Activities of Ivana MALETIĆ related to 2016/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 b (new)

(11b) It is necessary to allow the financing of projects in all candidate and potential candidate countries, provided that EU laws are upheld, in order to ensure that EU standards are attained and that functional market economies are established in those countries.

2017/01/31
Committee: REGI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21

(21) The European Investment Advisory Hub (EIAH) should be enhanced and its activities should focus on needs not covered adequately under current arrangements. It should pay particular attention to supporting the preparation of projects involving two or more Member States, candidate countries and/or potential candidate countries, 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, the EIAH should also contribute actively to the objective of sectorial and geographical diversification of the EFSI and support the EIB where needed in originating projects. It should also actively contribute to the establishment of investment platforms and provide advice on the combination of other sources of Union funding with the EFSI.

2017/01/31
Committee: REGI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2

Regulation (EU) No 2015/1017
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – third subparagraph

The projects supported by the EFSI that consist of physical infrastructure linking two or more Member States, candidate countries or potential candidate countries, 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.';~~ candidate countries or potential candidate countries, shall also be considered to provide additionality, particularly within the scope of environmental policy, waste management and utilities.

2017/01/31
Committee: REGI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)

(6 a) EFSI is one of the pillars of the all-encompassing Investment Plan for Europe, and its implementation cannot be successful without implementation of activities aimed at strengthening the single market, creating a favourable business environment and implementation of structural reforms. In addition, well structured projects as parts of investment and development plans brought at the level of Member States are of key importance for success in using EFSI.

2017/03/27
Committee: BUDG ECON

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7

(7) FIn the Multiannual Financial Framework for the period after 2020, the Commission ~~intends to~~shall put forward the necessary proposals to ensure that strategic investment will continue at a sustainable level based on the assessment of EFSI's operation and its qualitative effect on the investment landscape in the EU.

2017/03/27
Committee: BUDG ECON

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point a – point i

Regulation (EU) No 2015/1017
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – first subparagraph

Such support shall include providing targeted support on the use of technical assistance for project structuring, on the use of innovative financial instruments and on the use of public-private partnerships, taking into account the specificities and needs of Member States, candidate countries or potential candidate countries, with less- developed financial markets.;

2017/01/31
Committee: REGI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point b – point iii a (new)

(iiia) (g) providing special assistance in the identification, preparation, development and funding of projects in candidate and potential candidate countries;

2017/01/31
Committee: REGI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11

(11) In order to reinforce the take-up of the EFSI in less-developed and transition regions, the scope of the general objectives eligible for EFSI support should be enlarged and allow for additional technical assistance to Member States which have not been using funds successfully, especially in the project preparation phase.

2017/03/27
Committee: BUDG ECON

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11

(11) In order to reinforce the take-up of the EFSI in less-developed and transition regions, the scope of the general objectives eligible for EFSI support should be enlarged. and the minimum project threshold should be adjusted for each Member state to take into account the differences in the size of the economies.

2017/03/27
Committee: BUDG ECON

Eva MAYDELL, Ivana MALETIĆ, Othmar KARAS

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21

(21) The European Investment Advisory Hub (EIAH) should be enhanced and its activities should focus on needs not covered adequately under current arrangements and support the submission of high quality EFSI project proposals. It should pay particular attention to supporting the preparation of projects involving two or more Member States 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, the EIAH should also contribute actively to the objective of sectorial and geographical diversification of the EFSI, enhancing its capacity building role in Member states, and support the EIB ~~where needed~~ in originating projects, especially with a focus on member states with less developed financial markets. It should also actively contribute to the establishment of investment platforms and provide advice on the combination of other sources of Union funding with the EFSI.

2017/03/27
Committee: BUDG ECON

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)

Regulation (EU) No 2015/1017
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)

(2 a) in Article 5 the following paragraph 1a is added: ‘1a. An EIB financing operation that is co-financing projects or platforms combined with other EU funds (including ESI Funds) should be, by definition, EFSI eligible and considered "additional".’;

2017/03/27
Committee: BUDG ECON

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point d

Regulation (EU) No 2015/1017
Article 7 – paragraph 12 – subparagraph 2 – second sentence

Decisions approving the use of the EU guarantee shall be public and accessible, and include the rationale for the decision, with particular focus on compliance with the additionality criterion. ~~The publication shall not contain commercially sensitive information~~All additionality aspects, which are not commercially sensitive information, shall be publicly disclosed by EIB as soon as projects are approved. In reaching its decision, the Investment Committee shall be supported by the documentation provided by the EIB.

2017/03/27
Committee: BUDG ECON

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b

Regulation (EU) No 2015/1017
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a

(b) in paragraph 2, the following subparagraph is added: ‘The EIB shall target that at least 40 % of EFSI financing under the infrastructure and innovation window supports projects with components that contribute to climate action, in line with the COP21 commitments. The Steering Board shall provide detailed guidance to that end.;’deleted

2017/03/27
Committee: BUDG ECON

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point d a (new)

Regulation (EU) No 2015/1017
Article 9 – paragraph 7 a (new)

(d a) in Article 9, a new paragraph is added: ‘(7a) In case where EIB funding under EFSI guarantee is co-financing ESI Funded projects, such funding can be counted as the national co-financing of Member States for ESI Funded projects.’;

2017/03/27
Committee: BUDG ECON

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point b – point iii

Regulation (EU) No 2015/1017
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point f

(f) providing advice on the combination of other sources of Union funding (such as the European Structural and Investment Funds, Horizon 2020 and the Connecting Europe Facility) with the EFSI.; and solution of practical problems in implementation of combining financing sources which occur because of different administrative requirements and financing sources in different instruments

2017/03/27
Committee: BUDG ECON