7 Amendments of Pilar DEL CASTILLO VERA related to 2015/0009(COD)
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The purpose of the EFSI should be to help resolve the difficulties in financing and implementing productive investments in the Union and to ensure increased access to financing. It is intended that increased access to financing should be of particular benefit to small and medium enterprises. It is also appropriate to extend the benefit of such increased access to financing to mid- cap companies, which are companies having up to 3000 employees. Overcoming Europe's current investment difficulties should contribute to strengthening the Union's economic, social and territorial cohesion and digital development.
Amendment 107 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Many small and medium enterprises, as well as mid-cap companies, also oriented at digital development across the Union require assistance to attract market financing, especially as regards investments that carry a greater degree of risk. The EFSI should help these businesses to overcome capital shortages by allowing the EIB and the European Investment Fund ('EIF') to provide direct and indirect equity injections, as well as to provide guarantees for high-quality securitisation of loans, and other products that are granted in pursuit of the aims of the EFSI.
Amendment 113 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) Takes the view that the main condition for the creation of the future European Energy Union is the completion of an integrated EU internal energy market, which requires development of smart energy infrastructure and energy interconnections. Fully support the call of the European Council on 24 October 2014 to take urgent measures in order to ensure the achievement of a minimum target of 10% of existing electricity interconnections, as a matter of urgency, and no later than 2020 at least for Member States which have not yet attained a minimum level of integration in the internal energy market; The EFSI should help achieve this Union Policy objective by contributing to the development of cross-border energy interconnections to achieve the completion of a transparent, well- functioning and fully integrated gas and electricity market.
Amendment 120 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The EFSI should target projects delivering high societal and economic value. In particular, the EFSI should target projects that promote job creation, long- term growth and competitiveness. The EFSI should support a wide range of financial products, including equity, debt or guarantees, to best accommodate the needs of the individual project also objectives related to the digital development in Europe. This wide range of products should allow the EFSI to adapt to market needs whilst encouraging private investment in the projects. The EFSI should not be a substitute for private market finance but should instead catalyse private finance by addressing market failures so as to ensure the most effective and strategic use of public money. The requirement for consistency with State aid principles should contribute to such effective and strategic use.
Amendment 175 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) At the level of projects, third parties may co-finance together with EFSI on a project-by-project basis or in investment platforms related to specific geographic or thematic sectors. Special attention shall be given to investment platform that highlights added value related to the potentiality of the digital drivers present in all sectors of the economy to help the Digital Single Market implementation goals and the development of digital infrastructure.
Amendment 379 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) improvement and promotion of the smart use of ICT and the integration of SMEs in digital value chains;
Amendment 389 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) expansion of renewable energy and energy and resource efficiency; including tackling losses of energy during transport through the grids and development of energy-related Internet technologies and low-carbon ICT applications.