Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-12-01-Speech-3-093"

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dcterms:Date	"2004-12-01"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Financial perspectives2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20041201.11.3-093"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-12-01-Speech-3-0942
lpv:speaker	lp:Tunne Kelam2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I would like to ask the Council some more specific questions on the financial perspective. I too assume that solidarity should be the guiding principle for the distribution of cohesion funds in the enlarged EU. I would therefore like to draw the Council’s attention to two aspects of the Commission proposal which I find need further consideration. Firstly, does the Council consider as adequate the method proposed by the Commission for calculating the GNI average for the 4% capping for the whole seven-year period of the financial perspective? At the same time, for the other aspect of the cohesion policy, provision is made for a mid-term review to adjust the regions’ eligibility according to their actual development. As it stands, on the one hand the Commission proposals are flexible for the phasing-out and phasing-in regions, but on the other hand it leaves the countries and regions for which capping is proposed in a sort of straitjacket for the whole seven-year period. I propose that the mid-term review granting some flexibility and adjustment to the actual growth of GNI should be considered for capping-designated countries as well. Secondly, does the Council consider feasible the Commission’s legal proposal whereby value-added tax would no longer be eligible for local government projects? Such a proposal would further limit the least-developed municipalities’ opportunities to benefit from the European projects as it weighs heavily on their scant resources. I draw your attention to the fact that under the present system they are exempt from VAT."@en1
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lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Kelam (PPE-DE )."1

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