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Activities of José Manuel FERNANDES related to 2023/0199(COD)

Plenary speeches (3)

Establishing the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (‘STEP’) (debate)
2023/10/16
Dossiers: 2023/0199(COD)
Establishing the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (‘STEP’) (debate)
2023/10/16
Dossiers: 2023/0199(COD)
Establishing the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (‘STEP’) (A9-0290/2023 - José Manuel Fernandes, Christian Ehler) (vote)
2023/10/17
Dossiers: 2023/0199(COD)

Reports (1)

REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (‘STEP’) and amending Directive 2003/87/EC, Regulations (EU) 2021/1058, (EU) 2021/1056, (EU) 2021/1057, (EU) No 1303/2013, (EU) No 223/2014, (EU) 2021/1060, (EU) 2021/523, (EU) 2021/695, (EU) 2021/697 and (EU) 2021/241
2023/10/11
Committee: BUDGITRE
Dossiers: 2023/0199(COD)
Documents: PDF(623 KB) DOC(281 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'José Manuel FERNANDES', 'mepid': 96899}, {'name': 'Christian EHLER', 'mepid': 28226}]

Amendments (4)

Amendment 116 #
Christian EHLER, José Manuel FERNANDES
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
(6) The scale ofSignificant investments needed for the transition require a full mobilisation of funding available under ewill be required over the coming years to strengthen the open strategic autonomy of the Union in a comprehensive way, to preserve its competitiveness in the global market and to achieve the green and digital transitions. Existing EU programmes and funds, inclusiveding those granting a budgetary guarantee for financing and investment operations and implementation of financial instruments and blending operations. Such, should contribute to addressing those goals. In addition to its full mobilisation, Union funding should be deployed in a more flexible manner, to provide timely and targeted support for critical technologies in strategic sectorrelevant sectors, reinforcing the financing for Union-wide and cross-border projects. Therefore, a Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (‘STEP’) should give a structural answer to the Union investment needs by helping to better channel the existing EUnion funds towards critical investments aimed at supporting the development or manufacturing of critical technologies in relevant sectors, while preserving a level playing field in the Single Market, thereby preserving cohesion and aiming at a geographically balanced distribution of projects financed under the STEP in accordance with the respective programme mandates. While being open to every Member State, the Commission and Member States should put specific emphasis on net-zero industry valleys as defined under Regulation (EU) .../... [Net- Zero Industry Act], on projects in territories included in the Territorial just transition plans as referred to in Article 11 of Regulation (EU) 2021/1056, on less developed and transition regions as well as more developed regions in Member States whose average GDP per capita is below the EU average of the EU-27 measured in purchasing power standards (PPS) and calculated on the basis of Union figures for the period 2015-2017.
2023/09/08
Committee: BUDGITRE
Amendment 128 #
Christian EHLER, José Manuel FERNANDES
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) A Sovereignty Seal should be awarded to projects contributing to the STEP objectives, provided that the project has been assessed and complies with the minimum quality requirements, in particular eligibility, exclusion and award criteria, provided by a call for proposals under Horizon Europe, the Digital Europe programme,50 the EU4Health programme,51 the European Defence Fund or the Innovation Fund, and regardless of whether the project has received funding under those instruments. These minimum quality requirements will be established with a view to identify high quality projects. The Seal should also be awarded to projects financed by the cohesion funds. This Seal should be used as a quality label, to help projects attract public and private investments by certifying its contribution to the STEP objectives. Moreover, the Seal will promote better access to EU funding, notably by facilitating cumulative or combined funding from several Union instruments. _________________ 50 Regulation (EU) 2021/694 establishing the Digital Europe Programme (OJ L 166, 11.5.2021, p. 1). 51 Regulation (EU) 2021/522 establishing a Programme for the Union’s action in the field of health, EU4Health Programme (OJ L 107, 26.3.2021, p. 1).
2023/09/08
Committee: BUDGITRE
Amendment 217 #
Christian EHLER, José Manuel FERNANDES
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. When implementing programmes and activities to achieve the objectives under this Regulation, the Commission and Member States shall put specific emphasis on supporting Net-Zero Industry Valleys as defined in Regulation (EU) .../... [Net-Zero Industry Act], projects in territories included in the Territorial just transition plans as referred to in Article 11 of Regulation (EU) 2021/1056 and in less developed and transition regions, as well as more developed regions in Member States whose average GDP per capita is below the EU average of the EU-27 measured in purchasing power standards (PPS) and calculated on the basis of Union figures for the period 2015-2017.
2023/09/08
Committee: BUDGITRE
Amendment 273 #
Christian EHLER, José Manuel FERNANDES
Article 4a STEP Committee 1. The Commission shall set up a STEP Committee composed of Commission experts on the technologies referred to in Article 2(1) , point (a) and on the Union programmes and funds from which the Platform is financially supported. 2. The STEP Committee shall have the following tasks: (a) to provide first point of contact support to project promoters, including by advising on funding possibilities and by coordinating with responsible Commission services; (b) to award and promote the Sovereignty Seal referred to in Article 4(1) and to liaise with managing authorities responsible for calls for proposals and calls for tender to increase the funding opportunities across programmes for projects that have been awarded the Sovereignty Seal, without interfering in the selection procedures; further work to ensure an appropriate balance between the technologies in relevant sectors as referred to in Article 2(a) of this Regulation when choosing projects to fund and to ensure regional balance among Member States, in spirit of cohesion; (c) to award the Sovereignty Seal to projects or actions funded by the Cohesion Funds; (d) to set up and manage the Sovereignty portal in accordance with Article 6; (e) to liaise with other existing structures, especially the Net-Zero Europe Platform established in accordance with Regulation (EU) .../... [Net Zero Industry Act] and the Critical Raw Materials Board established pursuant to Regulation (EU) .../... [Critical Raw Materials Act], national competent authorities designated in accordance with Article 6(4) of this Regulation, implementing partners and the European Advisory Group referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article, with a view to coordinating and exchanging information about the financial needs of, the existing bottlenecks and the best practices for projects across the Union; (f) to foster contacts across sectors referred to in Article 2, making particular use of existing industrial alliances, networks and structures, such as the European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) and the Joint Undertakings; 3. The Commission shall set up a European Advisory Group on Strategic Technologies composed of representatives of Union industry to advise and assist it on the implementation of the Platform in the relevant sectors.
2023/09/08
Committee: BUDGITRE
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