Activities of Lambert van NISTELROOIJ related to 2018/0199(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Specific provisions for the European territorial cooperation goal (Interreg) (debate) NL
Amendments (41)
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Based on the experience with the interregional cooperation programmes under Interreg and the lack of such cooperation within programmes under the Investment for jobs and growth goal during the programming period 2014-2020, the interregional cooperation component should focus more specifically on boosting the effectiveness of cohesion policy. That component should therefore be limited to two programmes, one to enable all kind of experience, innovative approaches and capacity building for programmes under both goals and to promote European groupings of territorial cooperation ('EGTCs') set up or to be set up pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1082/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council24 and one to improve the analysis of development trends. Project-based cooperation throughout the Union should be integrated into the new component on interregional innovation investments and closely linked to the implementation of the Communication from the Commission 'Strengthening Innovation in Europe's Regions: Strategies for resilient, inclusive and sustainable growth'25 , in particular to support thematic smart specialisation platforms on fields such as energy, industrial modernisation or agrifood. The evidence suggests that a persistent systemic failure remains at the testing and validation stage of demonstration of new technologies (e.g. KETs), especially when innovation is the result of the integration of complementary regional specialisations creating innovative value chains. This failure is particularly critical in the phase between piloting and full market uptake. In some strategic technology and industrial areas, SMEs cannot currently count on excellent and open, connected pan-European demonstration infrastructure. Finally, integrated territorial development focusing on functional urban areas or urban areas should be concentrated within programmes under the Investment for jobs and growth goal and in one accompanying instrument, the ‘European Urban Initiative”. The two programmes under the interregional cooperation component should cover the whole Union and should also be open for the participation of third countries. _________________ 24 Regulation (EC) No 1082/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 on a European grouping of territorial cooperation (EGTC) (OJ L 210, 31.7.2006, p. 19). 25 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions 'Strengthening Innovation in Europe's Regions: Strategies for resilient, inclusive and sustainable growth' - COM(2017) 376 final, 18.7.2017.
Amendment 104 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Based on the experience with the interregional cooperation programmes under Interreg and the lack of such cooperation within programmes under the Investment for jobs and growth goal during the programming period 2014-2020, the interregional cooperation component should focus more specifically on boosting the effectiveness of cohesion policy. That component shouldall therefore be limited to two programmes,: one to- enableing all kind of experience, innovative approaches and capacity building for programmes under both goals and to promote European groupings of territorial cooperation ('EGTCs') set up or to be set up pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1082/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council24 , and second one - to improve the analysis of development trends. Project-based cooperation throughout the Union should be integcorporated into the new component on interregional innovation investments based on smart specialisation, and closely linked to the implementation of the Communication from the Commission 'Strengthening Innovation in Europe's Regions: Strategies for resilient, inclusive and sustainable growth'25 and of European Parliament resolution of 13 September 2016 on Cohesion Policy and Research and Innovation for smart specialisation (RIS3)25a, in particular to support thematic smart specialisation platforms on fields such as energy, industrial modernisation or agrifood. Finally, integrated territorial development focusing on functional urban areas or urban areas should be concentrated within all be incorporated into programmes under the Investment for jobs and growth goal and into one accompanying instrument, the ‘European Urban Initiative”. The twoBoth said programmes under the interregional cooperation component should cover the whole Union and should also be open for the participation of third countries. _________________ 24 Regulation (EC) No 1082/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 on a European grouping of territorial cooperation (EGTC) (OJ L 210, 31.7.2006, p. 19). 25 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions 'Strengthening Innovation in Europe's Regions: Strategies for resilient, inclusive and sustainable growth' - COM(2017) 376 final, 18.7.2017. 25a P8_TA(2016)0320
Amendment 110 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8 a) Referring to the European Parliament resolution of 13 September 2016 on ‘Cohesion Policy and Research and Innovation Strategies for Smart Specialisation’ (RIS3) (2015/2278(INI), it is necessary to continue efforts to encourage a change of mentality and to promote innovative policy approaches to boost intra-regional, inter-regional, extra- regional, cross-border and transnational collaboration, including through macro- regions, by means of existing tools such as INTERREG, in order to continue boosting European added value in the strategies
Amendment 135 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) It is necessary to set out the resources allocated to each of the different components of Interreg, including each Member State's share of the global amounts for the cross-border cooperation, the transnational cooperation and maritime cooperation, the outermost regions’ cooperation and the interregional cooperation, the potential available to Member States concerning flexibility between those components. CIn comparedison to the programming period 2014-2020, the share for cross-border cooperation should be reduced, while the share for transnational cooperation and maritime cooperation should be increased because of the integration of maritime cooperation, and a new outermost regions’ cooperation component should be created. Given the globalisation, cooperation to boost investments in more jobs and growths should not be limited to border regions. Cooperation to invest together with other regions should be led by the way regions have common characteristics and ambitions and not by a border determination, therefore the share for component 5 (interregional innovation investments) should be big enough to respond to the global market condition.
Amendment 179 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
(4) 'cross-border legal body' means a legal body established under the laws of one of the participating countries in an Interreg programme provided that it is set up by territorial authorities or other bodies from at least two participating countries or Euroregions.
Amendment 187 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
(a) internal cross-border cooperation between adjacent land and maritime border regions of two or more Member States or between adjacent land and maritime border regions of at least one Member State and one or more third countries listed in Article 4(3); or
Amendment 194 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b – introductory part
(b) external cross-border cooperation, between adjacent land and maritime border regions of at least one Member State and of one or more of the following:
Amendment 203 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2
(2) transnational cooperation and maritime cooperation over larger transnational territories or around sea- basins, involving national, regional and local programme partners in Member States, third countries and partner countries and in Greenland, with a view to achieving a higher degree of territorial integration ('component 2'; where referring only to transnational cooperation: 'component 2A'; where referring only to maritime cooperation: 'component 2B');
Amendment 222 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5
(5) interregional innovation investments through the commercialisation and scaling up of interregional innovation projects having the potential to encourage the development of European value chains, based on Smart Specialisation Strategies, including investments promoting social innovation with a clear European added value ('component 5').
Amendment 228 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. For cross-border cooperation, the regions to be supported by the ERDF shall be the NUTS level 3 regions of the Union along all internal and external land and maritime borders with third countries or partner countries.
Amendment 235 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. Regions on maritime borders which are connected over or under the sea by a fixed link shall also be supported under cross-border cooperation.
Amendment 243 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – title
Article 5 – title
5 Geographical coverage for transnational cooperation and maritime cooperation
Amendment 246 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. For transnational cooperation and maritime cooperation, the regions to be supported by the ERDF shall be the NUTS level 2 regions of the Union covering contiguous functional areas, taking into account, where applicable, macro-regional strategies or sea basin strategies.
Amendment 254 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Transnational cooperation and maritime cooperation Interreg programmes may cover:
Amendment 263 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. For any component 4 Interreg programme or for interregional innovation investments under component 5, the entire territory of the Union shall be supported by the ERDF. Third countries may participate, provided they make a funding contribution.
Amendment 280 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. The ERDF resources for the European territorial cooperation goal (Interreg) shall amount to EUR 8 430 0011 165 910 000 of the global resources available for budgetary commitment from the ERDF, ESF+ and the Cohesion Fund for the 2021- 2027 programming period and set out in Article [102(1)] of Regulation (EU) [new CPR].
Amendment 295 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) 52.7 % (i.e., a total of EUR 4 440 000 000 549 457 270 EUR (49.7%) for cross-border cooperation (component 1);
Amendment 305 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) 31.4 % (i.e., a total of EUR 2 649 900 000 550 759 380 EUR (31.8%) for transnational cooperation and maritime cooperation (component 2);
Amendment 309 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) 3.2 % (i.e., a total of EUR 270 100 000223 318 200 EUR (2%) for outermost regions' cooperation (component 3);
Amendment 325 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) 1.2 % (i.e., a total of EUR 100 000 000558 295 500 EUR (5%) for interregional cooperation (component 4);
Amendment 334 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) 11.5 % (i.e., a total of EUR 970 000 000 284 079 650 EUR (11.5%) for interregional innovation investments (component 5), according to smart specialisation and in line with a strategy for growth and jobs.
Amendment 348 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Support from the ERDF shall be granted to individual external cross-border Interreg programmes provided that at least equivalent amounts are provided by IPA III CBC and NDICI CBC under the relevant strategic programming document. That equivalencecontribution shall be subject to a maximum amount set out in the IPA III or NDICI legislative act.
Amendment 366 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
The co-financing rate at the level of each Interreg programme shall be not higher than 7085 %, unless, with regard to external cross-border or component 3 Interreg programmes, a higher percentage is fixed in Regulations (EU) [IPA III], [NDICI] or Council Decision (EU) [OCTP] respectively or in any act adopted thereunder.
Amendment 397 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 5
Article 14 – paragraph 5
5. Under external cross-border and component 2 and 3 Interreg programmes the ERDF and, where applicable, the external financing instruments of the Union shallmay also contribute to the external Interreg-specific objective 'a safer and more secure Europe', in particular by actions in the fields of border crossing management and mobility and migration management, including the protection of migrants.
Amendment 408 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3
Article 15 – paragraph 3
3. Where a component 2A Interreg programme supports a macro-regional strategy, the totala part of ERDF and, where applicable, the totala part of external financing instruments of the Union allocations under priorities other than for technical assistance shall be programmed on the objectives of that strategy.
Amendment 412 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 4
Article 15 – paragraph 4
Amendment 436 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3
Article 17 – paragraph 3
3. In duly justified cases and in agreement with the Commission, in order to increase the efficiency of programme implementation and to achieve larger-scale operations, the Member State concerned may decide to transfer to Interreg programmes up to [x]20% of the amount of the ERDF allocated to the corresponding programme under the Investment for jobs and growth goal for the same region. The amount transferred shall constitute a separate priority or separate priorities.
Amendment 507 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 23 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
For Interreg operations under component 3 Interreg programmes, the partners from outermost regions and third countries, partner countries or OCTs shall be required to cooperate only in threewo of the four dimensions listed in the first subparagraph.
Amendment 528 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2
Article 24 – paragraph 2
2. The beneficiary of a small project fund shallmay be a cross-border legal body or an EGTC.
Amendment 565 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The composition of the monitoring committee of each Interreg programme shallmay be agreed by the Member States and, where applicable, by the third countries, partner countries and OCTs participating in that programme and shall ensure a balanced representation of the relevant authorities, intermediate bodies and representatives of the programme partners referred to in Article [6] of Regulation (EU) [new CPR] from Member States, third countries, partner countries and OCTs.
Amendment 637 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 2
Article 44 – paragraph 2
2. The managing authority and the audit authority shall, in principal, be located in the same Member State.
Amendment 655 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 45 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 657 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 45 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 676 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 49 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) 2021: 13%;
Amendment 683 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 49 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) 2022: 13%;
Amendment 691 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 49 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) 2023: 13%;
Amendment 697 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 49 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) 2024: 13%;
Amendment 705 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 49 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) 2025: 13%;
Amendment 712 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 2 – point f
Article 49 – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) 2026: 13%.
Amendment 731 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 3
Article 52 – paragraph 3
3. Third countries, partner countries and OCTs participating in an Interreg programme shallmay delegate staff to the joint secretariat of that programme or shall set up a branch office in its respective territory, or shall do both.
Amendment 769 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 61 – paragraph 1
Article 61 – paragraph 1
At the initiative of the Commission, the ERDF maywill support interregional innovation investments, as set out in point 5 of Article 3, bringing together researchers, businesses, civil society and public administrations involved in smart specialisation and social innovation strategies established at national or regional levels. Close synergies are to be found with other relevant EU programmes, such as other ESIF programmes, Horizon Europe, Digital Europe and the Single Market Program. The support will aim at enabling: i. the development of thematic road maps to build innovative value chains across Europe, with a key role for interregional networks of demonstration and pilot infrastructures. ii. Open access for SMEs to those interregional demonstration and pilot infrastructures. iii. Facilitation and acceleration of bringing innovative solutions to the market.