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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT 2009 - 2014 Committee on Regional Development REGI_PV(2012)0529_1 MINUTES Meeting of 29 May 2012, from 9.00 to 12.30 and from 15.00 to 18.30, and 30 May 2012, from 9.00 to 12.30 BRUSSELS The meeting opened at 9.10 on Tuesday 29 May 2012, with Danuta Maria Hübner (Chair) in the chair. 1. Adoption of agenda 2. Chair’s announcements The Chair informed the committee that the Green group, supported by S&D and EPP, has requested the votes to take place in the afternoon session at 16.00 in order to allow more MEPs to vote. No objections were made and the votes were postponed. 3. Specific provisions concerning the European Regional Development Fund and the 'Investment for growth and jobs' goal and repeal of Regulation (EC) No 1080/2006 REGI/7/07470 ***I 2011/0275(COD) COM(2011)0614 – C7-0328/2011 Rapporteur: Jan Olbrycht (PPE) PR – PE487.951v01-00 Responsible: REGI – Opinions: BUDG, EMPL, ENVI, ITRE, TRAN, CULT, FEMM Consideration of draft report Speakers: Jan Olbrycht, Kerstin Westphal, Karima Delli, Cornelia Ernst, Peter Simon, Jens Nilsson, Nicholas Martyn from the EC 4. Common provisions on European Funds and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 REGI/7/07479 ***I 2011/0276(COD) COM(2011)0615 – C7-0335/2011 PV\903758EN.doc PE490.973v01-00 EN United in diversityEN Co- Lambert van Nistelrooij (PPE) PR – PE487.740v02-00 rapporteur(s):Constanze Angela Krehl (S&D) Responsible: REGI – Opinions: BUDG, CONT, ECON, EMPL, ENVI, ITRE, TRAN, AGRI, PECH, CULT, FEMM Exchange of views Speakers: Lambert van Nistelrooij, Constanze Angela Krehl, Ivars Godmanis, Oldřich Vlasák, Cornelia Ernst, Peter Simon, Nicholas Martyn from the EC The chair announced that the co-rapporteurs would be mainly focusing the discussions on the CSF. Mr Van Nistelrooij outlined that the procedure was now clear. The CSF will be an annexe of the CPR - whic is already available to the Members. The rapporteur also stressed that probably more time would be needed to analyse and understand the procedure, with the new CSF. Mainly, he stressed on the importance to have further legal clarifications on the content. The rapporteur stressed that a performance reserve was highly undesirable. Better procedures and programming could be developed. Most importantly, Ms Krehl added that the chapter 4 of the CSF was suppressed as, according to her opinion, we were not in need of these provisions. Both co-rapporteurs stressed that MEPs should avoid to table amendments referring to the Financial Regulation as this one was not already adopted. Many things have to be clarified regarding the relations with this text. Deadline for tabling amendments: 31 May 2012 at 18:00. However, the Chair has informed the committee that for the annexe on CSF the deadline will be June, 7th at noon. The amendments will be introduced via a special procedure and not via the AT4AM. The Committee agreed with the procedure as described by the rapporteurs. 5. Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1082/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 on a European grouping of territorial cooperation (EGTC) as regards the clarification, simplification and improvement of the establishment and implementation of such groupings REGI/7/07448 ***I 2011/0272(COD) COM(2011)0610 – C7-0324/2011 Rapporteur: Joachim Zeller (PPE) PR – PE489.428v01-00 DT – PE480.893v01-00 Responsible: REGI – Opinions: DEVE, EMPL Consideration of draft report Speakers: Joachim Zeller, Monika Smolková, Oldřich Vlasák, David Sweet from the EC, Dirk Peters from the EC Deadline for tabling amendments: 31 May 2012 at 18:00. PE490.973v01-00 2/11 PV\903758EN.doc EN Interruption of the meeting was from 10.50 to 11.00. 6. Exchange of views with Johannes Hahn, Commissioner on Regional Policy, on latest developments in Cohesion Policy Legislative Package In his regular intervention before the committee Commissioner Hahn outlined the latest developments in the negotiations on the future Cohesion Policy. He has stressed on the importance of the CSF in this context, specifying that although the institutions were having different opinions on the legal form of the document, they all agree on its crucial role. He also reiterated that the Commission will work with the Parliament on evaluating its new proposal for CSF as Annexe of the CPR. He also stressed that a successful programming was dependent on a legally binding partnership contracts. Speakers: Johannes Hahn, Lambert van Nistelrooij, Constanze Angela Krehl, Ivars Godmanis, François Alfonsi, Oldřich Vlasák, Elisabeth Schroedter, Jan Olbrycht, Vito Bonsignore, Nuno Teixeira, Joachim Zeller, Vladimír Maňka, María Irigoyen Pérez, Iosif Matula, Monika Smolková The meeting adjourned at 12.40 and resumed on Tuesday 29 May 2012 at 15.10, with Danuta Maria Hübner (Chair) in the chair. Public hearing 7. REGI - ITRE Joint Public Hearing on Synergies between EU Cohesion Policy and Horizon 2020 REGI/7/09515 Guests speakers: Jacek Guliński, Undersecretary of state in Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Poland Birgitta Wolff, State Minister of Saxony - Anhalt in charge of economy and research, Germany Tim C. Claypole, Faculty member of the College of Engineering, Swansea University, Wales Adriana Agrimi, Head of the Department for research and innovation of Region Puglia, Italy Speakers: Danuta Maria Hübner, Amalia Sartori (ITRE), Jacek Guliński, Tim C. Claypole, Birgitta Wolff, Adriana Agrimi, Norbert Glante (ITRE), Lambert van Nistelrooij, James Elles, Constanze Angela Krehl, Maria Da Graça Carvalho (ITRE), Jerzy Buzek (ITRE), Robert-Jan Smits from the EC, Nicholas Martyn from the EC *** Voting time *** 8. EU Programme for Social Change and Innovation REGI/7/07514 ***I 2011/0270(COD) COM(2011)0609 – C7-0318/2011 PV\903758EN.doc 3/11 PE490.973v01-00 EN Rapporteur Tomasz Piotr Poręba (ECR) PA – PE487.706v01-00 for the AM – PE488.021v01-00 opinion: Responsible: EMPL – Jutta Steinruck (S&D) PR – PE483.795v01-00 AM – PE487.817v02-00 Adoption of draft opinion Amendments adopted: AM 57, AM 62, AM 65, AM 68, AM 69, AM 9, AM 73, AM 10, AM 15, AM 88, Am 89, AM 91, AM 92, AM 94, AM 97, AM 99 with oral AM, AM 16, AM 101, COMP 1 (AM 17, AM 102), AM 103, AM 18, AM 105, AM 111, AM 116, AM 118, AM 120, AM 20, AM 124, AM 125, AM 126, AM 128, AM 21, COMP 2 (AM 25, AM 26, AM 27, AM 28) with oral AM, AM 1, AM 30, AM 31, AM 32, AM 34, AM 2, AM 35, AM 36, AM 3 AM 37 first part, AM 38, AM 40 first part, AM 41 first part, AM 42, AM 4, AM 50, AM 5, AM 52, AM 6, AM 53. Final result: The draft opinion was adopted with 39 votes in favour, 0 against and 2 abstentions 9. Trans-European energy infrastructure, and repeal of Decision No 1364/2006/EC REGI/7/07677 ***I 2011/0300(COD) COM(2011)0658 – C7-0371/2011 Rapporteur Wojciech Michał Olejniczak (S&D) PA – PE486.214v01-00 for the AM – PE488.022v02-00 opinion: Responsible: ITRE – António Fernando Correia de PR – PE480.775v01-00 Campos AM – PE487.999v01-00 (S&D) AM – PE488.000v01-00 AM – PE487.726v01-00 AM – PE487.998v01-00 Adoption of draft opinion Amendments adopted: AM 49, AM 3, AM 4, AM 52, AM 53, AM 54, AM 55, AM 56, AM 57, AM 58, AM 59, AM 60, AM 65, COMP 2 (AM 5, AM 66), COMP 3 (AM 6, AM 67), AM 69, AM 70, AM 71, AM 72, AM 74, AM 75, AM 76, AM 77, AM 78, AM 79, AM 80, AM 81, AM 82, AM 83, AM 84, AM 85, AM 86, AM 87, AM 89, COMP 4 (AM 90, AM 91), AM 92, COMP 5 (AM 8, AM 94, AM 95 second part), AM 96, AM 101, AM 102, AM 105, COMP 6 (AM 9, AM 108, AM 109, AM 110), AM 112, AM 10, AM 116, AM 11, AM 117, AM 12, AM 120, AM 121, AM 122, COMP 7 (AM 14, AM 123), AM 15, AM 16, AM 17, AM 126, AM 18, AM 129, AM 130, AM 131, AM 133, AM 19, AM 20, AM 21, COMP 8 (AM 22, AM 140, AM 141, AM 142 first part), AM 142 first part, COMP 9 (AM 23 first part, AM 143, AM 144) AM 23 second part, COMP 10 (AM 24, AM 145, AM 146), AM 147, AM 151, AM 152, AM 25, AM 157, AM 159, AM 163, AM 164, AM 165, AM 169, AM 170, AM 171, AM 172, AM 173, AM 27, AM 28, AM 29, AM 31, AM 32, AM 34, AM 1, AM 35, AM 37, AM 39, AM 40, AM 41, AM 43, AM 2, AM 44, AM 47. Final result: The draft opinion was adopted with 38 votes in favour, 0 against and 1 abstention 10. Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA II) REGI/7/08318 ***I 2011/0404(COD) COM(2011)0838 – C7-0491/2011 PE490.973v01-00 4/11 PV\903758EN.doc EN Rapporteur Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska (PPE) PA – PE487.681v01-00 for the AM – PE488.041v01-00 opinion: Responsible: AFET – Kristian Vigenin (S&D) Adoption of draft opinion Amendments adopted: AM 4, AM 18, COMP 2 (AM 5, AM 19), AM 20, AM 6, AM 21, AM 23, AM 7, AM 24 with oral AM, COMP 3 (AM 8, AM 25), AM 9, AM 10, AM 27 with oral AM, AM 28, COMP 1 (AM 11, AM 16), AM 12, AM 29, AM 13, AM 1, AM 14, AM 15, AM 3, AM 17.