11 Amendments of Hermann WINKLER related to 2013/0000(INI)
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights that the State aid rules, as well as the Cohesion Policy objectives, should lead to improving the situation of especially the less-developed regions, and that the SAM process must reflect the objectives of cohesion throughout the EU; believes that the modernisation of competition rules must be based on understanding the impact of these rules at sub-national level;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Takes the view that the geographical zoning of the new Guidelines on Regional State Aid 2014-2020 (RSAG) should not be reduced, but kept at 45,5% at least and that decreasing the aid intensity should be reconsidered, taking into account the political, economic and social as well as demographical situation in the Member States; asks the Commission to not only focus on regions having a low population density, but also on regions seeing a continuous reduction in population density as well as regions that have a high imbalance of working and non-working population due to the migration of younger inhabitants and calls on the Commission to create a new eligibility category if necessary; points out that, in the global context, the EU economy could be placed at a disadvantage relative to third countries benefitting from looser employment schemes or lower costs;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out to the restrictive impact of new rules on investment and growth of regions as they move from the less developed to the more developed category; is aware that certain regions eligible for State aid under the current system will not meet the zoning criteria of the RSAG in the future period; believes that these regions should have a special safety regime, similar to that for transition regions under the Cohesion Policy, allowing them to cope with their new situation; calls on the Commission to ensure that regions designated with the statistical effect status in 2007-2013 are eligible as "c" areas or to ensure otherwise that regional state aid rules can still contribute to the ongoing process of economical development and recovery and growth in those regions in coherence with the position of the Committee of Regional Development as stated in the negotiation mandate;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Asks the Commission to ensure the possibility to increase the maximum aid intensity in former "a" areas including the "statistical effect regions 2007-2013" by up to 5 percentage points for the whole period 2014-2020;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Asks the Commission to ensure that regions adjacent to "a" areas of another country are provided with adequate provisions in order to preclude inappropriate and potentially harming differences in possible aid intensity;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Asks the Commission to foresee the possibility to increase the maximum aid intensity allowed in "c" areas adjacent to an "a" area, so that the difference in aid intensity does not exceed 10 percentage points in order to preclude inappropriate differences in aid intensity in the same country, but also in neighbouring countries;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5 d. Asks the Commission to accordingly foresee a maximum aid intensity in "c" areas including statistical effect regions for small enterprises of at least 35 percentage points, for medium ones 25 and for large ones at least 15 percentage points;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights the role of State aid in economies which have been particularly hard hit by the crisis and for which the public funding under the Cohesion Policy might be the only source of investment; points out that the adverse economic situation is not yet reflected by the data for the 2008-2010 period, to be used by the Commission as a basis of State aid eligibility; welcomes the Commission’s intention to perform a mid-term review of the regional maps in 2016; asks the Commission to extend the validity of the current regional map in case the new map cannot be approved in time, in order to avoid a gap;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Asks the Commission that the concerns by Head of Governments reflected in the European Council Conclusions of 7-8 February 2013 on the MFF, by promising "special allocations" to some regions are reflected in the regional State aid guidelines as well;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Is of the opinion that granting State aid according to the regional State aid scheme should indeed bring benefits to the regional development; calls on the Commission to keep administrative and legal constraints as transparency obligations as reasonable as possible in order to keeping administrative burden as low as possible and not to force enterprises to publish potentially harmful data;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Is of the opinion that excluding large enterprises companies from State aid rules in areas covered by Article 107(3)(c) TFEU is not justified given their contribution to employment, the supply- chains that they create with SMEs, their common involvement in research and development, and the role they play in the economic crisis; takes the view that the presence of large undertakings is often key to the success of SMEs that benefit from clusters led by large companies and from their sub-contracting activities; underlines that such a decision may lead to job losses and reduced economic activity in the regions and to the relocation of companies to other regions either within and outside the EU; therefore insists on not excluding large enterprises, from these regional State aid rules in the above mentioned "c" areas, especially not the ones relevant to the innovation potential of the region;