50 Amendments of Costas MAVRIDES related to 2018/0213(COD)
Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Against that background, it is necessary to strengthen the current framework for the provision of support to Member States by offering direct financial support, alongside technical support. To that end, a new Reform Support Programme ('the Programme') should be established to provide effective incentives to step up the implementation of sustainable, growth-friendly and socially balanced structural reforms in the Member States. The Programme should be comprehensive and should also benefit from the experience gained by the Commission and the Member States from the use of the other instruments and programmes. The Programme should also continue the actions and the mode of operation of the SRSP, since they have been proven very useful, and have been appreciated by Member States, for strengthening the administrative capacity of national authorities in various policy domains. The Programme should also include targeted support for reforms in Member States whose currency is not the euro and which have taken demonstrable steps towards adopting the single currency within a given time-frame.
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The Programme's overall objective is the enhancement of upward convergence, cohesion, competitiveness, efficiency, productivity, growth, and employmentsustainable development, inclusive growth, inequality reduction, social inclusion, the promotion of resilient economic and social structures, public health and social welfare, and creation of high-quality jobs in Member States and the Union with particular attention to the areas most affected by demographic decline and regions in ecological transition. For that purpose, it should provide financial incentives for addressing challenges of a structural nature, and should help to strengthen the administrative capacity of the Member States insofar as their institutions and economic and social sectors are concerned.
Amendment 107 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) With regard to the reform delivery tool, it is necessary to identify the types of reforms that should be eligible for financial support. To ensure their contribution to the objectives of the Programme, the eligible reforms should be those addressing the challenges identified in article 4 and article 6 of this regulation, including those in the context of the European Semester of economic policy coordination, including those proposed to address the country-specific recommendations.
Amendment 126 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) Ownership of structural reforms and political will in the Members States, including the involvement of the social partners, are essential for such a programme to be successful. In order to ensure the ownership of and a focus on relevant reforms, the Member States should identify the reform commitments in response to challenges identified in the context of the European Semester (including those challenges identified inarticle 4 and article 6 of this regulation, including those in the country specific recommendations)ext of the European Semester and propose a detailed set of measures for their implementation, which should contain appropriate milestones and targets and a timetable for implementation over a maximum period of three years. Close cooperation between the Commission and the Member States should be sought and achieved throughout the process.
Amendment 133 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 a (new)
Recital 23 a (new)
(23a) The Member States should state how they involved their local and regional authorities in assessing reform needs and in designing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating reform commitments. This involvement will take place in a structured and permanent manner in the context of the European Semester, so that local and regional authorities can take part, as full partners and from the beginning, in the dialogue with the European Commission leading to the publication of the Country Reports and the Country-specific Recommendations. Member States will decide how to organise such involvement according to their constitutional setting and current division of powers across levels of government.
Amendment 143 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) The Commission should assess the nature and the importance of the reform commitments proposed by the Member States and should determine the amount to be allocated on the basis of transparent criteria. To that effect, it should take into account the substantive elements provided by the Member States and assess whether the reform commitments proposed by the Member States are expected to effectively address challenges identified in article 4 and article 6 of this regulation, including those in the context of the European Semester, whether they represent a comprehensive reform package, whether they are expected to strengthen the economic, environmental and social performance and resilience of the national economy and whether their implementation is expected to have a lasting impact in the Member State where relevant by strengthening the institutional and administrative capacity of the Member State concerned. In addition, the Commission should assess whether the internal arrangements proposed by the Member States, including the proposed milestones and targets, and the related indicators, are expected to ensure effective implementation of the reform commitments during a maximum period of three years.
Amendment 146 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) In order to contribute to the preparation of high quality proposals and assist the Commission in the assessment of the proposals for reform commitments submitted by the Member States and in the assessment of the degree of their achievement, provision should be made for the use of peer counselling and expert advice. In addition, the Council for Economic Policy Committee of the Council dealing with the European Semester, the Employment Committee and the Social Protection Committee, in consultation, where appropriate, with relevant Treaty-based committees, should be able to provide an opinions on the proposals for reform commitments as submitted by Member States. In the interest of simplification, the reporting by Member States on the progress made in the implementation of reform commitments should be made within the framework of the European Semester.
Amendment 171 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 46 a (new)
Recital 46 a (new)
(46a) The investment costs related to reforms that received a positive assessment by the Commission to a proposal for reform commitments submitted by a Member States in the context of this programme, as identified in Article 11 paragraph 3 point d of this Regulation, should be deducted from the calculation of the national deficit level.
Amendment 174 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
1. ‘technical support’ means measures that help Member States to carraimed at strengthening the performance and efficacy outf institutionals, governance, social dialogue, administrativeons and growth- sustaining structural refeconomic and social sectorms, including measures that help Member States, whose currency is not the euro, to prepare for participation in the euro area;
Amendment 182 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
6a. ‘spillover effect’ means externalities of reform upon other policy areas or Member States.
Amendment 193 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to contribute to strengthening the governance, the administrative capacity of the Member States and the involvement of local and regional authorities, civil society and social partners, in relation to challenges faced by institutions, governance, public administration, and economic and social sectors.
Amendment 208 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The general and the specific objectives set out in Articles 4 and 5 shall refer to policy areas related to upward convergence, cohesion, competitiveness, efficiency, productivity, sustainable development, research and innovation, smart, sustainable, and inclusive growth, jobs and investment, and in particular to one or more of the followinginequality reduction, social inclusion, resilience of economic and social structures, creation of high- quality jobs and investment, and in particular to one or more of the following, a special attention shall be paid to the areas most affected by demographic decline and regions in ecological transition:
Amendment 237 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) up to EUR 220 000 000 000 for the reform delivery tool;
Amendment 241 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) up to EUR 2 840 000 000 for the technical support instrument;
Amendment 268 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Amendment 277 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Annex I lays down a maximum financial contribution available for each Member State out of the overall envelope of the reform delivery tool referred to in point (a) of Article 7(2). Such a maximum financial contribution is calculated for each Member State using the criteria and methodology set out in that Annex, based on the populationGDP per capita, youth unemployment and lower education level of each Member State. Such a maximum financial contribution shall be available for allocation to each Member State, in part or in full, at each stage and call of the allocation process set out in Article 10.
Amendment 295 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. A Member State wishing to receive support under the reform delivery tool shall submit a proposal for reform commitments to the Commission. That proposal shall set out a detailed set of measures for the implementation of structural reforms in response to challenges identified in Article 4 and Article 6, including those in the context of the European Semester process and shall contain milestones, targets and a timetable for the implementation of the reforms over a maximum period of three years.
Amendment 297 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. The proposal for reform commitments shall be presented by the Member State concerned together with its national reform programme, in the form of a separate annex. That separate annex may be submitted together with the national reform programme or at a different point in time.
Amendment 299 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) the nature and importance of the structural reform proposed as identified in Article 4 and Article 6, including those in the context of the challenges identified in European Semester;
Amendment 305 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point e a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point e a (new)
(ea) the expected impacts and contribution to the implementation of the commitments of the Union and of Member States in the context of the Paris Agreement, the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the European Pillar of Social Rights;
Amendment 315 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 7 – point a – point 1 – introductory part
Article 11 – paragraph 7 – point a – point 1 – introductory part
(i). are expected to effectively address challenges identified in Article 4 and Article 6, including those in the context of the European Semester, namely:
Amendment 317 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 7 – point a – point 1 – indent 1
Article 11 – paragraph 7 – point a – point 1 – indent 1
Amendment 322 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 7 – point a – point 1 – indent 2
Article 11 – paragraph 7 – point a – point 1 – indent 2
Amendment 325 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 7 – point a – point 2
Article 11 – paragraph 7 – point a – point 2
(ii). represent a comprehensive and balanced reform package;
Amendment 326 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 7 – point a – point 3
Article 11 – paragraph 7 – point a – point 3
(iii). are expected to strengthen the performance and resilienceeconomic, environmental and social performance of the Member State concerned, to contribute to the implementation of the economy of the Member State concerned;mmitments of the EU and Member States as referred to in Article 4 and, where relevant, to produce positive spillover effects including in other Member States
Amendment 329 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 7 – point a – point 3 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 7 – point a – point 3 a (new)
() are not expected to have a significant economic, environmental and social impact on the society;
Amendment 333 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 7 – point a – point 4
Article 11 – paragraph 7 – point a – point 4
(iv). are expected, through their implementation, to have a lasting impact, where relevant by strengthening the institutional and administrative capacity of the Member State concerned and the involvement of local and regional authorities, civil society and social partners; and
Amendment 341 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 9
Article 11 – paragraph 9
9. The Economic Policy Committee, set up by Council decision 2000/604/EC on the Composition and Statutes of the Economic Policy Committee31 ,the Employment Committee, set up by Council decision 2000/98/EC, and the Social Protection Committee, set up by Council decision 2000/436/EC, repealed and replaced by Council Decision (EU) 2015/773 may provide itstheir opinion on the proposals for reform commitments submitted by Member States. __________________ 31Council Decision of 29 September 2000 on the composition and the statutes of the Economic Policy Committee (2000/604/EC) (OJ L 257, 11.10.2000, p. 28–31)
Amendment 344 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The Commission shall adopt a decision within four months of the official submission of the proposal by the Member State, by means of an implementing act. In the event that the Commission gives a positive assessment to a proposal for reform commitments submitted by the Member State, that decision shall set out the reform commitments to be implemented by the Member State, including the milestones and targets and the payment scheme linked to the implementation of those milestones and targets, the financial contribution allocated in accordance with Article 10.
Amendment 347 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
The decision referred to in paragraph 1 shall lay down the financial contribution to be paid in one instalmentfollowing the payment scheme referred to in paragraph 1 once the Member State has satisfactorily implemented all the milestones and targets identified in relation to the implementation of each reform commitment.
Amendment 349 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
The decision shall lay down the period for implementation of the reform commitments, which shall be no later than three years after the adoption of the decision. It shall also establish: the detailed arrangements and timetable for implementation of the reform commitments and reporting thereon by the Member State concerned within the European Semester process; the relevant indicators relating to the fulfilment of the milestones and targets; and the modality for providing access by the Commission to the underlying relevant data.
Amendment 356 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Without prejudice to the second subparagraph of Article 12(3), the Member State concerned shall report regularly within the European Semester process on the progress made in the achievement of the reform commitments. To that effect, Member States are invited to use the content of the national reform programmes as a tool for reporting on progress towards reform completion. The detailed arrangements and timetable for reporting, including the modality for providing access by the Commission to the underlying relevant data, shall be laid down in the decision referred to in Article 12(1).
Amendment 377 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the implementation of reforms by Member States, undertaken on their own initiative, in particular to achieve sustainable economic growth andand social growth and high-quality job creation;
Amendment 434 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 3 – paragraph 3 – point 3.1 – paragraph 1 – indent 1 – paragraph 2
Annex II – point 3 – paragraph 3 – point 3.1 – paragraph 1 – indent 1 – paragraph 2
Amendment 436 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 3 – paragraph 3 – point 3.1 – paragraph 1 – indent 2 – paragraph 2
Annex II – point 3 – paragraph 3 – point 3.1 – paragraph 1 – indent 2 – paragraph 2
Amendment 437 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 3 – paragraph 3 – point 3.1 – paragraph 1 – indent 3 – paragraph 1
Annex II – point 3 – paragraph 3 – point 3.1 – paragraph 1 – indent 3 – paragraph 1
Amendment 438 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 3 – paragraph 3 – point 3.1 – paragraph 1 – indent 4
Annex II – point 3 – paragraph 3 – point 3.1 – paragraph 1 – indent 4
– the reforms envisaged in the proposal for reform commitments are expected to effectively address the challenges identified, in that, following the completion of the proposed reform(s), those challengesignificant progress would be expected to be considered resolvward addressing the challenges identified in the context of the European Semester process.
Amendment 439 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 3 – paragraph 3 – point 3.2 – introductory part
Annex II – point 3 – paragraph 3 – point 3.2 – introductory part
3.2 Reform commitments represent a comprehensive and balanced reform package
Amendment 440 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 3 – paragraph 3 – point 3.2 – paragraph 1 – indent 2
Annex II – point 3 – paragraph 3 – point 3.2 – paragraph 1 – indent 2
– the proposal for reform commitments is aimed at addressing challenges that are crucial for the functioning of the economy and for the social welfare of the Member State (relevance).; and
Amendment 441 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 3 – paragraph 3 – point 3.2 – paragraph 1 – indent 2 a (new)
Annex II – point 3 – paragraph 3 – point 3.2 – paragraph 1 – indent 2 a (new)
– the proposal for reform commitments and, where relevant, the related accompanying and compensating measures are expected to correct the negative impacts of the reform commitments (balance).
Amendment 445 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 3 – paragraph 3 – point 3.3 – introductory part
Annex II – point 3 – paragraph 3 – point 3.3 – introductory part
3.3 Reform commitments are expected to strengthen the performance and resilience of the economyeconomic, environmental and social performance of the Member State concerned
Amendment 449 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 3 – paragraph 3 – point 3.3 – paragraph 1 – indent 2 – paragraph 1
Annex II – point 3 – paragraph 3 – point 3.3 – paragraph 1 – indent 2 – paragraph 1
the proposal for reform commitments and, where relevant, the related accompanying and compensating measures is aimed at reducing the vulnerability of the economy of the Member State to shocks;
Amendment 450 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 3 – paragraph 3 – point 3.3 – paragraph 1 – indent 2 – paragraph 2
Annex II – point 3 – paragraph 3 – point 3.3 – paragraph 1 – indent 2 – paragraph 2
Amendment 451 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 3 – paragraph 3 – point 3.3 – paragraph 1 – indent 3
Annex II – point 3 – paragraph 3 – point 3.3 – paragraph 1 – indent 3
Amendment 452 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 3 – paragraph 3 – point 3.3 – paragraph 2
Annex II – point 3 – paragraph 3 – point 3.3 – paragraph 2
A – High positive expected impact on performance and resilience and contribution to the commitments of the EU and Member States as referred to in article 4 and no major negative spillover effects on another policy area or Member State
Amendment 453 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 3 – paragraph 3 – point 3.3 – paragraph 3
Annex II – point 3 – paragraph 3 – point 3.3 – paragraph 3
B – Medium positive expected impact on performance and resilience and contribution to the commitments of the EU and Member States as referred to in article 4 and no major negative spillover effects on another policy area or Member State
Amendment 454 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 3 – paragraph 3 – point 3.3 – paragraph 4
Annex II – point 3 – paragraph 3 – point 3.3 – paragraph 4
C – LowNegative or low positive expected impact on performance and resilience and contribution to the commitments of the EU and Member States as referred to in article 4 or major negative spillover effects on another policy area or Member State
Amendment 456 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 3 – paragraph 3 – point 3.4 – introductory part
Annex II – point 3 – paragraph 3 – point 3.4 – introductory part
3.4 Implementation of reforms is expected to have a lasting impact, where relevant by strengthening governance, the involvement of local and regional authorities, civil society and social partners and the institutional and administrative capacity
Amendment 457 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 3 – paragraph 3 – point 3.4 – paragraph 1 – indent 1 – paragraph 1
Annex II – point 3 – paragraph 3 – point 3.4 – paragraph 1 – indent 1 – paragraph 1
the implementation of the proposed reforms is expected to bring about a structural change in the administration or in relevant institutionsengthening of governance, of the involvement of local and regional authorities, civil society and social partners or of the administrative capacity;
Amendment 458 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 3 – paragraph 3 – point 3.4 – paragraph 1 – indent 3
Annex II – point 3 – paragraph 3 – point 3.4 – paragraph 1 – indent 3
– the strengthening of administrative capacity, governance or the involvement of local and regional authorities, civil society and social partners can ensure a lasting impact.