29 Amendments of Philippe LAMBERTS related to 2010/0279(COD)
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a regulation
Citation 1
Citation 1
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 136, in combination with Article 121(6), and Article 121(2) and Article 148(2) thereof,
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The coordination of the economic policies of the Member States within the Union, as provided for by the Treaty, should entail compliance with the guiding principles of stable prbroad guidelines of economic policies, sound public finances and monetary conditions and a sustainable balance of payments in order to achieve the objectives of the Union, as defined in Article 3 of the Treaty on European Union.
Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) Given the deep trade and financial inter-linkages between Member States, be they in the euro area or not, and the spillover effects of national economic policies on the Union and the euro area as a whole, this Regulation shall also apply to Member States whose currency is not the euro in order to encourage them to internalise at the earliest stage possible the potential significant impacts of their national economic policies on one or more Member State.
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Enforcement of Regulation (EU) No […/…]4 should be strengthened by establishing finesanctions for Member States whose currency is the euro in case of repetitive non-compliance with the recommendations to address excessive macroeconomic imbalances.
Amendment 105 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Repeated failure to comply with Council recommendations to address excessive macroeconomic imbalances should, as a rule, be subject to a yearly finesanction, until the Council establishes that the Member State has taken corrective action to comply with its recommendations.
Amendment 111 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Moreover, repeated failure of the Member State to draw up a corrective action plan to address the Council recommendations should be equally subject to a yearly finesanction as a rule, until the Council establishes that the Member State has provided a corrective action plan that sufficiently addresses its recommendations.
Amendment 121 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) To ensure equal treatment between Member States, the finesanction should be identical for all Member States whose currency is the euro and equal to 0.1% of the gross domestic product (GDP) of the Member State concerned in the preceding year.
Amendment 122 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) To ensure equal treatment between Member States, the sanctions for Member States under an excessive imbalance procedure, or concerned by a burden sharing when the excessive imbalance is explained by significant spill-over effects from another Member States, shall consist of the suspension of all or part of Community funding under the Cohesion Policy, the Common Agricultural Policy and the Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development. When proposing the sanctions, the Commission will take great care not to harm the implementation of projects that present added value for one or more Member States or cross-border regions. If a Member State feels that its interests may be adversely affected by the sanction, the Commission may amend the sanction. In order to ensure accountability and to discipline the Member State concerned, it will have to inform the final beneficiaries of these funds that the reason of the suspension is the upsurge of an excessive imbalance procedure and the unwillingness to tackle it properly. Expressed in percent of GDP, the sanctions are capped to 0.2%. If, one year after the decision of the Council stating that the Member State has failed to undertake the appropriate actions, the latter has still shown no willingness to remedy the situation, the suspension becomes a permanent loss that will not be possible to recoup, once it satisfies all the conditions set by the Council.
Amendment 130 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) The procedure for the application of the finessanction on the Member States which fail to take effective measures to correct macroeconomic imbalances should be construed in such a way that the application of the finesanction on those Member States would be the rule and not the exception.
Amendment 138 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) The collected finesanctions should be distributed between Member States whose currency isallocated as guarantees for EU relevant projects financed by the eEuro which are neither the subject of an excessive imbalance procedure nor have an excessive deficitpean Investment Bank in conformity with provisions of Protocol n°5 of the Treaty.
Amendment 143 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The power to adopt individual decisions for the application of the finesanction provided for in this Regulation should be conferred on the Council. As part of the coordination of the economic policies of the Member States conducted within the Council as specified in Article 121(1) of the Treaty, these individual decisions are an integral follow-up to the measures adopted by the Council in accordance with Article 121 of the Treaty and Regulation (EU) No […/…].
Amendment 147 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15 a (new)
Recital 15 a (new)
(15a) The provisions of this regulation are fully consistent with Article 3 of the Treaty and horizontal clauses of the TFEU, namely Articles 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11, the Charter of Fundamental Rights as well as provisions of Protocol 26 and Article 153(5)
Amendment 148 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15 b (new)
Recital 15 b (new)
(15b) This Regulation does not affect the exercise of fundamental rights as recognized in the Member States and by Union law. Nor does it affect the right to negotiate, conclude and enforce collective agreements and to take industrial action in accordance with national law and practices which respect Union law.
Amendment 149 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15 c (new)
Recital 15 c (new)
(15c) In order to foster accountability and national ownership, the Council shall convene and deliberate publicly when it shall discuss and adopt conclusions and recommendations on these important issues that affect the interests of the European Union and its citizens.
Amendment 155 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation sets out a system of finesanctions for effective correction of macroeconomic imbalances in the euro area.
Amendment 160 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. This Regulation shall also apply to a Member State whose currency is not the euro insofar it has been identified as being at the origin of a macroeconomic imbalance according to Article 4 of the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the prevention and correction of macroeconomic imbalances.
Amendment 165 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – title
Article 3 – title
Amendment 171 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
A yearly finesanction shall be imposed by the Council, acting on a proposal by the Commission, if:
Amendment 190 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 200 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. The yearly finesanction to be proposed by the Commission shall be 0.1% of the GDP of the Member State concerned in the preceding year. consist of the suspension of all or part of: - the Community budget commitments in respect of operational programmes set in accordance with article 75 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 of 11 July 2006 laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 ; - the Community financial contribution for grants identified in part a) of Annex III to the Decision No 1982/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007-2013); - the Community financing granted under the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD)
Amendment 201 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 (new)
The Commission shall make public its proposal of sanctions and the equivalent amount expressed in percent of GDP of the Member State concerned. Expressed in percent of GDP, the sanctions are capped to 0.2%.
Amendment 202 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 (new)
The Member State concerned shall inform the final beneficiaries of the Community funding of the reason of the suspension of payments and for this occasion, refer to this Directive and send a copy to the Commission. Following this information phase, the Commission may amend forthwith its proposal if another Member State justifies before the Commission and the Council within one month that one or more projects in which it takes part suffers or may suffer unduly and disproportionately from the sanction.
Amendment 207 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3
3. By derogation from paragraph 2, the Commission may, on grounds of exceptional economic circumstances or following a reasoned request by the Member State concerned addressed to the Commission within tenhirty days of adoption of the Council conclusions referred to in paragraph 1, propose to reduce the scope and the amount of the finesanction or to cancel it.
Amendment 217 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 4
Article 3 – paragraph 4
4. If a Member State has paid a yearly finesanction for a given calendar year and the Council thereafter concludes, in accordance with Article 10(1) of Regulation (EU) No […/…] that the Member State has taken the recommended corrective action in the course of the given year, the finesanction paid for the given year shall be returned to the Member State pro rata temporis.
Amendment 225 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. In the event that a Member State manipulates financial data, falsifies statistics or provides misleading information, the Council, acting on a proposal from the Commission, may adopt a decision requiring the Member State to pay a fine. Such a fine shall be a one-off payment of 0,5% of the GDP of the Member State concerned in the preceding year. The Council may amend the Commission’s proposal in accordance with Article 293(1) TFEU.
Amendment 229 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – title
Article 4 – title
Amendment 236 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4
Article 4
Amendment 249 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
In order to increase public scrutiny, accountability and national ownership, when discussing and adopting the decisions referred to in Article 3, Council deliberations will be open to the public in accordance with Article 83 of Council Decision 2006/683/EC of 15 September 2006 adopting the Council's Rules of Procedure.
Amendment 252 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
It shall apply from 1 January 2013.