7 Amendments of Jens HOLM related to 2007/2251(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises that the EIB pursues a ‘zero- tolerance’ policy towards fraud and corruption, and welcomes the rise in the number of investigations and the increased cooperation with OLAF; calls upon the EIB, before approving the Anti-Fraud Policy and Procedures, to include measures leading to: i) an administrative debarment mechanism for companies found guilty of corruption by the Bank and other Multilateral Development Bands (MDBs), ii) a whistleblower protection policy, and iii) a review of the existing procurement guidelines;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the existence of a complaints office to receive and deal with external complaints, as well as of an appeals mechanism for complaints received via the European Ombudsman; welcomes and actively supports dialogue between the European Ombudsman and the EIB; calls on the EIB to consequently review its internal grievance mechanism and issue new appeal mechanism guidelines extended to all EIB financed operations;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the EIB’s desire for transparency in the framework of its disclosure policy, and the large amount of information that it makes available to the general public; encourages the EIB to develop the activities of its ‘Operations Evaluation’ department, which carries out an ex post evaluation of a representative sample of projects and programmes; calls on the EIB to extend its strive for transparency to the global loans it is providing and to disclose the final beneficiaries of global loans lent through financial intermediaries;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the inclusion of promoting reliable, competitive, sustainable energy in the main features of the Bank’s programme of activities; calls on the EIB to inform Parliament by the end of 2008 on a comprehensive plan for investing in renewable energy sources including reporting on the amount of money lent and the list of projects supported;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes the fact that sustainable development remains a fundamental requirement for the EIB; in particular, congratulates the EIB on its excellent results in terms of loan activity for environmental protection and social and economic cohesion; urges the EIB to give the same priority also to its external lending activities and to apply EU environmental standards as binding standards in its evaluation of project proposals outside the EU; calls on the EIB to ensure coherence of its external lending activities, in particular on the African continent with the European Consensus on Development2 and the achievement of the UN Millennium Development Goals, and asks the EIB to ensure that it engages actively with civil society, inter alia via consultation procedures;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Reiterates its encouragement to the EIB to give priority to funding trans-European networks, including cross-border infrastructure that enables national networks to be interconnected, which is an essential element in developing a market economy centred upon social cohesion; calls on the EIB, with regard to the funding of Trans-European Networks (TENs), to give priority to infrastructure or transport projects with a lower or negative carbon footprint and to inform the European Parliament of the total emissions saved yearly, by the end of 2009;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Calls on the EIB to operate in line with the principles of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness, which was endorsed on 2March 2005, particularly in delivering effective aid, enhancing mutual accountability, and adopting measurable development indicators in coherence with the UN Millenium Development Goals;