4 Amendments of Dennis de JONG related to 2014/2156(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Requests in this respect more information on the precise nature of individual projects funded directly and indirectly through the EIB's lending activities, and, in particular, on their added value and impact on economic growth, recovery, and employment;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Notes that complaints from especially small businesses persist on the lack of access to funding originating in the EIB's external lending capacities, as well as funding supported by the EIF. Requests therefore an annual survey of how many SMEs, and in particular micro- enterprises, have benefited from these facilities and which measures the EIB has taken in respect of the policies of intermediaries used by the EIB to improve effective access to funding for SMEs;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Notes with concern that contrary to the commitments made under the IATI, the EIB is considering to change its rules on access to documents for stakeholders and citizens and make these more restrictive; Calls upon the EIB to ensure the full application of existing EU- legislation, and, in particular, Regulation (EC) No. 1049/2001, in respect of access to documents relating to its administrative tasks, whilst respecting the general principle of 'working as openly as possible' laid down in Article 15, paragraph 1, of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to all tasks of the EIB;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Notes that the Tripartite Agreement mentioned in Article 287 (3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU governing cooperation between the Bank, the Commission and the Court of Auditors with respect to the modes for controls exercised by the Court on Bank's activity in managing Union and Member States' funds, is up for renewal in 2015. Calls upon the EIB to update the remit of the European Court of Auditors in this respect, by including any new facilities of the EIB involving public funds from the EU or the European Development Fund.