23 Amendments of Dominique VLASTO related to 2011/0275(COD)
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) Economic, social and territorial cohesion can be strengthened only if existing territorial imbalances are addressed and disparities in terms of development and accessibility eliminated. With that aim in view, a rebalancing of activities between coastal and inland areas, between urban and rural areas and between readily accessible and isolated areas is essential and must be included among the priorities for cohesion policy as implemented by this Regulation. In the light of this imperative, balanced, environmentally sound territorial development based on effective and sustainable transport, energy, services and tourism infrastructures whose use is not hampered by physical, technical and administrative obstacles should be encouraged and guaranteed. An integrated approach of this kind can boost intelligent, inclusive and sustainable growth and help the Union achieve its regional development objectives.
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) In order to identify or test new solutions to issues relating to sustainable urban development which are of relevance at Union level, the ERDF should support innovative actions in the field of sustainable urban development, placing the emphasis, in particular, on environmentally sound transport, intermodality and sustainable mobility between towns and cities and peri-urban and rural areas.
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) The tourism sector offers vast potential for development, acts as a significant stimulus for growth, has a dense economic fabric, incorporating many SMUs, and provides large numbers of jobs. It is therefore of strategic importance for the Union, and the ERDF should support this industry and its related sectors. ERDF support is all the more relevant because tourism has a real impact on cohesion, the dynamism and attractiveness of regions, territorial development and the environment. ERDF support for measures to assist professionals and customers with the aim of guaranteeing the availability and employment of sustainable, responsible and high-quality tourism infrastructures and practices which safeguard the environment, our natural heritage and biodiversity can help to achieve the objectives of cohesion policy, the Europe 2020 strategy and environmental protection. ERDF support would also generate real added value by addressing issues linked to mobility within and between tourist areas and between tourist amenities in coastal areas and further inland. The fragile nature of the main tourist areas, which are situated in coastal and mountain regions, also makes it essential that measures should be taken, with ERDF support, to enable the sector and its infrastructure to adapt as effectively as possible to climate change, to diversify the tourist services on offer and to extend tourist seasons.
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 b (new)
Recital 9 b (new)
(9b) In the light of the provisions of Parliament’s roadmap for a single European transport area (2011/2096(INI)), ERDF funding for measures in urban areas should take account of the sustainable mobility plans drawn up for the urban areas concerned, in keeping with the subsidiarity principle.
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) investments in infrastructure providing basic services to citizens in the areas of energy, environment, sustainable tourism and transport, and information and communication technologies (ICT);
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
In more developed regions, the ERDF shall not support investments in the building, refurbishment and modernisation of infrastructure providing basic services to citizens in the areas of environment, transport, and ICTtourism and ICT, provided that the projects in question can help the EU to achieve the objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy and objectives in the areas of the reduction of CO2 emissions, adaptation to climate change and economic, social and territorial cohesion.
Amendment 87 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
(a) promoting entrepreneurship, in particular by facilitating the economic exploitation of new ideas and fostering the creation of new firms in areas which are fundamental to European growth and competitiveness, in particular tourism and related sectors;
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b a (new)
(ba) improving employee training, in particular in the tourism sector, in order to adapt to the new activities linked to climate change.
Amendment 98 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point e
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point e
(e) promoting low-carbon strategies for urban areas, in particular as regards sustainable mobility;
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point e a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point e a (new)
(ea) measures to foster sustainable tourism and encourage responsible initiatives and practices on the part of professionals in the tourism and related sectors and of tourists, including measures to reduce the sector’s impact on the environment and facilitate adaptation to climate change;
Amendment 106 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – introductory part
(7) promoting sustainable transport and removing physical, technical and administrative bottlenecks in key network infrastructures:
Amendment 111 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point a
(a) supporting a multimodal and interoperable Single European Transport Area by investing in the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) network;
Amendment 118 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b
(b) enhancing regional mobility through the interconnectingon of secondary and tertiary nodes toand networks with TEN-T infrastructure;
Amendment 126 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point d
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point d
(d) developing comprehensive, high quality and interoperable railwaypromoting optimum traffic development through the introduction of intelligent transport systems;
Amendment 138 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 11
(11) enhancing institutional capacity and an efficient public administration by strengthening of institutional capacity and the efficiency of public the administrations and public services related to implementation of the ERDF, in particular in the area of project engineering, and in support of actions in institutional capacity and in the efficiency of public administration supported by the ESF.
Amendment 142 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. In the light of the provisions of Parliament’s roadmap for a single European transport area (2011/2096(INI)), in keeping with the principle of subsidiarity support for urban development shall take account of any urban mobility plan which has been drawn up for the urban area concerned, the provisions of which shall be laid down by the Commission in a proposal on urban mobility to be submitted by 2015.
Amendment 153 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. All undertakings established in the outermost regions shall be eligible for the specific additional allocation and, by way of derogation from Article 3(1)(a), any investment in production funded under the ERDF.
Amendment 156 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 a (new)
Article 15 a (new)
Article 15a Evaluation By 31 December 2017 at the latest, the Commission shall submit to the Council and Parliament an evaluation report on the achievement of the objectives set for this Regulation.
Amendment 159 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – row 16 a (new)
Annex – row 16 a (new)
Transport Railway km Total length of new railway line of which: TEN-T km Total length of reconstructed or upgraded railway line tonnes/km Increase in the volume of goods transported by rail
Amendment 160 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – row 16 b (new)
Annex – row 16 b (new)
Transport Railway km Total length of new railway line of which: TEN-T km Total length of reconstructed or upgraded railway line passengers/km Increase in the number of passengers transported by rail
Amendment 161 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – row 16 c (new)
Annex – row 16 c (new)
Transport Railway km Total length of new railway line of which: TEN-T km Total length of reconstructed or upgraded railway line km Total length of railway line equipped with ERTMS
Amendment 167 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – row 27
Annex – row 27
Wastewater treatment population equivalent Additional population served by improvedwastewater wastewater treatment capacity
Amendment 168 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – row 32
Annex – row 32
Nature and biodiversity hectares Surface area of habitats inrestored better conservation statuiotopes