14 Amendments of Lambert van NISTELROOIJ related to 2011/0211(COD)
Amendment 3 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The Intercreditor Agreement and the Loan Facility Agreement concluded for Greece on 8 May 20110 entered into force on 11 May 2010. It foresees that the Intercreditor Agreement shall remain in full force and effect for a three-year programme period as long as there are any amounts outstanding under the Loan Facility Agreement.
Amendment 4 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) By Council Decisions 2009/102/EC of 4 November 2008, 2009/290/EC of 20 January 2009 and 2009/459/EC of 26 JuneMay 2009 Hungary, Latvia and Romania were granted such financial assistance.
Amendment 5 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) In order to facilitate the management of Union funding, to help accelerate investments in Member States and regions and to improve the availability of funding to the economy it is necessary to allowimplement the cohesion policy, it is necessary to allow, in justified cases, temporarily, and without prejudice to the 2014-2020 programming period, the increase of interim payments from the Structural Funds as well as from the Cohesion Fund, by an amount corresponding to ten percentage points above the actual co-financing rate for each priority axis, for Member States which are facing serious difficulties with respect to their financial stability and have requested to benefit from this measure. As a result, the required national counterpart will be reduced accordingly, without the need to change operational programmes.
Amendment 8 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The rules on calculation of interim payments and the payment of the final balance for operational programmes during the period in which the Member States receive the financial assistance for addressing serious difficulties with respect to their financial stability should be revised accordingly.
Amendment 9 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14 a) It is necessary to ensure that there is appropriate reporting on the use of the increased amounts made available to the Member States benefiting from the increased interim payments under this Regulation.
Amendment 11 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 17 a (new)
Recital 17 a (new)
(17 a) The envisaged increase in interim payments should also be considered in the context of the budgetary restraints facing all Member States, which should be reflected appropriately in the EU budget. Therefore application of the mechanism is limited until the end of 2013.
Amendment 16 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1
Article 1
Regulation (EC) N°1083/2006
Article 77 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 77 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. By way of derogation from Article 53 (2) and the second sentence of Article 53(4) and from the ceilings set out in Annex III, on the request of a Member State, interim payments and payments of the final balance mayinterim payments shall be increased by an amount corresponding to ten percentage points above the co- financing rate applicable to each priority axis, but not exceeding one hundred percent, to be applied to the amount of eligible expenditure newly declared in each certified statement of expenditure submitted during the period in which a Member State meets one of the following conditions:
Amendment 17 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1
Article 1
Regulation (EC) N°1083/2006
Article 77 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 77 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. The derogation, referred to in paragraph 2, shall be granted upon the written request of a Member State meeting one of the conditions mentioned in (a), (b) and (c) above. The request shall be submitted within two months of the entry into force of this regulation or within two months from the date on which a Member State meets one of the conditions mentioned in (a), (b) and (c) above.
Amendment 18 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1
Article 1
Regulation (EC) N°1083/2006
Article 77 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Article 77 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. In its request submitted to the Commission, the Member State shall justify the necessity of the derogation, referred to in paragraph 2, by providing information necessary to establish: (a) the unavailability of resources for the national counterpart through data on its macroeconomic and fiscal situation; and that an increase of payments referred to in paragraph 2 is necessary to safeguard the continuation of the implementation of operational programmes, (b) that the problems persist even if the maximum ceilings applicable to co- financing rates of Annex III are used. The submitted information shall be verified and examined from a justification point of view by the Commission, which has 30 days from the day of the submission of the request, to raise an objection against the reliability of the submitted information. If the Commission does not raise any objection, the Member State request for the derogation, referred to in paragraph 2, shall be considered as justified.
Amendment 19 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1
Article 1
Regulation (EC) N°1083/2006
Article 77 – paragraph 2 c (new)
Article 77 – paragraph 2 c (new)
2 c. The request shall also detail the intended use of the increased interim payments and give information about complementary measures foreseen in order to concentrate the funds on competitiveness, growth and employment, including, where appropriate, a modification of the operational programmes.
Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1
Article 1
Regulation (EC) N°1083/2006
Article 77 – paragraph 2 d (new)
Article 77 – paragraph 2 d (new)
2 d. The derogation referred to in paragraph 2 shall cease to be valid for statements of expenditure submitted after 31 December 2013.
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1
Article 1
Regulation (EC) N°1083/2006
Article 77 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 77 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. The additional interim payments resulting from the application of Art. 77(2) shall within the shortest period of time be made available to the managing authority and shall only be used for making payments in implementation of the operational programme.
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1
Article 1
Regulation (EC) N°1083/2006
Article 77 – paragraph 3 b (new)
Article 77 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. In the context of the strategic reporting in accordance with Article 29(1), the Member States shall provide the Commission with appropriate information on the use of the additional interim payments resulting from the derogation referred to in paragraph 2. The information shall relate in particular to how the increased amount of support has contributed to promote competitiveness, growth and jobs in the Member State concerned. This information shall be taken into account by the Commission in the preparation of the strategic reporting provided for by Article 30(1).
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1
Article 1
Regulation (EC) N°1083/2006
Article 77 – paragraph 5
Article 77 – paragraph 5
5. Paragraphs 2 and 3, 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 3, 3a, 3b shall not apply to operational programmes under the European territorial cooperation objective.