9 Amendments of Sven GIEGOLD related to 2016/2047(BUD)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Underlines the urgent need to provide the Joint Transparency Register Secretariat with sufficient and adequate administrative and financial means in order to fulfil its tasks, as it plays a key role in ensuring fair and transparent activities of interest representatives; expects therefore an increase of its resources in the coming years, notably following the adoption of the new Inter- institutional agreement on the Transparency register;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for the 2017 draft budget to reflect and support the priorities outlined in the European Semester, specifically relaunching investment, pursuing socially balanced and sustainable structural reforms to modernise European economies, conducting responsible fiscal policies;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that after five years, entities benefitting from funding of the civil- society capacity building in the area of financial services are still disproportionately depending on EU funding with EU grants consistently representing more than 50 % of their respective budgets; emphasises that such entities should strive to achieve a higher degree of self-funding; notes, however, that regarding the funding of several non- industry representatives such as in the environmental and social fields, a co- financing rate slightly above 50% is not at all uncommon;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Welcomes the Commission proposal which continues the existing funding arrangements with a maximum envelope of EUR 1,5 million per year for civil-society capacity building in the area of financial services;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out the present and future role of the three European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) in relation to Union- level financial supervision and the banking union; emphasises that the 2017 draft budget must provide sufficient resources for the ESAs to fulfil their mandate; points out that the budget foreseen in the multi- annual financial framework provides sufnotes with concern that the current budgetary constraints on the ESAs have had the effect of delaying several deliverables and working programmes or halting risk; points out in particular that from now on a more significieant resources to deal with the tasks at handpart of the ESAs resources should be allocated to the area of investor and consumer protection;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Points out, however, that in the case of EBA, sufficient resources should be provided for in the 2017 draft budget to prepare a relocation away from London when the United Kingdom notifies its intention to withdraws from the European Union;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Subheading 3
Subheading 3
Tax issues & Fiscalis 2020
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Supports the continuation of the pilot project on capacity building, programmatic development and communication in the context of the fight against tax avoidance, tax evasion and tax fraud, launched in 2016.
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Subheading 3 a (new)
Subheading 3 a (new)