In its re-examined proposal following Parliament's opinion at second reading, the Commission has
incorporated in full or in part 12 of the 17 amendments adopted by Parliament. These amendments
aim to:
- redefine the aims of decentralised cooperation and the use of the budget heading,
- delete the financial reference amount,
- emphasise the Community character of aid,
- ensure the partners in operations are clearly identified in the annual report to be forwarded to
Parliament,
- reduce the amount of information to be supplied by the Commission on operations undertaken and
the results of evaluations,
- delete the limit imposed by the Council on the period of application of the regulation.
The Commission has not taken up the amendments advocating:
- participation by Parliament in exchanges of views on the annual guidelines of the regulation,
- the introduction of preferential treatment for applicants from the recipient country with regard to
invitations to tender,
- modification of the commitology procedure and of the ceiling of ECU 1 m for actions which must
be subject to a committee decision.
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