The European Parliament approved the Commission proposal subject to 31 amendments. These amendments seek mainly to:
- strengthen the contribution of private capital and the involvement of the regional authorities,
- extend Community aid,
- strengthen financial control,
- establish selection criteria for projects which should be funded and rules for the payment of expenditure,
- ensure that the committees applying the regulation are advisory, not management committees.
The Commission did not accept amendments 15, 22, 30, 31 or 32.�