SIDONIA JĘDRZEJEWSKA - Section III (Commission)

2011 BUDGETARY PROCEDURE

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24.09.2010

COMMITTEE on BUDGETS

Rapporteurs:

SIDONIA JĘDRZEJEWSKA - Section III (Commission)

HELGA TRÜPEL - Other Sections

Parliament's position
Amendments submitted to the meeting of the
Committee on Budgets of
28, 29, 30 September 2010

ENEN

Draft amendment 24 / === DEVE/5425 ===

Tabled by Committee on Development

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SECTION III — COMMISSION

Article 21 02 04 — Pilot project — Finance for agricultural production

Amend remarks as follows:

Remarks:

Before paragraph:

Taking into account the worldwide economic crisis, ...... facilitating microfinance in developing countries.

Amend text as follows:

This pilot project is intended to facilitate access to smallholder farmers to financial resources which should be used to stimulate agricultural production in developing countries and help them to work towards compliance with standards and regulations.countries. These appropriations should be channelled through organisations specialised in microfinance, including local banks and associations, which conform to recognised international standards of transparency, accountability and financial probity.

After paragraph:

Taking into account the worldwide economic crisis, ...... facilitating microfinance in developing countries.

Add following text:

The pilot project also intends to develop and strengthen associations and cooperatives in developing countries so that they can build institutional and productive capacities to be able to develop added value products and scale up.

Justification:

The Fair Trade objectives in DG TRADE budget line (as introduced by the EP in 2007) have been removed from the EC proposed budget 2011. Support to Fair Trade is supposed to be implemented by AIDCO, yet the EC development cooperation instruments do not include any more Fair Trade in their objectives.

EU support to Fair Trade should be much more than development cooperation and should be mainstreamed across the relevant EU budget lines that can have an impact on Fair Trade (e.g. trade policy, consumer awareness, internal market, agricultural policies, sustainable consumption).

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Draft amendment 4155 / === BUDG/4155 ===

Tabled by Hartong Lucas, Committee on Budgets

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SECTION III — COMMISSION

Article 21 03 01 — Non-State actors in development

Amend figures as follows:

Budget 2010 / Draft budget 2011 / Council position 2011 / DIFFERENCE / New amount
Commitments / Payments / Commitments / Payments / Commitments / Payments / Commitments / Payments / Commitments / Payments
21 03 01 / 182 663 951 / 160 000 000 / 192 725 000 / 180 000 000 / 192 725 000 / 180 000 000 / -192 725 000 / -180 000 000 / p.m. / p.m.
Reserve
Total / 182 663 951 / 160 000 000 / 192 725 000 / 180 000 000 / 192 725 000 / 180 000 000 / -192 725 000 / -180 000 000 / p.m. / p.m.

Justification:

Development and relations with the ACP countries are the responsibility of the Member States, not the EU. The heading should be deleted immediately. The balance should go back to the Member States.

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Draft amendment 4511 / === BUDG/4511 ===

Tabled by Mitchell Gay

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SECTION III — COMMISSION

Article 21 03 01 — Non-State actors in development

Amend remarks as follows:

Budget 2010 / Draft budget 2011 / Council position 2011 / DIFFERENCE / New amount
Commitments / Payments / Commitments / Payments / Commitments / Payments / Commitments / Payments / Commitments / Payments
21 03 01 / 182 663 951 / 160 000 000 / 192 725 000 / 180 000 000 / 192 725 000 / 180 000 000 / 192 725 000 / 180 000 000
Reserve
Total / 182 663 951 / 160 000 000 / 192 725 000 / 180 000 000 / 192 725 000 / 180 000 000 / 192 725 000 / 180 000 000

Remarks:

After paragraph:

In order to ensure full financial transparency under ...... the Commission regarding the use of Community Funds.

Add following text:

Community assistance shall not be given to any government or organisation or programme which supports or participates in the management of a programme which involves human rights abuses such as coercive abortion or involuntary sterilisation or infanticide. This implements the specific Cairo ICPD prohibition on coercion or compulsion in sexual and reproductive health matters. The Commission shall present each year a report on the implementation of the EU’s external assistance covering this programme,

Justification:

Coercive abortion, involuntary sterilization or infanticide is an agreed term consistent with remarks already in place in other budget lines ( B7-300 [19 10 01] & B7-301 [19 10 02] in 2003). Art. 7.3, 7.12 & 7.17 of Pt I of the Report of the International Conference on Population & Development, Cairo, 1994 contain specific prohibitions of such activity.

Article 11 TEU sets out the objectives of the common foreign and security policy, one being to develop and consolidate democracy and the rule of law, and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms.

Help to ensure budgetary discipline.

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Draft amendment 13 / === DEVE/5412 ===

Tabled by Committee on Development

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SECTION III — COMMISSION

Article 21 03 01 — Non-State actors in development

Amend figures as follows:

Budget 2010 / Draft budget 2011 / Council position 2011 / DIFFERENCE / New amount
Commitments / Payments / Commitments / Payments / Commitments / Payments / Commitments / Payments / Commitments / Payments
21 03 01 / 182 663 951 / 160 000 000 / 192 725 000 / 180 000 000 / 192 725 000 / 180 000 000 / 1 000 000 / 1 000 000 / 193 725 000 / 181 000 000
Reserve
Total / 182 663 951 / 160 000 000 / 192 725 000 / 180 000 000 / 192 725 000 / 180 000 000 / 1 000 000 / 1 000 000 / 193 725 000 / 181 000 000

Justification:

The European Commission proposed in this year's DB to redeploy 1 Mio (Commitments) form budget line 21 03 01 to the BAM budget line (21 06 07). This is unacceptable for the EP, as it has made clear several times, including in its 16 June 2010 Resolution (P7 - TA 2010/205) on the mandate for the trilogue on the 2011 draft budget, particularly paragraphs 68 and 92.

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Draft amendment 32 / === DEVE/5433 ===

Tabled by Committee on Development

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SECTION III — COMMISSION

Article 21 03 01 — Non-State actors in development

Amend remarks as follows:

Budget 2010 / Draft budget 2011 / Council position 2011 / DIFFERENCE / New amount
Commitments / Payments / Commitments / Payments / Commitments / Payments / Commitments / Payments / Commitments / Payments
21 03 01 / 182 663 951 / 160 000 000 / 192 725 000 / 180 000 000 / 192 725 000 / 180 000 000 / 192 725 000 / 180 000 000
Reserve
Total / 182 663 951 / 160 000 000 / 192 725 000 / 180 000 000 / 192 725 000 / 180 000 000 / 192 725 000 / 180 000 000

Remarks:

After list beginning with:

–promote an inclusive and empowered society in order ...... state and non-state actors in different contexts,

–......

and ending with:

–achieve more efficient cooperation, foster synergies ...... within their organisations and with EU institutions.

Add following text:

These initiatives may also include:

–support to advocacy activities to inform policy-makers at all levels on policies that best benefit marginalised producers and workers in developing countries,

–developing and strengthening associations and cooperatives in developing countries so that they can build institutional and productive capacities to be able to develop added value products and scale up,

–support to Southern Fair Trade producer networks which represent the voice of marginalised Fair Trade producers.

Justification:

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Draft amendment 684 / === S&D//7038 ===

Tabled by Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament

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SECTION III — COMMISSION

Article 21 03 01 — Non-State actors in development

Amend figures as follows:

Budget 2010 / Draft budget 2011 / Council position 2011 / DIFFERENCE / New amount
Commitments / Payments / Commitments / Payments / Commitments / Payments / Commitments / Payments / Commitments / Payments
21 03 01 / 182 663 951 / 160 000 000 / 192 725 000 / 180 000 000 / 192 725 000 / 180 000 000 / 1 000 000 / 1 000 000 / 193 725 000 / 181 000 000
Reserve
Total / 182 663 951 / 160 000 000 / 192 725 000 / 180 000 000 / 192 725 000 / 180 000 000 / 1 000 000 / 1 000 000 / 193 725 000 / 181 000 000

Justification:

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Draft amendment 574 / === VERT/7308 ===

Tabled by Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance

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SECTION III — COMMISSION

Article 21 03 01 — Non-State actors in development

Amend figures as follows:

Budget 2010 / Draft budget 2011 / Council position 2011 / DIFFERENCE / New amount
Commitments / Payments / Commitments / Payments / Commitments / Payments / Commitments / Payments / Commitments / Payments
21 03 01 / 182 663 951 / 160 000 000 / 192 725 000 / 180 000 000 / 192 725 000 / 180 000 000 / 43 000 000 / 192 725 000 / 223 000 000
Reserve
Total / 182 663 951 / 160 000 000 / 192 725 000 / 180 000 000 / 192 725 000 / 180 000 000 / 43 000 000 / 192 725 000 / 223 000 000

Justification:

EUR 43 million was transferred from this line to other lines because the Commission stated it was difficult to identify operations to be financed under the “Start Climate Funding" adopted in Copenhagen in 2009. National adaptation programmes of action provide a process to identify priority activities that respond to their urgent and immediate needs to adapt to climate change. As of October 2008, the UNFCCC secretariat had received NAPAs from 38 LDCs. It should be possible for the Commission to identify operations from within the NAPAs.

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Draft amendment 4155 / === BUDG/4155 ===

Tabled by Hartong Lucas, Committee on Budgets

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SECTION III — COMMISSION

Article 21 03 02 — Local authorities in development

Amend figures as follows:

Budget 2010 / Draft budget 2011 / Council position 2011 / DIFFERENCE / New amount
Commitments / Payments / Commitments / Payments / Commitments / Payments / Commitments / Payments / Commitments / Payments
21 03 02 / 35 600 000 / 10 000 000 / 37 229 000 / 14 000 000 / 37 229 000 / 14 000 000 / -37 229 000 / -14 000 000 / p.m. / p.m.
Reserve
Total / 35 600 000 / 10 000 000 / 37 229 000 / 14 000 000 / 37 229 000 / 14 000 000 / -37 229 000 / -14 000 000 / p.m. / p.m.

Justification:

Development and relations with the ACP countries are the responsibility of the Member States, not the EU. The heading should be deleted immediately. The balance should go back to the Member States.

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Draft amendment 22 / === DEVE/5422 ===

Tabled by Committee on Development

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SECTION III — COMMISSION

Article 21 03 02 — Local authorities in development

Amend remarks as follows:

Budget 2010 / Draft budget 2011 / Council position 2011 / DIFFERENCE / New amount
Commitments / Payments / Commitments / Payments / Commitments / Payments / Commitments / Payments / Commitments / Payments
21 03 02 / 35 600 000 / 10 000 000 / 37 229 000 / 14 000 000 / 37 229 000 / 14 000 000 / 37 229 000 / 14 000 000
Reserve
Total / 35 600 000 / 10 000 000 / 37 229 000 / 14 000 000 / 37 229 000 / 14 000 000 / 37 229 000 / 14 000 000

Remarks:

After paragraph:

This appropriation is intended to support initiatives ...... their capacity in the policymaking process, so as to:

Amend text as follows:

–promote an inclusive and empowered society in order to: (i) favour populations out of reach of mainstream services and resources and excluded from policymaking processes; (ii) strengthen the capacity of local and regional authorities in partner countries, with a view to facilitating their participation in defining and implementing sustainable development strategies; and (iii) facilitate interaction between state and local and regional authorities in different contexts, and support an increased role for local authorities in decentralisation processes,

–increase Europeans’ awareness of development issues and mobilise active public support in the EU and acceding countries for poverty reduction and sustainable development strategies in partner countries and for fairer relations between developed and developing countries, including raising awareness in the field of North-South trading relations, EU consumers' purchasing decisions and their impact on sustainable development and poverty reduction, and reinforce the roles of local and regional authorities for these purposes,

–achieve more efficient cooperation, foster synergies and ensure structured dialogue among local and regional authorities associations and with civil society, within their organisations and with EU institutions.

Justification:

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Draft amendment 4155 / === BUDG/4155 ===

Tabled by Hartong Lucas, Committee on Budgets

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SECTION III — COMMISSION

Article 21 04 01 — Environment and sustainable management of natural resources, including energy

Amend figures as follows:

Budget 2010 / Draft budget 2011 / Council position 2011 / DIFFERENCE / New amount
Commitments / Payments / Commitments / Payments / Commitments / Payments / Commitments / Payments / Commitments / Payments
21 04 01 / 200 345 000 / 147 800 000 / 199 172 000 / 150 000 000 / 199 172 000 / 110 000 000 / -199 172 000 / -110 000 000 / p.m. / p.m.
Reserve
Total / 200 345 000 / 147 800 000 / 199 172 000 / 150 000 000 / 199 172 000 / 110 000 000 / -199 172 000 / -110 000 000 / p.m. / p.m.

Justification:

Development and relations with the ACP countries are the responsibility of the Member States, not the EU. The heading should be deleted immediately. The balance should go back to the Member States.

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Draft amendment 31 / === DEVE/5432 ===

Tabled by Committee on Development

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SECTION III — COMMISSION

Article 21 04 01 — Environment and sustainable management of natural resources, including energy

Amend figures, remarks and conditions for releasing the reserve as follows:

Budget 2010 / Draft budget 2011 / Council position 2011 / DIFFERENCE / New amount
Commitments / Payments / Commitments / Payments / Commitments / Payments / Commitments / Payments / Commitments / Payments
21 04 01 / 200 345 000 / 147 800 000 / 199 172 000 / 150 000 000 / 199 172 000 / 110 000 000 / -65 000 000 / -25 000 000 / 134 172 000 / 85 000 000
Reserve / 65 000 000 / 65 000 000 / 65 000 000 / 65 000 000
Total / 200 345 000 / 147 800 000 / 199 172 000 / 150 000 000 / 199 172 000 / 110 000 000 / 40 000 000 / 199 172 000 / 150 000 000

Remarks:

After paragraph:

This programme is intended to benefit primarily the ...... Article 21 02 05 Environment in Developing Countries.

Add following text:

Part of these appropriations are placed in reserve pending the presentation by the European Commission of a politically binding document demonstrating that the 'fast start' climate finance package is truly additional and does not come at the expense of existing development cooperation programmes, as well as a clear presentation of Member States' financial contributions to the fast start mechanism.

Conditions for releasing the reserve:

Add following text:

The European Commission must present a politically binding document demonstrating that the 'fast start' climate finance package is truly additional and does not come at the expense of existing development cooperation programmes, as well as a clear presentation of Member States' financial contributions to the fast start mechanism.

Justification:

The EP considers it unacceptable to finance climate change at the expense of existing development budgets. The amendment therefore puts in the reserve 65 Mio, pending proof from the Commission that this money is genuinely additional (cf. para. 66 of the 16 June EP resolution on the mandate for the trilogue).

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Draft amendment 708 / === S&D//7062 ===

Tabled by Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament

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SECTION III — COMMISSION

Article 21 04 01 — Environment and sustainable management of natural resources, including energy

Amend figures and remarks as follows:

Budget 2010 / Draft budget 2011 / Council position 2011 / DIFFERENCE / New amount
Commitments / Payments / Commitments / Payments / Commitments / Payments / Commitments / Payments / Commitments / Payments
21 04 01 / 200 345 000 / 147 800 000 / 199 172 000 / 150 000 000 / 199 172 000 / 110 000 000 / -65 000 000 / -25 000 000 / 134 172 000 / 85 000 000
Reserve / 65 000 000 / 65 000 000 / 65 000 000 / 65 000 000
Total / 200 345 000 / 147 800 000 / 199 172 000 / 150 000 000 / 199 172 000 / 110 000 000 / 40 000 000 / 199 172 000 / 150 000 000

Remarks:

After paragraph:

Support for climate change adaptation in partner countries ...... is most acute for many poor developing countries.

Add following text:

Part of these appropriations are placed in reserve pending the presentation by the European Commission of a politically binding document demonstrating that the "fast start" climate finance package is truly additional and does not come at the expense of existing development cooperation programmes, as well as a clear presentation of Member States financial contributions to the fast start mechanism.

After paragraph:

In order to ensure full financial transparency under ...... the Commission regarding the use of Community Funds.

Amend text as follows:

Any income from financial contributions from Member States and other donor countries, including in both cases their public and parasiticalparastatal agencies, or from international organisations to certain external aid projects or programmes financed by the EU and managed by the Commission on their behalf, pursuant to the relevant basic act, may give rise to the provision of additional appropriations. These contributions under Article 6 3 3 of the statement of revenue constitutes assigned revenue under Article 18(1)(aa) of the Financial Regulation. The amounts entered on the line for administrative support expenditure will be determined by the contribution agreement for each operational programme with an average not exceeding 4 % of the contributions for the corresponding programme for each Chapter.

Justification:

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Draft amendment 644 / === ALDE/7887 ===

Tabled by Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe

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SECTION III — COMMISSION

Item 21 05 01 01 — Health

Amend figures and remarks as follows:

Budget 2010 / Draft budget 2011 / Council position 2011 / DIFFERENCE / New amount
Commitments / Payments / Commitments / Payments / Commitments / Payments / Commitments / Payments / Commitments / Payments
21 05 01 01 / 44 885 491 / 16 271 430 / 30 558 000 / 23 391 515 / 30 558 000 / 20 391 515 / 4 000 000 / 3 000 000 / 34 558 000 / 23 391 515
Reserve
Total / 44 885 491 / 16 271 430 / 30 558 000 / 23 391 515 / 30 558 000 / 20 391 515 / 4 000 000 / 3 000 000 / 34 558 000 / 23 391 515

Remarks:

After paragraph:

Financial support is provided to actions in four priority ...... treatment and care, with prevention as a key priority.

Add following text:

Increased investments in programmes that place maternal health within a continuum of care, including life-skills education (including on gender equality), counselling, services and access to supplies as well as treatment for mother and child, pre and ante- natal care and emergency obstetric services will reduce maternal and child mortality which contributes to lower vulnerability to communicable diseases are cost effective, have a proven track record of success, will contribute to meeting all the MDGs and should therefore be implemented in the framework of this budget line.

Justification:

The EU has committed itself to target the most off track health Millennium Development Goals 4, 5 and 6 in its efforts to achieve the Goals by 2015. The 2 top causes of death in women of reproductive age globally are HIV/AIDS and complications related to pregnancy and childbearing. The health of mothers is critically linked to the health of newborn babies. Each year 500,000 mothers die in childbirth while neonatal complications and infections account for 40% of child deaths. To tackle this priority while taking into account the budgetary constraints, the above reshuffle of funds is proposed

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Draft amendment 4342 / === BUDG/4342 ===

Tabled by Alvaro Alexander, Goerens Charles, Klinz Wolf, Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe

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SECTION III — COMMISSION

Item 21 05 01 01 — Health

Amend figures and remarks as follows:

Budget 2010 / Draft budget 2011 / Council position 2011 / DIFFERENCE / New amount
Commitments / Payments / Commitments / Payments / Commitments / Payments / Commitments / Payments / Commitments / Payments
21 05 01 01 / 44 885 491 / 16 271 430 / 30 558 000 / 23 391 515 / 30 558 000 / 20 391 515 / 4 000 000 / 3 000 000 / 34 558 000 / 23 391 515
Reserve
Total / 44 885 491 / 16 271 430 / 30 558 000 / 23 391 515 / 30 558 000 / 20 391 515 / 4 000 000 / 3 000 000 / 34 558 000 / 23 391 515

Remarks:

After paragraph:

Financial support is provided to actions in four priority ...... treatment and care, with prevention as a key priority.

Add following text:

Justification:

The EU has committed itself to target the most off track health Millennium Development Goals 4, 5 and 6 in its efforts to achieve the Goals by 2015. The top 2 causes of death in women of reproductive age globally are HIV/AIDS and complications related to pregnancy and childbearing. The health of mothers is critically linked to the health of newborn babies. Each year 500,000 mothers die in childbirth while neonatal complications and infections account for 40% of child deaths. To tackle this priority while taking into account the budgetary constraints, the above reshuffle of funds is proposed

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