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2020/0104(COD)

22.9.2020

AMENDMENTS570 - 1066Draft reportEider Gardiazabal Rubial, Siegfried Mureşan, Dragoș Pîslaru(PE655.950v02-00)

on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Recovery and Resilience Facility

Proposal for a regulation(COM(2020)0408 – C9-0150/2020 – 2020/0104(COD))

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Amendment 570Siegfried Mureşan, Esther de Lange, Markus Ferber, Markus Pieper, José Manuel FernandesProposal for a regulationArticle 1 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

This Regulation establishes a Recovery and Resilience Facility (the ‘Facility’).

This Regulation establishes a Recovery and Resilience Facility (the ‘Facility’) as a temporary instrument designed to tackle the adverse effects and consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Union.

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Amendment 571Markus Ferber, Siegfried MureşanProposal for a regulationArticle 1 – paragraph 1


This Regulation establishes a Recovery and Resilience Facility (the ‘Facility’).

This Regulation establishes a temporary Recovery and Resilience Facility (the ‘Facility’).

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Amendment 572Caroline Nagtegaal, Engin Eroglu, Nicola BeerProposal for a regulationArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2


2. ‘Financial contribution’ means non-repayable financial support available for allocation or allocated to the Member States under the Facility; and

2. ‘Financial contribution’ means non-repayable financial support available for allocation or allocated to the Member States under the Facility; 'Loan' means a non-revolving credit line available for allocation or allocated to the Member States under the Facility and

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Amendment 573Antonio Maria Rinaldi, Anna Bonfrisco, Francesca Donato, Valentino Grant, Marco Zanni, Hélène LaporteProposal for a regulationArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3

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3. ‘European Semester of economic policy coordination’ (hereinafter ‘European Semester’) means the process set out by Article 2-a of Council Regulation (EC) No 1466/97 of 7 July 199720 .

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__________________20 Council Regulation (EC) No 1466/97 of 7 July 1997 on the strengthening of the surveillance of budgetary positions and the surveillance and coordination of economic policies (OJ L 209, 2.8.1997, p. 1).

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Amendment 574Costas Mavrides, Eider Gardiazabal Rubial, Jonás FernándezProposal for a regulationArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3


3. ‘European Semester of economic policy coordination’ (hereinafter ‘European Semester’) means the process set out by Article 2-a of Council Regulation (EC) No 1466/97 of 7 July 199720 .

3. ‘European Semester of sustainable development policy coordination’ (hereinafter ‘European Semester’) means the process set out by Article 2-a of Council Regulation (EC) No 1466/97 of 7 July 199720 and the framework to facilitate the implementation of the European Green Deal, the European Pillar of Social Rights and the Sustainable Development Goals, and adapted to the policy needs to respond to the current crisis and the future challenges as outlined, amongst others, in the Commission Communication on the 2020 Annual Sustainable Growth Strategy20a

and the European Semester Spring and Summer Package 2020.

__________________ __________________20 Council Regulation (EC) No 1466/97 of 7 July 1997 on the strengthening of the surveillance of budgetary positions and the surveillance and coordination of economic

20 Council Regulation (EC) No 1466/97 of 7 July 1997 on the strengthening of the surveillance of budgetary positions and the surveillance and coordination of economic

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policies (OJ L 209, 2.8.1997, p. 1). policies (OJ L 209, 2.8.1997, p. 1).20a Commission Communication COM/2019/650 final from 17 December 2019.

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Amendment 575Siegfried Mureşan, Esther de Lange, Markus Ferber, Markus Pieper, José Manuel FernandesProposal for a regulationArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)


3a. ‘European added value’ for the purpose of this Regulation means the value resulting from Union intervention, which is additional to the value (it may result from different factors, e.g. coordination gains, legal certainty, greater effectiveness or complementarities) that would have been otherwise created by Member States alone;

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Amendment 576Dragoș Pîslaru, Luis Garicano, Ivars Ijabs, Olivier Chastel, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Clotilde ArmandProposal for a regulationArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)


3a. ‘National Recovery and Resilience Plan’ (hereinafter ‘National Plan’) means the four-year plan, consisting of individual reform and investment measures, to be prepared and submitted by each Member State for the purpose of allocating financial support to the Member States under the Facility;

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Amendment 577Ernest Urtasun, Damian Boeselageron behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

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Proposal for a regulationArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)


3a. ‘National Recovery and Resilience Plan’ means the four-year plan, consisting of individual reform and investment measures, to be prepared and submitted by each Member State for the purpose of allocating financial support to the Member States under the Facility;

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Amendment 578Stéphanie Yon-Courtin, Fabienne Keller, Stéphane Séjourné, Pascal Canfin, Gilles Boyer, Valérie Hayer, Marie-Pierre Vedrenne, Stéphane Bijoux, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Ilana Cicurel, Laurence Farreng, Olivier Chastel, Nathalie Loiseau, Klemen Grošelj, Sylvie BrunetProposal for a regulationArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)


3a. ‘Strategic autonomy’ is defined in relation to activities eligible for financing as part of the strategic European investment policy window under Article 7(5) of Regulation …/… [new InvestEU Regulation];

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Amendment 579Markus Ferber, Siegfried Mureşan, Luis Garicano, Esther de LangeProposal for a regulationArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)


3a. ‘Milestone’ is an objectively measurable and verifiable policy objective that a Member State commits to fully fulfil in a legally binding way; reaching a milestone is the precondition for the payment of an instalment.

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Amendment 580Costas Mavrides, Eider Gardiazabal Rubial, Jonás Fernández

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Proposal for a regulationArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)


3a. ‘economic and social resilience’ means the ability to tackle economic shock and achieve long term structural changes in a fair and inclusive way to strengthen quality of life and well-being for all.

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Amendment 581Siegfried Mureşan, Esther de Lange, Markus Ferber, Markus Pieper, José Manuel FernandesProposal for a regulationArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 b (new)


3b. ‘additionality’ for the purpose of this Regulation means compliance with additionality requirement set out in [point (b)of Article 209(2)] of [the Financial Regulation] and, where appropriate, maximising private investment in accordance with [point (d) of Article 209(2)] of the [Financial Regulation];.

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Amendment 582Ernest Urtasun, Damian Boeselageron behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupProposal for a regulationArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 b (new)


3b. ‘compliance with the ‘do no significant harm’ principle’ means refraining from supporting or carrying out economic activities that significantly harm environmental objectives’ pursuant to the provisions of Article 17 of the Regulation (EU) 2020/852 (Taxonomy Regulation);

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Amendment 583Ernest Urtasun, Damian Boeselageron behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupProposal for a regulationArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 c (new)


3c. ‘minimum safeguards’ means procedures defined in Article 18 of the Regulation (EU) 2020/852 [Taxonomy Regulation];

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Amendment 584Ernest Urtasun, Damian Boeselageron behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupProposal for a regulationArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 d (new)


3d. ‘the Union climate and environment objectives’ means the Union's climate objectives and targets set out in Regulation (EU) …/…[European Climate Law] and the Union's environment objectives and targets set out in the latest available Environmental Action Programme;

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Amendment 585Ernest Urtasun, Damian Boeselageron behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupProposal for a regulationArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 e (new)


3e. ‘resilience’ means the ability to face societal, economic and environmental shocks and persistent structural changes in a sustainable way in order to preserve societal well-being in socially-inclusive fashion and without compromising the heritage for future generations;

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Amendment 586Markus FerberProposal for a regulationArticle 3 – paragraph 1


The scope of application of the Recovery and Resilience Facility established by this Regulation shall refer to policy areas related to economic, social and territorial cohesion, the green and digital transitions, health, competitiveness, resilience, productivity, education and skills, research and innovation, smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, jobs and investment, and the stability of the financial systems.

The scope of application of the Recovery and Resilience Facility established by this Regulation shall refer to policy areas related to economic, social and territorial cohesion, the green and digital transitions, health, competitiveness, resilience, productivity, education and skills, research and innovation, smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, jobs and investment, and the stability of the financial systems. The recovery and resilience plans devised by the Member States shall focus in particular on the following policy areas:

(a) structural reforms and projects that improve the Member State's long-term economic competitiveness and resilience, including development of modern medical infrastructure, diversification of supply chains, business and service continuity solutions, in particular in support of small and medium companies, crisis prevention and preparedness measures, reforms of the administration with a view to minimising administrative burdens, upskilling and reskilling initiatives;

(b) measures supporting the transition towards a digital economy including development of digital infrastructure, of 5G infrastructure, digitalisation of society and administration, access to digital working, promotion of digital skills and research, data storage and data exchange capabilities, research and development into autonomous driving and artificial intelligence;

(c) measures supporting the long-term decarbonisation of the economy and the transition towards a circular economy, including development of a modern and sustainable transport

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infrastructure, in particular the rollout of a sustainable cross-border infrastructure for e-mobility and hydrogen, the evolution of alternative fuels for all modes of transport, and the development of the infrastructure for sustainable energy storage and distribution; modern heating and cooling solutions, decentralised energy, gas and hydrogen grids, high-efficiency buildings, development of carbon-neutral industrial processes.

Member States are required to spend 50% of all expenditure under the recovery and resilience plans for measures related to points (a) to (c) of this Article.

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Amendment 587Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Petros Kokkalison behalf of the GUE/NGL GroupProposal for a regulationArticle 3 – paragraph 1



The scope of application of the Recovery and Resilience Facility established by this Regulation shall refer to policy areas related to:

(a) upward economic, social and territorial convergence and cohesion;

(b) the mitigation of the social and economic impact of the COVID-19 crisis;

(c) the green transition towards a carbon-neutral economy by 2050 at the latest in line with the European Green Deal, the Paris Agreement and the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals, while protecting the workers that may be

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affected by the transition;

(d) the digital transition, while protecting the workers that may be affected by the transition;

(e) the promotion of social policies, social rights and social protection in line with the European Pillar of Social Rights and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, including the strengthening of public healthcare systems, social infrastructures and social services especially for the youth, the children and vulnerable groups, the enhancement of institutional and administrative resilience and crisis-response capacity, the promotion of sustainable housing for all, tackling energy poverty, the preservation of jobs, the creation of high-quality ones and tackling in-work poverty;

(f) the promotion of gender equality, equal opportunities and inclusion;

(g) education and skills, including training, reskilling and upskilling;

(h) research and innovation;

(i) competitiveness, resilience and productivity;

(j) the facilitation of sustainable investment in line with Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council [EU Taxonomy];

(k) the promotion of fair, inclusive and sustainable growth.

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Amendment 588Ernest Urtasun, Damian Boeselageron behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupProposal for a regulationArticle 3 – paragraph 1


The scope of application of the Recovery and Resilience Facility established by this


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Regulation shall refer to policy areas related to economic, social and territorial cohesion, the green and digital transitions, health, competitiveness, resilience, productivity, education and skills, research and innovation, smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, jobs and investment, and the stability of the financial systems.

Regulation shall refer to the following European priority policy areas, to be followed in national recovery and resilience plans:

(1) the green transformation towards the Union’s climate and environment objectives;

(2) the open digital transition, including the digital up-skilling of our societies;

(3) improving social, economic and institutional resilience and crisis preparedness.

Annex IIIa or this Regulation provides non-binding guidance regarding reform and investment measures falling under these three European policy priority areas. In addition, the scope of the Facility may refer to national policy priorities, in areas related to economic, social and territorial cohesion, health, productivity, education and skills, research and innovation, smart, sustainable, gender-balanced and inclusive sustainable growth, jobs and investment, and the stability of the financial systems.

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Amendment 589Dragoș Pîslaru, Luis Garicano, Ivars Ijabs, Olivier Chastel, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Clotilde ArmandProposal for a regulationArticle 3 – paragraph 1


The scope of application of the Recovery and Resilience Facility established by this Regulation shall refer to policy areas related to economic, social and territorial cohesion, the green and digital transitions, health, competitiveness, resilience,

The scope of application of the Recovery and Resilience Facility established by this Regulation shall provide an integrated approach for the effective and uniform recovery of the Union and shall refer to the following European priority policy

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productivity, education and skills, research and innovation, smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, jobs and investment, and the stability of the financial systems.

areas:

- green transition, in the context of the Green Deal, of the updated Union's 2030 climate targets and the objective of EU climate neutrality by 2050, while respecting the "do no significant harm" principle;

- digital transformation, in the context of the Digital Agenda;

- economic cohesion, productivity and competitiveness, in the context of the Industrial and SMEs Strategies;

- social cohesion, in the context of the European Pillar of Social Rights;

- institutional resilience, in view of increasing crisis-reaction capacity;

- policies for the Next Generation, in the context of the European Skills Agenda, of the Youth Guarantee and Child Guarantee.

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Amendment 590José GusmãoProposal for a regulationArticle 3 – paragraph 1



The scope of application of the Recovery and Resilience Facility established by this Regulation shall refer to the following key policy areas:

- economic convergence and social cohesion within the EU, in line with the objectives of the UN’s Sustainable

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Development Goals and the European Pillar of Social Rights;

- green transition in line with the objectives of the European Green Deal and the Paris Agreement; while protecting workers that may suffer from such productive transitions;

- digital transformation, taking into account the Digital Agenda;

-economic resilience, in view of promoting research and innovation, quality employment and sustainable investment.

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Amendment 591Younous OmarjeeProposal for a regulationArticle 3 – paragraph 1



The scope of application of the Recovery and Resilience Facility established by this Regulation shall refer to seven main policy areas:

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Amendment 592Csaba Molnár, Marek Belka, Eero Heinäluoma, Marc AngelProposal for a regulationArticle 3 – paragraph 1




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productivity, education and skills, research and innovation, smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, jobs and investment, and the stability of the financial systems.

productivity, culture, education and skills, research and innovation, smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, social protection, high-quality jobs and investment, gender equality, and the inclusion of people with disabilities, stability of the financial systems, social dialogue and strengthening democratic systems, including efficient and independent judicial systems as well as media pluralism and media freedom.

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Amendment 593Costas Mavrides, Eider Gardiazabal Rubial, Jonás FernándezProposal for a regulationArticle 3 – paragraph 1



The scope of application of the Recovery and Resilience Facility established by this Regulation shall refer to policy areas related to economic, social and territorial cohesion, the green and digital transitions, health, competitiveness, resilience, productivity, culture, education and skills, research and innovation, smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, social protection, high-quality jobs and investment, gender equality and the inclusion of people with disabilities, stability of the financial systems, social dialogue and strengthening democratic systems, including efficient and independent judicial systems as well as media pluralism and media freedom.

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Amendment 594Antonio Maria Rinaldi, Anna Bonfrisco, Francesca Donato, Valentino Grant, Marco ZanniProposal for a regulationArticle 3 – paragraph 1




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Regulation shall refer to policy areas related to economic, social and territorial cohesion, taking into account the objectives of the Industrial and SME Strategies and the need to reinforce the functioning and the resilience of the production chains, health, competitiveness, resilience, productivity, education and skills, research and innovation, smart and inclusive growth, jobs and investment, and the stability of the financial systems. The scope shall also promote a sustainable economy, with particular reference to the Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategies.

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Amendment 595Eero Heinäluoma, Evelyn Regner, Niels FuglsangProposal for a regulationArticle 3 – paragraph 1



The scope of application of the Recovery and Resilience Facility established by this Regulation shall refer to policy areas related to economic, social and territorial cohesion, the green and digital transitions, health, competitiveness, resilience, productivity, education and skills, research and innovation, smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, jobs and investment, and the stability of the financial systems. Only investments with a lasting positive impact on the productivity of the Member State and the EU are eligible for financing by this Facility.

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Amendment 596Margarida Marques, Marc Angel, Pedro MarquesProposal for a regulationArticle 3 – paragraph 1




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Regulation shall refer to policy areas related to economic, social and territorial cohesion, the green and digital transitions, health, competitiveness, resilience, productivity, public administration and governance, gender-equality, education and skills, research and innovation, smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, jobs and investment, the stability of the financial systems and a well-functioning of the single market.

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Amendment 597Karlo Ressler, Tomislav SokolProposal for a regulationArticle 3 – paragraph 1



The scope of application of the Recovery and Resilience Facility established by this Regulation shall refer to policy areas related to economic, social and territorial cohesion, the sustainable green, digital and demographic transitions, convergence, competitiveness, strategic autonomy, health, resilience, productivity, education and skills, research and innovation, smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, high-quality jobs and investment, and the stability of the financial systems.

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Amendment 598Sirpa PietikäinenProposal for a regulationArticle 3 – paragraph 1


The scope of application of the Recovery and Resilience Facility established by this Regulation shall refer to policy areas related to economic, social and territorial cohesion, the green and digital transitions, health, competitiveness, resilience, productivity, education and skills, research

The scope of application of the Recovery and Resilience Facility established by this Regulation shall refer to policy areas related to economic, social and territorial cohesion, the green transition towards climate neutrality and circular and digital transitions, health, competitiveness,

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and innovation, smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, jobs and investment, and the stability of the financial systems.

resilience, productivity, education and skills, research and innovation, smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, jobs and investment, and the stability and the environmental resilience of the financial systems.

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Amendment 599Evelyn Regner, Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Aurore Lalucq, Marc Angel, Paul Tang, Kira Marie Peter-Hansen, Gabriele Bischoff, Pina PiciernoProposal for a regulationArticle 3 – paragraph 1



The scope of application of the Recovery and Resilience Facility established by this Regulation shall refer to policy areas related to economic, social and territorial cohesion, the green and digital transitions as well as the transition towards a resilient care economy, health, competitiveness, resilience, productivity, education and skills, gender- equality, research and innovation, smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, jobs and investment, and the stability of the financial systems.

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Amendment 600Sirpa Pietikäinenon behalf of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender EqualityProposal for a regulationArticle 3 – paragraph 1



The scope of application of the Recovery and Resilience Facility established by this Regulation shall refer to policy areas related to economic, social and territorial cohesion, the green and digital transitions, as well as the transition towards a resilient care economy, health, competitiveness, resilience, productivity, education and skills, gender equality, research and innovation, smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, jobs and investment,

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Amendment 601Bogdan Rzońca, Roberts ZīleProposal for a regulationArticle 3 – paragraph 1



The scope of application of the Recovery and Resilience Facility established by this Regulation shall refer to policy areas related to economic, social and territorial cohesion, the green and digital transitions, health, competitiveness, resilience, productivity, education and skills, research and innovation, smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, jobs and investment, security of supply of energy resources and critical raw materials, and the stability of the financial systems.

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Amendment 602Roberts Zīle, Johan Van OvertveldtProposal for a regulationArticle 3 – paragraph 1



The scope of application of the Recovery and Resilience Facility established by this Regulation shall refer to policy areas related to economic, social and territorial cohesion, the green and digital transitions, health, sustainable mobility and tourism, cross-border connectivity, competitiveness, resilience, productivity, education and skills, research and innovation, smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, jobs and investment, and the stability of the financial systems.

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Amendment 603Siegfried Mureşan, Esther de Lange, Markus Ferber, Markus Pieper, José Manuel Fernandes

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Proposal for a regulationArticle 3 – paragraph 1



The scope of application of the Recovery and Resilience Facility established by this Regulation shall refer to policy areas having a clear European added value related to Single Market, economic, social and territorial cohesion, SMEs, the green and digital transitions, health, competitiveness, resilience, productivity, education and skills, research and innovation, smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, jobs and investment, and the stability of the financial systems.

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Amendment 604Aurore LalucqProposal for a regulationArticle 3 – paragraph 1



The scope of application of the Recovery and Resilience Facility established by this Regulation shall refer to six main policy areas:- green transition, taking into account the objectives of the Green Deal, the Union’s new 2030 targets and the achievement of climate neutrality in line with the Union goal as set in [Climate Law].

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Amendment 605Petra Kammerevert, Victor Negrescu, Jens Geier, Ibán García Del Blanco, Domènec Ruiz Devesa, Marcos Ros Sempere, Hannes Heide, Łukasz Kohut, Massimiliano Smeriglio, Predrag Fred Matić, Lara Wolters, Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, Niklas Nienaß, Martina MichelsProposal for a regulationArticle 3 – paragraph 1

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The scope of application of the Recovery and Resilience Facility established by this Regulation shall refer to policy areas related to economic, social and territorial cohesion, the green and digital transitions, health, social inclusion, competitiveness, resilience, productivity, culture and creativity, education and skills, research and innovation, smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, jobs and investment, and the stability of the financial systems.

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Amendment 606Enikő Győri, Danuta Maria Hübner, Inese Vaidere, Tamás Deutsch, Eugen JurzycaProposal for a regulationArticle 3 – paragraph 1



The scope of application of the Recovery and Resilience Facility established by this Regulation shall refer to policy areas related to economic, social and territorial cohesion, the reduction of the infrastructural gap, the green and digital transitions, health, competitiveness, resilience, productivity, education and skills, research and innovation, smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, jobs and investment, and the stability of the financial systems.

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Amendment 607Fabio Massimo Castaldo, Tiziana Beghin, Mario FuroreProposal for a regulationArticle 3 – paragraph 1


The scope of application of the Recovery and Resilience Facility established by this Regulation shall refer to policy areas related to economic, social and territorial cohesion, the green and digital transitions,

The scope of application of the Recovery and Resilience Facility established by this Regulation shall refer to policy areas related to economic, social and territorial cohesion, the green and digital transitions,

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health, competitiveness, resilience, productivity, education and skills, research and innovation, smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, jobs and investment, and the stability of the financial systems.

health, competitiveness, resilience, productivity, education and skills, research and innovation, smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, jobs and investment, tangible and intangible infrastructure, and the stability of the financial systems.

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Amendment 608Johan Van Overtveldt, Roberts ZīleProposal for a regulationArticle 3 – paragraph 1



The scope of application of the Recovery and Resilience Facility established by this Regulation shall refer to policy areas related to economic, social and territorial cohesion, the green and digital transitions, health, competitiveness, resilience, productivity, education and skills, research and innovation, smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, jobs and investment, the stability of the financial systems and a well-functioning single market.

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Amendment 609Piernicola PediciniProposal for a regulationArticle 3 – paragraph 1



The scope of application of the Recovery and Resilience Facility established by this Regulation shall refer to policy areas related to economic, social and territorial cohesion, climate and environment, the digital transition, health, competitiveness, resilience, productivity, education and skills, research and innovation, smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, jobs and investment, and the stability of the financial systems.

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Amendment 610Agnès EvrenProposal for a regulationArticle 3 – paragraph 1



The scope of application of the Recovery and Resilience Facility established by this Regulation shall refer to policy areas related to economic, social and territorial cohesion, the green and digital transitions, health, long-term competitiveness, resilience, productivity, education and skills, research and innovation, smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, jobs and investment, and the stability of the financial systems.

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Amendment 611Pedro Marques, Pedro Silva Pereira, Margarida Marques, Costas MavridesProposal for a regulationArticle 3 – paragraph 1



The scope of application of the Recovery and Resilience Facility established by this Regulation shall refer to policy areas related to economic, social and territorial cohesion, the green and digital transitions, health, demography, competitiveness, resilience, productivity, education and skills, research and innovation, smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, jobs and investment, and the stability of the financial systems.

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Amendment 612Stefan Berger, Sara Skyttedal, Petri Sarvamaa, Markus Pieper, Niclas HerbstProposal for a regulationArticle 3 – paragraph 1




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Regulation shall refer to policy areas related to economic, SMEs, the green and digital transitions, health, competitiveness, resilience, productivity, education and skills, research and innovation, smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, jobs and investment, and the stability of the financial systems.

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Amendment 613Gunnar Beck, Joachim KuhsProposal for a regulationArticle 3 – paragraph 1



The scope of application of the Recovery and Resilience Facility established by this Regulation shall refer to policy areas related to economic, budgetary, social and territorial cohesion, health, competitiveness, resilience, productivity, education and skills, research and innovation, smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, jobs and investment, and the stability of the financial systems.

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Amendment 614Elisabetta Gualmini, Paolo De Castro, Herbert DorfmannProposal for a regulationArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 1 (new)


- economic cohesion, productivity and competitiveness, taking into account the objectives of the Industrial and SME Strategies, and the need to reinforce the functioning and the resilience of the production chains, also by promoting export orientation of EU micro, small and medium enterprises;

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Amendment 615Younous Omarjee

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Proposal for a regulationArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 1 (new)


- territorial cohesion, taking into account the different categories of regions as set out in the Regulation laying down common provisions on the [...] [CPR], prioritising the least-developed regions;

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Amendment 616Luděk NiedermayerProposal for a regulationArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 1 (new)


- digital transition shall fully reflect experiences in the field of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) during the pandemic, especially in the area of healthcare and schooling.

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Amendment 617Costas Mavrides, Eider Gardiazabal Rubial, Jonás FernándezProposal for a regulationArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 1 (new)


- just green transition, taking into account the objectives of the Green Deal;

(The words "just green transition" replace "green transition" throughout the whole text.)

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Amendment 618Costas Mavrides, Eider Gardiazabal Rubial, Jonás FernándezProposal for a regulationArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 2 (new)

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- social and territorial cohesion, taking into account the objectives of the European Pillar of Social Rights, of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, social dialogue and strengthening democratic systems;

(The words "social and territorial cohesion" replace "social cohesion" throughout the text.)

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Amendment 619Aurore LalucqProposal for a regulationArticle 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)


The Recovery and Resilience Facility established by this Regulation shall not apply to:

1. Investment related to the production, processing, transport, distribution, storage or combustion of fossil fuels;

2. The decommissioning, operation, adaptation or construction of nuclear power stations;

3. Investment to achieve the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from activities listed in Annex I to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council;

4. Internal combustion engine vehicles;

5. Expansion of aviation capacity;

6. Expansion of motorways;

7. LNG and diesel maritime vessels, with the exception of investments to retrofit existing vessels to substantially improve their energy efficiency and GHG

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emissions;

8. Fossil gas (LNG/CNG) infrastructure for transport.

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Amendment 620Martin HojsíkProposal for a regulationArticle 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)


The Commission is empowered to adopt a delegated act by 31 December 2020 to supplement this Regulation by developing guidelines on the ‘do no significant harm’ principle, as defined by Article 2(17) of the EU Regulation 2019/2088 on sustainability-related disclosures in the financial services sector and, for environment-related issues, by Article 17 of the Regulation 2020/852 on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment (EU taxonomy). For these guidelines, the Commission shall use the criteria set out in the EU taxonomy wherever possible. The national Resilience and recovery plans shall be consistent with these guidelines.

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Amendment 621Costas Mavrides, Eider Gardiazabal Rubial, Jonás FernándezProposal for a regulationArticle 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)


The Recovery and Resilience Plans shall respect the following requirements:- at least 40% of the amount of the Recovery and Resilience Plan shall contribute to the just green transition;

- at least 20% of the amount of the Recovery and Resilience Plan shall contribute to the digital transformation;

- at least 30% of the amount of the

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Recovery and Resilience Plan shall contribute to the social and territorial cohesion;

- at least 10% of the amount of the Recovery and Resilience Plan shall contribute to the Next Generation.

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Amendment 622José GusmãoProposal for a regulationArticle 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)


The application of this Regulation shall fully observe Article 152 TFEU, and the National recovery and resilience plans issued under this Regulation shall respect national practices and institutions for wage formation. This Regulation takes into account Article 28 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, and accordingly does not affect the right to negotiate, conclude or enforce collective agreements or to take collective action in accordance with national law and practices.

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Amendment 623Sirpa PietikäinenProposal for a regulationArticle 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)


The Instrument shall not support, directly or indirectly, investment related to the production, processing, distribution, storage, transport or combustion of fossil fuels.

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Amendment 624Aurore Lalucq, Eero HeinäluomaProposal for a regulationArticle 3 – paragraph 1 b (new)

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The Commission is empowered to adopt a delegated act by 31 December 2020 to supplement this Regulation by developing guidelines on the ‘do no significant harm’ principle, as defined by Article 2(17) of the EU regulation 2019/2088 on sustainability-related disclosures in the financial services sector and, for environment-related issues, by Article 17 of the Regulation 2020/852 on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment (EU taxonomy). The Commission shall use the criteria set out in the EU taxonomy wherever possible. The national Resilience and recovery plans shall be consistent with these guidelines.

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Amendment 625Markus Ferber, Siegfried MureşanProposal for a regulationArticle 3 a (new)


Article 3a

Negative Scope

Consumptive expenditures and financing of regular ongoing budgetary expenditures shall not be eligible for funding from this Facility.

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1. The general objective of the Recovery and Resilience Facility shall be to promote the Union’s economic, social and territorial cohesion by improving the

1. The general objective of the Recovery and Resilience Facility shall be to improve the short, medium and long term people’s quality of life by

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resilience and adjustment capacity of the Member States, mitigating the social and economic impact of the crisis, and supporting the green and digital transitions, thereby contributing to restoring the growth potential of the economies of the Union, fostering employment creation in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis, and promoting sustainable growth.

contributing to addressing the challenges of the six policy areas referred in Article 3, thereby promoting the Union’s economic, social and territorial cohesion by improving the social and economic resilience and adjustment capacity of the Member States, mitigating the social and economic impact of the crisis, supporting the just green and digital transitions, contributing to restoring the growth potential of the economies of the Union, fostering the creation of high-quality jobs in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis, promoting sustainable growth and strengthening social infrastructures in a fair and inclusive way. Particular attention should be given to the interplay and interlinkages between the 6 policy areas identified in Article 3 and how to ensure a holistic and coherent approach to increase well-being overall.

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1. The general objective of the Recovery and Resilience Facility shall be to promote the Union’s economic, social and territorial cohesion by improving the resilience and adjustment capacity of the Member States, mitigating the social and economic impact of the crisis, and supporting the green and digital transitions, thereby contributing to restoring the growth potential of the economies of the Union, fostering employment creation in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis, and promoting sustainable growth.

1. The general objective of the Recovery and Resilience Facility shall be to promote the Union’s economic, social and territorial cohesion by focusing on European priority policy areas and thereby aiming at improving the resilience, adjustment capacity and crisis preparedness of the Member States, mitigating the social, gender-related and economic impact of the crisis, and supporting the green transformation towards the Union’s climate and environment objectives, including the Union’s and national climate target for 2030, and the open digital transition, thereby contributing to restoring the sustainable growth potential of the economies of the Union, fostering

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employment creation in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis, ensuring the transformation towards a care economy, protecting the levels of public investments and promoting sustainable, gender-balanced growth.

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1. The general objective of the Recovery and Resilience Facility shall be to promote the Union’s economic, social and territorial cohesion and environmental transition by improving the resilience and adjustment capacity of the Member States, mitigating the social and economic impact of the crisis, and supporting the green and digital transitions, thereby contributing to restoring the growth potential of the economies of the Union, fostering employment creation in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis, and promoting sustainable growth, a high level of environmental protection and EU´s climate objectives as provided in the Regulation establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality and amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 (European Climate Law).

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Amendment 629Stéphanie Yon-Courtin, Fabienne Keller, Stéphane Séjourné, Pascal Canfin, Gilles Boyer, Valérie Hayer, Marie-Pierre Vedrenne, Stéphane Bijoux, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Ilana Cicurel, Laurence Farreng, Olivier Chastel, Dragoș Pîslaru, Katalin Cseh, Nathalie Loiseau, Klemen Grošelj, Sylvie BrunetProposal for a regulationArticle 4 – paragraph 1


1. The general objective of the Recovery and Resilience Facility shall be

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to promote the Union’s economic, social and territorial cohesion by improving the resilience and adjustment capacity of the Member States, mitigating the social and economic impact of the crisis, and supporting the green and digital transitions, thereby contributing to restoring the growth potential of the economies of the Union, fostering employment creation in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis, and promoting sustainable growth.

to promote the Union’s economic, social and territorial cohesion by improving the resilience and adjustment capacity of the Member States and contributing to the Union’s strategic autonomy, mitigating the social and economic impact of the crisis notably by implementing the European Pillar of Social Rights, and supporting the green and digital transitions, notably in achieving the Union’s updated 2030 climate targets and the objective of climate neutrality by 2050, thereby contributing to restoring the growth potential of the economies of the Union, fostering employment creation in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis, and promoting sustainable growth.

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Amendment 630Dimitrios Papadimoulison behalf of the GUE/NGL GroupProposal for a regulationArticle 4 – paragraph 1



1. The general objective of the Recovery and Resilience Facility shall be to facilitate the policy areas referred to in Article 3, thus promoting the Union’s upward economic, social and territorial convergence and cohesion, fighting inequalities and social exclusion, improving the resilience and adjustment capacity of the Member States, mitigating the social and economic impact of the COVID-19 crisis, supporting the green and digital transitions while protecting workers that may face negative impact due to the transitions, contributing to restoring the sustainable growth potential of the Union, fostering employment creation in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis, and promoting fair, inclusive and sustainable growth.

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Amendment 631Martin HojsíkProposal for a regulationArticle 4 – paragraph 1



1. The general objective of the Recovery and Resilience Facility shall be to promote the Union’s economic, social and territorial cohesion by improving the resilience and adjustment capacity of the Member States and contributing to the Union’s strategic autonomy, mitigating the social and economic impact of the crisis, and supporting the transition towards achieving the European Green Deal´s environmental and climate targets, including the objective of EU climate neutrality by 2050, and the digital transition, thereby contributing to restoring the growth potential of the economies of the Union, fostering employment creation in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis, and promoting sustainable growth.

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1. The general objective of the Recovery and Resilience Facility shall be to promote the Union’s economic, social and territorial cohesion by improving the resilience and adjustment capacity of the Member States, mitigating the social, economic and demographic impact of the crisis and supporting the sustainable green, digital and demographic transitions, thereby contributing to restoring the growth potential and enabling convergence of the economies of the Union, fostering employment creation in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis and promoting sustainable socio-economic

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long-term growth fuelled by eco-efficiency improvements, health care resilient measures, climate actions and social inclusion policies.

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Amendment 633Roberts Zīle, Johan Van OvertveldtProposal for a regulationArticle 4 – paragraph 1



1. The general objective of the Recovery and Resilience Facility shall be to support the recovery and promote the Union’s economic, social and territorial cohesion by improving the resilience, its critical infrastructure and adjustment capacity of the Member States, mitigating the social and economic impact of the crisis, and supporting the green and digital transitions, thereby contributing to restoring the growth potential and long-term competitiveness of the economies of the Union, fostering employment creation in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis, and promoting smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, and connectivity, keeping the added value of the financial support within the Union.

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Amendment 634Linea Søgaard-LidellProposal for a regulationArticle 4 – paragraph 1


1. The general objective of the Recovery and Resilience Facility shall be to promote the Union’s economic, social and territorial cohesion by improving the resilience and adjustment capacity of the Member States, mitigating the social and economic impact of the crisis, and supporting the green and digital transitions, thereby contributing to restoring the

1. The general objective of the Recovery and Resilience Facility shall be to promote the Union’s economic, social and territorial cohesion by improving the resilience and adjustment capacity of the Member States, mitigating the social and economic impact of the crisis, and supporting the green and digital transitions, notably in achieving the Union’s updated

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growth potential of the economies of the Union, fostering employment creation in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis, and promoting sustainable growth.

2030 climate targets and the objective of climate neutrality by 2050, supporting the drivers of the Union's economy, including start-ups and SMEs, thereby contributing to restoring the growth potential of the economies of the Union, fostering employment creation in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis, and promoting sustainable growth.

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Amendment 635Antonio Maria Rinaldi, Anna Bonfrisco, Francesca Donato, Valentino Grant, Marco Zanni, Hélène LaporteProposal for a regulationArticle 4 – paragraph 1



1. The general objective of the Recovery and Resilience Facility shall be to promote the economic of Member States, as well as the social and territorial cohesion by improving the resilience and adjustment capacity of the Member States, mitigating the social and economic impact of the crisis, thereby contributing to restoring the growth potential of the economies of the Member States, fostering employment creation in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis, and supporting internationalisation, resilience and diversification of supply chains and the increase of production and employment, especially of the most affected sectors, such as tourism and food supply chain.

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resilience and adjustment capacity of the Member States, mitigating the social and economic impact of the crisis, and supporting the green and digital transitions, thereby contributing to restoring the growth potential of the economies of the Union, fostering employment creation in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis, and promoting sustainable growth.

competitiveness, the resilience and adjustment capacity of the Member States, mitigating the social and economic impact of the crisis, and supporting the green and digital transitions, thereby contributing to restoring the growth potential of the economies of the Union, fostering employment creation in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis, and promoting sustainable growth. Enhancing economic competitiveness and countering protectionism is key for the recovery of an inclusive and sustainable economy.

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Amendment 637Johan Van OvertveldtProposal for a regulationArticle 4 – paragraph 1



1. The general objective of the Recovery and Resilience Facility shall be in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis to promote the Union’s economic, social and territorial cohesion by improving the resilience and adjustment capacity of the Member States by addressing challenges of a structural nature, mitigating the social and economic impact of the crisis, and supporting the green and digital transitions, thereby contributing to the upward economic and social convergence, restoring the growth potential of the economies of the Union, fostering employment creation and the achievement of sound medium-term budgetary positions promoting sustainable growth.

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1. The general objective of the Recovery and Resilience Facility shall be to promote the Union’s economic, social and territorial cohesion by improving the resilience and adjustment capacity of the Member States, including reforms promoting more efficient public administrations, mitigating the social and economic impact of the crisis, and supporting the green and digital transitions, thereby contributing to the upwards economic and social convergence, to restoring the growth potential of the economies of the Union, fostering employment creation in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis, and promoting sustainable and inclusive growth.

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Amendment 639Andrey Novakov, Marian-Jean Marinescu, Barbara Thaler, Dominique RiquetProposal for a regulationArticle 4 – paragraph 1



1. The general objective of the Recovery and Resilience Facility shall be to promote the Union’s economic, social and territorial cohesion by improving the resilience and adjustment capacity of the Member States, mitigating the social and economic impact of the crisis, and supporting the green and digital transitions, thereby promoting sustainable mobility and encouraging investment in rail transport and infrastructure; contributing to restoring the growth potential of the economies of the Union, fostering employment creation in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis, and promoting sustainable growth.

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Amendment 640Nicolae Ştefănuță

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1. The general objective of the Recovery and Resilience Facility shall be to promote the Union’s economic, social and territorial cohesion by improving the resilience and adjustment capacity of the Member States, mitigating the social and economic impact of the crisis, and supporting the green and digital transitions, thereby contributing to restoring the growth potential of the economies of the Union, supporting the reforms necessary for the accession to the euro area of the Member States who have committed to join , fostering employment creation in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis, and promoting sustainable growth.

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1. The general objective of the Recovery and Resilience Facility shall be to ensure the Union’s long-term economic prosperity and promote its economic, social and territorial cohesion by improving the resilience and adjustment capacity of the Member States, mitigating the social and economic impact of the crisis, supporting the green and digital transitions and reinforcing the strategic autonomy of the Union, thereby contributing to restoring the growth potential of the economies of the Union, fostering employment creation in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis, and promoting sustainable growth.

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Amendment 642Aurore Lalucq, Evelyn RegnerProposal for a regulationArticle 4 – paragraph 1



1. The general objective of the Recovery and Resilience Facility shall be to promote the Union’s economic, social and territorial cohesion by improving the resilience and adjustment capacity of the Member States, mitigating the social and economic impact of the crisis, and supporting the green and digital transitions, thereby contributing to restoring the accelerated development of activities compatible with the Paris agreement on the climate and reduction of activities that are not of the economies of the Union, fostering employment creation in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis, and promoting sustainable growth.

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1. The general objective of the Recovery and Resilience Facility shall be to promote the Union’s economic, social and territorial cohesion by improving the resilience and adjustment capacity of the Member States, mitigating the social, economic and gender related impact of the crisis, and supporting the green and digital transitions, and the promotion of gender equality, thereby contributing to restoring the growth potential of the economies of the Union, fostering employment creation in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis, and promoting sustainable and inclusive growth and gender equality.

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Amendment 644Frances FitzgeraldProposal for a regulationArticle 4 – paragraph 1



1. The general objective of the Recovery and Resilience Facility shall be to promote the Union’s economic, social and territorial cohesion by improving the resilience and adjustment capacity of the Member States, mitigating the social and economic impact of the crisis, and supporting the green and digital transitions, thereby contributing to restoring the growth potential of the economies of the Union, fostering employment creation in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis, while placing particular emphasis on promoting gender equality in the labour market, and promoting sustainable growth.

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1. The general objective of the Recovery and Resilience Facility shall be to promote the Union’s economic, social and territorial cohesion by improving the resilience and adjustment capacity of the Member States, mitigating the social and economic impact of the crisis, transitioning towards Union climate neutrality and achieving full environmental sustainability, supporting the digital transition, thereby contributing to restoring the growth potential of the economies of the Union, fostering employment creation in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis, and promoting sustainable growth.

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Amendment 646Gunnar Beck, Joachim Kuhs, Hélène LaporteProposal for a regulationArticle 4 – paragraph 1



1. The general objective of the Recovery and Resilience Facility shall be to improve the resilience and adjustment capacity of the Member States, mitigating the social and economic impact of the crisis, thereby contributing to restoring the growth potential of the economies of the Member States, fostering an equity culture in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis, and promoting sustainable growth.

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Amendment 647Bogdan RzońcaProposal for a regulationArticle 4 – paragraph 1



1. The general objective of the Recovery and Resilience Facility shall be to promote the Union’s economic, social and territorial cohesion by improving the resilience and adjustment capacity of the Member States, mitigating the social and economic impact of the crisis, and supporting the green transition including interim and contributory activities and digital transition, thereby contributing to restoring the growth potential of the economies of the Union, fostering employment creation in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis, and promoting sustainable growth.

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Amendment 648Pedro Marques, Pedro Silva Pereira, Margarida Marques, Costas Mavrides

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1. The general objective of the Recovery and Resilience Facility shall be to promote the Union’s economic, social and territorial cohesion by improving the resilience and adjustment capacity of the Member States, mitigating the social and economic impact of the crisis, and supporting the green and digital transitions, thereby contributing to restoring the growth potential of the economies of the Union, fostering employment creation in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis, and promoting sustainable growth and the improvement of the demographic situation.

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Amendment 649Evelyn Regner, Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Aurore Lalucq, Margarida Marques, Marc Angel, Paul Tang, Joachim Schuster, Kira Marie Peter-Hansen, Gabriele Bischoff, Pina PiciernoProposal for a regulationArticle 4 – paragraph 1



1. The general objective of the Recovery and Resilience Facility shall be to promote the Union’s economic, social and territorial cohesion by improving the resilience and adjustment capacity of the Member States, mitigating the social, economic and gender- related impact of the crisis, and supporting the green, care and digital transitions, thereby contributing to restoring the growth potential of the economies of the Union, fostering gender- responsive employment creation in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis, and promoting sustainable growth.

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Amendment 650José Gusmão

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1. The general objective of the Recovery and Resilience Facility shall be to address the above-mentioned policy areas, thereby promoting the Union’s economic, social and territorial cohesion by improving the resilience and adjustment capacity of the Member States, mitigating the social and economic impact of the crisis, and supporting the green and digital transitions, thereby contributing to restoring the growth potential of the economies of the Union, fostering employment creation in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis, and promoting sustainable growth.

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Amendment 651Isabel Benjumea BenjumeaProposal for a regulationArticle 4 – paragraph 1



1. The general objective of the Recovery and Resilience Facility shall be to promote the Union’s economic, social and territorial cohesion by improving the resilience and adjustment capacity of the Member States, mitigating the social and economic impact of the crisis, and supporting the green a competitive knowledge based economy and digital transitions, thereby contributing to restoring the growth potential of the economies of the Union, fostering employment creation in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis, and promoting sustainable growth.

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Amendment 652Enikő Győri, Danuta Maria Hübner, Inese Vaidere, Tamás Deutsch, Eugen Jurzyca

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1. The general objective of the Recovery and Resilience Facility shall be to promote the Union’s economic, social and territorial cohesion by improving the resilience and adjustment capacity of the Member States, mitigating the social and economic impact of the crisis, reducing the infrastructural gap and supporting the green and digital transitions, thereby contributing to restoring the growth potential of the economies of the Union, fostering employment creation in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis, and promoting sustainable growth.

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1. The general objective of the Recovery and Resilience Facility shall be to promote the long-term economic prosperity of the Union, by improving the resilience and adjustment capacity of the Member States, mitigating the social and economic impact of the crisis, and supporting the green and digital transitions, thereby contributing to restoring the growth potential and long-term competitiveness of the economies of the Union, fostering employment creation in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis, and promoting sustainable growth.

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Amendment 654Marc AngelProposal for a regulationArticle 4 – paragraph 1

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1. The general objective of the Recovery and Resilience Facility shall be to promote the Union’s economic, social and territorial cohesion by improving the resilience and adjustment capacity of the Member States, mitigating the social and economic impact of the crisis, and supporting the green and digital transitions, thereby contributing to restoring the growth potential of the economies of the Union especially by promoting sustainable growth, and by fostering employment creation in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis.

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Amendment 655Costas Mavrides, Eider Gardiazabal Rubial, Jonás FernándezProposal for a regulationArticle 4 – paragraph 1 – point 1 (new)


(1) measures that strengthen the educational infrastructure at early ages, from zero to twelve in order to adapt school groups to the health requirements of the COVID-19 and follow the WHO’s recommendations;

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Amendment 656Siegfried Mureşan, Mircea-Gheorghe Hava, Cristian-Silviu BuşoiProposal for a regulationArticle 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)


1a. The Facility shall contribute to the objectives of EU policies and to strengthening the Single Market, via implementation of measures, such as:

- measures that put in practice the objectives of the Paris Agreement, the Green Deal and lead to achieving the

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EU’s targets, contributing to a progressive decarbonisation of the economy, including through the financing of energy infrastructure, especially smart electricity grids and transitional gas grids (such as natural gas and/or hydrogen), energy efficiency measures, including measures to develop smart district heating systems;

- measures that foster digital infrastructure, digitization of national systems and workplace, improve access to digital working and promote digital skills;

- measures to support the economic recovery and stability, including solvency measures, incentives for adaptation to industrial policies, ecosystems and diversification of supply chains, SMEs, research and innovation, entrepreneurship, development of transport infrastructure, such as TEN-T networks, urban mobility and smart urban solutions, such electromobility charging infrastructure, sustainable tourism, including through the development of tourism infrastructures, investments into sustainable agriculture, such as the development of agricultural infrastructure or food production facilities as well as measures to promote rural development, measures to mitigate the effect of the crisis on the adoption process of the single currency by non-euro area Member States;

- measures that strengthen social security and social welfare systems, life-long learning and training, inclusive labour market policies including social dialogue, the creation of high-quality jobs, the fight against poverty, income inequality and gender inequality, the promotion of social inclusion, tackling energy poverty and creating equal opportunities, as well as economic, social and territorial cohesion, including integrated territorial investments;

- measures that strengthen the resilience,

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accessibility and capacity of health and care systems, including through the development of health infrastructure, improving the effectiveness of public administration and national systems, including minimising administrative burden, improve the effectiveness of the judicial systems, anti-money laundering supervision;

- measures that promote education and skills, including through the development of education infrastructure, the role of skills via generational targeting of priorities for upskilling, reskilling and requalification of active labour force, integration programmes for the unemployed, policies of investing in access and opportunity for children and youth related to education, health, nutrition, jobs and housing, policies that bridge the generational gap.

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Amendment 657José GusmãoProposal for a regulationArticle 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)


1a. The Facility shall contribute to the objectives of Union policies, the UN SDGs, the European Pillar of Social Rights, the Paris Agreement and the strengthening of the Single Market, through the implementation of measures in order to:

- put in practice the objectives of the Paris Agreement and the Green Deal, contributing to the decarbonisation of the economy;

- support the economic recovery and industrial policies, contribute to the diversification of supply chains and the promotion of short production/distribution channels, SMEs, research and innovation, and

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development of sustainable infrastructure;

- strengthen social security and social welfare systems, life-long learning and training, labour market policies based on robust labour rights to fight rising precariousness, including social dialogue, the creation of high-quality jobs, the fight against poverty, income inequality and gender inequality, the promotion of social inclusion, tackling energy poverty and creating equal opportunities;

- strengthen the resilience, accessibility and capacity of public health and care systems;

- promote education and skills, the role of upskilling, reskilling and requalification of active labour force, policies of investing in access and opportunity for children and youth related to education, health, nutrition, jobs and housing.

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Amendment 658Andrey NovakovProposal for a regulationArticle 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)


1a. The Facility shall contribute to the objectives of EU policies through the implementation of measures, such as:

- measures that strengthen the resilience, accessibility and capacity of health and care systems, improving the effectiveness of public administration and national systems, including minimising administrative burden, improve the effectiveness of the judicial systems, anti-money laundering supervision and strengthen the migration and border management systems;

- measures to support the economic recovery and stability, incentives for adaptation to industrial policies, ecosystems and diversification of supply

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chains, SMEs, research and innovation, entrepreneurship, tourism, development of sustainable infrastructure, development of agricultural infrastructure, measures to mitigate the effect of the crisis on the adoption process of the single currency by non-euro area Member States.

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1a. The Facility shall contribute to the objectives of Union policies, the UN SDGs, the European Pillar of Social Rights, the Paris Agreement and the strengthening of the Single Market, through the implementation of measures, such as:

- measures that put in practice the objectives of the Paris Agreement, the Green Deal and lead to achieving the Union’s new 2030 targets, contributing to a progressive decarbonisation of the economy and the achievement of climate neutrality in line with the Union goal as set in Regulation XXXX/XX (European Climate Law).

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1a. The Facility shall contribute to the objectives of Union policies, the UN SDGs, the European Pillar of Social Rights, the Paris Agreement and the strengthening of the Single Market, through the implementation of measures,

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such as:

- measures that put in practice the objectives of the Paris Agreement, the Green Deal and lead to achieving the Union’s new2030 targets, contributing to a progressive decarbonisation of the economy and the achievement of climate neutrality in line with the Union goal as set in[Climate Law].

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Amendment 661Luděk NiedermayerProposal for a regulationArticle 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)


1a. The Facility shall contribute to the objectives of Union policies through the implementation of measures, that would significantly accelerate the increase of ICT competency, especially at primary and secondary level of education, as well as measures promoting the use of technology for e-learning, distance or project based learning, especially at primary and secondary level of education, and would be available to students across the EU.

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Amendment 662Ernest Urtasun, Damian Boeselageron behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupProposal for a regulationArticle 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)


1a. The Facility shall contribute to the objectives of European Union policies, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the European Pillar of Social Rights and the implementation of the Paris Agreement, as well as fostering the links between European economies, societies, and institutions.

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Amendment 663Dragoș Pîslaru, Luis Garicano, Ivars Ijabs, Olivier Chastel, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Clotilde ArmandProposal for a regulationArticle 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)


1a. Annex IV or this Regulation provides non-binding guidance regarding reform and investment measures falling under the European policy areas referred in Article 3.

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2. To achieve that general objective, the specific objective of the Recovery and Resilience Facility shall be to provide Member States with financial support with a view to achieving the milestones and targets of reforms and investments as set out in their recovery and resilience plans. That specific objective shall be pursued in close cooperation with the Member States concerned.

2. To achieve that general objective, the specific objective of the Recovery and Resilience Facility shall be to provide Member States with financial support with a view to achieving the science-based and time-bound milestones and targets of reforms and investments based on harmonised indicators and Natural Capital Accounting methodology as set out in their recovery, resilience and transition plans. That specific objective shall be pursued in close cooperation with independent scientific experts and the Member States concerned.

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2. To achieve that general objective, 2. To achieve that general objective,

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the specific objective of the Recovery and Resilience Facility shall be to provide Member States with financial support with a view to achieving the milestones and targets of reforms and investments as set out in their recovery and resilience plans. That specific objective shall be pursued in close cooperation with the Member States concerned.

the specific objective of the Recovery and Resilience Facility shall be to provide Member States with financial support with a view to achieving the milestones and targets of reforms and investment measures as set out in their recovery and resilience plans, in accordance with common European priority policy areas, defined in Article 3. That specific objective shall be pursued in close cooperation with the Member States concerned.

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2. To achieve that general objective, the specific objective of the Recovery and Resilience Facility shall be to provide Member States with financial support with a view to achieving the milestones and targets structural reforms (including those of public administration systems) and investments as set out in their recovery and resilience plans. That specific objective shall be pursued in close cooperation with the Member States concerned.

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Amendment 667Stefan Berger, Sara Skyttedal, Petri Sarvamaa, Markus Pieper, Niclas HerbstProposal for a regulationArticle 4 – paragraph 2


2. To achieve that general objective, the specific objective of the Recovery and Resilience Facility shall be to provide Member States with financial support with a view to achieving the milestones and targets of reforms and investments as set out in their recovery and resilience plans. That specific objective shall be pursued in

2. To achieve that general objective, the specific objective of the Recovery and Resilience Facility shall be to provide Member States with financial support with a view to achieving the clear milestones and targets of growth enhancing reforms and sustainable investments as set out in their recovery and resilience plans. That

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close cooperation with the Member States concerned.

specific objective shall be pursued in close cooperation with the Member States concerned.

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Amendment 668Siegfried Mureşan, Esther de Lange, Markus Pieper, José Manuel FernandesProposal for a regulationArticle 4 – paragraph 2



2. To achieve that general objective, the specific objective of the Recovery and Resilience Facility shall be to provide Member States with financial support with a view to achieving the clear milestones and targets of growth enhancing reforms and sustainable investments as set out in their recovery and resilience plans. That specific objective shall be pursued in close cooperation with the Member States concerned.

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2. To achieve that general objective, the specific objective of the Recovery and Resilience Facility shall be to provide Member States with financial support with a view to achieving the milestones and targets of reforms and investments as set out in their recovery and resilience plans. That specific objective shall be pursued in close and transparent cooperation with the Member States concerned.

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Amendment 670Enikő Győri, Danuta Maria Hübner, Inese Vaidere, Tamás Deutsch, Eugen JurzycaProposal for a regulationArticle 4 – paragraph 2 – point 1 (new)

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(1) Reforms and investments initiated by the Member States after 1 February 2020 are eligible under the Reform and Resilience Facility.

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Amendment 671Stefan Berger, Sara Skyttedal, Petri Sarvamaa, Markus Pieper, Niclas HerbstProposal for a regulationArticle 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)


2a. The Facility shall financially support projects in the field of decarbonisation, digitalisation and the support of SMEs:

- 40% of the measures financed under the Facility shall contribute to achieve the Union's decarbonisation goals, in particular by investing into the development of new technologies and the roll-out of infrastructure. This shall include gas and hydrogen ;

- 40% of the measures financed under the Facility shall contribute to Union's digitalisation goals, including contributing to research, infrastructure, and the development of e-services;

- 20% of the overall measures shall be dedicated to support SMEs.

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Amendment 672Stéphanie Yon-Courtin, Fabienne Keller, Stéphane Séjourné, Pascal Canfin, Gilles Boyer, Valérie Hayer, Marie-Pierre Vedrenne, Stéphane Bijoux, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Ilana Cicurel, Laurence Farreng, Olivier Chastel, Katalin Cseh, Nathalie Loiseau, Linea Søgaard-Lidell, Martin Hojsík, Klemen Grošelj, Sylvie BrunetProposal for a regulationArticle 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)


2a. The Recovery and Resilience

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Facility shall only support projects respecting the “do no significant harm” principle, as defined in Regulation (EU) 2020/852 on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment.

By means of a delegated act supplementing this Regulation, the Commission shall establish detailed rules for the application of the ‘do no significant harm’ to the Recovery and Resilience Facility using the criteria referred to in Regulation (EU) 2020/852 on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment.

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2a. To contribute to, and be fully consistent with, the objectives of the Paris Agreement and the European Green Deal, at least 37% of the amount of each Recovery and Resilience Plan shall contribute to mainstreaming climate actions and 10% to biodiversity. All funds under the Recovery and Resilience plans shall respect the "do no significant harm" criteria referred to in Regulation (EU) 2020/852 [Regulation on establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment].

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Justification

The EP called in its Resolution 2020/2732(RSP) for binding 30% climate and 10% biodiversity-related targets. The EP should, by consistency, ask for >37% climate spending (compliant with the EC´s assessment Fiche n° 84 on climate mainstreaming of 27/08/2020) to reach the 30% climate target decided by the EUCO for the MFF&NGEU and 10% biodiversity spending in the RRF. This approach foresees double counting: reaching biodiversity target can be facilitated by climate-related expenditure.

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Amendment 674Irene Tinagli, Margarida Marques, Jonás Fernández, Costas MavridesProposal for a regulationArticle 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)


2a. Support from the Facility shall not substitute recurring national budgetary expenditure and shall respect the principle of additionality of the Union funding. However, recurrent costs from investments and reforms shall be considered in the costing of the Recovery and Resilience Plan if they have direct positive structural benefits and if the negative effect on the government balance is only temporary.

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2a. The Facility shall only support recurring national budgetary expenditure or tax reduction planned as permanent if evidence can be provided that these expenditures or tax reduction contribute to one of the objective set out in Article 3 while measures have been taken to ensure that the climate and biodiversity action, and environmental sustainability are not being harmed by them.

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Amendment 676Nicolae ŞtefănuțăProposal for a regulationArticle 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)


2a. Support from the Facility shall not be a substitute for national expenditures and shall respect the principle of

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additionality, unless a Member States that can duly justify limited national transfers of expenditures in order to attain the European average of national expenditures in the education and research sectors.

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2a. The Recovery and Resilience Facility shall ensure that 50% of the Facility supports climate actions in line with the objectives of the European Green Deal and the Paris Climate Agreement. Member States shall identify and track climate spending by using the criteria laid out by the EU Taxonomy.

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Amendment 678Siegfried Mureşan, Esther de Lange, Markus Ferber, Markus Pieper, José Manuel FernandesProposal for a regulationArticle 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)


2a. The projects shall bring EU added value and priority should be given either to cross-border projects or to those projects who due to spill over effects generate European added value in more than one Member State or region.

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Amendment 679Johan Van OvertveldtProposal for a regulationArticle 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)

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2a. The Facility shall not substitute recurring national expenditure and Member States shall maintain at least the same level of its public investment compared to the average level of its public investment in the five previous years.

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Amendment 680Jessica Polfjärd, Jörgen WarbornProposal for a regulationArticle 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)


2a. Support from the Facility shall not substitute recurring national budgetary expenditure and shall respect the principle of additionality of the Union funding.

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Amendment 681Siegfried Mureşan, Esther de Lange, Markus Pieper, José Manuel FernandesProposal for a regulationArticle 4 – paragraph 2 b (new)


2b. The Facility shall not run counter to the strategic and economic interests of the Union. In that respect, support shall not be provided to projects that are part of the strategic investment plans of third countries.

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Amendment 682Stefan Berger, Sara Skyttedal, Petri Sarvamaa, Markus Pieper, Niclas HerbstProposal for a regulationArticle 4 – paragraph 2 b (new)


2b. Recurring government spending

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shall not be financed out of this Facility.Or. en

Amendment 683Siegfried Mureşan, Esther de Lange, Markus Ferber, Markus Pieper, José Manuel FernandesProposal for a regulationArticle 4 – paragraph 2 c (new)


2c. The Facility shall not substitute regular national budgetary expenditure.

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Amendment 684Siegfried Mureşan, Esther de Lange, Markus Pieper, José Manuel FernandesProposal for a regulationArticle 4 – paragraph 2 d (new)


2d. The Facility shall not finance projects detrimental to the Single Market or which would contribute to its fragmentation.

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Amendment 685Ernest Urtasun, Damian Boeselageron behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupProposal for a regulationArticle 4 a (new)


Article 4a

General principles for investment and reform measures contained in national

recovery and resilience plans

1. The Facility shall only support activities that do not cause significant harm to one or more environmental objectives referred to in Article 9 of Regulation(EU)2020/852 pursuant to the provisions of Article 17 of the Regulation (EU)2020/852 as well as activities carried out in compliance with ‘minimum

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safeguards’ pursuant to Article 18 of Regulation (EU)2020/852.

2. The Facility shall not support activities that lead to a lock-in of carbon-intensive assets that undermine the achievement of the Union’s climate and environment objectives. In particular, it shall not support investments related to:

(a) the decommissioning, operation, adaptation or lifetime extension of nuclear power stations, or the management or storage of nuclear waste;

(b) the exploration, production, processing, distribution, storage or combustion of fossil fuels;

(c) the disposal of waste in landfill;

(d) installations for the combustion of waste;

(e) airport infrastructure, except for outermost regions;

(f) vehicles equipped with internal combustion engines.

3. At least 40% of the estimated total cost of all the recovery and resilience plans referred to in Article 15 shall be allocated to activities that contribute substantially to climate change mitigation or adaptation pursuant to Articles 10 and 11 of Regulation (EU) 2020/852. At least 10% of the estimated total cost of all the recovery and resilience plans shall additionally be allocated to activities that contribute substantially to any of the other environmental objectives under that Regulation. The Commission shall adopt a delegated act in accordance with Article 25a to specify the methodology and the related reporting provision to support Member States to fulfil the requirements of this paragraph and to monitor the compliance with these requirements.

All of the funds allocated to the green transition European priority policy area, referred to in Article 14(1), shall support economic activities that qualify as

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environmentally sustainable in accordance with Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2020/852.

4. Investment and reform measures supported by the Facility shall not substitute any recurring national budgetary expenditure and obligations.

5. The Facility shall not support investments and reform measures which do not carry a lasting effect, or which reduce government revenues for a prolonged period or permanently, such as tax cuts or levy-reductions.

6. Investment and reform measures supported by the Facility shall respect the principle of gender equality and shall ensure a gender-balanced impact with regards to employment effects and financial benefits, with a view to balance investments in female- and male-dominated sectors, including investments in the Care Economy. The aggregated effect of measures in national plans shall be accounted for in national gender impact assessments submitted to the Commission and shall be an essential component of the evaluation of the Facility.

7. Investment and reform measures supported by the Facility involving the purchase and/or licencing of IT soft- and hardware shall respect the principles of accessibility, interoperability, energy efficiency and personal data protection, promote the use of open-source solutions and incentivise commercial transactions with Small and Medium-sized Enterprises and start-ups.

8. Without prejudice to the allocation requirements referred to in Article 3, Member State shall ensure the needs-based allocation of funds received from the Facility among municipalities and local governments and shall allocate at least 10% of their maximum financial contribution, referred to in Article 10, to municipalities and local governments,

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and shall provide for a direct access to those resources. The Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 25a to specify the arrangements to be taken by Member States for the provisioning of resources from the Facility to municipalities and local governments.

9. Investments and reform measures planned after 1 February 2020 related to the economic and social consequences caused by the COVID-19 pandemic onwards shall be eligible for support by the recovery and resilience Facility, providing they adhere to the requirements set out in this Regulation.

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Amendment 686Luis Garicano, Dragoș Pîslaru, Ivars Ijabs, Olivier Chastel, Clotilde ArmandProposal for a regulationArticle 4 a (new)


Article 4a

Horizontal requirements

1. In accordance with Article 16 (2a), the Commission shall ensure that:

(a) The Facility does not run counter to the strategic and economic interests of the EU. In this respect, support shall not be provided to projects that are part of the strategic investment plans of third countries, falling within the scope of the factors likely to affect security or public order to be taken into account by Member States and the Commission under Article 4 Regulation 2019/452;

(b) The Facility shall not substitute nor finance recurring national budgetary expenditure and respect the principle of additionality of Union funding;

(c) The recovery and resilience plans generate European added value, that is, the value resulting from Union

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intervention, additional to the value that would have been otherwise created by Member States alone, and the Member State concerned will accrue significant benefits form synergies with other recovery and resilience plans;

(d) whether the recovery and resilience plan adheres with the principles EU Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025;

(e) The Facility shall allocate at least 37% of the estimated total cost of all recovery and resilience plans referred to in Article 15 to activities that contribute to climate change mitigation;

(f) Each recovery and resilience plan shall adhere to the following minimum allocation requirements:

- 20% to the green transformation towards climate neutrality before 2050, taking into account the objectives of the Green Deal;

- 20% to the transition towards a competitive, open and accessible digital society and economy, particularly by assisting in the digitalization of the private sector, schools and public administration, including the judiciary, taking into account the objectives of the Digital Agenda;

- 20% to policies for the Next Generation, particularly in education, child policies and youth unemployment, including vocational training; taking into account the objectives of the European Skills Agenda, the Youth Guarantee and Child Guarantee.

2. Where the recovery and resilience plan does not comply with the horizontal requirements enlisted above, the plan will not be considered eligible for funding. The Member State concerned may make a request for technical support as part of the Technical Support Instrument, in order to allow for a better preparation of the proposal in the subsequent cycles.

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Amendment 687Gunnar Beck, Joachim KuhsProposal for a regulationArticle 5 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part


(a) through amount of EUR 334 950 000 000 referred to in point (ii) of Article 3(2)(a) of Regulation [EURI] in current prices, available for non-repayable support, subject to Article 4(4) and (8) of Regulation [EURI].


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Amendment 688Ernest Urtasun, Damian Boeselageron behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupProposal for a regulationArticle 5 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part



(a) through amount of EUR 337 968 000 000 referred to in point (ii) of Article 3(2)(a) of Regulation[EURI] in current prices, available for non-repayable support, subject to Article 4(4) and (8) of Regulation [EURI].

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Amendment 689Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Petros Kokkalison behalf of the GUE/NGL GroupProposal for a regulationArticle 5 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part



(a) through amount of EUR 312 500 000 000 referred to in point (ii) of Article 3(2)(a) of Regulation [EURI] in 2018 prices, available for non-repayable support, subject to Article 4(4) and (8) of Regulation [EURI].

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Amendment 690Engin ErogluProposal for a regulationArticle 5 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part



(a) through amount of EUR 0 referred to in point (ii) of Article 3(2)(a) of Regulation [EURI] in current prices, available for non-repayable support, subject to Article 4(4) and (8) of Regulation [EURI].

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Amendment 691Caroline Nagtegaal, Nicola BeerProposal for a regulationArticle 5 – paragraph 1 – point b


(b) through amount of EUR 267 955 000 000 referred to in Article 3(2)(b) of Regulation [EURI] in current prices, available for loan support to Members States pursuant to Article 12 and 13, subject to Article 4(5) of Regulation [EURI].

(b) through amount of EUR 267 955 000 000 referred to in Article 3(2)(b) of Regulation [EURI] in current prices, available for non-revolving loan support to Members States pursuant to Article 12 and 13, subject to Article 4(5) of Regulation [EURI].

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Amendment 692Engin ErogluProposal for a regulationArticle 5 – paragraph 1 – point b




Or. de

Amendment 693Gunnar Beck, Joachim Kuhs

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Proposal for a regulationArticle 5 – paragraph 1 – point b




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Amendment 694Ernest Urtasun, Damian Boeselageron behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupProposal for a regulationArticle 5 – paragraph 1 – point b




Or. en

Amendment 695Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Petros Kokkalison behalf of the GUE/NGL GroupProposal for a regulationArticle 5 – paragraph 1 – point b



(b) through amount of EUR 360 000 000 000 referred to in Article 3(2)(b) of Regulation [EURI] in 2018 prices, available for loan support to Members States pursuant to Article 12 and 13, subject to Article 4(5) of Regulation [EURI].

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Amendment 696Marian-Jean Marinescu, Mircea-Gheorghe HavaProposal for a regulationArticle 5 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)


(ba) Up to 10% of the amount mentioned at Article 5(1)(a) and 5(1)(b) shall be allocated for financing the Projects of European Common Interest specified in Article 5a. The amounts financing the Projects of European Common Interest shall be allocated from the shares of the Member States where the projects shall be implemented.

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Amendment 697Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Petros Kokkalison behalf of the GUE/NGL GroupProposal for a regulationArticle 5 – paragraph 2


2. The amounts referred to in paragraph 1(a) may also cover expenses pertaining to preparatory, monitoring, control, audit and evaluation activities, which are required for the management of each instrument and the achievement of its objectives, in particular studies, meetings of experts, information and communication actions, including corporate communication of the political priorities of the Union, in so far as they are related to the objectives of this Regulation, expenses linked to IT networks focusing on information processing and exchange, corporate information technology tools, and all other technical and administrative assistance expenses incurred by the Commission for the management of each instrument. Expenses may also cover the costs of other supporting activities such as quality control and monitoring of projects on the ground and the costs of peer counselling and experts for the assessment

2. The amounts referred to in paragraph 1(a) may also cover expenses pertaining to preparatory, monitoring, control, audit and evaluation activities, which are required for the management of each instrument and the achievement of its objectives, in particular studies, meetings of experts, stakeholder engagement, information and communication actions, including corporate communication of the political priorities of the Union, in so far as they are related to the objectives of this Regulation, expenses linked to IT networks focusing on information processing and exchange, corporate information technology tools, and all other technical and administrative assistance expenses incurred by the Commission for the management of each instrument. Expenses may also cover the costs of other supporting activities such as quality control and monitoring of projects on the ground and the costs of peer counselling and

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and implementation of reforms and investments.

experts for the assessment and implementation of reforms and investments. The Member States may also request technical support in accordance with Regulation XX/YYYY [Technical Support Instrument].

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2. The amounts referred to in paragraph 1(a) may also cover expenses pertaining to preparatory, monitoring, control, audit and evaluation activities, which are required for the management of each instrument and the achievement of its objectives, in particular studies, meetings of experts, information and communication actions, including corporate communication of the political priorities of the Union, in so far as they are related to the objectives of this Regulation, expenses linked to IT networks focusing on information processing and exchange, corporate information technology tools, and all other technical and administrative assistance expenses incurred by the Commission for the management of each instrument. Expenses may also cover the costs of other supporting activities such as quality control and monitoring of projects on the ground and the costs of peer counselling and experts for the assessment and implementation of reforms and investments.

2. The amounts referred to in paragraph 1(a) may also cover expenses pertaining to preparatory, monitoring, control, audit and evaluation activities, which are required for the management of each instrument and the achievement of its objectives, in particular studies, meetings of experts, information and communication actions, promoting the involvement of local and regional authorities, social partners, civil society organisations and other relevant stakeholders, including corporate communication of the political priorities of the Union, in so far as they are related to the objectives of this Regulation, expenses linked to IT networks focusing on information processing and exchange, corporate information technology tools, and all other technical and administrative assistance expenses incurred by the Commission for the management of each instrument. Expenses may also cover the costs of other supporting activities such as quality control and monitoring of projects on the ground and the costs of peer counselling and experts for the assessment and implementation of reforms and investments.

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2. The amounts referred to in paragraph 1(a) may also cover expenses pertaining to preparatory, monitoring, control, audit and evaluation activities, which are required for the management of each instrument and the achievement of its objectives, in particular studies, meetings of experts, information and communication actions, including corporate communication of the political priorities of the Union, in so far as they are related to the objectives of this Regulation, expenses linked to IT networks focusing on information processing and exchange, corporate information technology tools, and all other technical and administrative assistance expenses incurred by the Commission and Member States or intermediary management agents for the management of each instrument. Expenses may also cover the costs of other supporting activities such as quality control and monitoring of projects on the ground and the costs of peer counselling and experts for the assessment and implementation of reforms and investments.

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2. The amounts referred to in paragraph 1(a) may also cover expenses pertaining to preparatory, monitoring, control, audit and evaluation activities, which are required for the management of each instrument and the achievement of its objectives, in particular studies, meetings of experts, information and communication actions, including corporate communication of the political priorities of

2. The amounts referred to in paragraph 1(a) may also cover expenses pertaining to preparatory, monitoring, control, audit and evaluation activities, which are required for the management of each instrument and the achievement of its objectives, in particular studies, meetings of experts, information and communication actions, including corporate communication of the political priorities of

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the Union, in so far as they are related to the objectives of this Regulation, expenses linked to IT networks focusing on information processing and exchange, corporate information technology tools, and all other technical and administrative assistance expenses incurred by the Commission for the management of each instrument. Expenses may also cover the costs of other supporting activities such as quality control and monitoring of projects on the ground and the costs of peer counselling and experts for the assessment and implementation of reforms and investments.

the Union, in so far as they are related to the objectives of this Regulation, expenses linked to IT networks focusing on information processing and exchange, corporate information technology tools, and all other technical and administrative assistance expenses incurred by the Commission for the management of each instrument. Expenses may also cover the costs of other supporting activities such as quality control and monitoring of projects on the ground and the costs of peer counselling and experts for the assessment and implementation of reforms and investments. Travelling costs will be excluded.

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Justification

In order to take the goals of the Green Deal seriously, and in light of the social distancing requirements, travelling should be excluded from the covered expenses.



2. The amounts referred to in paragraph 1(a) may also cover expenses pertaining to preparatory, monitoring, control, audit and evaluation activities, which are required for the management of each instrument and the achievement of its objectives, in particular studies, meetings of experts, information and communication actions, including corporate communication of the political priorities of the Union, in so far as they are related to the objectives of this Regulation, expenses linked to IT networks focusing on information processing and exchange, corporate information technology tools, and all other technical and administrative assistance expenses incurred by the Commission for the management of each instrument. Expenses may also cover the

2. The amounts referred to in paragraph 1(a) may also cover expenses pertaining to preparatory, monitoring, control, audit and evaluation activities, which are required for the management of each instrument and the achievement of its objectives, in particular studies, meetings of experts, information and communication actions, including corporate communication of the political priorities of the Union, in so far as they are related to the objectives of this Regulation, expenses linked to IT networks focusing on information processing and exchange, corporate information technology tools, and all other technical and administrative assistance expenses incurred by the Commission for the management of each instrument. Expenses may also cover the

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costs of other supporting activities such as quality control and monitoring of projects on the ground and the costs of peer counselling and experts for the assessment and implementation of reforms and investments.

costs of other supporting activities such as quality control and monitoring of projects on the ground and the costs of peer counselling and experts for the assessment and implementation of growth enhancing reforms and sustainable investments.

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2. The amounts referred to in paragraph 1(a) may also cover expenses pertaining to preparatory, monitoring, control, audit and evaluation activities, which are required for the management of the Facility and the achievement of its objectives, in particular studies, meetings of experts, information and communication actions, including corporate communication of the political priorities of the Union, in so far as they are related to the objectives of this Regulation, expenses linked to IT networks focusing on information processing and exchange, corporate information technology tools, and all other technical and administrative assistance expenses incurred by the Commission for the management of the Facility. Expenses may also cover the costs of other supporting activities such as quality control and monitoring of projects on the ground and the costs of peer counselling and experts for the assessment and implementation of reforms and investments.

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2a. In the 2025 Draft Budget of the EU, the Commission shall assess the expected amount of unused commitment appropriations and decommitment appropriations available for non-repayable support referred to in paragraph 1 - point b of this Article.

The expected amount of unused commitment appropriations and decommitment appropriations available for non-repayable support referred to in paragraph 1point b of this Article shall be enter into the EU budget as external assigned revenues in accordance with Article 21(5) of the Financial Regulation in the2025 Draft Budget of the EU.

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Amendment 704Dragoș Pîslaru, Ivars Ijabs, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Clotilde ArmandProposal for a regulationArticle 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)


2a. In the 2025 Draft Budget of the EU, the Commission shall assess the expected amount of unused commitment appropriations and decommitment appropriations available for non-repayable support referred to in paragraph 1, point b of this Article.

The expected amount of unused commitment appropriations and decommitment appropriations available for non-repayable support referred to in paragraph 1point b of this Article shall be enter into the EU budget as external assigned revenues in accordance with Article 21(5) of the Financial Regulation in the2025 Draft Budget of the EU.

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Amendment 705Elisabetta Gualmini, Paolo De Castro

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Proposal for a regulationArticle 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)


2a. For the purpose of this Regulation, the maximum aid intensity rates for investments made by micro, small, medium and other enterprises, as referred to in Commission Regulation (EU) 651/2014 and in Commission Regulation (EU) 702/2014, may be increased by 25%, provided that the maximum combined aid does not exceed 90% of the eligible costs.

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Amendment 706Marian-Jean Marinescu, Mircea-Gheorghe HavaProposal for a regulationArticle 5 a (new)


Article 5a

Projects of European Common Interest

The amount specified in Article 5(1)(ba) shall be use for financing Projects of European common interest having a European coverage with a large contribution to the green and digital transition and to the economic recovery in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis. The Projects of European common interest shall be introduced by the Commission through delegated acts specifying the participating Member States, the amounts, the milestones and targets, the priority projects/types of projects. The Projects of European common interest shall be:

- Sustainable Tourism

- Aeronautical industry

- Inland waterways navigability

- ERTMS on European Freight Corridors

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Amendment 707Markus FerberProposal for a regulationArticle 5 a (new)


Article 5a

Unused Funds

Unused funds from this Facility shall not be repurposed or transferred to other budget lines.

Or. en

Amendment 708Dimitrios Papadimoulison behalf of the GUE/NGL GroupProposal for a regulationArticle 6


Article 6 deleted

Resources from shared management programmes

Resources allocated to Member States under shared management may, at their request, be transferred to the Facility. The Commission shall implement those resources directly in accordance with point (a) of Article 62(1) of the Financial Regulation. Those resources shall be used for the benefit of the Member State concerned.

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Amendment 709Marian-Jean Marinescu, Mircea-Gheorghe Hava, Andrey NovakovProposal for a regulationArticle 6


Article 6 deleted

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Amendment 710Ernest Urtasun, Damian Boeselageron behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupProposal for a regulationArticle 6


Article 6 deleted



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Amendment 711Costas Mavrides, Eider Gardiazabal Rubial, Jonás FernándezProposal for a regulationArticle 6 – title



Transfer of resources between the RRF and other EU programmes

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Amendment 712Costas Mavrides, Jonás FernándezProposal for a regulationArticle 6 – paragraph 1



deleted

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Amendment 713Monika HohlmeierProposal for a regulationArticle 6 – paragraph 1



Resources allocated to Member States under shared management may, at their request, be transferred to the Facility. The Commission shall implement those resources directly in accordance with point (a) of Article 62(1) of the Financial Regulation. Those resources shall be used for the benefit of the Member State concerned and shall be subject to the same requirements as regards sound financial management as the originating funds.

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Resources allocated to Member States under shared management may, at their

Resources allocated to Member States under shared management may, at their

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request, be transferred to the Facility. The Commission shall implement those resources directly in accordance with point (a) of Article 62(1) of the Financial Regulation. Those resources shall be used for the benefit of the Member State concerned.

request, be transferred to the Facility, with a maximum limit of 10% of the budgetary envelope of the Member State. The Commission shall implement those resources directly in accordance with point (a) of Article 62(1) of the Financial Regulation. Those resources shall be used for the benefit of the Member State concerned.

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Resources allocated to Member States under shared management may, at their request, be transferred to the Facility (except for ERDF, EAFRD and ESF+). The Commission shall implement those resources directly in accordance with point (a) of Article 62(1) of the Financial Regulation. Those resources shall be used for the benefit of the Member State concerned.

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Amendment 716Siegfried Mureşan, Esther de Lange, José Manuel FernandesProposal for a regulationArticle 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)


The outstanding unused amount under the Facility shall be transferred into a budgetary reserve that may be used to reinforce EU programmes under direct management in the areas of research and innovation (Horizon Europe), education (Eramus+), infrastructure (Connecting Europe Facility), digitalisation (Digital Europe) and border management (Integrated Border Management Fund).

The budgetary reserve shall be released in

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part or in its entirety only after the Commission has concluded that the programmes indicated in sub-paragraph 1, cannot reach the objectives set out in the respective legislation, without an increase of financing.

The budgetary reserve and subsequent transfers shall comply with the rules set out in the Financial Regulation and shall be subject to the approval of the Parliament and Council.

The amount still in the budgetary reserve on 31 December 2027 shall be used in its entirety for repayment of the financing drawn by the Commission for the purpose of the financing of the Facility.

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Member States may propose to allocated part of their Reform and Resilience Plan to the Technical Support Instrument and to programmes under shared management. The amount allocated shall contribute to achievement of the objectives of this Regulation in accordance with Article 4. The amount allocated shall be implemented in accordance with the rules of the Funds to which the resources are transferred and for the benefit of the Member State concerned. No co-financing is required for the amount transferred. The Commission shall implement those resources in accordance with point (a) of Article 62(1) of the Financial Regulation.

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justified and shall be accompanied by the revised programme or programmes, from which the resources are to be transferred.

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In addition to the financial envelope set out in Article 6(1), Member States may propose to allocate part of their Reform and Resilience Plan to the Technical Support Instrument. The amount allocated shall contribute to the achievement of reforms and investments in the European policy areas referred in Article 3, in particular those related to the institutional resilience. The amount allocated shall also contribute to increase the technical support for the preparation, implementation, revision and improvement of their Recovery and Resilience Plans. The amount allocated shall be implemented in accordance with the rules of the Funds to which the resources are transferred and for the benefit of the Member State concerned. The Commission shall implement those resources in accordance with point (a) of Article 62(1) of the Financial Regulation.

Or. en

Amendment 719Jan Olbrycht, Markus Pieper, Petri SarvamaaProposal for a regulationArticle 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)


Paid out RRF funds that Member States used incorrectly must be repaid. These funds are to be used to compensate for the cuts in the MFF or the forthcoming budgets in the fields of research, energy

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transition, transport networks and education.

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Amendment 720Esther de Lange, Markus PieperProposal for a regulationArticle 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)


The payment of the funds and the amount of the borrowing is to be linked strictly to the objectives and projects agreed upon, for which the N+ rule does not apply.

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Amendment 721Costas Mavrides, Eider Gardiazabal Rubial, Jonás FernándezProposal for a regulationArticle 6 – paragraph 1 b (new)


Member States may propose to allocated part of their Reform and Resilience Plan to their Member State compartment under the InvestEU programme to support actions related to the solvency of companies established in a Member State and operating in the Union. The amount allocated shall be implemented in accordance with the rules of the InvestEU programme and for the benefit of the Member State concerned. The Commission shall implement those resources in accordance with point (a) of Article 62(1) of the Financial Regulation.

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Amendment 722Siegfried Mureşan, Esther de Lange, José Manuel FernandesProposal for a regulationArticle 6 a (new)


Article 6a

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Use of the Facility delivered through or combined with InvestEU

1. In accordance with the requirements set out in this Article, Member States may allocate on a voluntary basis, in the Recovery and Resilience Plan, the amount to be delivered through InvestEU. The amount to be delivered through InvestEU may be used to support the solvency of companies established in the Member States concerned. The Recovery and Resilience Plan shall contain the justification of the use of the InvestEU budgetary guarantees.

In the allocations referred to in the first subparagraph Member States may allocate part of the resources set out in Article 5(2) to be contributed to InvestEU for the corresponding InvestEU Assistance for activities set out in the contribution agreement referred to in Article [9] of [InvestEU Regulation].

2. For the requests for an amendment of a Recovery and Resilience Plan referred to in Article 18, only resources of future years may be identified.

3. The amount referred to in the first subparagraph of paragraph 1 shall be used for the provisioning of the part of the EU guarantee under the Member State compartment.

4. Where a contribution agreement, as set out in Article [9] of the [InvestEU Regulation], has not been concluded [by 31 December 2021] for an amount referred to in paragraph 1, the Member State shall submit a request for amendment of the Recovery and Resilience Plan in accordance with Article 18, to use the corresponding amount. The contribution agreement for an amount referred to in paragraph 1 allocated in the request of the amendment of a Recovery and Resilience Plan shall be concluded simultaneously with the

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adoption of the decision amending the Plan.

5. Where a guarantee agreement, as set out in Article [9] of the [InvestEU Regulation], has not been concluded within [9] months from the approval of the contribution agreement, the respective amounts shall be transferred back to the Facility and the Member State shall submit a corresponding request for amendment of the Recovery and Resilience Plan.

6. Where a guarantee agreement, as set out in Article [9] of the [InvestEU Regulation], has not been fully implemented within[four years] from the signature of the guarantee agreement, the Member State may request that amounts committed in the guarantee agreement but not covering underlying loans or other risk bearing instruments shall be treated in accordance with paragraph 5.

7. Resources generated by or attributable to the amounts contributed to InvestEU and delivered through budgetary guarantees shall be made available to the Member State and shall be used for repayable forms of support in accordance with the Recovery and Resilience Plan.

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Amendment 723Monika Hohlmeier, Markus Pieper, Petri SarvamaaProposal for a regulationArticle 6 a (new)


Article 6a

The payment appropriations of the funds and the amount of the borrowing shall be linked strictly to the objectives and projects agreed upon, without the application of N + rules.

Or. en

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Amendment 724Luis Garicano, Dragoș Pîslaru, Ivars Ijabs, Clotilde Armand, Olivier Chastel, Nils Torvalds, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Nicola Beer, Caroline NagtegaalProposal for a regulationArticle 7 – paragraph 1


The Recovery and Resilience Facility shall be implemented by the Commission in direct management in accordance with the Financial Regulation.

The Recovery and Resilience Facility shall be implemented by the Commission in direct management in accordance with the Financial Regulation. The European Court of Auditors, as per Article 287 (1) TFEU, shall examine the accounts of all revenue and expenditure of the Union, including those derived from the present Regulation.

Or. en

Amendment 725Siegfried Mureşan, Esther de Lange, Markus Ferber, José Manuel FernandesProposal for a regulationArticle 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)


The funding of the Facility, as part of the Next Generation EU, shall be accompanied by a clear and credible repayment plan, without recourse to the MFF.

Or. en

Amendment 726Siegfried Mureşan, Esther de Lange, Markus Ferber, José Manuel FernandesProposal for a regulationArticle 7 – paragraph 1 b (new)


For the purpose of sustainable financing of the Facility the Commission and Council shall commit to introduce a clear and binding calendar for a basket of new own resources which shall enter the Union budget in the course of the next Multiannual Financial Framework. The amount of the new own resources shall be sufficient to cover at least the principal

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and interest costs related to the borrowing of funds under the Next Generation EU.

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Amendment 727Siegfried Mureşan, Esther de Lange, Markus Pieper, José Manuel FernandesProposal for a regulationArticle 7 – paragraph 1 c (new)


The Commission shall put in place effective and proportionate anti-fraud measures taking into account the risks identified.

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Amendment 728Monika HohlmeierProposal for a regulationArticle 7 a (new)


Article 7a

Efficient and effective checks and audit

1. The Commission, OLAF, EPPO and the Court of Auditors shall expressly be authorised to exert their rights as foreseen by Article 129(1) of the Financial Regulation.

2. The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) may carry out administrative investigations, including on-the-spot checks and inspections, in accordance with the provisions and procedures laid down in Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96, with a view to establishing whether there has been fraud, corruption or any other illegal activity affecting the financial interests of the Union in connection with support under the Facility.

3. The Commission shall put in place effective and proportionate anti-fraud

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measures taking into account the risks identified. The Commission shall, for this purpose develop or adapt existing IT systems to create a digital performance reporting system that allows monitoring, detection and reporting of irregularities or fraud.

4. The Member States' authorities involved in the implementation of the support under the Facility shall keep records of the economic operators and their beneficial owners, when such owners are natural persons, involved in the implementation of the funds.

Or. en

Amendment 729Marian-Jean Marinescu, Mircea-Gheorghe HavaProposal for a regulationArticle 8 – paragraph 1


Support under the Recovery and Resilience Facility shall be additional to the support provided under other Union funds and programmes. Reform and investment projects may receive support from other Union programmes and instruments provided that such support does not cover the same cost.

Support under the Recovery and Resilience Facility may be additional to the support provided under other Union funds and programmes. Reform and investment projects may receive support from other Union programmes and instruments provided that such support does not cover the same cost.

Or. en



Financing and investment operations shall fulfil both aspects of additionality as referred to point (b) of in Article 209(2) of the Financial Regulation.

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Amendment 731Younous OmarjeeProposal for a regulationArticle 9


Article 9 deleted

Measures linking the Facility to sound economic governance

1. In the event of significant non-compliance in relation to any of the cases laid down in Article 15(7) of the Regulation laying down common provisions on the […)][CPR], the Council shall, on a proposal from the Commission, adopt a decision by means of an implementing act to suspend the time period for the adoption of the decisions referred to in Articles 17(1) and 17(2) or to suspend payments under the Recovery and Resilience Facility.

The decision to suspend payments referred to in paragraph 1 shall apply to payment applications submitted after the date of the decision to suspend.

The suspension of the time period referred to in Article 17 shall apply from the day after the adoption of the decision referred to in paragraph 1.

In case of suspension of payments Article 15(9) of Regulation laying down common provisions on the (…) shall apply.

2. In the event of occurrence of any of the cases referred to in Article 15(11) of the Regulation laying down common provisions on the […], the Council shall, on a proposal from the Commission, adopt a decision by means of an implementing act to lift the suspension of the time period or of payments referred to in the previous paragraph.

The procedures or payments concerned shall resume the day after the lifting of the suspension.

Or. fr

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Amendment 732Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Petros Kokkalison behalf of the GUE/NGL GroupProposal for a regulationArticle 9


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The relevant procedures or payments shall resume the day after the lifting of

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the suspension.Or. en

Amendment 733Costas Mavrides, Eider Gardiazabal Rubial, Jonás FernándezProposal for a regulationArticle 9


Article 9 deleted







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The relevant procedures or payments shall resume the day after the lifting of the suspension.

Or. en

Amendment 734José GusmãoProposal for a regulationArticle 9


Article 9 deleted






2. In the event of occurrence of any of the cases referred to in Article 15(11) of the Regulation laying down common provisions on the […], the Council shall, on a proposal from the Commission, adopt a decision by means of an implementing act to lift the suspension of the time period or of payments referred to

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in the previous paragraph.


Or. en

Amendment 735Margarida Marques, Marc Angel, Pedro MarquesProposal for a regulationArticle 9


Article 9 deleted






2. In the event of occurrence of any of the cases referred to in Article 15(11) of the Regulation laying down common provisions on the […], the Council shall, on a proposal from the Commission, adopt a decision by means of an implementing act to lift the suspension of

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the time period or of payments referred to in the previous paragraph.


Or. en

Amendment 736Ernest Urtasun, Damian Boeselageron behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupProposal for a regulationArticle 9


Article 9 deleted






2. In the event of occurrence of any of the cases referred to in Article 15(11) of the Regulation laying down common provisions on the […], the Council shall, on a proposal from the Commission,

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adopt a decision by means of an implementing act to lift the suspension of the time period or of payments referred to in the previous paragraph.


Or. en

Amendment 737Stéphanie Yon-Courtin, Fabienne Keller, Stéphane Séjourné, Pascal Canfin, Gilles Boyer, Valérie Hayer, Marie-Pierre Vedrenne, Stéphane Bijoux, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Ilana Cicurel, Laurence Farreng, Olivier Chastel, Katalin Cseh, Nathalie Loiseau, Martin Hojsík, Klemen Grošelj, Sylvie BrunetProposal for a regulationArticle 9 – title



Measures linking the Facility to sound economic governance and to the Union's climate, environment and social objectives

Or. en

Amendment 738Pedro Marques, Pedro Silva Pereira, Margarida MarquesProposal for a regulationArticle 9 – paragraph 1



deleted

The decision to suspend payments referred to in paragraph 1 shall apply to payment applications submitted after the

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date of the decision to suspend.



Or. en

Amendment 739Siegfried Mureşan, Esther de Lange, Markus Ferber, Markus PieperProposal for a regulationArticle 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part



1. The financing from the Facility shall not be granted in the following cases:

(a) if the Council has decided in accordance with Article 126(6) of the Treaty that excessive government deficit exists in a beneficiary Member State, and if it has been established in accordance with Article 126(8) of the Treaty that the Member State concerned has not taken effective action in response to a Council recommendation made under Article 126(7) of the Treaty;

(b) where the Council adopts two successive recommendations in the same imbalance procedure, in accordance with Article 8(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1176/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the grounds that a Member State has submitted an insufficient corrective action plan;

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(c) where the Council adopts two successive decisions in the same imbalance procedure in accordance with Article 10(4) of Regulation (EU)No 1176/2011 establishing non-compliance by a Member State on the grounds that it has not taken the recommended corrective action;

(d) where the Commission concludes that a Member State has not taken measures as referred to in Council Regulation (EC)No 332/2002 and as a consequence decides not to authorise the disbursement of the financial assistance granted to that Member State;

(e) where the Council decides that a Member State does not comply with the macro-economic adjustment programme referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 472/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council, or with the measures requested by a Council decision adopted in accordance with Article 136(1) TFEU.

If a Member State is under one or more of the above situations, the Commission may decide to suspend either the totality or part of the commitments and payments from the Facility to the Member State concerned.

Or. en

Amendment 740Dragoș Pîslaru, Luis Garicano, Ivars Ijabs, Olivier Chastel, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Clotilde Armand, Engin ErogluProposal for a regulationArticle 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part


1. In the event of significant non-compliance in relation to any of the cases laid down in Article 15(7) of the Regulation laying down common provisions on the […)][CPR], the Council shall, on a proposal from the Commission, adopt a decision by means of

1. The Commission shall adopt a decision by means of delegated acts to suspend the time period for the adoption of the decisions referred to in Articles 17(1) and 17(2) or to suspend payments under the Recovery and Resilience Facility in the following cases:

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an implementing act to suspend the time period for the adoption of the decisions referred to in Articles 17(1) and 17(2) or to suspend payments under the Recovery and Resilience Facility.

(a) where the Council decides in accordance with Article 126(8) or Article 126(11) TFEU that a Member State has not taken effective action to correct its excessive deficit;

(b) where the Council adopts two successive recommendations in the same imbalance procedure, in accordance with Article 8(3) of Regulation (EU) No1176/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the grounds that a Member State has submitted an insufficient corrective action plan;

(c) where the Council adopts two successive decisions in the same imbalance procedure in accordance with Article 10(4) of Regulation (EU) No1176/2011 establishing noncompliance by a Member State on the grounds that it has not taken the recommended corrective action;

(d) where the Commission concludes that a Member State has not taken measures as referred to in Council Regulation (EC) No 332/200241 and as a consequence decides not to authorise the disbursement of the financial assistance granted to that Member State; (e) where the Council decides that a Member State does not comply with the macroeconomic adjustment programme referred to in Article 7 of Regulation(EU) No 472/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council, or with the measures requested by a Council decision adopted in accordance with Article136(1) TFEU. (...)

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Amendment 741Enikő Győri, Tamás DeutschProposal for a regulationArticle 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

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1. In the event of significant non-compliance in relation to any of the cases laid down in Article 15(7) of the Regulation laying down common provisions on the […)][CPR], the Council shall, on a proposal from the Commission, adopt a decision by means of an implementing decision to suspend the time period for the adoption of the decisions referred to in Articles 17(1) and 17(2) or to suspend payments under the Recovery and Resilience Facility.

Or. en

Amendment 742Markus Ferber, Siegfried Mureşan, Esther de LangeProposal for a regulationArticle 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part



1. In the event of significant non-compliance in relation to any of the cases laid down in Article 15(7) of the Regulation laying down common provisions on the […)][CPR], an automatic suspension for the time period for the adoption of the decisions referred to in Articles 17(1) and 17(2) and an automatic suspension for payments under the Recovery and Resilience Facility shall enter into force with immediate effect.

Or. en

Amendment 743Sirpa PietikäinenProposal for a regulationArticle 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1



The decision to suspend payments referred to in paragraph 1 shall apply to payment applications submitted after the date of the decision to suspend. The decision to

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recover payments shall apply to payments already paid by the Facility and received by the Member State concerned.

Or. en

Amendment 744Markus Ferber, Siegfried Mureşan, Esther de LangeProposal for a regulationArticle 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1



The suspension of payments referred to in paragraph 1 shall apply to payment applications submitted after the date of the suspension.

Or. en

Amendment 745Niels Fuglsang, Eero Heinäluoma, Paul Tang, Evelyn Regner, Aurore Lalucq, Pedro MarquesProposal for a regulationArticle 9 – paragraph 1 – point 1 (new)


(1) Recipient undertakings should not be registered in tax havens as listed on Council’s EU list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions, and if they are, they can only remain a recipient undertaking if committing to take actions taking them off the list within a determined time period of 6 months.

Or. en

Amendment 746Stéphanie Yon-Courtin, Fabienne Keller, Stéphane Séjourné, Pascal Canfin, Gilles Boyer, Valérie Hayer, Marie-Pierre Vedrenne, Stéphane Bijoux, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Ilana Cicurel, Laurence Farreng, Olivier Chastel, Martin Hojsík, Klemen Grošelj, Sylvie BrunetProposal for a regulationArticle 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)


1a. The decision to suspend payments referred to in paragraph 1 shall not apply as long as the general escape clause of

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the Stability and Growth Pact is activated in accordance with Articles 5(1) and 9(1) of Regulation (EC) 1466/97, and as long as severe economic and social consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic persist.

Or. en

Amendment 747Dragoș Pîslaru, Luis Garicano, Ivars Ijabs, Olivier Chastel, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Clotilde ArmandProposal for a regulationArticle 9 – paragraph 2 – introductory part



2. The Commission shall lift the suspension of commitments in the following cases:

(a) where the excessive deficit procedure is held in abeyance in accordance with Article 9 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1467/9743 or the Council has decided in accordance with Article 126(12) TFEU to abrogate the decision on the existence of an excessive deficit;

(b) where the Council has endorsed the corrective action plan submitted by the Member State concerned in accordance with Article 8(2) of Regulation(EU) No 1176/2011 or the excessive imbalance procedure is placed in a position of abeyance in accordance with Article 10(5) of that Regulation or the Council has closed the excessive imbalance procedure in accordance with Article 11 of that Regulation;

(c) where the Commission has concluded that a Member State has taken appropriate measures as referred to in

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Regulation (EC) No 332/2002;

(d) where the Commission has concluded that the Member State concerned has taken appropriate measures to implement the adjustment programme referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 472/2013 or the measures requested by a decision of the Council in accordance with Article 136(1) TFEU.

After the suspension of commitments is lifted, the Commission shall re-budget the suspended commitments in accordance with Article [8] of Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) [ […] (MFF Regulation)].

Or. en

Amendment 748Siegfried Mureşan, Esther de Lange, Markus Ferber, Markus PieperProposal for a regulationArticle 9 – paragraph 2 – introductory part



2. If the Council decides that the Member State concerned has taken the necessary corrective action, the Commission shall decide, without delay, to lift the suspension.

Or. en

Amendment 749Enikő Győri, Tamás DeutschProposal for a regulationArticle 9 – paragraph 2 – introductory part


2. In the event of occurrence of any of the cases referred to in Article 15(11) of the Regulation laying down common provisions on the […], the Council shall, on a proposal from the Commission, adopt a decision by means of an implementing

2. In the event of occurrence of any of the cases referred to in Article 15(11) of the Regulation laying down common provisions on the […], the Council shall, on a proposal from the Commission, adopt a decision by means of an implementing

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act to lift the suspension of the time period or of payments referred to in the previous paragraph.

decision to lift the suspension of the time period or of payments referred to in the previous paragraph.

Or. en

Amendment 750Sirpa PietikäinenProposal for a regulationArticle 9 – paragraph 2 – introductory part



2. In the event of occurrence of any of the cases referred to in Article 15(11) of the Regulation laying down common provisions on the […], the Commission, adopt a decision by means of an implementing act to lift the suspension of the time period or of payments referred to in the previous paragraph.

Or. en

Amendment 751Siegfried Mureşan, Esther de Lange, Markus Ferber, Markus PieperProposal for a regulationArticle 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)


The Council shall take the decisions referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 by qualified majority based on a proposal from the Commission.

Or. en

Amendment 752Csaba Molnár, Marek Belka, Marc AngelProposal for a regulationArticle 9 – paragraph 2 a (new)


2a. Where the European Semester and in particular the country-specific recommendations, identifies challenges that require urgent reforms but the Member State in question makes inadequate use of the allocated funding

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or the Commission decided to suspend such funding because of unsatisfactory implementation of the recovery and resilience plans or in case of deficiency with regards to rule of law, regional and local level actions, including civil society initiatives that contribute to addressing those challenges shall continue to benefit from the Facility, and funding shall be made available for regional and local authorities and other stakeholders, including social partners and civil society organisations.

Or. en

Amendment 753Stéphanie Yon-Courtin, Fabienne Keller, Stéphane Séjourné, Pascal Canfin, Gilles Boyer, Valérie Hayer, Marie-Pierre Vedrenne, Stéphane Bijoux, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Ilana Cicurel, Laurence Farreng, Olivier Chastel, Katalin Cseh, Nathalie Loiseau, Martin Hojsík, Klemen Grošelj, Sylvie BrunetProposal for a regulationArticle 9 – paragraph 2 a (new)


2a. In the event of significant non-compliance with climate and environment objectives of the EU, in particular the achievement of the Union’s updated 2030 climate targets and the objective of climate neutrality by 2050, as well as with the European Pillar of Social Rights, the Commission shall adopt a decision by means of an delegated act, in accordance with Article 25a, to suspend all or part of the payments under the Facility.

Or. en

Amendment 754Fabio Massimo Castaldo, Tiziana Beghin, Mario FuroreProposal for a regulationArticle 9 – paragraph 2 a (new)


2a. The external audit of the activities undertaken in accordance with this Regulation is carried out by the European Court of Auditors in accordance with

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Article 287 TFEU. The Commission, the beneficiary Member States and any person or entity receiving Union funds shall ensure that the Court of Auditors has full access to all information which it considers necessary to carry out its audits.

Or. en

Amendment 755Linea Søgaard-LidellProposal for a regulationArticle 9 – paragraph 2 a (new)


2a. In the event of significant non-compliance with climate and environment objectives of the EU, in particular the achievement of the Union’s updated 2030 climate targets and the objective of climate neutrality by 2050, the Commission shall adopt measures to suspend all or part of the payments under the Facility.

Or. en



2a. A Member State shall repay to the Commission financial contributions paid to it pursuant to Article 15 with respect to reform commitment, in case of significant reversals of reforms that were part of the national recovery and resilience plan.

Or. en

Amendment 757Stéphanie Yon-Courtin, Fabienne Keller, Stéphane Séjourné, Pascal Canfin, Gilles Boyer, Valérie Hayer, Marie-Pierre Vedrenne, Stéphane Bijoux, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Ilana Cicurel, Laurence Farreng, Olivier Chastel, Dragoș Pîslaru, Katalin Cseh, Martin Hojsík, Klemen Grošelj, Sylvie BrunetProposal for a regulationArticle 9 – paragraph 2 b (new)

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2b. The Commission shall keep the European Parliament informed of the implementation of this Article. In particular the Commission shall, when one of the conditions set out in paragraph 1 is fulfilled for a Member State, immediately inform the European Parliament and provide details of the payments which could be subject to a suspension of commitments or payments.

The European Parliament may invite the Commission for a structured dialogue on the application of paragraph 1, having regard in particular to the transmission of the information referred to in the first sub-paragraph.

The Commission shall not propose an implementing act referred to in the paragraph 1 unless the structured dialogue referred to in the second subparagraph is deemed completed in an official communication from the Parliament.

Or. en

Amendment 758Siegfried Mureşan, Esther de Lange, Markus Pieper, José Manuel FernandesProposal for a regulationArticle 9 a (new)


Article 9a

Measures linking the Facility to the protection of the Union budget in the case of generalised deficiencies as regards the

rule of law

1. The Facility shall only be available to Member States committed to respecting the rule of law and Union’s fundamental values. Before receiving any payment from the Facility, Member States shall sign the “Rule of Law Pledge”. The Pledge shall represent a political

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commitment to protect and adhere the rule of law and Union’s fundamental values. The Commission shall adopt the “Rule of Law Pledge” by means of a delegated act.

2. The Commission shall be empowered to initiate the suspension of the commitment or payment appropriations to Member States under the Facility in case of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law where they affect or risk affecting the principles of sound financial management or the protection of the financial interests of the Union.

3. The following shall, in particular, be considered generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law where they affect or risk affecting the principles of sound financial management or the protection of the financial interests of the Union:

(a) endangering the independence of judiciary, including setting any limitations on the ability to exercise judicial functions autonomously by externally intervening in guarantees of independence, by constraining judgement under external order, by arbitrarily revising rules on the appointment or terms of service of judicial personnel, by influencing judicial staff in any way that jeopardises their impartiality or by interfering with the independence of attorneyship;

(b) failing to prevent, correct and sanction arbitrary or unlawful decisions by public authorities, including by law enforcement authorities, withholding financial and human resources affecting their proper functioning or failing to ensure the absence of conflicts of interests;

(c) limiting the availability and effectiveness of legal remedies, including through restrictive procedural rules, lack of implementation of judgments, or limiting the effective investigation,

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prosecution or sanctioning of breaches of law;

(d) endangering the administrative capacity of a Member State to respect the obligations of Union membership, including the capacity to effectively implement the rules, standards and policies that make up the body of Union law;

(e) measures that weaken the protection of the confidential communication between lawyer and client.

4. A generalised deficiency as regards the rule of law in a Member State maybe established when one or more of the following, in particular, are affected or risk being affected:

(a) the proper functioning of the authorities of that Member State implementing the Facility, in particular in the context of public procurement or grant procedures;

(b) the proper functioning of the market economy, thereby respecting competition and market forces in the Union as well as implementing effectively the obligations of membership, including adherence to the aim of political, economic and monetary union;

(c) the proper functioning of the authorities carrying out financial control, monitoring and internal and external audits, and the proper functioning of effective and transparent financial management and accountability systems;

(d) the proper functioning of investigation and public prosecution services in relation to the prosecution of fraud, including tax fraud, corruption or other breaches of Union law relating to the implementation of the Facility;

(e) the effective judicial review by independent courts of actions or omissions by the authorities referred to in

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points a), c) and d);

(f) the prevention and sanctioning of fraud, including tax fraud, corruption or other breaches of Union law relating to the implementation of the Facility, and the imposition of effective and dissuasive penalties on recipients by national courts or by administrative authorities;

(g) the recovery of funds unduly paid;

(h) the prevention and sanctioning of tax evasion and tax competition and the proper functioning of authorities contributing to administrative cooperation in tax matters;

(i) the effective and timely cooperation with the European Anti-fraud Office and, subject to the participation of the Member State concerned, with the European Public Prosecutor’s Office in their investigations or prosecutions pursuant to their respective legal acts and to the principle of loyal cooperation;

(j) the proper implementation of the Facility following a systemic violation of fundamental rights.

5. When the conditions of paragraph 4 are fulfilled, one or more of the following measures may be adopted:

(1) a prohibition to enter into new legal commitments;

(2) a suspension of commitments;

(3) a reduction of commitments, including through financial corrections;

(4) a reduction of pre-financing;

(5) an interruption of payment deadlines;

(6) a suspension of payments.

Unless the decision adopting the measures provides otherwise, the imposition of appropriate measures shall not affect the obligation of Member States to make payments to final recipients or beneficiaries.

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The measures taken shall be proportionate to the nature, gravity, duration and scope of the generalised deficiency as regards the rule of law. They shall, insofar as possible, target the Union actions affected or potentially affected by that deficiency.

The Commission shall provide information and guidance for the benefit of final recipients or beneficiaries on the obligations by Member States via a website or internet portal.

The Commission shall also provide, on the same website or portal, adequate tools for final recipients or beneficiaries to inform the Commission about any breach of these obligations that, in the view of these final recipients or beneficiaries, directly affects them. Information provided by final recipients or beneficiaries in accordance with this paragraph may only be taken into account by the Commission if accompanied by a proof that the concerned final recipient or beneficiary has lodged a formal complaint to the competent authority.

Based on the information provided by the final recipients or beneficiaries, the Commission shall ensure that any amount due by Member States is effectively paid to final recipients or beneficiaries.

6. Where the Commission finds that it has reasonable grounds to believe that the conditions of paragraph 4 are fulfilled, it shall send a written notification to that Member State, setting out the grounds on which it based its finding. The Commission shall without delay inform the European Parliament and the Council of such notification and its contents.

When assessing whether the conditions of paragraph 4 are fulfilled, the Commission shall take into account all relevant information, decisions of the Court of

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Justice of the European Union, resolutions of the European Parliament, reports of the Court of Auditors, and conclusions and recommendations of relevant international organisations and networks. The Commission shall also take into account the criteria used in the context of Union accession negotiations, in particular the chapters of the acquis on judiciary and fundamental rights, justice, freedom and security, financial control and taxation, as well as the guidelines used in the context of the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism to track the progress of a Member State.

The Commission will be assisted by a Panel of independent experts, which shall be established by means of a delegated act.

The Commission may request any additional information required for its assessment, both before and after having made a finding.

The Member State concerned shall provide the required information and may make observations within a time limit specified by the Commission, which shall not be less than one month nor more than three months from the date of notification of the finding. In its observations, the Member State may propose the adoption of remedial measures.

The Commission shall take into account the information received and any observations made by the Member State concerned, as well as the adequacy of any proposed remedial measures, when deciding whether or not to adopt a decision on any measures referred to in paragraph 5. The Commission shall decide on the follow-up to be given to the information received within an indicative time limit of one month, and in any case within a reasonable timeframe from the date of receipt of that information.

When assessing the proportionality of the measures to be imposed, the Commission

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shall have due regard to the information and guidance referred to in this paragraph.

Where the Commission considers that the generalised deficiency as regards the rule of law is established, it shall adopt a decision on the measures referred to in paragraph 5 by means of an implementing act.

At the same time as it adopts its decision, the Commission shall simultaneously submit to the European Parliament and to the Council a proposal to transfer to a budgetary reserve an amount equivalent to the value of the measures adopted.

By way of derogation from Article 31(4) and (6) of the Financial Regulation, the European Parliament and the Council shall deliberate upon the transfer proposal within four weeks of its receipt by both institutions. The transfer proposal shall be considered to be approved unless, within the four-week period, the European Parliament, acting by majority of the votes cast, or the Council, acting by qualified majority, amend or reject it. If the European Parliament or the Council amend the transfer proposal, Article 31(8) of the Financial Regulation shall apply.

The decision referred to in the eighth sub-paragraph shall enter into force if neither the European Parliament nor the Council reject the transfer proposal within the period referred to in the tenth sub-paragraph.

7. The Member State concerned may, at any time, submit to the Commission a formal notification including evidence to show that the generalised deficiency as regards the rule of law has been remedied or has ceased to exist.

At the request of the Member State concerned or on its own initiative, the Commission shall assess the situation in the Member State concerned within an indicative time limit of one month, and in

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any case within a reasonable timeframe from the date of receipt of the formal notification. Once the generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law which on the grounds of which the measures referred to in paragraph 5 were adopted cease to exist in full or in part, the Commission shall, without delay, adopt a decision lifting those measures in full or in part. At the same time as it adopts its decision, the Commission shall simultaneously submit to the European Parliament and to the Council a proposal to lift, in full or in part, the budgetary reserve referred to in paragraph 6. The procedure set out in paragraph 5 shall apply.

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Amendment 759Stefan Berger, Sara Skyttedal, Petri Sarvamaa, Markus Pieper, Niclas HerbstProposal for a regulationArticle 9 a (new)


Article 9a


rule of law

1. The Facility shall only be available to Member States committed to respecting the rule of law and Union’s fundamental values. Before receiving any payment from the Facility, Member States shall sign the “Rule of Law Pledge”. The Pledge shall represent a political commitment to protect and adhere the rule of law and Union’s fundamental values. The Commission shall adopt the “Rule of Law Pledge” by means of a delegated act.

2. The Commission shall be empowered to initiate the suspension of the commitment or payment appropriations to Member States under

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the Facility in case of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law where they affect or risk affecting the principles of sound financial management or the protection of the financial interests of the Union.

3. The following shall, in particular, be considered generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law where they affect or risk affecting the principles of sound financial management or the protection of the financial interests of the Union:

(a) endangering the independence of judiciary, including setting any limitations on the ability to exercise judicial functions autonomously by externally intervening in guarantees of independence, by constraining judgement under external order, by arbitrarily revising rules on the appointment or terms of service of judicial personnel, by influencing judicial staff in any way that jeopardises their impartiality or by interfering with the independence of attorneyship;

(b) failing to prevent, correct and sanction arbitrary or unlawful decisions by public authorities, including by law enforcement authorities, withholding financial and human resources affecting their proper functioning or failing to ensure the absence of conflicts of interests;

(c) limiting the availability and effectiveness of legal remedies, including through restrictive procedural rules, lack of implementation of judgments, or limiting the effective investigation, prosecution or sanctioning of breaches of law;

(d) endangering the administrative capacity of a Member State to respect the obligations of Union membership, including the capacity to effectively implement the rules, standards and policies that make up the body of Union

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law;

(e) measures that weaken the protection of the confidential communication between lawyer and client.

4. A generalised deficiency as regards the rule of law in a Member State is established when one or more of the following, in particular, are affected or risk being affected:

(a) the proper functioning of the authorities of that Member State implementing the Facility, in particular in the context of public procurement or grant procedures;

(b) the proper functioning of the market economy, thereby respecting competition and market forces in the Union as well as implementing effectively the obligations of membership, including adherence to the aim of political, economic and monetary union;

(c) the proper functioning of the authorities carrying out financial control, monitoring and internal and external audits, and the proper functioning of effective and transparent financial management and accountability systems;

(d) the proper functioning of investigation and public prosecution services in relation to the prosecution of fraud, including tax fraud, corruption or other breaches of Union law relating to the implementation of the Facility;

(e) the effective judicial review by independent courts of actions or omissions by the authorities referred to in points a), c) and d);

(f) the prevention and sanctioning of fraud, including tax fraud, corruption or other breaches of Union law relating to the implementation of the Facility, and the imposition of effective and dissuasive penalties on recipients by national courts or by administrative authorities;

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(g) the recovery of funds unduly paid;

(h) the prevention and sanctioning of tax evasion and tax competition and the proper functioning of authorities contributing to administrative cooperation in tax matters;

(i) the effective and timely cooperation with the European Anti-fraud Office and, subject to the participation of the Member State concerned, with the European Public Prosecutor’s Office in their investigations or prosecutions pursuant to their respective legal acts and to the principle of loyal cooperation;

(j) the proper implementation of the Facility following a systemic violation of fundamental rights.

5. When the conditions of paragraph 4 are fulfilled, one or more of the following measures shall be adopted:

(1) a prohibition to enter into new legal commitments;

(2) a suspension of commitments;

(3) a reduction of commitments, including through financial corrections;

(4) a reduction of pre-financing;

(5) an interruption of payment deadlines;

(6) a suspension of payments.

Unless the decision adopting the measures provides otherwise, the imposition of appropriate measures shall not affect the obligation of Member States to make payments to final recipients or beneficiaries.

The measures taken shall be proportionate to the nature, gravity, duration and scope of the generalised deficiency as regards the rule of law. They shall, insofar as possible, target the Union actions affected or potentially affected by that deficiency.

The Commission shall provide

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information and guidance for the benefit of final recipients or beneficiaries on the obligations by Member States via a website or internet portal.

The Commission shall also provide, on the same website or portal, adequate tools for final recipients or beneficiaries to inform the Commission about any breach of these obligations that, in the view of these final recipients or beneficiaries, directly affects them. Information provided by final recipients or beneficiaries in accordance with this paragraph may only be taken into account by the Commission if accompanied by a proof that the concerned final recipient or beneficiary has lodged a formal complaint to the competent authority.

Based on the information provided by the final recipients or beneficiaries, the Commission shall ensure that any amount due by Member States is effectively paid to final recipients or beneficiaries.

6. Where the Commission finds that it has reasonable grounds to believe that the conditions of paragraph 4 are fulfilled, it shall send a written notification to that Member State, setting out the grounds on which it based its finding. The Commission shall without delay inform the European Parliament and the Council of such notification and its contents.

When assessing whether the conditions of paragraph 4 are fulfilled, the Commission shall take into account all relevant information, decisions of the Court of Justice of the European Union, resolutions of the European Parliament, reports of the Court of Auditors, and conclusions and recommendations of relevant international organisations and networks. The Commission shall also take into account the criteria used in the context of Union accession negotiations,

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in particular the chapters of the acquis on judiciary and fundamental rights, justice, freedom and security, financial control and taxation, as well as the guidelines used in the context of the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism to track the progress of a Member State.

The Commission will be assisted by a Panel of independent experts, which shall be established by means of a delegated act.

The Commission may request any additional information required for its assessment, both before and after having made a finding.

The Member State concerned shall provide the required information and may make observations within a time limit specified by the Commission, which shall not be less than one month nor more than three months from the date of notification of the finding. In its observations, the Member State may propose the adoption of remedial measures.

The Commission shall take into account the information received and any observations made by the Member State concerned, as well as the adequacy of any proposed remedial measures, when deciding whether or not to adopt a decision on any measures referred to in paragraph 5. The Commission shall decide on the follow-up to be given to the information received within an indicative time limit of one month, and in any case within a reasonable timeframe from the date of receipt of that information.

When assessing the proportionality of the measures to be imposed, the Commission shall have due regard to the information and guidance referred to in this paragraph.

Where the Commission considers that the generalised deficiency as regards the rule of law is established, it shall adopt a decision on the measures referred to in

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paragraph 5 by means of an implementing act.

At the same time as it adopts its decision, the Commission shall simultaneously submit to the European Parliament and to the Council a proposal to transfer to a budgetary reserve an amount equivalent to the value of the measures adopted.

By way of derogation from Article 31(4) and (6) of the Financial Regulation, the European Parliament and the Council shall deliberate upon the transfer proposal within four weeks of its receipt by both institutions. The transfer proposal shall be considered to be approved unless, within the four-week period, the European Parliament, acting by majority of the votes cast, or the Council, acting by qualified majority, amend or reject it. If the European Parliament or the Council amend the transfer proposal, Article 31(8) of the Financial Regulation shall apply.

The decision referred to in the eighth sub-paragraph shall enter into force if neither the European Parliament nor the Council reject the transfer proposal within the period referred to in the tenth sub-paragraph.

7. The Member State concerned may, at any time, submit to the Commission a formal notification including evidence to show that the generalised deficiency as regards the rule of law has been remedied or has ceased to exist.

At the request of the Member State concerned or on its own initiative, the Commission shall assess the situation in the Member State concerned within an indicative time limit of one month, and in any case within a reasonable timeframe from the date of receipt of the formal notification. Once the generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law which on the grounds of which the measures referred to in paragraph 5 were adopted cease to exist in full or in part, the Commission shall, without delay,

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adopt a decision lifting those measures in full or in part. At the same time as it adopts its decision, the Commission shall simultaneously submit to the European Parliament and to the Council a proposal to lift, in full or in part, the budgetary reserve referred to in paragraph 6. The procedure set out in paragraph 5 shall apply.

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Amendment 760Fabienne Keller, Moritz Körner, Sophia in 't Veld, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Nathalie Loiseau, Olivier Chastel, Abir Al-Sahlani, Anna Júlia Donáth, Morten Petersen, Ramona Strugariu, Stéphanie Yon-Courtin, Stéphane Séjourné, Malik Azmani, Valérie Hayer, Nicola BeerProposal for a regulationArticle 9 a (new)


Article 9a


rule of law

1. In the event of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law in a Member State affecting the principles of sound financial management or the protection of the financial interests of the Union, as defined in Article 3 of Regulation [.../....] on the protection of the Union's budget in case of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law in the Member States, the Commission shall adopt a decision by means of an implementing act :

(a) to suspend the time period for the adoption of the decisions referred to in Articles 17(1) and17(2) of this Regulation, or;

(b) to suspend payments under the Facility.

The decision to suspend payments referred to in the first subparagraph shall apply to payment applications submitted

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after the date of the decision to suspend.

The suspension of the time period referred to in Article 17 shall apply from the day after the adoption of the decision referred to in the first subparagraph.

In case of suspension of payments, under Article 4(3) of Regulation [.../....] on the protection of the Union's budget in case of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law in the Member States shall apply.

2. The legitimate interests of the final recipients and beneficiaries of the Facility shall be properly safeguarded in the event of suspension of payment due to generalised deficiencies according to paragraph 1.

When adopting such measures, the Commission shall take into account their potential impact on final recipients and beneficiaries.

Where a suspension of payments affects the final recipients and beneficiaries, the Commission shall take the necessary measures to take over the responsibility of the management of the funds, and continue making the payments to them.

Final recipients and beneficiaries shall be duly informed about the situation of generalised deficiencies by the responsible national authority. They shall also be provided with the adequate information, guidance and user-friendly tools, including via a website or an internet portal, to continue benefiting from the funds.

3. In the event of a positive assessment by the Commission in accordance with Article6 of Regulation [.../....] on the protection of the Union's budget in case of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law in the Member States, the Commission shall adopt a decision by means of an implementing act to lift the suspension of the time period or of payments referred to in the previous

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paragraph.


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Amendment 761Dragoș Pîslaru, Luis Garicano, Ivars Ijabs, Olivier Chastel, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Clotilde ArmandProposal for a regulationArticle 9 a (new)


Article 9a

Measures linking the Facility to the protection of the Union's budget in case of generalised deficiencies as regards the

rule of law

1. In the event of generalised deficiency as regards the rule of law in a Member State affecting the principles of sound financial management or the protection of the financial interests of the Union, as defined in Article 3 of Regulation [.../....] on the protection of the Union's budget in case of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law in the Member States, the Commission shall, adopt a decision by means of an implemented act to suspend the time period for the adoption of the decisions referred to in Articles 17(1) and 17(2) or to suspend payments under the Recovery and Resilience Facility.


The suspension of the time period referred to in Article 17 shall apply from the day after the adoption of the decision referred to in paragraph 1. In case of suspension of payments, Article4(3) of Regulation [.../....] on the protection of the Union's budget in case of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law in

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the Member States shall apply.

2. In the event of a positive assessment by the Commission in accordance with Article 6 of Regulation [.../....] on the protection of the Union's budget in case of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law in the Member States, the Commission shall, adopt a decision by means of an implementing act to lift the suspension of the time period or of payments referred to in the previous paragraph.


3. Where the European Semester and in particular the country-specific recommendations, identify challenges that require urgent reforms but the Member State in question makes inadequate use of the allocated funding or the Commission decided to suspend such funding because of unsatisfactory implementation of the recovery and resilience plans or in case of deficiency with regards to rule of law, regional and local level actions that contribute to addressing those challenges shall continue to benefit from the Facility.

Or. en

Amendment 762Jessica Polfjärd, Jörgen WarbornProposal for a regulationArticle 9 a (new)


Article 9a


rule of law

1. In the event of generalised deficiency as regards the rule of law in a Member State affecting the principles of sound financial management or the

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protection of the financial interests of the Union, as defined in Article 3 of Regulation [.../....]on the protection of the Union's budget in case of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law in the Member States, the Commission shall adopt a decision by means of an implementing act to suspend the time period for the adoption of the decisions referred to in Articles 17(1)and17(2) of this Regulation or to suspend payments under the Facility.

The decision to suspend payments referred to in the first subparagraph shall apply to payment applications submitted after the date of the decision to suspend.

The suspension of the time period referred to in Article 17 shall apply from the day after the adoption of the decision referred to in the first subparagraph.

In case of suspension of payments under Article 4(3) of Regulation [.../....] on the protection of the Union's budget in case of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law in the Member States shall apply.

2. In the event of a positive assessment by the Commission in accordance with Article 6 of Regulation [.../....] on the protection of the Union's budget in case of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law in the Member States, the Commission shall adopt a decision by means of an implementing act to lift the suspension of the time period or of payments referred to in the previous paragraph.


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Amendment 763Ernest Urtasun, Damian Boeselageron behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

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Proposal for a regulationArticle 9 a (new)


Article 9a


rule of law

1. Without prejudice to the measures indicated in Article 19, the measures indicated in Regulation [.../....] on the protection of the Union's budget in case of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law in the Member States may apply to support under the Facility.

2. The Commission assessment of the explanations provided by Member States on whether the measures in the plans are expected to address deficiencies, as regards the values enshrined in Article 2 TEU, referred to in Article 16, shall be explicitly taken into account in the context of any procedure pursuant to Regulation [.../....] on the protection of the Union's budget in case of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law.

3. Only plans to which the Commission assessment referred in to paragraph 2 assigns the highest score shall be eligible for support under the Facility.

4. The assessment referred to in paragraph 2 shall be made public.

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Amendment 764Markus Ferber, Esther de LangeProposal for a regulationArticle 9 a (new)


Article 9a

Link to the European Semester

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Funds from the Recovery and Resilience Facility shall only be paid out if at least 50% of the country-specific recommendations from the previous three European Semester cycles have either been completed to a satisfactory degree or the Member State submitting the recovery and resilience plan has taken binding commitments to achieve that goal within the next two years.

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Justification

Incentives should be set for a high level of compliance in relation to the CSRs in the European Semester. Therefore, a strong link between RRF funding and Semester compliance is needed.

Amendment 765José GusmãoProposal for a regulationChapter 1 a (new)


Financing of the Facility

Article 9

Possible Sources of Financing

1. The Recovery and Resilience Facility shall be financed by new EU own-resources, after approval in the European Parliament and Council. New own-resources shall be those outlined in the Council agreement, namely:

(a) a financial transactions tax;

(b) a Border Carbon Tax, as outlined by Ursula von der Leyen in her political guidelines for the Commission;

(c) a digital tax, in line with the ongoing discussions at OECD level;

(d) a plastic tax;

These new own-resources shall be approved by the beginning of 2021 and shall raise the necessary funds to repay the sums that the Commission will raise

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in capital markets. The Recovery and Resilience Fund shall not draw funds from future EU budgets.

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Amendment 766Markus FerberProposal for a regulationArticle 10


Article 10 deleted

Maximum financial contribution

A maximum financial contribution shall be calculated for each Member State for the allocation of the amount referred to in Article 5(1)(a), using the methodology set out in Annex I, based on the population, the inverse of the per capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and the relative unemployment rate of each Member State.

Or. en

Justification

There should be no geographical earmarking.




A maximum financial contribution shall be calculated for each Member State for the allocation of the amount referred to in Article 5(1)(a), using the methodology set out in Annex I, based on the population, the inverse of the per capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and the relative unemployment rate of each Member State and the cumulative percentage loss in real GDP observed over the period 2020-2021 compared to 2019.

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During years 2021-2022 the maximum financial contribution shall be calculated using the methodology set out in Annex I, based on the population, the inverse of the per capita GDP and the average relative unemployment rate of each Member State for years 2015-2019.

For years 2023-2024, the maximum financial contribution shall be calculated using the methodology set out in Annex I, based on population, the inverse of the per capita GDP, the cumulative percentage loss in real GDP and the average unemployment observed over the period 2020-2021 compared to 2019. The final allocation maximum amount will be calculated by 30 June 2022.

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Amendment 768Irene Tinagli, Margarida Marques, Costas MavridesProposal for a regulationArticle 10 – paragraph 1



A maximum financial contribution shall be calculated for each Member State for the allocation of the amount referred to in Article 5(1)(a), using the methodology set out in Annex I, based on the population, the inverse of the per capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and the relative unemployment rate of each Member State and the cumulative loss in real GDP observed over the period 2020-2021 compared to 2019.

During years 2021-2022 the maximum financial contribution shall be calculated using the methodology set out in Annex I, based on the population, the inverse of the per capita GDP and the relative unemployment rate of each Member State for years 2015-2019.

For years 2023-2024, the maximum financial contribution shall be calculated using the methodology set out in Annex I,

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based on the population, the inverse of the per capita GDP, the relative unemployment rate of each Member State for years 2015-2019, and the cumulative loss in real GDP observed over the period 2020-2021 compared to 2019 and will be calculated by 30 June 2022.

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Amendment 769Roberts ZīleProposal for a regulationArticle 10 – paragraph 1



A maximum financial contribution shall be calculated for each Member State as follows:

1. (a) For 70% of the amount on the basis of based on the population, the inverse of the per capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and the relative unemployment rate of each Member State as set out in the methodology in Annex I.

(b) For the remaining 30% of the amount, on the basis of the population, the inverse of the per capita GDP, and, in equal proportion, the change in real GDP in 2020 . The change shall be based on the Commission Autumn 2020 forecasts.

2. The calculation of the maximum financial contribution under paragraph 1b) shall be calculated updated by 30 June 2022 for each Member State for the year 2023 for the allocation of 30% of the amount, using by replacing the data from the Commission Autumn 2020 forecasts with the actual outturns in relation to, based on the population, the inverse of the per capita GDP, the change in real GDP 2020 and the aggregated change in

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Amendment 770Eero Heinäluoma, Evelyn Regner, Niels Fuglsang, Joachim SchusterProposal for a regulationArticle 10 – paragraph 1



A maximum financial contribution shall be calculated for each Member State for the allocation of the amount referred to in Article 5(1)(a), using the methodology set out in Annex I, based on the population, the negative impact of COVID on the per capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP) measured since the outbreak of Covid in the EU and the increase of the relative unemployment rate of each Member State since the outbreak of Covid in that Member State.

Or. en

Amendment 771Frances FitzgeraldProposal for a regulationArticle 10 – paragraph 1



A maximum financial contribution shall be calculated for each Member State for the allocation of the amount referred to in Article 5(1)(a), using the methodology set out in Annex I, based on the population, the inverse of the per capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the relative unemployment rate of each Member State and the loss in real GDP observed over 2020 and by the cumulative loss in real GDP observed over the period 2020-2021.

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Amendment 772Engin ErogluProposal for a regulationArticle 10 – paragraph 1

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For the allocation of the amount referred to in Article 5(1)(a), calculated from the relative level of corona-related indicators such as numbers of cases, numbers of deaths, and GDP and unemployment trends from February 2020 onwards.

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Amendment 773Jessica Polfjärd, Jörgen WarbornProposal for a regulationArticle 10 – paragraph 1



A maximum financial contribution shall be calculated for each Member State for the allocation of the amount referred to in Article 5(1)(a), using the methodology set out in Annex I, based on the population, the inverse of the per capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP), by the loss in real GDP observed over 2020 and the relative unemployment rate of each Member State.

Or. en

Amendment 774Ernest Urtasun, Damian Boeselageron behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupProposal for a regulationArticle 11 – title


Allocation of financial contribution Allocation of the financial contributionOr. en


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1. For a period until 31 December 2022, the Commission shall make available for allocation EUR 334 950 000 000, referred to in point (a) of Article 5(1). Each Member State may submit requests up to their maximum financial contribution, referred to in Article 10, to implement their recovery and resilience plans.

1. For a period until 31 December 2022, the Commission shall make available for allocation two thirds of the amount referred to in point (a) of Article 5(1) for requests by Member States in accordance with Articles 14-18 in Chapter III of this Regulation and one third for tender procedures in accordance with Articles 18a and 18b.

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Amendment 776Jonás Fernández, Costas MavridesProposal for a regulationArticle 11 – paragraph 1




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Or. en




1. Until 31 December 2024, the Commission shall make available for allocation the amount referred to in point (a) of Article 5(1). Each Member State may submit requests up to their maximum financial contribution, referred to in Article 10, to implement their recovery and resilience plans.

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Amendment 780Caroline NagtegaalProposal for a regulationArticle 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)


Member States shall co-finance at least 25% of the estimated total investment costs of the package referred to in Article 5(1)(a).

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Amendment 781Markus FerberProposal for a regulationArticle 11 – paragraph 1 a (new)


1a. Member States shall co-finance all expenditure under this Facility at a rate of 20%.

Or. en

Justification

In order to ensure that Member States chose actual policy priorities for the recovery and resilience facility, Member States need 'skin in the game'.



2. For a period starting after 31 December 2022 until 31 December 2024, where financial resources are available, the Commission may organise calls in line with the calendar of the European Semester. To that effect, it shall publish an indicative calendar of the calls to be organised in that period, and shall indicate, at each call, the amount available for allocation. Each Member State may propose to receive up to a maximum amount corresponding to its allocation share of the available amount for allocation, as referred to in Annex I, to implement the recovery and resilience plan.

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Or. en




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Justification

In order to have maximum impact in supporting the economic recovery, the RRF funds shall

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be spent as soon as possible.




2. For a period starting after 31 December 2022 until 31 December 2024, if financial resources are available, the Commission shall invite Member States to update their national Recovery and Resilience Plans, in line with the requirements and objectives set out in Articles 4, 4a and 14 of this Regulation for the purpose of allocating additional financial resources.

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Amendment 786Aurore LalucqProposal for a regulationArticle 11 – paragraph 2


2. For a period starting after 31 December 2022 until 31 December 2024, where financial resources are available, the Commission may organise calls in line with the calendar of the European Semester. To that effect, it shall publish an indicative calendar of the calls to be organised in that period, and shall indicate, at each call, the amount available for allocation. Each Member State may propose to receive up to a maximum amount corresponding to its allocation share of the available amount for allocation, as referred to in Annex I, to

2. For a period starting after 31 December 2022 until 31 December 2024, where financial resources are available, the Commission may organise calls in line with the calendar of the European Semester. To that effect, it shall publish an indicative calendar of the calls to be organised in that period, and shall indicate, at each call, the amount available for allocation. At least 80% of these funds shall support climate, biodiversity and environmental actions to ensure consistency with the European Green Deal and the Paris climate Agreement.

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implement the recovery and resilience plan.

Each Member State may propose to receive up to a maximum amount corresponding to its allocation share of the available amount for allocation, as referred to in Annex I, to implement the recovery and resilience plan.

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2. For a period starting after 31 December 2022 until 31 December 2024, the Commission may organise calls, should financial resources be available. To that effect, it shall publish an indicative calendar of the calls to be organised in that period, and shall indicate, at each call, the amount available for allocation. Each Member State may propose to receive up to a maximum amount corresponding to its allocation share of the available amount for allocation, as referred to in Annex I, to implement the recovery and resilience plan.

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2. For a period starting after 31 December 2022 until 31 December 2024, where financial resources are available, the Commission may organise calls in line with the calendar of the European Semester. To that effect, it shall publish an indicative calendar of the calls to be organised in that period, and shall indicate, at each call, the amount available for

2. For a period starting after 31 December 2022 until 31 December 2026, where financial resources are available, the Commission may organise calls in line with the calendar of the European Semester. To that effect, it shall publish an indicative calendar of the calls to be organised in that period, and shall indicate, at each call, the amount available for

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allocation. Each Member State may propose to receive up to a maximum amount corresponding to its allocation share of the available amount for allocation, as referred to in Annex I, to implement the recovery and resilience plan.

allocation. Each Member State may propose to receive up to a maximum amount corresponding to its allocation share of the available amount for allocation, as referred to in Annex I, to implement the recovery and resilience plan.

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Amendment 789Monika HohlmeierProposal for a regulationArticle 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)


2a. Any appropriation not executed or de-committed by the end of 2024 shall be transferred to the Multiannual Financial Framework to reinforce EU programmes under direct management supporting the European Green Deal and the Digital Agenda as well as Horizon Europe, Digital Europe and Erasmus+.

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Amendment 790Ernest Urtasun, Damian Boeselageron behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupProposal for a regulationArticle 11 a (new)


Article 11a

Pre-financing

1. In 2021, subject to the adoption by the Commission of the legal commitment referred to in Article 19 (1) and when requested by a Member State together with the submission of the recovery and resilience plan, the Commission shall make a pre-financing payment of an amount of up to 20% of the legal commitment in the form of non-repayable support, and, where applicable and subject to the request of eligible Member States, of up to 10% of the loan support in

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the form of a loan as set out in accordance with Article 19. By derogation from Article116(1) of the Financial Regulation, the Commission shall make the corresponding payment within two months after the adoption by the Commission of the legal commitment referred to in Article 19.

2. In cases of pre-financing under paragraph 1, the financial contributions shall be adjusted proportionally.

3. Countries which participate in EPPO activities shall, upon their request, be eligible to receive an additional pre-financing of 5% of the legal commitment in the form of non-repayable support.

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Amendment 791Caroline Nagtegaal, Nicola BeerProposal for a regulationArticle 12 – paragraph 1


1. Until 31 December 2024, upon request from a Member State, the Commission may grant to the Member State concerned a loan support for the implementation of its recovery and resilience plans.

1. Until 31 December 2024, upon request from a Member State, the Commission may grant to the Member State concerned a non-revolving loan to support the implementation of its recovery and resilience plans.

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1. Upon request from a Member State, the Commission may grant to the Member State concerned a loan support for the implementation of its recovery and resilience plans.

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Justification

In order to have maximum impact in supporting the economic recovery, the RRF funds shall

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be spent as early as possible.

Amendment 796Elisabetta Gualmini, Paolo De CastroProposal for a regulationArticle 12 – paragraph 2


2. A Member State may request a loan at the same time of the submission of a recovery and resilience plan referred to in Article 15, or at a different moment in time until 31 August 2024. In the latter case, the request shall be accompanied by a revised plan, including additional milestones and targets.

2. A Member State may request a loan at the same time of the submission of a recovery and resilience plan referred to in Article 15, or at a different moment in time until 31 August 2024. In the latter case, unless the request is warranted by the need to compensate for a reduction in the amounts allocated in accordance with Article 10, the request shall be accompanied by a revised plan, including additional milestones and targets.

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2. A Member State may request a loan at the same time of the submission of the annual recovery and resilience plans or its update as referred to in Article 15.

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2. A Member State may request a loan at the same time of the submission of a

2. A Member State may request a loan at the same time of the submission of a

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recovery and resilience plan referred to in Article 15, or at a different moment in time until 31 August 2024. In the latter case, the request shall be accompanied by a revised plan, including additional milestones and targets.

recovery and resilience plan referred to in Article 15, or at a different moment in time until 31 August 2024.

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2. A Member State may request a loan at the same time of the submission of a recovery and resilience plan referred to in Article 15, or at a different moment in time until 31 August 2024. In the latter case, the request shall be accompanied by a revised plan, including additional and clear milestones and targets.

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In order to have maximum impact in supporting the economic recovery, the RRF funds shall be frontloaded.

Amendment 803Ernest Urtasun, Damian Boeselageron behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupProposal for a regulationArticle 12 – paragraph 3 – point a


(a) the reasons for the loan support, justified by the higher financial needs linked to additional reforms and investments;

(a) the reasons for the loan support, justified by the higher financial needs linked to additional investments and in particular on the basis of financing needs related to productive and public gender-balanced and sustainable investments in

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infrastructure consistent with the objectives referred to in Article 4;

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Amendment 804Siegfried Mureşan, Esther de Lange, Markus Pieper, José Manuel FernandesProposal for a regulationArticle 12 – paragraph 3 – point a



(a) the reasons for the loan support, justified by the higher financial needs linked to additional growth enhancing reforms and sustainable investments;

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Amendment 805Dimitrios Papadimoulison behalf of the GUE/NGL GroupProposal for a regulationArticle 12 – paragraph 3 – point a



(a) the reasons for the loan support, justified by the higher financial needs linked to reforms and investments;

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Amendment 806Dimitrios Papadimoulison behalf of the GUE/NGL GroupProposal for a regulationArticle 12 – paragraph 3 – point b


(b) the additional reforms and investments in line with Article 15;

(b) where applicable, the additional reforms and investments for which the loan is partially or entirely requested, in line with Article 15;

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Amendment 807Siegfried Mureşan, Esther de Lange, Markus Pieper, José Manuel FernandesProposal for a regulationArticle 12 – paragraph 3 – point b

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(b) the additional growth enhancing reforms and sustainable investments in line with Article 15;

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(b) the additional investments in line with Article 15;

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Amendment 809Markus Ferber, Siegfried MureşanProposal for a regulationArticle 12 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)


(ca) information about how the loan request fits into the overall financial planning of the Member State and how it fits into the general objective of sound fiscal policies in line with the Union’s framework for economic governance;

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Justification

Information should be provided that allows to assess if the granting of the loan might negatively impact long-term debt-sustainability.

Amendment 810Gunnar Beck, Joachim KuhsProposal for a regulationArticle 12 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)


(ca) An independently assessed probability of failure of the

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Justification

Council and Commission need to assess the probability of failure, when they decide on the attribution of the financial support, as to appropriately leverage this risk.

Amendment 811Dimitrios Papadimoulison behalf of the GUE/NGL GroupProposal for a regulationArticle 12 – paragraph 3 a (new)


3a. In case the request for a loan is made at a different moment in time than the submission of a recovery and resilience plan and concerns additional reforms and investments, it shall be accompanied by a revised plan with relevant milestones and targets.

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4. The loan support to the recovery and resilience plan of the Member State concerned shall not be higher than the difference between the total cost of the recovery and resilience plan, as revised where relevant, and the maximum financial contribution referred to in Article 10. The maximum volume of the loan for each Member State shall not exceed 4.7% of its Gross National Income.

4. The loan support to the recovery and resilience plan of the Member State concerned shall not be higher than its share from the amount referred to in Article 5(1)(b) calculated using the methodology set out in Annex I.

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Amendment 813Dimitrios Papadimoulison behalf of the GUE/NGL Group

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4. The loan support to the recovery and resilience plan of the Member State concerned shall not be higher than the difference between the total cost of the recovery and resilience plan, as revised

4. The loan support to the recovery and resilience plan of the Member State concerned shall not be higher than the difference between the total cost of the recovery and resilience plan, as revised

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where relevant, and the maximum financial contribution referred to in Article 10. The maximum volume of the loan for each Member State shall not exceed 4.7% of its Gross National Income.

where relevant, and the maximum financial contribution referred to in Article 10. The maximum volume of the loan for each Member State shall not exceed 2.0% of its Gross National Income.

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Amendment 816Caroline Nagtegaal, Engin Eroglu, Nicola BeerProposal for a regulationArticle 12 – paragraph 5


5. By derogation from paragraph 4, subject to availability of resources, in exceptional circumstances the amount of the loan support may be increased.

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5. By derogation from paragraph 4, subject to availability of resources, in exceptional circumstances the amount of the loan support may be increased.

5. By derogation from paragraph 4, subject to availability of resources, in exceptional circumstances, or where, as a result of the calculation referred to in Article 10, the amount eventually allocated for the implementation of the plan is lower than the amount specified in the decision referred to in Article 17(1), the amount of the loan support may be increased.

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Amendment 818Jens Geier, Joachim SchusterProposal for a regulationArticle 12 – paragraph 7


7. The Commission shall take a decision on the request for a loan support in accordance with Article 17. Where

7. The Commission shall submit a proposal on the request for a loan support to the European Parliament and the

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appropriate, the recovery and resilience plan shall be amended accordingly.

Council in accordance with Article 17. Where appropriate, the recovery and resilience plan shall be amended accordingly.

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Amendment 819Siegfried Mureşan, Esther de Lange, Markus Pieper, José Manuel FernandesProposal for a regulationArticle 13 – paragraph 1 – point a


(a) the justification for requesting the loan and its amount is considered reasonable and plausible in relation to the additional reforms and investments; and

(a) the justification for requesting the loan and its amount is considered reasonable and plausible in relation to the additional growth enhancing reforms and sustainable investments; and

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(a) the justification for requesting the loan and its amount is considered reasonable and plausible in relation to the reforms and investments for which the loan has been requested; and

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Amendment 821Sirpa PietikäinenProposal for a regulationArticle 13 – paragraph 1 – point a



(a) the justification for requesting the loan and its amount is considered reasonable and plausible in relation to the transition plans, additional reforms and investments; and

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(a) the justification for requesting the loan and its amount is considered reasonable and plausible in relation to the additional reforms and investments measures; and

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(b) the additional reforms and investments comply with the criteria set out in Article 16(3.

(b) the additional growth enhancing reforms and sustainable investments comply with the criteria set out in Article 16(3.

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Amendment 824Dimitrios Papadimoulison behalf of the GUE/NGL GroupProposal for a regulationArticle 13 – paragraph 1 – point b



(b) the reforms and investments for which the loan has been requested comply with the criteria set out in Article 16(3).

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(b) the additional reforms and investments measures comply with the criteria set out in Article 16(3.

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Amendment 826Gunnar Beck, Joachim KuhsProposal for a regulationArticle 13 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)


(ba) the probability that the Member State does not fulfil the criteria for the loan;

Or. en

Justification

Council and Commission need to assess the probability of failure, when they decide on the attribution of the financial support, as to appropriately leverage this risk.



(a) the amount of the loan in euro; (a) the amount of the loan in euro; including, where applicable, the amount of pre-financed loan support in accordance with Article 11a;

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Amendment 828Gunnar Beck, Joachim KuhsProposal for a regulationArticle 13 – paragraph 2 – point b


(b) the average maturity; Article 220(2) of the Financial Regulation shall not apply with regard to this maturity;

(b) the average maturity;

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Amendment 829Markus Ferber, Siegfried MureşanProposal for a regulationArticle 13 – paragraph 2 – point d


(d) the maximum number of instalments and the repayment schedule;

(d) the maximum number of instalments and a clear, precise and binding repayment schedule;

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Amendment 830Siegfried Mureşan, Esther de Lange, Markus Pieper, José Manuel FernandesProposal for a regulationArticle 13 – paragraph 2 – point e


(e) the other elements needed for the implementation of the loan support in relation to the reforms and the investment projects concerned in line with the decision referred to in Article 17(2).

(e) the other elements needed for the implementation of the loan support in relation to the growth enhancing reforms and the sustainable investment projects concerned in line with the decision referred to in Article 17(2).

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Amendment 831Paul Tang, Evelyn Regner, Joachim Schuster, Eero Heinäluoma, Niels FuglsangProposal for a regulationArticle 14 – paragraph 1


1. In pursuance of the objectives set out in Article 4, Member States shall prepare national recovery and resilience plans. These plans shall set out the reform and investment agenda of the Member State concerned for the subsequent four years. Recovery and resilience plans eligible for financing under this instrument shall comprise measures for the implementation of reforms and public investment projects through a coherent package.


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Reflecting the European Green Deal as Europe’s sustainable growth strategy and the translation of the Union's commitments to implement the Paris Agreement and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, at least 40 % of the amount of each Recovery and Resilience Plan shall contribute to mainstreaming climate and biodiversity actions and environmental sustainability objectives. while the full recovery and resilience plan should respect the principle to ‘do no significant harm’ to social or environmental sustainability objectives. By means of a delegated act and using appropriately the criteria established by the EU taxonomy, the Commission shall adopt the relevant methodology to help the Member States to fulfil that requirement

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Amendment 832Eva Maydell, Lídia Pereira, Isabel Benjumea Benjumea, Danuta Maria Hübner, Inese VaidereProposal for a regulationArticle 14 – paragraph 1



1. In pursuance of the objectives set out in Article 4, Member States shall prepare national recovery and resilience plans. These plans shall set out the reform and investment agenda of the Member State concerned for the subsequent four years. Recovery and resilience plans eligible for financing under this instrument shall comprise measures for the implementation of reforms and public investment projects through a coherent package. The plans shall be prepared in a close cooperation with national and regional stakeholders such as local authorities, social partners, civil society organisations, private sector representatives.

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Amendment 833Clara Ponsatí ObiolsProposal for a regulationArticle 14 – paragraph 1



1. In pursuance of the objectives set out in Article 4, Member States shall prepare national recovery and resilience plans. According with the subsidiarity principle, national authorities of the Member States shall discuss and agree these plans with the regional and local administrations. These plans shall set out the reform and investment agenda of the Member State concerned for the subsequent four years. Recovery and resilience plans eligible for financing under this instrument shall comprise measures for the implementation of reforms and public investment projects through a coherent package.

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1. In pursuance of the objectives set out in Article 4, Member States shall prepare national recovery and resilience plans. These plans shall set out the reform and investment agenda of the Member State concerned for the subsequent four years. Recovery and resilience plans eligible for financing under this instrument shall comprise measures for the implementation of reforms and public investment projects through a coherent package, which should comprise yearly objectives, as well as an indicators and implementation evaluation system.

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1. In pursuance of the objectives set out in Article 4,Member States shall prepare national recovery and resilience plans. These plans shall set out the reform and investment agenda of the Member State concerned for the subsequent four years, while allowing for the possibility for Member States to update the plans in accordance with Article 18. Recovery and resilience plans eligible for financing under this Facility shall comprise measures for the implementation of reforms and public investment projects through a coherent package.

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1. In pursuance of the objectives set out in Article 4, Member States shall prepare annual national recovery and resilience plans. These plans eligible for financing under this instrument shall comprise measures for the implementation of reforms and public investment projects through coherent packages.

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1. In pursuance of the objectives set out in Article 4, Member States shall prepare national recovery and resilience plans. These plans shall set out the reform and investment agenda of the Member State concerned for the subsequent four years. Recovery and resilience plans eligible for financing under this instrument shall comprise measures for the implementation of reforms and public investment projects through a coherent package, at the same time fostering the mobilisation of private investments.

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Amendment 838Luis Garicano, Dragoș Pîslaru, Ivars Ijabs, Clotilde Armand, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Olivier Chastel, Nils Torvalds, Nicola Beer, Caroline NagtegaalProposal for a regulationArticle 14 – paragraph 1



1. In pursuance of the objectives set out in Article 4, Member States shall prepare national recovery and resilience plans. These plans shall set out the reform and investment agenda of the Member State concerned for the subsequent four years. The reforms agenda shall set out a comprehensive reform package. Recovery and resilience plans eligible for financing under this instrument shall comprise measures for the implementation of reforms and public investment projects through a coherent package.

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1. In pursuance of the objectives set 1. In pursuance of the objectives set

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out in Article 4, Member States shall prepare national recovery and resilience plans. These plans shall set out the reform and investment agenda of the Member State concerned for the subsequent four years. Recovery and resilience plans eligible for financing under this instrument shall comprise measures for the implementation of reforms and public investment projects through a coherent package.

out in Article 4, Member States shall prepare national recovery, resilience and transition plans. These plans shall set out the green transition reform and investment agenda of the Member State concerned for the subsequent four years. Recovery, transition and resilience plans eligible for financing under this instrument shall comprise measures for the implementation of sustainable transition reforms and public investment projects through a coherent package.

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1. In pursuance of the objectives set out in Article 4, Member States shall prepare national recovery and resilience plans. These plans shall set out the reform and investment agenda of the Member State concerned for the subsequent four years. Recovery and resilience plans eligible for financing under this instrument shall comprise measures for the implementation of growth enhancing reforms and sustainable public investment projects through a coherent package.

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1. In pursuance of the objectives set out in Article 4, Member States shall prepare national recovery and resilience plans. These plans shall set out the reform and investment agenda of the Member State concerned for the subsequent four

1. In pursuance of the objectives set out in Article 4, Member States shall prepare national recovery and resilience plans. These plans shall set out the reform and investment agenda of the Member State concerned for the subsequent period

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years. Recovery and resilience plans eligible for financing under this instrument shall comprise measures for the implementation of reforms and public investment projects through a coherent package.

of up to four years. Recovery and resilience plans eligible for financing under this instrument shall comprise measures for the implementation of reforms and public investment projects through a coherent package.

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Amendment 842Marek BelkaProposal for a regulationArticle 14 – paragraph 1



1. In pursuance of the objectives set out in Article 4, Member States shall prepare national recovery and resilience plans. These plans shall set out the reform and investment agenda of the Member State concerned for the subsequent four years. Recovery and resilience plans eligible for financing under this instrument shall comprise measures for the implementation of reforms as well as investment projects through a coherent package.

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1. In pursuance of the objectives set out in Article 4, Member States shall prepare national recovery and resilience plans. These plans shall set out the reform and investment agenda of the Member State concerned until 31 December 2024. Recovery and resilience plans eligible for financing under this instrument shall comprise measures for the implementation of reforms and public investment projects through a coherent package.

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Amendment 844Bogdan RzońcaProposal for a regulationArticle 14 – paragraph 1



1. In pursuance of the objectives set out in Article 4, Member States shall prepare national recovery and resilience plans. These plans shall set out the reform and investment agenda of the Member State concerned for the subsequent four years. Recovery and resilience plans eligible for financing under this instrument shall comprise measures for the implementation of reforms and investment projects through a coherent package.

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1a. Each Recovery and Resilience Plan shall be subject to the following horizontal requirements:

- The recovery and resilience plans shall be consistent with the principles EU Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025 and shall comprise key actions to achieve gender equality combined with measures for gender mainstreaming.

- The recovery and resilience plan shall generate European added value.

- Reflecting the European Green Deal as Europe’s sustainable growth strategy and the translation of the Union's commitments to implement the Paris Agreement and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, at least

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37 % of the amount of each Recovery and Resilience Plan shall contribute to overall mainstreaming climate actions. At least 20% of the amount contributing to mainstreaming climate actions shall be used in the green transition pillar, contributing to the transition towards achieving the most recent Union’s 2030 climate targets and complying with the objective of EU climate neutrality by 2050.

- Reflecting the priorities of the Digital Agenda and the necessity to accomplish a Digital Single Market which will increase the Union’s competitiveness at global level and it will also help make the Union more resilient, more innovative and strategically autonomous, at least 20% of the amount of each Recovery and Resilience Plan shall contribute to investing in digital technologies, infrastructure and processes.

- Reflecting the future-oriented character of the Next Generation EU recovery instrument and acknowledging the importance of the Digital Skills Agenda, the Child Guarantee and the Youth Guarantee for preventing the young people of today from becoming a “lockdown generation”, at least 20% of the amount of each Recovery and Resilience Plan shall contribute to tackling the risk of long-lasting damage to young people’s labour market prospects and to their overall well-being through comprehensive employment, education and skills solutions and responses targeting young people.

- The plans shall not run counter to the strategic and economic interests of the EU. In this respect, support shall not be provided to projects that are part of the strategic investment plans of third countries.

- The funding of the plans shall not substitute recurring national budgetary expenditure and respect the principle of

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1a. Recovery and resilience plans eligible for financing under this instrument shall allocate at least 75% of the non-repayable amount of the national maximum financial contribution referred to in Articles 5(1a), and 10, measured in aggregate cost, to investment and reform measures that address the challenges of the three European priority policy areas set out in Article 3.

In preparing national plans, while complying with the overall 75% minimum allocation, Member States shall allocate at least 20% of the non-repayable portion of their maximal financial contribution, measured in terms of costs, to each of the three European priority policy areas referred to in Article 3 and may allocate the remaining 15% flexibly among these three. To facilitate the preparation of national plans, Annex IIIa of this Regulation contains non-binding guidance for reform and investment measures consistent with these three European priority areas.

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Amendment 847Luděk NiedermayerProposal for a regulationArticle 14 – paragraph 1 a (new)


1a. Reflecting ICT shortages in the area of schooling during the pandemic. Accelerated promotion of e-learning,

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distance and project-based learning especially at primary and secondary level of education across the EU. This will not only increase competitiveness of the EU economy, but will equip students with skills required in the current and future economy. This will increase resilience of schools in case of future pandemics while, reducing the damage of such events on young generations.

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Amendment 848Angelika WinzigProposal for a regulationArticle 14 – paragraph 1 a (new)


1a. Funds from the Facility should also serve to increase allocations to already existing national funding instruments, which can be part of the Recovery and Resilience plans; this will allow for a more rapid use of the funds and a quick impact on the ground.

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1a. The Facility shall not support measures causing harm to any of the environmental objectives listed in Regulation (EU) 2020/852 in accordance with Article 17 of the same Regulation.

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Amendment 850Costas Mavrides, Eider Gardiazabal Rubial, Jonás FernándezProposal for a regulationArticle 14 – paragraph 1 b (new)

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1b. Reflecting the European Pillar of Social Rights as Europe’s strategy for social progress, at least 30% of the amount of each Recovery and Resilience Plan shall contribute to the social and territorial cohesion, including the implementation of the EPRS objectives. None of the reforms and investments supported by the Recovery and Resilience Facility should be in contradiction to the implementation of the European Pillar of Social rights. By means of a delegated act, the Commission shall adopt the relevant methodology to help Member States to fulfil those requirements.

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Amendment 851Ernest Urtasun, Damian Boeselageron behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupProposal for a regulationArticle 14 – paragraph 1 b (new)


1b. Investments and reform measures planned after 1 February 2020 related to the economic and social consequences caused by the COVID-19 pandemic onwards shall be eligible for support by the recovery and resilience facility, providing they adhere to the requirements set out in this Regulation.

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Amendment 852Ernest Urtasun, Damian Boeselageron behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupProposal for a regulationArticle 14 – paragraph 1 c (new)


1c. The recovery and resilience plans shall be consistent a pathway to limit the global temperature increase to 1.5°C

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above pre-industrial levels and the Union climate and environment objectives. At least 40% of the estimated total cost of all the recovery and resilience plans shall be allocated to activities substantially contributing to climate change mitigation or adaptation pursuant to Articles 10 and 11 of Regulation (EU) 2020/852. At least 10% of the estimated total cost of all the recovery and resilience plans shall additionally be allocated to activities substantially contributing to any of the other environmental objectives under that Regulation. The Commission shall adopt a delegated act in accordance with Article 25a to specify the methodology and the related reporting provision to support Member States to fulfil the requirements of this paragraph and to monitor the compliance with these requirements.

All of the funds allocated to the green transition policy area shall support economic activities that qualify as environmentally sustainable in accordance with Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2020/852.

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Amendment 853Ernest Urtasun, Damian Boeselageron behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupProposal for a regulationArticle 14 – paragraph 1 d (new)


1d. The Facility shall only support activities that do not cause significant harm to one or more environmental objectives referred to in Article 9 of Regulation (EU) 2020/852 pursuant to the provisions of Article 17of that Regulation, and that are carried out in compliance with ‘minimum safeguards’ pursuant to Article 18 of Regulation (EU) 2020/852 and shall not support activities or include investments that lead to a lock-in in assets that undermine the

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achievement of the Union’s climate and environment objectives. In particular, they shall not include investments related to:

(a) the decommissioning, operation, adaptation or lifetime extension of nuclear power stations, or the management or storage of nuclear waste;

(b) the exploration, production, processing, distribution, storage or combustion of fossil fuels;

(c) the disposal of waste in landfill;

(d) installations for the combustion of waste;

(e) airport infrastructure, except for outermost regions;

(f) vehicles equipped with internal combustion engines.

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Amendment 854Ernest Urtasun, Damian Boeselageron behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupProposal for a regulationArticle 14 – paragraph 1 e (new)


1e. The Commission may adopt a delegated act in accordance with Article 25a to supplement the list referred to in paragraph [1d].

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Amendment 855Ernest Urtasun, Damian Boeselageron behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupProposal for a regulationArticle 14 – paragraph 1 f (new)


1f. Without prejudice to the allocation requirements referred to in this Article, Member States shall ensure the needs-based allocation of funds received from

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the Facility among municipalities and local governments and shall allocate at least 10% of their maximum financial contribution, referred to in Article 10, to municipalities and local governments, and shall provide for a direct access to those resources. The Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 25a to specify the arrangements to be taken by Member States for the provisioning of resources from the Facility to municipalities and local governments.

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Amendment 856Ernest Urtasun, Damian Boeselageron behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupProposal for a regulationArticle 14 – paragraph 1 g (new)


1g. Eligible plans shall be based on a gender impact assessment of the planned measures, in line with the objectives outlined in the Gender Equality Strategy, and take into account its results to effectively address the negative impact of the crisis on gender equality, in particular by ensuring high-quality job creation for women, the reduction of the gender pay gap and access to credit for women entrepreneurs;

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or resulting from the green and digital transition. The recovery and resilience plans shall also be consistent with the information included by the Member States in the national reform programmes under the European Semester, in their national energy and climate plans and updates thereof under the Regulation (EU)2018/199921 , in the territorial just transition plans under the Just Transition Fund22 , and in the partnership agreements and operational programmes under the Union funds.

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2. The recovery and resilience plans shall be consistent with the relevant country-specific challenges and priorities identified in the context of the European Semester, in particular those relevant for or resulting from the green and digital transition. The recovery and resilience plans shall also be consistent with the information included by the Member States in the national reform programmes under the European Semester, in their national energy and climate plans and updates thereof under the Regulation (EU)2018/199921 , in the territorial just transition plans under the Just Transition Fund22 , and in the partnership agreements and operational programmes under the Union funds.

2. The recovery and resilience plans shall be consistent with the relevant country-specific challenges and priorities identified in the context of the European Semester, in particular those relevant for or resulting from climate and environment objectives of the EU, notably the transition towards achieving the Union’s 2030 climate target sand complying with the objective of EU climate neutrality by 2050 in accordance with the Regulation XXXX/XX (European Climate Law) and the and digital transition. The recovery and resilience plans shall also be consistent with the information included by the Member States in the national reform programmes under the European Semester, in their national energy and climate plans and updates thereof under the Regulation

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(EU)2018/199921 , in the territorial just transition plans under the Just Transition Fund22 , and in the partnership agreements and operational programmes under the Union funds. To ensure that the recovery and resilience plans contribute to the achievement of climate neutrality by 2050 in the Member State, at least 40 % of the amount of each Recovery and Resilience Plan shall contribute to mainstreaming climate actions and reaching 10 % biodiversity spending target.

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Amendment 859Martin HojsíkProposal for a regulationArticle 14 – paragraph 2



2. The recovery and resilience plans shall be consistent with the relevant country-specific challenges and priorities identified in the context of the European Semester, in particular those relevant for or resulting from climate and environment objectives of the EU, notably the transition towards achieving the Union’s 2030 climate target sand complying with the objective of EU climate neutrality by 2050 in accordance with the Regulation XXXX/XX (European Climate Law) and the digital transition. The recovery and resilience plans shall also be consistent with the information included by the Member States in the national reform programmes under the European Semester, in their national energy and climate plans and updates thereof under the Regulation (EU)2018/199921 , in the territorial just

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transition plans under the Just Transition Fund22 , and in the partnership agreements and operational programmes under the Union funds. To ensure that the recovery and resilience plans contribute to the achievement of climate neutrality by 2050 in the Member State, at least 37% of the amount of each Recovery and Resilience Plan shall contribute to mainstreaming climate actions and reaching 10% biodiversity spending target.



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Justification

The EP called in its Resolution 2020/2732(RSP) for binding 30% climate and 10% biodiversity-related targets. The EP should, by consistency, ask for >37% climate spending (compliant with the EC´s assessment Fiche n° 84 on climate mainstreaming of 27/08/2020) to reach the 30% climate target decided by the EUCO for the MFF&NGEU and 10% biodiversity spending in the RRF. This approach foresees double counting: reaching biodiversity target can be facilitated by climate-related expenditure.

Amendment 860Markus Ferber, Siegfried MureşanProposal for a regulationArticle 14 – paragraph 2


2. The recovery and resilience plans shall be consistent with the relevant country-specific challenges and priorities identified in the context of the European Semester, in particular those relevant for or resulting from the green and digital transition. The recovery and resilience plans shall also be consistent with the information included by the Member States in the national reform programmes under the European Semester, in their national energy and climate plans and updates thereof under the Regulation

2. The recovery and resilience plans shall be consistent with the relevant country-specific challenges and priorities identified in the context of the European Semester.

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(EU)2018/199921 , in the territorial just transition plans under the Just Transition Fund22 , and in the partnership agreements and operational programmes under the Union funds.



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Amendment 861Petra Kammerevert, Victor Negrescu, Jens Geier, Ibán García Del Blanco, Domènec Ruiz Devesa, Marcos Ros Sempere, Hannes Heide, Łukasz Kohut, Massimiliano Smeriglio, Predrag Fred Matić, Lara Wolters, Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, Niklas Nienaß, Martina MichelsProposal for a regulationArticle 14 – paragraph 2



2. The recovery and resilience plans shall be consistent with the relevant country-specific challenges and priorities identified in the context of the European Semester, in particular those relevant for or resulting from the green and digital transition. The recovery and resilience plans shall also take into consideration sectors and policy areas that usually receive little attention in the context of the European Semester, but that suffer considerably from the pandemic, such as education and culture. Therefore, each national recovery and resilience plan shall dedicate at least 2% of the overall budget to the cultural and creative sectors. Furthermore, 10% shall be dedicated for investments in quality and inclusive education. The recovery and resilience plans shall also be consistent with the information included by the Member States in the national reform programmes under the European Semester, in their national energy and climate plans

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and updates thereof under the Regulation (EU)2018/199921 , in the territorial just transition plans under the Just Transition Fund22 , and in the partnership agreements and operational programmes under the Union funds.



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2. The recovery and resilience plans shall be consistent with the relevant country-specific challenges and priorities identified in the context of the European Semester, in particular those relevant for or resulting from the green and digital transition. The recovery and resilience plans shall also be consistent with the information included by the Member States in the national reform programmes under the European Semester, in their national energy and climate plans and updates thereof under the Regulation (EU)2018/199921 , in the territorial just transition plans under the Just Transition Fund22, and in the partnership agreements and operational programmes under the Union funds.

2. The recovery and resilience plans shall be consistent with the relevant country-specific challenges and priorities identified in the context of the European Semester, in particular those relevant for or resulting from the green and digital transition and for reinforcing the strategic autonomy of the Union. The recovery and resilience plans shall also be consistent with the information included by the Member States in the national reform programmes under the European Semester, in their national energy and climate plans and updates thereof under the Regulation (EU)2018/199921 , in the territorial just transition plans under the Just Transition Fund22, in the Youth Guarantee implementation plans and in the partnership agreements and operational programmes under the Union funds. In addition, the recovery and resilience plans are in line with the principle of European added value and must enable investments in future-oriented projects, technologies and infrastructures in order to ensure the long-term resilience and competitiveness

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of the EU.



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2. The recovery and resilience plans shall be consistent with the information included by the Member States in the national reform programmes under the European Semester, and in the partnership agreements and operational programmes under the Union funds.



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Amendment 864Niklas Nienaß, Petra Kammerevert, Rasmus Andresen, Laurence Farreng, Tomasz Frankowski, Romeo Franz, Ibán García Del Blanco, Alexis Georgoulis, Hannes Heide, Irena Joveva, Niyazi Kizilyürek, Dace Melbārde, Domènec Ruiz Devesa, Andrey

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Slabakov, Sabine Verheyen, Salima Yenbou, Elżbieta KrukProposal for a regulationArticle 14 – paragraph 2



2. The recovery and resilience plans shall be consistent with the relevant country-specific challenges and priorities identified in the context of the European Semester, in particular those relevant for or resulting from the green and digital transition. The recovery and resilience plans shall also take into consideration sectors and policy areas that usually receive little attention in the context of the European Semester, but that suffer considerably from the pandemic, such as culture and education. Therefore, each national recovery and resilience plan shall dedicate at least 2% of the overall budget to the cultural and creative sectors and industries. The recovery and resilience plans shall also be consistent with the information included by the Member States in the national reform programmes under the European Semester, in their national energy and climate plans and updates thereof under the Regulation (EU)2018/199921 , in the territorial just transition plans under the Just Transition Fund22 , and in the partnership agreements and operational programmes under the Union funds.



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Amendment 865Johan Van OvertveldtProposal for a regulationArticle 14 – paragraph 2

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2. The recovery and resilience plans shall be consistent with the relevant country-specific challenges and priorities identified in the context of the European Semester, in particular those related to the Stability and Growth Pact, the Macroeconomic Imbalance Procedure.



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Amendment 866Stéphanie Yon-Courtin, Fabienne Keller, Stéphane Séjourné, Pascal Canfin, Gilles Boyer, Valérie Hayer, Marie-Pierre Vedrenne, Stéphane Bijoux, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Ilana Cicurel, Laurence Farreng, Olivier Chastel, Nathalie Loiseau, Klemen Grošelj, Sylvie BrunetProposal for a regulationArticle 14 – paragraph 2


2. The recovery and resilience plans shall be consistent with the relevant country-specific challenges and priorities identified in the context of the European Semester, in particular those relevant for or resulting from the green and digital transition. The recovery and resilience plans shall also be consistent with the information included by the Member States

2. The recovery and resilience plans shall contribute to the Union's strategic autonomy and to the implementation of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, and shall be consistent with the latest relevant country-specific challenges and priorities identified in the context of the latest European Semester, as well as challenges and priorities identified in the

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in the national reform programmes under the European Semester, in their national energy and climate plans and updates thereof under the Regulation (EU)2018/199921 , in the territorial just transition plans under the Just Transition Fund22 , and in the partnership agreements and operational programmes under the Union funds.

most recent Council recommendation on the economic policy of the euro area for Member States whose currency is the euro, in particular those relevant for or resulting from the green and digital transition and those relevant for the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights. The recovery and resilience plans shall also be consistent with the information included by the Member States in the national reform programmes under the European Semester, in their national energy and climate plans and updates thereof under the Regulation (EU)2018/199921 , in the territorial just transition plans under the Just Transition Fund22 , and in the partnership agreements and operational programmes under the Union funds.



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Amendment 867Csaba Molnár, Marek Belka, Eero Heinäluoma, Marc AngelProposal for a regulationArticle 14 – paragraph 2




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(EU)2018/199921 , in the territorial just transition plans under the Just Transition Fund22 , and in the partnership agreements and operational programmes under the Union funds.

(EU)2018/199921 , in the territorial just transition plans under the Just Transition Fund22 , and in the partnership agreements and operational programmes under the Union funds. The recovery and resilience plans shall be drawn up following adequate consultation with regional and local authorities and other stakeholders, including social partners and the civil society in accordance with the Code of Conduct on Partnership.



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2. The recovery and resilience plans shall be consistent with the relevant country-specific challenges and priorities identified in the context of the 2020 European Semester, for those relevant recommendations directly related with the European priority policy areas as set out in Article 3. The recovery and resilience plans shall also be consistent with the information included by the Member States in the national reform programmes under the European Semester, as well as in their national energy and climate plans and updates thereof under the Regulation (EU)2018/199921, in the EU Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025, in the territorial just transition plans under the Just Transition Fund22, and in the partnership agreements and operational programmes under the Union funds. The

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recovery and resilience plans shall also be consistent with the duty to respect and promote the values enshrined in Article 2 TEU.



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2. The recovery and resilience plans shall be consistent with and have as a priority the relevant country-specific challenges and priorities identified in the context of the European Semester, in particular those relevant for or resulting from the green and digital transitions, as well as the transition towards a resilient care economy. The recovery and resilience plans shall also be consistent with the information included by the Member States in the national reform programmes under the European Semester, in their national energy and climate plans and other environmental targets, updates thereof under the Regulation (EU)2018/199921 , in the territorial just transition plans under the Just Transition Fund22 , and in the partnership agreements and operational programmes under the Union funds. The recovery and resilience plans shall also be consistent with the national gender equality strategies.

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2. The recovery and resilience plans shall be consistent with the priorities identified in the context of the European Semester, in particular those relevant for or resulting from the green and digital transition, those promoting job creation, sustainable growth and enhancing social, economic and territorial cohesion, as well as those identified in the strategic orientations discussed by the Council and the European Parliament. The recovery and resilience plans shall also be consistent with the information included by the Member States in the national reform programmes under the European Semester, in their national energy and climate plans and updates thereof under the Regulation (EU)2018/199921 , in the territorial just transition plans under the Just Transition Fund22 , and in the partnership agreements and operational programmes under the Union funds.



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2. The recovery and resilience plans shall contribute to the Union's strategic autonomy, to the competitiveness of the Union and to the implementation of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals and shall be consistent with the latest relevant country-specific challenges and priorities identified in the context of the latest European Semester, in particular those relevant for or resulting from the green and digital transition. The recovery and resilience plans shall also be consistent with the information included by the Member States in the national reform programmes under the European Semester, in their national energy and climate plans and updates thereof under the Regulation (EU)2018/199921 , in the territorial just transition plans under the Just Transition Fund22 , and in the partnership agreements and operational programmes under the Union funds.



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2. The recovery and resilience plans shall be consistent with the relevant country-specific challenges and priorities identified in the context of the European Semester, in particular those relevant for or resulting from the green and digital transition. The recovery and resilience plans shall also be consistent with the

2. The recovery and resilience plans shall be consistent with and have as a priority the relevant country-specific challenges and priorities identified in the context of the European Semester, in particular those relevant for or resulting from the green and digital transition, and comply with the EU Taxonomy and

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information included by the Member States in the national reform programmes under the European Semester, in their national energy and climate plans and updates thereof under the Regulation (EU)2018/199921 , in the territorial just transition plans under the Just Transition Fund22 , and in the partnership agreements and operational programmes under the Union funds.

notably the Do No Significant Harm principle. The recovery and resilience plans shall also be consistent with the information included by the Member States in the national reform programmes under the European Semester, in their national energy and climate plans and other environmental targets and updates thereof under the Regulation (EU)2018/199921 , in the territorial just transition plans under the Just Transition Fund22 , and in the partnership agreements and operational programmes under the Union funds.



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2. The recovery and resilience plans shall be consistent with the relevant country-specific challenges and priorities identified in the context of the European Semester, in particular those relevant for or resulting from the green and digital transition. The recovery and resilience plans shall also be consistent with the information included by the Member States in the national reform programmes under the European Semester, in their national energy and climate plans and updates thereof under the Regulation (EU)2018/199921 , in the territorial just transition plans under the Just Transition Fund22 , and in the partnership agreements and operational programmes under the Union funds. The recovery and resilience plans shall be consistent with the Union's

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climate and environmental objectives.



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2. The recovery and resilience plans shall effectively contribute to the scope set out in Article 3 and to the objectives set out in Article 4. The recovery and resilience plans shall also be consistent with the information included by the Member States in the national reform programmes, in their national energy and climate plans and updates thereof under the Regulation (EU)2018/199921 , in the territorial just transition plans under the Just Transition Fund22 , and in the partnership agreements and operational programmes under the Union funds.



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Amendment 875Fabio Massimo Castaldo, Tiziana Beghin, Mario Furore

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2. The recovery and resilience plans shall be consistent with the challenges and priorities that are relevant for or resulting from the green and digital transition. The recovery and resilience plans shall also be consistent with the information included by the Member States in the national reform programmes, in their national energy and climate plans and updates thereof under the Regulation (EU)2018/199921 , in the territorial just transition plans under the Just Transition Fund22 , and in the partnership agreements and operational programmes under the Union funds.



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Amendment 876Jessica Polfjärd, Jörgen WarbornProposal for a regulationArticle 14 – paragraph 2


2. The recovery and resilience plans shall be consistent with the relevant country-specific challenges and priorities identified in the context of the European Semester, in particular those relevant for or resulting from the green and digital transition. The recovery and resilience plans shall also be consistent with the information included by the Member States in the national reform programmes under

2. The recovery and resilience plans shall be consistent with the relevant country-specific challenges and priorities identified in the context of the European Semester, including long-term fiscal stability and labour market participation, and in particular those relevant for or resulting from the green and digital transition. The recovery and resilience plans shall also be consistent with the

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the European Semester, in their national energy and climate plans and updates thereof under the Regulation (EU)2018/199921 , in the territorial just transition plans under the Just Transition Fund22 , and in the partnership agreements and operational programmes under the Union funds.

information included by the Member States in the national reform programmes under the European Semester, in their national energy and climate plans and updates thereof under the Regulation (EU)2018/199921 , in the territorial just transition plans under the Just Transition Fund22 , and in the partnership agreements and operational programmes under the Union funds.



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2. The recovery and resilience plans shall be aligned with the relevant country-specific challenges and priorities identified in the context of the European Semester. For euro area countries attention shall be given to the relevant recommendations for the euro area as endorsed by the Council. The recovery and resilience plans shall also be consistent with the information included by the Member States in the national reform programmes under the European Semester, in their national energy and climate plans and updates thereof under the Regulation (EU)2018/199921 , in the territorial just transition plans under the Just Transition Fund22 , and in the partnership agreements and operational programmes under the Union funds.

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Amendment 878Erik BergkvistProposal for a regulationArticle 14 – paragraph 2



2. The recovery and resilience plans shall be consistent with the relevant country-specific challenges and priorities identified in the context of the European Semester, in particular those relevant for or resulting from the green and digital transition. The recovery and resilience plans shall also be consistent with the information included by the Member States in the national reform programmes under the European Semester, in their national energy and climate plans and updates thereof under the Regulation (EU)2018/199921 , in the territorial just transition plans under the Just Transition Fund22, excluding financing of fossil fuels, and in the partnership agreements and operational programmes under the Union funds.



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2. The recovery and resilience plans shall be consistent with the relevant

2. The recovery and resilience plans shall be consistent with the country-

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country-specific challenges and priorities identified in the context of the European Semester, in particular those relevant for or resulting from the green and digital transition. The recovery and resilience plans shall also be consistent with the information included by the Member States in the national reform programmes under the European Semester, in their national energy and climate plans and updates thereof under the Regulation (EU)2018/199921 , in the territorial just transition plans under the Just Transition Fund22 , and in the partnership agreements and operational programmes under the Union funds.

specific challenges and priorities relevant to the achievement of the objectives referred to in Article 3 identified in the context of the European Semester, the European Pillar of Social Rights and the Sustainable Development Goals, the national reform programmes, the national energy and climate plans, the just transition plans, the partnership agreements, operational programmes adopted under the Union funds and/or in actions related to the implementation of Union law and policies, in particular those relevant for or resulting from the green, just and digital transition.



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2. The recovery and resilience plans shall be consistent with the relevant country-specific challenges and priorities identified in the context of the European Semester, in particular those relevant for or resulting from the green and digital transition. The recovery and resilience plans shall also be consistent with the information included by the Member States in the national reform programmes under the European Semester, in their national energy and climate plans and updates thereof under the Regulation (EU)2018/199921 , in the territorial just transition plans under the Just Transition Fund22 , and in the partnership agreements

2. The recovery and resilience plans shall be consistent with the relevant country-specific challenges and priorities identified in the context of the European Semester, in particular those relevant for or resulting from the green and digital transition knowledge based economy. The recovery and resilience plans shall also be consistent with the information included by the Member States in the national reform programmes under the European Semester, in their national energy and climate plans and updates thereof under the Regulation (EU)2018/199921 , in the territorial just transition plans under the Just Transition Fund22 , and in the partnership agreements

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and operational programmes under the Union funds.

and operational programmes under the Union funds.



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2. The recovery and resilience plans shall be consistent with the relevant annual country-specific challenges and priorities identified in the context of the European Semester, in particular those relevant for or resulting from the green and digital transition. The recovery and resilience plans shall also be consistent with the information included by the Member States in the national reform programmes under the European Semester, in their national energy and climate plans and updates thereof under the Regulation (EU)2018/199921 , in the territorial just transition plans under the Just Transition Fund22 , and in the partnership agreements and operational programmes under the Union funds.



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Amendment 882Evelyn Regner, Frances Fitzgerald, Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Aurore Lalucq, Gabriele Bischoff, Pina Picierno

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2. The recovery and resilience plans shall be consistent with the relevant country-specific challenges and priorities identified in the context of the European Semester, in particular those relevant for or resulting from the green, care and digital transition. The recovery and resilience plans shall also be consistent with the information included by the Member States in the national reform programmes under the European Semester, in their national energy and climate plans and updates thereof under the Regulation (EU)2018/199921 , in the territorial just transition plans under the Just Transition Fund22 , and in the partnership agreements and operational programmes under the Union funds.



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2. The recovery and resilience plans shall be consistent with the relevant country-specific challenges and priorities identified in the context of the European Semester, in particular those relevant for or resulting from the green and digital transition. The recovery and resilience plans shall also be consistent with the information included by the Member States

2. The recovery and resilience plans shall be consistent with the relevant country-specific challenges and priorities identified in the context of the European Semester, in particular those relevant for the European priority areas enlisted under Article 3. The recovery and resilience plans shall also be consistent with the information included by the

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in the national reform programmes under the European Semester, in their national energy and climate plans and updates thereof under the Regulation (EU)2018/199921 , in the territorial just transition plans under the Just Transition Fund22 , and in the partnership agreements and operational programmes under the Union funds.

Member States in the national reform programmes under the European Semester, in their national energy and climate plans and updates thereof under the Regulation (EU)2018/199921 , in the territorial just transition plans under the Just Transition Fund22 , and in the partnership agreements and operational programmes under the Union funds.



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2. The recovery and resilience plans shall be consistent with the relevant country-specific challenges and priorities and shall be in line with the objectives laid down in Article 3, and the implementation [of the Action Plan of the] European Pillar of Social Rights. The recovery and resilience plans shall also be consistent with the information included by the Member States in the national reform programmes under the European Semester, in their national energy and climate plans and updates thereof under the Regulation (EU)2018/199921, in the territorial just transition plans under the Just Transition Fund22 , and in the partnership agreements and operational programmes under the Union funds.

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Amendment 885Younous OmarjeeProposal for a regulationArticle 14 – paragraph 2 – point 1 (new)


(1) The recovery and resilience plans shall not finance road infrastructure projects which have already been financed from ERDF funds in the 2014-2020 programming period.

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Amendment 886Stéphanie Yon-Courtin, Fabienne Keller, Stéphane Séjourné, Pascal Canfin, Gilles Boyer, Valérie Hayer, Marie-Pierre Vedrenne, Stéphane Bijoux, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Ilana Cicurel, Laurence Farreng, Olivier Chastel, Katalin Cseh, Nathalie Loiseau, Linea Søgaard-Lidell, Klemen Grošelj, Sylvie BrunetProposal for a regulationArticle 14 – paragraph 2 a (new)


2a. Reflecting the European Green Deal as Europe’s sustainable growth strategy and the translation of the Union's commitments to achieve climate neutrality by 2050, and to implement the Paris Agreement and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, at least 37 % of the amount of each Recovery and Resilience Plan shall contribute to mainstreaming climate actions.

The Commission shall adopt the relevant methodology, using when relevant the criteria set out in Regulation (EU) 2020/852 on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment, to support Member States in fulfilling this requirement and in

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demonstrating how they significantly decrease the climate friendly investment gap in their economies.

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Amendment 887Csaba MolnárProposal for a regulationArticle 14 – paragraph 2 a (new)


2a. In each Member State 10% of the maximum financial contribution, referred to in Article 10, shall be allocated to municipalities and local governments that shall be provided with a direct access to those resources. Those municipalities and local governments of a Member State

- which have been hit the hardest by the pandemic, taking into account the absolute numbers of COVID-19 cases in the territories concerned,

- and with the lower level of financial opportunities to tackle the challenges of the COVID-19 crisis expressed in the form of the local GDP/capita, shall be given priority.

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2a. By means of a delegated act, the Commission shall adopt the relevant methodology, based on the Regulation (EU) 2020/852 [Regulation on establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment ] to help the Member States to fulfil the 40% and 10% spending targets in Article 14(2).

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2a. By means of a delegated act, the Commission shall adopt the relevant methodology, based on the Regulation (EU) 2020/852 [Regulation on establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment ] to help the Member States to fulfil the 37% and 10% spending targets in Article 14(2).

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Amendment 890Dimitrios Papadimoulison behalf of the GUE/NGL GroupProposal for a regulationArticle 14 – paragraph 2 a (new)


2a. Measures as of 1 February 2020 related to the mitigation of the economic and social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic shall be eligible, provided that they meet the criteria of this Regulation.

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Amendment 891Piernicola PediciniProposal for a regulationArticle 14 – paragraph 2 a (new)


2a. Priority shall as a general rule be given to the regions and territories with the highest unemployment rate within Member States.

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Amendment 892Dragoș Pîslaru, Luis Garicano, Ivars Ijabs, Olivier Chastel, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Clotilde Armand

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Proposal for a regulationArticle 14 – paragraph 2 a (new)


2a. The recovery and resilience plans shall be consistent with the duty to respect and promote the values enshrined in Article 2 TEU.

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Amendment 893Siegfried Mureşan, Esther de Lange, Markus Pieper, José Manuel FernandesProposal for a regulationArticle 14 – paragraph 2 a (new)


2a. The recovery and resilience plans shall contribute to the strengthening of the Single Market.

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Amendment 894Csaba Molnár, Eero HeinäluomaProposal for a regulationArticle 14 – paragraph 2 b (new)


2b. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 26a to set out the arrangements to be taken by Member States for the provisioning of resources from the Facility to municipalities and local governments.

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Amendment 895Dragoș Pîslaru, Luis Garicano, Ivars Ijabs, Olivier Chastel, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Clotilde ArmandProposal for a regulationArticle 14 – paragraph 2 b (new)


2b. The recovery and resilience plans shall contribute to convergence and the

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reduction of regional disparities and in this sense Pan-European projects are particularly encouraged.

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Amendment 896Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Petros Kokkalison behalf of the GUE/NGL GroupProposal for a regulationArticle 14 – paragraph 2 b (new)


2b. At least 50 % of the total request included in each recovery and resilience plan shall contribute to mainstreaming climate and environmental objectives.

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Amendment 897Dimitrios Papadimoulison behalf of the GUE/NGL GroupProposal for a regulationArticle 14 – paragraph 2 c (new)


2c. Investments that do not comply with the ‘do no significant harm’ principle set out in the Regulation (EU) No 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council [EU Taxonomy Regulation], shall not be eligible.

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3. Where a Member States is exempted from the monitoring and assessment of the European Semester on the basis of Article 12 of Regulation (EU) 472/2013, or is subject to surveillance under Council Regulation (EC) No

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332/2002, the provisions set out in this regulation shall be applied to the Member State concerned in relation to the challenges and priorities identified by the measures set out under the regulations thereof.

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3. Where a Member States is exempted from the monitoring and assessment of the European Semester on the basis of Article 12 of Regulation (EU) 472/2013, or is subject to surveillance under Council Regulation (EC) No 332/2002, the provisions set out in this regulation shall be applied to the Member State concerned in relation to the challenges and priorities identified by the measures set out under the regulations thereof.

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3. Where a Member State is exempted from the monitoring and assessment of the European Semester on the basis of Article 12 of Regulation (EU) 472/2013, or is subject to surveillance under Council Regulation (EC) No 332/2002, the provisions set out in this regulation shall be applied to the Member State concerned in relation to the challenges and priorities identified by the measures set out under the regulations thereof. The recovery and resilience plans shall also include effective measures of diverse and indiscriminate support for non-profit civil society organizations, non-profits, independent media and municipalities, regions or other subnational authorities.

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3. Where a Member States is exempted from the monitoring and assessment of the European Semester on the basis of Article 12 of Regulation (EU) 472/2013, or is subject to surveillance under Council Regulation (EC) No 332/2002, the provisions set out in this regulation shall be applied to the Member State concerned in relation to the priorities identified by the Commission and independent experts.

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3a. A Member State that wishes to receive support under the Facility shall involve stakeholders, in particular representatives or authorities of the regional and local level, economic and social partners as well as civil society organisations and other relevant stakeholders, in the preparation of the recovery and resilience plan in accordance with the partnership principle set out in Regulation (EU) No. 1303/2013, especially Article 5 thereof. The same shall apply to municipalities and local governments when they access resources under the Facility directly in accordance with Article 14(1e) of this Regulation.

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3a. This Regulation and the related reforms and investments shall fully observe Article 152 TFEU, and the recovery and resilience plans issued under this Regulation shall respect national practices and institutions including for wage formation. This Regulation and the related reforms and investments shall take duly into account Article 28 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, and accordingly must not affect the right to negotiate, conclude or enforce collective agreements or to take collective action in accordance with national law and

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3a. The national resilience and recovery plans adopted under Article 15 of this Regulation shall be in line with the Union's climate neutrality objective and the EU Taxonomy, and adhere to the Do No Significant Harm principle. No activity and measure implemented under the national resilience and recovery plans should substantially harm the environmental objectives of the EU Taxonomy. Investment related to the extraction, production, processing, distribution, storage, transport, transmission or combustion of fossil fuels shall be excluded.

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Amendment 906Moritz Körner, Nicola BeerProposal for a regulationArticle 14 – paragraph 3 a (new)


3a. Only Member States that participate in the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) and Member States that request until 31 December 2020 to join the EPPO shall be eligible to receive support under the Facility.

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Amendment 907Jonás Fernández, Costas MavridesProposal for a regulationArticle 14 – paragraph 3 a (new)

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3a. Member States may update their annual recovery and resilience plans by 15 October in accordance with Article 18 of this Regulation.

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Amendment 908Ernest Urtasun, Damian Boeselageron behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupProposal for a regulationArticle 14 – paragraph 3 b (new)


3b. Recovery and resilience plans shall be consistent with the Financial Regulation rules on conflict of interest with relation to the implementation of the EU budget, in particular Article 61 thereof. The Commission may utilise ICT systems to identify and pursue conflicts of interests in relation to the implementation of measures under this Facility.

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Amendment 909Ernest Urtasun, Damian Boeselageron behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupProposal for a regulationArticle 14 – paragraph 3 c (new)


3c. Where the green and open digital transitions entail inevitable job losses, the Facility shall also be available to support measures that protect and assist affected workers.

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Amendment 910Costas Mavrides, Eider Gardiazabal Rubial, Jonás FernándezProposal for a regulationArticle 14 a (new)

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Article 14a

Exclusion from the scope of support

The RRF shall not support activities and investments:

(a) listed in Annex V point B of the InvestEU Programme;

(b) listed in Article 6 of the European Regional Development Fund;

(c) support of activities of companies in sectors covered by the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) if no green transition plans are in place;

(d) Support of companies registered in the EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes, following the Commission Recommendation C(2020) 4885 final*** ;

(e) Support of companies with track records of environmental, human and workers’ rights abuse and violations, or corruption. (t) Support of large undertakings in the meaning of Directive 2013/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council** on the annual financial statements, consolidated financial statements and related reports of certain types of undertakings, that do not provide binding transition plans, elaborating how they align their economic activities to the Union's climate and environmental objectives, including plans of the phase-out of activities causing significant harm to any environmental objective and the transformation of such activities into neutral or low impact activities within a pre-defined timeframe. The plans should also include quality job maintenance measures, gender equality and Corporate Social Responsibility targets;

(f) Undertakings that do not commit to restrictions on dividend payments, senior

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pay and share buy-backs during the period of the support;

(g) Support for operations of companies having a consolidated net turnover of or exceeding EUR 750 000 000 that do not commit to a report on income tax information, broken down by tax jurisdiction and for each jurisdiction in which the undertaking operates, on an annual basis and publicly available. (number of employees, assets, turnover, profit or loss before income tax, tax accrued, tax paid, accumulated earnings, stated capital, public subsidies received). [Companies covered by this reporting requirement shall be allowed one or more specific items of information required in public country by country reports to be temporarily omitted when they are of a nature such that their disclosure would be seriously prejudicial to the commercial position of the companies; such omission shall not prevent a fair and balanced understanding of the tax position of the company and shall be duly justified."]

(h) support of activities of large companies in the meaning of Directive 2013/34/EU that have reportable arrangements under the Council Directive (EU) 2018/822* in relation to reportable cross-border arrangements, unless such entities commit to repeal the reportable arrangements concerned within twelve months from the financial support reception.

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Amendment 911Piernicola PediciniProposal for a regulationArticle 14 a (new)


Article 14a

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shall not support:

(a) the decommissioning or the construction of nuclear power stations;

(b) the production, processing, distribution, storage or combustion of fossil fuels;

(c) facilities for the disposal of waste in landfill;

(d) facilities for the combustion of waste;

(e) activities causing significant harm to any of the environmental objectives set out in Article 9 of Regulation (EU) 2020/852 in accordance with Article 17 thereof.

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Amendment 912Eero Heinäluoma, Evelyn RegnerProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 1


1. A Member State wishing to receive support under the Facility shall submit to the Commission a recovery and resilience plan as defined in Article 14(1).

1. A Member State wishing to receive support under the Facility shall submit to the Commission a recovery and resilience plan as defined in Article 14(1), the execution of which will be in full compliance with EU legislation, in particular Directive 2014/24/EU on public procurement.

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1a. A Member State wishing to receive support under the Facility shall establish a multilevel dialogue, in which local authorities, social partners, civil society organisations including environmental and other NGOs, other relevant

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stakeholders and the general public are able to actively engage and discuss the preparation and the implementation of the recovery and resilience plan. The organisation and implementation of partnership shall be carried out in accordance with Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 240/2014.

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1a. After the Commission makes available for allocation the amount referred to in Article 11(2) a Member State shall, when relevant, update and submit to the Commission, the recovery and resilience plan referred to in paragraph 1 to take into account the updated maximum financial contribution calculated in accordance with Article 10(2).

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Amendment 915Eva Maydell, Lídia Pereira, Isabel Benjumea Benjumea, Danuta Maria HübnerProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 2


2. The recovery and resilience plan presented by the Member State concerned shall constitute an annex to its National Reform Programme and shall be officially submitted at the latest by 30 April. A draft plan may be submitted by Member State starting from 15 October of the preceding year, together with the draft budget of the subsequent year.


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resilience plan shall be approved by the national parliament of the Member State concerned.

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2. The recovery and resilience plan presented by the Member State concerned shall constitute an annex to its National Reform Programme and shall be officially submitted at the latest by 30 April. A draft plan may be submitted by Member State starting from 15 October of the preceding year, together with the draft budget of the subsequent year. Such draft plan is submitted to the attention of national social partners for consultation not later than the next February and social partners will have at least 30 days to react in writing.

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2. The recovery and resilience plan presented by the Member State concerned shall constitute an annex to its National Reform Programme and shall be officially submitted at the latest by 30 April 2021. The recovery and resilience plan may be submitted separately from the National Reform Programme. A draft plan may be submitted in advance For the purpose of updates to national recovery and resilience plans, in accordance with Articles 11(2) and 18, the Commission shall establish a timetable by 31

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Amendment 918Stéphanie Yon-Courtin, Fabienne Keller, Stéphane Séjourné, Pascal Canfin, Gilles Boyer, Valérie Hayer, Marie-Pierre Vedrenne, Stéphane Bijoux, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Ilana Cicurel, Laurence Farreng, Olivier Chastel, Martin Hojsík, Klemen Grošelj, Sylvie BrunetProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 2



2. The recovery and resilience plan presented by the Member State concerned shall constitute an annex to its latest National Reform Programme, taking into account the most recent Council recommendation on the economic policy of the euro area for Member States whose currency is the euro, and shall be officially submitted at the latest by 30 April. A draft plan may be submitted by Member State starting from 15 October of the preceding year, together with the draft budget of the subsequent year.

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2. The annual recovery and resilience plans presented by the Member State concerned shall constitute an annex to its annual National Reform Programme and shall be officially submitted at the latest by 30 April.

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Amendment 920Marian-Jean Marinescu, Mircea-Gheorghe Hava

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2. The recovery and resilience plan presented by the Member State concerned shall be officially submitted at the latest by three months from entering in force of this Regulation. A draft plan may be submitted by Member State starting from15 October 2020.

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2a. A Member State wishing to receive support under the Facility shall establish a multilevel dialogue, in which municipalities, local and regional authorities, social partners, civil society organisations, in particular youth organisations, and other relevant stakeholders and the general public are able actively to engage and discuss the preparation and the implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Plans. The draft plan shall be submitted to the attention of local and regional authorities, social partners, civil society organisations, in particular youth organisations, and other relevant stakeholders and the general public for consultation at least 3months before the date of submission to the Commission and social partners will have at least 30 days to react in writing, in accordance with the principle of partnership.

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Amendment 922Aurore Lalucq, Eero HeinäluomaProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 2 a (new)


2a. A Member State wishing to receive support under the Facility shall establish a multilevel dialogue, in which local authorities, social partners, civil society organisations including environmental and other NGOs, other relevant stakeholders and the general public are able to actively engage and discuss the preparation and the implementation of the recovery and resilience plan. The organisation and implementation of partnership shall be carried out in accordance with Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 240/2014.

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Amendment 923Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Petros Kokkalison behalf of the GUE/NGL GroupProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 2 a (new)


2a. The recovery and resilience plan shall be drawn up based on multilevel, meaningful and inclusive consultations with local and regional authorities, social partners, employees, local communities, civil society organisations and all other relevant stakeholders both at national and at regional level.

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2a. The draft plan shall be submitted to the attention of local and regional authorities, national social partners, civil society organisations and other relevant stakeholders for consultation.

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2a. The recovery and resilience plan presented by the Member State concerned shall be drawn up with the support of regional and local authorities and shall reflect their preferences.

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Amendment 926Stefan Berger, Sara Skyttedal, Petri Sarvamaa, Markus Pieper, Niclas HerbstProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – introductory part


3. The recovery and resilience plan shall be duly reasoned and substantiated. It shall in particular set out the following elements:

3. The recovery and resilience plan shall be duly reasoned and substantiated including a statement that funds drawn from the Facility will not be used for projects being part of the strategic investment plans of third countries. It shall in particular set out the following elements:

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Amendment 927Fabio Massimo Castaldo, Tiziana Beghin, Mario FuroreProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point a


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relevant country-specific challenges and priorities identified in the context of the European Semester are expected to be addressed;

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Amendment 928Antonio Maria Rinaldi, Anna Bonfrisco, Francesca Donato, Valentino Grant, Marco ZanniProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point a


(a) an explanation of the way the relevant country-specific challenges and priorities identified in the context of the European Semester are expected to be addressed;

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(a) a detailed explanation of the way the plan complies with the minimum allocation shares referred to in Article 14 (1a), and the consistency with the relevant country-specific challenges and priorities identified in the context of the 2020 European Semester, as well as the objectives of the European Green Deal, national energy and climate plans and updates thereof under the Regulation (EU)2018/1999, the EU Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025, and the territorial just transition plans under the Just Transition Fund;

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Amendment 930Siegfried Mureşan, Esther de Lange, Markus Ferber, Markus Pieper, José Manuel Fernandes

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Proposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point a



(a) justification on how the relevant country-specific challenges and priorities identified in the context of the European Semester, including fiscal aspects thereof, and challenges related to Article 6 of Regulation (EU) No 1176/2011 are addressed; for euro area countries particular attention shall be given to the relevant recommendations for the euro area as endorsed by the Council;

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Amendment 931Stéphanie Yon-Courtin, Fabienne Keller, Stéphane Séjourné, Pascal Canfin, Gilles Boyer, Valérie Hayer, Marie-Pierre Vedrenne, Stéphane Bijoux, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Ilana Cicurel, Laurence Farreng, Olivier Chastel, Martin Hojsík, Klemen Grošelj, Sylvie BrunetProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point a



(a) an explanation of the way the relevant country-specific challenges and priorities identified in the context of the European Semester, and in the most recent Council recommendation on the economic policy of the euro area for Member States whose currency is the euro, are expected to be addressed;

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Amendment 932Jessica Polfjärd, Jörgen WarbornProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point a



(a) an explanation of the way the relevant country-specific challenges and priorities identified in the context of the European Semester, including fiscal aspects thereof and challenges related to

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Article 6 of Regulation (EU) No 1176/2011, are expected to be addressed;

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Amendment 933Johan Van OvertveldtProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point a



(a) an explanation of the way the relevant country-specific challenges and priorities identified in the context of the European Semester, including fiscal aspects, are expected to be addressed;

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(a) an explanation of how the plan and the measures included in the plan are expected to effectively contribute to the scope set out in Article 3 and to the objectives set out in Article 4;

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Amendment 935José GusmãoProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point a



(a) an explanation of the way the relevant country-specific challenges and priorities identified in the context of the objectives laid down in Articles 3 and 4 are expected to be addressed;

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Amendment 936Jonás Fernández, Costas Mavrides

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Proposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point a



(a) an explanation of the way the annual country-specific challenges and priorities identified in the context of the European Semester are expected to be addressed;

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Amendment 937Markus Ferber, Siegfried MureşanProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point a



(a) an explanation of the way the relevant country-specific challenges and priorities identified in the context of the European Semester are addressed;

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Amendment 938Siegfried Mureşan, Esther de Lange, Markus Ferber, Markus Pieper, José Manuel FernandesProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point a a (new)


(aa) the measures considered as aligned with the country-specific recommendations, which shall be prioritised;

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Amendment 939Siegfried Mureşan, Esther de Lange, Markus Ferber, Markus Pieper, José Manuel FernandesProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point a b (new)

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(ab) in case a Member State is experiencing imbalances or excessive imbalances as concluded by the Commission after an in-depth review, an explanation of the way the recommendations made under Article 6 of Regulation (EU) No 1176/2011 are to be addressed;

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Amendment 940Siegfried Mureşan, Esther de Lange, Markus Ferber, Markus Pieper, José Manuel FernandesProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point a c (new)


(ac) an explanation on how the plans would contribute to the strengthening of the Single Market;

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Amendment 941Gunnar Beck, Joachim KuhsProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point b


(b) an explanation of how the plan strengthens the growth potential, job creation and economic and social resilience of the Member State concerned, mitigates the economic and social impact of the crisis, and its contribution to enhance economic, social and territorial cohesion and convergence;

(b) an explanation of how the plan strengthens the growth potential and economic, budgetary and social resilience of the Member State concerned, mitigates the economic and social impact of the crisis, and its contribution to enhance economic, social and territorial cohesion and convergence; this explanation shall include a binding commitment of the Member State concerned to increase its contribution to the EU budget in the next MFF pro rata of its estimated increase in GDP as a result of the implementation of the plan;

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Amendment 942Costas Mavrides, Eider Gardiazabal Rubial, Jonás FernándezProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point b



(b) an explanation of how the plan strengthens the well-being and quality of life of its citizens, the growth potential, job creation, social progress and economic and social resilience of the Member State concerned, contributes to the implementation of the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights, decreases inequality, mitigates the economic and social impact of the crisis, and its contribution to enhance economic, social and territorial cohesion and convergence;

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(b) an explanation of how the plan contributes to the objectives set out in Articles 4;

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Amendment 944Johan Van OvertveldtProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point b


(b) an explanation of how the plan strengthens the growth potential, job

(b) an explanation of how the plan strengthens the growth potential, job

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creation and economic and social resilience of the Member State concerned, mitigates the economic and social impact of the crisis, and its contribution to enhance economic, social and territorial cohesion and convergence;

creation and economic and social resilience of the Member State concerned, mitigates the economic and social impact of the crisis, and its contribution to enhance economic, social and territorial cohesion and convergence; and to the achievement of sound medium-term budgetary positions which ensures the sustainability of public finances or a rapid progress towards such sustainability;

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Amendment 945Margarida Marques, Marc Angel, Pedro MarquesProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point b



(b) an explanation of how the plan strengthens the growth potential, job creation and economic and social resilience of the Member State concerned, promotes the well-functioning of the internal market, mitigates the economic and social impact of the crisis, promotes the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights, and its contribution to enhance economic, social and territorial cohesion and convergence;

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Amendment 946Aurore Lalucq, Evelyn RegnerProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point b



(b) an explanation of how the plan strengthens the accelerated development of activities compatible with the Paris agreement on the climate and reduction of activities that are not, job creation and economic and social resilience of the Member State concerned, mitigates the economic and social impact of the crisis, and its contribution to enhance economic, social and territorial cohesion and

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Amendment 947Roberts Zīle, Johan Van OvertveldtProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point b



(b) an explanation of how the plan strengthens the growth potential and long-term competitiveness, job creation and economic and social resilience of the Member State concerned, promotes the development of cross-border transport infrastructures, mitigates the economic and social impact of the crisis, and its contribution to enhance economic, social and territorial cohesion and convergence;

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Amendment 948Stefan Berger, Sara Skyttedal, Petri Sarvamaa, Markus Pieper, Niclas HerbstProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point b



(b) an explanation of the European added-value of the measures envisaged, and in particular how the plan strengthens the growth potential, job creation and economic and social resilience of the Member State concerned, mitigates the economic and social impact of the crisis, particularly for SMEs, and its contribution to enhance economic, social and territorial cohesion and convergence;

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Amendment 949Eero Heinäluoma, Evelyn Regner, Niels Fuglsang, Joachim Schuster, Csaba MolnárProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point b


(b) an explanation of how the plan (b) an explanation of how the plan

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strengthens the growth potential, job creation and economic and social resilience of the Member State concerned, mitigates the economic and social impact of the crisis, and its contribution to enhance economic, social and territorial cohesion and convergence;

strengthens the growth potential, the long-term competitiveness, sustainable job creation and economic and social resilience of the Member State concerned, mitigates the economic and social impact of the crisis ensuring no one is left behind, and its contribution to enhance economic productivity, social and territorial cohesion and convergence;

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Amendment 950Piernicola PediciniProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point b



(b) an explanation of how the plan strengthens the growth potential, job creation and economic and social resilience of the Member State concerned, mitigates the economic and social impact of the crisis in the regions and territories with the highest unemployment rate within Member States, and its contribution to enhance economic, social and territorial cohesion and convergence;

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Amendment 951Agnès EvrenProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point b



(b) an explanation of how the plan strengthens the strategic autonomy of the Union, competitiveness, growth potential, in particular for SMEs, job creation and economic and social resilience of the Member State concerned, mitigates the economic and social impact of the crisis, and its contribution to enhance economic, social and territorial cohesion and convergence;

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Amendment 952Jessica Polfjärd, Jörgen WarbornProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point b



(b) an explanation, backed by scientific economic studies, of how the plan strengthens the growth potential, job creation and economic and social resilience of the Member State concerned, mitigates the economic and social impact of the crisis, and its contribution to enhance economic, social and territorial cohesion and convergence;

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Amendment 953Sirpa Pietikäinenon behalf of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender EqualityProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point b



(b) an explanation of how the plan strengthens the growth potential gender responsive, job creation and economic and social resilience of the Member State concerned, mitigates the economic and social impact of the crisis, and its contribution to enhance economic, social and territorial cohesion and convergence and gender equality;

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Amendment 954Sirpa PietikäinenProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point b


(b) an explanation of how the plan strengthens the growth potential, job creation and economic and social resilience of the Member State concerned, mitigates the economic and social impact of the

(b) an explanation of how the plan strengthens the green growth potential, job creation and economic and social resilience of the Member State concerned, mitigates the economic and social impact of the

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crisis, and its contribution to enhance economic, social and territorial cohesion and convergence;

crisis, and its contribution to sustainable transition and to enhance economic, social and territorial cohesion and convergence;

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Amendment 955Enikő Győri, Danuta Maria Hübner, Inese Vaidere, Tamás Deutsch, Eugen JurzycaProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point b



(b) an explanation of how the plan strengthens the growth potential, job creation and economic and social resilience of the Member State concerned, reduces the infrastructural gap, mitigates the economic and social impact of the crisis, and its contribution to enhance economic, social and territorial cohesion and convergence;

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Amendment 956Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Petros Kokkalison behalf of the GUE/NGL GroupProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point b



(b) an explanation of how at least 50 % of the amount requested for the plan is expected to contribute to mainstreaming climate and environmental objectives;

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Amendment 957José GusmãoProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point b


(b) an explanation of how the plan (b) an explanation of how the plan

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strengthens the growth potential, job creation and economic and social resilience of the Member State concerned, mitigates the economic and social impact of the crisis, and its contribution to enhance economic, social and territorial cohesion and convergence;

contributes to address the above-mentioned objectives, thereby mitigating the economic and social impact of the crisis, and its contribution to enhance economic, social and territorial cohesion and convergence;

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(b) an explanation of how the plan strengthens the growth potential, job creation and economic and social resilience of the Member State concerned, mitigates the economic and social impact of the crisis, particularly for SMEs, and its contribution to enhance economic, social and territorial cohesion and convergence;

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Amendment 959Markus Ferber, Siegfried MureşanProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point b



(b) an explanation of how the plan strengthens the growth potential and long-term competitiveness, job creation and economic resilience of the Member State concerned, mitigates the economic and social impact of the crisis, and its contribution to enhance economic, social and territorial cohesion and convergence;

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Amendment 960Evelyn Regner, Frances Fitzgerald, Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Aurore Lalucq, Margarida Marques, Marc Angel, Paul Tang, Joachim Schuster, Kira Marie Peter-Hansen, Gabriele Bischoff, Pina PiciernoProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point b

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(b) an explanation of how the plan strengthens the growth potential, gender- responsive job creation and economic and social resilience of the Member State concerned, mitigates the economic and social impact of the crisis, and its contribution to enhance economic, social and territorial cohesion and convergence;

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Amendment 961Erik BergkvistProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point b



(b) an explanation of how the plan strengthens the growth potential, job creation and economic and social resilience of the Member State concerned, mitigates the economic and social impact of the crisis, and its contribution to enhance economic, social and territorial cohesion, gender equality and convergence;

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Amendment 962Karlo Ressler, Tomislav SokolProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point b



(b) an explanation of how the plan strengthens the growth potential, job creation and economic, territorial and social resilience of the Member State concerned, mitigates the economic, social and demographic impact of the crisis, and its contribution to enhance economic, social and territorial cohesion and convergence.

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Amendment 963Pedro Marques, Pedro Silva Pereira, Margarida Marques, Costas MavridesProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point b



(b) an explanation of how the plan strengthens the growth potential, job creation and economic, social and demographic resilience of the Member State concerned, mitigates the economic and social impact of the crisis, and its contribution to enhance economic, social and territorial cohesion and convergence;

Or. en

Amendment 964Younous OmarjeeProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)


(ba) an explanation of how the plan aims to reduce disparities between the levels of development in the various regions and the backwardness of the least favoured regions, and how resources and particular attention are devoted to rural areas, areas affected by industrial transition, and regions which suffer from severe and permanent natural or demographic handicaps;

Or. fr

Amendment 965Ernest Urtasun, Damian Boeselageron behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)


(ba) an explanation of how the measures in the plan are expected to address deficiencies as regards the values enshrined in Article 2 TEU;

Or. en

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Amendment 966Ernest Urtasun, Damian Boeselageron behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point b b (new)


(bb) an explanation of how the measures in the plan are expected to effectively and indiscriminately support non-profit civil society organisations and non-profit organisations, independent media and municipalities, regions or other subnational authorities in the Member State;

Or. en

Amendment 967Gunnar Beck, Joachim KuhsProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point c


(c) an explanation of how the measures in the plan are expected to contribute to the green and the digital transitions or to the challenges resulting from them;

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Amendment 968Ernest Urtasun, Damian Boeselageron behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point c



(c) an explanation of how the measures in the plan are expected to contribute to the green transition by fostering the Union climate and environment objectives, and in particular whether at least 40% of the estimated total cost of all the recovery and resilience plans is allocated to activities substantially contributing to climate change mitigation or adaptation pursuant

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to Articles 10 and 11 of Regulation (EU) 2020/852 and at least 10% of the estimated total cost of all the recovery and resilience plans is be allocated to activities substantially contributing to any of the other environmental objectives under that Regulation and a demonstration that the envisaged reform sand investments included in the plan comply with the 'do no significant harm 'principle. For the purpose of monitoring compliance with the justification on the allocation targets referred to in this paragraph as well as with the do not harm principle, the plans shall contain a detailed list of economic activities expected to be supported by the Facility;.

Or. en

Amendment 969Sirpa PietikäinenProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point c



(c) an explanation of how the measures in the plan are expected to contribute to the green and the digital transitions or to the challenges resulting from them, including an explanation on;

(i) their consistency with the EU’s climate neutrality objective and inter-mediate targets as set out in Article 2 of Regulation … [European Climate Law];

(ii) their contribution to the achievement of the EU and national objectives and targets as provided in the Regulation2018/1999 (European Climate Law);

(iii) their planned use for the implementation of the integrated national energy and climate plan and the Commission’s recommendations on the integrated national energy and climate plan;

(iv) their contribution into an update of

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the integrated national energy and climate plan referred to in Article 14 of the Regulation 2018/1999 to increase its ambition;

Or. en

Amendment 970José GusmãoProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point c



(c) an explanation of how the measures in the plan are expected to contribute to the achievement of the targets laid down in the Paris Agreement, as well as addressing the objectives of the UN SDGs and the European Pillar of Social Rights, including how the plan improve the country-based performance under the Social Scoreboard;

Or. en

Amendment 971Costas Mavrides, Eider Gardiazabal Rubial, Jonás FernándezProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point c



(c) an explanation of how the measures in the plan are expected to contribute to the green and the digital transitions or to the challenges resulting from them in particular the need to ensure a fair transitions for workers affected by such transitions and their participation in this transition;

Or. en

Amendment 972Piernicola PediciniProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point c


(c) an explanation of how the measures (c) an explanation of how the measures

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in the plan are expected to contribute to the green and the digital transitions or to the challenges resulting from them;

in the plan are expected to contribute to the green transition or to the challenges resulting from it, including an explanation of the adherence to the principle of ‘do no significant harm’ referred to in Regulation (EU) No 2020/852;

Or. en

Amendment 973Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Petros Kokkalison behalf of the GUE/NGL GroupProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point c



(c) an explanation of how local and regional authorities, social partners, employees, local communities, civil society organisations and all other relevant stakeholders both at national and at regional level have been substantially consulted;

Or. en

Amendment 974Sirpa Pietikäinenon behalf of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender EqualityProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point c



(c) an explanation of how the measures in the plan are expected to contribute to the green and digital transitions, as well as the transition towards a resilient care economy, or to address the challenges resulting from them;

Or. en

Amendment 975Johan Van Overtveldt, Roberts ZīleProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point c

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(c) where appropriate, an explanation of how the measures in the plan are expected to contribute to the green and the digital transitions or to the challenges resulting from them;

Or. en

Amendment 976Evelyn Regner, Frances Fitzgerald, Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Aurore Lalucq, Gabriele Bischoff, Pina PiciernoProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point c



(c) an explanation of how the measures in the plan are expected to contribute to the green, care and the digital transitions or to the challenges resulting from them;

Or. en

Amendment 977Sirpa Pietikäinenon behalf of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender EqualityProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)


(ca) a national gender equality plan for recovery, in-line with the objectives outlined in the Gender Equality Strategy, to effectively address the negative impact of the crisis on gender equality, in particular by ensuring job creation for women, the reduction of the gender pay gap and access to credit for women entrepreneurs, including measures to prevent and combat gender-based and domestic violence and sexual harassment; the national gender equality plan shall be developed and implemented in coordination with the relevant national gender equality bodies and in consultation with women’s rights organisations and gender budgeting

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experts;Or. en

Amendment 978Dragoș Pîslaru, Luis Garicano, Ivars Ijabs, Olivier Chastel, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Clotilde ArmandProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)


(ca) an explanation of how the recovery and resilience plan adheres to the minimum allocation set in Article 14(1) for the European priority areas listed in Article 3, namely: 37% of the allocated amount for mainstreaming climate objectives for achieving the most recent Union’s 2030 climate targets and complying with the objective of EU climate neutrality by 2050; at least 20% of the amount of the plan is allocated to the digital European priority area; and at least 20% of the amount of the plan is allocated to the Next Generation European priority area;

Or. en

Amendment 979Paul Tang, Evelyn Regner, Joachim Schuster, Eero Heinäluoma, Bas Eickhout, Niels FuglsangProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)


(ca) an explanation of how the measures in the plan are expected to contribute the implementation of the commitments of the Union and of its Members States, in particular the Paris Agreement, the UN SDGs, gender mainstreaming and the European Pillar of Social Rights; in doing so, Member States should, wherever possible, disclose the climate, environmental and social impact for the measures in the plan;

Or. en

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Amendment 980Ernest Urtasun, Damian Boeselageron behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)


(ca) an explanation of how the measures in the plan are expected to contribute to the transition towards an open and accessible digital society and economy, as well as an explanation of how the measures respect the principles of interoperability, energy efficiency, data protection, the promotion of digital equality, digital accessibility, open software and open hardware solutions and personal data;

Or. en

Amendment 981Sirpa PietikäinenProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)


(ca) an explanation of how the measures in the plan are expected to contribute the implementation of the commitments of the Union and of its Members States, in particular the Paris Agreement, the UN SDGs, gender mainstreaming and the European Pillar of Social Rights; in doing so, Member States should disclose the climate, environmental and social impact for the measures in the plan;

Or. en

Amendment 982Martin HojsíkProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)

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(ca) a detailed explanation of how the measures contribute to the achievement of the climate and environment objectives of the EU, notably the transition towards achieving the Union’s 2030 climate targets and complying with the objective of EU climate neutrality by 2050 in accordance with the Regulation XXXX/XX (European Climate Law), including information on how:

Or. en

Amendment 983Piernicola PediciniProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)


(ca) an explanation of how the measures in the plan are expected to contribute to the digital transition or to the challenges resulting from it, including, where applicable, an explanation of the proportionate mitigating measures to address the health risks related to the rollout of the new generation of digital technologies, such as 5G;

Or. en

Amendment 984Agnès EvrenProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)


(ca) an explanation of how the measures provided for in the plan are likely to contribute effectively to the objectives of the Union’s policies, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the European Pillar of Social Rights, the Paris Agreement and the strengthening and deepening of the

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Single Market;Or. fr

Amendment 985Evelyn Regner, Frances Fitzgerald, Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Aurore Lalucq, Margarida Marques, Marc Angel, Paul Tang, Joachim Schuster, Gabriele Bischoff, Pina PiciernoProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)


(ca) a national gender equality plan for recovery to effectively address gender issues emerging in the crisis, ensure gender sensitive employment and credit access equality, including measures to prevent and combat gender- based and domestic violence;

Or. en

Amendment 986Aurore LalucqProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)


(ca) Explanation will be provided on the measures taken to ensure that the implementation of the remaining 70 % of the amount requested will not harm the climate and biodiversity action, and environmental sustainability;

Or. en

Amendment 987Costas Mavrides, Eider Gardiazabal Rubial, Jonás FernándezProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)


(ca) an explanation of how the measures in the plan are respecting the “do no significant harm” principle in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/2088;

Or. en

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Amendment 988Stéphanie Yon-Courtin, Fabienne Keller, Stéphane Séjourné, Pascal Canfin, Gilles Boyer, Valérie Hayer, Marie-Pierre Vedrenne, Stéphane Bijoux, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Ilana Cicurel, Laurence Farreng, Olivier Chastel, Katalin Cseh, Nathalie Loiseau, Klemen Grošelj, Sylvie BrunetProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)


(ca) an explanation of how the measures in the plan are expected to contribute to the strengthening of the Union's strategic autonomy;

Or. en

Amendment 989Linea Søgaard-LidellProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)


(ca) an explanation of how the measures in the plan are expected to contribute to the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals;

Or. en

Amendment 990Ernest Urtasun, Damian Boeselageron behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point c b (new)


(cb) a gender impact assessment of the plan, and a national gender equality plan, in line with the objectives outlined in the Gender Equality Strategy, to effectively address the negative impact of the crisis on gender equality, in particular by ensuring high-quality job creation for women, the reduction of the gender pay gap and access to credit for women entrepreneurs, and through measures to prevent and combat gender-based

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violence and sexual harassment;Or. en

Amendment 991Paul Tang, Evelyn Regner, Joachim Schuster, Eero Heinäluoma, Niels FuglsangProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point c b (new)


(cb) a detailed explanation of how the measures are expected to ensure that the ‘do no significant harm’ principle is obeyed and that at least 40 % of the amount requested for the recovery and resilience plan contribute to mainstreaming climate and biodiversity actions and environmental sustainability objectives based on the methodology provided by the Commission in accordance with Article 14(1);

Or. en

Amendment 992Costas Mavrides, Eider Gardiazabal Rubial, Jonás FernándezProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point c b (new)


(cb) for each measures in the recovery and resilience plan, an explanation of how the Member State applied the climate and biodiversity assessment guidelines and verified that each measures in the recovery and resilience plan do not cause harm to any of the environmental objectives listed in Regulation (EU) 2020/852 in accordance with Article 17 the same Regulation;

Or. en

Amendment 993Aurore Lalucq, Eero Heinäluoma, Evelyn RegnerProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point c b (new)

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(cb) an explanation of how the measures in the plan are expected to contribute the implementation of the commitments of the Union and of its Members States, in particular the Paris Agreement and the Union’s new 2030 climate and energy targets, the UN SDGs, gender mainstreaming and the European Pillar of Social Rights;

Or. en

Amendment 994Agnès EvrenProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point c b (new)


(cb) an explanation of how the investments undertaken in the context of the Recovery and Resilience Plan provide for long-term prosperity of the Union by enabling rapid repayment of loans contracted, thereby avoiding as far as possible a burden for future generations;

Or. fr

Amendment 995Sirpa Pietikäinenon behalf of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender EqualityProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point c b (new)


(cb) an explanation of how the measures in the plan are expected to contribute to the promotion of gender equality and the principle of gender mainstreaming and elimination of gender discrimination or to the challenges resulting from it;

Or. en

Amendment 996Stéphanie Yon-Courtin, Fabienne Keller, Stéphane Séjourné, Pascal Canfin, Gilles

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Boyer, Valérie Hayer, Marie-Pierre Vedrenne, Stéphane Bijoux, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Ilana Cicurel, Laurence Farreng, Olivier Chastel, Katalin Cseh, Nathalie Loiseau, Martin Hojsík, Klemen Grošelj, Sylvie BrunetProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point c b (new)


(cb) an explanation of how the measures in the plan are expected to contribute the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals and to the European Pillar of Social Rights;

Or. en

Amendment 997Sirpa PietikäinenProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point c b (new)


(cb) an explanation of how the measures of the plan respect good governance principles and how funds are safeguarded against possible corruption and illegitimate use;

Or. en

Amendment 998Martin HojsíkProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point c b (new)


(cb) the measures will contribute to achieving the climate mainstreaming target of 37% in each Recovery and Resilience Plan;

Or. en

Amendment 999Costas Mavrides, Eider Gardiazabal Rubial, Jonás FernándezProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point c c (new)

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(cc) a detailed explanation of how the measures are expected to ensure that at least 30 % of the amount requested for the recovery and resilience plan contribute to the implementation of the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights and that none of the reforms and investments supported by the Recovery and Resilience Facility contradict the implementation of the European Pillar of Social rights;

Or. en

Amendment 1000Sirpa PietikäinenProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point c c (new)


(cc) a detailed explanation of how the measures contribute to the achievement of the climate and environment objectives of the EU, notably the transition towards achieving the Union’s 2030 climate targets and complying with the objective of EU climate neutrality by 2050 in accordance with the Regulation XXXX/XX (European Climate Law), including information on how:

Or. en

Amendment 1001Aurore LalucqProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point c c (new)


(cc) a detailed explanation of how the measures are expected to ensure that at least 40 % of the amount requested for the recovery and resilience plan contribute to mainstreaming climate actions and 10%biodiversity actions and environmental sustainability objectives

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based on the methodology provided by the Commission in accordance with Article 14(1);

Or. en

Amendment 1002Stéphanie Yon-Courtin, Fabienne Keller, Stéphane Séjourné, Pascal Canfin, Gilles Boyer, Valérie Hayer, Marie-Pierre Vedrenne, Stéphane Bijoux, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Ilana Cicurel, Laurence Farreng, Olivier Chastel, Katalin Cseh, Nathalie Loiseau, Linea Søgaard-Lidell, Klemen Grošelj, Sylvie BrunetProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point c c (new)


(cc) an explanation of how the measures in the plan are expected to contribute to the climate and environmental objectives of the EU, in particular the achievement of the Union’s updated 2030 climate targets and the objective of climate neutrality by 2050;

Or. en

Amendment 1003Paul Tang, Evelyn Regner, Joachim Schuster, Eero Heinäluoma, Bas Eickhout, Niels FuglsangProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point c c (new)


(cc) an explanation of how the measures of the plan respect good governance principles and how funds are safeguarded against possible corruption and illegitimate use;

Or. en

Amendment 1004Martin HojsíkProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point c c (new)


(cc) the measures will contribute to achieving horizontal 10% biodiversity

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spending target;Or. en

Justification

This amendment would allow for double counting, as reaching the biodiversity target can be facilitated by climate-related expenditure.

Amendment 1005Ernest Urtasun, Damian Boeselageron behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point c c (new)


(cc) a summary of the consultations with stakeholders, as referred to in Article 14(5);

Or. en

Amendment 1006Sirpa Pietikäinenon behalf of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender EqualityProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point c c (new)


(cc) a gender impact assessment that shall inform the measures included in the plan;

Or. en

Amendment 1007Stéphanie Yon-Courtin, Fabienne Keller, Stéphane Séjourné, Pascal Canfin, Gilles Boyer, Valérie Hayer, Marie-Pierre Vedrenne, Stéphane Bijoux, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Ilana Cicurel, Laurence Farreng, Olivier Chastel, Katalin Cseh, Nathalie Loiseau, Linea Søgaard-Lidell, Klemen Grošelj, Sylvie BrunetProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point c d (new)


(cd) a detailed explanation of how the measures are expected to ensure that at least 37 % of the amount requested for the recovery and resilience plan contribute to mainstreaming climate

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objectives based on the methodology provided by the Commission in accordance with Article 14(2a) and a demonstration of how they significantly decrease the national climate friendly investment gap;

Or. en

Amendment 1008Ernest Urtasun, Damian Boeselageron behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point c d (new)


(cd) a justification of the absence conflict of interest with relation to the implementation of the EU budget for all public investments measures contained in the plan;

Or. en

Amendment 1009Martin HojsíkProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point c d (new)


(cd) the measures respect the “do no significant harm” based on the guidelines provided by the Commission in accordance with Article 3;

Or. en

Amendment 1010Sirpa PietikäinenProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point c d (new)


(cd) the measures will contribute to achieving the climate mainstreaming target of 40 % in each Recovery and Resilience Plan;

Or. en

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Amendment 1011Sirpa PietikäinenProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point c e (new)


(ce) the measures will contribute to achieving the 10 % biodiversity spending target;

Or. en

Amendment 1012Sirpa PietikäinenProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point c f (new)


(cf) the measures respect the Do No Significant Harm principle based on the guidelines provided by the Commission in accordance with Article 3;

Or. en

Amendment 1013Elisabetta Gualmini, Paolo De CastroProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point d


(d) envisaged milestones, targets and an indicative timetable for the implementation of the reforms over a maximum period of four years, and of the investments over a maximum period of seven years;

(d) envisaged milestones, targets and an indicative timetable for the implementation of the reforms over a maximum period of seven years; the chosen milestones and targets shall allow for the implementation of infrastructural investments which, due to their inherent size and complexity, may require longer execution periods;

Or. en

Justification

The choice of the relevant milestones and targets shall not hinder or discourage the inclusion in the recovery and resilience plans of infrastructural investments, which, due to their inherent size and complexity, would require longer execution periods.

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Amendment 1014Sirpa PietikäinenProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point d



(d) envisaged science-based and time-bound milestones, targets and an indicative timetable for the implementation of the reforms over a maximum period of four years, and of the investments over a maximum period of seven years;

Or. en

Amendment 1015Siegfried Mureşan, Esther de Lange, Markus Pieper, José Manuel FernandesProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point d



(d) envisaged clear milestones, targets and an indicative timetable for the implementation of the growth enhancing reforms over a maximum period of four years, and of the investments over a maximum period of seven years;

Or. en

Amendment 1016Marian-Jean Marinescu, Mircea-Gheorghe HavaProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point d



(d) envisaged milestones, targets and an indicative timetable for the implementation of the reforms over the period until 31 December 2024, and of the investments over the period until 31 December 2027;

Or. en

Amendment 1017Markus FerberProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point d

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(d) envisaged milestones, targets and an indicative timetable for the implementation of the reforms over a maximum period of two years, and of the investments over a maximum period of seven years;

Or. en

Amendment 1018Fabio Massimo Castaldo, Tiziana Beghin, Mario FuroreProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point d



(d) envisaged milestones, targets and an indicative timetable for the implementation of the reforms over a maximum period of five years, and of the investments over a maximum period of nine years;

Or. en

Amendment 1019Ernest Urtasun, Damian Boeselageron behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point e


(e) the envisaged investment projects, and the related investment period;

(e) the envisaged investment projects, the related investment period, and references to the involvement of private partners, where relevant;

Or. en

Amendment 1020Luis Garicano, Dragoș Pîslaru, Ivars Ijabs, Clotilde Armand, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Olivier ChastelProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point e


(e) the envisaged investment projects, (e) the envisaged investment projects,

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and the related investment period; and the related investment period, as well as the evaluation mechanism referred to in Article 23;

Or. en

Amendment 1021Siegfried Mureşan, Esther de Lange, Markus Pieper, José Manuel FernandesProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point e


(e) the envisaged investment projects, and the related investment period;

(e) the envisaged sustainable investment projects, and the related investment period;

Or. en

Amendment 1022Siegfried Mureşan, Esther de Lange, Markus Pieper, José Manuel FernandesProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point f


(f) the estimated total cost of the reforms and investments covered by the recovery and resilience plan submitted (also referred as ‘estimated total cost of the recovery and resilience plan’) backed up by appropriate justification and how it is commensurate to the expected impact on the economy and employment;

(f) the estimated total cost of the growth enhancing reforms and sustainable investments covered by the recovery and resilience plan submitted (also referred as ‘estimated total cost of the recovery and resilience plan’) backed up by clear justification and how it is in line with the principle of cost-efficiency and commensurate to the expected impact on the economy and employment;

Or. en

Amendment 1023Stefan Berger, Sara Skyttedal, Petri Sarvamaa, Markus Pieper, Niclas HerbstProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point f


(f) the estimated total cost of the reforms and investments covered by the recovery and resilience plan submitted (also referred as ‘estimated total cost of the recovery and resilience plan’) backed up by appropriate justification and how it is

(f) the estimated total cost of the growth enhancing reforms and sustainable investments covered by the recovery and resilience plan submitted (also referred as ‘estimated total cost of the recovery and resilience plan’) backed up

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commensurate to the expected impact on the economy and employment;

by clear justification and how it is in line with the principle of cost-efficiency and commensurate to the expected impact on the economy and employment;

Or. en

Amendment 1024Sirpa PietikäinenProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point f



(f) the estimated total cost of the reforms and investments covered by the recovery and resilience plan submitted (also referred as ‘estimated total cost of the recovery and resilience plan’) backed up by appropriate justification and how it is commensurate to the expected impact on the economy and employment, cost of inaction in terms of environmental and climate transition;

Or. en

Amendment 1025Gunnar Beck, Joachim KuhsProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point f



(f) the estimated total cost of the reforms and investments covered by the recovery and resilience plan submitted (also referred as ‘estimated total cost of the recovery and resilience plan’) backed up by appropriate justification and how it is commensurate to the expected impact on the economy and employment, including their independently assessed probability of failure;

Or. en

Amendment 1026Ernest Urtasun, Damian Boeselageron behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point f

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(f) the estimated total cost of the reform and investment measures contained in the recovery and resilience plan submitted (also referred as ‘estimated total cost of the recovery and resilience plan’) backed up by appropriate justification and how it is in line with principle of cost-efficiency and commensurate to its expected social and economic impact;

Or. en

Amendment 1027Johan Van OvertveldtProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point f



(f) the estimated total cost of the reforms and investments covered by the recovery and resilience plan submitted (also referred as ‘estimated total cost of the recovery and resilience plan’) backed up by appropriate justification that the expected impact on the economy and employment cannot be reached by other more cost-efficient means;

Or. en

Amendment 1028Ernest Urtasun, Damian Boeselageron behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point f a (new)


(fa) the share of the estimated total cost of the recovery and resilience plan referred to in point (f) allocated to sustainable economic activities as defined under Regulation (EU) 2020/852,differentiated per environmental objective;

Or. en

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Amendment 1029Luis Garicano, Dragoș Pîslaru, Ivars Ijabs, Clotilde Armand, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Olivier ChastelProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point f a (new)


(fa) a justification of how the recovery and resilience plan meets the minimum allocation requirements set out in Article 4a;

Or. en

Amendment 1030Margarida Marques, Pedro Marques, Marc AngelProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point g


(g) where relevant, information on existing or planned Union financing;

(g) information on existing or planned Union financing and the link with previous or planned reforms in the framework of the Structural Reform Support Program or Technical Support Instrument;

Or. en

Amendment 1031Margarida Marques, Pedro Marques, Marc AngelProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point g a (new)


(ga) an explanation of how the planned reforms and investments addresses challenges to good and effective public administration and capacity gaps through capacity building;

Or. en

Amendment 1032Costas Mavrides, Eider Gardiazabal Rubial, Jonás FernándezProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point h

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(h) the accompanying measures that may be needed;

(h) the accompanying measures that may be needed in particular to mitigate the negative environmental, economic and social impacts identified and the contribution to enhance economic, social and territorial cohesion and convergence;

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Amendment 1033Isabel Benjumea BenjumeaProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point h



(h) the accompanying measures that may be needed, amongst other issues the reduction of national bureaucracies and increase of public private partnerships;

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Amendment 1034Stefan Berger, Sara Skyttedal, Petri Sarvamaa, Markus Pieper, Niclas HerbstProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point h



(h) the accompanying measures that may be needed including a timetable of all accompanying policy actions;

Or. en

Amendment 1035Costas Mavrides, Eider Gardiazabal Rubial, Jonás FernándezProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point i a (new)


(ia) a summary of the consultations held with the local and regional authorities, social partners, civil society organisations and other relevant stakeholders for the preparation of the recovery and resilience plan and how the

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inputs of local and regional authorities, social partners, civil society organisations and other relevant stakeholders were taken into account and, if the stakeholders wish so, their opinions will be attached to the National Reform Programmes or, when appropriate, to the national recovery and resilience plans and the details, including the relevant milestones and targets, of the consultations and dialogues planned in relation with the implementation of the recovery and resilience plan;

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Amendment 1036Dragoș Pîslaru, Luis Garicano, Ivars Ijabs, Olivier Chastel, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Clotilde ArmandProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point i a (new)


(ia) Information on how the municipalities, local and regional authorities, social partners, civil society organisations, including youth organisations, have been consulted, how their opinion was taken into account, and if the consulted actors wish so, provision of their written contribution;

Or. en

Amendment 1037José GusmãoProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point i a (new)


(ia) a summary of the hearings held with local authorities, social partners and representatives of social movements when elaborating the recovery and resilience plan;

Or. en

Amendment 1038Luis Garicano, Dragoș Pîslaru, Ivars Ijabs, Clotilde Armand, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Olivier

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ChastelProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point i a (new)


(ia) a justification of how the reform commitments represent a comprehensive reform package;

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Amendment 1039Sirpa PietikäinenProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point j


(j) the arrangements for the effective implementation of the recovery and resilience plan by the Member State concerned, including the proposed milestones and targets, and the related indicators;

(j) the arrangements for the effective implementation of the recovery and resilience plan by the Member State concerned, including the proposed time-bound and science-based milestones and targets, and the sustainability indicators, to measure the progress towards environmental objectives and in line with the EU Taxonomy;

Or. en

Amendment 1040Costas Mavrides, Eider Gardiazabal Rubial, Jonás FernándezProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point j



(j) the arrangements for the effective implementation of the recovery and resilience plan by the Member State concerned, including the proposed qualitative and quantitative milestones and targets, and the related indicators, including how the plan improve the country-based performance under the Social Scoreboard;

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Amendment 1041Luis Garicano, Dragoș Pîslaru, Ivars Ijabs, Clotilde Armand, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Olivier

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ChastelProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point j



(j) the arrangements for the effective monitoring and implementation of the recovery and resilience plan by the Member State concerned, including the proposed milestones and targets, and the related indicators;

Or. en

Amendment 1042Siegfried Mureşan, Esther de Lange, Markus Pieper, José Manuel FernandesProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point j



(j) the arrangements for the effective implementation of the recovery and resilience plan by the Member State concerned, including the proposed clear milestones and targets, and the related indicators;

Or. en

Amendment 1043Siegfried Mureşan, Esther de Lange, Markus Pieper, José Manuel FernandesProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point j a (new)


(ja) the arrangements taken by the Member State to protect the EU financial interests, including measures for the prevention, detection, correction and investigation of irregularities and fraud, the recovery of funds lost, wrongly paid or incorrectly used and, where appropriate, the imposition of sanctions; Member States shall make use of IT-tools put at their disposal by the Commission;.

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Amendment 1044Dimitrios Papadimoulison behalf of the GUE/NGL GroupProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point k


(k) where appropriate, the request for loan support and the additional milestones as referred to in Article 12(2) and (3) and the elements thereof ; and

(k) where appropriate, the request for loan support and where applicable, the relevant milestones as referred to in Article 12(2), (3) and (3a) and the elements thereof; and

Or. en

Amendment 1045Siegfried Mureşan, Esther de Lange, Markus Pieper, José Manuel FernandesProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point k


(k) where appropriate, the request for loan support and the additional milestones as referred to in Article 12(2) and (3) and the elements thereof ; and

(k) where appropriate, the request for loan support and the additional clear milestones as referred to in Article 12(2) and (3) and the elements thereof; and

Or. en

Amendment 1046Luis Garicano, Dragoș Pîslaru, Ivars Ijabs, Clotilde Armand, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Olivier ChastelProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point k a (new)


(ka) an explanation of the Member State's plans, systems and concrete measures to prevent, detect and correct conflicts of interest, corruption and fraud when using the funds as derived from this Facility, including those aiming to avoid double funding from other EU programmes;

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Amendment 1047Markus Ferber, Siegfried Mureşan

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Proposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point k a (new)


(ka) information about how the recovery and resilience plan will contribute to sound fiscal policies in the medium and long term, in particular if the recovery and resilience facility encompasses a grant component;

Or. en

Amendment 1048Moritz Körner, Nicola BeerProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point k a (new)


(ka) the commitment to fully cooperate with the European Public Prosecutor's Office;

Or. en

Amendment 1049Markus Ferber, Siegfried Mureşan, Luis GaricanoProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point k b (new)


(kb) information in relation to the question of how the recovery and resilience plan generates European added value;

Or. en

Amendment 1050Luis Garicano, Dragoș Pîslaru, Ivars Ijabs, Clotilde Armand, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Olivier ChastelProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point k b (new)


(kb) a justification of how the recovery and resilience plan is expected to generate

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European added value;Or. en

Amendment 1051Luis Garicano, Dragoș Pîslaru, Ivars Ijabs, Clotilde Armand, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Olivier Chastel, Markus FerberProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point k c (new)


(kc) a justification of how the recovery and resilience plan will not substitute recurring national budgetary expenditure;

Or. en

Amendment 1052Luis Garicano, Dragoș Pîslaru, Ivars Ijabs, Clotilde Armand, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Olivier ChastelProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point k d (new)


(kd) a justification of how the recovery and resilience plan is consistent with the principles EU Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025;

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3a. Before adopting the recovery and resilience plan, Member States shall, where relevant, involve national and regional parliaments and conduct stakeholder consultation, including economic and social partners, representatives of the civil society, experts, research institutions, employers, trade unions, and community-based organisations, in accordance with Article

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Amendment 1054Niels Fuglsang, Eero Heinäluoma, Evelyn Regner, Joachim Schuster, Aurore Lalucq, Pedro MarquesProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 a (new)


3a. assurance that financial assistance should only be provided to undertakings that respect the applicable collective agreements and refrain from making share buybacks, paying dividends to shareholders or distributing excessive bonuses for a period until 31 December 2022 so as to ensure funds go e.g. towards job maintenance rather than rewards to shareholders;

Or. en

Amendment 1055Jonás Fernández, Costas MavridesProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 a (new)


3a. At the latest by 15 October, Member States may submit an update of their annual recovery and resilience plans, together with the draft budget of the subsequent year.

Or. en

Amendment 1056Niels Fuglsang, Eero Heinäluoma, Paul Tang, Joachim Schuster, Evelyn Regner, Aurore Lalucq, Pedro MarquesProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 3 b (new)


3b. recipient undertakings should certify that they are not involved in any reportable tax arrangements under the Directive 2018/822 in relation to cross-

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border arrangements;Or. en

Amendment 1057Antonio Maria Rinaldi, Anna Bonfrisco, Francesca Donato, Valentino Grant, Marco ZanniProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 4


4. In the preparation of proposals for their recovery and resilience plan, Member States may request the Commission to organise an exchange of good practices in order to allow the requesting Member States to benefit from the experience of other Member States. Member States may also request technical support under the Technical Support Instrument in accordance with the regulation thereof.

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4. In the preparation of proposals for their recovery and resilience plan, Member States may request the Commission to organise an exchange of good practices in order to allow the requesting Member States to benefit from the experience of other Member States. Technical support shall fully respect national rules and practices concerning collective bargaining. This support cannot undermine the role of social partners or threaten the autonomy of collective bargaining. Member States may also request technical support under the Technical Support Instrument in accordance with the Regulation thereof. All relevant information shall be provided by the Commission to the European

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4. In the preparation of proposals for their recovery and resilience plan, Member States may request the Commission to organise an exchange of good practices in order to allow the requesting Member States to benefit from the experience of other Member States. Member States may also request technical support under the Technical Support Instrument in accordance with the regulation thereof. Technical support full respects national rules and practices concerning collective bargaining. Technical support activities cannot undermine the role of social partners or threaten the autonomy of collective bargaining.

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4. In the preparation of proposals for their recovery and resilience plan, Member States may request the Commission to organise an exchange of good practices in order to allow the requesting Member States to benefit from the experience of other Member States. Member States may also request technical support under the Technical Support Instrument in accordance with the regulation thereof, without undermining the role of social partners and in full respect of national rules and practices concerning collective

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bargaining.Or. en




4. In the preparation of proposals for their recovery and resilience plan, Member States may request the Commission to organise an exchange of good practices in order to avoid additional administrative burdens to Member States and allow the requesting Member States to benefit from the experience of other Member States. Member States may also request technical support under the Technical Support Instrument in accordance with the regulation thereof.

Or. en



4a. In order to ensure greater transparency and accountability, the competent committees of the European Parliament may invite Member States' representatives, responsible for the recovery and resilience plan, to appear before the committees to present the recovery and resilience plan. Relevant information shall be made available by the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council simultaneously and on equal terms. The Commission shall make available through a public online platform the draft and final versions of the national recovery and resilience plans, any recommendations it makes to improve

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those plans before approval as well as a detailed summary of the assessments referred to in paragraph 16 and the detailed ratings given to the submitted plans.

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4a. Each Member State shall organise a partnership with the competent regional and local authorities, civil society, environmental partners, and bodies responsible for promoting social inclusion, fundamental rights, rights of persons with disabilities, gender equality and non-discrimination. Member State shall involve those partners in the preparation, implementation and monitoring of Recovery and Resilience . The organisation and implementation of partnership shall be carried out in accordance with Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 240/201438.

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4a. In order to ensure greater transparency and accountability, the competent committee of the European Parliament may invite Member States representatives responsible of the Recovery and Resilience Plans and, where appropriate, Independent Fiscal Institutions to appear before the committee to present the recovery and resilience plan. Relevant information

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shall be given priority, shall be made available by the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council simultaneously and on equal terms.

Or. en

Amendment 1065Csaba Molnár, Marek Belka, Eero Heinäluoma, Marc AngelProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 4 a (new)


4a. Recovery and resilience plans shall be prepared with the proper involvement of stakeholders, as municipalities, local and urban authorities (including national and regional capitals and/or the 10 biggest cities of the given Member State), regional governments, NGOs and CSOs as well as trade unions and the representatives of the economic sector, in accordance with the principle of partnership.

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Amendment 1066Margarida Marques, Marc Angel, Pedro MarquesProposal for a regulationArticle 15 – paragraph 4 a (new)


4a. Member States should ensure the principle of partnership in the preparation of the recovery and resilience plans, building on the multi-level governance approach and ensuring the involvement of civil society and social partners.

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