Ivars GODMANIS
Constituencies
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Latvia
Latvijas Pirmā Partija/Latvijas Ceļš
2009/07/14 - 9999/12/31
Groups
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ALDE
Member of the Bureau
Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
2009/07/20 - 9999/12/31
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ALDE
Member
Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
2009/07/14 - 2009/07/19
Committees
| Role | Committee | Start | End |
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| Member of | Committee on Budgets | 2012/01/19 | 9999/12/31 |
| Substitute of | Committee on Regional Development | 2012/01/19 | 9999/12/31 |
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Delegations
| Role | Delegation | Start | End |
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| Member of | Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly | 2009/09/16 | 9999/12/31 |
| Member of | Delegation for relations with Belarus | 2009/09/16 | 9999/12/31 |
| Substitute of | Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia | 2009/09/16 | 9999/12/31 |
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Strasbourg
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- B-1047 Brisele
Rapporteur
| Opinion | 2011/2195(INI) | Role of Cohesion Policy in the outermost regions of the European Union in the context of EU 2020 |
| Opinion | 2011/0384(COD) | European Institute of Innovation and Technology 2014-2020 |
| Shadow | 2011/0276(COD) | Structural instruments: common provisions for ERDF, ESF, Cohesion Fund, EAFRD and EMFF; general provisions applicable to ERDF, ESF and Cohesion Fund |
| Opinion | 2010/2160(INI) | State of play and future synergies for increased effectiveness between ERDF and other Structural Funds |
| Opinion | 2010/2139(INI) | Report 2010 on the implementation of the Cohesion Policy programmes for 2007-2013 |
| Shadow | 2009/2232(INI) | Transparency in regional policy and its funding |
| Opinion | 2009/0107(COD) | European Regional Development Fund, European Social Fund and Cohesion Fund: simplification of certain requirements; financial management (amend. Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006) |
Born
1951/11/27 Rīga- State University of Latvia, Faculty of Physics and Mathematics, specialism: solid state physics (1974). First degree in Physics and Mathematics, State University of Latvia (1983). PhD in physics, University of Latvia (1992). European Business Seminar (business management course), traineeship in Germany with Hoechst AG and Dresden Bank, with a Karl Duisburg grant (1993).
- State University of Latvia, Institute of Solid State Physics, junior research assistant (1974-1988). University of Latvia, department of IT and technical training media, senior lecturer (1987-1988). Vice-chair, Latvijas Tautas fronte (Latvian People's Front) (1988-1990). Chair, Council of Ministers of the Republic of Latvia (1990-1993). A/s Software House Riga, Vice-President (1994-1995). Latvijas Komercbanku asociācija (Latvian Association of Commercial Banks), Vice-President (1995). President of the bank Latvijas Krājbanka. Board member, Latvijas kuģniecība shipyards (1995-1997). Member of the executive, Latvijas kuģniecība shipyards; chairman of the board of the bank Latvijas Krājbanka; a/s House of Prince, member of the board (1997-1998). Member of the Latvian Parliament during its 7th parliamentary term (1998-2002). Minister of Finance of Latvia (1998-1999). A/s Saliena Real, member of the board (2002-2004). A/s Radio SWH, programme director (2003). Minister for Home Affairs of Latvia (2006-2007). Prime Minister of Latvia (2007-2009). Member of the Latvian Parliament during its 9th parliamentary term (since 2009).
- Chair, Policy Committee, Latvijas Tautas fronte (Latvian People's Front) (1988-1989). Vice-chair, Latvijas Tautas fronte (Latvian People's Front) (1989-1990). Member of the board, Latvijas Ceļš party, chair of the Policy Committee (1997-1999). Vice-chair, Latvijas Ceļš party (1999-2002). Member of the board, Latvijas Ceļš party (2002-2005). Chair, Latvijas Ceļš party (2005-2007). Co-chair, LPP/LC party (since 2007).
- Member, Supreme Council of the Republic of Latvia (1990-1993). Member of the Latvian Parliament during its 7th parliamentary term (1998-2002). Member of the Latvian Parliament during its 9th parliamentary term (since 2009).
- Chair, Council of Ministers of the Republic of Latvia (1990-1993). Minister of Finance of Latvia (1998-1999). Minister for Home Affairs of Latvia (2006-2007). Prime Minister of Latvia (2007-2009).
- Order of the Three Stars, 2nd class (1995). Commemorative decoration for those who manned the barricades in 1991.
Amendments
| Amendments | Dossier |
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2010/0101(COD) EIB loans: EU guarantee to the EIB against losses under loans and guarantees for projects outside the EU (repeal. Decision No 633/2009/EC)
2010/10/29
BUDG
1 amendments...
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 16 (16) EIB activity in Neighbourhood countries should take place in the framework of the European Neighbourhood Policy, under which the EU aims to develop a special relationship with neighbouring countries with a view to establishing an area of prosperity and good neighbourliness, founded on the values of the EU and characterised by close and peaceful relations based on co-operation. To achieve these objectives the EU and its partners implement jointly agreed bilateral Action Plans defining a set of priorities including on political and security issues, trade and economic matters, environmental concerns and integration of transport and energy networks. The Union for the Mediterranean, the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region, the Eastern Partnership
source: PE-452.617
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2010/2004(BUD) 2011 budget, section III, Commission: guidelines
2010/02/26
BUDG
3 amendments...
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 a new 28 a. Stresses that the average take-up rate of all the EU structural funds (accumulated payments/EC financed part of EU structural funds) by EU Member States as at 31 December 2009 is only 13.1%, whereas 56% of the Member States have lower take-up rates than this average; stresses that the difference between the take-up rates for Member States is 290%, the lowest rate being only 7.3% and the highest 21.2%; the low average take-up rates and the vast differences between these rates are also seen in all the individual structural funds: for the ESF, the average rate is 14.2%, 66% of the Member States are below this rate and the difference between the lowest rate (7.71%) and the highest rate (28.6%) is 269%; for the ERDF (average rate:9.34%, 67% Member States below this rate, difference 469% between 4.5% and 21.09%), for the ECF (average rate: 12.41%, 46% Member States below this rate, the difference between 6.63% and 17.17% is 273%);
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 b new 28 b. Recalls that approximately €4.5 billion of the ESF and ERDF for the financial period 2006-2007 were not taken up by Member States, and these funds were used for other budgetary needs; the final result for the take-up rate under the ECF is still not available, the time deadline beings 31 December 2010);
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 c new 28c new. Stresses that in order to avoid having at least the same non-utilisation rate (2.2%) for the financial period 2007- 2013, it is necessary to ask the Commission to ensure closer and more regular work with the Member States, who did not utilise funds for 2000-2006 and would probably not utilise EU structural funds for the period 2007-2013;
source: PE-439.297
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2011/0177(APP) Multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020
2012/05/10
BUDG
2 amendments...
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Strongly believes that cohesion policy resources have to be focused on less developed regions; distribution of cohesion policy financing should be fair and equal, ensuring that no less developed Member State faces a decrease of cohesion policy financing in comparison to current period.
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Recalls its position that, given the wide array of tasks, challenges and objectives that the CAP is called on to respond to, the amounts allocated to the CAP in the budget year 2013 should be at least maintained during the next financial programming period, while ensuring that no Member State receives less than 80% of EU average Direct Payments’ level; stresses, in this context, the important role played by the second pillar of the CAP, which makes a significant contribution to investment and job creation in rural areas and to enhancing the effectiveness and competitiveness of the farming industry;
source: PE-496.663
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2011/0276(COD) Structural instruments: common provisions for ERDF, ESF, Cohesion Fund, EAFRD and EMFF; general provisions applicable to ERDF, ESF and Cohesion Fund
2012/05/06
REGI
3 amendments...
Amendment 1125 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 64 – paragraph 4 4. The accrediting authority shall supervise the accredited body and withdraw its accreditation by formal decision if one or more of the accreditation criteria are no longer met, unless the body takes the necessary remedial actions within a period of probation to be determined by the accrediting authority according to the severity of the problem. The accrediting authority shall notify the Commission immediately of the setting of any probation period for an accredited body and of any withdrawal decision. The Member State may choose not to establish a separate Accrediting authority, but ensure accreditation process within existing independent Audit body;
Amendment 1234 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new) For Member States which acceded to the Union before 2013, whose GDP per capita is below 75% of the EU 27 average, and whose average real GDP growth 2008- 2010 was lower than the EU 27 average, the cohesion policy allocation shall not be lower than in the period 2007-2013.
Amendment 1288 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 4 source: PE-491.056
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2011/0280(COD) Common agricultural policy (CAP): direct payments to farmers under support schemes 2014-2020
2012/07/18
AGRI
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Amendment 184 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 21 (21) Due to the successive integration of various sectors into the single payment scheme and the ensuing period of adjustment granted to farmers, it has become increasingly difficult to justify the presence of significant individual differences in the level of support per hectare resulting from use of historical references. Therefore direct income support should be more equitably distributed between Member States, by reducing the link to historical references and having regard to the overall context of the Union budget. To ensure a more equal distribution of direct support, while taking account of the differences that still exist in wage levels and input costs, the levels of direct support per hectare should be progressively adjusted. Member States with
source: PE-491.238
2012/07/19
AGRI
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Amendment 646 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 2 2. Paragraph 1 and 2a shall not apply to farmers who received less than EUR
Amendment 657 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Member States shall establish appropriate objective and non- discriminatory criteria to ensure that no direct payments are granted to a natural or legal person whose agricultural activities form only an insignificant part of its overall economic activities, and whose income from agricultural activities form less than a certain percentage of total incomes of the beneficiary.
Amendment 908 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 19 – paragraph 1 1. The Commission shall, by means of implementing acts, set, for each Member State, the annual national ceiling for the basic payment scheme by deducting from the annual national ceiling established in Annex II the annual amounts
source: PE-492.792
2012/07/23
AGRI
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Amendment 1418 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 29 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 Farmers
Amendment 1550 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 30 – paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. The first paragraph shall not apply to farms: - where the arable land is entirely used for grass production or other herbaceous forage, entirely left fallow, entirely cultivated with crops under water for a significant part of the year or a combination of these, or; - where the arable land of the farmer covers up to 50 hectares and more than 50% of the eligible agricultural area of the holding is covered by permanent crops.
source: PE-494.483
2012/07/24
AGRI
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Amendment 1625 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new) Member States shall ensure the maintenance of the ratio of the land under permanent grassland in relation to the total agricultural area. That obligation shall apply at national or regional level. The reference ratio shall be established as relation between the land under permanent grassland and total agricultural area declared by the farmers in 2014.
Amendment 1643 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 31 – paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 1667 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 31 – paragraph 3 3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 55 laying down rules concerning the increase of reference areas under permanent grassland as laid down in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1, the renewal of permanent grassland, the reconversion of agricultural area into permanent grassland in case the authorised decrease referred to in paragraph 2 is exceeded, as well as the modification of the reference areas under permanent grassland in case of transfer of land. For the purposes of paragraph 2, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 55 laying down rules on maintenance of permanent grassland, in particular to ensure that measures are taken to maintain the ratio, including individual obligations to be respected such as obligation to reconvert areas into permanent grassland where it is established that the ratio of land under permanent grassland is decreasing.
Amendment 1728 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 32 – paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 1763 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 32 – paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the minimum percentage indicated in paragraph 1 is reduced to: - 5% in cases of joint undertakings of groups of farmers putting in place continuous, adjacent ecological focus areas; - 1,5% in the Member States with at least 45% of their total terrestrial area covered by forests or; - 1,5% in the Member States where utilised agricultural area constitute is less than 35% of the total terrestrial area.
Amendment 2046 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 38 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 Coupled support may be granted to the following sectors and productions: cereals, oilseeds, protein crops, grain legumes, flax, hemp, rice, nuts, starch potato, milk and milk products, seeds, sheepmeat and goatmeat, pigmeat, beef and veal, olive oil, silk worms, dried fodder, hops, sugar beet, cane and chicory, fruit and vegetables and short rotation coppice.
Amendment 2112 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 39 – paragraph 2 – introductory part 2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, Member States may decide to use
Amendment 2118 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 39 – paragraph 2 – point a (a) up to 20% provided that they applied, until 31 December 2013, the single area payment scheme as laid down in Title V of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, or financed measures under Article 111 of that Regulation, or are concerned by the derogation provided for in Article 69(5), or, in the case of Malta, in Article 69(1) of that Regulation; and/or
Amendment 2123 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 39 – paragraph 2 – point b (b) up to 10% provided that they allocated, during at least one year in the period 2010- 2013, more than 5 % of their amount available for granting the direct payments provided for in Titles III, IV and V of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, with the exception of Section 6 of Chapter 1 of Title IV, for financing the measures laid down in Section 2 of Chapter 2 of Title III of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, the support provided for in points (i) to (iv) of paragraph 1(a) and paragraphs 1(b) and (e) of Article 68 of that Regulation, or the measures under Chapter 1, with the exception of Section 6, of Title IV of that Regulation.
source: PE-494.487
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2011/0286(COD) Common agricultural policy (CAP): application of direct payments for farmers in respect of the year 2013
2012/03/26
AGRI
1 amendments...
Amendment 12 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act Article 1 – point 4 a (new) Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 Article 133 a (new) (4a) The following Article is inserted: "Article 133a Transitional national support The new Member States other than Bulgaria, Romania and Cyprus may grant transitional national support in 2013 in a form of decoupled payments to farmers subject to the authorisation by the Commission. The amount of transitional national support may be limited by a specific financial envelope per sector. The sector specific financial envelope shall not exceed the difference between the total level of direct support that the farmers would have been entitled to receive in the sector in the calendar year 2003 under a CAP scheme and the direct support provided to the sector under Regulation No 73/2009."
source: PE-485.935
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2012/2016(BUD) 2013 budget: mandate for trilogue
2012/05/31
BUDG
1 amendments...
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Reminds that already in 2011 a significant level of legitimate claims, notably in the field of cohesion policy, could not be paid out by the Commission; notes that those claims will also need to be covered by the Budget 2012, which already suffers from a shortage of funds as a consequence of the limited increase in payment appropriations due to Council's position throughout last year's budgetary procedure; calls, therefore, on the Commission to come up with a draft amending budget as early as possible, in order to rectify this situation, and to avoid shifting 2012 payments to the following year, which would create an unsustainable level of payments in 2013; asks the Commission, by coming up with draft amending budget for 2012 and draft budget 2013, to take into account the real implementation of the European Economic Recovery Plan programmes;
source: PE-489.697
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2012/2110(BUD) Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: redundancies in the shipbuilding industry in Denmark
2012/06/29
BUDG
6 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A (A) whereas the European Union has set up
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Notes that the direct losses at Odense Steel Shipyard covered by the two EGF applications (this one and EGF/2010/025 DK/Odense Steel Shipyard) amount to around 2 % of the local workforce
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Recalls the importance of improving the employability of all workers by means of tailored training and recognition of skills and competences gained throughout the professional career; expects the training on offer in the coordinated package to be tailored
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Notes that the target group of workers is already highly skilled, but in a field where the outlook for future employment looks bleak; therefore, the measures proposed for them will be more costly
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 source: PE-492.679
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2012/2309(INI) Composition of the European Parliament with a view to the 2014 elections
2013/01/02
AFCO
9 amendments...
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B b (new) Bb. whereas the current allocation of seats in the European Parliament is not proportional and is thus in contradiction with the Treaty on European Union, and whereas the representation of each Member State in the European Parliament cannot be discussed separately from representation in the Council of the European Union,
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas, given that the problem of truly degressive proportional representation in the European Parliament and the Council can be definitively solved only by changes to the Treaty on European Union, a temporary solution must be found pending the resolution of that question by changes to the Treaty,
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Points out that the only possible temporary solution, in order not to distort the balance of representation of the Member States within the Union, is to temporarily increase the number of seats in the European Parliament from the 2014- 2019 parliamentary term, pending changes to the Treaty;
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a Decision establishing the composition of the European Parliament Recital 4 (4) This Decision
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a Decision establishing the composition of the European Parliament Article 1 – introductory part In the application of the principle of degressive proportionality provided for in the first subparagraph of Article 14(2) of the Treaty on European Union, the following principles sh
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a Decision establishing the composition of the European Parliament Article 3 Pursuant to Article 1, the number of representatives in the European Parliament elected in each Member State is hereby set as follows, with effect from the beginning of the 2014-2019 parliamentary term: Belgium 2
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a Decision establishing the composition of the European Parliament Article 4 This Decision shall
source: PE-504.228
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