Activities of Timothy Charles Ayrton TANNOCK related to 2018/0243(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (A8-0173/2019 - Pier Antonio Panzeri, Cristian Dan Preda, Frank Engel, Charles Goerens)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument PDF (1 MB) DOC (537 KB)
Amendments (12)
Amendment 427 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The implementation of this Regulation should be guided by the five priorities established in the Global Strategy for the European Union’s Foreign and Security Policy (the 'Global Strategy')59 , presented on 19 June 2016, which represents the Union's vision and the framework for united and responsible external engagement in partnership with others, to advance its values and interests. The Union should enhance partnerships, promote policy dialogue and collective responses to challenges of global concern. Its action should support the Union’s interests and values in all its aspects, including preserving peace, preventing conflicts, ensuring nuclear safety, strengthening international security, fighting root causes of irregular migration and assisting populations, countries and regions confronting natural or man-made disasters, supporting trade policy, economic diplomacy and economic cooperation, promoting digital solutions and technologies, and fostering the international dimension of Union’s policies. In promoting its interests, the Union should comply with, and promote, the principles of respect for high social and environmental standards, for the rule of law, for international law and for human rights. _________________ 59 "Shared Vision, Common Action: A Stronger Europe. A global Strategy for the European Union's Foreign and Security Policy", June 2016.
Amendment 488 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) The Union should seek the most efficient use of available resources in order to optimise the impact of its external action. That should be achieved through coherence and complementarity among the Union's external financing instruments, notably the Instrument for Pre-Accession III63 , the Humanitarian Aid Instrument64 , the Decision on Overseas Countries and Territories65 , the European Instrument for Nuclear Safety to complement the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument on the basis of the Euratom Treaty66 , the common foreign and security policy and the newly proposed European Peace Facility67 which is financed outside the Union budget, as well as the creation of synergies with other Union policies and Programmes. This includes coherence and complementarity with macro-financial assistance, where relevant. In order to maximise the impact of combined interventions to achieve a common objective, this Regulation should foresee strict conditionalities for suspension of assistance and allow for the combination of funding with other Union Programmes, as long as the contributions do not cover the same costs. _________________ 63 COM (2018) 465 final Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA III) 64 Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/96 of 20 June 1996 concerning humanitarian aid (OJ L 163, 2.7.1996, p. 1). 65 COM(2018) 461 final Proposal for a Council Decision on the Association of the Overseas Countries and Territories with the European Union including relations between the European Union on the one hand, and Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark on the other ('Overseas Association Decision'). 66 COM(2018) 462 final Proposal for a Council Regulation establishing a European Instrument for Nuclear Safety complementing the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument on the basis of the Euratom Treaty. 67 C(2018) 3800 final Proposal of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy to the Council for a Council Decision establishing a European Peace Facility.
Amendment 490 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21 a (new)
Recital 21 a (new)
(21a) This Regulation should reconfirm nuclear safety as an important part of the EU external action and facilitate the objectives of cooperation specified in Regulation (EINS). Therefore, in the event where a partner country persistently fails to respect the basic nuclear safety standards, such as provisions of the relevant international Conventions within the Framework of the IAEA, the Espoo and Aarhus Conventions and their subsequent amendments, the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and the additional Protocols thereto, the commitments to implementation of stress tests and related measures, and the objectives of cooperation specified in Regulation (EINS), assistance under this Regulation for the country concerned should be reconsidered and might be suspended or partly suspended.
Amendment 541 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
Recital 33
(33) The new European Fund for Sustainable Development Plus (‘EFSD+’), building on its successful predecessor, the EFSD70 , should constitute an integrated financial package supplying financing capacity in the form of grants, budgetary guarantees and financial instruments worldwide. The EFSD+ should support the External Investment Plan and combine blending and budgetary guarantee operations covered by the External Action Guarantee, including those covering sovereign risks associated with lending operations, previously carried out under the external lending mandate to the European Investment Bank. Given its role under the Treaties and its experience over the last decades in supporting Union policies, the European Investment Bank should remain athe natural partner for the Commission for the implementation of operations under the External Action Guarantee and will continue to be ensured a role in EU external financing via a renewed External Lending Mandate Plus (ELM+). _________________ 70 Regulation (EU) 2017/1601 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 September 2017 establishing the European Fund for Sustainable Development (EFSD), the EFSD Guarantee and the EFSD Guarantee Fund.
Amendment 565 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 3
Article 1 – paragraph 3
It also establishes the European Fund for Sustainable Development Plus (the ‘EFSD+’) and, an External Action Guarantee and a renewed External Lending Mandate Plus (ELM+).
Amendment 601 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) to advance human rights, democracy, good governance and the rule of law, including in the most difficult circumstances and urgency situations in partnership with civil society, including human rights defenders worldwide;
Amendment 732 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 8 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Transparency and accountability, with a strong focus on reporting and scrutiny shall underpin the entire instrument. This shall include a transparent control system, including the reporting of information on the recipients of funds and whether payments have been made on time. Performance, cost- effectiveness, and results achieved via funding shall always be scrutinised in order to ascertain the sustainable, long- term effects of expenditure.
Amendment 849 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to address new needs or emerging challenges, such as those at the Union’s or its neighbours’ borders linked to crisisor those in third countries linked to crisis, either natural or man-made, and post-crisis situations or to migratory pressureion phenomena, in particular forced displacement;
Amendment 857 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 a (new)
Article 15 a (new)
Article 15 a Suspension of assistance Without prejudice to the provisions on the suspension of aid in agreements with partner countries and regions, where a partner country persistently fails to observe the principles of democracy, the rule of law and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, and the nuclear safety standards, the Commission shall be empowered, in accordance with Article 34, to adopt delegated acts amending Annex VII a by adding a partner country to the list of partner countries for which Union assistance is suspended or partly suspended. In the case of a partial suspension, the programmes for which the suspension applies shall be indicated. Where the Commission finds that the reasons justifying the suspension of assistance no longer apply, it shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 34 to amend Annex VII a in order to reinstate Union assistance.
Amendment 865 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) commitment to and progress in building deep and sustainable democracy;, including the promotion of human rights, good governance and the upholding of the rule of law
Amendment 968 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The financial envelope referred to in Article (6)(2)(a) shall finance the European Fund for Sustainable Development Plus (EFSD+) and, the External Action Guarantee, and a renewed External Lending Mandate Plus (ELM+).
Amendment 983 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 26 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Under the External Lending Mandate Plus (ELM+) the Union shall grant the European Investment Bank (EIB) a budgetary guarantee for financing operations carried out outside the Union, which will be managed indirectly by the EIB Group, supporting public and private sector investments in support of external action globally, including in Africa.