29 Amendments of Rosa ESTARÀS FERRAGUT related to 2011/0273(COD)
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Transnational cooperation should aim to strengthen cooperation by means of actions conducive to integrated territorial development linked to the Union's cohesion policy priorities. Strategic cooperation should also be encouraged between border regions not covered by the cross-border programme.
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Cross-border cooperation should support regions located on land or sea borders. Based on experience from previous programming periods, the Commission should be empowered to define the list of cross-border areas to receive support under crossborder cooperation programmes in a simpler way, by cooperation programme. In drawing up that list, the Commission should take into account adjustments needed to ensure coherence, in particular on land and maritime borders, and continuity of programme areas established for the 2007- 2013 programming period. These adjustments may reduce or enlarge existing programme areas, particularly to enable the cooperation of the maritime territories that make up the external borders of the Union, or the number of crossborder cooperation programmes, but may allow for geographical overlap.
Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Areas for transnational cooperation should be defined having regard to actions needed to promote integrated territorial development. The Commission should be empowered to define transnational cooperation areas. The Commission must take into consideration the necessary adjustments in order to ensure coherence with cross-border regional strategies.
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) In order to deliver on the targets and objectives of smart, sustainable and inclusive growth set out in the Europe 2020 strategy, the ERDF should contribute under the European territorial cooperation goal to the thematic objectives of developing an economy based on knowledge, research and innovation, promoting a greener, more resource-efficient and competitive economy, fostering high employment that delivers social and territorial cohesion, and developing administrative capacity. However, the list of the investment priorities under the different thematic objectives should be adapted to the specific needs of the European territorial cooperation goal, in particular by allowing for the continuation under cross-border cooperation of legal and administrative cooperation and cooperation between citizens and institutions, of cooperation in the fields of employment, training and social inclusion in a cross-border perspective, by allowing for the continuation under transnational cooperation of maritime cross-border cooperation and cross-border cooperation between regions not covered by cross- border cooperation programmes, and by the development and implementation of macro-regional and seabasin strategies.
Amendment 85 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 a (new)
Recital 18 a (new)
(18a) For the benefit of the cohesion policy of the Union and the Europe 2020 Strategy, structural funds should provide a more integrated focus from beginning to end for the purpose of assisting the local and regional actors involved in long-term cooperation, particularly when they are supported by a European grouping of territorial cooperation (EGTC). In the aim of enhancing this focus, sufficient geographical flexibility should be introduced in the cross-border and transnational programmes to enable the development of these enhanced collaborations;
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) A common set of guideline indicators to assessallowing for an assessment of the progress of programme implementation adapted to the specific character of cooperation programmes should be set out before the Member States draft their cooperation programmes. These indicators should be complemented by programme- specific indicators.
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
2) Transnational cooperation over larger transnational territories, involving national, regional and local authorities and also covering maritime cross-border cooperation and regional cross-border cooperation in cases not covered by cross- border cooperation, with a view to achieving a higher degree of territorial integration of those territories, thus contributing to territorial cohesion across the Union.
Amendment 112 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
When submitting draft cross-border cooperation programmes, Member States, in duly justified cases, and, in order to ensure the coherence of cross border areas or to take into account the special situation of their islands, may request that additional NUTS level 3 regions adjacentre included to those listed in the decision referred to in the second subparagraph are added to a given cross- border area and shall give reasons for the request. At the request of those Member States concerned, in order to facilitate cross border cooperation on maritime borders for outermost regions, and without prejudice to the provisions of the first subparagraph, the Commission may include in the decision referred to in the second subparagraph as cross border areas which may receive support from the corresponding allocation of those Member States, NUTS level 3 regions in outermost regions along maritime borders separated by more than 150 km.
Amendment 117 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
For cross-border cooperation, the regions to be supported shall be the NUTS level 3 regions of the Union along all internal and external land borders other than those covered by programmes under the external financial instruments of the Union, and all NUTS level 3 regions of the Union along maritime borders separated by a maximum of 150 km, without prejudice to potential adjustments needed to ensure the coherence and continuity of cooperation programme areas established for the 2007- 2013 programming period. This distance will not be applied either to the outermost regions or the island regions within the limits of its sea basin area, with the objective of encouraging the cooperation of common strategies in a functional area.
Amendment 125 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Cross-border cooperation should be extended to NUTS 2 level or to the level of current cross-border cooperation actions, such as the Euroregions, provided it contributes to encouraging the development of enhanced cooperation between a limited number of regions.
Amendment 126 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 b (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 b (new)
The maximum distance of 150 kilometres will not apply to the island regions inside the limits of its sea basin area for the purpose of promoting cooperation based on a common strategy within the functional area.
Amendment 137 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. The Outermost Regions may include, in a single programme for territorial cooperation, all amounts of the ERDF allocated as referred to in the paragraphs above, including in the additional allowance of Article 4(2).
Amendment 142 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Resources for the European territorial cooperation goal shall amount to 3,48 % of the global resources available for budgetary commitment from the Funds for the period 2014 to 2020 and set out in Article 83(1) of Regulation (EU) No[…/2012 [CPR] (i.e., a total of EUR 11 700 000 004XXX) and shall be allocated as follows:
Amendment 160 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1
In 2015 and 2016, the annual contribution from the ERDF to the programmes under ENI and IPA for which no programme has been submitted to the Commission by 30 June under the cross-border and sea-basin programmes under ENI and IPA shall be allocated to the internal cross-border cooperation programmes under paragraph 1(a) in which the Member State concerned participates.
Amendment 170 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
a) up to 46 thematic objectives shall be selected for each cross-border cooperation programme;
Amendment 193 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
i) integrating cross-border labour markets, including cross-border mobility, joint local employment initiatives and joint training, promoting the development of tourism and culture through the creation of joint cross-border tourism and cultural offers (within the thematic objective of promoting employment and supporting labour mobility);
Amendment 203 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
ii) promoting gender equality and equal opportunities across borders, as well as promoting social inclusion across borders; promoting cooperation between emergency health services by effectively maximising the resources of cross-border regions; (within the thematic objective of promoting social inclusion and combating poverty);
Amendment 219 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iv a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iv a (new)
iv a) promoting and improving the quality of transport and connections between cross-border regions; establishing cross- border public transport systems (within the thematic objective of promoting sustainable transport and eliminating barriers to the key infrastructures of transport networks);
Amendment 229 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iv b (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iv b (new)
iv b) developing systems for cross-border exchange of information (within the thematic objective of improving the use and quality of information and communication technologies and access to those technologies).
Amendment 246 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
b) under transnational cooperation: developmenting and implementation of macro-regional and sea-basining: macro- regional strategies; cross-border regional strategies such as the Euroregions, where they are not covered by cross-border programmes and maritime strategies (within the thematic objective of enhancimproving institutional capacity and an efficient public administration).
Amendment 267 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point c – point ii
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point c – point ii
ii) where appropriate, a planned integrated approach to the territorial development of urban, suburban, rural, coastal areas and areas with particular territorial features, in particular the implementation arrangements for Articles 28 and 29 of Regulation (EU) No./2012 [CPR];
Amendment 270 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point c – point iii
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point c – point iii
iii) where appropriate, the indicative list of cities and functional areas where integrated actions for sustainable urban development will be implemented; the indicative annual allocation of the ERDF support for these actions, including the resources delegated to cities for management under Article 7(2) of Regulation (EU) No./2012 [ERDF];
Amendment 284 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point e – point ii
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point e – point ii
Amendment 291 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point g – point i
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point g – point i
i) the identification of the accreditation body, the managing authority and the audit authority;
Amendment 301 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5
Article 7 – paragraph 5
5. The participating Member States and third countries or territories, where applicable, shall confirm in writing their agreement to the contents of a cooperation programme prior to its submission to the Commission. This agreement shall also include a commitment of all participating Member States to provide the co-financing necessary to implement the cooperation programme, and, where applicable, the commitment for the financial contribution of the third countries or territories.
Amendment 312 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Operations selected under cross-border and transnational cooperation, and the additional allocation of Article 4(2) shall involve beneficiaries from at least two participating countries, at least one of which shall be from a Member State. An operation may be implemented in a single country, provided that it is for the benefit of the programme area.
Amendment 333 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Amendment 340 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16
Article 16
The amount of the ERDF allocated to technical assistance shall be limited to 6% of the total amount allocated to a cooperation programmes, but shall not be less than EUR 1 500 000, except in the case of the outermost regions, where the percentage allocated for aid may be increased to 10%.
Amendment 350 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point 1 (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point 1 (new)
(1) The managing authority must accept a cross-border or transnational project coordinated by a European grouping of territorial cooperation (EGTC) outside of the area of cooperation, provided that the activity is carried out in the programmed area.