13 Amendments of Jürgen KLUTE related to 2012/0344(NLE)
Amendment 19 #
Draft legislative resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
- having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/2008 of 6 August 2008 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the common market in application of Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty, hereafter "the current GBER",
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) In order to select the best possible mode of subsidy, all forms of aid should as a general rule be permitted, including grants, interest subsidies, loans, repayable advances, guarantees, participations and combinations of different forms of aid.
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 b (new)
Recital 2 b (new)
(2b) For certain measures or in exceptional economic circumstances, an aid intensity not exceeding 100% of the costs eligible for subsidy should be possible. During the period of the financial and economic crisis, it has emerged for example that the aid intensity was too low, particularly in the case of aid for consultancy. For the undertakings, the incentive provided by a 50% subsidy was in some cases too little to obtain the requisite advice, or they lacked the necessary funds of their own to help pay for it.
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) The programmes of the European Investment Bank are not subject to scrutiny in the light of the law on State aid, whereas the operations of development banks are subject to the State aid law of the Union. If EIB instruments and funding from public development banks are combined, this fact may run counter to the objectives of the Union instruments.
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) Aids granted to the social housing sector have a cohesive effect as they contribute to social inclusion, and act as an incentive towards related businesses especially regarding energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy.
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) In the culture and heritage conservation sector, Member States are currently required to notify to the Commission all draft State aid measures. Regulation (EC) No 994/98 authorises the Commission to exempt aid granted to SMEs, but such an exemption would in the cultural sector be of limited use as recipients are often large companies. However, small culture and heritage conservation projects, even if carried out by larger companies, do not typically give rise to any significant distortion, and recent cases have shown that such aid has limited effects on trade. Aids granted to artistic creation should therefore be generally exempted.
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) In the social integration sector, the definition of 'disadvantaged worker' as laid down in the current GBER1 has proven to be far too narrow. Regarding the employment status, restricting the definition of 'disadvantaged worker' to a person that "has not been in regular paid employment for the previous 6 months" (cf. Art. 2 (18) (a) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/2008) matches neither with the reality of unemployment nor with situation of people who are employed but within poor working conditions; therefore: - the definition of 'disadvantaged worker' should be completed by a –g- category that would stipulate 'any person in situation of social exclusion certified by the public social services', - the definition of 'severely disadvantaged worker' should be modified as follow: "a worker that cumulates at least two categories of the disadvantaged worker definition"; 'severely disadvantaged workers' and 'disabled workers' should be treated equally.
Amendment 30 #
Article 2 (18) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/2008 of 6 August 2008 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the common market in application of Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty
(5b) Because of their strong economic relevance, measures to improve and maintain security of supply of forms of energy which are dependent on networks (electricity, gas and district heating) should be exempted in crises. Investment aid of up to €15 000 000 per power station project should be exempted in order to attain the strategic objectives of the Union in conjunction with the energy transition.
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 c (new)
Recital 5 c (new)
(5c) The economic and financial crisis has shown how important counter- cyclical subsidies are, and their granting should therefore not be prevented by excessively restrictive limits in the Block Exemption Regulation. In many Member States, public investment has made it possible to cushion the most adverse impact of the economic crisis: the ability of the public-sector economy to invest counter-cyclically must be preserved, and the Block Exemption Regulation can make an important contribution to this.
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 994/98
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a – subpoint iii
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a – subpoint iii
(iii) environmental protection and nature conservation;
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 994/98
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a – subpoint iiia (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a – subpoint iiia (new)
(iiia) energy security, energy efficiency and the promotion of renewable energy;
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 994/98
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a – subpoint iva (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a – subpoint iva (new)
(iva) early childhood education and child care;
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 994/98
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a – subpoint ivb (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a – subpoint ivb (new)
(ivb) schooling and adult education;