8 Amendments of Jan OLBRYCHT related to 2016/2148(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Is concerned by delays in the adoption of operational programmes and the designation of managing, paying and certifying authorities aund calls for sufficient payment appropriations to be made available through the current multiannual financial framework (MFF) in orer cohesion policy that led to a slow start-up of the projects and an extremely low level of absorption of cohesion policy in the first three years of the current programming period; considers that the utmost effort needs to be mader to prevent a new backlog of unpaid biensure that the new programmes start without delay in the beginning of each programming period and calls, in the second halfis context, for a timely agreement ofn the next multiannual financial framework (MFF);
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Underlines the high risk of the accumulation of payment claims under Heading 1b in the second half of the current MFF and calls for a sufficient level of payment appropriations to be made available on a yearly basis until the end of the current perspective in order to prevent a new backlog of unpaid bills; stresses, for this purpose, the need for the three EU institutions to develop and agree upon a new joint payment plan for 2016- 2020, which should provide for a clear strategy to meet all payment needs until the end of the current MFF;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes the efforts made to usecontribution of the ESI Funds in support of key priorities set ining the implementation of the country-specific recommendations; notes the Commission’s proposal on the establishment of the Structural Reform Support Programme; stresses that Article 23 of the Common Provision Regulation must only be used as a last resort and that Parliament must be fully involved from the early stages; notes in this context the Commission's proposal on the establishment of the Structural Reform Support Programme that will be partly financed through the transfer of technical assistance funding under cohesion policy to the Programme;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that there is aUnderlines the stronger focus on performance of ESI Funds in the current MFF; believes that any link between performance and the ESI Funds in the future MFF can only bthe future performance framework in the next perspective should build on the restablished after aults of the thorough evaluation of the functioning of the current arrangement;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that, in the current MFF, financial instruments play a stronger rolen increased role as a complementary form of funding as compared to subsidies and grants; believes, however, that they should not substitute grants as the core tool for ESI Funds; stresses that their implementation must be effective, transparent and always subject to full parliamentary scrutiny, without any prejudice to the unity of the EU budget;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that the adequate response to the migration crisis has become a structural phenomenon in Europe and calls for further use to be made of ESI Funds in order to promote the integration of asylum seekers and refugees into societyone of the main challenges for Europe; underlines the possible role of ESI Funds in this context, especially bearing in mind the scarce financial resources in the EU budget in general; encourages the member states to use the cohesion policy funding to promote the integration of asylum seekers and refugees into society; calls on the Commission to enable a swift change of operational programmes for this purpose if needed;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to keep the budgetary authority informed about the possible budgetary consequences of Brexit for the ESI Funds in the EU-27 in the current programming period.
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Welcomes the code of conduct agreed during the negotiations, which outlines the minimum standards for a well- functioning partnership; observes, however, that while the code has improved the implementation of the partnership principle in most Member States, many Member States have centralised large parts of the negotiation and implementation of the PAs and OPs; therefore, calls to guarantee in the future a real involvement of local and regional authorities in the negotiation and implementation process in respect of countries specific structures;