55 Amendments of Stanislav POLČÁK related to 2018/0196(COD)
Amendment 359 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
(1 a) ‘enabling condition' means a concrete and precisely defined prerequisite condition which has a genuine link to a direct impact on the effective and efficient implementation of a specific objective;
Amendment 398 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) a smarter Europe by promoting innovative and smart economic transformation and efficient public administration;
Amendment 411 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) a greener, low-carbon Europe by promoting clean and fair energy transition and mobility, green and blue investment, the circular economy, climate adaptation and risk prevention and management;
Amendment 469 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. However, the Commission shall implement the amount of support from the Cohesion Fund transferred to the Connecting Europe Facility ('CEF'), part of the European Urban Initiative, Interregional Innovative Investments, the amount of support transferred from the ESF+ to transnational cooperation, the amounts contributed to InvestEU37 and technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission under direct or indirect management in accordance with [points (a) and (c) of Article 62(1)] of the Financial Regulation. _________________ 37 [Regulation (EU) No […] on […] (OJ L […], […], p. […])].
Amendment 654 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4
Article 9 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall adopt a decision by means of an implementing act approving the Partnership Agreement no later than four months after the date of submission of that Partnership Agreement by the Member State concerned. The Partnership Agreement shall not be amendedMember State may amend the Partnership Agreement based on significant changes, results of mid-term review or in case of serious economic or social changes.
Amendment 705 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Annex III lays down horizontal enabling conditions applicable to allrelevant specific objectives in accordance with the principle of proportionality and the criteria necessary for the assessment of their fulfilment.
Amendment 712 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
The Commission shall, within threewo months of receipt of the information referred to in paragraph 3, perform an assessment and inform the Member State where it agrees with the fulfilment.
Amendment 717 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Where the Commission disagrees with the assessment of the Member State, it shall inform the Member State accordingly and give it the opportunity to present its observations within onetwo months.
Amendment 721 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Expenditure related to operations linked to the specific objective cannot be included in payment applicationspaid by the Commission to the Member State until the Commission has informed the Member State of the fulfilment of the enabling condition pursuant to paragraph 4.
Amendment 725 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
The Member State shall ensure that enabling conditions are fulfilled and applied throughout the programming periodon December 31, 2023 at the latest. It shall inform the Commission of any modification impacting the fulfilment of enabling conditions.
Amendment 730 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 894 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a – point iii
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a – point iii
(iii) challenges identified in relevant country-specific recommendations and other relevant Union recommendations addressed to the Member State;
Amendment 914 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) for each priority, except for technical assistance, specific objectives, indicative type of interventions and an indicative breakdown of the programmed resources by type of intervention;
Amendment 924 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point d – point iii
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point d – point iii
Amendment 928 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point d – point iv
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point d – point iv
Amendment 937 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point d – point vi
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point d – point vi
Amendment 938 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point d – point vii
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point d – point vii
Amendment 980 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall assess the programme and its compliance with this Regulation and with the Fund-specific Regulations, as well as its consistency with the Partnership Agreement. In its assessment, the Commission shall, in particular, take into account national and regional strategies and priorities, as well as relevant country-specific recommendations.
Amendment 1016 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2
Article 19 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall assess the amendment and its compliance with this Regulation and with the Fund-specific Regulations, including requirements at national level, and may make observations within threone months of the submission of the amended programme.
Amendment 1031 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 4
Article 19 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall approve the amendment of a programme no later than sixthree months after its submission by the Member State.
Amendment 1045 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
The Member State may transfer during the programming period an amount of up to 520 % of the initial allocation of a priority and no more than 315 % of the programme budget to another priority of the same Fund of the same programme. For the programmes supported by the ERDF and ESF+, the transfer shall only concern allocations for the same category of region.
Amendment 1070 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2
Article 20 – paragraph 2
2. The ERDF and the ESF+ may finance, in a complementary manner and subject to a limit of 105 % of support from those Funds for each priority of a programme, all or part of an operation for which the costs are eligible for support from the other Fund on the basis of eligibility rules applied to that Fund, provided that such costs are necessary for the implementation.
Amendment 1080 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1
Article 21 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may request the transfer of up to 15 % of programme financial allocations from any of the Funds to any other Fund under shared management or to any instrument under direct or indirect management.
Amendment 1089 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 21 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Member States may request the transfer of up to 5 % of programme financial allocations from any of the Funds or to any instrument under direct or indirect management.
Amendment 1186 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 3
Article 26 – paragraph 3
3. The relevant managing authorities shall complete the first round of selection of strategies and ensure the local action groups selected can fulfil their tasks set out in Article 27(3) within 12 months of the date of the approval of the relevant programme or, in the case of strategies supported by more than one Fund, within 124 months of the date of the approval of the last programme concerned.
Amendment 1208 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 30 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Without prejudice to Article 30(3) and in addition to Articles 31 and 32, the Member State may also submit a technical assistance programme to support administrative capacity actions not exclusively related to a single programme. A clear division of activities between such a programme and technical assistance priorities in other programmes should be set. The total amount of support for the technical assistance programme shall not exceed x % of the total amount of Funds allocated to the Member State.
Amendment 1210 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 3 b (new)
Article 30 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. In addition to the forms of financing set out in Articles 31 and 32, the technical assistance programme or priority can be also financed in the form of the reimbursement of real costs.
Amendment 1227 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 31 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) for the ERDF support under the Investment for jobs and growth goal, and for the Cohesion Fund support: 2,54 %;
Amendment 1288 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 35 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the methodology and criteria used for the selection of operations, including any changes thereto, after consultation with the Commission pursuant to Article 67(2), without prejudice to points (b), (c) and (d) of Article 27(3);
Amendment 1375 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 48 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Where the total cost of an operation does not exceed EUR 200 000, the contribution provided to the beneficiary from the ERDF, the ESF+, the AMIF, the ISF and the BMVI shallmay take the form of unit costs, lump sums or flat rates, except for operations for which the support constitutes State aid. Where flat-rate financing is used, only the categories of costs to which the flat-rate applies may be reimbursed in accordance with point (a) of the first sub-paragraph.
Amendment 1408 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 53 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
When the body selected by the managing authority implements a holding fund, that body may further select other bodies to implement a specific fund. When supporting financial instruments referred to above, the managing authority may entrust implementation tasks, through the direct award of a contract, to: (a) the EIB; (b) an international financial institutions in which a Member State is a shareholder; c) a publicly-owned bank or institution, established as a legal entity carrying out financial activities on a professional basis, which fulfils all of the following conditions: – there is no direct private capital participation, with the exception of non- controlling and non-blocking forms of private capital participation required by national legislative provisions, in conformity with the Treaties, which do not exert a decisive influence on the relevant bank or institution, and with the exception of forms of private capital participation which confer no influence on decisions regarding the day-to-day management of the financial instrument supported by the ESI Funds; – operates under a public policy mandate given by the relevant authority of a Member State at national or regional level, which includes carrying out, as all or part of its activities, economic development activities contributing to the objectives of the ESI Funds; – carries out, as all or part of its activities, economic development activities contributing to the objectives of the ESI Funds in regions, policy areas or sectors for which access to funding from market sources is not generally available or sufficient; – operates without primarily focusing on maximizing profits, but ensures a long-term financial sustainability for its activities; – ensures that the direct award of a contract does not provide any direct or indirect benefit for commercial activities by way of appropriate measures in accordance with applicable law; – is subject to the supervision of an independent authority in accordance with applicable law.
Amendment 1484 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 63 – paragraph 10 a (new)
Article 63 – paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. The Member State may, at its own initiative, identify a coordinating body whose responsibility shall be to liaise with and provide information to the Commission, to coordinate activities of the other relevant bodies and to promote the harmonised application of applicable law in implementation of EU funds.
Amendment 1523 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 67 – paragraph 2
Article 67 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1530 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 67 – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 67 – paragraph 3 – point c
Amendment 1533 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 67 – paragraph 3 – point e
Article 67 – paragraph 3 – point e
Amendment 1538 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 67 – paragraph 3 – point h
Article 67 – paragraph 3 – point h
Amendment 1540 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 67 – paragraph 3 – point i
Article 67 – paragraph 3 – point i
Amendment 1542 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 67 – paragraph 3 – point j
Article 67 – paragraph 3 – point j
Amendment 1566 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 68 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Amendment 1577 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 70 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) confirming the completeness, accuracy and veracity of the accounts.
Amendment 1623 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) 2021: 02.5 %;
Amendment 1645 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) 2022: 02.5 %;
Amendment 1666 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) 2023: 02.5 %;
Amendment 1689 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) 2024: 0.52 %;
Amendment 1713 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e
(e) 2025: 0.52 %;
Amendment 1725 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point f
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point f
(f) 2026: 0.52 %
Amendment 1740 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point f a (new)
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point f a (new)
(fa) 2027: 2 %
Amendment 1741 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 5
Article 84 – paragraph 5
Amendment 1799 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 99 – paragraph 1
Article 99 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall decommit any amount in a programme which has not been used for pre-financing in accordance with Article 84 or for which a payment application has not been submitted in accordance with Articles 85 and 86 by 26 December of the seconthird calendar year following the year of the budget commitments for the years 2021 to 2026.
Amendment 1815 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 102 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 102 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Resources from the ERDF and ESF+ for the Investment for jobs and growth goal shall be allocated among the following threewo categories of NUTS level 2 regions:
Amendment 1816 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 102 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 102 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) less developed regions, whose GDP per capita is less than 75100 % of the average GDP of the EU-27 (‘less developed regions’);
Amendment 1817 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 102 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 102 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Amendment 1904 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 106 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) 705-85 % for the less developed regions Member States whose GNI per capita is below 100 % of the average GNI per capita of the EU-27;
Amendment 1924 #
Amendment 1946 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 106 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) 450 % for the more developed regionsMember States whose GNI per capita is equal or above 100 % of the average GNI per capita of the EU-27.