6 Amendments of Christian DOLESCHAL related to 2020/0101(COD)
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Member States have been affected by the crisis due to the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in an unprecedented manner. The crisis hampers growth in Member States, which in turn aggravates the serious liquidity shortages due to the sudden and important increase in public investments needed in their health systems and other sectors of their economies. The closure of the internal borders also had a severe impact on economic cooperation in border areas. Small and medium-sized enterprises in border regions, as well as workers commuting across the border, were hit exceptionally hard by the crisis. This has created an exceptional situation which needs to be addressed with specific measures.
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) An additional exceptional amount of EUR 58 272 800 000 (in current prices) for budgetary commitment from the Structural Funds under the Investment for growth and jobs goal, for the years 2020, 2021 and 2022 should be made available to support Member States and regions most impacted in crisis repair in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic or preparing a green, digital and resilient recovery of the economy, with a view to deploying resources quickly to the real economy through the existing operational programmes. Resources for 2020 stem from an increase in the resources available for economic, social and territorial cohesion in the multiannual financial framework for 2014-2020 whereas resources for 2021 and 2022 stem from the European Union Recovery Instrument. Part of the additional resources should be allocated to technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission. The Commission should set out the breakdown of the remaining additional resources for each Member State on the basis of an allocation method based on the latest available objective statistical data concerning Member States’ relative prosperity and the extent of the effect of the current crisis on their economies and societies. The allocation method should include a dedicated additional amount for the outermost regions given the specific vulnerability of their economies and societies. In addition, consideration must be given to the fact that economies in border regions have been hit hard by the crisis and therefore need more support. In order to reflect the evolving nature of the effects of the crisis, the breakdown should be revised in 2021 on the basis of the same allocation method using the latest statistical data available by 19 October 2021 to distribute the 2022 tranche of the additional resources.
Amendment 144 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
Article 92 a – paragraph 2
Article 92 a – paragraph 2
These additional resources for 2021 and 2022 shall constitute external assigned revenues in accordance with Article 21(5) of the Financial Regulation. Of the abovementioned EUR 53 272 800 000, the amount of EUR 1 000 000 000 is allocated as a special budgetary item for the promotion of European Groupings of Territorial Cooperation. The political management of a European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation can request that the Commission directly transfer funds from the special budgetary item to the European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation. Once a European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation has presented its programming for the planned use of the funds to the Commission, the European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation is provided with the requested funds for independent budgetary management.
Amendment 187 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
Article 92 b – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 3
Article 92 b – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 3
For the ERDF, the additional resources shall primarily be used to support investment in products and services for health services, to provide support in the form of working capital or investment support to SMEs, investments contributing to the transition towards a digital and green economy, investments in infrastructure providing basic services to citizens, and economic measures in the regions which are most dependent on sectors most affected by the crisis, paying special attention to the needs of border regions.
Amendment 228 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
Article 92 – paragraph 11 – subparagraph 2
Article 92 – paragraph 11 – subparagraph 2
By way of derogation from Article 56(3) and 114(2), the Member States shall ensure that by 31 December 2024 at least one evaluation on the use of the additional resources is carried out to assess their effectiveness, efficiency, impact and how they contributed to the thematic objective referred to in paragraph 10 of this Article. By the same date, the Commission shall carry out a specific ex-post evaluation of the effectiveness, efficiency and impact of financial support under REACT-EU.
Amendment 245 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
Article 92 b – paragraph 13
Article 92 b – paragraph 13
13. While carrying out their responsibilities linked to information, communication and visibility in accordance with Article 115(1) and (3) and with Annex XII, Member States and managing authorities shall ensure that potential beneficiaries, beneficiaries, participants, final recipients of financial instruments and the general public are aware of the existence, volume and additional support stemming from the additional resources. In accordance with Article 115(2), operations receiving additional support stemming from the additional resources shall be disclosed with full transparency. They shall be listed in a digital monitoring system for EU funds to be introduced by the Commission.