5 Amendments of Sabine LÖSING related to 2013/0152(COD)
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) At all levels, from upstream strategic planning to downstream investment project development, it should be ensured that EIB financing operations comply with and support Union external policies and the general objectives set out in this Decision. With a view to increasing the coherence of Union external action, dialogue on policy and strategy should be further strengthened between the Commission and the EIB, including the European External Action Service (EEAS). The Memorandum of Understanding to be revised in 2013 to enhance cooperation and early mutual exchange of information between the Commission and the EIB at operational level should continue to be applied. It is of particular importance to have an early exchange of views between the Commission and the EIB, including the EEAS, as appropriatea consultation of the European Parliament, in the process of preparing programming documents in order to maximise synergies between their activities. The cooperation in relation to the respect of human rights and political conflict prevention issues should also be reinforced.
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) Union external relations should be supported by new instruments from 2014, including an umbrella Regulation establishing common rules and procedures for the implementation of the Union's instruments for external action. With a view to enhancing the coherence of overall Union support in the regions concerned, opportunities should be seized to combine EIB financing with Union budgetary resources when and as appropriate, in the form of financial instruments provided for in Title VIII of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union and repealing Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 and technical assistance for project preparation and implementation, through the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance II (IPA II), the European Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI), the Development Cooperation Instrument (DCI), the Partnership Instrument for cooperation with third countries, the Instrument for the promotion of Democracy and Human Rights worldwide,and the Instrument for Stability, and the Instrument for Nuclear Safety CooperatNuclear Safety Cooperation, but strictly within the approach of social, environmental and fair economic development as well as in support of the achievement of the UN's 2015 Millennium Development Goals in all regions. Following Decision No 1080/2011/EU, the Commission established an EU Platform for Blending in External Cooperation with a view to optimising the functioning of mechanisms for the blending of grants and loans outside the Union.
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) The EIB should expand the range of innovative financial instruments it offers, including by focusing more on developing guarantee instruments. Moreover, the EIB should actively seek to participate in risk sharing instruments and debt capital market financing of projects with stable and predictable cash flow generation. In particular, it should consider supporting debt capital market instruments issued or granted for the benefit of an investment project carried out in the eligible countries. In addition, the EIB should increase its provision of loans in local currencies and issue bonds in local markets, provided that beneficiary countries put in place thstructural reforms that are ndecessary structural reformsided by the country in question which put first the general public interest and public welfare as well as anti-fraud policy, in particular in the financial sector, as well as other measures to facilitate EIB activities.
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) local public and private sector development, in particular support to SMEs;
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) strategic documents prepared by the Commission and/or the EEAS as appropriate, such as country and regional strategy papers, indicative programmes, action plans and pre-accession documents;