Activities of Barbara LOCHBIHLER related to 2009/0059(COD)
Plenary speeches (4)
Financing instrument for development cooperation - banana accompanying measures - Financing instrument for the promotion of democracy and human rights worldwide - Financing instrument for development cooperation - Establishment of a financing instrument for cooperation with industrialised countries (debate)
Financing instrument for development cooperation - banana accompanying measures - Financing instrument for the promotion of democracy and human rights worldwide - Financing instrument for development cooperation - Establishment of a financing instrument for cooperation with industrialised countries (debate)
Financing instrument for development cooperation - Financing instrument for the promotion of democracy and human rights worldwide (amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1889/2006) - A financing instrument for development cooperation (amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006) - Establishment of a financing instrument for cooperation with industrialised countries (amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1934/2006) (debate)
Financing instrument for development cooperation - Financing instrument for the promotion of democracy and human rights worldwide (amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1889/2006) - A financing instrument for development cooperation (amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006) - Establishment of a financing instrument for cooperation with industrialised countries (amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1934/2006) (debate)
Amendments (8)
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 - point 1 a (new)
Article 1 - point 1 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1934/2006
Citation 1
Citation 1
(1a) The first citation is replaced by the following: "Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Articles 212, 207(2) and 209(1) thereof,"
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 1934/2006
Title
Title
Council Regulation (EC) No 1934/2006 of 21 December 2006 establishing a financing instrument for cooperation with industrialised and other high-income countries and territories, and with developing countries falling under (EC) Regulation No 1905/2006.countries in the Middle East, Asia, the Americas and South Africa (MAAS)
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No 1934/2006
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. Community financing under this Regulation shall support socio-economic, financial and, technical, cooperationultural, academic and other forms of cooperation falling within its spheres of competence, with developing countries as listed in Annex II and with industrialised and other high-income countries and territories and with developing countries falling under Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006s listed in Annex I (hereinafter referred to as "partner countries"). In principle, this Regulation shall serve to finance measures which do not fulfil the Official Development Assistance (ODA) criteria of the OECD.
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1934/2006
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. The cooperation shall be aimed at engaging with partners which share countries towards the achievement of the following goals: – mitigating conflict and enhancing dialogue and rapprochement; – sharing and promoting similar political, economic and institutional structures and values to the Community and which are; – increasing exchanges with important bilateral partners and players in multilateral fora and in global governance. The cooperation also covers partners with which the Community has a strategic interest in promoting links.
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3 b (new)
Article 1 – point 3 b (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1934/2006
Article 4 – point 1
Article 4 – point 1
(3b) In Article 4, point 1 is replaced by the following: "(1) the promotion of cooperation, partnerships and joint undertakings between economic, academic, cultural, and scientific actors, with particular emphasis on activities designed to avert climate change and on environmentally and socially sustainable, clean and locally adapted technologies in the Community and partner countries;"
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3 c (new)
Article 1 – point 3 c (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1934/2006
Article 4 – point 2
Article 4 – point 2
(3c) In Article 4, point 2 is replaced by the following: "(2) the stimulation of bilateral trade, investment flows and economic partnerships, with a special focus on SMEs;"
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3 e (new)
Article 1 – point 3 e (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1934/2006
Article 4 – point 5
Article 4 – point 5
(3e) In Article 4, point 5 is replaced by the following: "(3) the promotion of cooperative projects in areas such as research, science and technology, sports and culture, renewable energy, transport [...], environmental matters – including climate change, customs [...], financial, legal and human rights issues, and any other matter of mutual interest between the Community and the partner countries;"
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 5
Article 1 – point 5
Regulation (EC) No 1934/2006
Article 16
Article 16
The financial reference amount for the implementation of this Regulation for the period from 2007 to 2013 shall be EUR 172 million for countries listed in Annex I and EUR 176 million for countries listed in Annex II. The annual appropriations shall be authorised by the budgetary authority within the limits of the financial framework. The additional funding for countries listed in Annex II shall be financed from the margin under heading 4 of the financial framework or by other means available in the context of financing external actions such as the Flexibility Instrument.