8 Amendments of Georgi PIRINSKI related to 2017/2071(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines the EIB’s important role in the implementation of cohesion policy throughat the EIB is treaty- bound to contribute to economic and social cohesion and regional development through its primary lending activity by means of dedicated investment instruments, thus playing an important role supporting Member States and regions to implement their cohesion policy goals, including through advisory activities aimed at strengthening project preparation capacities, consultancy and analysis services and loans for national co- financing;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the EIB to present an additional special chapters in its annual report dedicated to EIB activities aimed atthe effect from EIB activities on reducing divergences between Member States as well as on the Bank’s activities aimed at supporting the implementation of cohesion policy by Member States, and to include detailed information on the use of loans in cohesion policy projects and programmes;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. EmphasisUnderlines that the EIB, as an public financial institution through which the EU finances projects aimed at fulfilling EU policies and priorities, should contribute to economic, social and territorial cohesion; notices however including regarding less developed regions; is concerned and regrets that, according to the geographical breakdown of lending by country in which projects are located, five Member States, the biggest EU economies, received 54.11 % of the total loans granted in 2016;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights that the EIB’s role in cohesion policy is increasing, especially due to the increased use of financial instruments; emphasises that the level of use of financial instrumhowever, their accessibility for final recipients is still very low and that Member States point to the complexity of the procedures as one of the reasons for that;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Underlines the need for management cost and fees to be set in accordance with the CPR and based on a comprehensive assessment of EIB’s performance as fund manager of FIs with ESIF participation measured not only in terms of the successful disbursement of the initial endowment or the amount of private capital raised, but also on the basis of the actual returns on investments, following the recommendation in the ECA SR 19/20161a; _________________ 1a European Court of Auditors Special Report 19/2016 Implementing the EU budget through financial instruments — lessons to be learnt from the2007-2013 programme period
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Underlines that the increased use of financial instruments in cohesion policy requires stronger involvement of the European Parliament in scrutinising the EIB’s activities in order to allow for better assessing the implications and consequences of the EIB’s role;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the fact that, in 2016, more than 50 % of the total approved loans were invested in the transport, energy, industry and water and waste management sectors, which indicates thematic concentration; is concerned, however, by the low levels of investments in social infrastructure and the social economy and is of the opinion that rebalancing of the Bank's financing priorities is required; underlines that projects supporting the revitalisation of rural and other less populated, less accessible, deindustrialized and underdeveloped areas should have priority in all sectors;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Regrets the lack of data available on the role of the EIB at each stage of the implementation cycle of cohesion policy and the limited understanding of the ways in whichand information on where EIB lending activities contribute to cohesion policy objectives.