Activities of Marielle DE SARNEZ related to 2013/0152(COD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on granting an EU guarantee to the European Investment Bank against losses under financing operations supporting investment projects outside the Union
Amendments (8)
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) The EIB should invest in research and innovation by SMEs as a means of supporting local development.
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) EIB investments in the agricultural sector should be geared to helping the beneficiary countries and regions become self-sufficient in food by developing sustainable farming systems.
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Within the areas covered by the general objectives, rRegional integration among countries, in particularcluding economic integration between Pre-accession countries, and the Union, on the one hand, and Neighbourhood countries and the Union, on the other, should be an underlying objective for EIB financing operations in areas covered by the general objectives such as transport, energy, combating climate change and managing natural resources. Within the aforementioned areas, the EIB should be able to support partner countries through foreign direct investments by companies from the Union that contribute to promoting technology and knowledge transfer, providing that due consideration has been made during the investment projects’ due diligence to minimise the risks that EIB financing operations lead to negative repercussions on employment in the Union. The EIB should also be encouraged to support foreign direct investment in partner countries by companies from the Union at its own risk.
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) While the EIB’s strength remains its distinctiveness as an investment bank, EIB financing operations should contribute to the general principles guiding Union external action, as referred to in Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU), of promoting and consolidating democracy and the rule of law, human rights and fundamental freedoms, and to the implementation of international environmental agreements to which the Union is a party. In particular, in relation to developing countries, EIB financing operations should foster their sustainable economic, social and environmental development, particularly in the most disadvantaged amongst them, their smooth and gradual integration into the world economy, the campaign against poverty and efforts to reduce poverty and food insecurity, as well as compliance with objectives approved by the Union in the context of the United Nations and other competent international organisations. While contributing to the implementation of the measures necessary to further the objectives of Union development cooperation policy in accordance with Article 209(3) of the Treaty, the EIB should strive to support indirectly the achievement of the UN’s 2015 Millennium Development Goals in all regions where it is active.
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) In its financing operations outside the Union that fall within the scope of this Decision, the EIB should endeavour further to enhance coordination and cooperation with European Ffinancial Iinstitutions and Iinternational Ffinancial Iinstitutions, notably those participating in the EU Platform for Blending in External Cooperation, and to promote the introduction of common standards of governance and common evaluation criteria. This cooperation includes, where appropriate, cooperation on sector conditionality and mutual reliance on procedures, use of joint co- financing and participation in global initiatives, such as those promoting aid coordination and effectiveness. Such coordination and cooperation should strive to minimise possible duplication of costs and unnecessary overlap. The tripartite Memorandum of Understanding between the Commission, the EIB Group and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in respect of cooperation outside the Union, which allows the EIB Group and the EBRD to act in a complementary way by relying on their respective comparative advantages, was updated in 2012 to cover the extension of EBRD’s geographical scope to the Mediterranean region and should continue to be applied. The principles set out in this Decision should also be applied when EIB financing is implemented through cooperation agreements with other European Ffinancial Iinstitutions and Iinternational Ffinancial Iinstitutions or with Member States’ development and cooperation agencies such as the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) and the Department for International Development (DFID).
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The EIB must take care, in its choice of projects, to safeguard the European interest.
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. The cooperation between the EIB and beneficiary countries shall be carried out on a region-by-region basis, including at EU Delegation level. The EU Delegations in the regions concerned should be kept informed during the preparation and implementation of projects, taking into consideration the EIB’s role as well as the policies of the Union in eachthe respective regions.
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The EIB shall carry out thorough due diligence and, where appropriate and in line with Union social and environmental principles, require appropriate local public consultation, on development-related aspects of investment projects covered by the EU guarantee. The EIB must remain in communication with the promoters and beneficiaries of the projects it funds throughout the project programming process. It must also take account of the impact of the projects on those directly and indirectly affected by them.