Activities of Frédéric DAERDEN related to 2012/0295(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Fund for European aid to the most deprived (debate)
Amendments (22)
Amendment 10 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) In line with the conclusions of the European Council of 17 June 2010, whereby the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth was adopted, the Union and the Member States have set themselves the objective of having at least 20 million fewer people at risk of poverty and social exclusion by 2020. However, the number of people faced with poverty or social exclusion undeniably rose from 23.4% in 2010 to 24.2% in 2011.
Amendment 13 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (hereinafter the 'Fund') should strengthen social cohesion by contributing to the reduction of poverty in the Union by supporting national schemes that provide non-financial assistance to the most deprived persons to alleviate food deprivation, homelessness and material deprivation of children.
Amendment 16 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The operational programme of each Member State should identify and justify the forms of material deprivation to be addressed, and describe the objectives and features of the assistance to the most deprived persons that will be provided through the support of national schemes. Access to food aid should be the first deprivation to be addressed by the Member States. It should also include elements necessary to ensure effective and efficient implementation of the operational programme.
Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) It is necessary to establish a maximum level of voluntary co-financing from the Fund to the operational programmes to provide for a multiplier effect of Union resources, while the situation of Member States facing temporary budget difficulties should be addressed.
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) Member States should designate a managing authority, a certifying authority and a functionally independent auditing authority for their operational programme. To provide flexibility for Member States in the set-up of control systems, it is appropriate to provide the option for the functions of the certifying authority to be carried out by the managing authority. The Member States should also be allowed to designate intermediate bodies to carry out certain tasks of the managing authority or the certifying authority. The Member States should in that case lay down clearly their respective responsibilities and functions. The Member States shall make every effort to eliminate obstacles arising from administrative burdens possibly affecting charitable organisations.
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) Without prejudice to the Commission's powers as regards financial control, cooperation between the Member States and the Commission in the framework of this Regulation should be ensured and criteria should be established which allow the Commission to determine, in the context of its strategy of control of national systems, the level of assurance it should obtain from national audit bodies. The Commission must make every effort to ensure that the criteria are not so exacting as to add to the administrative burden of beneficiaries, given the nature of the Fund and the fact that most of the beneficiaries operate on a voluntary basis.
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42 a (new)
Recital 42 a (new)
(42a) Given the date on which invitations to tender must be issued and the deadlines for adoption of this regulation and the preparation of the operational programmes, rules should be drawn up to facilitate a flexible transition in 2014, so as to avoid any interruption in supplies.
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – subparagraph 1 – point 7
Article 2 – subparagraph 1 – point 7
(7) 'end recipient' means the most deprived persons receiving the food or goods and/or benefiting from the accompanying measures, as defined by the Member States in accordance with their national criteria;
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. The Fund shall support national schemes whereby food products and basic consumer goods for the personal use of homeless persons or of childrenthe end recipients are distributed to the most deprived persons through partner organisations selected by Member States.
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a The fund shall make every effort to support local initiatives to prevent food wastage (such as making the issuing of supermarket operating licences conditional on the supply of unsold stocks to food banks) and combat poverty and exclusion.
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. The global resources available for budgetary commitment from the Fund for the period 2014-2020 shall be at least EUR 2 500 000 000 at 2011 prices, in accordance with the annual breakdown set out in Annex II.
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. The global resources available for budgetary commitment from the Fund for the period 2014-2020 shall be EUR 23 500 000 000 at 2011 prices, in accordance with the annual breakdown set out in Annex II.
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – point a a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – point a a (new)
(aa) the relative poverty threshold, i.e. the percentage of the population living in a household which does not have an income of at least 60% of the national median income;
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Each Member State wishing to apply for assistance from the Fund shall submit to the Commission one operational programme covering the period between 1 January 2014 and 31 December 2020 within three months of the entry into force of this Regulation, containing the following items:
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – title
Article 18 – title
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
1. TheEach Member State is free to provide national support for Fund initiatives. The voluntary co-financing rate at the level of the operational programme shall not be higher than 85% of the public eligible expenditure.
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Article 18 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission decision adopting an operational programme shall fix the voluntary co- financing rate applicable to the operational programme and the maximum amount of support from the Fund.
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 21 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
The food and the goods for homeless persons or for childrenend recipients may be purchased by the partner organisations themselves.
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 4
Article 21 – paragraph 4
4. That materialFood and assistance shall be distributed free of charge to the most deprived persons without exception.
Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the costs of purchasing food and basic consumer goods for personal use of homeless persons or of children;the end recipients.
Amendment 73 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) where a public body purchases the food or basic consumer goods for personal use of homeless persons or of childrenend recipients and provide them to partner organisations, the costs of transporting of food or goods to the storage depots of the partner organisations at a flat rate of 1 % of the costs referred to in point (a);
Amendment 81 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 61 a (new)
Article 61 a (new)
Article 61 a Transitional period Member States willing to apply for the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived in 2014 will be entitled to do so using a simplified procedure where: (a) Members States will send to the European Commission a programme and its main characteristics (goals, beneficiaries, specific demands regarding the quantity of products), (b) the European Commission will establish the allocation of resources per Member State, based on the above mentioned programmes, (c) Member States will report on the programme developments and the impact of distribution; Food aid will be delivered by the European Commission free of charge; This simplified procedure will last until 31 December 2014.