Activities of Lieve WIERINCK related to 2017/0336(COD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 as regards support to structural reforms in Member States
Amendments (4)
Amendment 9 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
Article 22 – paragraph 8
Article 22 – paragraph 8
8. The decision of a Member State to use parts of or the full performance reserve to support structural reforms pursuant to paragraph (1a) shall be accompanied by a proposal to undertake reform commitments pursuant to Article 23a, and a proposal to re-allocate all or part of the performance reserve in submitting an amendment in accordance with Articles 16(4) and 30(3). As a precondition for the use of the performance reserve the milestones referred in article 22, paragraph 1a must be achieved. Consequentially, paragraphs 3,4,5,6 and 7 shall be applied by analogy.
Amendment 10 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
Article 22 – paragraph 8 a (new)
Article 22 – paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Member States should be eligible for the EU funds only if they accept the jurisdiction of the EPPO to combat fraud and other crimes affecting the Union's financial interests, thereby contributing to a stronger and better-protected Union budget. Article 7 (1) TEU, which currently constitutes the legal mechanism for protecting the EU fundamental values enshrined in Article 2 TEU from breaches by the Member States, should be linked to the results of a regular and comprehensive assessment of the rule of law throughout the Union These conditionalities should be applied horizontally to all funds.
Amendment 11 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
Article 23 a – paragraph 1
Article 23 a – paragraph 1
1. A Member State which opts for a partial or full allocation of the performance reserve under point (b) of Article 22(1a) shall propose to the Commission a detailed set of measures appropriate for the implementation of structural reforms in accordance with Union law. This proposal shall include reform commitments which shall contain milestones and targets for the implementation of the reform measures and a timetable which shall not be longer than three years, on the condition that the reform measures and performance reserve is coherent with the approach taken in the new Multi-annual Financial Framework Regulation for 2021-2027.
Amendment 12 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
4. Support to structural reforms by Member States under this Article shall take the form of a financing not linked to cost referred to in Article 121 (1)(e) of the Financial Regulation, shall be managed in line with the rules for direct management set out in that Regulation, and shall not require national co-financing. Chapter I of Title II, and Titles III to IX of Part Two of this Regulation do not apply.