Activities of Michel REIMON related to 2016/0287(COD)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EU) No 1316/2013 and (EU) No 283/2014 as regards the promotion of Internet connectivity in local communities PDF (958 KB) DOC (150 KB)
Amendments (5)
Amendment 73 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Due to the limited reach of any single local wireless access point and the small value of individual projects covered, access points benefitting from financial assistance under this Regulation are not expected to challenge commercial offers. In order to further ensure that such financial assistance does not unduly distort competition, crowd out private investments or create disincentives for private operators to invest, the intervention should be focused on areas determined by the Member States or the Commission as lagging behind in connectivity or digital literacy and limited to projects that do not duplicate already existing private or public offers of similar characteristics in the same area. This should not exclude additional support to deployments under this initiative from public or private sources of funding.
Amendment 89 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Given Internet connectivity needs within the Union and the urgency of promoting access networks that can deliver, throughout the EU, an Internet experience of high quality based on very high-speed broadband services, financial assistance should seek to attain a geographically balanced distribution within the constraints of eligibility criteria designed to reduce the digital divide.
Amendment 118 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EU) 283/2014
Annex – section 4 – paragraph 5
Annex – section 4 – paragraph 5
The available budget shall be allocated in a geographically balanced manner to projects meeting the above conditions in view of the proposals receivedwith priority being given to projects in areas identified as lagging behind in connectivity and digital literacy, meeting the eligibility criteria detailed in the Work Programme and, in principle, on a 'first come, first served' basis.
Amendment 124 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EU) No 283/2014
Annex – section 4 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Annex – section 4 – paragraph 5 a (new)
By 15 July 2017, the Commission shall issue the Work Programme further detailing, in particular, the geographical eligibility criteria, the list of eligible entities, administrative set-up and financial flows and initiate its approval through a delegated act.
Amendment 126 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union except in the event that the legislative act to be adopted following the proposal referred to in Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new) of Regulation (EU) No 283/2014 is applicable later than 15 July 2017, then shall apply from that date.