Plans for radical reform to EU Cohesion Policy face decisive vote at EP Regional Development Committee, Brussel

Paul-Henri Spaakgebouw (PHS) in Brussel
© Kevin Bergenhenegouwen
datum 10 juli 2013 10:30
plaats Brussel, Eu, België, Frankrijk
locatie Paul-Henri Spaak (PHS) i Toon locatie
aanwezigen P.-H.Ch. (Paul-Henri) Spaak i e.a.
organisatie Europese Commissie (EC) i

On 10 July, the main elements of a European Commission proposal to reform how Structural Funds are invested and managed will be put to the vote. Members of the European Parliament's Regional Development Committee will be deciding on new rules that include the requirement to focus investments on the key growth areas of support for small and medium sized businesses, research and innovation as well as the low carbon economy. If the vote goes through, the European Commission is urging member states and regions to step up their planning for the 2014-20 period so the EU co-funded projects can start on time to tackle challenges like unemployment and lack of competitiveness

MEPs from the Regional Development Committee will vote on 5 reports in the overall Cohesion Legislative Package. This should provide the Member States and regions with the clarity they need to prepare the new EU co-funded programmes. The new rules will provide much better tools to tackle some of the main challenges facing the EU like unemployment, lack of competitiveness and climate change.

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Achtergrond

The REGI Committee vote will cover four separate regulations: for the Cohesion Fund, the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the European Territorial Cooperation (ETC) and the European Grouping for Territorial Cooperation (EGTC). In addition, it will cover most of the so-called Common Provisions Regulation (CPR) which sets out common rules for all the European Structural and Investment Funds. The Committee vote follows negotiations between the Commission, the Council and the European Parliament but it will still need to be confirmed by a vote of the whole Parliament in the autumn.

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Bijeenkomst

Wednesday, 10 July, 10:30 – 12.30 a.m. – European Parliament/Brussels/Meeting Room Paul-Henri Spaak (3C050) - Vote of the Regional Development Committee on the Cohesion Legislative Package.

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A press release (IP) will be published via RAPID.

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Bronnen

Website of Commissioner Hahn:

http://ec.europa.eu/commission_2010-2014/hahn/index_en.cfm

Cooperation between regions and countries :

http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/cooperate/index_en.cfm

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Perscontacten

Shirin Wheeler +32 2 296 65 65

Annemarie Huber +32 2 299 33 10


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Europese Commissie (EC)

Deze instelling van de Europese Unie kan worden beschouwd als het 'dagelijks bestuur' van de EU. De leden van de Europese Commissie worden 'Eurocommissarissen i' genoemd. Elke Eurocommissaris is verantwoordelijk voor één of meerdere beleidsgebieden. Momenteel zijn er 26 Eurocommissarissen. In principe is er voor iedere lidstaat één. Samen vormen zij het college van Eurocommissarissen. De Eurocommissarissen moeten het belang van de Europese Unie als geheel behartigen, niet dat van hun eigen land.

De Europese Commissie mag als enige EU-instelling wetsvoorstellen indienen; zij heeft het zogenaamde recht van initatief. Daarnaast controleert de Commissie of de Europese wetgeving juist wordt toegepast in de lidstaten, onderhandelt zij in internationale organisaties als de Wereldhandelsorganisatie (WTO) i over de handel van de Unie met het 'buitenland' en is zij verantwoordelijk voor het beheer van de Europese begroting van ongeveer 140 miljard euro per jaar.

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