Georgios STAVRAKAKIS

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Greece Panhellenic Socialist Movement 2009/07/14 - 9999/12/31

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S&D Member Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament 2009/07/14 - 9999/12/31

Committees

Role	Committee	Start	End
Vice-Chair of	Committee on Regional Development	2012/01/25	9999/12/31
Member of	Committee on Budgetary Control	2012/01/19	9999/12/31
Substitute of	Committee on Budgets	2012/01/19	9999/12/31

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Role	Committee	Start	End
Member of	Committee on Regional Development	2012/01/19	2012/01/24
Vice-Chair of	Committee on Regional Development	2009/07/20	2012/01/18
Member of	Committee on Budgetary Control	2009/07/16	2012/01/18
Substitute of	Committee on Budgets	2009/07/16	2012/01/18
Member of	Special committee on the policy challenges and budgetary resources for a sustainable European Union after 2013	2010/06/17	2011/06/30
Member of	Committee on Regional Development	2009/07/16	2009/07/19

Delegations

Role	Delegation	Start	End
Member of	Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China	2009/09/16	9999/12/31
Substitute of	Delegation for relations with Japan	2009/09/16	9999/12/31

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Opinion	2012/2092(BUD)	2013 general budget: all sections
Shadow	2012/2075(INI)	European Solidarity Fund, implementation and application
Shadow	2012/2060(DEC)	Special report 2/2012 (2011 discharge): Financial instruments for SMEs co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund
Opinion	2012/2016(BUD)	2013 budget: mandate for trilogue
Opinion	2011/2023(INI)	Towards a stronger European disaster response: the role of civil protection and humanitarian assistance
Opinion	2011/0461(COD)	Union Civil Protection Mechanism 2014-2020
Opinion	2011/0273(COD)	European Regional Development Fund (ERDF): support to the European territorial cooperation goal
Responsible	2010/2271(DEC)	2009 discharge: performance, financial management and control of the agencies
Responsible	2010/2192(DEC)	2009 discharge: European Network and Information Security Agency ENISA
Responsible	2010/2191(DEC)	2009 discharge: IMI Joint Undertaking for the implementation of the Joint Technology Initiative on Innovative Medicines
Responsible	2010/2190(DEC)	2009 discharge: Artemis Joint Undertaking to implement a Joint Technology Initiative in Embedded Computing Systems
Responsible	2010/2189(DEC)	2009 disharge: Clean Sky Joint Undertaking
Responsible	2010/2188(DEC)	2009 discharge: SESAR Joint Undertaking to develop the new generation European air traffic management system
Responsible	2010/2187(DEC)	2009 discharge: European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy
Responsible	2010/2186(DEC)	2009 discharge: Euratom Supply Agency ESA
Responsible	2010/2185(DEC)	2009 discharge: European Chemicals Agency ECHA
Responsible	2010/2184(DEC)	2009 discharge: Community Fisheries Control Agency CFCA
Responsible	2010/2183(DEC)	2009 discharge: European GNSS Supervisory Authority GSA
Responsible	2010/2182(DEC)	2009 discharge: European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders FRONTEX
Responsible	2010/2181(DEC)	2009 discharge: European Police College CEPOL
Responsible	2010/2180(DEC)	2009 discharge: European Railway Agency ERA
Responsible	2010/2179(DEC)	2009 discharge: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control ECDC
Responsible	2010/2178(DEC)	2009 discharge: European Food Safety Authority EFSA
Responsible	2010/2177(DEC)	2009 discharge: European Aviation Safety Agency EASA
Responsible	2010/2176(DEC)	2009 discharge: European Maritime Safety Agency EMSA
Responsible	2010/2175(DEC)	2009 discharge: European Training Foundation ETF
Responsible	2010/2174(DEC)	2009 discharge: European Union's Judicial Cooperation Unit EUROJUST
Responsible	2010/2173(DEC)	2009 discharge: European Medicines Agency EMEA
Responsible	2010/2172(DEC)	2009 discharge: Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union CdT
Responsible	2010/2171(DEC)	2009 discharge: European Agency for Safety and Health at Work EU-OSHA
Responsible	2010/2170(DEC)	2009 discharge: European Environment Agency EEA
Responsible	2010/2169(DEC)	2009 discharge: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction EMCDDA
Responsible	2010/2168(DEC)	2009 discharge: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights FRA
Responsible	2010/2167(DEC)	2009 discharge: European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions EUROFOUND
Responsible	2010/2166(DEC)	2009 discharge: European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training CEDEFOP
Responsible	2010/2160(INI)	State of play and future synergies for increased effectiveness between ERDF and other Structural Funds
Opinion	2010/2040(INI)	Integrated Maritime Policy (IMP) - Evaluation of progress made and new challenges

Born

1954/10/13 Christos Ierapetras

Degree in Physics, University of Athens (1978); Postgraduate Degree in Geophysics, University of Münster, Germany (1981); Postgraduate Degree in Earthquake Engineering, University of Tsukuba, Japan (1985); Lecturer in Seismology, University of Athens (1986).
Seismologist at the Earthquake Planning and Protection Organisation (EPPO) (1983-1987); Researcher at the Institute of Geodynamics, National Observatory of Athens (1989-1994); Director of the Institute of Geodynamics, National Observatory of Athens (1995-2008).
Member of the Earthquake Hazard Assessment Committee of the Earthquake Planning and Protection Organisation (1992-1999); Vice-Chair of the Administration Board of the Earthquake Planning and Protection Organisation (1997-2005); Substitute Member of the Scientific Committee of the Nestor Institute for Deep Sea Research, Technology and Neutrino Astroparticle Physics (1998-2000); Member of the Administrative Board of the Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Antiseismic Construction; Deputy Chair of the National Commission on Earthquake Hazard Assessment, Earthquake Prediction and Antiseismic Protection (1999-2000); Chair of the Scientific Standing Committee for the Assessment of Earthquake Risk and Seismic Hazards (2002-2005 and January 2009-June 2009).
Has taken part in and coordinated major European research programmes and promoted large-scale cooperation projects between European institutes in the field of geodynamic research; Member of numerous national and European scientific committees. Numerous scientific publications.

Amendments

Amendments	Dossier
1	2009/0105(COD) European Regional Development Fund ERDF: eligibility of housing interventions in favour of marginalised communities (amend. Regulation (EC) No 1080/2006) 2009/10/22 REGI 1 amendments... Amendment 13 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Proposal for a regulation – amending act Article 1 Regulation (EC) N°1080/2006 Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 2. Expenditure on housing, except for energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy as set out in paragraph 1a, shall be eligible ~~only for those Member States that acceded to the European Union on or after 1 May 2004~~, where the following conditions are met: (a) expenditure shall be programmed within one of the following frameworks: (i) the framework of an integrated urban development approach for areas experiencing or threatened by physical deterioration and social exclusion; (ii) the framework of an integrated approach for marginalised communities. (aa) Expenditure under point (a)(i) shall be eligible only for those Member States that acceded to the European Union on or after 1 May 2004. (b) The allocation to housing expenditure shall be either a maximum of 3 % of the ERDF allocation to the operational programmes concerned or 2 % of the total ERDF allocation. source: PE-430.334
6	2009/2002(BUD) 2010 budget: section III, Commission 2009/10/09 CONT 6 amendments... Amendment 1 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Jens GEIER Draft opinion Paragraph 1 ~~1. Calls on the Commission to create a specific budget heading in the EU budget showing per year the amounts paid in error by the European Union to the Member States;~~deleted Amendment 2 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Jens GEIER Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Commission to c~~reate in the budget, in accordance with the principle of activity-based budgeting (ABB), a budget heading showing~~alculate the cost of control systems per expenditure field; Amendment 4 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Jens GEIER Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Proposes that ~~Parliament should give~~ the Commission allocate the resources needed to conduct a study based on all relevant information sources, including the annual summaries received; the study should analyse the strengths and weaknesses of each Member State's national system for administering and controlling Community funds and produce as its outcome an estimated figure for the cost of the national systems controlling Community funds; Amendment 7 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Jens GEIER Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Proposes that the Commission ~~should be granted the funds needed to~~ conduct a study on the feasibility of harmonising and simplifying rules for beneficiaries in the European research sector and on the appropriateness of repayment rules based on flat-rate payment procedures in accordance with the relevant regulations; Amendment 19 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Jens GEIER Draft opinion Paragraph 14 14. Calls on the Commission, having regard to the seriousness of the discharge situation, to quickly organise an interinstitutional conference involving all stakeholders in Community fund management and control (representatives of the Member States in the Council at the highest level, of the Commission, of the European Court of Auditors, of national audit bodies, of national parliaments with responsibility for oversight over Member State governments, of the European Parliament and all other relevant actors in the discharge process) so as to embark on a comprehensive debate on the current discharge procedure system, on which the DAS has been negative for 14 years, and to give thought to the reforms needed in order to obtain a positive DAS as soon as possible;deleted Amendment 23 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Jens GEIER Draft opinion Paragraph 15 15. Takes the view that said interinstitutional conference should culminate in specific proposals with regard to improving the management and control of Community spending and even, for some aspects, a degree of harmonisation, and proposes that, during the forthcoming budgetary procedure, the Parliament should give the Commission the resources needed to conduct the study and arrange the conference;deleted source: PE-428.157
1	2009/2068(DEC) 2008 discharge: EU general budget, section III, Commission 2010/02/03 REGI 1 amendments... Amendment 5 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Notes that infringement of public procurement rules is one of the most frequent reasons underlying irregularities; calls on the Commission to verify the origin of this lack of compliance with Community public procurement rules; welcomes in this context the findings of the Court of Auditors and the initiatives taken by the Commission to simplify the management of the Structural Funds, and takes the view that these initiatives will make a crucial contribution to reducing the incidence of errors; source: PE-439.361
2	2009/2096(INI) A sustainable future for transport 2010/03/02 REGI 2 amendments... Amendment 37 # Patrice TIROLIEN, Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Stresses the need to look at short-sea- shipping and sea-highway projects in a broader context embracing the countries in Europe’s immediate geographical environment; points out that this will require a better synergy to be achieved between regional policy, development policy and transport policy; Amendment 42 # Patrice TIROLIEN, Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Stresses the need for consultations and discussions to be held on the specific transport issues facing archipelago regions. source: PE-438.466
4	2009/2127(DEC) 2008 discharge: European Police College CEPOL 2010/08/09 CONT 4 amendments... Amendment 2 # Jens GEIER, Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 – indent 2 - Communication within the secretariat: the lack of communication and trust between the director and the staff led to prolonged disputes, focussed in large part on the failure to establish a correct claiming system for legitimate staff travel and mobile phone costs associated with the work of the agency, Amendment 5 # Jens GEIER, Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Suggests, therefore, ~~attaching the College to Europol as a concrete solution to the College's structural and chronic problem~~that the Court of Auditors carry out a comprehensive review of regulatory agencies to examine, inter alia, the proportion of operating, governance and operational costs and assess ways of addressing structural or other problems, with a view to complementing the Commission´s own evaluation of regulatory agencies; Amendment 7 # Jens GEIER, Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Notes that, at the request of the Parliament to adopt an Action Plan, the director of the College and its Governing Board have estimated a realistic four-year period (i.e. from 2010 to 2014) in which to meet the objectives set out in the Annex to the Parliament's abovementioned resolution of 5 May 2010~~; is, therefore, not ready to accept that the College needs four more years to reach an acceptable standard of good administration as expected from a regulatory agency~~, and welcomes the cooperation signalled by the new Director´s consultation of the Commission´s Internal Audit Service during the course of production of the Action Plan; Amendment 10 # Jens GEIER, Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. ~~Regrets that~~ Urges that a decision to commission any further external audit on us~~ing~~e of appropriations to finance private expenditure announced by CEPOL and to be carried out by an external company, has not been launched yet; is, therefore, concerned about this delay which certainly will not facilitate the work of the external companyby an external company should take into consideration the need for value for money, and that the expectation of amounts to be recovered should exceed the likely audit and legal costs involved; source: PE-448.694
4	2009/2151(INI) Report on the Commission communication: 'A community approach on the prevention of natural and man made disasters' 2010/02/03 REGI 4 amendments... Amendment 2 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Stresses the crucial role played by regional and local authorities in the disaster management cycle; strongly believes that active involvement of those authorities in the design and implementation of risk reduction and disaster prevention strategies is the best way to ensure that the most effective and functional solutions are devised; stresses also the importance of consulting and involving public and private stakeholders in this process; Amendment 17 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Draft opinion Paragraph 3a (new) 3a. Advocates making use of the valuable experience acquired in this field through projects implemented in the past under the Community's INTERREG Initiative and considers that further exploitation of the opportunities offered in the context of the European Territorial Objective is of crucial importance; believes in this connection that the European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC) can constitute an important instrument for further strengthening intergovernmental, cross-border and interregional cooperation, even with countries which are not EU Member States, and a stable framework for the exchange and transfer of technological know-how and best practices in the field of disaster prevention and for setting up joint databases and early warning systems among its members; Amendment 29 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Draft opinion Paragraph 5a (new) 5a. Emphasises the importance of public awareness-raising and information measures both in terms of disaster prevention and the public's response during and after the crisis, and stresses the need for further information relating to the European single emergency telephone line '112'; Amendment 30 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Draft opinion Paragraph 5b (new) ~~immediately with a new proposal aimed at further simplifying the administrative rules and increasing the flexibility of the EU's Solidarity Fund;~~5b. Calls on the Commission to proceed source: PE-439.323
1	2009/2230(INI) European Union strategy for the Baltic Sea Region and the role of macro-regions in the future cohesion policy 2010/03/30 REGI 1 amendments... Amendment 86 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Stresses the fact that the new "macroregional" framework of cooperation has a strong "top-down" approach with the Member States to have a decisive role in its development and creates a new level of governance· in the framework of this new model of cooperation it has to be assured that the natural handicaps of the peripheral regions are converted into assets and opportunities, and that the development of these regions is stimulated'; source: PE-440.046
4	2009/2231(INI) Good governance with regards to the EU regional policy: procedures of assistance and control by the European Commission 2010/07/15 REGI 4 amendments... Amendment 21 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Recommends that the Committee of the Regions use the 2010 Open Days as an occasion to promote and deepen the debate on multi-level governance; suggests that a European multi-level governance label be launched and put in place in ~~the CoR member regions~~all regions across the EU as from 2011; Amendment 44 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Invites the Commission to put in place additional technical assistance mechanisms to promote knowledge at regional and local level on implementation-related problems, especially in ~~the EU12, which are as yet relatively less informed and experienced with regard to the rules governing the c~~member states where, according to the Commission's ex-post evaluation of Cohesion Policy programmes 2000-2006, is observed a strong persistence in problems regarding their administrative capacity when it comes to the implementation of Cohesion pPolicy programmes; Amendment 47 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16a (new) 16a. In that framework, calls on the Commission to examine ways for increasing a positive correlation between long years of experience in implementing Cohesion Policy programmes and improvement in administrative capacity in order to increase the added value of the Cohesion Policy and ensure the sustainability of the actions. Amendment 57 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20a (new) 20a. Welcomes the Commission's Strategic Report on the implementation of the Cohesion Policy Programmes 2010 as it can feed important information back to the policy-making process; Its findings also have to be seriously taken into account when formulating proposals for improving the effective implementation of Cohesion Policy programmes. source: PE-445.635
2	2009/2232(INI) Transparency in regional policy and its funding 2010/03/29 REGI 2 amendments... Amendment 28 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Kerstin WESTPHAL Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Underlines that according to the EP’s study on the ETI and its impact on Cohesion Policy, the non-compliance with ETI minimum requirements relates to a lack of administrative capacity on the part of Managing Authorities rather than reluctance to provide such data· in that framework points out the need to assure that the provision of additional data and information does not result in additional administrative burden for potential beneficiaries especially for those already in difficulty to comply with the existing administrative and financial requirements for grants and public contracts; Amendment 29 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Kerstin WESTPHAL Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 b (new) 9b. Points out that the requirements for additional information and data has to be matched, on the part of the European Commission, by the provision of additional technical support (workshops with the participation of Commission’s officials and local/regional staff responsible for the management of structural funds, exchange of best practices between Managing Authorities, publication of concrete guidelines) to potential beneficiaries which do not have the necessary technical capacity· only in that way it will be assured that the participants’ efforts to comply with the additional requirements in terms of data and information provided will not result in a distortion of funds from the project implementation activities as such; source: PE-440.029
1	2009/2234(INI) Contribution of EU regional policy towards fighting the financial and economic crisis, with a special reference to Objective 2 2010/03/26 REGI 1 amendments... Amendment 38 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Kerstin WESTPHAL Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Regrets the fact that the Sixth progress report from the Commission on economic and social cohesion does not include specific qualitative and quantitative data on the short term and long-term impact of the financial and economic crisis in the EU regions, particularly with regard to the most significant economic and social indicators; therefore calls on the Commission to present a special report/study on the effects of the financial and economic crisis in the EU regions, in particular the Objective 2 regions, as well as on a possible widening or decrease of regional disparities in the framework of the crisis; source: PE-440.024
5	2009/2235(INI) Contribution of the cohesion policy to the achievement of Lisbon objectives 2010/03/29 REGI 5 amendments... Amendment 5 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Ricardo CORTÉS LASTRA Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas - particularly during the current recession - the cohesion policy is the main instrument to foster growth and jobs in the EU due to its stable amount of funding for long-term development programmes and policies and the decentralised management system applied, Amendment 6 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Ricardo CORTÉS LASTRA Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas two-thirds of public sector investment across the EU comes from the regional and local levels, regional and local authorities often concentrate substantial policy competences and are key actors in ~~implement~~delivering both the current Lisbon Strategy and the future EU2020 Strategy, Amendment 16 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Ricardo CORTÉS LASTRA Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Criticises the lack of an overall assessment of the impact of cohesion expenditure on regional development; calls upon the Commission to assess the territorial impact of earmarking Structural Funds to the Lisbon Strategy and to evaluate whether this system is actually contributing to balanced and coherent ~~territori~~regional development; Amendment 52 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Ricardo CORTÉS LASTRA Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Stresses that education, training, research and innovation are key instruments to foster the development of the EU and make it more competitive in the face of global challenges; is of the opinion that there must be regular investment in these fields a~~nd that innovation in particular should be measured by its results~~s well as a regular assessment of the progress made on the basis of the results achieved; Amendment 72 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Ricardo CORTÉS LASTRA Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19a (new) 19a. Stresses that the timely definition of delivery mechanisms is of pivotal importance for the success of the EU 2020 Strategy; source: PE-439.965
1	2009/2243(INI) Report on the implementation of the synergies of research and innovation earmarked funds in Regulation (EC) No 1080/2006 concerning the European Fund of Regional Development and the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Development in cities and regions as well as in the Member States and the Union 2010/03/26 REGI 1 amendments... Amendment 28 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Francesco DE ANGELIS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Underlines the fact that the beneficiaries’ access to projects in the field of research and innovation requires high technical capacity and strong knowledge of administrative and financial procedures and, therefore, this access is extremely difficult for small size potential beneficiaries· as a result we observe a high spatial concentration of innovative activities in economic clusters and top EU regions· points out that the increase of regional disparities in terms of research and innovation potential is a challenge which has to be addressed not only in the framework of cohesion policy but through research and innovation policy itself; source: PE-440.028
5	2010/2007(INI) 2008 discharge: performance, financial management and control of agencies 2010/03/03 CONT 5 amendments... Amendment 3 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Jutta HAUG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Notes that many of the host agreements concluded between the agencies and the host countries have shortcomings that detract from the agencies’ efficiency (e.g. expensive transport links to some agencies, problems with buildings rented by some agencies), social inclusion of staff; calls accordingly, when the initial decision is taken by the Council on where an agency is to be located, for host countries to supply more detailed host agreements that will better serve the interests of the agency; is also in favour of thought being given to moving agencies in cases where the host agreement is seriously undermining the agency’s effectiveness; requests the Inter- Institutional Working group on Agencies to tackle the issue and possibly to define common standards for host agreements; Amendment 12 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Jutta HAUG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Stresses the importance of including an assessment of agencies’ performance in the discharge process which is made available to the competent committee dealing with its respective agencies in the European Parliament; calls accordingly on the Court of Auditors (ECA) to look into the matter in its next reports on the agencies; Amendment 14 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Jutta HAUG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Notes, furthermore, that some agencies have difficulties in dealing with large increases in their budgets; wonders, therefore, whether it would not be more responsible for the budgetary authorities, in future, to take greater care to decide on increases in some agencies’ budgets in the light of the time needed to carry out the new activities; ~~call~~welcomes, in this connection, onthe efforts of those agencies that frequently experience such difficulties to provide the respective committees and the budgetary authority with fuller details on the feasibility of future commitments; Amendment 16 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Jutta HAUG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Voices concern at the fact that the ECA again noted shortcomings in the planning and implementation of staff recruitment procedures in some agencies; stresses, in particular, the need to narrow the gap between posts filled and posts on the establishment plan in the agencies; acknowledges the difficulties arising from the implementation of the EU Staff Regulations, especially for decentralised agencies; calls on the agencies also provide better guarantees of transparent, non-discriminatory treatment of external and internal applicants; Amendment 18 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Jutta HAUG Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas there has been an unprecedented increase in the number of agencies over recent years, as decided by the EU legislator, and whereas this has enabled some of the Commission’s tasks to be outsourced and additional tasks given to agencies, at the risk of this appearing in some cases to be tantamount to a dismantlement of the Community’s administration that is jeopardising its ability to carry out its duties, source: PE-439.260
2	2010/2040(INI) Integrated Maritime Policy (IMP) - Evaluation of progress made and new challenges 2010/06/29 REGI 2 amendments... Amendment 4 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Empowered by the reference ~~to t~~of Territorial cCohesion in the TFEU, and with the aim of improving accessibility, considers ithat it is essential to ~~continue to~~further develop the integration of internal market vis-à-vis the mobility of passengers and goods ~~an integral part of internal market policy~~ through the promotion of short sea shipping and maritime cabotage between territories and~~, at the same time,~~ ensure better links between peripheral maritime regions and islands ~~and~~with mainland and economic centres~~; in the same context, points out that~~ as well. In the same framework, it is of crucial importance to deal with the difficulties facing islands areas in the EU with regard to the transport of persons ~~by guarantee~~and goods by supporting maritime links not adequately served by the market and by ensuring the same cost per kilometre for the transport of ~~goods and people, regardless~~people independently of their location; Amendment 31 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Suggests the development of regional initiatives in the framework of the Motorways of the Sea in European maritime areas of high importance in order to encourage the introduction of new intermodal maritime-based logistics chains in Europe and enhance the development of the maritime commerce. source: PE-443.147
1	2010/2053(INI) Implementation of the Services Directive 2006/123/EC 2010/11/11 REGI 1 amendments... Amendment 19 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Takes the view that, in order to make administrative procedures more efficient, public authorities should be ~~obli~~encouraged to adhere to the principle of multilingualism by using, in addition to their own language, one of the EU's official working languages and, if possible, a selected language of the country that is their closest partner in terms of economic or – if this is impossible to ascertain – territorial cooperation; source: PE-452.701
2	2010/2079(INI) Simplifying the implementation of the Research Framework Programmes 2010/07/28 REGI 2 amendments... Amendment 8 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Draft opinion Paragraph 2a (new) 2a. Underlines the fact that the beneficiaries' access to projects in the field of research and innovation requires high technical capacity and strong knowledge of administrative and financial procedures and, therefore, this access is extremely difficult for small size potential beneficiaries; as a result we observe a high spatial concentration of innovative activities in economic clusters and top EU regions; Amendment 25 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Draft opinion Paragraph 6a (new) 6a. Points out that the increase of regional disparities in terms of research and development potential is a challenge which has to be addressed not only in the framework of Cohesion Policy but through research and innovation policy itself; source: PE-445.865
5	2010/2087(INI) EU Strategy for the Black Sea 2010/10/11 REGI 5 amendments... Amendment 4 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Believes that in order to launch an effective Strategy for the Black Sea, it is vital to involve fully and in a constructive way all the countries concerned~~, with no distinction between EU and non-EU countries~~; calls for cooperation between all the relevant regions, through the involvement of existing organisations, such as the BSEC, the PABSEC and the Commission on the Black Sea, but also through the creation of new ones where necessary, with the aim of identifying common challenges and available resources, as well as areas where coordinated action can bring significant added value; considers nevertheless as essential the definition of their respective spheres of responsibility in order to avoid the overlapping of competences between different levels of government and to ensure a speedy process in implementation; Amendment 21 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Points out that the exchange of best practices between regions is of pivotal importance for all areas of cooperation. Regions with a long experience in developing and implementing projects could assist other regions in improving their performance. Amendment 22 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Considers of pivotal importance the improvement of administrative capacity of all local and regional stakeholders in the Black Sea region in order to ensure efficient implementation and sound financial management of EU projects, greater transparency and accountability, and a balanced territorial development across the area; Amendment 23 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Draft opinion Paragraph 3 c (new) 3c. Points out the need for more synergies between relevant Community financial instruments in order to ensure the sustainability of the actions financed; in that way opportunities created by one economic development initiative can be taken up by another complementary initiative. Amendment 26 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Takes the view that all infrastructure projects, whether in the area of transport or energy, should be negotiated between all the Black Sea countries concerned, and that coordination should be ensured especially with regard to TEN-T projects and to projects relating to the development of harbours; stresses the importance of better intermodal freight operations, through the integration of short sea shipping into the transport logistics, improved port operations and more efficient hinterland connections; source: PE-452.698
2	2010/2088(INI) GDP and beyond - Measuring progress in a changing world 2010/07/10 REGI 2 amendments... Amendment 82 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Proposes that the c~~riteria governing regions’ eligibility for EU funding~~urrent socio- economic situation and future prospects of the regions should be considered also in the light of the set of indicators that is brought in; calls for environmental and social indicators to be ~~given the same status as GDP when it comes to classifying the reg~~used as analytical tools that might complement GDP when it comes to policy results evaluations. Amendment 88 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Is of the opinion that social and territorial cohesion are as important as economic cohesion; although GDP must remain the main criterion for determining the eligibility for regional policy assistance, room has to be left for national authorities to apply, at the appropriate level of decision making, other complementary and territorialised statistical indicators which take into account the specific attributes of regions and cities (extremely deprived neighbourhoods or areas inside an economically advanced region, regions with specific geographical features, depopulated areas); source: PE-450.612
4	2010/2155(INI) Objective 3: A challenge for territorial cooperation - the future agenda for cross-border, transnational and interregional cooperation 2011/02/22 REGI 4 amendments... Amendment 15 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Believes that territorial cooperation has proved its effectiveness and that its potential as a source of competitiveness has so far been insufficiently tapped as a result of the inadequate resources allocated to it~~; calls for the budget for the ‘territorial cooperation’ objective to be at least 5% of the overall cohesion policy budget for~~ and the complex rules of implementation; calls for a higher financial envelope for the ‘territorial cooperation’ objective and for the involvement of financial engineering instruments for this objective in the next programming period; Amendment 42 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls for funds for territorial cooperation ~~no longer~~ to be allocated by ~~Member State, but at EU level and on a programme-by-programme basis,~~taking into account the specificities of the regions or areas involved and on the basis of the criteria laid down in Annex 2, paragraph 5 of the basic regulation so as to provide a strategic, integrated response to the needs of each territory or area involved; invites the Commission to consider other relevant, strategic and measurable criteria that could reflect the needs of territories and reduce the emphasis on the most important criterion: demography; Amendment 49 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Stresses once again the importance of interregional cooperation, but deplores the lack of funds allocated to it; calls for ~~a reduction from 75% to 60% in the Community cofinancing rate of this programme for participants from the regions covered by the ‘competitiveness and employment’ objectiv~~the development level of each region to be taken into account when establishing the Community cofinancing rate, encourages regions to make better use of the scope for interregional cooperation offered by Article 37(6)(b) of the basic regulation; advocates, therefore, that the ‘interregional’ component of Objective 3 should also be used to facilitate the coordination and running of such projects, to pool know-how and to exchange good practices, on the basis of ever closer cooperation with, and the support of, INTERACT; Amendment 115 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Invites the Commission to propose specific measures which simplify rules on auditing and control, authorise more systematic standard-rate costing, lay down more detailed rules on eligibility for EU funding, make for greater flexibility in the implementation of automatic decommitments, ~~raise the acceptable error rate to 5% and~~ increase technical assistance ~~to 8%~~, with a view to ensuring that the management bodies concentrate more on the strategic management of projects, rather than whether applications comply with administrative rules; source: PE-458.829
2	2010/2156(INI) Unlocking the potential of cultural and creative industries 2011/07/02 REGI 2 amendments... Amendment 33 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Recommends that the Commission evaluate the relevance of the Structural Funds and existing and future programmes in the field of culture, research, tourism, audiovisual media, youth and education, and of those factors which impede or restrict the take-up of the available appropriations, thus drawing lessons from existing projects and studies in order to design a post-2013 cohesion policy that would ~~help~~be based on a further simplification and harmonisation of the rules and on an increase in the administrative capacity of the relevant bodies, thereby helping release the full potential of the cultural sphere, and particularly that of the creative industries; Amendment 40 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls on all the bodies involved at local level to use the territorial cooperation programmes in order to transfer and use best practices for the development of the cultural and creativity sector; source: PE-458.503
6	2010/2173(DEC) 2009 discharge: European Medicines Agency EMEA 2011/09/03 CONT 2 amendments... Amendment 1 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Proposal for a decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Medicines Agency for the financial year 2009 Paragraph 1 1. ~~.....~~Postpones its decision on granting the Executive Director of the European Medicines Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2009; Amendment 3 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Proposal for a decision on the closure of the accounts of the European Medicines Agency for the financial year 2009 Paragraph 1 1. ~~....~~Postpones the closure of the accounts of the European Medicines Agency for the financial year 2009; source: PE-460.805 2011/09/09 CONT 4 amendments... Amendment 2 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Proposal for a decision on discharge Paragraph 1 1. ~~...~~Grants the Executive Director of the European Medicines Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency's budget for the financial year 2009; Amendment 4 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Proposal for a decision on the closure of the accounts Paragraph 1 ~~1. ...~~the accounts 1. Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Medicines Agency for the financial year 2009; Amendment 6 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Acknowledges receipt of a letter of the Chair of the Agency's Management Board of 17 June 2011 in which it is stated that the Agency has taken actions to address the 2009 shortcomings; also takes note of the documents and annexes received by the Agency in response to Parliament's abovementioned resolution of 10 May 2011; also acknowledges receipt of a letter of the Agency's Acting Executive Director of 10 August 2011, following the questions raised during the debate on discharge to the Agency for 2009 at the meeting of Parliament's Committee on Budgetary Control of 13 July 2011, and the additional information and documents presenting the Agency's replies and action plans, as well as the additional documents that the Committee on Budgetary Control requested during that debate; Amendment 21 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13 a. Notes that, as of 1 July 2011, the new electronic Declaration of Interests (e- DoI) form went live and all experts were requested to fill in the new e-DoI and that the e-DoIs of all experts included in the Experts database will be made publicly available on the Agency's website as of 30 September 2011; also notes that the Memorandum of Understanding between the Agency and each National Competent Authority on the monitoring of the scientific level and independence of the evaluation carried out by the National Competent Authority for services to be provided to the Agency became effective as of 4 July 2011; source: PE-472.098
3	2010/2181(DEC) 2009 discharge: European Police College CEPOL 2011/09/03 CONT 3 amendments... Amendment 1 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Proposal for a decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Police College for the financial year 2009 Paragraph 1 1. ……Postpones its decision on granting the Director of the European Police College discharge in respect of the implementation of the College's budget for the financial year 2009; Amendment 3 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Proposal for a decision on the closure of the accounts of the European Police College for the financial year 2009 Paragraph 1 1. ~~.....~~Postpones the closure of the accounts of the European Police College for the financial year 2009; Amendment 29 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 – subparagraph 2 calls then on the College and its Governing Board to inform the discharge authority ofby 30 June 2011 about the actions and improvements taken with regard to all these concerns; source: PE-460.804
3	2010/2186(DEC) 2009 discharge: Euratom Supply Agency ESA 2011/09/03 CONT 3 amendments... Amendment 1 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Proposal for a decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Euratom Supply Agency for the financial year 2009 Paragraph 1 1. ~~....~~Postpones its decision on granting the Director-General of the Euratom Supply Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2009; Amendment 3 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Proposal for a decision on the closure of the accounts of the Euratom Supply Agency for the financial year 2009 Paragraph 1 1.~~.....~~ Postpones the closure of the accounts of the Euratom Supply Agency for the financial year 2009; Amendment 4 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls on the Director General to adopt an action plan in cooperation with the parent directorate-general (DG) and inform the discharge authority by 30 June 2011 about the concrete steps and specific timetable to ensure that the Agency is financially autonomous; source: PE-460.806
4	2010/2277(INI) Single Market for Enterprises and Growth 2011/07/02 REGI 4 amendments... Amendment 6 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Kerstin WESTPHAL Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Stresses that in a globalised world the single market has to ensure the best possible business environment for enterprises, and to take the specific nature of SMEs into account in order to foster job creation, innovation and entrepreneurship in all EU regions, including rural areas; welcomes, therefore, the planned assessment of the ‘Small Business Act’ and the reinforcement of the ‘Think Small First’ principle; and recalls the pivotal role Cohesion Policy can play to the further integration of the Single Market especially through the support it provides for SMEs in all EU regions; Amendment 16 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses that single market accessibility for all EU regions is a prerequisite for the free movement of people, goods, capital and services, and thus for a strong and dynamic single market; points out, in this connection, the essential role played by the Union's regional policy in terms of developing infrastructure, particularly in the less developed and outermost regions; calls for the development of innovative sources of funding (such as public-private partnerships, project bonds and user charges -fully respecting at the same time the need for high level of quality and universal access to the services of general interest); calls on the Commission and the Member States jointly to address the complexity of the rules governing revenue- generating projects; Amendment 26 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Kerstin WESTPHAL Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Underlines that regional policy implementation is crucial for the success of the Europe 2020 strategy and the deepening of the single market and calls upon the Commission to establish a real correlation between the Single Market Act and the EU2020; points out that EU structural funding should be allocated in a dynamic, forward-looking manner, i.e. so as to cushion further the possible adverse effects on regions of international trade agreements and to prepare EU regions for socioeconomic change; calls for a more user-friendly regional policy, but also for stricter rules against ‘fund-shopping’, by means of which some enterprises may misuse the Union's financial instruments; Amendment 41 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Kerstin WESTPHAL Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Stresses that services are a unique source of development for the single market; emphasises that the Services Directive is an essential step towards a true single market for services, and that the transposition process should take place as quickly as possible and in a transparent manner; underlines, in particular, the need for socially and regionally equitable access to services of general interest by making full use of the possibilities provided by the Lisbon Treaty namely the Protocol No 26; source: PE-458.519
2	2010/2304(INI) European broadband: investing in digitally driven growth 2011/03/24 REGI 2 amendments... Amendment 16 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Kerstin WESTPHAL Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Considers that full broadband coverage must be made a universal service, as it is essential to helping create equal living conditions in Europe and therefore to enhancing cohesion across EU regions; Amendment 46 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Points out that the definition of basic provision will have to be adjusted in future in line with changed requirements; calls, therefore, on the Commission, in view of the likely failure of the market to supply islands, mountainous and rural areas with NGA networks, to incorporate new organisational models for the provision and financing of high-speed and ultra-high- speed networks as an option into the broadband guidelines; source: PE-460.929
8	2011/0177(APP) Multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020 2012/07/25 REGI 8 amendments... Amendment 2 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Constanze Angela KREHL Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas in its resolution of 13 June 2012 on the Multiannual Financial Framework and own resources the Parliament stressed that the EU budget, and specifically Cohesion policy expenditure, represents a strong tool to increase strategic investment with a proven European added value and put the European economy back on growth and competitiveness track; Amendment 3 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Constanze Angela KREHL Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas the MFF for 2014-2020 is to be viewed as the main EU instrument ~~predetermining wheth~~to deliver the EU 2020 goals ~~will be sufficiently met~~on the whole EU territory as well as to achieve economic, social and territorial cohesion; whereas it should also aim at translating the EU objectives agreed by the Heads of States and Governments into real and concrete actions, which makes its necessary that the current negotiations escape from the crisis-based mentality and strive for a sound and rational budget that will guarantee growth and employment, and, ultimately, high living standard and security for the citizens of the EU; Amendment 4 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Constanze Angela KREHL Draft opinion Recital C C. whereas, as a mechanism contributing to the proper involvement of all EU regions within the single market, and as the EU's main response to the persisting economic, social and territorial disparities among its regions, the EU Cohesion policy should remain the main pillar of European solidarity; Amendment 6 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Constanze Angela KREHL Draft opinion Recital D D. whereas, however, Cohesion policy needs reforms in order to become more result-oriented, thematically concentrated, and beneficiary-friendly, and, hence, a more cost-efficient policy; Amendment 8 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Constanze Angela KREHL Draft opinion Recital E E. whereas, Cohesion policy should give fair access to resources and respond to the real development needs of all EU regions which require also flexibility to address the regions' specific needs in the establishment of objectives and investment priorities, notwithstanding the need to invest in, e.g. R&D and Innovation, as a key tool contributing to the accomplishment of the EU2020 Strategy, which is to be connected to Cohesion policy in an appropriate manner, that is through a "stairway to excellence"; Amendment 9 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Constanze Angela KREHL Draft opinion Recital F F. whereas it is self evident that Cohesion Policy can be useful and effective only if it relies on a stable, solid and sustainable financial framework; in this respect, in its resolution of 8 June 2011 on Investing in the future: a new Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for a competitive, sustainable and inclusive Europe the Parliament has confirmed its commitment to defend a stronger EU Cohesion policy insisting on the ~~proper~~adequate level of resources to be allocated, of at least the same level as that agreed for the current programming period 2007-2013; Amendment 12 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Constanze Angela KREHL Draft opinion Recital G a (new) Ga. whereas, EU Cohesion Policy is a development policy and a strategic tool for investments, growth and competitiveness, with an undisputed EU added value, contributing to growth and job creation throughout the Union and assisting in overcoming the current economic and financial crisis; Amendment 14 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Andrey KOVATCHEV, Constanze Angela KREHL, Lambert van NISTELROOIJ, Michael THEURER, François ALFONSI, Oldřich VLASÁK, Younous OMARJEE Draft opinion Point i i. ~~The amount of EUR 376 billion for~~Underlines that the position of the European Parliament is that Cohesion pPolicy~~, as proposed by the Commission in its proposal for a regulation laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014- 2020, should be considered as a~~ funding should be maintained at least at the level of the 2007-2013 period, namely EUR 366, 8 billion in 2011 prices (excluding the Connecting Europe Facility), which is the absolute minimum ~~sound~~ level of sound funding and ~~should~~, therefore, constitutes a red line in the future negotiationg position of the Parliament. source: PE-494.553
25	2011/0275(COD) European Regional Development Fund (ERDF): support to the Investment for growth and jobs goal 2012/07/06 REGI 25 amendments... Amendment 64 # Kerstin WESTPHAL, Constanze Angela KREHL, Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Proposal for a regulation Recital 5 (5) The ERDF should contribute to the Europe 2020 strategy, thus ensuring greater concentration of ERDF support on the priorities of the Union. According to the category of regions supported, the support from the ERDF should be concentrated on research and innovation, small and medium-sized enterprises and climate change mitigation, but also on measures which serve the traditional objectives of the ERDF set forth in Article 2. The degree of concentration should take into account the level of development of the region as well as the specific needs of regions whose GDP per capita for the 2007-13 period was less than 75% of the average GDP of the EU-25 for the reference period. Amendment 83 # Kerstin WESTPHAL, Constanze Angela KREHL, Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Patrice TIROLIEN Proposal for a regulation Recital 7 (7) Within the framework of sustainable urban development, it is considered necessary to support integrated actions to tackle the economic, environmental, climate and social challenges affecting urban areas ~~and to define a procedure to establish the list of cities covered by such actions and the financial allocation set aside for such actions~~. Amendment 91 # Kerstin WESTPHAL, Constanze Angela KREHL, Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Proposal for a regulation Recital 8 (8) Building on the experience and strengths of the integration of measures in the field of sustainable urban development into operational programmes supported by the ERDF during the 2007- 2013 period, a further step should be taken at Union level by establishing an urban development platform.deleted Amendment 107 # Kerstin WESTPHAL, Constanze Angela KREHL, Patrice TIROLIEN, Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Proposal for a regulation Recital 13 (13) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Regulation, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission in respect of the list of cities to participate in the urban development platform. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with 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.deleted Amendment 112 # Kerstin WESTPHAL, Constanze Angela KREHL, Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 1 The ERDF shall contribute to the financing of support which aims to reinforce economic, social and territorial cohesion by redressing the main regional imbalances through support for the development and structural adjustment of regional economies, including the conversion of declining industrial regions and regions lagging behind or regions with regional demographic challenges and handicaps. Amendment 130 # Kerstin WESTPHAL, Constanze Angela KREHL, Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Proposal for a regulation Article 2 a (new) Article 2 a Promotion of equality between men and women and non-discrimination In accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No [...]/2012 [CPR], the Member States and the Commission shall ensure that equality between men and women and the integration of the gender perspective are promoted during preparation and implementation of the ERDF programmes. Amendment 144 # Kerstin WESTPHAL, Constanze Angela KREHL, Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new) (a a) productive investments that contribute to the establishment or preservation of jobs in SMEs and to the attainment of investment priorities in Articles 5.1 and 5.4, irrespective of the size of the undertaking; Amendment 155 # Kerstin WESTPHAL, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Constanze Angela KREHL, Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Patrice TIROLIEN Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c (c) investments in social, health, cultural, sporting and educational infrastructure, and in an infrastructure that takes the ageing population into consideration; Amendment 209 # Kerstin WESTPHAL, Constanze Angela KREHL, Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Patrice TIROLIEN Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 ~~In more developed regions, the ERDF shall not support investments in infrastructure providing basic services to citizens in the areas of environment, transport, and ICT.~~deleted Amendment 251 # Kerstin WESTPHAL, Constanze Angela KREHL, Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Patrice TIROLIEN Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i (i) at least 80 % of the total ERDF resources at national level shall be allocated to the thematic objectives set out in points 1, 3 and 4 of Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No […]/2012 [CPR], as well as a fourth point of this Article that can be chosen freely, ; and Amendment 282 # Kerstin WESTPHAL, Constanze Angela KREHL, Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Patrice TIROLIEN Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point i (i) at least 50 % of the total ERDF resources at national level shall be allocated to the thematic objectives set in out in point 1, 3 and 4 of Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No […]/2012 [CPR], as well as a fourth point of this Article that can be chosen freely; Amendment 294 # Kerstin WESTPHAL, Constanze Angela KREHL, Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii (ii) at least 612.5 % of the total ERDF resources at national level shall be allocated to the thematic objective set out in point 4 of Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No […]/2012 [CPR]. Amendment 310 # Kerstin WESTPHAL, Constanze Angela KREHL, Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 2 By derogation from point (a) (i), in those regions whose GDP per capita for the 2007-13 period was less than 75 % of the average GDP of the EU-25 for the reference period but which are eligible under the category of transition or more developed regions as defined in Article 82(2)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) No [ ]/2012 [CPR] in the 2014-2020 period, at least 60 % of the total ERDF resources at national level shall be allocated to each of the thematic objectives set in out in points 1, 3 and 4 and a freely selected fourth point of Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No […]/2012 [CPR]. Amendment 430 # Kerstin WESTPHAL, Constanze Angela KREHL, Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new) (3a) supporting the establishment and operation of manufacturing and service enterprises; Amendment 431 # Kerstin WESTPHAL, Constanze Angela KREHL, Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 3 b (new) (3b) supporting the ability of SMEs to invest in growth and innovation processes; Amendment 441 # Kerstin WESTPHAL, Constanze Angela KREHL, Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Patrice TIROLIEN Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point b (b) promoting energy efficiency and renewable energy use in ~~SME~~businesses; Amendment 466 # Kerstin WESTPHAL, Constanze Angela KREHL, Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Patrice TIROLIEN Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point e (e) promoting low-carbon strategies for urban areas, including the support and development of sustainable urban mobility and environmentally friendly public transport. Amendment 514 # Kerstin WESTPHAL, Constanze Angela KREHL, Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Patrice TIROLIEN Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point c (c) protecting, promoting and developing cultural heritage and cultural and tourism infrastructure; Amendment 564 # Kerstin WESTPHAL, Constanze Angela KREHL, Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point c (c) developing environment-friendly and low-carbon transport systems ~~and promoting sustainable urban mobility~~; Amendment 626 # Kerstin WESTPHAL, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Constanze Angela KREHL, Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Patrice TIROLIEN Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point a (a) investing in health, sporting, cultural and social infrastructure which contribute to national, regional and local development, reducing inequalities in terms of health status, enhancing the cultural opportunities available to all, and transition from institutional to community- based services; Amendment 627 # Kerstin WESTPHAL, Constanze Angela KREHL, Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point a (a) investing in health and social infrastructure which contribute to national, regional and local development and better management of demographic change, reducing inequalities in terms of health status, and transition from institutional to community- based services; Amendment 659 # Kerstin WESTPHAL, Constanze Angela KREHL, Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 9 a (new) (9a) supporting measures that take account of the effects of an ageing population, ensuring the social integration of older people and helping to combat emigration among young people. Amendment 686 # Kerstin WESTPHAL, Constanze Angela KREHL, Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Patrice TIROLIEN Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 Each Member State shall establish in its Partnership Contract a list of cities where integrated actions for sustainable urban development are to be implemented and an indicative annual allocation for these actions at national level.deleted Amendment 714 # Kerstin WESTPHAL, Constanze Angela KREHL, Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Proposal for a regulation Article 7 a (new) Article 7a In addition, by way of derogation from Article 87(1) of Regulation (EU) No [...]/2012 [CPR, a separate priority axis can be established for sustainable urban development in the operational programmes, containing the investment priorities from different thematic objectives. Amendment 715 # Kerstin WESTPHAL, Constanze Angela KREHL, Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Patrice TIROLIEN Proposal for a regulation Article 8 Article 8 Urban development platform 1. The Commission shall establish, in accordance with Article 51 of Regulation (EU) No […]/2012 [CPR], an urban development platform to promote capacity-building and networking between cities and exchange of experience on urban policy at Union level in areas related to the investment priorities of the ERDF and to sustainable urban development. 2. The Commission shall adopt a list of cities to participate in the platform on the basis of the lists established in the Partnership Contracts, by means of implementing acts. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 14(2). The list shall contain a maximum number of 300 cities, with a maximum number of 20 per Member State. Cities shall be selected based on the following criteria: (a) population, taking account of the specificities of national urban systems; (b) the existence of a strategy for integrated actions to tackle the economic, environmental, climate and social challenges affecting urban areas. 3. The platform shall also support networking between all cities which undertake innovative actions at the initiative of the Commission.deleted source: PE-491.053
2	2011/0283(COD) Structural Funds and Cohesion Fund: provisions relating to risk sharing instruments for Member States experiencing or threatened with serious difficulties with respect to their financial stability 2012/02/14 CONT 2 amendments... Amendment 10 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Proposal for a regulation – amending act Recital 13 (13) In order to alleviate those problems and to speed up the implementation of the operational programmes and projects, as well as to strengthen the economic recovery, it is appropriate that the managing authorities of the Member States having experienced serious difficulties with respect to financial stability and which have been granted financial assistance according to one of the financial assistance mechanisms set out above may contribute financial resources from operational programmes to the establishment of risk sharing instruments providing loans or guarantees or other financial facilities, in support of projects and operations foreseen under an operational programme. In addition, infrastructure and productive investment relevant to the economic recovery and job creation in the Member States concerned and compliance with the objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy can also be supported. Amendment 12 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Proposal for a regulation – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 Article 36 – paragraph 2a – subparagraph 2 Such risk sharing instrument shall be used exclusively for loans and guarantees, as well as other financial facilities, to finance operations co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund or the Cohesion Fund, ~~regarding expenditure which is not~~or infrastructure and productive investment projects relevant to the economic recovery and job creation in the Member States covncerned ~~by Article 56~~and to ensure compliance with the objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy. source: PE-483.501
1	2011/2019(BUD) 2012 budget: mandate for the trilogue 2011/05/24 BUDG 1 amendments... Amendment 134 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Spyros DANELLIS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 39 39. Stresses that part of the spending under Heading 2 is instrumental in realising the Europe 2020 goals; emphasises that the priority goals of this strategy – growth and employment – are also accomplished through the rural development programmes; regards climate action and food security as two of the main challenges for the CAP; and calls~~, therefore,~~ for a further greening of the CAP, without compromising the competitiveness of EU farmers, which should also contribute further to meeting the vast environmental challenges the EU faces, including water pollution; in this context, also welcomes the increase for the LIFE+ programme (+4.3% and +1.9% in commitments and payments respectively); source: PE-465.029
4	2011/2023(INI) Towards a stronger European disaster response: the role of civil protection and humanitarian assistance 2011/05/30 REGI 4 amendments... Amendment 15 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Recalls that the Lisbon Treaty has introduced the concept of Territorial cohesion, and extended the subsidiarity principle to the regional and local authorities and that in that respect, any assessment of an European disaster response should take into account the crucial role they play in the disaster management cycle, especially given that in a large number of Member States’ legislative powers are organised on a local or regional basis; Amendment 26 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Recalls the extreme vulnerability of certain areas because of their geography, such as coastal, insular and mountainous areas, and calls for a special attention to be given to these areas; Amendment 30 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Points to the key role of the regional and local authorities, which are in the front line when disasters occur and whose involvement can raise the EU’s visibility among its citizens; therefore calls the Commission to ensure that the Member States involve their regional and local authorities in the early stages of the set up of the disaster response, building upon the multi-level governance model applied in Cohesion policy, through a win-win communication strategy for all the actors part of the response mechanism; Amendment 35 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Considers that further exploitation of the opportunities offered in the context of the European Territorial Objective is of crucial importance; believes in this connection that the European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC) can constitute an important instrument for further strengthening transnational, cross-border and interregional cooperation, even with countries which are not EU Member States. It is here that the EU can make a valuable and visible contribution to even more effective and efficient cooperation, above all by improving coordination; source: PE-466.979
3	2011/2034(INI) Energy infrastructure priorities for 2020 and beyond 2011/03/24 REGI 3 amendments... Amendment 24 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Emphasises that cooperation between regions in the Member States and in the EU is a necessary component for successful implementation of EIPs and takes the view that the territorial objective in the framework of Cohesion Policy as well as macro-regional strategies can ~~serve~~ increase cooperation ~~platform~~opportunities for cross-border projects; Amendment 47 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on relevant partners to better promote and profit from the benefits that JESSICA ~~can provide for urban energy infrastructure~~and the technical facility ELENA can provide for investments in sustainable energy at local level; points out the potential of cross-border funding with neighbouring countries in the framework of the ENPI; Amendment 66 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the Commission to ensure that financing of infrastructure investments is market-based, provided, however, that public interest – especially at local and regional level and in territories with specific geographical features such as islands, mountainous regions and regions with very low population density– is also safeguarded. source: PE-462.568
19	2011/2035(INI) EC 5th Cohesion Report and Strategy for the post-2013 Cohesion Policy 2011/03/28 CONT 1 amendments... Amendment 7 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Derek VAUGHAN Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Considers that common rules on the management, eligibility, auditing and reporting of projects financed by the ERDF, the ESF, the Cohesion Fund and of projects supporting the economic diversification of rural and fisheries areas under the EAFRD and the EFF would play a key role in simplifying the management of funds, reducing the risk of error and facilitating participation in cohesion policy programmes by smaller stakeholders, as well as easier absorption of available funding; source: PE-462.582 2011/04/20 REGI 18 amendments... Amendment 8 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Motion for a resolution Citation 13 a (new) - having regard to the report of the Committee on Regional Development on the state of play and future synergies for increased effectiveness between the ERDF and other structural funds, Amendment 247 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Evgeni KIRILOV Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Takes the view that GDP must be retained as the key criterion in the definition of areas eligible for maximum support (those with GDP/PE below 75% of the EU average) and, where appropriate, cohesion countries (GDPNI/PE below 90% of the EU average); points out that the competent national authorities must continue to have scope for the use of additional indicators at the relevant decision-making levels; Amendment 252 # Kerstin WESTPHAL, Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Takes the view that GDP must be retained as the key criterion in the definition of areas eligible for maximum support (those with GDP/PE below 75% of the EU average) and, where appropriate, cohesion countries (GDP/PE below 90% of the EU average); points out that the competent national and regional authorities must continue to have scope for the use of additional indicators at the relevant decision-making levels; Amendment 264 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Constanze Angela KREHL Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Calls ~~for a dependable and appropriate phasing-out arrangement for~~on the Commission to thoroughly analyse the development situation and the specific needs of areas formerly eligible for maximum support under the Convergence objective (convergence regions) in order to assess to what degree dependable and appropriate phasing-out arrangements could be established; Amendment 282 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Constanze Angela KREHL, Derek VAUGHAN Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. ~~Takes the view that a general new funding category based on GDP/PE~~Calls for a transitional objective for the support of regions coming out of the Convergence objective and for regions with a GDP per capita between ~~the~~ 75% and 90% rates would be at odds with the tried and tested principles of EU cohesion policy (to support the weakest and pool the inherent potential of the wealthier regions, taking a cross- cutting approach), and therefore rejects this intermediate categoryto replace the current phasing-out and phasing-in system, thus creating a fair system which reflects the negative impacts of the economic crisis; Believes that such a system will guarantee truly equal treatment between regions and will enhance the release of the endogenous development potential of all EU regions; Amendment 294 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Constanze Angela KREHL Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Takes the unequivocal view that efforts under Objective 3 (European Territorial Cooperation) need to be stepped up at all EU internal borders and at all three levels of such cooperation (cross-border, inter- regional and trans-national) and calls for the relevant share of the Structural Funds to be increased ~~to 7%~~; stresses the importance of the border regions in terms of achievement of the EU 2020 objectives; considers there is a need for closer linkage with the TEN networks – in line with European priorities – and with cross-border infrastructure, and calls for a corresponding increase in funding for all border regions; Amendment 303 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Constanze Angela KREHL Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Takes the view that new issue-oriented funds (for climate, energy and transport) would undermine the tried and tested principle of multi-level governance, integrated development programmes and jeopardise the regions' contribution to the achievement of the EU 2020 objectives; Amendment 312 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Constanze Angela KREHL, Evgeni KIRILOV Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Calls for the ESF, as a component of cohesion policy, to continue to foster social integration, economic growth and employment; regards the ESF as the Union's most important labour-market and employment-policy tool; attaches particular importance to developing skills and mobility, enhancing equality of opportunity between the sexes, integrating people who are disadvantaged and supporting ~~SME~~social services, social inclusion and SMEs; reiterates the need for the ESF to remain a key component in the Cohesion Policy catering in tandem with the ERDF for the region’s development needs; Amendment 314 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Constanze Angela KREHL Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 27. Draws attention to the synergies achievable through integrated approaches, notably linking the ESF and the ERDF, and calls for the option of cross-financing between these funds – specifically with a view to integrated development planning – to be facilitated; supports the introduction of an option for multi-fund OPs which would further facilitate integrated approaches; Amendment 335 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Constanze Angela KREHL, Derek VAUGHAN, Victor BOŞTINARU, Evgeni KIRILOV, María IRIGOYEN PÉREZ, Salvatore CARONNA, Francesco DE ANGELIS, Andrea COZZOLINO Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 30. Calls, in the interests of efficiency, for the elimination or merger of funds relevant to both regional development and cohesion; recommends that the Globalisation Fund be abandoned as a stand-alone instrument and that appropriate provision for its functions be included in the Social Fund; calls for consideration of whether a merger of the Cohesion Fund and the Regional Development Fund would be compatible with the European Treaties; points out that, as a rule, monies from the Regional Development Fund and the Cohesion Fund are spent on the same types of project;deleted Amendment 370 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Constanze Angela KREHL Motion for a resolution Paragraph 34 34. Supports the system of thematic priorities that the Commission is proposing; points out that the lower the level of development in a Member State or region, the more wide-ranging the list of priorities there needs to be, taking into account specific regional development needs while ensuring that this thematic approach for programming Structural and Cohesion Funds cannot take place to the detriment of the integrated place- based approach; Amendment 383 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Constanze Angela KREHL Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 35. Calls, in the event that binding priorities are set for all Member States, for these to cover especially innovation, infrastructure and resource management and to be tailored in each case to regions' specific needs; stresses that it must be possible to suggest and pursue additional priorities on a voluntary basis and in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity; calls for suggested priority areas to include energy, education and training, and combating poverty; Amendment 395 # Constanze Angela KREHL, Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 37 37. Calls for the funding under investment partnerships to be made conditional on the implementation of reforms by the Member States, in order to ensure that it is used efficiently in areas directly related to cohesion policy; considers it fair for such conditions to include, in particular, full implementation of existing EU legislation (e.g. on price regulation, tendering procedures, transport, the environment and health) in order to prevent irregularities and ensure effectiveness; rejects, however, the imposition of conditions requiring Member States to undertake fundamental social and economic reform; Amendment 432 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Constanze Angela KREHL, María IRIGOYEN PÉREZ, Victor BOŞTINARU, Derek VAUGHAN Motion for a resolution Paragraph 41 41. C~~onsiders that the maximum level of support must not exceed 75%, otherwise applications will be driven less by the case for the projects than by the prospect of the funding they can attract~~alls on the Commission to examine and to establish the most appropriate maximum level of support on the basis of a thorough analysis of the development situation and the specific needs of the regions in the framework of each objective, in order to ensure that applications will respond to the real needs of each region and will aim to sustainable results in a long-term perspective; calls for it to be made easier for regions to use private co- financing and market-oriented credit options to cover their share of project financing; Amendment 473 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Constanze Angela KREHL, Derek VAUGHAN, Victor BOŞTINARU, Patrice TIROLIEN Motion for a resolution Paragraph 46 a (new) 46a. Supports the creation of a flexibility reserve established on the basis of appropriations automatically de- committed during the programming period, and aimed at triggering the Structural Funds in an economic, social or environmental crisis in conjunction with the Globalisation Adjustment Fund and the European Union Solidarity Fund; Amendment 486 # Constanze Angela KREHL, Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 49 49. Regards the integration of the EU 2020 objectives into the existing system of objectives and funds as entirely feasible; rejects any division of the EU budget under the notional headings of ‘smart’, ‘inclusive’ or ‘sustainable’ growthParticularly stresses the fact that cohesion policy, which is at the same time ‘smart’, ‘sustainable’ and ‘inclusive’ plays a crucial role within the EU 2020 strategy and can give, as all policy fields, a contribution to these goals; points out that this provides further clear evidence of the importance of cohesion policy as a whole, and rejects any fragmentation of this policy across various budget headings as cohesion policy should have its own heading within the EU budget; Amendment 491 # Derek VAUGHAN, Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 50 50. Regards post-2013 cohesion and structural policy as the decisive policy arena for cross-sectoral implementation of the EU 2020 strategy and therefore calls for ~~it to be treated at least as generously in budgetary terms it has been as in~~a real terms rise in the Cohesion Policy Budget for the next period compared to the current planning period; Amendment 541 # Constanze Angela KREHL, Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 56 56. S~~upports the Commission's proposal~~tresses that the Nn+2 and n+3 rules should be applied systematically except in the first year of funding and that derogations from it should be abolished; considers this will guarantee that a balance is struck between high-quality investment and smooth and speedy programme implementatmaintained, possibly combined with greater flexibility to cover exceptional situations which might be expected to arise within the next programming periond; source: PE-462.896
3	2011/2048(INI) Modernisation of public procurement 2011/05/31 REGI 3 amendments... Amendment 8 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Considers that a simplified procedural framework for relatively small contract awards for smaller local and regional contracting authorities would help to reduce administrative burdens precisely in those areas where they might be disproportionate; reminds however that such a simplified procedural framework must not compromise the need for transparency and sound financial management; Amendment 11 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Reminds that SMEs have a huge potential for job creation, growth and innovation, and calls therefore for additional measures to be introduced in order to foster SME participation in public procurement; Amendment 39 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Asks the Commission to simplify the procedural framework as a whole by avoiding exceptions and derogations to be applied by contracting authorities and to clarify the uncertainties expressed by the latter on awards below the thresholds of the directives especially by providing further guidance to help contracting authorities in assessing the existence or not of a certain cross-border interest in specific cases. source: PE-466.987
1	2011/2051(INI) CAP towards 2020: meeting the food, natural resources and territorial challenges of the future 2011/03/25 REGI 1 amendments... Amendment 72 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Luís Paulo ALVES Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Calls on the Commission to enhance synergies and coordination between the rural development actions under the EAFRD and cohesion actions under the ERDF, the Cohesion Fund and the ESF; is of the opinion that a comprehensive approach to the development of rural communities, in line with the territorial cohesion objective, could be guaranteed through clearer synergies among these funds. source: PE-462.564
2	2011/2096(INI) Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area – Towards a competitive and resource efficient transport system 2011/09/21 REGI 2 amendments... Amendment 13 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Points to the role that cohesion policy plays in developing transport infrastructure; draws attention to the lack of financial resources in several Member States; takes the view that new financing instruments are necessary for the transport sector but not to the detriment of Cohesion Policy's goals and recourses; calls on Member States to ensure sufficient national funding in their budgetary planning and sufficient project planning and implementation capacities; Amendment 31 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Highlights the special needs of islands, in terms of efficient mainland connections and the application of the Transport Equivalent principle, the specificities of outermost regions and the pivotal importance of the short sea shipping and inland waterways as fields where unused potential exists for the further development of the internal market and the achievement of Cohesion Policy goals; source: PE-472.262
11	2011/2179(INI) Evolution of EU macro-regional strategies: present practice and future prospects, especially in the Mediterranean 2012/04/06 REGI 11 amendments... Amendment 16 # Giommaria UGGIAS, Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Spyros DANELLIS Motion for a resolution Recital J a (new) Ja. whereas, notwithstanding the fact that Article 174 of the TFEU commits the European Union to promoting uniform development by reducing the gap of the least favoured regions, including insular regions, the European institutions have not yet adopted an ad hoc strategy that takes into account the specific needs of the islands; Amendment 17 # Giommaria UGGIAS, Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Spyros DANELLIS Motion for a resolution Recital J b (new) Jb. whereas the full accessibility of Mediterranean insular regions can only be ensured through the allocation of additional resources in the field of maritime and aviation transport; Amendment 18 # Giommaria UGGIAS, Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Spyros DANELLIS Motion for a resolution Recital J c (new) Jc. whereas the economic and social development of the European Union is achieved through a better integration of the insular territories within the European Single Market and to that end, the Commission should adopt an integrated approach on the insularity issue; Amendment 19 # Giommaria UGGIAS, Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Spyros DANELLIS Motion for a resolution Recital J d (new) Jd. whereas the Commission's action towards insularity has been so far lacking despite the fact that the Treaties recognize the long-standing structural disadvantage faced by island populations in terms of cost to be incurred in the fields of energy and transport; Amendment 74 # Giommaria UGGIAS, Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Spyros DANELLIS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 b (new) 18b. Urges the Commission to take concrete actions aimed at implementing Article 174 of the TFEU and overcoming the handicap of insularity through the promotion of a strategy which guarantees uniform European economic and social development; Amendment 75 # Giommaria UGGIAS, Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Spyros DANELLIS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 c (new) 18c. Believes that the Mediterranean insular territories should be eligible for additional funding, with particular reference to the transport sector, in order to ensure full accessibility and territorial continuity of these territories with the European continent and their effective integration with the Single Market; Amendment 76 # Giommaria UGGIAS, Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Spyros DANELLIS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 d (new) 18 d. Deems a better integration of islands with the European Single Market a key factor in promoting their social cohesion and economic growth within the European Union; to that aim, urges the Commission to adopt ad hoc measures that contribute to making insular territories equally competitive with the mainland territories; Amendment 77 # Giommaria UGGIAS, Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Spyros DANELLIS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 e (new) 18 e. Hopes that the Commission may overcome its punitive attitude towards the insular territories whereas it considers state aids those which constitute legitimate compensation with respect to the discriminated condition of insularity; Amendment 78 # Giommaria UGGIAS, Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Spyros DANELLIS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 f (new) 18 f. Calls on the Commission to formulate a comprehensive proposal aimed at overcoming the structural handicaps of islands territories; Amendment 79 # Giommaria UGGIAS, Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Spyros DANELLIS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 g (new) 18 g. Considers necessary an increase in the threshold of de minimis aid for islands with special reference to the agriculture, transport and fishery sectors, in order to reduce the gap between different levels of development among European regions; Amendment 83 # Giommaria UGGIAS, Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Spyros DANELLIS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 k (new) 18 k. Calls on the Commission to adopt an Action Plan for the Mediterranean macroregion strategy by the end of 2013, incorporating specific projects with broad involvement of all relevant stakeholders and regional partners and using all available financial instruments; source: PE-491.017
1	2011/2186(INI) European Investment Bank (EIB) - Annual Report 2010 2012/03/02 CONT 1 amendments... Amendment 5 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Zuzana BRZOBOHATÁ Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the 2010 Annual Report and encourages the EIB to continue its activities to support the development of the European economy and foster growth, stimulate employment, and promote ~~interregional and soc~~social and territorial cohesion with a special focus on projects for less-developed and least favoured regions; supports the bank in its intention to target operations where its financing is likely to have the greatest impact on economic growth; source: PE-480.786
4	2011/2201(DEC) 2010 discharge: EU general budget, Section III, Commission 2012/02/02 REGI 4 amendments... Amendment 2 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Regrets that Regional policy was part of an error-prone group, ~~which was the most error prone~~ among the policy areas of Union expenditure, with 49 % of the 243 payments audited by the Court of Auditors affected by error; ~~underlines that this level~~notes however that only part of the errors will have a financial impact and that the 49 % frequency is lower than in the 2000-2006 period; underlines that the rate of error has been decreasing as compared to the error rates detected in the 2000-2006 programming period~~, and that only part of the errors will have a financial impact~~; Amendment 3 # Jens GEIER, Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Regrets that Regional policy was part of an error-prone group, which was the most error prone among the policy areas of Union expenditure, with 49 % of the 243 payments audited by the Court of Auditors affected by error; underlines that this level of error has been decreasing as compared to the error rates detected in the 2000-2006 programming period, and that only part of the errors will have a financial impact; calls on the Commission to achieve a trend that shows a consistent decrease in the error rate; Amendment 4 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Recalls that an error occurs when a transaction is not carried out in accordance with the legal and regulatory provisions, therefore rendering declared (and reimbursed) expenditure irregular; also notes that an error does not necessarily mean that funds have disappeared, been lost or wasted or that fraud has been committed; Amendment 12 # Jens GEIER, Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Regrets the deficiencies in the financial engineering instruments' implementation, namely in respect of the lack of compliance with regulatory requirements in making the contribution from the operational programmes to the funds implementing such instruments, as well as deficient reporting and verification requirements in force; calls on the Member States to comply with their reporting obligations; source: PE-480.806
1	2011/2228(DEC) 2010 discharge: European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) 2012/07/03 CONT 1 amendments... Amendment 3 # Edit HERCZOG, Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 45/20011 on several occasions to the detriment of its staff, the Agency not only did not comply with the EDPS recommendation but sued the EDPS for his conclusions and the Court of Justice Tribunal decided against ENISA and ordered it to bear the expenses of the case2; urges ENISA's Executive Director to make sure that the Agency will immediately comply with the EDPS' recommendation; 1 Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2000 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and bodies and on the free movement of such data. 2 Infocuria-Case-law of the Court of Justice T-345/1110a. Is concerned by the fact that while ENISA has been found blameworthy by the EDPS for violating regulation source: PE-483.630
4	2012/2016(BUD) 2013 budget: mandate for trilogue 2012/05/31 BUDG 4 amendments... Amendment 87 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Eider GARDIAZÁBAL RUBIAL Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. CStresses that Cohesion Policy has long proved its added value as a necessary investment tool to deliver growth and job creation effectively by accurately addressing the investment needs of the regions, thus contributing not only to the reduction of the disparities between them, but also to the economic recovery and to the development of the Union as a whole; also considers the Structural Funds a crucial instrument - both for their financial size and for the objectives pursued - to accelerate the EU economic recovery and to deliver the objectives of growth and employment enshrined in the Europe 2020 Strategy; welcomes therefore the Commission's initiative of re-programming where possible EUR 82 billion of unallocated Structural funds in some Member States in favour of SMEs and youth employment, in line with EP's priorities for 2013; asks to be kept duly informed about implementation of this initiative at national level, its expected impact on growth and jobs and its possible impact for the 2013 budget; Amendment 90 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Eider GARDIAZÁBAL RUBIAL Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 27. Is extremely worried about the payment situation of cohesion projects under this Heading and notes that two thirds of the total level of RAL at the end of 2011 (i.e. EUR 135,8 billion) are due to unpaid projects under the Cohesion policy; reminds that at the end of 2011 the Commission could not reimburse ca. EUR 11 billion of legitimate payment claims submitted by project beneficiaries due to insufficient payment appropriations foreseen in the budget; this situation has led to a considerable payment backlog, which will have to be addressed through the availability of sufficient payment appropriations in 2012; firmly points out that will not accept that this situation occurs again in 2013; Amendment 93 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Eider GARDIAZÁBAL RUBIAL Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 28. Recalls in this context that 2013 is the last year of the current MFF, where implementation of co-financed projects runs at full speed and is expected to accelerate further and the bulk of payment requests is expected to reach the Commission in the second half of the year; calls on the Council and the Commission to immediately analyse and assess, along with Parliament, the figures and requirements in order not to jeopardise implementation for 2013; points out that a lack of payment appropriations could put in danger currently well-functioning programmes; highlights moreover that 2013 will be a year when, due to the lapsing of the N+3 rule, payment claims submitted by 12 Member States will need to be presented for two annual commitment tranches (2010 and 2011 tranches under the N+3 rule and N+2 rule, respectively); considers therefore as a minimum the proposed increase in payment appropriations by 11,7 % (to EUR 48.975 million) as compared to last year since, as mentioned by the Commission, it strictly relates to 2013 and assumes that payment needs from previous years will have been covered; Amendment 96 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Eider GARDIAZÁBAL RUBIAL Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 29. Considers this increase in payments only as a first step to cover the actual needs of running projects and reiterates its concern as to a possible shortage of funds in the field of cohesion policy; calls on the Council and on the Commission to carefully evaluate the real needs in terms of payments for 2013 under heading 1b, not to make any cuts which are unrealistic and not to take decisions that are at odds with forecasts provided by Member States themselves and used as a basis for the Commission's draft budget; will therefore oppose any possible cut in the level of payments compared to the proposal included in the DB 2013; source: PE-489.697
3	2012/2185(DEC) 2011 discharge: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) 2013/02/27 CONT 3 amendments... Amendment 7 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. ~~Takes note~~Welcomes the fact that the Court of Auditors did not make any critical remarks in its report; Amendment 11 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Notes that in 2012, there were three cases dealt by the Court of Justice of the European Union regarding whistleblowing and labour disputes in the Agency, and that on 6 July 2011, the Ombudsman opened Case 0917/2011/ (PMC) EIS, ~~which is based on allegations regarding one of the whistleblower~~regarding human resources issues; Amendment 14 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Notes that in one of the cases referred to in paragraph 4, the European Union Civil Service Tribunal decided in favour of the applicant (judgement of 18 September 2012 in Case F-58/10, Timo Allgeier v European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights which on procedural grounds annulled the Agency's decision of 16 October 2009 and ordered it to pay ~~legal fees and damages to Mr Allgeier~~damages to the applicant and the costs), while in case F-112/10 (Cornelia Trentea v European Agency for Fundamental Rights) the Tribunal decided in favour of the Agency~~; in case F-38/12 (BP v European Agency for Fundamental Rights) judgement is pending~~ and ordered the applicant to pay the costs incurred by the Agency; source: PE-497.850
2	2013/2010(BUD) Guidelines for the 2014 budget: section III 2013/01/31 BUDG 1 amendments... Amendment 90 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Recalls, in this regard, that the EU 2020 strategy should be at the heart of the next MFF (2014-2020) and invites the Commission to clearly prioritise it already in 2014 and to place emphasis on spending for SMEs, research, development and innovation, renewable energy, sustainable development, ~~and~~ skills, the strengthening of economic, social and territorial cohesion, in particular the reduction of disparities between the levels of development of the various regions; source: PE-504.211 2013/07/02 BUDG 1 amendments... Amendment 90 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Recalls, in this regard, that the EU 2020 strategy should be at the heart of the next MFF (2014-2020) and invites the Commission to clearly prioritise it already in 2014 and to place emphasis on spending for SMEs, research, development and innovation, renewable energy, sustainable development, ~~and~~ skills, the strengthening of economic, social and territorial cohesion, in particular the reduction of disparities between the levels of development of the various regions; source: PE-504.211
1	2013/2017(BUD) 2014 budget: mandate for trilogue 2013/04/25 REGI 1 amendments... Amendment 7 # Georgios STAVRAKAKIS Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Further, calls on the Commission to closely monitor and assess Member States' real payment needs in Heading 1b throughout 2013 to avoid a repetition of previous years' situation; warns that a shortage in payment appropriations may prevent the Union from honouring its legal obligations and jeopardise investment efforts on the ground; source: PE-510.577

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