14 Amendments of Pina PICIERNO related to 2017/0125(COD)
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Despite the Union being the second largest global defence spender, the lack of economies of scale in the defence industry translates into a reduced quality and quantity of the defence output. 80% of defence procurement in Europe is still done nationally. An integrated European defence market must cater for all the different security needs of all Member States simultaneously and affordably. In the European Defence Action Plan, adopted on 30 November 2016, the Commission committed to complement, leverage and consolidate collaborative efforts by Member States in developing defence capabilities to respond to security challenges, as well as to foster a competitive and innovative European defence industry. It proposed in particular to launch a European Defence Fund to support investment in joint research and the joint development of defence equipment and technologies. The Fund would support cooperation during the whole cycle of defence product and technology development.
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) In order to contribute to the enhancement of the competitiveness and innovation capacity of the Union's defence industry, a European Defence Industrial Development Programme (hereinafter referred to as the Programme) should be established. The Programme should aim at enhancing the competitiveness of the Union's defence industry, inter alia the cyber defence industry, which is a priority of the defence industry, taking into account developments in the speed and sophistication of cyber-attacks, by supporting the cooperation between undertakings in the development phase of defence products and technologies. The development phase, which follows the research and technology phase, entails significant risks and costs that hamper the further exploitation of the results of research and adversely impact the competitiveness of the Union's defence industry. By supporting the development phase, the Programme would contribute to a better exploitation of the results of defence research and it would help to cover the gap between research and production as well as to promote all forms of innovation. The Programme should complement activities carried out in accordance with Article 182 TFEU and it does not cover the production of defence products and technologies.
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) To better exploit economies of scale in the defence industry and reinforce the single market for defence, the Programme should support the cooperation between undertakings in the development of defence products and technologies.
Amendment 65 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) The budget of the Programme should not affect negatively the implementation of the programmes from which redeployments are taken and should therefore primarily be funded from the Global Margin for Commitments, the Global Margin for Payments, and the Flexibility Instrument.
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) As the objective of the Programme is to support the competitiveness and integration of the Union defence industry by de-risking the development phase of cooperative projects, actions related to the development of a defence product or technology, namely definition of common technical specifications, standards, design, prototyping, testing, qualification, certification as well feasibility studies and other supporting measures, should be eligible to benefit from it. This will also apply to the upgrade of existing defence products and technologies, as well as actions aimed at the skills development of workers of the defence industry.
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Cross-border collaboration in the development of defence products and technologies has often been hampered by the difficulty to agree on common technical specifications and/or standards. The absence or limited level of common technical specifications and/or standards have led to increased complexity, delays and inflated costs in the development phase. The agreement on common technical specifications and/or standards should be a condition in order to benefit from the Union's support under this Programme. Actions aiming at supporting the creation of a common definition of technical specifications and/or standards should also be eligible for support under the Programme.
Amendment 143 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) The Commission should draw up an implementation reports at the end of the first year and at the end of the Programme, examining the financial activities in terms of financial implementation results and where possible, impact. This report should also analyse the cross border participation of SMEs in projects under the Programme as well as the participation of SMEs to the global value chain.
Amendment 150 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to foster the integration, competitiveness and innovation capacity of the Union defence industry by supporting actions in their development phase and by supporting the development and acquisition of new skills of the workers in the defence sector that will allow the European defence industry to deliver high-tech solutions in a global setting;
Amendment 158 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to support and leverage the cooperation between undertakings, including small and medium-sized enterprises, in the development of technologies or products in line with defence capability priorities commonly agreed by Member States within the Union including the development of cyberdefence capabilities and cybersecurity solutions for the defence industry;
Amendment 164 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) to foster the strategic autonomy of Union defence industry;
Amendment 169 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The contribution from the Union budget should be progressively authorised by the European Parliament and the Council in the framework of the annual budgetary procedures. For this purpose, the budgetary authority shall make use, where appropriate, of all means available under Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013 of 2 December 2013 laying down the Multiannual Financial Framework for the years 2014-2020, with particular recourse to the Global Margin for Commitments, the Global Margin for Payments, and the Flexibility Instrument.
Amendment 182 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the design of a defence product, tangible or intangible component or technology as well as the technical specifications and/or standards on which such design has been developed;
Amendment 226 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) contribution to the innovation and technological development of defence industries and thus to fostering the industrial autonomy of the Union in the field of defence technologies as well as contribution to the reinforcing of the single market for defence; and,
Amendment 266 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2
Article 17 – paragraph 2
2. To support greater efficiency and effectiveness of future Union policy actions, the Commission shall draw up a retrospective evaluation report and send itn interim evaluation report after the first year of the Programme and a retrospective evaluation report at the end of the Programme. Those reports shall be submitted to the European Parliament and to the Council within reasonable time. The reports - building on relevant consultations of Member States and key stakeholders - shall notably assess the progress made towards the achievement of objectives set out in Article 2. It shall also analyse cross border participation of SMEs in projects implemented under the programme as well as the participation of SMEs to the global value chain.