4 Amendments of Bogdan Kazimierz MARCINKIEWICZ related to 2011/0299(COD)
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20 a (new)
Recital 20 a (new)
(20 a) The criteria for identifying projects of common interest should be fixed, detailed and should ensure that solutions are technologically neutral. Financial resources should be allocated to solutions based on open networks and offering free access unrestricted by any form of discrimination.
Amendment 148 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
b) the deployment of broadband networks to link island, landlocked and, peripheral regionsand less-developed regions of the Union with the central regions of the Union ensuring in those regions that speeds of data transmission are sufficient to permit broadband connectivity of 30 Mbps and above;
Amendment 169 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Projects to be funded should be selected with the greatest caution and thoroughness so that they are able to ensure communication at European level, support SMEs in accessing the digital economy and increase social cohesion.
Amendment 173 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5
Article 5 – paragraph 5
5. Actions contributing to projects of common interest shall be eligible for EU financial support under the conditions and instruments available under the Regulation establishing the Connecting Europe Facility [REF]. Financial support shall be provided in accordance with the relevant rules and procedures adopted by the Union, funding priorities and the availability of resources. The European Commission should draft periodic reports on the use of financial resources by the Union.