Activities of Heidi HAUTALA related to 2010/0101(COD)
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Amendments (12)
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) In addition to the regional ceilings, the optional mandate of EUR 2 000 000 000 should be activated and allocated as an envelope to support EIB financing operations in the field of climate change mitigation and adaptation across the regionin and across countries covered by the mandate in implementing their climate change commitment in the framework of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) process. The EIB could contribute with its expertise and resources, in close cooperation with the Commission, to support public authorities as well as the private sector to address the challenge of climate change and to make the best possible use of available financing. For mitigation and adaptation projects, the resources of the EIB should be complemented where possible with concessional funds available under the EU budget, through the efficient and consistent blending of grants and loans for climate change financing in the context of EU external assistance. The optional mandate should not be counted as a contribution of the EU or its Member States to the 'fast-start' funds agreed to at the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (COP) in Copenhagen in December 2009.
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) EIB activity in Neighbourhood countries should take place in the framework of the European Neighbourhood Policy, under which the EU aims to develop a special relationship with neighbouring countries with a view to establishing an area of prosperity and good neighbourliness, founded on the values of the EU and characterised by close and peaceful relations based on co-operation. To achieve these objectives the EU and its partners implement jointly agreed bilateral Action Plans defining a set of priorities including on political and security issues, trade and economic matters, environmental concerns and integration of transport and energy networks. The Union for the Mediterranean, the Eastern Partnership, and the Black Sea Synergy are multilateral and regional initiatives complementary to the European Neighbourhood Policy aimed at fostering co-operation between the EU and the respective group of neighbouring partner countries facing common challenges and/or sharing a common geographical environment. The Union for the Mediterranean supports improved socio-economic, solidarity, regional integration, sustainable development and knowledge building, underlining the need to increase financial co-operation to support regional and trans-national projects. The Eastern Partnership aims to create the necessary conditions to accelerate political association and further economic integration between the EU and Eastern Partner countries, which cannot be achieved unless all Eastern Partnership countries adhere to the principles of democracy, the rule of law and the respect for human rights. Therefore, the scope of the EIB's engagement with these countries should depend on their progress in those areas. The Russian Federation and the EU have a wide-ranging Strategic Partnership, distinct from the European Neighbourhood Policy and expressed through the Common Spaces and Roadmaps. This is complemented at multilateral level by the Northern Dimension which provides a framework for co-operation between the EU, Russia, Norway and Iceland.
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 31 a (new)
Recital 31 a (new)
(31a) The EIB shall update its policy on offshore financial centres and go beyond the existing level playing field of OECD lists and, by developing a more stringent definition, take account of all jurisdictions that might allow tax avoidance or evasion. In cases where support is granted to financial intermediaries, the EIB should also ensure that all supported banks and other financial intermediaries have stringent safeguards in place against the use of secrecy jurisdictions. This should include the disclosure of the beneficial ownership of financial assets. EIB-supported companies and financial intermediaries should present their annual accounts on a country-by-country basis, in order to identify where they make profits and therefore where taxes should be paid. Companies and financial intermediaries should disclose reliable annual information related to (a) The name of each country in which it operates; (b) The names of all of its subsidiary companies trading in each country in which it operates; (c) Its financial performance in every country in which it operates, without exception, including: (i) Its sales, both with third parties and with other groups in the same company; (ii) Purchases, split between third parties and intra-group transactions; (iii) Labour costs and employee numbers; (iv) Financing costs split between those paid to third parties and those paid to other groups in the same company; (v) Its pre- tax profit; (d) The tax charge included in its accounts for the country in question; (e) Details of the cost and net book value of its physical fixed assets located in each country; (f) Details of its gross and net assets in total for each country in which operates.
Amendment 70 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 4
Article 2 – paragraph 4
4. The Climate Change Mandate shall cover EIB financing operations in all countries covered by this decision, where such EIB financing operations support the key EU policy objective of tackling climate change by supporting projects in climate change mitigation and adaptation which contribute to the overall objective ofcountries in the implementation of their climate commitments under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), in particular by avoiding or reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the areas of renewable energy, energy efficiency and sustainable transport, or by increasing resilience to the adverse impacts of climate change on vulnerable countries, sectors and communities. The Climate Change Mandate shall be implemented in close cooperation with the Commission, combining where possible and appropriate EIB financing with EU budget funds. The optional mandate shall not be counted as a contribution of the EU and its Member States to the 'fast-start' funds agreed to at the UNFCCC COP in Copenhagen in December 2009. Projects generating carbon credits shall not be considered for support under the additional mandate.
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) In line with EU and international climate change objectives, the EIB shall by 2012 present a strategy on how to halve by 2014 and completely phase out by 2016 any support to projects generating CO2 emissions, and correspondingly increase support for projects in line with Article 3, paragraph 1a)
Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. An EIB financing operation shall be conditional upon the Commission providing an opinion in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 19 of the Statute of the EIB. The Commission’s opinion on a financing operation shall be based on the outcome of an integrated environmental, human rights and conflict assessment within the Commission, drawing on evidence available to the relevant Commission DGs, EEAS geographic desks and EU delegations as well as from civil society sources and stakeholder consultations. An EIB financing operation shall not be included under the cover of the EU guarantee in the event that the Commission delivers a negative opinion on such an operation within the framework of the procedure provided for in Article 19 of the Statute of the EIB.
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The nature of the information that the EIB is providing to the Commission for the purpose of assessing a project application and the procedure by which the Commission manages the input of all of its relevant DGs as well as the geographical DGs within the EEAS and Delegations in the process of deciding on the approval of a lending project shall be made public. The European Commission shall publish its opinion for every project it approves.
Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The EIB shall carry out thorough due diligence onwith regard to the impact on human rights, the environment and conflicts and on the development-related aspects of projects covered by the EU guarantee. The EIB'’s own rules and procedures shall include the necessary provisions on assessment of environmental and social impact of projects and of aspects related to human rights, to ensure that only projects that are wholly economically, financially, environmentally and socially sustainable and do not exacerbate actual or latent conflicts are supported under this Decision.
Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. In addition to the ex-ante assessment of development-related aspects, the EIB should strengthen its monitoring during project implementation, inter alia, on the development impact of the project. projects in the light of their impact on human rights, conflict dynamics, environmental and social indicators and development-related aspects, the EIB should strengthen its monitoring capacity throughout the whole project cycle in relation to these issues and the performance of financial intermediaries during project implementation, inter alia, on the development impact of the project. Where information is received that suggests a deterioration of the project’s impact on any of these aspects, the EIB should be obliged to halt an operation until the situation is addressed.
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 8 a (new)
Article 8 a (new)
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 10 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. The EIB shall include in its annual report a follow-up assessment of the functioning of the Memorandum of Understanding with the European Ombudsman.
Amendment 89 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 10 a (new)
Article 10 a (new)
Article 10a An independent reviewing body should be established and should include representatives of the government, business and non-profit organisations of the countries concerned.