3 Amendments of Stanislav POLČÁK related to 2016/2064(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Acknowledges the initial results of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) to mobilise private investments; recalls that the EFSI must also contribute to economic, social and territorial cohesion and that efforts are needed to enhance synergies and complementarity between the EFSI and European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIFs); underlines the importance of ensuring additionality of the EFSI with respect to other EIB initiatives and EU- funded programs, as this aspect is frequently overlooked in the hitherto implementation process, which constitutes a serious distortion of the perception of EFSI;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the publication of the Commission’s new guidelines of 22 of February 2016 on combining ESIFs and the EFSI as well as the publication of the Commission's and EIB's of 18 of March on EFSI rules related to investment platforms; takes note, however, that the number of existing synergies between EFSI and ESIFs funds is still extremely low and calls on the Commission, the EIB, the national promotional banks and institutions (NPBI) and the managing authorities to accelerate the design and implementation of further synergies in order to ensure a wider geographical coverage of the EFSI;
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Requests the Commission to avoid double targeting, whereby EFSI funding is targeted at projects which can equally well be financed by ESI Funds; calls, in light of the importance of additionality and complementarity, for better visibility of and communication on the ESI Funds instead of the current, somewhat one- sided highlighting of the EFSI by the Commission;