6 Amendments of Christian EHLER related to 2023/0199(COD)
Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The scale ofSignificant investments needed for the transition require a full mobilisation of funding available under ewill be required over the coming years to strengthen the open strategic autonomy of the Union in a comprehensive way, to preserve its competitiveness in the global market and to achieve the green and digital transitions. Existing EU programmes and funds, inclusiveding those granting a budgetary guarantee for financing and investment operations and implementation of financial instruments and blending operations. Such, should contribute to addressing those goals. In addition to its full mobilisation, Union funding should be deployed in a more flexible manner, to provide timely and targeted support for critical technologies in strategic sectorrelevant sectors, reinforcing the financing for Union-wide and cross-border projects. Therefore, a Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (‘STEP’) should give a structural answer to the Union investment needs by helping to better channel the existing EUnion funds towards critical investments aimed at supporting the development or manufacturing of critical technologies in relevant sectors, while preserving a level playing field in the Single Market, thereby preserving cohesion and aiming at a geographically balanced distribution of projects financed under the STEP in accordance with the respective programme mandates. While being open to every Member State, the Commission and Member States should put specific emphasis on net-zero industry valleys as defined under Regulation (EU) .../... [Net- Zero Industry Act], on projects in territories included in the Territorial just transition plans as referred to in Article 11 of Regulation (EU) 2021/1056, on less developed and transition regions as well as more developed regions in Member States whose average GDP per capita is below the EU average of the EU-27 measured in purchasing power standards (PPS) and calculated on the basis of Union figures for the period 2015-2017.
Amendment 128 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) A Sovereignty Seal should be awarded to projects contributing to the STEP objectives, provided that the project has been assessed and complies with the minimum quality requirements, in particular eligibility, exclusion and award criteria, provided by a call for proposals under Horizon Europe, the Digital Europe programme,50 the EU4Health programme,51 the European Defence Fund or the Innovation Fund, and regardless of whether the project has received funding under those instruments. These minimum quality requirements will be established with a view to identify high quality projects. The Seal should also be awarded to projects financed by the cohesion funds. This Seal should be used as a quality label, to help projects attract public and private investments by certifying its contribution to the STEP objectives. Moreover, the Seal will promote better access to EU funding, notably by facilitating cumulative or combined funding from several Union instruments. _________________ 50 Regulation (EU) 2021/694 establishing the Digital Europe Programme (OJ L 166, 11.5.2021, p. 1). 51 Regulation (EU) 2021/522 establishing a Programme for the Union’s action in the field of health, EU4Health Programme (OJ L 107, 26.3.2021, p. 1).
Amendment 146 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) To ensure open strategic autonomy and as outlined in the Standardisation Strategy, the Union needs to be a leader in international standardisation. Therefore, it is imperative that projects under STEP consider standardisation in their implementation. The Commission and Member States should undertake specific efforts to support projects under STEP to actively engage with national, European and, where appropriate, international standardisation bodies. Projects that include standardisation efforts in their proposal should be looked upon favourably in all the Programmes under STEP.
Amendment 217 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 273 #
Amendment 381 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Regulation (EU) 2021/695
Article 7 – point 10
Article 7 – point 10
(1a) Article 7(10) shall be amended as follows: "10. As part of the general Union objective of mainstreaming climate actions into Union sectoral policies and Union funds, actions under this Programme shall contribute at least 35 % of the expenditure to climate objectives where appropriate. Climate mainstreaming shall be adequately integrated in R&I content. For the implementation of this objective, the Commission may rely on the 'Do No Significant Harm' principle in accordance with Article 17 of REGULATION (EU) 2020/852 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL to ensure that climate spending does not adversely affect other environmental objectives and that investments in other environmental objectives are in line with the climate objective. The use of this principle shall be limited to calls for proposals for projects which directly relate to environmental objectives, as defined in Article 9 of REGULATION (EU) 2020/852 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL, and which aim to fund activities close to market deployment. The use of the principle shall be accompanied by detailed guidance from the Commission on how compliance with the principle shall be evaluated in the context of the specific call in which the principle is used." Or. en (32021R0695)