologies by taking into account goodbest practices and lessons learned by other countries in addressing similar situations;
Amendment 213 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) policies for the agricultural sector, fisheries and the sustainable development of rural areas;
Amendment 243 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission may define the support envisaged for B, with the consent of the beneficiary Member States, organise the support in cooperation with other Member States or European and international organisations.
Amendment 251 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 5
Article 12 – paragraph 5
5. In order to implement the Programme, the Commission shall adopt, by way of implementing acts, multi-annual work programmes. Multi-annual work programmes shall set out the policy objectives pursued through the envisaged support and the expected results, as well as funding priorities in the relevant policy areas. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 12a(2) of this Regulation. The multi-annual work programmes shall be further specified in annual work programmes, adopted by way of implementing acts, identifying the measures needed for their implementation, together with all the elements required by Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012.
Amendment 254 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall provide the European Parliament and the Council with an annual monitoring report on the implementation of the Programme including an analysis of the application of the criteria referred to in Article 7(2) for assessing the requests for support submitted by Member States, an independent interim evaluation report, by mid of 2019, at the latest, and an independent ex-post evaluation report by end of December 2021.
Amendment 262 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 2 – point i a (new)
Annex I – paragraph 2 – point i a (new)
(ia) the number of objectives in the cooperation and support plan that have been reached, by beneficiary Member State, due to amongst others the support from the Programme;
Amendment 263 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 3 a (new)
Annex I – paragraph 3 a (new)
Further, a qualitative analysis shall be undertaken to establish the links between the support from the Programme, measured through the information from the above-mentioned indicators, and the institutional, administrative and structural reforms of the beneficiary Member State with a view to enhancing competitiveness, productivity, growth, jobs, cohesion, and investment.