5 Amendments of Andrea COZZOLINO related to 2017/2071(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines the EIB’s important role in the implementation of cohesion policy through activities aimed at strengthening project preparation capacities, consultancy and analysis services and loans for national co-financing; calls for this activity to be further promoted and disseminated in all European regions, including those which do not benefit from the Cohesion Fund;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the EIB to present an additional special chapter in its annual report dedicated to EIB activities aimed at the implementation of cohesion policy by Member States, and to include detailed information on the use of loans in cohesion policy projects and programmes, with reference also to the concrete capacity to mobilise and attract private resources;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights that the EIB’s role in cohesion policy is increasing, especially due to the increased use of financial instruments; emphasises that the level of use of financial instruments, which should be concentrated in those sectors in which they have proven to have produced greater results and higher added value compared to grants, is still very low and that Member States point to the complexity of the procedures as one of the reasons for that;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the fact that, in 2016, more than 50 % of the total approved loans were invested in the transport, energy, industry and water and waste management sectors, which indicates thematic concentration; underlines that priority should be given in all sectors to projects supporting the revitalisation of rural and otherreas and less populated, regions, in addition to less accessible and underdeveloped areas should have priority in all sector, including internal ones;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the EIB to encourage the use of instruments that can contribute to urban regeneration, including those aimed at making buildings more energy- efficient, earthquake-proof and structurally sound;