19 Amendments of Sara SKYTTEDAL related to 2020/0104(COD)
Amendment 510 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
Recital 34
(34) For the purposes of transparency, the recovery and resilience plans adopted by the Commission should be communicated to the European Parliament and the Council simultaneously and communication activities should be carried out by the Commission as appropriate. The Commission should ensure the visibility of spending under the Facility by clearly indicating that the projects supported should be clearly labelled as “EU Recovery Initiative”. To ensure full transparency, potential beneficiaries, beneficiaries, participants, final recipients of financial instruments must be disclosed. They need to be listed in a digital monitoring system for EU funds to be introduced by the Commission.
Amendment 1170 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 3 – point d
Article 16 – paragraph 3 – point d
(d) whether the recovery and resilience plan is expected to effectively contribute to strengthen the growth potential, job creation, and economic and social resilience of the Member State, mitigate in the economic and social impact of the crisis, and contribute to enhanctext of the crisis recovery and mitigate the economic, and social and territorial cohesionimpact of the crisis;
Amendment 1188 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 3 – point f
Article 16 – paragraph 3 – point f
(f) whether the recovery and resilience plan contains measures for the implementation of reforms and public investments projects that represent coherent actionsmeasures and expenditure proposed provide for European added value;
Amendment 1259 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)
Amendment 1260 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 17 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) the financial contribution to be paid inonly in at least two instalments once the Member State has satisfactorily implemented the relevantclear milestones and targets identified in relation to the implementation of the recovery and resilience plan; at the request of the European Parliament, following non- attainment of one or several milestones and targets, further instalments shall be withheld until satisfactory explanation is provided to the European Parliament;
Amendment 1355 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 19 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. Upon completion of the relevant agreed clear milestones and targets indicated in the recovery and resilience plan as approved in the implementingdelegated act of the Commission, the Member State concerned shall submit to the Commission a duly justified request for payment of the financial contribution and, where relevant, of the loan tranche. Such requests for payment mayshall be submitted by the Member States to the Commission on a biannual basis. The Commission shall assess, within two months of receiving the request, whether the relevantclear milestones and targets set out in the decision referred to in Article 17(1) have been satisfactorily implemented. For the purpose of the assessment, the operational arrangement referred to in Article 17(6) shall also be taken into account. The Commission may be assisted by experts.
Amendment 1357 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Where the Commission makes a positive assessment, it shall adopt a decision authorising the disbursement of the financial contribution in accordance with the Financial Regulation. Each payment decision should be disbursed only if relevant milestones have been completed and clear progress has been registered since the previous disbursement. If the Commission assesses that in the case of one or more milestones or targets there has been a clear regression and that the Member State is systematically not fulfilling its obligations under the recovery and resilience plan, it shall recover all previous payments made in relation to the respective milestones or targets.
Amendment 1364 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 19 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. Where, as a result of the assessment referred to in paragraph 3, the Commission establishes that the clear milestones and targets set out in the decision referred to in Article 17(1) have not been satisfactorily implemented, the payment of all or part of the financial contribuapplication shall be suspended. The Member State concerned may present its observations within one month of the communication of the Commission's assessment. The suspension of the payment can also be initiated by the European Parliament, following non-satisfactorily implementation of one or several clear milestones or targets set out in the decision referred to in Article 17(1).
Amendment 1365 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
The suspension shall be lifted where the Member State has taken the necessary measures to ensure a satisfactory implementation of the clear milestones and targets referred to in Article 17(1).
Amendment 1375 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 7 – introductory part
Article 19 – paragraph 7 – introductory part
7. Where, within eighteen months ofthe timetable laid down in the decision of the Commission or the decision of the European Parliament, but at the latest eight months following the date of the adoption the decision referred to in Article 17(1), no tangible progress has been made in respect of any relevant, clear milestones and targets by the Member State concerned, the amount of the financial contribution shall be cancelled pursuant to Article 14(1) of the Financial Regulation.
Amendment 1402 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 a (new)
Article 20 a (new)
Article 20 a Special discharge procedure 1. The spending under the Facility shall be subject to a special discharge procedure which shall verify whether implementation was in accordance with relevant rules, including the principles of sound financial management. 2. By 1 March following the completion of each financial year, the Commission shall forward to the Court of Auditors, who shall have full auditing rights of the spending under the Facility, the provisional accounts of the Facility, accompanied by the report on budgetary and financial management during the financial year. The Commission shall also send the report on budgetary and financial management to the European Parliament and the Council by 31 March of the following year. 3. The Commission shall take into account the observation of the Court of Auditors when drawing up the final accounts of the spending under the Facility. 4. The Commission shall submit to the European Parliament, at the latter’s request and as provided for in Article 146(3) of the Financial Regulation, any information necessary for the smooth application of the discharge procedure for the financial year in question. 5. The European Parliament, acting by qualified majority, shall, before 15 May of the year N + 2, grant a special discharge to the spending under the Facility. 6. The discharge procedure shall ensure that the Commission will act on the recommendations of the European Parliament before seeking discharge again.
Amendment 1421 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 a (new)
Article 21 a (new)
Article 21 a Recovery and resilience scoreboard 1. The Commission shall establish a recovery and resilience scoreboard (the ‘Scoreboard’) displaying the status of implementation of the agreed growth enhancing reforms and sustainable investments through the recovery and resilience plans of each Member State, and the status of the disbursal of instalments to Member States linked to the satisfactorily implementation of the clear milestones and targets. 2. The Scoreboard shall include key indicators, such as social, economic, environmental and competitiveness indicators, that evaluate the progress registered by the recovery and resilience plans in each of the six areas that define the scope of this Regulation. 3. The Scoreboard shall indicate the degree of fulfilment of the clear milestones of the recovery and resilience plans and the identified shortcomings in their implementation, as well as the recommendations of the Commission to address the respective shortcomings. 4. The Scoreboard shall indicate arrangements and timetable for implementation of the recovery and resilience plan, and for the disbursal of instalments linked to the satisfactorily implementation of the clear milestones and targets.
Amendment 1445 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – title
Article 24 – title
Amendment 1451 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1
Article 24 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall provide an annualquarterly report to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation of the Facility set out in this Regulation.
Amendment 1460 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2
Article 24 – paragraph 2
2. The annual report shall include information on the progress made with the recovery and resilience plans of the Member States concerned under the Facility.
Amendment 1465 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 24 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. The annual report shall also include the following information:
Amendment 1473 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
Article 24 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
(b a) a section for each Member State detailing the respect of the principle of sound financial management in accordance with Article 61 of the Financial Regulation.
Amendment 1476 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 3 – point b b (new)
Article 24 – paragraph 3 – point b b (new)
(b b) an overview of all milestones achieved and still outstanding, per Member State and national plan.
Amendment 1485 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 24 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The annual report shall be transmitted to the European Parliament and the European Council as part of the Integrated Financial Accountability Reporting and shall be part of the special discharge procedure of the Facility.