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Enikő GYŐRI, Danuta Maria HÜBNER, Inese VAIDERE, Tamás DEUTSCH, Eugen JURZYCA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14

(14) The Facility’s general objective should be the promotion of economic, social and territorial cohesion and reducing the infrastructural gap. For that purpose, it should contribute to improving the resilience and adjustment capacity of the Member States, mitigating the social and economic impact of the crisis, and supporting the green and digital transitions aimed at achieving a climate neutral Europe by 2050, thereby restoring the growth potential of the economies of the Union in the aftermath of the crisis, fostering employment creation and to promoting sustainable growth.

2020/09/22
Committee: BUDG ECON

Enikő GYŐRI, Danuta Maria HÜBNER, Tamás DEUTSCH, Eugen JURZYCA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22

(22) The Commission should assess the recovery and resilience plan proposed by the Member States and should act in close cooperation with the Member State concerned. The Commission will fully respect the national ownership of the process and will therefore take into account the justification and elements provided by the Member State concerned and assess whether the recovery and resilience plan proposed by the Member State is expected to contribute to effectively address challenges identified in the relevant country-specific recommendation addressed to the Member State concerned or in other relevant documents ~~officially adopted by the Commission~~ in the European Semester, such as the National Reform Programmes; whether the plan contains measures that effectively contribute to the green and the digital transitions and to addressing the challenges resulting from them; whether the plan is expected to have a lasting impact in the Member State concerned; whether the plan is expected to effectively contribute to strengthen the growth potential, job creation and economic and social resilience of the Member State, mitigate the economic and social impact of the crisis and contribute to enhancing economic, social and territorial cohesion and the reduction of the infrastructural gap; whether the justification provided by the Member State of the estimated total costs of the recovery and resilience plan submitted is reasonable and plausible and is commensurate to the expected impact on the economy and employment; whether the proposed recovery and resilience plan contains measures for the implementation of reforms and public investment projects that represent coherent actions; and whether the arrangement proposed by the Member State concerned are expected to ensure effective implementation of the recovery and resilience plan, including the proposed milestones and targets, and the related indicators.

2020/09/22
Committee: BUDG ECON

Enikő GYŐRI, Tamás DEUTSCH

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26

(26) The Council should approve the assessment of the recovery and resilience plans by means of an implementing decision, based on a proposal by the Commission, and which it should endeavour to adopt within four weeks of the proposal. Provided that the recovery and resilience plan satisfactorily addresses the assessment criteria, the Member State concerned should be allocated the maximum financial contribution where the estimated total costs of the reform and investment included in the recovery and resilience plan is equal to, or higher than, the amount of the maximum financial contribution itself. The Member State concerned should instead be allocated an amount equal to the estimated total cost of the recovery and resilience plan where such estimated total cost is lower than the maximum financial contribution itself. No financial contribution should be awarded to the Member State if the recovery and resilience plan does not satisfactorily address the assessment criteria.

2020/09/22
Committee: BUDG ECON

Enikő GYŐRI, Tamás DEUTSCH

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29

(29) The request for a loan should be justified by the financial needs linked to additional reforms and investments included in the recovery and resilience plan, notably relevant for the green and digital transitions, and by therefore, by a higher cost of the plan than the maximum financial contribution (to be) allocated via the non-repayable contribution. It should be possible to submit the request for a loan together with the submission of the plan. In case the request for loan is made at a different moment in time, it should be accompanied by a revised plan with additional milestones and targets. To ensure frontloading of resources, Member States should request a loan support at the latest by 31 August 2024. For the purposes of sound financial management, the total amount of all the loans granted under this Regulation should be capped. In addition, the maximum volume of the loan for each Member State should not exceed 4.7% of its Gross National Income. An increase of the capped amount should be possible in exceptional circumstances subject to available resources. For the same reasons of sound financial management, it should be possible to pay the loan in instalments against the fulfilment of results. The Commission should assess the request for a loan support within two months. The Council should be able to approve this assessment by qualified majority on a Commission proposal through an implementing decision which the Council shall endeavour to adopt within four weeks of the proposal.

2020/09/22
Committee: BUDG ECON

Enikő GYŐRI, Tamás DEUTSCH

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30

(30) A Member State should have the possibility to make a reasoned request to amend the recovery and resilience plan within the period of implementation, where objective circumstances justify such a course of action. TWhere the Commission ~~should assess the reasoned request and take a new decision within four months~~considers that the reasons put forward by the Member State concerned justify such an amendment, it should assess the new plan within two months. The Member State concerned and the Commission may agree to extend this deadline by a reasonable time period if necessary. The Council should approve the assessment of the new plan by means of an implementing decision, based on a proposal by the Commission.

2020/09/22
Committee: BUDG ECON

Enikő GYŐRI, Tamás DEUTSCH

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39

(39) The recovery and resilience plans to be implemented by the Member States and the corresponding financial contribution allocated to them should be ~~establish~~adopted by the Co~~mmission by way of implementing act~~uncil by means of an implementing decision, on a proposal from the Commission. In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Regulation, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission. The implementing powers relating to the adoption of the recovery and resilience plans and to the payment of the financial support upon fulfilment of the relevant milestones and targets should be exercised by the Commission in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council, under the examination procedure thereof13 . After the adoption of an implementing ~~act,~~ decision, it should be possible for the Member State concerned and the Commission to agree on certain operational arrangements of a technical nature, detailing aspects of the implementation with respect to timelines, indicators for the milestones and targets, and access to underlying data. To allow the continuous relevance of the operational arrangements in respect of the prevailing circumstances during the implementation of the recovery and resilience plan, it should be possible that the elements of such technical arrangements may be modified by mutual consent. Horizontal financial rules adopted by the European Parliament and the Council on the basis of Article 322 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union apply to this Regulation. These rules are laid down in the Financial Regulation and determine in particular the procedure for establishing and implementing the budget through grants, procurement, prizes, indirect implementation, and provide for checks on the responsibility of financial actors. Rules adopted on the basis of Article 322 TFEU also concern the protection of the Union's budget in case of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law in the Member States, as the respect for the rule of law is an essential precondition for sound financial management and effective EU funding. __________________ 13 Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13).

2020/09/22
Committee: BUDG ECON

Enikő GYŐRI, Danuta Maria HÜBNER, Eva MAYDELL, Tamás DEUTSCH, Eugen JURZYCA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 3 – point a

(a) whether the recovery and resilience plan is expected to contribute to effectively address challenges identified in the relevant country-specific recommendations addressed to the Member State concerned orand in othe~~r relevant documents officially adopted by the Commission in the European Semester~~ National Reform Programmes;