# European Regional Development Fund, European Social Fund and Cohesion Fund: simplification of certain requirements; financial management

European Parliament procedure 2009/0107(COD) (COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure), 7th term, committee EMPL / REGI). Stage: Procedure completed. 30 committee amendments tabled by 9 Members between 2010-02-26 and 2010-03-05.

## What the amendments focus on

A legislative proposal simplifying certain requirements and financial management for the European Regional Development Fund, European Social Fund and Cohesion Fund. The amendments respond to the economic and financial crisis with additional pre-financing for the worst-affected Member States, extended automatic decommitment deadlines, financial engineering instruments for SMEs, retention periods for investments and job creation, revision of operational programmes, and thresholds for major projects.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elisabeth SCHROEDTER | Germany | Verts/ALE | 9 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/1933.md |
| Birgit SIPPEL | Germany | S&D | 7 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96932.md |
| Pervenche BERÈS | France | S&D | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/1985.md |
| Kinga GÖNCZ | Hungary | S&D | 2 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96832.md |
| Mara BIZZOTTO | Italy | ID | 2 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/97198.md |
| Corina CREȚU | Romania | S&D | 2 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/33997.md |
| Franz OBERMAYR | Austria | ENF | 2 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96981.md |
| Gesine MEISSNER | Germany | ALDE | 1 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96870.md |
| Ádám KÓSA | Hungary | NI | 1 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96829.md |

## Official source documents

- PE439.242: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-439.242+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE439.426: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-439.426+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2009-0107-COD · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2009-0107-COD.json

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