6 Amendments of Sabine VERHEYEN related to 2011/2146(INI)
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes that, independently of the thresholds for compensatory payments that provide the basis for the scope of the decision, the procedures for examining individual criteria need to be simplified, and in particular the burden on small and medium-sized entities as regards documentation and proof needs to be reduced;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that reform of the EU rules on state aid for SGEI is only part of an urgently required horizontal legislative framework for SGEI, and that such a framework offers the only means of affording the requisite legal certainty and clarity in relation to EU law on SGEI; emphasises that a new legal basis for such a horizontal legislative framework has been created with Article 14 TFEU; points out that the Commission undertook, in the Single Market Act, to bring forward by the end of 2011, in addition to its communication, a series of measures on SGEI; calls on the Commission, therefore, to submit a proposal for the horizontal legislative frameworkthe European Parliament firmly rejects horizontal EU framework legislation for SGEI;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to introduce a ‘de minimis’ arrangement in respect of state aid to undertakings entrusted with the operation of SGEI where the locally limited scale of the activity means that only a negligible impact on trade between Member States is likely and where it is ensured that the compensation is used exclusively for the operation of the SGEI in question; asks the Commission to ascertain whether SGEI in the field of culture and education should also be the subject of a special de minimis arrangement;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission to devise special arrangements for social services of general interest (SSGI) that can be assumed to entail no detriment to trade between Member States; suggests, to this end, that appropriate higher thresholds be proposed for the amount of compensatory payments separate de minimis arrangement be proposed for local social services of this type;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Welcomes the Commission’s assertion that it wishes to exempt in principle further categories of SSGI from the requirement that aid to them be the subject of notification; calls for an assessment, in the interest of clarity and legal certainty, as to whether such an exemption should extend to care facilities for elderly people , for children and young people, for people with disabilities, orand to healthcare facilities;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Considers that the special remit and character of SSGI should not only be protected but should also be clearly defined under sector-specific rulare sufficiently protected by the voluntary European quality framework and that the definition of quality and efficiency aspects is a matter for the Member States;