# Youth Employment Initiative: additional initial prefinancing amount paid to operational programmes

European Parliament procedure 2015/0026(COD) (COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure), 8th term, committee BUDG / CULT / EMPL). Stage: Procedure completed. 17 committee amendments tabled by 40 Members between 2015-03-13 and 2015-03-27.

## What the amendments focus on

A legislative dossier on an additional initial pre-financing amount paid to operational programmes under the Youth Employment Initiative. The amendments tie the pre-financing to immediate implementation and decreasing youth unemployment, require reimbursement to the Commission if interim payment applications fall below a set share, cite record youth unemployment and the Europe 2020 strategy, link delays to budgetary constraints, and call for impact assessment of YEI actions.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dominique MARTIN | France | ENF | 6 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124751.md |
| Joëlle MÉLIN | France | ID | 6 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124765.md |
| Siôn SIMON | United Kingdom | S&D | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124948.md |
| Milan ZVER | Slovenia | PPE | 3 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96933.md |
| Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER | France | PPE | 2 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/38596.md |
| Brando BENIFEI | Italy | S&D | 2 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124867.md |
| Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ | Slovakia | ECR | 2 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124901.md |
| Martina DLABAJOVÁ | Czechia | RE | 2 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124709.md |
| Terry REINTKE | Germany | Verts/ALE | 2 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/103381.md |
| Patrick LE HYARIC | France | GUE/NGL | 2 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96735.md |
| Georges BACH | Luxembourg | PPE | 2 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/97293.md |
| Verónica LOPE FONTAGNÉ | Spain | PPE | 2 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96765.md |
| Jeroen LENAERS | Netherlands | PPE | 2 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/95074.md |
| Anne SANDER | France | PPE | 2 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/24594.md |
| Jérôme LAVRILLEUX | France | PPE | 2 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124731.md |

## Official source documents

- PE549.461: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/EMPL-AM-549461_EN.pdf
- PE551.976: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/BUDG-AM-551976_EN.pdf
- PE552.053: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/CULT-AM-552053_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2015-0026-COD · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2015-0026-COD.json

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