Activities of Sari ESSAYAH related to 2011/0442(COD)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on amendments to the Agreement Establishing the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) extending the geographic scope of EBRD operations to the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean PDF (194 KB) DOC (242 KB)
Amendments (4)
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) The representatives of the Union in the governing bodies of the EBRD should encourage the EBRD to take due note of the differences between most of the countries of the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean and the post-communist countries where the EBRD has traditionally operated. The EBRD should therefore be encouraged to undertake a tailored approach in each country and take into consideration for example the revolutionary context, the role of extremist forces, the role of the military and the monarchic political structures in some of those countries. The EBRD should therefore review its country and sector-level indicators and methodology of assessment of the political, economic, social and environmental situation and impacts of its operations;
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 5 b (new)
Recital 5 b (new)
(5b) In accordance with Decision No 1219/2011/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 November 2011 concerning the subscription of the European Union to additional shares in the capital of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) as a result of the decision to increase this capital1, the Commission should make an assessment of the European public investment banking system; ___________ 1 OJ L 313, 26.11.2011, p. 1.
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 5 c (new)
Recital 5 c (new)
(5c) The representatives of the Union in the governing bodies of the EBRD should encourage the EBRD to strengthen the work of the Audit Committee of the EBRD and the Office of the Chief Compliance Officer in view of the request of the European Parliament for an increase of transparency and tighter control to prevent secrecy by the beneficiaries or the use of tax havens;
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 5 d (new)
Recital 5 d (new)
(5d) The representatives of the Union in the governing bodies of the EBRD should encourage the EBRD to cooperate with other financial institutions and development actors as well as the civil society in the country where it is operating or planning to operate in order to avoid overlap and to act in a more complementary way and gain mutually supportive positive development effects;