26 Amendments of Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ related to 2020/0103(COD)
Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020 changed the economic and budgetary outlook for the years to come in the EU and in the world. In the Union, new priorities have emerged, linked with the crisis, specifically focussing on recovery and resilience. They require an urgent and coordinated response from the Union in order to cope with the economic and financial consequences for Member States as well to mitigate the social and economic fallouts. The current COVID-19 pandemic as well as the previous economic and financial crisis have shown that developing sound and resilient economies and financial systems built on strong economic and social structures helps Member States to respond more efficiently to shocks and recover more swiftly from them. GSustainable growth enhancing reforms and sustainable public and private investments to address structural weaknesses of the economies and strengthen their resilience will therefore be essential to set the economies and societies back on a sustainable recovery path and, overcome the economic, social, heath and territorial divergences in the Union. and therefore prevent the gap from widening ever further between Member States;.
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Member States have increasingly taken up technical support under the SRSP in the past, therefore, through this Regulation, a technical support instrument should be established with a view to continuing to support Member States in the implementation of reforms as well to support the urgent implementation of the national recovery and resilience plans under the temporary Recovery and Resilience Facility.
Amendment 108 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Reflecting the European Green Deal as Europe’s growth strategy and the translation of the Union’s commitments to implement the Paris Agreement and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, the technical support instrument will contribute to mainstreaming climate actions and to the achievement of an overall target of 2530% of the EU budget expenditures supporting climate objectives and 10% of the Union budget supporting biodiversity objectives. Relevant actions should be identified during the instrument’s preparation and implementation, and reassessed in the context of the relevant evaluations and review processes. This should also tackle broader environmental and social challenges within the Union, including the protection of natural capital and the support to the circular economy and be in line with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Amendment 122 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The general objective of the technical support instrument should be to promote the Union’s economic, social and territorial cohesion by supporting Member States efforts to implement reforms necessary to achieve economic and social recovery, resilience and convergence. To that effect, it should support the strengthening of the institutional and administrative capacity of the Member States to implement Union law, in relation to challenges faced by institutions, governance, public administration, and economic and social sectors.
Amendment 132 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The specific objectives of the technical support instrument should be to assist national authorities in their endeavours to design, develop and implement reforms, including through exchange of good practices, in particular by providing experts appropriate processes and methodologies and a more effective and efficient human resources management.
Amendment 160 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) For the purposes of accountability, to guarantee the transparency and to ensure visibility of the Union action, subject to certain conditions that protect sensitive information, all the cooperation and support plans should be provided to the European Parliament and the Council and communication activities should be carried out by the Commission as appropriate. The Commission will publish on its website a complete and regularly updated list of the projects supported and for each of them the amount allocated;
Amendment 179 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20 a (new)
Recital 20 a (new)
(20a) In order to achieve a better evaluation of the Instrument, each time a Member State requests for technical support, an ex post evaluation per request should be made public by the national authorities unless the parts of which the disclosure would jeopardise public interests of the Member State. This will not only allow a better evaluation but will also ensure a better collaboration between the Commission and the national and local authorities.
Amendment 192 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) technical support’ means measures that help Member States to carry out institutional, administrative, structural and growth- sustaining and resilience-enhancing reforms;
Amendment 205 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
The general objective of the instrument shall be to promote the Union’s economic, social and territorial cohesion by supporting Member States efforts to implement reforms necessary to achieve economic and social recovery, resilience and upward economic and social convergence, including the accession to the euro area of the Member States who have committed to join, and to support Member States’ efforts to strengthen their administrative capacity to implement Union law in relation to challenges faced by institutions, governance, public administration, and economic and social sectors.
Amendment 207 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
The general objective of the instrument shall be to promote the Union’s economic, social and territorial cohesion by supporting Member States efforts to implement reforms necessary to achieve economic and social recovery, resilience and upward economic and social convergence, and to support Member States’ efforts to strengthen their institutional and administrative capacity to implement Union law in relation to challenges faced by institutions, governance, public administration, and economic and social sectors.
Amendment 215 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
To achieve the general objective set out in Article 3, the instrument shall have the specific objectives of assisting national authorities in improving their capacity to design, develop and implement reforms, including through exchange of good practices, in particular the exchange of experts, appropriate processes and methodologies and a more effective and efficient human resources management. Those specific objectives shall be pursued in close cooperation with the Member States concerned.
Amendment 233 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) public financial and asset management, budget process, macro-fiscal framework, debt and cash management, expenditure and tax policy, tax compliance, aggressive tax planning, tax fraud and evasion, legal system and revenue administration and customs union;
Amendment 256 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) education and training, labour market policies, including social dialogue, for the creation of jobs, up- and re-skilling, in particular digital skills, media literacy, active citizenship, the fight against poverty and, excessive income inequality and discrimination, gender equality, the promotion of social inclusion, adequate and inclusive social security and social welfare systems, accessible and affordable public health for all and healthcare systems, as well as cohesion, asylum, migration and border policies;
Amendment 262 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) policies for implementing the digital and the green transitions, e- government solutions, e-procurement, connectivity, data access and governance, data protection, e-learning, use of Artificial Intelligence based solutions, the environmental pillar of sustainable development and environmental protection, climate action, mobility, promoting the circular economy, energy and resource efficiency, renewable energy sources, achieving energy diversification and ensuring energy security, and for the agricultural sector, soil and biodiversity protection, fisheries and the sustainable development of rural areas; and
Amendment 268 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
Amendment 271 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point f b (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point f b (new)
(fb) healthcare policies, including reforms to ensure a better resilience of healthcare systems, legal reforms to ensure a more equitable access to healthcare, as well as support in design, preparation and implementation of hospitals.
Amendment 278 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. The financial envelope for the instrument may also cover expenses pertaining to preparatory, monitoring, control, audit and evaluation activities, which are required for the management of the instrument and the achievement of its objectives, in particular studies, meetings of experts, information and communication actions, including corporate communication of the political priorities of the Union, in so far as they are related to the objectives of this Regulation, expenses linked to IT networks focusing on information processing and exchange, including corporate information technology tools, and all other technical and administrative assistance expenses incurred by the Commission for the management of the instrument. Expenses may also cover the costs of other supporting activities such as quality control and monitoring of technical support projects on the ground, in particular by sending experts, and the costs of peer counselling and experts for the assessment and implementation of structural reforms.
Amendment 289 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c – introductory part
(c) institutional, administrative or sectoral capacity building and related supporting actions at all governance levels, also contributing to the empowerment of civil society, including social partners, as appropriate,under the condition of a strong motivation for the added value to the purpose of the instrument and all the information concerning the organisation and the costs of these activities to be made public in order to ensure transparency and accountability in particular:
Amendment 318 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point j
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point j
(j) any other relevant activity in support of the general and specific objectives set out in Articles 3 and 4, facilitating absorption capacity.
Amendment 340 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) the prepardevelopment and implementation of recovery and resilience plans pursuant to Regulation (EU) No YYY/XX and the implementation thereof undertaken by Member States;
Amendment 343 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. Taking into account the principles of transparency, equal treatment and sound financial management, and further to a dialogue with the Member State, including in the context of the European Semester, the Commission shall analyse the request for support referred to in paragraph 1 based on the urgency, breadth and depth of the problems identified, support needs in respect of the policy areas concerned, analysis of socioeconomic indicators and institutional and general administrative capacity of the Member State.
Amendment 359 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission may engage in communication activities to ensure the visibility of the Union funding for the support measures envisaged in the cooperation and support plans, including through joint communication activities with the national authorities concerned. The Commission will publish on its website a complete and regularly updated list of the projects supported and for each of them the amounts allocated: It will regularly inform the European Parliament Liaison Offices (EPLOs) and the Europa Experience centres of these projects in the Member States concerned.
Amendment 362 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Actions financed under the instrument may receive support from other Union programmes, instruments or funds under the Union's budget provided that such support does not cover the same costs and this in order to help a good absorption capacity of funds by Member States.
Amendment 374 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
Article 12 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
6. In order to implement the technical support, the Commission shall adopt work programmes by way of implementingdelegated acts, and inform the European Parliament and the Council thereof.
Amendment 377 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 7 – introductory part
Article 12 – paragraph 7 – introductory part
7. To ensure timely availability of resources, a limited part of the work programme shall be reserved for special measures in the event of unforeseen and duly justified grounds of urgency requiring an immediate response, including a serious disturbance in the economy or significant circumstances seriously affecting the economic or, social or health conditions in a Member State going beyond its control.
Amendment 400 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2
Article 17 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall implement information and communication actions relating to the instrument, its actions and its results. Financial resources allocated to the instrument shall also contribute to the corporate communication of the political priorities of the Union, as far as they are related to the objectives referred to in Articles 3 and 4. The Commission will publish on its website a complete and regularly updated list of the projects supported and for each of them the amount allocated. It will regularly inform the European Parliament Liaison Offices (EPLOs) and Europa Experience centres of these projects in the Members States concerned.