18 Amendments of Bert-Jan RUISSEN related to 2020/0380(COD)
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The Union is committed to mitigating the negative economic impact of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union and to show solidarity with all Member States, especially the most severely affected ones in such exceptional circumstances.
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) A Brexit Adjustment Reserve (the ‘Reserve’) should be established to provide support to counter adverse consequences in Member States, regions and sectors, in particular those that are worst affected by the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union, and thus to mitigate the related negative impact on the economic, social and territorial cohesion. It should cover in whole or in part the additional public expenditure incurred by Member States for measures specifically taken to mitigate those consequences.
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4 a) These extraordinary times call for the financial means of a Brexit Adjustment Reserve and, where necessary, for the relaxation of State aid rules as to provide for direct funding to fishers to support them when countering the economic fallout of the definitive loss of 25% of the value of historic fishing rights and help them adjust to the changes and losses occurred due to the withdrawal of the United Kingdom.
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 b (new)
Recital 4 b (new)
(4 b) The legal framework of a Brexit Adjustment Reserve must allow for a sufficient range of options for using the Reserve since the withdrawal of the United Kingdom constitutes an exceptional circumstance. This requires a specific legal basis outside the existing state aid regime and the rules governing the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF). The option of direct compensation of fishers for the losses directly linked to the loss of their fishing rights must be exempted from both state aid and EMFAF limits and regulations.
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) For the purposes of contributing to economic, social and territorial cohesion, it is appropriate that Member States, when designing support measures, focus in particular on the regions, areas and local communities, including those dependent on fishing activities in the United Kingdom waters, that are likely to be most negatively impacted by the withdrawal of the United Kingdom. Member States may have to take specific measures notably to support businesses and economic sectors adversely affected by the withdrawal. It is therefore appropriate to provide a non-exhaustive list of the type of measures that are most likely to achieve this objective.
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Prior to the payment of the pre- financing, Member States should notify the Commission of the identity of the bodies designated and of the body to which the pre-financing shall be paid, and confirm that the systems’ descriptions have been drawn up, within three months of the entry into force of this Regulation. Member States must ensure that funding is concentrated and paid out to the worst affected fishermen and fisheries businesses and that the communities concerned are involved in decisions on the use of the Reserve.
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) To ensure equal treatment of all Member States and consistency in the evaluation of the applications, the Commission should assess the applications in a package. It should look in particular into the eligibility and the accuracy of the expenditure declared, the direct link of the expenditure with measures taken to address the consequences of the withdrawal and the measures put in place by the Member State concerned to avoid double funding. Upon assessment of the applications for a financial contribution from the Reserve, the Commission should clear the pre- financing paid, and recover the unused amount. In order to concentrate the support on Member States most severely affected by the withdrawal, where the expenditure in the Member State concerned, accepted as eligible by the Commission, exceeds the amount paid as pre-financing and 0.06% of the nominal Gross National Income (GNI) for 2021 of the Member State concerned, it should be possible to allow for a further allocation from the Reserve to that Member State within the limits of the financial resources available. Given the extent of the expected economic shock, the possibility to use the amounts recovered from the pre-financing for the reimbursement of additional expenditure by Member States should be provided for.
Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
The Reserve shall provide support to counter the adverse consequences of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union in Member States, regions and sectors, in particular those that are worst affected by that withdrawal, and to mitigate the related negative impact on the economic, social and territorial cohesion.
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point a a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point a a (new)
(a a) Member States whose share from the pre-financing of the Reserve is determined on the basis of fish caught in the waters that belong to the UK Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) pursuant to Annex I shall allocate at least the share of their total pre-financing amount that is linked to fish caught on measures to support fisheries businesses and local communities that are most affected by the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union.
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point e
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point g
Amendment 104 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(g a) measures to compensate fishers for their loss of fishing rights, which are exempted from both State Aid and EMFAF limits and regulations.
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 a (new)
Article 5 a (new)
Article 5 a Exemption from State Aid rules for support to fishers Falling within the scope of Article 42 of the Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union, payments made by Member States to compensate fishers for losses that are directly linked to their loss of fishing rights shall not be subject to State Aid rules.
Amendment 124 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) a description of the negative impact of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union in economic and social terms including an identification of the regions, areas and sectors most affected;
Amendment 127 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point e
Amendment 160 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b – introductory part
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b – introductory part
b) these shares are increased for Member States with fisheries that have an above average dependency on the fish caughts in the UK EEZ, and are being cut in their EU fishing quota in UK EEZ, and decreased for the ones that have a below average dependency as following:
Amendment 166 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a
a) each Member State’s trade with the UK is expressed as share of the EU trade with the UK (trade is the sum of the imports and the exports of all goods and services);
Amendment 167 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point b
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point b
b) to assess the relative overall importance of these trade flows for the whole economy with the UK of each Member State, the sum of trade flows, that is exports and imports, with the UK are expressed as a percentage of the Member State’s GDP and subsequently expressed as an index of the EU average (index of dependency);