12 Amendments of Marian-Jean MARINESCU related to 2016/2047(BUD)
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Stresses that partial recovery of funds redeployed from the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) to the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) should be one of the key priorities for the 2017 Budget; given the fact that almost no funds remain available for new projects in the remaining MFF years, draws attention to the importance of ensuring as soon as possible sufficient budget in order to immediately launch a call for proposals as CEF projects are long-term projects that run over several years;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Regrets the significant decrease in budget for removing bottlenecks, rail interoperability and bridging missing links, sustainable and efficient transport systems, and integration and interconnection of transport modes and emphasises, in this context, the vital importance of a complete restoration of the budget for these areas;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Welcomes the overall success of CEF and asks the Commission to launch, as a matter of priority, a third call for proposals with the remaining budget for CEF in order to further plan the remaining commitments;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Points at the massive oversubscription of projects and at the high number of high-quality projects, which were rejected in 2014-2015 due to insufficient Union budget and notes that additional resources beyond the recovery of redeployed funds could be absorbed;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 e (new)
Paragraph 3 e (new)
3e. Recalls that point 17 of the Interinstitutional Agreement on budgetary discipline1a provides for 10% flexibility to increase CEF budget in annual budgetary procedures; calls on the Commission to increase, in line with the Interinstitutional Agreement, the total envelope of the CEF, including an increase in the cohesion envelope of the CEF; ________________ 1a Interinstitutional Agreement of 2 December 2013 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management (OJ L 8, 14.1.2015, p. 18).
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Considers that the optimisation of transport modes integration and interconnection and intermodal connections, along with the development of freight corridors, represent essential elements for shifting freight from road to rail and for improving the sustainability of rail;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Emphasises the importance of investing in regional airports as this will have a positive impact on a wide range of activities such as exports, business efficiency and productivity, inward investment, and therefore will boost EU market;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Underlines once more that EASA has already cut 5 % of posts over five years as agreed in the Interinstitutional Agreement; considers, therefore, that any further cuts proposed by the Council could endanger the proper functioning of EASA and could prevent the Agency to fulfil the tasks already assigned and those that will be assigned by the legislative authority; underlines further that the new EASA posts that are needed to fulfil additional tasks due to new policy developments and new legislation need to be counted outside any reduction target;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Underlines that the EASA posts (including the related pensions) which are fully financed from industry and therefore have no impact on the Union budget should not be subject to any staff reduction including the lnterinstitutional Agreement;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 d (new)
Paragraph 8 d (new)
8d. Emphasises that it should be left to the discretion of EASA to increase the number of posts fully financed by industry during the financial year according to the fluctuating workload i.e. industry demands; underlines that, for this purpose, the budgetary authority should, in addition to the number of posts financed by fees and charges already authorised through the adoption of the EASA budget, indicate the additional percentage (within an upward ceiling of 10%) of posts that could be allowed by the Agency’s Management Board on a proposal of the Agency to respond to an unforeseen evolution of the market demand ; further underlines that the decision of the Management Board should be based on a documented evaluation of unforeseen workload and efficiency criteria;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 e (new)
Paragraph 8 e (new)
8e. Underlines the importance to allocate sufficient funding for Galileo and EGNOS in 2017 in order to ensure the Commission's commitments regarding safety and efficiency in aviation, road, rail and maritime transport; reiterates the importance of providing swiftly uninterrupted GNSS services for smart roads and connected vehicles, smart fleet and cargo and traffic management such us ATM, ERTMS, eCall;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 f (new)
Paragraph 8 f (new)
8f. Stresses the need for accurate funding for the implementation of the components of SESAR in order to ensure the deployment of ATM functionalities that are considered essential for the improvement of the Union's ATM system performance;