Activities of Pervenche BERÈS related to 2012/0295(COD)
Plenary speeches (4)
Fund for European aid to the most deprived (A7-0183/2013 - Emer Costello) (vote)
Fund for European aid to the most deprived (A7-0183/2013 - Emer Costello) (vote)
Fund for European aid to the most deprived (A7-0183/2013 - Emer Costello) (vote)
Fund for European aid to the most deprived (debate)
Amendments (6)
Amendment 13 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (hereinafter the 'Fund') should strengthen social cohesion by contributing to the reduction of poverty in the Union by supporting national schemes that provide non-financial assistance to the most deprived persons to alleviate food deprivation, homelessness and material deprivation of children.
Amendment 16 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The operational programme of each Member State should identify and justify the forms of material deprivation to be addressed, and describe the objectives and features of the assistance to the most deprived persons that will be provided through the support of national schemes. Access to food aid should be the first deprivation to be addressed by the Member States. It should also include elements necessary to ensure effective and efficient implementation of the operational programme.
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) Without prejudice to the Commission's powers as regards financial control, cooperation between the Member States and the Commission in the framework of this Regulation should be ensured and criteria should be established which allow the Commission to determine, in the context of its strategy of control of national systems, the level of assurance it should obtain from national audit bodies. The Commission must make every effort to ensure that the criteria are not so exacting as to add to the administrative burden of beneficiaries, given the nature of the Fund and the fact that most of the beneficiaries operate on a voluntary basis.
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Each Member State wishing to apply for assistance from the Fund shall submit to the Commission one operational programme covering the period between 1 January 2014 and 31 December 2020 within three months of the entry into force of this Regulation, containing the following items:
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 4
Article 21 – paragraph 4
4. That materialFood and assistance shall be distributed free of charge to the most deprived persons without exception.
Amendment 81 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 61 a (new)
Article 61 a (new)
Article 61 a Transitional period Member States willing to apply for the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived in 2014 will be entitled to do so using a simplified procedure where: (a) Members States will send to the European Commission a programme and its main characteristics (goals, beneficiaries, specific demands regarding the quantity of products), (b) the European Commission will establish the allocation of resources per Member State, based on the above mentioned programmes, (c) Member States will report on the programme developments and the impact of distribution; Food aid will be delivered by the European Commission free of charge; This simplified procedure will last until 31 December 2014.