Amendment 135 , , , Ibán García Del Blanco, Domènec Ruiz Devesa, Marcos Ros Sempere, , Łukasz Kohut, , Predrag Fred Matić, , Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, Niklas Nienaß,

Proposal for a regulation Recital 4

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(4) The outbreak of the COVID-19 (4) The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020 changed the pandemic in early 2020 changed the economic outlook for the years to come in economic outlook for the years to come in the Union and in the world, calling for an the Union and in the world, calling for an urgent and coordinated response from the urgent and coordinated response from the Union in order to cope with the enormous Union in order to cope with the enormous economic and social consequences for all economic and social consequences for all Member. The challenges linked to the Member. The challenges linked to the demographic context have been amplified demographic context, social inclusion and by COVID-19. The current COVID-19 social cohesion have been amplified by pandemic as well as the previous COVID-19. The current COVID-19 economic and financial crisis have shown pandemic as well as the previous that developing sound and resilient economic and financial crisis have shown economies and financial systems built on that developing sound and resilient strong economic and social structures economies and financial systems built on helps Member States to respond more strong economic and social structures efficiently to shocks and recover more helps Member States to respond more swiftly from them. The medium and long- efficiently to shocks and recover more term consequences of the COVID-19 crisis swiftly from them. Moreover, they have will critically depend on how quickly shown that cuts in public spending on Member States’ economies will recover education, culture and healthcare are from the crisis, which in turn depends on counterproductive to a swift recovery and the fiscal space Member States have to build resilient economies and societies. available to take measures to mitigate the The medium and long-term consequences social and economic impact of the crisis, of the COVID-19 crisis will critically depend and on the resilience of their economies. on how quickly Member States’ economies Reforms and investments to address will recover from the crisis, which in turn structural weaknesses of the economies depends on the fiscal space Member and strengthen their resilience will States have available to take measures to therefore be essential to set the mitigate the social and economic impact of economies back on a sustainable recovery the crisis, and on the resilience of their path and avoid further widening of the economies and public services of general divergences in the Union. interest. Reforms and investments to address structural weaknesses of the economies and public services of general interest and strengthen their resilience will therefore be essential to set the economies and social life back on a sustainable recovery path and avoid further widening of the divergences in the Union. Or. en

Amendment 151 Niklas Nienaß, Petra Kammerevert, , Laurence Farreng, , , Ibán García Del Blanco, , Hannes Heide, Irena Joveva, Niyazi Kizilyürek, Dace Melbārde, Domènec Ruiz Devesa, Andrey Slabakov, , , Anne-Sophie Pelletier, Elżbieta Kruk

Proposal for a regulation Recital 4 a (new)

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(4a) Considering that the cultural and creative sectors and industries have been hit particularly hard by the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic due to, amongst other things, the closure of cinemas, theatres and other cultural venues, the sudden stop of ticket sales and low advertisement sales, the Union and its Member States should earmark at least 2% of the Recovery and Resilience Facility for the support of these sectors, which are of utmost importance for the economies, social cohesion, tourism and recreation. Or. en

Amendment 152 Petra 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 Michels

Proposal for a regulation Recital 4 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(4a) The COVID-19 pandemic and the measures taken to mitigate its effects on the economies have had disastrous consequences for the social life in all Member States. Education, cultural activities, tourism and recreation came almost to a standstill. The Union and its Member States should therefore also invest in the recovery and resilience of these sectors and policy areas. Or. en

Amendment 153 Petra 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 Michels

Proposal for a regulation Recital 4 b (new)

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(4b) Considering that the cultural and creative sectors have been hit particularly hard by the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic due to, amongst other things, the closure of cinemas, theatres and other cultural venues, the sudden stop of ticket sales and low advertisement sales, the Union and its Member States should earmark at least 2% of the Recovery and Resilience Facility for the support of these sectors, which are of utmost importance for the economies, social cohesion, tourism and recreation. Or. en

Amendment 171 Petra 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 Michels

Proposal for a regulation Recital 6

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(6) Past experiences have shown that (6) Past experiences have shown that investment is often drastically cut during investment is often drastically cut during crises. However, it is essential to support crises. However, it is essential to support investment in this particular situation to investment, public and private, in this speed up the recovery and strengthen particular situation to speed up the long-term growth potential. Investing in recovery, mitigate the effects of the green and digital technologies, capacities pandemic on social inclusion and and processes aimed at assisting clean cohesion and strengthen long-term energy transition, boosting energy growth potential. Investing in green and efficiency in housing and other key sectors digital technologies, capacities and of the economic are important to achieve processes aimed at assisting clean energy sustainable growth and help create jobs. It transition, boosting energy efficiency in will also help make the Union more housing and other key sectors of the resilient and less dependent by economic are important to achieve diversifying key supply chains. sustainable growth and help create jobs. It will also help make the Union more resilient and less dependent by diversifying key supply chains. However, it is equally important to invest in education, culture and other public services of general interest in order to promote social inclusion and social cohesion, to prepare the citizens for the future needs of our labour markets, to equip them with the necessary skills and competences and to give them new opportunities.

Amendment 228 ,

Proposal for a regulation Recital 10

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(10) In accordance with Regulation (10) In accordance with [ Recovery Instrument] Regulation[European Union Recovery and within the limits of resources Instrument] and within the limits of allocated therein, recovery and resilience resources allocated therein, recovery and measures under the Recovery and resilience measures under the Recovery Resilience Facility should be carried out to and Resilience Facility should be carried address the unprecedented impact of the out to address the unprecedented impact COVID-19 crisis. Such additional resources of the COVID-19 crisis especially on health should be used in such a way as to ensure care, tourism, creative industry and sports compliance with the time limits provided sector. Such additional resources should for in Regulation [EURI]. be used in such a way as to ensure compliance with the time limits provided for in Regulation [EURI].

Amendment 263 , Rubial, Jonás Fernández

Proposal for a regulation Recital 11 d (new)

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(11d) At least 2% of the Recovery and Resilience Plans should contribute to the recovery of the cultural and creative sectors according to their specific needs. Or. en

Amendment 279 Csaba Molnár, , Eero Heinäluoma,

Proposal for a regulation Recital 12 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(12a) The scope of application of the Facility should refer to policy areas related to economic, social and territorial cohesion, the green and digital transitions, health, competitiveness, entrepreneurship, resilience, productivity, stability of the financial systems, culture, education and skills, children and youth policies, research and innovation, smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, public healthcare systems, policies in line with the European Pillar of Social Rights - such as social protection - high-quality jobs and investment, gender equality, the integration of people with disabilities, social dialogue and strengthening democratic systems, including efficient and independent judicial systems as well as media pluralism and media freedom.

Amendment 303 Karlo Ressler, Tomislav Sokol

Proposal for a regulation Recital 14

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(14) The Facility’s general objective (14) The Facility’s general objective should be the promotion of economic, should be the promotion of economic, social and territorial cohesion. For that social and territorial cohesion for a more purpose, it should contribute to improving harmonious development across Member the resilience and adjustment capacity of States, with a special focus on rural, the Member States, mitigating the social mountainous, outermost, insular regions and economic impact of the crisis, and and regions which suffer from severe and supporting the green and digital permanent natural or demographic transitions aimed at achieving a climate handicaps. For that purpose, it should neutral Europe by 2050, thereby restoring contribute to improving the resilience and the growth potential of the economies of adjustment capacity of the Member the Union in the aftermath of the crisis, States, mitigating the social, economic and fostering employment creation and to demographic impact of the crisis and promoting sustainable growth. supporting the sustainable green, digital and demographic transitions aimed at achieving a climate neutral Europe by 2050, thereby restoring the growth potential of the economies of the Union in the aftermath of the crisis, especially of the most affected sectors such as health care, culture, tourism, creative industry and sports sector, fostering high-quality job creation and promoting sustainable, inclusive, long-term economic growth. Or. en

Amendment 344 Petra 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 Michels

Proposal for a regulation Recital 16

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(16) To ensure its contribution to the (16) To ensure its contribution to the objectives of the Facility, the recovery and objectives of the Facility, the recovery and resilience plan should comprise measures resilience plan should comprise measures for the implementation of reforms and for the implementation of reforms and public investment projects through a public investment projects through a coherent recovery and resilience plan. The coherent recovery and resilience plan. The recovery and resilience plan should be recovery and resilience plan should be consistent with the relevant country- consistent with the relevant country- specific challenges and priorities identified specific challenges and priorities identified in the context of the European Semester, in the context of the European Semester, with the national reform programmes, the with the national reform programmes, the national energy and climate plans, the just national energy and climate plans, the just transition plans, and the partnership transition plans, and the partnership agreements and operational programmes agreements and operational programmes adopted under the Union funds. To boost adopted under the Union funds. To boost actions that fall within the priorities of the actions that fall within the priorities of the European Green Deal and the Digital European Green Deal and the Digital Agenda, the plan should also set out Agenda, the plan should also set out measures that are relevant for the green measures that are relevant for the green and digital transitions. The measures and digital transitions. Furthermore, the should enable a swift deliver of targets, plan should set out measures in the areas objectives and contributions set out in of education and culture, which national energy and climate plans and contribute considerably to economic and updates thereof. All supported activities social resilience. The measures should should be pursued in full respect of the enable a swift deliver of targets, objectives climate and environmental priorities of the and contributions set out in national Union. energy and climate plans and updates thereof. All supported activities should be pursued in full respect of the climate and environmental priorities of the Union. Or. en

Amendment 403 Karlo Ressler, Tomislav Sokol

Proposal for a regulation Recital 21

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(21) In order to ensure the national (21) In order to ensure the national ownership and a focus on relevant reforms ownership and a focus on relevant reforms and investments, Member States wishing and investments, Member States wishing to receive support should submit to the to receive support should submit to the Commission a recovery and resilience plan Commission a recovery and resilience plan that is duly reasoned and substantiated. that is duly reasoned and substantiated. The recovery and resilience plan should The recovery and resilience plan should set out the detailed set of measures for its set out the detailed set of measures for its implementation, including targets and implementation, including targets and milestones, and the expected impact of milestones, and the expected impact of the recovery and resilience plan on growth the recovery and resilience plan on potential, job creation and economic and sustainable and inclusive long-term social resilience; it should also include growth potential, stimulating business measures that are relevant for the green environment, high-quality job creation and the digital transitions; it should also and economic, territorial and social include an explanation of the consistency resilience; it should also include measures of the proposed recovery and resilience that are relevant for the sustainable plan with the relevant country-specific green, digital and demographic challenges and priorities identified in the transitions, health care resilient context of the European Semester. Close measures, convergence, stronger cooperation between the Commission and competitiveness, including recovery of the Member States should be sought and tourism, creative industry and sports achieved throughout the process. sector; it should also include an explanation of the consistency of the proposed recovery and resilience plan with the relevant country-specific challenges and priorities identified in the context of the European Semester. Close cooperation between the Commission and the Member States should be sought and achieved throughout the process.

Amendment 592 Csaba Molnár, Marek Belka, Eero Heinäluoma, Marc Angel

Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

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

Amendment 593 Costas Mavrides, Eider Gardiazabal Rubial, Jonás Fernández

Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

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

Amendment 605 Petra 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 Michels

Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

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

Amendment 861 Petra 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 Michels

Proposal for a regulation Article 14 – paragraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

2. The recovery and resilience plans 2. The recovery and resilience plans shall be consistent with the relevant shall be consistent with the relevant country-specific challenges and priorities country-specific challenges and priorities identified in the context of the European identified in the context of the European Semester, in particular those relevant for Semester, in particular those relevant for or resulting from the green and digital or resulting from the green and digital transition. The recovery and resilience transition. The recovery and resilience plans shall also be consistent with the plans shall also take into consideration information included by the Member sectors and policy areas that usually States in the national reform programmes receive little attention in the context of under the European Semester, in their the European Semester, but that suffer national energy and climate plans and considerably from the pandemic, such as updates thereof under the Regulation education and culture. Therefore, each (EU)2018/199921 , in the territorial just national recovery and resilience plan shall transition plans under the Just Transition dedicate at least 2% of the overall budget Fund22 , and in the partnership to the cultural and creative sectors. agreements and operational programmes Furthermore, 10% shall be dedicated for under the Union funds. 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 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. ______21 Regulation (EU)2018/1999 of the 21 Regulation (EU)2018/1999 of the and of the Council of European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the Governance of 11 December 2018 on the Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action. the Energy Union and Climate Action. 22 […] 22 […] Or. en

Amendment 864 Niklas 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 Slabakov, Sabine Verheyen, Salima Yenbou, Elżbieta Kruk

Proposal for a regulation Article 14 – paragraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

2. The recovery and resilience plans 2. The recovery and resilience plans shall be consistent with the relevant shall be consistent with the relevant country-specific challenges and priorities country-specific challenges and priorities identified in the context of the European identified in the context of the European Semester, in particular those relevant for Semester, in particular those relevant for or resulting from the green and digital or resulting from the green and digital transition. The recovery and resilience transition. The recovery and resilience plans shall also be consistent with the plans shall also take into consideration information included by the Member sectors and policy areas that usually States in the national reform programmes receive little attention in the context of under the European Semester, in their the European Semester, but that suffer national energy and climate plans and considerably from the pandemic, such as updates thereof under the Regulation culture and education. Therefore, each (EU)2018/199921 , in the territorial just national recovery and resilience plan shall transition plans under the Just Transition dedicate at least 2% of the overall budget Fund22 , and in the partnership to the cultural and creative sectors and agreements and operational programmes industries. The recovery and resilience under the Union funds. 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. ______21 Regulation (EU)2018/1999 of the 21 Regulation (EU)2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the Governance of 11 December 2018 on the Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action. the Energy Union and Climate Action. 22 […] 22 […] Or. en