5 Amendments of Ádám KÓSA related to 2015/2052(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission’s criteria, highlighting the fact that multiannual programmes and the long-term nature of the challenges facing Member States require certainty and permanence, and that frequent reprogramming should therefore be avoided and stability – solutions based on existing institutional capacities – preferred in order to reinforce the predictability and credibility of ESI fund programmes;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights the fact that reprogramming or suspension as regulated in Article 23 of the Common Provisions Regulation (CPR) could undermine social and economic convergence between regions and jeopardise goals pursued by ESI funds, especially in countries with deep macroeconomic and social imbalances; asks the Commission to use the mechanism only when Member States have persistently, and in a manner attributable solely and unequivocally to themselves, failed to take effective action to address its requests to reprogramme funding and giving due consideration to the unemployment and inactivity rate or the impact on the economies of the Member States concerned, in conjunction with Paragraph 7 of this document;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to be extremely cautious, accompanying such action with the appropriate guarantees, in applying the first strand of Article 238 of the CPR to all programmes coming under any of the thematic objectives of the ESI Funds, in particular thematic objectives (8), (9) or (10), or the employment and social targets of the Europe 2020 Strategy, to ensure that social cohesion is not undermined; asks the Commission to be strictly committed to applying the ESF minimum share provided for in Article 92(4) of the CPR;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Asks the Commission to avoid arbitrariness in applying Article 23 of the CPR, to devise a transparent, effective and democratic decision-making process, in line with Article 23(15) of the CPR, and to allow Parliament, on the basis of a formalised process, to be informed at all stages of the adoption of reprogramming requests or of any proposals and decisions on suspension of commitments or payments.
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Asks the Commission to avoid arbitrariness in applying Article 23 of the CPR, to devise a transparent and democratic decision-making process, in line with Article 23(15) of the CPR, and to allow Parliament, on the basis of a formalised process, to be informed at all stages of the adoption of reprogramming requests or of any proposals and decisions on suspension of commitments or payments, at the same time providing appropriate support for them without adverse discrimination.