21 Amendments of Claudia SCHMIDT related to 2015/0009(COD)
Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) In order to cover the risks related to the EU guarantee to the EIB, a guarantee fund should be established. The guarantee fund should be constituted by a gradual payment from the Union budget. The guarantee fund should subsequently also receive rRevenues and repayments from projects that benefit from EFSI support and amounts recovered from defaulting debtors where the guarantee fund has already honoured the guarantee to the EIB should be used to fund rail infrastructure grants in accordance with Regulations (EU) Nos 1316/2013 and 1315/2013.
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28 a (new)
Recital 28 a (new)
(28a) Over time, the Union budget's contribution to the guarantee fund should be authorised by the European Parliament and the Council as part of the annual budgetary procedure. In the process, if necessary, the budgetary authority should make use of all surpluses and flexibility mechanisms under the Regulation laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014- 2020.
Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28 b (new)
Recital 28 b (new)
(28b) So that available margins, unused resources, surpluses and other funding sources referred to in Article 8 of the Regulation can be used outside heading 1a of the 2014-2020 multiannual financial framework, too, the budget lines accommodating the European guarantee fund should be divided up among headings 1a, 1b and 2.
Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28 c (new)
Recital 28 c (new)
(28c) Financing of the guarantee fund, as regards both commitments and payments, must be reassessed at the end of 2016 as part of the mid-term review of the multiannual financial framework (under Article 2 of Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013). Amounts taken from the budget until then, from existing programmes under heading 1a, 1b or 2, must be reinstated in full.
Amendment 81 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28 d (new)
Recital 28 d (new)
(28d) In connection with the mid-term review of the multiannual financial framework under Article 2 of Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No. 1311/2013, the Commission must ensure that the EU guarantee is reliably funded, taking account of the possibility of making a percentage adjustment to the performance reserve under Articles 20 and 22 of general Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013, in order to put unused funds to profitable use. A minor percentage adjustment to the reserve could facilitate reliable funding of the guarantee fund, attracting investors and generating added value for the European economy.
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
Amendment 101 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
The EFSI Agreement shall provide that remuneration attributable to the Union from EFSI supported operations shall be provided following the deduction of payments due to calls on the EU guarantee and, subsequently, costs in accordance with the third subparagraph of paragraph 2 and with Article 5(3) in order to fund rail infrastructure grants in accordance with Regulations (EU) Nos 1316/2013 and 1315/2013 and with the TEN-T annual work programmes.
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
The EFSI Agreement shall provide that remuneration attributable to the Union from EFSI supported operations shall be provided for grants for railway projects in accordance with regulation (EU) Nr. 1316/2013 and regulation 1315/2013 as well as the annual TEN-T working programs, following the deduction of payments due to calls on the EU guarantee and, subsequently, costs in accordance with the third subparagraph of paragraph 2 and with Article 5(3).
Amendment 107 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
(1a) The Commission shall be empowered to adopt the EFSI Agreement by means of a delegated act in accordance with Article 17 of this Regulation.
Amendment 130 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) development of infrastructure, including in the areas of transport, particularly in industrial centres; energy, in particular energy interconnections; and digital infrastructure; transport infrastructure projects shall be selected in accordance with the objectives and criteria under Regulation (EU) No 1316/2013 and shall be in keeping with Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013 and the annual work programmes for TEN-T corridors;
Amendment 144 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) investment in education and training, health, research and development, information and communications technology and innovation; 25% of research projects should be accommodated within small and medium- sized enterprises;
Amendment 162 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) payments from the general budget of the Unioncontributions from the general budget of the Union which are provided each year as part of the budgetary procedure by the budgetary authority, drawing on all provisions of Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020, with account being taken of the following order: (i) Union budget surpluses; (ii) unused margins, including global margins for payments and commitments; (iii) the flexibility instrument; (iv) if necessary, available or unused funds within heading 1b of the multiannual financial framework; (v) if necessary, available or unused funds within heading 2 of the multiannual financial framework; (vi) if necessary, available or unused funds within heading 1a of the multiannual financial framework,
Amendment 166 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point b
Amendment 167 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point c
Amendment 168 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point d
Amendment 169 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) any other payments received by the Union in accordance with the EFSI Agreement until the mid-term review of the multiannual financial framework.
Amendment 170 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
(3) Endowments to the guarantee fund provided for in points (c) and (d) of paragraph 2Guarantee fund returns, any surpluses and amounts recovered from defaulting debtors in accordance with the recovery procedure laid down in the EFSI Agreement as provided for in Article 2(1)(f) shall constitute internal assigned revenues to fund rail infrastructure grants in accordance with Article 21(4) of Regulations (EU) No 966/2012s 1316/2013 and 1315/2013.
Amendment 174 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Amendment 176 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 192 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18
Article 18
Amendment 196 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19
Article 19
Amendment to Regulation (EU) No In Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 1316/2013, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: ‘ 1. The financial envelope for the implementation of the CEF for the period 2014 to 2020 is set at EUR 29 942 259 000 (*) in current prices. That amount shall be distributed as follows: (a) transport sector: EUR 23 550 582 000, of which EUR 11 305 500 000 shall be transferred from the Cohesion Fund to be spent in line with this Regulation exclusively in Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund; (b) telecommunications sector: EUR 1 041 602 000; (c) energy sector: EUR 5 350 075 000; These amounts are without prejudice to the application of the flexibility mechanism provided for under Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013(*). (*) Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013 of 2 December 2013 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-20 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 884).' ’rticle 19 deleted 1316/2013