2 Amendments of Oldřich VLASÁK related to 2008/2055(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 2
2. Considers it indispensable that adequate funding be guaranteed for the period after 2013, so as to enable cohesion policy not only to continue carrying out successfully its traditional tasks, but also to deal with a number of new global challenges with significant territorial impact, such as climate and demographic change, energy efficiency and urban concentration, as detailed in the Commission's Fourth Report on Economic and Social Cohesion (COM(2007)0273); therefore takes the view that the allocation of 0.35% of the EU’s GDP will be insufficient to finance this policy;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls that, during the negotiations for the Regulations on Structural Funds 2007- 2013, Parliament put forward in the context of an informal trilogue, a proposal for the reallocation of unspent resources that are lost because of the N+2 / N+3 rule to the Community cohesion budget (Heading 1b) and to other operational programmes with a better record of absorption; greatly regrets that this proposal was not considered at the time by the Council; calls on the Commission, in its forthcoming mid-term review, to respond to Parliament’s proposal and to make specific proposals for the reallocation of these resourcalls on the Commission to make an analysis of the impact of applying this instrument in practices.