The Committee
on Regional Development adopted the report drawn up by Lambert van NISTELROOIJ
(EPP, NL), amending under the first reading of the codecision procedure, the
proposal for a regulation (EC) No .../2009 of the European Parliament and of
the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1080/2006 on the European Regional
Development Fund as regards the eligibility of housing interventions in
favour of marginalised communities.
The main
amendments were as follows:
- according to
MEPs, the new provision about housing interventions for marginalized
communities should concern all Member States and not only those that acceded
to the EU on or after 1 May 2004;
- expenditures
on the renovation of existing housing or on its replacement, including
by newly constructed housing, should also be eligible;
- intervention
in the field of housing for marginalised communities should have the
objective of furthering the sustainable integration of these communities;
- lastly, MEPs
propose that the European Commission may continue to carry out its
original duty assigned by the regulation in the field of evaluation and
fixation of criteria for the interventions, in particular in the sector
of housing interventions in the new Member States, in order to guarantee
efficiency and added value in politics, also in consideration of its
cost.