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3 Amendments of Roberts ZĪLE related to 2018/0166R(APP)

Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Points to the success of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) under the current MFF; welcomes the fact that it is to be extended under the new MFF; deplores, however, the 12% cut in constant prices to the allocation for CEF Transport and the 13% cut in the Cohesion Fund contribution; takes the view that the budget for the CEF cannot be allocated to other programmes that are unrelated to its specific objectives; calls for the CEF Transport allocation of EUR 12.3 billion and the EUR 11.5 billion Cohesion Fund contribution to be reinstated. In any case the allocated Cohesion Fund contribution shall be sufficient to complete during the next MFF 2021-2027 those projects, which are currently ongoing and funded from this earmarked Cohesion Fund;
2018/09/12
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Points up the effectiveness of the centralised governance structure laid down by the CEF Regulation; notes that transferring part of Cohesion Fund funding to the CEF has been a great success and that the degree of satisfaction of the Member States concerned opens up the prospect ofconfirms that thatis mechanism being extended under the next MFF; accordingly proposes an allocation of EUR 20 billion from the European Regional Development Fund to the CEF, with the same management rules to be laid down as for the transfer of management responsibility for Cohesion Fund funding for the CEshall be continued under the next MFF; considers that, in view of the big difference between available funding and what is needed, that move would ensure that TEN-T projects in Europe made significant headway;
2018/09/12
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that all Member States collect significant volumes of tax and parafiscal revenue that is directly related to transport and that transferring even a minimal proportion of that revenue to the EU as own resources would put it in a better position to meet the new challenges it has to cope with; considers that moving back to the more significant level of own resources that was planned when the European Community was established would bolster the EU’s capacity for political and budgetary action.deleted
2018/09/12
Committee: TRAN