13 Amendments of Ljudmila NOVAK related to 2022/0212(BUD)
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Recital D
Recital D
D. Whereas the transport and tourism sectors were among the hardest hit by the COVID-19 crisis and are now affected by the Russian war against Ukraine; whereas the Union transport sector needs to become independent from Russian fossil energy sources and avoid any future dependencies on single countries or world regions for critical energy, fuels or raw materials supply, including for the production of batteries for use in battery electric vehicles and power storage solutions;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission and Member States to use the available financial tools in a comprehensive way to maximise their effect on recovery while ensuring adequate long-term funding of Union transport projects with highest possible European added value and return for investment for taxpayers’ money;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates the crucial role of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) in fostering the development and timely completion of a high performance trans- European network that is sustainable and interconnected; acknowledges the slight increase in the CEF-transport budget for 2023 compared to 2022 although notes that the increase is impaired by the current economic situation and high inflation rates; underlines that the CEF should also support actions related to safe and secure infrastructure and mobility;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the role of the Recovery and Resilience Facility and related national plans in stimulating recovery in the transport and tourism sectors; calls on all Member States to set up a dedicated transport sector component in their next National Recovery and Resilience Plans (NRRP) to ensure comparability and complementarity of national measures with the aim of achieving the highest possible European added value;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Underlines the findings from the EP Policy Department commissioned study on “The future of transport in the context of the Recovery Plan” that in the revision of National Recovery and Resilience Plans (NRRPs), higher focus could be placed on cross-border projects, modal shift to rail and waterborne transport, more and better links between governance and other measures to ensure long-term and sustainable change, and more and better use of financial instruments by supporting bankable projects and projects developed by the private sector;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes the modest increase in the military mobility budget for 2023 and the attempt to adapt parts of the TEN-T networks for a dual use of the transport infrastructure; underlines that this increase lies below what is necessary in light of the current Russian threat towards the territorial integrity of the Union and our common European peace order; calls therefore for a restoration of the military mobility budget as initially foreseen by European Commission and European Parliament in the MFF proposal;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Calls in particular for the use of unspent Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) and NextGenerationEU (NGEU) funds to enable a short-term increase of military mobility spending to the necessary level, until the overall CEF military mobility envelope can be increased accordingly;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Calls for a dedicated new budget line “Connecting Ukraine Facility - Solidarity Lanes” to support transport infrastructure in and towards Ukraine, to enable to transport of critical goods in both directions and in particular to enable the transport of grains, fertilisers, machineries and metallurgical products in light of the Russian blockade of Ukrainian ports; underlines that this includes not only terminals at the immediate Union border with Ukraine, but that also rail transport infrastructure, canals, rail and port terminals in Members States must be made fit for purpose to keep Ukrainian trade flows running and to prevent a global food crisis;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Urges due to ongoing economic threat from high inflation to take all the necessary action and mobilise sufficient funding in the 2023 budget to reinforce sustainability of the tourism sector in the Union;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Calls to include within the 2023 budget a basis for the swift development of a roadmap for sustainable tourism which will include innovative measures to reduce the climate and environmental footprint of the sector by developing more sustainable forms of tourism, diversifying the offer, boosting new initiatives for cooperation and developing new digital services while tackling uncertain economic situation due to high inflation;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8 c. Reiterates calls to create an EU mechanism to monitor the provision of support to micro enterprises and SMEs in the tourism sector, focusing on liquidity and delivering EU added value and transparency in order to increase the ability of those enterprises to access and use EU funds and financial instruments to facilitate the modernisation and implementation of innovative and sustainable projects, ensuring accountability and administrative simplification;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the increase in the budget contribution to the Union agencies - European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA), European Union Agency for Railways (ERA) and European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA); underlines the further budgetary needs, reiterates that the funding of these agencies should be aligned with the level of their responsibility and their role in the transition towards decarbonisation of transport modes;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Acknowledges the slight increase in the budgets of the transport Joint Undertakings; highunderlines the further budgetary needs, in lights of the outstanding importance of their work in boosting research and innovation and improving the performance and sustainability of the transport sector.