4 Amendments of Antolín SÁNCHEZ PRESEDO related to 2013/2104(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Regrets that the Commission has not yet publishedNotes the importance of the GBER in the whole SAM process as a block exemption from the notification requirement for certain categories of aid can seriously reduce the administrative burden for Member States and allows the Commission to concentrate its resources on the most distortive cases and to better prioritise its enforcement activities; believes therefore that the draft new GBER so that the RAG can be analysed together with the GBERand its set of common principles should have been published by the Commission before any specific guidelines; regrets that Article 109 TFEU – the Treaty basis for the enabling regulation and, indirectly, the GBER – provides only for consultation of Parliament, not codecision; believes that this democratic deficit cannot be tolerated; proposes that this deficit be overcome as soon as possible, through interinstitutional arrangements in the field of competition policy, and corrected in the next Treaty change;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines the fact that the primary role of State aid control is to ensure a level playing field in the internal market; fully supports the SAM overall aim of tailoring State aid rules to the need to promote economic growth in the EU; notes that it is particularly relevant to promote economic growth in the most disadvantaged regions of the EU, keeping distortive effects within the internal market to a minimum;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 e (new)
Paragraph 5 e (new)
5e. Expresses doubts also about the ineligibility for regional aid of "firms in difficulties within the meaning of the Community guidelines on State aid for rescuing and restructuring firms in difficulty" (paragraph 11 of the draft guidelines), noting that this is not only inconsistent with helping firms affected by the economic crisis in assisted regions but also impossible to implement, given that those guidelines explicitly contain no precise definition of firms in difficulty;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 f (new)
Paragraph 5 f (new)
5f. Is convinced that it is essential that some margin of flexibility for the revision of the guidelines is kept, as mentioned in draft paragraph 177, in order to allow for any future required adjustments, since these guidelines are designed to cover a period of 7 years;