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Establishing the European Competitiveness Fund ('ECF’), including the specific programme for defence research and innovation activities

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Amendment 355

Benedetta Scuderi

Proposal for a regulation

Title 1

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on establishing the European Competitiveness Fund ('ECF’), including the specific programme for defence research and innovation activities, repealing Regulations (EU) 2021/522, (EU) 2021/694, (EU) 2021/697, (EU) 2021/783, and amending Regulations (EU) 2021/696, (EU) 2023/588, (EU) [EDIP] (Text with EEA relevance)Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on establishing the European Competitiveness Fund ('ECF’), including the specific programme for defence research and innovation activities, repealing Regulations (EU) 2021/522, (EU) 2021/694, (EU) 2021/697, and amending Regulations (EU) 2021/696, (EU) 2023/588, (EU) 2021/783, (EU) 2025/2643 (Text with EEA relevance)

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Amendment 356

Nicolás González Casares, Mohammed Chahim, Elena Sancho Murillo, Lina Gálvez, Yannis Maniatis, Thomas Pellerin-Carlin, Annalisa Corrado, Christophe Clergeau, Bruno Tobback, Niels Fuglsang

Proposal for a regulation

Title 1

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on establishing the European Competitiveness Fund ('ECF’), including the specific programme for defence research and innovation activities, repealing Regulations (EU) 2021/522, (EU) 2021/694, (EU) 2021/697, (EU) 2021/783, and amending Regulations (EU) 2021/696, (EU) 2023/588, (EU) [EDIP] (Text with EEA relevance)Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on establishing the European Competitiveness Fund ('ECF’), including the specific programme for defence research and innovation activities, repealing Regulations (EU) 2021/522, (EU) 2021/694, (EU) 2021/697, and amending Regulations (EU) 2021/783, (EU) 2021/696, (EU) 2023/588, (EU) [EDIP] (Text with EEA relevance)

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Justification

Deletion of the repealing of the LIFE programme.

Amendment 357

Nicola Procaccini, Carlo Fidanza, Alessandro Ciriani, Elena Donazzan, Pietro Fiocchi, Lara Magoni, Francesco Torselli, Mariateresa Vivaldini

Proposal for a regulation

Title 1

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on establishing the European Competitiveness Fund ('ECF’), including the specific programme for defence research and innovation activities, repealing Regulations (EU) 2021/522, (EU) 2021/694, (EU) 2021/697, (EU) 2021/783, and amending Regulations (EU) 2021/696, (EU) 2023/588, (EU) [EDIP] (Text with EEA relevance)Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on establishing the European Competitiveness Fund ('ECF’), including the specific programme for defence research and innovation activities, repealing Regulations (EU) 2021/522, (EU) 2021/694, (EU) 2021/697, and amending Regulations (EU) 2021/696, (EU) 2023/588, (EU) [EDIP] (Text with EEA relevance)

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Amendment 358

Paulo Cunha, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral

Proposal for a regulation

Citation 1

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 43(2), Article 168(5), Article 172, first subparagraph, Article 173(3), first subparagraph, Article 175, first subparagraph, Article 182(4), Article 183 in conjunction with Article 188, second paragraph, Article 189(2), Article 192(1), Article 194(2), Article 212(2) and Article 322(1), point (a), thereof,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 43(2), Article 168(5), Article 172, first subparagraph, Article 173(3), first subparagraph, Article 175, first subparagraph, Article 182(4), Article 183 in conjunction with Article 188, second paragraph, Article 189(2), Article 192(1), Article 194(2), Article 212(2), Article 322(1), point (a), and Article 349, thereof,

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Amendment 359

Marc Botenga

on behalf of The Left Group

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 1

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(1) This Regulation lays down an indicative financial envelope for the European Competitiveness Fund (‘ECF’), including the specific programme for defence research and innovation, which is to constitute the prime reference amount, within the meaning of the inter-institutional agreement on cooperation in budgetary matters, for the European Parliament and the Council during the annual budgetary procedure. For the purpose of this Regulation, current prices are calculated by applying a fixed 2% deflator.(1) This Regulation lays down an indicative financial envelope for the European Competitiveness Fund (‘ECF’),which is to constitute the prime reference amount, within the meaning of the inter-institutional agreement on cooperation in budgetary matters, for the European Parliament and the Council during the annual budgetary procedure. For the purpose of this Regulation, current prices are calculated by applying a fixed 2% deflator.

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Amendment 360

Katri Kulmuni

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 1 a (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(1 a) new Competitiveness should be understood as the Union’s capacity to generate sustainable growth, resilience and strategic autonomy through technological, social and societal transformation. This requires strengthening territorial innovation ecosystems where public authorities, knowledge institutions – including universities of applied sciences and vocational education and training providers – businesses, investors and citizens co-create, test and deploy innovative solutions. To strengthen the Union’s competitiveness, support under the European Competitiveness Fund should contribute to the deployment, scaling up and market uptake of challenge-driven solutions, in complementarity with the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation.

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Justification

The ECF can complement FP10 by focusing on deployment, scale-up and market uptake of challenge-driven solutions, ensuring continuity from research to implementation and territorial impact.

Amendment 361

Auke Zijlstra, Barbara Bonte, Jorge Martín Frías, Ewa Zajączkowska-Hernik

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 2

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(2) The Union is facing a defining period for its future, from a political, economic, social, environmental, climate and security perspective, including increased risks of conventional military threats. The Draghi report on the future of European Competitiveness3 presented a new vision to reignite sustainable growth in Europe. The Letta report4 outlined that Europe must leverage its Single Market to achieve a leadership position in the global competition. The Commission communication on the Competitiveness Compass5 provided a roadmap for boosting competitiveness, building on the recommendations of these reports. The Commission communication on the Clean Industrial Deal6 outlined the need to accelerate decarbonisation, reindustrialisation and innovation, bringing together climate action and competitiveness under one overarching growth. Sectorial Industrial Action Plans, such as Automotive, Steel and Metals and Chemicals aim to ensure the long-term competitiveness, sustainability, and resilience of the European industry. The State of the Digital decade 20257 highlights the urgent need to foster cooperation and increase public and private investments for strengthening Union’s digital leadership, sovereignty and inclusiveness. The Joint White Paper on European Defence Readiness8 underlines the need to massively and rapidly reinvest in defence in support of Europe’s freedom of action. Moreover, the priorities of the Economic Security Strategy further underline the crucial need to secure the Union’s technological edge and de-risk economic relations including by enhancing the resilience of supply chains and thereby reducing dependencies on others. The European Ocean Pact outlines the need to enhance competitiveness and accelerate the strategic transition across the blue economy sectors, focussing especially on decarbonisation and scaling up innovation. As outlined in the Commission Communication on the Road to the next MFF,9 the next Union long-term budget needs to be more focused, simpler, more flexible, and predictable and better deliver on the Union priorities, including bolstering the Union competitiveness.deleted
3 The future of European competitiveness: Report by Mario Draghi, September 2024, https://commission.europa.eu/topics/eu-competitiveness/draghi-report_en
4 Enrico Letta's Report on the Future of the Single Market, April 2024, https://www.consilium.europa.eu/media/ny3j24sm/much-more-than-a-market-report-by-enrico-letta.pdf.
5 Competitiveness compass - European Commission
6 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, The Clean Industrial Deal: A joint roadmap for competitiveness and decarbonisation, COM(2025) 85 final, 26.2.2025.
7 COM(2025) 290 final State of the Digital Decade 2025: Keep building the EU's sovereignty and digital future.
8 Joint Communication to the European Parliament, the European Council and the Council on ‘European Economic Security Strategy’, JOIN(2023) 20 final, 20.6.2023.
9 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, The road to the next multiannual financial framework, COM(2025) 46 final, 11.2.2025.

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Amendment 362

Benedetta Scuderi

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 2

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(2) The Union is facing a defining period for its future, from a political, economic, social, environmental, climate and security perspective, including increased risks of conventional military threats. The Draghi report on the future of European Competitiveness3 presented a new vision to reignite sustainable growth in Europe. The Letta report4 outlined that Europe must leverage its Single Market to achieve a leadership position in the global competition. The Commission communication on the Competitiveness Compass5 provided a roadmap for boosting competitiveness, building on the recommendations of these reports. The Commission communication on the Clean Industrial Deal6 outlined the need to accelerate decarbonisation, reindustrialisation and innovation, bringing together climate action and competitiveness under one overarching growth. Sectorial Industrial Action Plans, such as Automotive, Steel and Metals and Chemicals aim to ensure the long-term competitiveness, sustainability, and resilience of the European industry. The State of the Digital decade 20257 highlights the urgent need to foster cooperation and increase public and private investments for strengthening Union’s digital leadership, sovereignty and inclusiveness. The Joint White Paper on European Defence Readiness8 underlines the need to massively and rapidly reinvest in defence in support of Europe’s freedom of action. Moreover, the priorities of the Economic Security Strategy further underline the crucial need to secure the Union’s technological edge and de-risk economic relations including by enhancing the resilience of supply chains and thereby reducing dependencies on others. The European Ocean Pact outlines the need to enhance competitiveness and accelerate the strategic transition across the blue economy sectors, focussing especially on decarbonisation and scaling up innovation. As outlined in the Commission Communication on the Road to the next MFF,9 the next Union long-term budget needs to be more focused, simpler, more flexible, and predictable and better deliver on the Union priorities, including bolstering the Union competitiveness.(2) The Union is facing a defining period for its future, from a political, economic, social, environmental, energy, climate and security perspective, including deep and structural vulnerability from fossil fuel dependence and increased risks of conventional military threats. The Draghi report on the future of European Competitiveness3 presented a new vision to reignite sustainable growth in Europe. The Letta report4 outlined that Europe must leverage its Single Market to achieve a leadership position in the global competition. The Commission communication on the Competitiveness Compass5 provided a roadmap for boosting competitiveness, building on the recommendations of these reports. The Commission communication on the Clean Industrial Deal6 outlined the need to accelerate decarbonisation, reindustrialisation and innovation, bringing together climate action and competitiveness under one overarching growth. Sectorial Industrial Action Plans, such as Automotive, Steel and Metals and Chemicals aim to ensure the long-term competitiveness, sustainability, and resilience of the European industry. The State of the Digital decade 20257 highlights the urgent need to foster cooperation and increase public and private investments for strengthening Union’s digital leadership, sovereignty and inclusiveness. The Joint White Paper on European Defence Readiness8 underlines the need to massively and rapidly reinvest in defence in support of Europe’s freedom of action. Moreover, the priorities of the Economic Security Strategy further underline the crucial need to secure the Union’s technological edge and de-risk economic relations including by enhancing the resilience of supply chains and thereby reducing dependencies on others. The European Ocean Pact outlines the need to enhance competitiveness and accelerate the strategic transition across the blue economy sectors, focussing especially on decarbonisation and scaling up innovation. The Union has built a comprehensive energy acquis to reduce its structural dependence on imported fossil fuels via binding targets, Directive (EU) 2018/2001, Directive (EU) 2023/1791, and Directive (EU) 2024/1275, which together represent the most effective long-term competitiveness, affordability and energy security policy available to the Union. The Action Plan for Affordable Energy set out structural and short-term measures to reduce energy costs for citizens, industry and communities, recognising that the only lasting solution to recurrent energy price crises lies in reducing the Union's structural dependence on imported fossil fuels through demand moderation and the accelerated deployment of homegrown renewable energy, energy efficiency and grid modernisation. The European Grids Package laid out the legislative framework to build the energy infrastructure backbone that a fully decarbonised and electrified economy requires. The Citizens' Energy Package established the framework for protecting and empowering consumers, energy communities and vulnerable households in the energy transition. The AccelerateEU Energy Union Communication confirmed, for the second time in less than five years, that Union's dependency on imported fossil fuels represents both a strategic vulnerability and a direct cost to citizens and businesses, and underlined that the transition to clean, homegrown energy is not only the right environmental choice but the most effective competitiveness and energy security policy available to the Union. The ECF should reflect this imperative and support the structural investments in renewable energy, building renovations, electrification, energy storage, grids, energy efficiency and citizens' energy initiatives that will permanently free the Union from exposure to fossil fuel price volatility, to the benefit of citizens, industry and public finances alike. As outlined in the Commission Communication on the Road to the next MFF,9 the next Union long-term budget needs to be more focused, simpler, more flexible, and predictable and better deliver on the Union priorities, including bolstering the Union competitiveness.
3 The future of European competitiveness: Report by Mario Draghi, September 2024, https://commission.europa.eu/topics/eu-competitiveness/draghi-report_en3 The future of European competitiveness: Report by Mario Draghi, September 2024, https://commission.europa.eu/topics/eu-competitiveness/draghi-report_en
4 Enrico Letta's Report on the Future of the Single Market, April 2024, https://www.consilium.europa.eu/media/ny3j24sm/much-more-than-a-market-report-by-enrico-letta.pdf.4 Enrico Letta's Report on the Future of the Single Market, April 2024, https://www.consilium.europa.eu/media/ny3j24sm/much-more-than-a-market-report-by-enrico-letta.pdf.
5 Competitiveness compass - European Commission5 Competitiveness compass - European Commission
6 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, The Clean Industrial Deal: A joint roadmap for competitiveness and decarbonisation, COM(2025) 85 final, 26.2.2025.6 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, The Clean Industrial Deal: A joint roadmap for competitiveness and decarbonisation, COM(2025) 85 final, 26.2.2025.
7 COM(2025) 290 final State of the Digital Decade 2025: Keep building the EU's sovereignty and digital future.7 COM(2025) 290 final State of the Digital Decade 2025: Keep building the EU's sovereignty and digital future.
8 Joint Communication to the European Parliament, the European Council and the Council on ‘European Economic Security Strategy’, JOIN(2023) 20 final, 20.6.2023.8 Joint Communication to the European Parliament, the European Council and the Council on ‘European Economic Security Strategy’, JOIN(2023) 20 final, 20.6.2023.
9 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, The road to the next multiannual financial framework, COM(2025) 46 final, 11.2.2025.9 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, The road to the next multiannual financial framework, COM(2025) 46 final, 11.2.2025.

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Amendment 363

Radan Kanev

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 2

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(2) The Union is facing a defining period for its future, from a political, economic, social, environmental, climate and security perspective, including increased risks of conventional military threats. The Draghi report on the future of European Competitiveness3 presented a new vision to reignite sustainable growth in Europe. The Letta report4 outlined that Europe must leverage its Single Market to achieve a leadership position in the global competition. The Commission communication on the Competitiveness Compass5 provided a roadmap for boosting competitiveness, building on the recommendations of these reports. The Commission communication on the Clean Industrial Deal6 outlined the need to accelerate decarbonisation, reindustrialisation and innovation, bringing together climate action and competitiveness under one overarching growth. Sectorial Industrial Action Plans, such as Automotive, Steel and Metals and Chemicals aim to ensure the long-term competitiveness, sustainability, and resilience of the European industry. The State of the Digital decade 20257 highlights the urgent need to foster cooperation and increase public and private investments for strengthening Union’s digital leadership, sovereignty and inclusiveness. The Joint White Paper on European Defence Readiness8 underlines the need to massively and rapidly reinvest in defence in support of Europe’s freedom of action. Moreover, the priorities of the Economic Security Strategy further underline the crucial need to secure the Union’s technological edge and de-risk economic relations including by enhancing the resilience of supply chains and thereby reducing dependencies on others. The European Ocean Pact outlines the need to enhance competitiveness and accelerate the strategic transition across the blue economy sectors, focussing especially on decarbonisation and scaling up innovation. As outlined in the Commission Communication on the Road to the next MFF,9 the next Union long-term budget needs to be more focused, simpler, more flexible, and predictable and better deliver on the Union priorities, including bolstering the Union competitiveness.(2) The Union is facing a defining period for its future, from a political, economic, social, environmental, climate and security perspective, including increased risks of conventional military threats. The Draghi report on the future of European Competitiveness3 presented a new vision to reignite sustainable growth in Europe. The Letta report4 outlined that Europe must leverage its Single Market to achieve a leadership position in the global competition. The Commission communication on the Competitiveness Compass5 provided a roadmap for boosting competitiveness, building on the recommendations of these reports. The Commission communication on the Clean Industrial Deal6 outlined the need to accelerate decarbonisation, reindustrialisation and innovation, bringing together climate action and competitiveness under one overarching growth. Sectorial Industrial Action Plans, such as Automotive, Steel and Metals and Chemicals aim to ensure the long-term competitiveness, sustainability, and resilience of the European industry. The State of the Digital decade 20257 highlights the urgent need to foster cooperation and increase public and private investments for strengthening Union’s digital leadership, sovereignty and inclusiveness. The Joint White Paper on European Defence Readiness8 underlines the need to massively and rapidly reinvest in defence in support of Europe’s freedom of action. Moreover, the priorities of the Economic Security Strategy further underline the crucial need to secure the Union’s technological edge and de-risk economic relations including by enhancing the resilience of supply chains and thereby reducing dependencies on others. The European Ocean Pact outlines the need to enhance competitiveness and accelerate the strategic transition across the blue economy sectors, focussing especially on decarbonisation and scaling up innovation. As outlined in the Commission Communication on the Road to the next MFF,9 the next Union long-term budget needs to be more focused, simpler, more flexible, and predictable and better deliver on the Union priorities, including bolstering the Union competitiveness. The Niinistö report explained that Union resilience and competitiveness relies on whole-of-society civil and military preparedness9a. The EU’s Global Health Strategy underlines the need to boost global health research to develop technologies and countermeasures which are necessary to improve health9b. The Medical Countermeasures Strategy underlined the need to enhance cross-sectoral collaboration including civil-military cooperation and global collaboration to boost the research, development, production, and availability of medical countermeasures, including dual use, that are necessary to reinforce the EU’s health preparedness9d. The Strategy for European Life Sciences emphasises the goal to position Europe as the world's most attractive place for life sciences by 20309c;
3 The future of European competitiveness: Report by Mario Draghi, September 2024, https://commission.europa.eu/topics/eu-competitiveness/draghi-report_en3 The future of European competitiveness: Report by Mario Draghi, September 2024, https://commission.europa.eu/topics/eu-competitiveness/draghi-report_en
4 Enrico Letta's Report on the Future of the Single Market, April 2024, https://www.consilium.europa.eu/media/ny3j24sm/much-more-than-a-market-report-by-enrico-letta.pdf.4 Enrico Letta's Report on the Future of the Single Market, April 2024, https://www.consilium.europa.eu/media/ny3j24sm/much-more-than-a-market-report-by-enrico-letta.pdf.
5 Competitiveness compass - European Commission5 Competitiveness compass - European Commission
6 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, The Clean Industrial Deal: A joint roadmap for competitiveness and decarbonisation, COM(2025) 85 final, 26.2.2025.6 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, The Clean Industrial Deal: A joint roadmap for competitiveness and decarbonisation, COM(2025) 85 final, 26.2.2025.
7 COM(2025) 290 final State of the Digital Decade 2025: Keep building the EU's sovereignty and digital future.7 COM(2025) 290 final State of the Digital Decade 2025: Keep building the EU's sovereignty and digital future.
8 Joint Communication to the European Parliament, the European Council and the Council on ‘European Economic Security Strategy’, JOIN(2023) 20 final, 20.6.2023.8 Joint Communication to the European Parliament, the European Council and the Council on ‘European Economic Security Strategy’, JOIN(2023) 20 final, 20.6.2023.
9 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, The road to the next multiannual financial framework, COM(2025) 46 final, 11.2.2025.9 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, The road to the next multiannual financial framework, COM(2025) 46 final, 11.2.2025.
9a 9a Safer Together: Strengthening Europe’s Civilian and Military Preparedness and Readiness, March 2024, https://commission.europa.eu/document/download/5bb2881f-9e29-42f2-8b77-8739b19d047c_en?filename=2024_Niinisto-report_Book_VF.pdf.
9b EU Global Health Strategy, November 2022, https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_22_7153.
9c A Strategy for European Life Sciences, July 2025, https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/document/download/411698e8-6062-41af-96e5-af54474d70f5_en.
9d Medical Countermeasures Strategy, July 2025, https://health.ec.europa.eu/document/download/1be3e462-bd50-4c64-b147-add9d1d5a580_en?filename=com_2025-529-1_act_en.pdf.

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Justification

As per the adopted SANT opinion to the ECF

Amendment 364

Christophe Clergeau

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 2

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(2) The Union is facing a defining period for its future, from a political, economic, social, environmental, climate and security perspective, including increased risks of conventional military threats. The Draghi report on the future of European Competitiveness3 presented a new vision to reignite sustainable growth in Europe. The Letta report4 outlined that Europe must leverage its Single Market to achieve a leadership position in the global competition. The Commission communication on the Competitiveness Compass5 provided a roadmap for boosting competitiveness, building on the recommendations of these reports. The Commission communication on the Clean Industrial Deal6 outlined the need to accelerate decarbonisation, reindustrialisation and innovation, bringing together climate action and competitiveness under one overarching growth. Sectorial Industrial Action Plans, such as Automotive, Steel and Metals and Chemicals aim to ensure the long-term competitiveness, sustainability, and resilience of the European industry. The State of the Digital decade 20257 highlights the urgent need to foster cooperation and increase public and private investments for strengthening Union’s digital leadership, sovereignty and inclusiveness. The Joint White Paper on European Defence Readiness8 underlines the need to massively and rapidly reinvest in defence in support of Europe’s freedom of action. Moreover, the priorities of the Economic Security Strategy further underline the crucial need to secure the Union’s technological edge and de-risk economic relations including by enhancing the resilience of supply chains and thereby reducing dependencies on others. The European Ocean Pact outlines the need to enhance competitiveness and accelerate the strategic transition across the blue economy sectors, focussing especially on decarbonisation and scaling up innovation. As outlined in the Commission Communication on the Road to the next MFF,9 the next Union long-term budget needs to be more focused, simpler, more flexible, and predictable and better deliver on the Union priorities, including bolstering the Union competitiveness.(2) The Union is facing a defining period for its future, from a political, economic, social, environmental, climate and security perspective, including increased risks of conventional military threats. The Draghi report on the future of European Competitiveness3 presented a new vision to reignite sustainable growth in Europe. The Letta report4 outlined that Europe must leverage its Single Market to achieve a leadership position in the global competition. The Commission communication on the Competitiveness Compass5 provided a roadmap for boosting competitiveness, building on the recommendations of these reports. The Commission communication on the Clean Industrial Deal6 outlined the need to accelerate decarbonisation, reindustrialisation and innovation, bringing together climate action and competitiveness under one overarching growth. Sectorial Industrial Action Plans, such as Automotive, Steel and Metals and Chemicals aim to ensure the long-term competitiveness, sustainability, and resilience of the European industry. The State of the Digital decade 20257 highlights the urgent need to foster cooperation and increase public and private investments for strengthening Union’s digital leadership, sovereignty and inclusiveness. The Joint White Paper on European Defence Readiness8 underlines the need to massively and rapidly reinvest in defence in support of Europe’s freedom of action. Moreover, the priorities of the Economic Security Strategy further underline the crucial need to secure the Union’s technological edge and de-risk economic relations including by enhancing the resilience of supply chains and thereby reducing dependencies on others. The European Competitiveness Fund should contribute to the full implementation of the objectives set out, inter alia, in the European Ocean Pact, the upcoming European Ocean Act, the European Industrial Maritime Strategy, the European Port Strategy, the EU Coastal Communities Development and Resilience Strategy, the Outermost regions Strategy and the Strategy for EU Islands, in order to unlock the Ocean’s potential for sustainable growth, innovation, quality employment, European sovereignty and security. In this context every program within ECF should be mobilised to achieve these goals in a coordinated way relying on a maritime competitiveness ECF roadmap, including Horizon Europe, Clean Transition and Industrial Decarbonisation, Health, biotech, agriculture, fisheries and bioeconomy, Digital Leadership, Resilience and Security, including defence industry and space. Up to 10% of ECF should be mobilised by the roadmap to finance ocean, maritime, and sea-related priorities throughout the implementation period. As outlined in the Commission Communication on the Road to the next MFF,9 the next Union long-term budget needs to be more focused, simpler, more flexible, and predictable and better deliver on the Union priorities, including bolstering the Union competitiveness.
3 The future of European competitiveness: Report by Mario Draghi, September 2024, https://commission.europa.eu/topics/eu-competitiveness/draghi-report_en3 The future of European competitiveness: Report by Mario Draghi, September 2024, https://commission.europa.eu/topics/eu-competitiveness/draghi-report_en
4 Enrico Letta's Report on the Future of the Single Market, April 2024, https://www.consilium.europa.eu/media/ny3j24sm/much-more-than-a-market-report-by-enrico-letta.pdf.4 Enrico Letta's Report on the Future of the Single Market, April 2024, https://www.consilium.europa.eu/media/ny3j24sm/much-more-than-a-market-report-by-enrico-letta.pdf.
5 Competitiveness compass - European Commission5 Competitiveness compass - European Commission
6 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, The Clean Industrial Deal: A joint roadmap for competitiveness and decarbonisation, COM(2025) 85 final, 26.2.2025.6 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, The Clean Industrial Deal: A joint roadmap for competitiveness and decarbonisation, COM(2025) 85 final, 26.2.2025.
7 COM(2025) 290 final State of the Digital Decade 2025: Keep building the EU's sovereignty and digital future.7 COM(2025) 290 final State of the Digital Decade 2025: Keep building the EU's sovereignty and digital future.
8 Joint Communication to the European Parliament, the European Council and the Council on ‘European Economic Security Strategy’, JOIN(2023) 20 final, 20.6.2023.8 Joint Communication to the European Parliament, the European Council and the Council on ‘European Economic Security Strategy’, JOIN(2023) 20 final, 20.6.2023.
9 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, The road to the next multiannual financial framework, COM(2025) 46 final, 11.2.2025.

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Amendment 365

Krzysztof Hetman, Adam Jarubas, Borys Budka, Kamila Gasiuk-Pihowicz, Mirosława Nykiel

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 2

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(2) The Union is facing a defining period for its future, from a political, economic, social, environmental, climate and security perspective, including increased risks of conventional military threats. The Draghi report on the future of European Competitiveness3 presented a new vision to reignite sustainable growth in Europe. The Letta report4 outlined that Europe must leverage its Single Market to achieve a leadership position in the global competition. The Commission communication on the Competitiveness Compass5 provided a roadmap for boosting competitiveness, building on the recommendations of these reports. The Commission communication on the Clean Industrial Deal6 outlined the need to accelerate decarbonisation, reindustrialisation and innovation, bringing together climate action and competitiveness under one overarching growth. Sectorial Industrial Action Plans, such as Automotive, Steel and Metals and Chemicals aim to ensure the long-term competitiveness, sustainability, and resilience of the European industry. The State of the Digital decade 20257 highlights the urgent need to foster cooperation and increase public and private investments for strengthening Union’s digital leadership, sovereignty and inclusiveness. The Joint White Paper on European Defence Readiness8 underlines the need to massively and rapidly reinvest in defence in support of Europe’s freedom of action. Moreover, the priorities of the Economic Security Strategy further underline the crucial need to secure the Union’s technological edge and de-risk economic relations including by enhancing the resilience of supply chains and thereby reducing dependencies on others. The European Ocean Pact outlines the need to enhance competitiveness and accelerate the strategic transition across the blue economy sectors, focussing especially on decarbonisation and scaling up innovation. As outlined in the Commission Communication on the Road to the next MFF,9 the next Union long-term budget needs to be more focused, simpler, more flexible, and predictable and better deliver on the Union priorities, including bolstering the Union competitiveness.(2) The Union is facing a defining period for its future, from a political, economic, social, environmental, climate and security perspective, including increased risks of conventional military threats. The Draghi report on the future of European Competitiveness3 presented a new vision to reignite sustainable growth in Europe. The Letta report4 outlined that Europe must leverage its Single Market to achieve a leadership position in the global competition. The Commission communication on the Competitiveness Compass5 provided a roadmap for boosting competitiveness, building on the recommendations of these reports. The Commission communication on the Clean Industrial Deal6 outlined the need to accelerate decarbonisation, reindustrialisation and innovation, bringing together climate action and competitiveness under one overarching growth. Sectorial Industrial Action Plans, such as Automotive, Steel and Metals and Chemicals aim to ensure the long-term competitiveness, sustainability, and resilience of the European industry. The State of the Digital decade 20257 highlights the urgent need to foster cooperation and increase public and private investments for strengthening Union’s digital leadership, sovereignty and inclusiveness. The Joint White Paper on European Defence Readiness8 underlines the need to massively and rapidly reinvest in defence in support of Europe’s freedom of action. Moreover, the priorities of the Economic Security Strategy further underline the crucial need to secure the Union’s technological edge and de-risk economic relations including by enhancing the resilience of supply chains and thereby reducing dependencies on others. Furthermore, acknowledging the fact that unsustainable water management undermines our overall security of supply and competitiveness, as recognised in the Competitiveness Compass and the Clean Industrial Deal, the European Water Resilience Strategy underlines the need for significant additional public and private investments in all stages of water management to speed up progress towards water resilience. The European Ocean Pact outlines the need to enhance competitiveness and accelerate the strategic transition across the blue economy sectors, focussing especially on decarbonisation and scaling up innovation. As outlined in the Commission Communication on the Road to the next MFF,9 the next Union long-term budget needs to be more focused, simpler, more flexible, and predictable and better deliver on the Union priorities, including bolstering the Union competitiveness.
3 The future of European competitiveness: Report by Mario Draghi, September 2024, https://commission.europa.eu/topics/eu-competitiveness/draghi-report_en3 The future of European competitiveness: Report by Mario Draghi, September 2024, https://commission.europa.eu/topics/eu-competitiveness/draghi-report_en
4 Enrico Letta's Report on the Future of the Single Market, April 2024, https://www.consilium.europa.eu/media/ny3j24sm/much-more-than-a-market-report-by-enrico-letta.pdf.4 Enrico Letta's Report on the Future of the Single Market, April 2024, https://www.consilium.europa.eu/media/ny3j24sm/much-more-than-a-market-report-by-enrico-letta.pdf.
5 Competitiveness compass - European Commission5 Competitiveness compass - European Commission
6 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, The Clean Industrial Deal: A joint roadmap for competitiveness and decarbonisation, COM(2025) 85 final, 26.2.2025.6 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, The Clean Industrial Deal: A joint roadmap for competitiveness and decarbonisation, COM(2025) 85 final, 26.2.2025.
7 COM(2025) 290 final State of the Digital Decade 2025: Keep building the EU's sovereignty and digital future.7 COM(2025) 290 final State of the Digital Decade 2025: Keep building the EU's sovereignty and digital future.
8 Joint Communication to the European Parliament, the European Council and the Council on ‘European Economic Security Strategy’, JOIN(2023) 20 final, 20.6.2023.8 Joint Communication to the European Parliament, the European Council and the Council on ‘European Economic Security Strategy’, JOIN(2023) 20 final, 20.6.2023.
9 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, The road to the next multiannual financial framework, COM(2025) 46 final, 11.2.2025.9 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, The road to the next multiannual financial framework, COM(2025) 46 final, 11.2.2025.

Or. en

Amendment 366

Carmen Crespo Díaz, Raúl de la Hoz Quintano

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 2

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(2) The Union is facing a defining period for its future, from a political, economic, social, environmental, climate and security perspective, including increased risks of conventional military threats. The Draghi report on the future of European Competitiveness3 presented a new vision to reignite sustainable growth in Europe. The Letta report4 outlined that Europe must leverage its Single Market to achieve a leadership position in the global competition. The Commission communication on the Competitiveness Compass5 provided a roadmap for boosting competitiveness, building on the recommendations of these reports. The Commission communication on the Clean Industrial Deal6 outlined the need to accelerate decarbonisation, reindustrialisation and innovation, bringing together climate action and competitiveness under one overarching growth. Sectorial Industrial Action Plans, such as Automotive, Steel and Metals and Chemicals aim to ensure the long-term competitiveness, sustainability, and resilience of the European industry. The State of the Digital Decade 20257 highlights the urgent need to foster cooperation and increase public and private investments for strengthening Union’s digital leadership, sovereignty and inclusiveness. The Joint White Paper on European Defence Readiness8 underlines the need to massively and rapidly reinvest in defence in support of Europe’s freedom of action. Moreover, the priorities of the Economic Security Strategy further underline the crucial need to secure the Union’s technological edge and de-risk economic relations including by enhancing the resilience of supply chains and thereby reducing dependencies on others. The European Ocean Pact outlines the need to enhance competitiveness and accelerate the strategic transition across the blue economy sectors, focussing especially on decarbonisation and scaling up innovation. As outlined in the Commission Communication on the Road to the next MFF9, the next Union long-term budget needs to be more focused, simpler, more flexible, and predictable and better deliver on the Union priorities, including bolstering the Union competitiveness.(2) The Union is facing a defining period for its future, from a political, economic, social, environmental, climate and security perspective, including increased risks of conventional military threats. The Draghi report on the future of European Competitiveness3 presented a new vision to reignite sustainable growth in Europe. The Letta report4 outlined that Europe must leverage its Single Market to achieve a leadership position in the global competition. The Commission communication on the Competitiveness Compass5 provided a roadmap for boosting competitiveness, building on the recommendations of these reports. The Commission communication on the Clean Industrial Deal6 outlined the need to accelerate decarbonisation, reindustrialisation and innovation, bringing together climate action and competitiveness under one overarching growth. Sectorial Industrial Action Plans, such as Automotive, Steel and Metals and Chemicals aim to ensure the long-term competitiveness, sustainability, and resilience of the European industry. Against this background, the Vision for Agriculture and Food points to the agri-food sector as a strategic pillar of the Union, whose competitiveness, resilience and sustainability are essential to economic performance, food security and territorial cohesion. The State of the Digital Decade 20257 highlights the urgent need to foster cooperation and increase public and private investments for strengthening Union’s digital leadership, sovereignty and inclusiveness. The Joint White Paper on European Defence Readiness8 underlines the need to massively and rapidly reinvest in defence in support of Europe’s freedom of action. Moreover, the priorities of the Economic Security Strategy further underline the crucial need to secure the Union’s technological edge and de-risk economic relations including by enhancing the resilience of supply chains and thereby reducing dependencies on others. The European Ocean Pact outlines the need to enhance competitiveness and accelerate the strategic transition across the blue economy sectors, focussing especially on decarbonisation and scaling up innovation. As outlined in the Commission Communication on the Road to the next MFF9, the next Union long-term budget needs to be more focused, simpler, more flexible, and predictable and better deliver on the Union priorities, including bolstering the Union competitiveness.
3 The future of European competitiveness: Report by Mario Draghi, September 2024, https://commission.europa.eu/topics/eu-competitiveness/draghi-report_en3 The future of European competitiveness: Report by Mario Draghi, September 2024, https://commission.europa.eu/topics/eu-competitiveness/draghi-report_en
4 Enrico Letta's Report on the Future of the Single Market, April 2024, https://www.consilium.europa.eu/media/ny3j24sm/much-more-than-a-market-report-by-enrico-letta.pdf.4 Enrico Letta's Report on the Future of the Single Market, April 2024, https://www.consilium.europa.eu/media/ny3j24sm/much-more-than-a-market-report-by-enrico-letta.pdf.
5 Competitiveness compass – European Commission5 Competitiveness compass – European Commission
6 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, The Clean Industrial Deal: A joint roadmap for competitiveness and decarbonisation, COM(2025) 85 final, 26.2.2025.6 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, The Clean Industrial Deal: A joint roadmap for competitiveness and decarbonisation, COM(2025) 85 final, 26.2.2025.
7COM(2025) 290 final State of the Digital Decade 2025: Keep building the EU's sovereignty and digital future.7COM(2025) 290 final State of the Digital Decade 2025: Keep building the EU's sovereignty and digital future.
8 Joint Communication to the European Parliament, the European Council and the Council on ‘European Economic Security Strategy’, JOIN(2023) 20 final, 20.6.2023.8 Joint Communication to the European Parliament, the European Council and the Council on ‘European Economic Security Strategy’, JOIN(2023) 20 final, 20.6.2023.
9 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, The road to the next multiannual financial framework, COM(2025) 46 final, 11.2.2025.9 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, The road to the next multiannual financial framework, COM(2025) 46 final, 11.2.2025.

Or. es

Amendment 367

Nicolás González Casares, Mohammed Chahim, Elena Sancho Murillo, Lina Gálvez, Yannis Maniatis, Thomas Pellerin-Carlin, Annalisa Corrado, Christophe Clergeau, Bruno Tobback, Sofie Eriksson, Niels Fuglsang

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 2

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(2) The Union is facing a defining period for its future, from a political, economic, social, environmental, climate and security perspective, including increased risks of conventional military threats. The Draghi report on the future of European Competitiveness3 presented a new vision to reignite sustainable growth in Europe. The Letta report4 outlined that Europe must leverage its Single Market to achieve a leadership position in the global competition. The Commission communication on the Competitiveness Compass5 provided a roadmap for boosting competitiveness, building on the recommendations of these reports. The Commission communication on the Clean Industrial Deal6 outlined the need to accelerate decarbonisation, reindustrialisation and innovation, bringing together climate action and competitiveness under one overarching growth. Sectorial Industrial Action Plans, such as Automotive, Steel and Metals and Chemicals aim to ensure the long-term competitiveness, sustainability, and resilience of the European industry. The State of the Digital decade 20257 highlights the urgent need to foster cooperation and increase public and private investments for strengthening Union’s digital leadership, sovereignty and inclusiveness. The Joint White Paper on European Defence Readiness8 underlines the need to massively and rapidly reinvest in defence in support of Europe’s freedom of action. Moreover, the priorities of the Economic Security Strategy further underline the crucial need to secure the Union’s technological edge and de-risk economic relations including by enhancing the resilience of supply chains and thereby reducing dependencies on others. The European Ocean Pact outlines the need to enhance competitiveness and accelerate the strategic transition across the blue economy sectors, focussing especially on decarbonisation and scaling up innovation. As outlined in the Commission Communication on the Road to the next MFF,9 the next Union long-term budget needs to be more focused, simpler, more flexible, and predictable and better deliver on the Union priorities, including bolstering the Union competitiveness.(2) The Union is facing a defining period for its future, from a political, economic, social, environmental, climate and security perspective, including increased risks of conventional military threats. The European Green Deal remains the Union’s overarching sustainable growth strategy, anchoring our commitment to climate neutrality, biodiversity protection, and a just transition that leaves no one behind The Draghi report on the future of European Competitiveness3 presented a new vision to reignite sustainable growth in Europe. The Letta report4 outlined that Europe must leverage its Single Market to achieve a leadership position in the global competition. The Commission communication on the Competitiveness Compass5 provided a roadmap for boosting competitiveness, building on the recommendations of these reports. The Commission communication on the Clean Industrial Deal6 outlined the need to accelerate decarbonisation, reindustrialisation and innovation, bringing together climate action and competitiveness under one overarching growth. Sectorial Industrial Action Plans, such as Automotive, Steel and Metals and Chemicals aim to ensure the long-term competitiveness, sustainability, and resilience of the European industry. The State of the Digital decade 20257 highlights the urgent need to foster cooperation and increase public and private investments for strengthening Union’s digital leadership, sovereignty and inclusiveness. The Joint White Paper on European Defence Readiness8 underlines the need to massively and rapidly reinvest in defence in support of Europe’s freedom of action. Moreover, the priorities of the Economic Security Strategy further underline the crucial need to secure the Union’s technological edge and de-risk economic relations including by enhancing the resilience of supply chains and thereby reducing dependencies on others. The European Ocean Pact outlines the need to enhance competitiveness and accelerate the strategic transition across the blue economy sectors, focussing especially on decarbonisation and scaling up innovation. As outlined in the Commission Communication on the Road to the next MFF,9 the next Union long-term budget needs to be more focused, simpler, more flexible, and predictable and better deliver on the Union priorities, including bolstering the Union competitiveness.
3 The future of European competitiveness: Report by Mario Draghi, September 2024, https://commission.europa.eu/topics/eu-competitiveness/draghi-report_en3 The future of European competitiveness: Report by Mario Draghi, September 2024, https://commission.europa.eu/topics/eu-competitiveness/draghi-report_en
4 Enrico Letta's Report on the Future of the Single Market, April 2024, https://www.consilium.europa.eu/media/ny3j24sm/much-more-than-a-market-report-by-enrico-letta.pdf.4 Enrico Letta's Report on the Future of the Single Market, April 2024, https://www.consilium.europa.eu/media/ny3j24sm/much-more-than-a-market-report-by-enrico-letta.pdf.
5 Competitiveness compass - European Commission5 Competitiveness compass - European Commission
6 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, The Clean Industrial Deal: A joint roadmap for competitiveness and decarbonisation, COM(2025) 85 final, 26.2.2025.6 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, The Clean Industrial Deal: A joint roadmap for competitiveness and decarbonisation, COM(2025) 85 final, 26.2.2025.
7 COM(2025) 290 final State of the Digital Decade 2025: Keep building the EU's sovereignty and digital future.7 COM(2025) 290 final State of the Digital Decade 2025: Keep building the EU's sovereignty and digital future.
8 Joint Communication to the European Parliament, the European Council and the Council on ‘European Economic Security Strategy’, JOIN(2023) 20 final, 20.6.2023.8 Joint Communication to the European Parliament, the European Council and the Council on ‘European Economic Security Strategy’, JOIN(2023) 20 final, 20.6.2023.
9 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, The road to the next multiannual financial framework, COM(2025) 46 final, 11.2.2025.9 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, The road to the next multiannual financial framework, COM(2025) 46 final, 11.2.2025.

Or. en

Amendment 368

Marc Botenga

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 2

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(2) The Union is facing a defining period for its future, from a political, economic, social, environmental, climate and security perspective, including increased risks of conventional military threats. The Draghi report on the future of European Competitiveness3 presented a new vision to reignite sustainable growth in Europe. The Letta report4 outlined that Europe must leverage its Single Market to achieve a leadership position in the global competition. The Commission communication on the Competitiveness Compass5 provided a roadmap for boosting competitiveness, building on the recommendations of these reports. The Commission communication on the Clean Industrial Deal6 outlined the need to accelerate decarbonisation, reindustrialisation and innovation, bringing together climate action and competitiveness under one overarching growth. Sectorial Industrial Action Plans, such as Automotive, Steel and Metals and Chemicals aim to ensure the long-term competitiveness, sustainability, and resilience of the European industry. The State of the Digital decade 20257 highlights the urgent need to foster cooperation and increase public and private investments for strengthening Union’s digital leadership, sovereignty and inclusiveness. The Joint White Paper on European Defence Readiness8 underlines the need to massively and rapidly reinvest in defence in support of Europe’s freedom of action. Moreover, the priorities of the Economic Security Strategy further underline the crucial need to secure the Union’s technological edge and de-risk economic relations including by enhancing the resilience of supply chains and thereby reducing dependencies on others. The European Ocean Pact outlines the need to enhance competitiveness and accelerate the strategic transition across the blue economy sectors, focussing especially on decarbonisation and scaling up innovation. As outlined in the Commission Communication on the Road to the next MFF,9 the next Union long-term budget needs to be more focused, simpler, more flexible, and predictable and better deliver on the Union priorities, including bolstering the Union competitiveness.(2) The Union is facing a defining period for its future, from a political, economic, social, environmental, and climate perspective. The Draghi report on the future of European Competitiveness3 presented a new vision to reignite sustainable growth in Europe. The Letta report4 outlined that Europe must leverage its Single Market to achieve a leadership position in the global competition. The Commission communication on the Competitiveness Compass5 provided a roadmap for boosting competitiveness, building on the recommendations of these reports. The Commission communication on the Clean Industrial Deal6 outlined the need to accelerate decarbonisation, reindustrialisation and innovation, bringing together climate action and competitiveness under one overarching growth. Sectorial Industrial Action Plans, such as Automotive, Steel and Metals and Chemicals aim to ensure the long-term competitiveness, sustainability, and resilience of the European industry. The State of the Digital decade 20257 highlights the urgent need to foster cooperation and increase public and private investments for strengthening Union’s digital leadership, sovereignty and inclusiveness. Moreover, the priorities of the Economic Security Strategy further underline the crucial need to secure the Union’s technological edge and de-risk economic relations including by enhancing the resilience of supply chains and thereby reducing dependencies on others. The European Ocean Pact outlines the need to enhance competitiveness and accelerate the strategic transition across the blue economy sectors, focussing especially on decarbonisation and scaling up innovation. As outlined in the Commission Communication on the Road to the next MFF,9 the next Union long-term budget needs to be more focused, simpler, more flexible, and predictable and better deliver on the Union priorities, including bolstering the Union competitiveness.
3 The future of European competitiveness: Report by Mario Draghi, September 2024, https://commission.europa.eu/topics/eu-competitiveness/draghi-report_en3 The future of European competitiveness: Report by Mario Draghi, September 2024, https://commission.europa.eu/topics/eu-competitiveness/draghi-report_en
4 Enrico Letta's Report on the Future of the Single Market, April 2024, https://www.consilium.europa.eu/media/ny3j24sm/much-more-than-a-market-report-by-enrico-letta.pdf.4 Enrico Letta's Report on the Future of the Single Market, April 2024, https://www.consilium.europa.eu/media/ny3j24sm/much-more-than-a-market-report-by-enrico-letta.pdf.
5 Competitiveness compass - European Commission5 Competitiveness compass - European Commission
6 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, The Clean Industrial Deal: A joint roadmap for competitiveness and decarbonisation, COM(2025) 85 final, 26.2.2025.6 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, The Clean Industrial Deal: A joint roadmap for competitiveness and decarbonisation, COM(2025) 85 final, 26.2.2025.
7 COM(2025) 290 final State of the Digital Decade 2025: Keep building the EU's sovereignty and digital future.7 COM(2025) 290 final State of the Digital Decade 2025: Keep building the EU's sovereignty and digital future.
8 Joint Communication to the European Parliament, the European Council and the Council on ‘European Economic Security Strategy’, JOIN(2023) 20 final, 20.6.2023.
9 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, The road to the next multiannual financial framework, COM(2025) 46 final, 11.2.2025.9 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, The road to the next multiannual financial framework, COM(2025) 46 final, 11.2.2025.

Or. en

Amendment 369

Barry Andrews, Stine Bosse

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 2

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(2) The Union is facing a defining period for its future, from a political, economic, social, environmental, climate and security perspective, including increased risks of conventional military threats. The Draghi report on the future of European Competitiveness3 presented a new vision to reignite sustainable growth in Europe. The Letta report4 outlined that Europe must leverage its Single Market to achieve a leadership position in the global competition. The Commission communication on the Competitiveness Compass5 provided a roadmap for boosting competitiveness, building on the recommendations of these reports. The Commission communication on the Clean Industrial Deal6 outlined the need to accelerate decarbonisation, reindustrialisation and innovation, bringing together climate action and competitiveness under one overarching growth. Sectorial Industrial Action Plans, such as Automotive, Steel and Metals and Chemicals aim to ensure the long-term competitiveness, sustainability, and resilience of the European industry. The State of the Digital decade 20257 highlights the urgent need to foster cooperation and increase public and private investments for strengthening Union’s digital leadership, sovereignty and inclusiveness. The Joint White Paper on European Defence Readiness8 underlines the need to massively and rapidly reinvest in defence in support of Europe’s freedom of action. Moreover, the priorities of the Economic Security Strategy further underline the crucial need to secure the Union’s technological edge and de-risk economic relations including by enhancing the resilience of supply chains and thereby reducing dependencies on others. The European Ocean Pact outlines the need to enhance competitiveness and accelerate the strategic transition across the blue economy sectors, focussing especially on decarbonisation and scaling up innovation. As outlined in the Commission Communication on the Road to the next MFF,9 the next Union long-term budget needs to be more focused, simpler, more flexible, and predictable and better deliver on the Union priorities, including bolstering the Union competitiveness.(2) The Union is facing a defining period for its future, from a political, economic, social, environmental, climate and security perspective, including increased risks of conventional military threats. The Draghi report on the future of European Competitiveness3 presented a new vision to reignite sustainable growth in Europe. The Letta report4 outlined that Europe must leverage its Single Market to achieve a leadership position in the global competition. The Commission communication on the Competitiveness Compass5 provided a roadmap for boosting competitiveness, building on the recommendations of these reports. The Commission communication on the Clean Industrial Deal6 outlined the need to accelerate decarbonisation, reindustrialisation and innovation, bringing together climate action and competitiveness under one overarching growth. Sectorial Industrial Action Plans, such as Automotive, Steel and Metals and Chemicals aim to ensure the long-term competitiveness, sustainability, and resilience of the European industry. The State of the Digital decade 20257 highlights the urgent need to foster cooperation and increase public and private investments for strengthening Union’s digital leadership, sovereignty and inclusiveness. The Joint White Paper on European Defence Readiness8 underlines the need to massively and rapidly reinvest in defence in support of Europe’s freedom of action. Moreover, the priorities of the Economic Security Strategy further underline the crucial need to secure the Union’s technological edge and de-risk economic relations including by enhancing the resilience of supply chains and thereby reducing dependencies on others. The European Ocean Pact outlines the need to enhance competitiveness and accelerate the strategic transition across the blue economy sectors, focussing especially on decarbonisation and scaling up innovation. As outlined in the Commission Communication on the Road to the next MFF,9 the next Union long-term budget needs to be more focused, simpler, more flexible, and predictable and better deliver on the Union priorities, including bolstering the Union competitiveness. The EU’s Global Health Strategy underlines the need to boost global health research to develop technologies and countermeasures which are necessary to improve health9a
3 The future of European competitiveness: Report by Mario Draghi, September 2024, https://commission.europa.eu/topics/eu-competitiveness/draghi-report_en3 The future of European competitiveness: Report by Mario Draghi, September 2024, https://commission.europa.eu/topics/eu-competitiveness/draghi-report_en
4 Enrico Letta's Report on the Future of the Single Market, April 2024, https://www.consilium.europa.eu/media/ny3j24sm/much-more-than-a-market-report-by-enrico-letta.pdf.4 Enrico Letta's Report on the Future of the Single Market, April 2024, https://www.consilium.europa.eu/media/ny3j24sm/much-more-than-a-market-report-by-enrico-letta.pdf.
5 Competitiveness compass - European Commission5 Competitiveness compass - European Commission
6 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, The Clean Industrial Deal: A joint roadmap for competitiveness and decarbonisation, COM(2025) 85 final, 26.2.2025.6 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, The Clean Industrial Deal: A joint roadmap for competitiveness and decarbonisation, COM(2025) 85 final, 26.2.2025.
7 COM(2025) 290 final State of the Digital Decade 2025: Keep building the EU's sovereignty and digital future.7 COM(2025) 290 final State of the Digital Decade 2025: Keep building the EU's sovereignty and digital future.
8 Joint Communication to the European Parliament, the European Council and the Council on ‘European Economic Security Strategy’, JOIN(2023) 20 final, 20.6.2023.8 Joint Communication to the European Parliament, the European Council and the Council on ‘European Economic Security Strategy’, JOIN(2023) 20 final, 20.6.2023.
9 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, The road to the next multiannual financial framework, COM(2025) 46 final, 11.2.2025.9 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, The road to the next multiannual financial framework, COM(2025) 46 final, 11.2.2025.
9a 9a EU Global Health Strategy, November 2022, https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_22_7153

Or. en

Amendment 370

Yannis Maniatis

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 2

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(2) The Union is facing a defining period for its future, from a political, economic, social, environmental, climate and security perspective, including increased risks of conventional military threats. The Draghi report on the future of European Competitiveness3 presented a new vision to reignite sustainable growth in Europe. The Letta report4 outlined that Europe must leverage its Single Market to achieve a leadership position in the global competition. The Commission communication on the Competitiveness Compass5 provided a roadmap for boosting competitiveness, building on the recommendations of these reports. The Commission communication on the Clean Industrial Deal6 outlined the need to accelerate decarbonisation, reindustrialisation and innovation, bringing together climate action and competitiveness under one overarching growth. Sectorial Industrial Action Plans, such as Automotive, Steel and Metals and Chemicals aim to ensure the long-term competitiveness, sustainability, and resilience of the European industry. The State of the Digital decade 20257 highlights the urgent need to foster cooperation and increase public and private investments for strengthening Union’s digital leadership, sovereignty and inclusiveness. The Joint White Paper on European Defence Readiness8 underlines the need to massively and rapidly reinvest in defence in support of Europe’s freedom of action. Moreover, the priorities of the Economic Security Strategy further underline the crucial need to secure the Union’s technological edge and de-risk economic relations including by enhancing the resilience of supply chains and thereby reducing dependencies on others. The European Ocean Pact outlines the need to enhance competitiveness and accelerate the strategic transition across the blue economy sectors, focussing especially on decarbonisation and scaling up innovation. As outlined in the Commission Communication on the Road to the next MFF,9 the next Union long-term budget needs to be more focused, simpler, more flexible, and predictable and better deliver on the Union priorities, including bolstering the Union competitiveness.(2) The Union is facing a defining period for its future, from a political, economic, social, environmental, climate and security perspective, including increased risks of conventional military threats. The Draghi report on the future of European Competitiveness3 presented a new vision to reignite sustainable growth in Europe. The Letta report4 outlined that Europe must leverage its Single Market to achieve a leadership position in the global competition. The Commission communication on the Competitiveness Compass5 provided a roadmap for boosting competitiveness, building on the recommendations of these reports. The Commission communication on the Clean Industrial Deal6 outlined the need to accelerate decarbonisation, reindustrialisation and innovation, bringing together climate action and competitiveness under one overarching growth. Sectorial Industrial Action Plans, such as Automotive, Steel and Metals and Chemicals aim to ensure the long-term competitiveness, sustainability, and resilience of the European industry. The State of the Digital decade 20257 highlights the urgent need to foster cooperation and increase public and private investments for strengthening Union’s digital leadership, sovereignty and inclusiveness. The Joint White Paper on European Defence Readiness8 underlines the need to massively and rapidly reinvest in defence in support of Europe’s freedom of action. Moreover, the priorities of the Economic Security Strategy further underline the crucial need to secure the Union’s technological edge and de-risk economic relations including by enhancing the resilience of supply chains and thereby reducing dependencies on others. The European Ocean Pact outlines the need to enhance competitiveness and accelerate the strategic transition across the blue economy sectors, focussing especially on decarbonisation and scaling up innovation. The Grids Package stresses that ensuring public participation by local communities in renewable energy projects, in particular the larger ones, can increase public acceptance. As outlined in the Commission Communication on the Road to the next MFF,9 the next Union long-term budget needs to be more focused, simpler, more flexible, and predictable and better deliver on the Union priorities, including bolstering the Union competitiveness.
3 The future of European competitiveness: Report by Mario Draghi, September 2024, https://commission.europa.eu/topics/eu-competitiveness/draghi-report_en3 The future of European competitiveness: Report by Mario Draghi, September 2024, https://commission.europa.eu/topics/eu-competitiveness/draghi-report_en
4 Enrico Letta's Report on the Future of the Single Market, April 2024, https://www.consilium.europa.eu/media/ny3j24sm/much-more-than-a-market-report-by-enrico-letta.pdf.4 Enrico Letta's Report on the Future of the Single Market, April 2024, https://www.consilium.europa.eu/media/ny3j24sm/much-more-than-a-market-report-by-enrico-letta.pdf.
5 Competitiveness compass - European Commission5 Competitiveness compass - European Commission
6 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, The Clean Industrial Deal: A joint roadmap for competitiveness and decarbonisation, COM(2025) 85 final, 26.2.2025.6 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, The Clean Industrial Deal: A joint roadmap for competitiveness and decarbonisation, COM(2025) 85 final, 26.2.2025.
7 COM(2025) 290 final State of the Digital Decade 2025: Keep building the EU's sovereignty and digital future.7 COM(2025) 290 final State of the Digital Decade 2025: Keep building the EU's sovereignty and digital future.
8 Joint Communication to the European Parliament, the European Council and the Council on ‘European Economic Security Strategy’, JOIN(2023) 20 final, 20.6.2023.8 Joint Communication to the European Parliament, the European Council and the Council on ‘European Economic Security Strategy’, JOIN(2023) 20 final, 20.6.2023.
9 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, The road to the next multiannual financial framework, COM(2025) 46 final, 11.2.2025.9 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, The road to the next multiannual financial framework, COM(2025) 46 final, 11.2.2025.

Or. en

Amendment 371

Rihards Kols

on behalf of the ECR Group

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 2

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(2) The Union is facing a defining period for its future, from a political, economic, social, environmental, climate and security perspective, including increased risks of conventional military threats. The Draghi report on the future of European Competitiveness3 presented a new vision to reignite sustainable growth in Europe. The Letta report4 outlined that Europe must leverage its Single Market to achieve a leadership position in the global competition. The Commission communication on the Competitiveness Compass5 provided a roadmap for boosting competitiveness, building on the recommendations of these reports. The Commission communication on the Clean Industrial Deal6 outlined the need to accelerate decarbonisation, reindustrialisation and innovation, bringing together climate action and competitiveness under one overarching growth. Sectorial Industrial Action Plans, such as Automotive, Steel and Metals and Chemicals aim to ensure the long-term competitiveness, sustainability, and resilience of the European industry. The State of the Digital decade 20257 highlights the urgent need to foster cooperation and increase public and private investments for strengthening Union’s digital leadership, sovereignty and inclusiveness. The Joint White Paper on European Defence Readiness8 underlines the need to massively and rapidly reinvest in defence in support of Europe’s freedom of action. Moreover, the priorities of the Economic Security Strategy further underline the crucial need to secure the Union’s technological edge and de-risk economic relations including by enhancing the resilience of supply chains and thereby reducing dependencies on others. The European Ocean Pact outlines the need to enhance competitiveness and accelerate the strategic transition across the blue economy sectors, focussing especially on decarbonisation and scaling up innovation. As outlined in the Commission Communication on the Road to the next MFF,9 the next Union long-term budget needs to be more focused, simpler, more flexible, and predictable and better deliver on the Union priorities, including bolstering the Union competitiveness.(2) The Union is facing a defining period for its future, from a political, economic, social, environmental, climate and security perspective, including increased risks of conventional military threats. Stability, the rule of law and a credible security posture are pre-conditions of economic activity and investment; without them no competitiveness policy can deliver. The Draghi report on the future of European Competitiveness3 presented a new vision to reignite sustainable growth in Europe. The Letta report4 outlined that Europe must leverage its Single Market to achieve a leadership position in the global competition. The Commission communication on the Competitiveness Compass5 provided a roadmap for boosting competitiveness, building on the recommendations of these reports. The Commission communication on the Clean Industrial Deal6 outlined the need to accelerate decarbonisation, reindustrialisation and innovation, bringing together climate action and competitiveness under one overarching growth. Sectorial Industrial Action Plans, such as Automotive, Steel and Metals and Chemicals aim to ensure the long-term competitiveness, sustainability, and resilience of the European industry. The State of the Digital decade 20257 highlights the urgent need to foster cooperation and increase public and private investments for strengthening Union’s digital leadership, sovereignty and inclusiveness. The Joint White Paper on European Defence Readiness8 underlines the need to massively and rapidly reinvest in defence in support of Europe’s freedom of action. Moreover, the priorities of the Economic Security Strategy further underline the crucial need to secure the Union’s technological edge and de-risk economic relations including by enhancing the resilience of supply chains and thereby reducing dependencies on others. The European Ocean Pact outlines the need to enhance competitiveness and accelerate the strategic transition across the blue economy sectors, focussing especially on decarbonisation and scaling up innovation. As outlined in the Commission Communication on the Road to the next MFF,9 the next Union long-term budget needs to be more focused, simpler, more flexible, and predictable and better deliver on the Union priorities, including bolstering the Union competitiveness.
3 The future of European competitiveness: Report by Mario Draghi, September 2024, https://commission.europa.eu/topics/eu-competitiveness/draghi-report_en3 The future of European competitiveness: Report by Mario Draghi, September 2024, https://commission.europa.eu/topics/eu-competitiveness/draghi-report_en
4 Enrico Letta's Report on the Future of the Single Market, April 2024, https://www.consilium.europa.eu/media/ny3j24sm/much-more-than-a-market-report-by-enrico-letta.pdf.4 Enrico Letta's Report on the Future of the Single Market, April 2024, https://www.consilium.europa.eu/media/ny3j24sm/much-more-than-a-market-report-by-enrico-letta.pdf.
5 Competitiveness compass - European Commission5 Competitiveness compass - European Commission
6 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, The Clean Industrial Deal: A joint roadmap for competitiveness and decarbonisation, COM(2025) 85 final, 26.2.2025.6 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, The Clean Industrial Deal: A joint roadmap for competitiveness and decarbonisation, COM(2025) 85 final, 26.2.2025.
7 COM(2025) 290 final State of the Digital Decade 2025: Keep building the EU's sovereignty and digital future.7 COM(2025) 290 final State of the Digital Decade 2025: Keep building the EU's sovereignty and digital future.
8 Joint Communication to the European Parliament, the European Council and the Council on ‘European Economic Security Strategy’, JOIN(2023) 20 final, 20.6.2023.8 Joint Communication to the European Parliament, the European Council and the Council on ‘European Economic Security Strategy’, JOIN(2023) 20 final, 20.6.2023.
9 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, The road to the next multiannual financial framework, COM(2025) 46 final, 11.2.2025.9 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, The road to the next multiannual financial framework, COM(2025) 46 final, 11.2.2025.

Or. en

Justification

The Draghi report, the Letta report, the Competitiveness Compass and the White Paper for European Defence Readiness 2030 all identify the security environment as a determinant of European competitiveness. A competitiveness instrument cannot be designed independently of the conditions under which European companies operate, including the rule of law, internal stability and the credibility of the Union's security posture.

Amendment 372

Martin Hojsík, Yvan Verougstraete, Barry Cowen

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 2

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(2) The Union is facing a defining period for its future, from a political, economic, social, environmental, climate and security perspective, including increased risks of conventional military threats. The Draghi report on the future of European Competitiveness3 presented a new vision to reignite sustainable growth in Europe. The Letta report4 outlined that Europe must leverage its Single Market to achieve a leadership position in the global competition. The Commission communication on the Competitiveness Compass5 provided a roadmap for boosting competitiveness, building on the recommendations of these reports. The Commission communication on the Clean Industrial Deal6 outlined the need to accelerate decarbonisation, reindustrialisation and innovation, bringing together climate action and competitiveness under one overarching growth. Sectorial Industrial Action Plans, such as Automotive, Steel and Metals and Chemicals aim to ensure the long-term competitiveness, sustainability, and resilience of the European industry. The State of the Digital decade 20257 highlights the urgent need to foster cooperation and increase public and private investments for strengthening Union’s digital leadership, sovereignty and inclusiveness. The Joint White Paper on European Defence Readiness8 underlines the need to massively and rapidly reinvest in defence in support of Europe’s freedom of action. Moreover, the priorities of the Economic Security Strategy further underline the crucial need to secure the Union’s technological edge and de-risk economic relations including by enhancing the resilience of supply chains and thereby reducing dependencies on others. The European Ocean Pact outlines the need to enhance competitiveness and accelerate the strategic transition across the blue economy sectors, focussing especially on decarbonisation and scaling up innovation. As outlined in the Commission Communication on the Road to the next MFF,9 the next Union long-term budget needs to be more focused, simpler, more flexible, and predictable and better deliver on the Union priorities, including bolstering the Union competitiveness.(2) The Union is facing a defining period for its future, from a political, economic, social, environmental, climate and security perspective, including increased risks of conventional military threats. The Draghi report on the future of European Competitiveness3 presented a new vision to reignite sustainable growth in Europe. The Letta report4 outlined that Europe must leverage its Single Market to achieve a leadership position in the global competition. The Commission communication on the Competitiveness Compass5 provided a roadmap for boosting competitiveness, building on the recommendations of these reports. The Commission communication on the Clean Industrial Deal6 outlined the need to accelerate decarbonisation, reindustrialisation and innovation, bringing together climate action and competitiveness under one overarching growth, to meet the joint Union´s goal of climate neutrality by 2050 and the remaining shared Green Deal objectives. Sectorial Industrial Action Plans, such as the Chemical Strategy for Sustainability6a, Automotive, Steel and Metals and Chemicals aim to ensure the long-term competitiveness, sustainability, and resilience of the European industry. The State of the Digital decade 20257 highlights the urgent need to foster cooperation and increase public and private investments for strengthening Union’s digital leadership, sovereignty and inclusiveness. The Joint White Paper on European Defence Readiness8 underlines the need to massively and rapidly reinvest in defence in support of Europe’s freedom of action. Moreover, the priorities of the Economic Security Strategy further underline the crucial need to secure the Union’s technological edge and de-risk economic relations including by enhancing the resilience of supply chains and thereby reducing dependencies on others. The European Ocean Pact outlines the need to enhance competitiveness and accelerate the strategic transition across the blue economy sectors, focussing especially on decarbonisation and scaling up innovation. As outlined in the Commission Communication on the Road to the next MFF,9 the next Union long-term budget needs to be more focused, simpler, more flexible, and predictable and better deliver on the Union priorities, including bolstering the Union competitiveness.
3 The future of European competitiveness: Report by Mario Draghi, September 2024, https://commission.europa.eu/topics/eu-competitiveness/draghi-report_en3 The future of European competitiveness: Report by Mario Draghi, September 2024, https://commission.europa.eu/topics/eu-competitiveness/draghi-report_en
4 Enrico Letta's Report on the Future of the Single Market, April 2024, https://www.consilium.europa.eu/media/ny3j24sm/much-more-than-a-market-report-by-enrico-letta.pdf.4 Enrico Letta's Report on the Future of the Single Market, April 2024, https://www.consilium.europa.eu/media/ny3j24sm/much-more-than-a-market-report-by-enrico-letta.pdf.
5 Competitiveness compass - European Commission5 Competitiveness compass - European Commission
6 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, The Clean Industrial Deal: A joint roadmap for competitiveness and decarbonisation, COM(2025) 85 final, 26.2.2025.6 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, The Clean Industrial Deal: A joint roadmap for competitiveness and decarbonisation, COM(2025) 85 final, 26.2.2025.
6a COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability Towards a Toxic-Free Environment, COM/2020/667 final
7 COM(2025) 290 final State of the Digital Decade 2025: Keep building the EU's sovereignty and digital future.7 COM(2025) 290 final State of the Digital Decade 2025: Keep building the EU's sovereignty and digital future.
8 Joint Communication to the European Parliament, the European Council and the Council on ‘European Economic Security Strategy’, JOIN(2023) 20 final, 20.6.2023.8 Joint Communication to the European Parliament, the European Council and the Council on ‘European Economic Security Strategy’, JOIN(2023) 20 final, 20.6.2023.
9 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, The road to the next multiannual financial framework, COM(2025) 46 final, 11.2.2025.9 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, The road to the next multiannual financial framework, COM(2025) 46 final, 11.2.2025.

Or. en

Amendment 373

Sarah Knafo

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 2

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(2) The Union is facing a defining period for its future, from a political, economic, social, environmental, climate and security perspective, including increased risks of conventional military threats. The Draghi report on the future of European Competitiveness3 presented a new vision to reignite sustainable growth in Europe. The Letta report4 outlined that Europe must leverage its Single Market to achieve a leadership position in the global competition. The Commission communication on the Competitiveness Compass5 provided a roadmap for boosting competitiveness, building on the recommendations of these reports. The Commission communication on the Clean Industrial Deal6 outlined the need to accelerate decarbonisation, reindustrialisation and innovation, bringing together climate action and competitiveness under one overarching growth. Sectorial Industrial Action Plans, such as Automotive, Steel and Metals and Chemicals aim to ensure the long-term competitiveness, sustainability, and resilience of the European industry. The State of the Digital decade 20257 highlights the urgent need to foster cooperation and increase public and private investments for strengthening Union’s digital leadership, sovereignty and inclusiveness. The Joint White Paper on European Defence Readiness8 underlines the need to massively and rapidly reinvest in defence in support of Europe’s freedom of action. Moreover, the priorities of the Economic Security Strategy further underline the crucial need to secure the Union’s technological edge and de-risk economic relations including by enhancing the resilience of supply chains and thereby reducing dependencies on others. The European Ocean Pact outlines the need to enhance competitiveness and accelerate the strategic transition across the blue economy sectors, focussing especially on decarbonisation and scaling up innovation. As outlined in the Commission Communication on the Road to the next MFF,9 the next Union long-term budget needs to be more focused, simpler, more flexible, and predictable and better deliver on the Union priorities, including bolstering the Union competitiveness.(2) The Union is facing a defining period for its future, from a political, economic, industrial and security perspective, including increased risks of conventional military threats. The Draghi report on the future of European Competitiveness3 presented a new vision to reignite growth, productivity and innovation, identifying an additional investment need of around EUR 800 billion per year to close the gap with the United States and China. The Letta report4 outlined that Europe must leverage its Single Market to achieve a leadership position in the global competition. The Commission communication on the Competitiveness Compass5 provided a roadmap for boosting competitiveness, building on the recommendations of these reports. The Commission communication on the Clean Industrial Deal6 outlined the need to accelerate decarbonisation, reindustrialisation and innovation, bringing together climate action and competitiveness under one overarching growth. Sectorial Industrial Action Plans, such as Automotive, Steel and Metals and Chemicals aim to ensure the long-term competitiveness, sustainability, and resilience of the European industry. The State of the Digital decade 20257 highlights the urgent need to foster cooperation and increase public and private investments for strengthening Union’s digital leadership, sovereignty and inclusiveness. The Joint White Paper on European Defence Readiness8 underlines the need to massively and rapidly reinvest in defence in support of Europe’s freedom of action. Moreover, the priorities of the Economic Security Strategy further underline the crucial need to secure the Union’s technological edge and de-risk economic relations including by enhancing the resilience of supply chains and thereby reducing dependencies on others. The European Ocean Pact outlines the need to enhance competitiveness and accelerate the strategic transition across the blue economy sectors, focussing especially on decarbonisation and scaling up innovation. As outlined in the Commission Communication on the Road to the next MFF,9 the next Union long-term budget needs to be more focused, simpler, more flexible, and predictable and better deliver on the Union priorities, including bolstering the Union competitiveness.
3 The future of European competitiveness: Report by Mario Draghi, September 2024, https://commission.europa.eu/topics/eu-competitiveness/draghi-report_en
4 Enrico Letta's Report on the Future of the Single Market, April 2024, https://www.consilium.europa.eu/media/ny3j24sm/much-more-than-a-market-report-by-enrico-letta.pdf.4 Enrico Letta's Report on the Future of the Single Market, April 2024, https://www.consilium.europa.eu/media/ny3j24sm/much-more-than-a-market-report-by-enrico-letta.pdf.
5 Competitiveness compass - European Commission5 Competitiveness compass - European Commission
6 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, The Clean Industrial Deal: A joint roadmap for competitiveness and decarbonisation, COM(2025) 85 final, 26.2.2025.6 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, The Clean Industrial Deal: A joint roadmap for competitiveness and decarbonisation, COM(2025) 85 final, 26.2.2025.
7 COM(2025) 290 final State of the Digital Decade 2025: Keep building the EU's sovereignty and digital future.7 COM(2025) 290 final State of the Digital Decade 2025: Keep building the EU's sovereignty and digital future.
8 Joint Communication to the European Parliament, the European Council and the Council on ‘European Economic Security Strategy’, JOIN(2023) 20 final, 20.6.2023.8 Joint Communication to the European Parliament, the European Council and the Council on ‘European Economic Security Strategy’, JOIN(2023) 20 final, 20.6.2023.
9 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, The road to the next multiannual financial framework, COM(2025) 46 final, 11.2.2025.9 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, The road to the next multiannual financial framework, COM(2025) 46 final, 11.2.2025.

Or. en

Amendment 374

Jaroslava Pokorná Jermanová, Jana Nagyová

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 2

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(2) The Union is facing a defining period for its future, from a political, economic, social, environmental, climate and security perspective, including increased risks of conventional military threats. The Draghi report on the future of European Competitiveness3 presented a new vision to reignite sustainable growth in Europe. The Letta report4 outlined that Europe must leverage its Single Market to achieve a leadership position in the global competition. The Commission communication on the Competitiveness Compass5 provided a roadmap for boosting competitiveness, building on the recommendations of these reports. The Commission communication on the Clean Industrial Deal6 outlined the need to accelerate decarbonisation, reindustrialisation and innovation, bringing together climate action and competitiveness under one overarching growth. Sectorial Industrial Action Plans, such as Automotive, Steel and Metals and Chemicals aim to ensure the long-term competitiveness, sustainability, and resilience of the European industry. The State of the Digital decade 20257 highlights the urgent need to foster cooperation and increase public and private investments for strengthening Union’s digital leadership, sovereignty and inclusiveness. The Joint White Paper on European Defence Readiness8 underlines the need to massively and rapidly reinvest in defence in support of Europe’s freedom of action. Moreover, the priorities of the Economic Security Strategy further underline the crucial need to secure the Union’s technological edge and de-risk economic relations including by enhancing the resilience of supply chains and thereby reducing dependencies on others. The European Ocean Pact outlines the need to enhance competitiveness and accelerate the strategic transition across the blue economy sectors, focussing especially on decarbonisation and scaling up innovation. As outlined in the Commission Communication on the Road to the next MFF,9 the next Union long-term budget needs to be more focused, simpler, more flexible, and predictable and better deliver on the Union priorities, including bolstering the Union competitiveness.(2) The Union is facing a defining period for its future, from a political, economic, social, environmental, climate and security perspective, including increased risks of conventional military threats and supply chain disruptions. The Draghi report on the future of European Competitiveness presented a new vision to reignite sustainable growth in Europe. The Letta report outlined that Europe must leverage its Single Market to achieve a leadership position in the global competition. The Commission communication on the Competitiveness Compass provided a roadmap for boosting competitiveness, building on the recommendations of these reports. The Commission communication on the Clean Industrial Deal outlined the need to accelerate decarbonisation, reindustrialisation and innovation, bringing together climate action and competitiveness under one overarching growth. Sectorial Industrial Action Plans, such as Automotive, Steel and Metals and Chemicals aim to ensure the long-term competitiveness, sustainability, and resilience of the European industry. The State of the Digital decade 2025 highlights the urgent need to foster cooperation and increase public and private investments for strengthening Union’s digital leadership, sovereignty and inclusiveness. The Joint White Paper on European Defence Readiness underlines the need to massively and rapidly reinvest in defence in support of Europe’s freedom of action. Moreover, the priorities of the Economic Security Strategy further underline the crucial need to secure the Union’s technological edge and de-risk economic relations including by enhancing the resilience of supply chains and thereby reducing dependencies on external actors. The European Ocean Pact outlines the need to enhance competitiveness and accelerate the strategic transition across the blue economy sectors, focussing especially on decarbonisation and scaling up innovation. As outlined in the Commission Communication on the Road to the next MFF, the next Union long-term budget needs to be more focused, simpler, more flexible, and predictable and better deliver on the Union priorities, including bolstering the Union competitiveness.
3 The future of European competitiveness: Report by Mario Draghi, September 2024, https://commission.europa.eu/topics/eu-competitiveness/draghi-report_en
4 Enrico Letta's Report on the Future of the Single Market, April 2024, https://www.consilium.europa.eu/media/ny3j24sm/much-more-than-a-market-report-by-enrico-letta.pdf.
5 Competitiveness compass - European Commission
6 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, The Clean Industrial Deal: A joint roadmap for competitiveness and decarbonisation, COM(2025) 85 final, 26.2.2025.
7 COM(2025) 290 final State of the Digital Decade 2025: Keep building the EU's sovereignty and digital future.
8 Joint Communication to the European Parliament, the European Council and the Council on ‘European Economic Security Strategy’, JOIN(2023) 20 final, 20.6.2023.
9 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, The road to the next multiannual financial framework, COM(2025) 46 final, 11.2.2025.

Or. en

Amendment 375

Benedetta Scuderi

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 2 a (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(2 a) The ECF investment capacity, while substantial, represents only a fraction of the investment gap identified to restore European competitiveness. The ECF should therefore act as a catalyst for national and private investment, and its implementation should be aligned with national industrial strategies to maximise Union added value and avoid duplication. To that end, a Competitiveness Coordination Tool ('CCT') should be established to provide a structured strategic framework guiding implementation of ECF’s objectives and policy windows. The CCT should identify, supported by relevant scientific work and expertise, including as part of the Strategic Stakeholder Board, a limited number of priority value chains, infrastructure needs and cross-border projects per policy window where Union-level intervention delivers the greatest added value, grounded in systematic mapping of critical supply chain dependencies and the investment gaps necessary to meet binding Union targets, including on energy, climate, digital and environmental objectives. The CCT should operate across long-term, mid-term and operational time horizons, ensuring strategic coherence while preserving flexibility. Its Strategic Priorities Framework should be established by delegated act, with the European Parliament able to set out its position and the Commission required to take it duly into account prior to the framework publication. Work programmes should specify how related activities contribute to closing the investment gap toward binding Union targets. The Commission should report annually on progress and on the geographical distribution of ECF resources, and consider corrective measures where a significant and persistent concentration of funding across Member States is not justified by the quality of applications received.

Or. en

Amendment 376

Auke Zijlstra, Barbara Bonte, Jorge Martín Frías, Ewa Zajączkowska-Hernik

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 2 a (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(2 a) The Union is facing a defining period for its future, from a political, economic, social and security perspective. The Draghi report on the future of European Competitiveness presented a new vision to reignite sustainable growth in Europe. Nevertheless, the cure has proven worse than the disease. The European Green Deal and its associated legislative programme — including the Fit for 55 package, the Renewable Energy Directive, the Emissions Trading System and the Clean Industrial Deal — have imposed unsustainable regulatory and cost burdens on European industry, accelerated the deindustrialisation of Europe, destroyed hundreds of thousands of quality industrial jobs, and driven energy-intensive industries out of Europe to the benefit of competitors in the United States, China and the Gulf states. The further acceleration of decarbonisation, as proposed under the Clean Industrial Deal, will deepen this industrial collapse, impose additional unbearable costs on European industry and households, and irreversibly damage Europe's manufacturing base at a moment when global competitors are investing in productive capacity without such self-imposed constraints. These policies have failed European workers, European industry and European citizens and must be fundamentally reversed. The ECF shall not serve as an instrument for the continuation or extension of Green Deal policies under the guise of competitiveness funding.

Or. en

Justification

The European Green Deal is the single greatest threat to European competitiveness. The combination of mandatory carbon pricing, renewable energy mandates, the premature closure of nuclear and coal power plants, and an avalanche of climate regulation has structurally weakened European industry. Energy prices in Europe are two to four times higher than in the United States. Steel plants, chemical companies, glass manufacturers and car factories are relocating out of Europe. This is not a coincidence — it is the direct and foreseeable result of Green Deal policy choices. A fund that calls itself a Competitiveness Fund while simultaneously continuing to implement the Green Deal agenda is a contradiction in terms. The ECF must serve a genuine competitiveness agenda: cheap and reliable energy, less regulation, full support for nuclear energy, and complete industrial freedom for European companies to produce, innovate and compete on global markets. Embedding references to the Clean Industrial Deal and climate action in the foundational recitals of the ECF prejudges the objectives of the fund and must be removed.

Amendment 377

Paulo Cunha, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 2 a (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(2 a) The agricultural sector in Europe faces the double challenge of safeguarding food security and food safety while simultaneously responding to greater exposure to global climatic and geopolitical risks, whilst being also a key sector regarding climate neutrality and sustainability efforts. The European Competitiveness Fund, acknowledging the role of the bioeconomy, biotechnology, and resilience in productive ecosystems, should reflect the agricultural dimension as a fundamental structural component of the EU’s competitiveness.

Or. en

Amendment 378

Nicolás González Casares, Mohammed Chahim, Elena Sancho Murillo, Lina Gálvez, Yannis Maniatis, Thomas Pellerin-Carlin, Annalisa Corrado, Christophe Clergeau, Bruno Tobback, Niels Fuglsang

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 2 a (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(2 a) The European Union has one of the highest life expectancies in the world, reflecting the quality and resilience of its society, economy, social welfare system, environmental standards and public health systems. A comprehensive assessment of Union competitiveness, including for the purposes of the European Competitiveness Fund, should integrate these qualitative dimensions and the ECF should support, and not hinder, the green transition to an environmentally sustainable economic system.

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Amendment 379

Radan Kanev

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 2 a (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(2 a) For the purposes of this Regulation, improving European competitiveness should be understood as the Union’s capacity to achieve sustainable productivity growth and innovation, deliver on its climate and environmental objectives, and secure open strategic autonomy, while preserving and strengthening its clear social competitiveness advantages, including high-quality employment, fair working conditions, robust social protection and social cohesion across all regions.

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Amendment 380

Benedetta Scuderi

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 2 b (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(2 b) Competitiveness is a multidimensional concept which goes beyond short-term cost advantages, isolated technological leadership, or narrow measures of productivity. In fact, international research shows that countries and regions that embed environmental and social objectives into their economic development tend to perform better over the long term in competitiveness metrics and entrepreneurial dynamism, while economies that neglect environmental sustainability and social inclusion face slower growth, weaker innovation outcomes and reduced resilience in the face of global transitions and competitors. European competitiveness means the Union's capacity to generate long-term sustainable prosperity by developing, manufacturing and deploying strategic technologies and solutions that ensure the Union's economic sovereignty, improve productivity within planetary boundaries, contribute to the Union's climate-neutrality, energy and environmental objectives, uphold the Union's social objectives as defined in the European Pillar of Social Rights, and strengthen economic, social and territorial cohesion throughout the Union. This definition underpins the design of support under this Regulation, including the eligibility of activities contributing to environmental quality and social inclusion as components of durable industrial competitiveness.

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Amendment 381

Paulo Cunha, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 2 b (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(2 b) The European Competitiveness Fund shall address phyto-veterinary challenges by supporting and strengthening research and innovation into accessible plant protection products, as well as animal health medicines and vaccines, including through the effective mobilisation of Horizon Europe. Such action, together with the development and deployment of new genomic techniques, shall be essential to responding to climate change and to ensuring resilient and sustainable agricultural production. Water shall be recognised as a fundamental pillar for the competitiveness and sustainability of agriculture, human consumption, regional development, civil protection, and the preservation of the environment and biodiversity. To that end, the European Competitiveness Fund shall provide dedicated financial support for the implementation of intelligent and efficient water management systems.

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Amendment 382

Benedetta Scuderi

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 3

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(3) To regain and reinforce its competitive edge, it is essential that the Union revives the innovation cycle by developing its disruptive innovation capacity and investing in emerging, cutting-edge and strategic technologies with significant economic potential. To ensure its autonomy in the global economy, the Union should guarantee its technological and industrial leadership in strategic sectors, starting with critical raw materials supply chains, to develop and manufacture strategic technologies in Europe, as well as mitigate risks affecting its security and resilience emanating from critical external dependencies. This can be done by addressing market failures and suboptimal investment situations, in a proportionate manner and without crowding out private funding, considering the high investment needs for delivering on Union priorities, including for decarbonisation and the digital transition. Greater emphasis should be put on leveraging private sector participation by improving the use of risk-sharing mechanisms between Union funds and private investors, to ensure an efficient use of public funding. This will build upon and further amplify the impact of the progress achieved on the Savings and Investment Union, which will provide the necessary regulatory landscape for private investments to thrive. The use of any additional national resources is without prejudice to the application of Articles 107 and 108 TFEU.(3) To regain and reinforce its competitive edge, it is essential that the Union revives the innovation cycle by developing its disruptive innovation capacity and investing in emerging, cutting-edge and strategic technologies with significant economic, technological, social and environmental impact potential, in full complementarity with the Framework Programme on Research and Innovation. Enhancing competitiveness and ensuring resilience, security and defence must also encompass protecting, restoring and improving the quality of the environment, including air, water and soil, by reducing pollution, halting and reversing biodiversity loss and tackling the degradation of terrestrial and marine ecosystems, while enhancing climate and water resilience. To ensure its autonomy in the global economy, economic security and development in line with planetary boundaries and away from fossil fuels, the Union should guarantee its technological and industrial leadership in strategic sectors and technologies supporting the achievement of the Union's environmental, energy, social, climate and resilience priorities, starting with critical raw materials supply chains and including agrifood value chains, develop, manufacture, remanufacture and recycle strategic technologies in Europe, as well as mitigate risks affecting its security and resilience emanating from critical external dependencies. This can be done by addressing market failures and suboptimal investment situations, in a proportionate manner and without crowding out private funding, considering the high investment needs for delivering on Union priorities, including for decarbonisation and the digital transition. Greater emphasis should be put on leveraging private sector participation by improving the use of risk-sharing mechanisms between Union funds and private investors, to ensure an efficient use of public funding. This will build upon and further amplify the impact of the progress achieved on the Savings and Investment Union, which will provide the necessary regulatory landscape for private investments to thrive. The use of any additional national resources is without prejudice to the application of Articles 107 and 108 TFEU.

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Amendment 383

Marc Botenga

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 3

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(3) To regain and reinforce its competitive edge, it is essential that the Union revives the innovation cycle by developing its disruptive innovation capacity and investing in emerging, cutting-edge and strategic technologies with significant economic potential. To ensure its autonomy in the global economy, the Union should guarantee its technological and industrial leadership in strategic sectors, starting with critical raw materials supply chains, to develop and manufacture strategic technologies in Europe, as well as mitigate risks affecting its security and resilience emanating from critical external dependencies. This can be done by addressing market failures and suboptimal investment situations, in a proportionate manner and without crowding out private funding, considering the high investment needs for delivering on Union priorities, including for decarbonisation and the digital transition. Greater emphasis should be put on leveraging private sector participation by improving the use of risk-sharing mechanisms between Union funds and private investors, to ensure an efficient use of public funding. This will build upon and further amplify the impact of the progress achieved on the Savings and Investment Union, which will provide the necessary regulatory landscape for private investments to thrive. The use of any additional national resources is without prejudice to the application of Articles 107 and 108 TFEU.(3) (3) To regain and reinforce its competitive edge, it is essential that the Union revives the innovation cycle by developing its disruptive innovation capacity and investing in emerging, cutting-edge and strategic technologies with significant economic potential. To ensure its autonomy in the global economy, the Union should guarantee its technological and industrial leadership in strategic sectors, starting with critical raw materials supply chains, to develop and manufacture strategic technologies in Europe, as well as mitigate risks affecting its security and resilience emanating from critical external dependencies.
This can be done by addressing market failures and suboptimal investment situations, by prioritising public investment, public ownership, and democratic control over strategic value chains, energy systems, digital infrastructure, and where relevant industrial capacities, especially when private funding or market-based allocation is unable to respond to imperatives of public interest. Public energy infrastructure shall be strengthened and expanded as a common good, reducing strategic dependencies and energy costs for households and industry. Public funding shall act as the primary instrument, including direct public funding and investments, public procurement, and public ownership where appropriate. The provision of public subsidies must be transparent and proportionate. When public support is granted, it shall be conditioned and incompatible with extraordinary dividend payments and share buybacks. Moreover, the ECF shall actively contribute to maintaining and creating high-quality employment, including by conditioning support on good and fair wages, working conditions, strong social dialogue and collective bargaining, promoting democracy at work, and tackling abuse and exploitation of workers. The use of any additional national resources is without prejudice to the application of Articles 107 and 108 TFEU. .

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Amendment 384

Carmen Crespo Díaz, Raúl de la Hoz Quintano

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 3

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(3) To regain and reinforce its competitive edge, it is essential that the Union revives the innovation cycle by developing its disruptive innovation capacity and investing in emerging, cutting-edge and strategic technologies with significant economic potential. To ensure its autonomy in the global economy, the Union should guarantee its technological and industrial leadership in strategic sectors, starting with critical raw materials supply chains, to develop and manufacture strategic technologies in Europe, as well as mitigate risks affecting its security and resilience emanating from critical external dependencies. This can be done by addressing market failures and suboptimal investment situations, in a proportionate manner and without crowding out private funding, considering the high investment needs for delivering on Union priorities, including for decarbonisation and the digital transition. Greater emphasis should be put on leveraging private sector participation by improving the use of risk-sharing mechanisms between Union funds and private investors, to ensure an efficient use of public funding. This will build upon and further amplify the impact of the progress achieved on the Savings and Investment Union, which will provide the necessary regulatory landscape for private investments to thrive. The use of any additional national resources is without prejudice to the application of Articles 107 and 108 TFEU.(3) To regain and reinforce its competitive edge, it is essential that the Union revives the innovation cycle by developing its disruptive innovation capacity and investing in emerging, cutting-edge and strategic technologies with significant economic potential, including technologies which can be applied to the agri-food sector, as a strategic sector for the Union’s autonomy, security and resilience. To ensure its autonomy in the global economy, the Union should guarantee its technological and industrial leadership in strategic sectors, starting with critical raw materials supply chains, including agri-food, to develop and manufacture strategic technologies in Europe, as well as mitigate risks affecting its security and resilience emanating from critical external dependencies. This can be done by addressing market failures and suboptimal investment situations, in a proportionate manner and without crowding out private funding, considering the high investment needs for delivering on Union priorities, including for decarbonisation and the digital transition, as well as for agri-food production systems. Greater emphasis should be put on leveraging private sector participation by improving the use of risk-sharing mechanisms between Union funds and private investors, to ensure an efficient use of public funding. This will build upon and further amplify the impact of the progress achieved on the Savings and Investment Union, which will provide the necessary regulatory landscape for private investments to thrive. The use of any additional national resources is without prejudice to the application of Articles 107 and 108 TFEU.

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Amendment 385

Sarah Knafo

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 3

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(3) To regain and reinforce its competitive edge, it is essential that the Union revives the innovation cycle by developing its disruptive innovation capacity and investing in emerging, cutting-edge and strategic technologies with significant economic potential. To ensure its autonomy in the global economy, the Union should guarantee its technological and industrial leadership in strategic sectors, starting with critical raw materials supply chains, to develop and manufacture strategic technologies in Europe, as well as mitigate risks affecting its security and resilience emanating from critical external dependencies. This can be done by addressing market failures and suboptimal investment situations, in a proportionate manner and without crowding out private funding, considering the high investment needs for delivering on Union priorities, including for decarbonisation and the digital transition. Greater emphasis should be put on leveraging private sector participation by improving the use of risk-sharing mechanisms between Union funds and private investors, to ensure an efficient use of public funding. This will build upon and further amplify the impact of the progress achieved on the Savings and Investment Union, which will provide the necessary regulatory landscape for private investments to thrive. The use of any additional national resources is without prejudice to the application of Articles 107 and 108 TFEU.(3) To regain and reinforce its competitive edge, it is essential that the Union revives the innovation cycle by developing its disruptive innovation capacity and investing in emerging, cutting-edge and strategic technologies with significant economic potential, while ensuring that European industrial actors and their value chains, including small and medium-sized enterprises established in the Union, remain the primary beneficiaries of Union public investment. To ensure its autonomy in the global economy, the Union should guarantee its technological and industrial leadership in strategic sectors, starting with critical raw materials supply chains, to develop and manufacture strategic technologies in Europe, as well as mitigate risks affecting its security and resilience emanating from critical external dependencies. This can be done by addressing market failures and suboptimal investment situations, in a proportionate manner and without crowding out private funding, considering the high investment needs for delivering on Union priorities, including for decarbonisation and the digital transition. Greater emphasis should be put on leveraging private sector participation by improving the use of risk-sharing mechanisms between Union funds and private investors, to ensure an efficient use of public funding. This will build upon and further amplify the impact of the progress achieved on the Savings and Investment Union, which will provide the necessary regulatory landscape for private investments to thrive. The use of any additional national resources is without prejudice to the application of Articles 107 and 108 TFEU.

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Amendment 386

Jan Farský, Miriam Lexmann

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 3

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(3) To regain and reinforce its competitive edge, it is essential that the Union revives the innovation cycle by developing its disruptive innovation capacity and investing in emerging, cutting-edge and strategic technologies with significant economic potential. To ensure its autonomy in the global economy, the Union should guarantee its technological and industrial leadership in strategic sectors, starting with critical raw materials supply chains, to develop and manufacture strategic technologies in Europe, as well as mitigate risks affecting its security and resilience emanating from critical external dependencies. This can be done by addressing market failures and suboptimal investment situations, in a proportionate manner and without crowding out private funding, considering the high investment needs for delivering on Union priorities, including for decarbonisation and the digital transition. Greater emphasis should be put on leveraging private sector participation by improving the use of risk-sharing mechanisms between Union funds and private investors, to ensure an efficient use of public funding. This will build upon and further amplify the impact of the progress achieved on the Savings and Investment Union, which will provide the necessary regulatory landscape for private investments to thrive. The use of any additional national resources is without prejudice to the application of Articles 107 and 108 TFEU.(3) To regain and reinforce its competitive edge, it is essential that the Union revives the innovation cycle by developing its disruptive innovation capacity and investing in emerging, cutting-edge and strategic technologies with significant economic potential. To ensure its autonomy in the global economy, the Union should guarantee its technological and industrial leadership in strategic sectors, starting with secure and diversified critical raw materials supply chains, to develop and manufacture strategic technologies in Europe, as well as mitigate risks affecting its security and resilience emanating from critical external dependencies. This can be done by addressing market failures and suboptimal investment situations, in a proportionate manner and without crowding out private funding, considering the high investment needs for delivering on Union priorities, including for decarbonisation and the digital transition. Greater emphasis should be put on leveraging private sector participation by improving the use of risk-sharing mechanisms between Union funds and private investors, to ensure an efficient use of public funding. This will build upon and further amplify the impact of the progress achieved on the Savings and Investment Union, which will provide the necessary regulatory landscape for private investments to thrive. The use of any additional national resources is without prejudice to the application of Articles 107 and 108 TFEU.

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Amendment 387

Jörgen Warborn, Tomas Tobé

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 3

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(3) To regain and reinforce its competitive edge, it is essential that the Union revives the innovation cycle by developing its disruptive innovation capacity and investing in emerging, cutting-edge and strategic technologies with significant economic potential. To ensure its autonomy in the global economy, the Union should guarantee its technological and industrial leadership in strategic sectors, starting with critical raw materials supply chains, to develop and manufacture strategic technologies in Europe, as well as mitigate risks affecting its security and resilience emanating from critical external dependencies. This can be done by addressing market failures and suboptimal investment situations, in a proportionate manner and without crowding out private funding, considering the high investment needs for delivering on Union priorities, including for decarbonisation and the digital transition. Greater emphasis should be put on leveraging private sector participation by improving the use of risk-sharing mechanisms between Union funds and private investors, to ensure an efficient use of public funding. This will build upon and further amplify the impact of the progress achieved on the Savings and Investment Union, which will provide the necessary regulatory landscape for private investments to thrive. The use of any additional national resources is without prejudice to the application of Articles 107 and 108 TFEU.(3) To regain and reinforce its competitive edge, it is essential that the Union revives the innovation cycle by developing its disruptive innovation capacity and investing in emerging, cutting-edge and strategic technologies with significant economic potential. To ensure its position in the global economy, the Union should guarantee its technological and industrial leadership in strategic sectors, starting with critical raw materials supply chains, to develop and manufacture strategic technologies in Europe, as well as mitigate risks affecting its security and resilience emanating from critical external dependencies. This can be done by addressing market failures and suboptimal investment situations, in a proportionate manner and without crowding out private funding, considering the high investment needs for delivering on Union priorities, including for decarbonisation and the digital transition. Greater emphasis should be put on leveraging private sector participation by improving the use of risk-sharing mechanisms between Union funds and private investors, to ensure an efficient use of public funding. This will build upon and further amplify the impact of the progress achieved on the Savings and Investment Union, which will provide the necessary regulatory landscape for private investments to thrive. The use of any additional national resources is without prejudice to the application of Articles 107 and 108 TFEU.

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Justification

Total autonomy is neither possible nor desirable to achieve. It is still vital to enter into, nurture and develop collaborations with reliable global partners. The European Competitiveness Fund should aim to strengthen the position of the Union in the global economy, and to help eliminate unacceptable dependencies, not achieve total autonomy and decoupling from the rest of the global economy.

Amendment 388

Ondřej Krutílek

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 4

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(4) This requires that Union funding offers support to businesses and projects along the entire investment journey. This journey encompasses all stages of developing and manufacturing strategic technologies, products and services in Europe, from applied research, through all forms of innovation, scale-up, industrial deployment, to manufacturing and market deployment, including the necessary investment and operational costs support, infrastructure and skills. The investment journey is not linear as all stages feed each other, and ideas for new products or services might arise at any stage. European funding needs to cater for this non-linear reality with increased flexibility of providing support preserving predictability for funding.(4) This requires that Union funding offers support to businesses and projects along the entire investment journey. This journey encompasses all stages of developing and manufacturing strategic technologies, products and services in Europe, including pilot, demonstration and living-lab infrastructures in real environmental conditions from applied research, through all forms of innovation, scale-up, industrial deployment, to manufacturing and market deployment, including the necessary investment and operational costs support, infrastructure and skills. The investment journey is not linear as all stages feed each other, and ideas for new products or services might arise at any stage. European funding needs to cater for this non-linear reality with increased flexibility of providing support preserving predictability for funding including the development of digital competences supporting uptake capacity for advanced technologies across society.

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Amendment 389

Eszter Lakos, Paulius Saudargas, Davor Ivo Stier

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 4

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(4) This requires that Union funding offers support to businesses and projects along the entire investment journey. This journey encompasses all stages of developing and manufacturing strategic technologies, products and services in Europe, from applied research, through all forms of innovation, scale-up, industrial deployment, to manufacturing and market deployment, including the necessary investment and operational costs support, infrastructure and skills. The investment journey is not linear as all stages feed each other, and ideas for new products or services might arise at any stage. European funding needs to cater for this non-linear reality with increased flexibility of providing support preserving predictability for funding.(4) This requires that Union funding offers support to businesses and projects along the entire investment journey. This journey encompasses all stages of developing and manufacturing strategic technologies, products and services in Europe, from applied research, through all forms of innovation, scale-up, industrial deployment, to manufacturing and market deployment, including the necessary investment and operational costs support, infrastructure and skills. The investment journey is not linear as all stages feed each other, and ideas for new products or services might arise at any stage. It does not necessarily depend on a single company or one innovation ecosystem, but can be the result of collaboration across the Union. European funding needs to cater for this non-linear and geographically spread reality with increased flexibility of providing support preserving predictability for funding.

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Amendment 390

Laura Ballarín Cereza

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 4

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(4) This requires that Union funding offers support to businesses and projects along the entire investment journey. This journey encompasses all stages of developing and manufacturing strategic technologies, products and services in Europe, from applied research, through all forms of innovation, scale-up, industrial deployment, to manufacturing and market deployment, including the necessary investment and operational costs support, infrastructure and skills. The investment journey is not linear as all stages feed each other, and ideas for new products or services might arise at any stage. European funding needs to cater for this non-linear reality with increased flexibility of providing support preserving predictability for funding.(4) This requires that Union funding offers support to businesses and projects along the entire investment journey. This journey encompasses all stages of developing and manufacturing strategic technologies, products and services in Europe, from applied research, through all forms of innovation, scale-up, industrial deployment, to manufacturing and market deployment, including the necessary investment and operational costs support, infrastructure and skills. The investment journey is not linear as all stages feed each other, and ideas for new products or services might arise at any stage. It also is not necessarily connected to a single company or innovation ecosystem but can be the result of collaboration across the EU. European funding needs to cater for this non-linear and geographically spread reality with increased flexibility of providing support preserving predictability for funding.

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Justification

As the EU must focus and create the highest possible added value for every Euro spent, it is vital to use the widest available knowledge and expertise as it is spread over the EU, over different innovation, industrial ecosystems. Collaboration within and among ecosystems is, therefore, a crucial pillar of the investment journey.

Amendment 391

Paulo Cunha

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 4

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(4) This requires that Union funding offers support to businesses and projects along the entire investment journey. This journey encompasses all stages of developing and manufacturing strategic technologies, products and services in Europe, from applied research, through all forms of innovation, scale-up, industrial deployment, to manufacturing and market deployment, including the necessary investment and operational costs support, infrastructure and skills. The investment journey is not linear as all stages feed each other, and ideas for new products or services might arise at any stage. European funding needs to cater for this non-linear reality with increased flexibility of providing support preserving predictability for funding.(4) This requires that Union funding offers support to businesses and projects along the entire investment journey. This journey encompasses all stages of developing and manufacturing strategic technologies, products and services in Europe - with a special focus in pioneering or novel solutions introduced for the first time (First-of-a-Kind) -, from applied research, through all forms of innovation, scale-up, derisking of first industrial deployment, to manufacturing and market deployment, including the necessary investment and operational costs support, infrastructure and skills. The investment journey is not linear as all stages feed each other, and ideas for new products or services might arise at any stage. European funding needs to cater for this non-linear reality with increased flexibility of providing support preserving predictability for funding.

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Amendment 392

Inese Vaidere

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 4

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(4) This requires that Union funding offers support to businesses and projects along the entire investment journey. This journey encompasses all stages of developing and manufacturing strategic technologies, products and services in Europe, from applied research, through all forms of innovation, scale-up, industrial deployment, to manufacturing and market deployment, including the necessary investment and operational costs support, infrastructure and skills. The investment journey is not linear as all stages feed each other, and ideas for new products or services might arise at any stage. European funding needs to cater for this non-linear reality with increased flexibility of providing support preserving predictability for funding.(4) This requires that Union funding offers support to businesses and projects along the entire investment journey including the development of digital competences, supporting uptake capacity for advanced technologies across society. This journey encompasses all stages of developing and manufacturing strategic technologies, products and services in Europe, from applied research, through all forms of innovation, scale-up, industrial deployment, to manufacturing and market deployment, including the necessary investment and operational costs support, infrastructure and skills. The investment journey is not linear as all stages feed each other, and ideas for new products or services might arise at any stage. European funding needs to cater for this non-linear reality with increased flexibility of providing support preserving predictability for funding.

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Amendment 393

Nicola Procaccini, Carlo Fidanza, Alessandro Ciriani, Elena Donazzan, Pietro Fiocchi, Lara Magoni, Francesco Torselli, Mariateresa Vivaldini

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 4

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(4) This requires that Union funding offers support to businesses and projects along the entire investment journey. This journey encompasses all stages of developing and manufacturing strategic technologies, products and services in Europe, from applied research, through all forms of innovation, scale-up, industrial deployment, to manufacturing and market deployment, including the necessary investment and operational costs support, infrastructure and skills. The investment journey is not linear as all stages feed each other, and ideas for new products or services might arise at any stage. European funding needs to cater for this non-linear reality with increased flexibility of providing support preserving predictability for funding.(4) This requires that Union funding offers support to businesses and projects along the entire investment journey. This journey encompasses all stages of developing and manufacturing of strategic technologies, including all net-zero technologies as listed in Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1735 (Net-Zero Industry Act), products and services in Europe, from applied research, through all forms of innovation, scale-up, industrial deployment, to manufacturing and market deployment, including the necessary investment and operational costs support, infrastructure and skills. The investment journey is not linear as all stages feed each other, and ideas for new products or services might arise at any stage. European funding needs to cater for this non-linear reality with increased flexibility of providing support preserving predictability for funding.

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Amendment 394

Georgiana Teodorescu

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 4

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(4) This requires that Union funding offers support to businesses and projects along the entire investment journey. This journey encompasses all stages of developing and manufacturing strategic technologies, products and services in Europe, from applied research, through all forms of innovation, scale-up, industrial deployment, to manufacturing and market deployment, including the necessary investment and operational costs support, infrastructure and skills. The investment journey is not linear as all stages feed each other, and ideas for new products or services might arise at any stage. European funding needs to cater for this non-linear reality with increased flexibility of providing support preserving predictability for funding.(4) This requires that Union funding offers support to businesses and projects along the entire investment journey. This journey encompasses all stages of developing and manufacturing strategic technologies, including all net-zero technologies as defined by Regulation (EU) 2024/1735 (Net-Zero Industry Act), products and services in Europe, from applied research, through all forms of innovation, scale-up, industrial deployment, to manufacturing and market deployment, including the necessary investment and operational costs support, infrastructure and skills. The investment journey is not linear as all stages feed each other, and ideas for new products or services might arise at any stage. European funding needs to cater for this non-linear reality with increased flexibility of providing support preserving predictability for funding.

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Justification

This amendment ensures legal certainty that applied research activities related to all net-zero technologies, including nuclear and fuel cycle technologies are eligible for Union support, alongside subsequent stages of development and deployment.

Amendment 395

Aldo Patriciello

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 4

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(4) This requires that Union funding offers support to businesses and projects along the entire investment journey. This journey encompasses all stages of developing and manufacturing strategic technologies, products and services in Europe, from applied research, through all forms of innovation, scale-up, industrial deployment, to manufacturing and market deployment, including the necessary investment and operational costs support, infrastructure and skills. The investment journey is not linear as all stages feed each other, and ideas for new products or services might arise at any stage. European funding needs to cater for this non-linear reality with increased flexibility of providing support preserving predictability for funding.(4) This requires that Union funding offers support to Universities and public research institutes, businesses and projects along the entire investment journey. This journey encompasses all stages of developing and manufacturing strategic technologies, products and services in Europe, from applied research, through all forms of innovation, scale-up, industrial deployment, to manufacturing and market deployment, including the necessary investment and operational costs support, infrastructure, including research and technological infrastructures and skills. The investment journey is not linear as all stages feed each other, and ideas for new products or services might arise at any stage. European funding needs to cater for this non-linear reality with increased flexibility of providing support preserving predictability for funding.

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Amendment 396

Benedetta Scuderi

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 4

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(4) This requires that Union funding offers support to businesses and projects along the entire investment journey. This journey encompasses all stages of developing and manufacturing strategic technologies, products and services in Europe, from applied research, through all forms of innovation, scale-up, industrial deployment, to manufacturing and market deployment, including the necessary investment and operational costs support, infrastructure and skills. The investment journey is not linear as all stages feed each other, and ideas for new products or services might arise at any stage. European funding needs to cater for this non-linear reality with increased flexibility of providing support preserving predictability for funding.(4) This requires that Union funding offers support to businesses, organisations and projects along the entire investment journey. This journey encompasses all stages of developing and manufacturing strategic technologies, products and services in Europe, from applied research, through all forms of innovation, scale-up, industrial deployment, to manufacturing and market deployment, including the necessary investment and operational costs support, infrastructure and skills. The investment journey is not linear as all stages feed each other, and ideas for new products or services might arise at any stage. European funding needs to cater for this non-linear reality with increased flexibility of providing support preserving predictability for funding, while catering for sectors and type of entity specificities.

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Amendment 397

Matej Tonin, Davor Ivo Stier

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 4

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(4) This requires that Union funding offers support to businesses and projects along the entire investment journey. This journey encompasses all stages of developing and manufacturing strategic technologies, products and services in Europe, from applied research, through all forms of innovation, scale-up, industrial deployment, to manufacturing and market deployment, including the necessary investment and operational costs support, infrastructure and skills. The investment journey is not linear as all stages feed each other, and ideas for new products or services might arise at any stage. European funding needs to cater for this non-linear reality with increased flexibility of providing support preserving predictability for funding.(4) This requires that Union funding offers support to businesses and projects along the entire investment journey. This journey encompasses all stages of developing and manufacturing of all net-zero strategic technologies as defined by Regulation (EU) 2024/1735 (Net-Zero Industry Act), products and services in Europe, from applied research, through all forms of innovation, scale-up, industrial deployment, to manufacturing and market deployment, including the necessary investment and operational costs support, infrastructure and skills. The investment journey is not linear as all stages feed each other, and ideas for new products or services might arise at any stage. European funding needs to cater for this non-linear reality with increased flexibility of providing support preserving predictability for funding.

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Amendment 398

Daniel Attard

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 4

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(4) This requires that Union funding offers support to businesses and projects along the entire investment journey. This journey encompasses all stages of developing and manufacturing strategic technologies, products and services in Europe, from applied research, through all forms of innovation, scale-up, industrial deployment, to manufacturing and market deployment, including the necessary investment and operational costs support, infrastructure and skills. The investment journey is not linear as all stages feed each other, and ideas for new products or services might arise at any stage. European funding needs to cater for this non-linear reality with increased flexibility of providing support preserving predictability for funding.(4) This requires that EU funding and financing opportunities can offer support to businesses and projects along the entire investment journey, broadening excellence through the Union. This journey encompasses all stages of developing and manufacturing strategic technologies, products and services in Europe, from applied research, through all forms of innovation, scale-up, industrial deployment, to manufacturing and market deployment, including the necessary investment and operational costs support, infrastructure and skills. The investment journey is not linear as all stages feed each other, and ideas for new products or services might arise at any stage. European funding needs to cater for this non-linear reality with increased flexibility of providing support while preserving predictability for funding.

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Amendment 399

Diana Iovanovici Şoşoacă

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 4

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(4) This requires that Union funding offers support to businesses and projects along the entire investment journey. This journey encompasses all stages of developing and manufacturing strategic technologies, products and services in Europe, from applied research, through all forms of innovation, scale-up, industrial deployment, to manufacturing and market deployment, including the necessary investment and operational costs support, infrastructure and skills. The investment journey is not linear as all stages feed each other, and ideas for new products or services might arise at any stage. European funding needs to cater for this non-linear reality with increased flexibility of providing support preserving predictability for funding.(4) This requires that Union funding offers support to businesses, including SMEs, and projects along the entire investment journey. This journey encompasses all stages of developing and manufacturing strategic technologies, products and services in Europe, from applied research, through all stages and forms of innovation, scale-up, industrial deployment, to manufacturing and market deployment, including the necessary investment and operational costs support, infrastructure and skills. The investment journey is not linear as all stages feed each other, and ideas for new products or services might arise at any stage. European funding needs to cater for this non-linear reality with increased flexibility of providing support preserving predictability for funding.

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Amendment 400

Claudiu-Richard Târziu

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 4 a (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(4 a) The implementation of the Fund should respect the diversity of national economic models and industrial structures, allowing Member States sufficient flexibility to define their strategic priorities.

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Amendment 401

Radan Kanev

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 5

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(5) This also requires that Union funding facilitates the creation and expansion of innovative and industrial ecosystems, where different actors interact in a synergetic way. Successful ecosystems feature intensive and agile interactions and collaboration between small and large companies, universities research institutions, infrastructure providers, investors as well as public authorities. Without such collaborations within and between individual innovation and industrial ecosystems, innovation potential stays unexploited.(5) This also requires that Union funding facilitates the creation and expansion of innovative and industrial ecosystems, where different actors interact in a synergetic way. Successful ecosystems feature intensive and agile interactions and collaboration between small and large companies, universities research institutions, infrastructure providers, investors as well as public authorities and relevant stakeholders including civil society organisations. Without such collaborations within and between individual innovation and industrial ecosystems, innovation potential stays unexploited. Besides the rigorous incorporation of State aid and internal market rules the funding under this Regulation shall aim to favour pro-competition conditions: interoperability, technology transfer, SME access, or open infrastructure so that support to large players does not further entrench dominance in already concentrated sectors or create new barriers to entry.

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Amendment 402

Bruno Tobback, Thomas Pellerin-Carlin, Yannis Maniatis, Daniel Attard, Giorgio Gori

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 5

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(5) This also requires that Union funding facilitates the creation and expansion of innovative and industrial ecosystems, where different actors interact in a synergetic way. Successful ecosystems feature intensive and agile interactions and collaboration between small and large companies, universities research institutions, infrastructure providers, investors as well as public authorities. Without such collaborations within and between individual innovation and industrial ecosystems, innovation potential stays unexploited.(5) This also requires that Union funding facilitates the creation and expansion of innovative and industrial ecosystems, where different actors interact in a synergetic way. Successful ecosystems feature intensive and agile interactions and collaboration between small and large companies, universities research institutions, infrastructure providers, investors as well as national, regional and local public authorities and stakeholders. Without such collaborations within and between individual innovation and industrial ecosystems across Europe, innovation potential stays unexploited. Making a clear connection with Horizon Europe, support under the European Competitiveness Fund can be provided for the depolyment and scaling up of pilot activities under the European Innovation Ecosystems actions of Horizon Europe, connecting regional ecosystems across borders and value chains.

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Justification

Local and regional public authorities and stakeholders are crucial for turning innovative and industrial ecosystems into a success, they are anchored locally and best placed for bringing together universities, research organisations, SMEs, investors and citizens from the regions. An EU perspective, and supporting tools, are necessary to look cross-border and connect innovation clusters from different regions. Making a clear connection with Horizon Europe, where the ECF can further boost the deployment and scaling up of pilot activities is important to establish consistency across the different funding instruments and to bridge the valley of death.

Amendment 403

Oihane Agirregoitia Martínez

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 5

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(5) This also requires that Union funding facilitates the creation and expansion of innovative and industrial ecosystems, where different actors interact in a synergetic way. Successful ecosystems feature intensive and agile interactions and collaboration between small and large companies, universities research institutions, infrastructure providers, investors as well as public authorities. Without such collaborations within and between individual innovation and industrial ecosystems, innovation potential stays unexploited.(5) This also requires that Union funding facilitates the creation and expansion of innovative and industrial ecosystems, where different actors interact in a synergetic way. Successful ecosystems feature intensive and agile interactions and collaboration between small and large companies knowledge institutions (universities and VET centers), universities research institutions, infrastructure providers, investors as well as national and regional public authorities public authorities. Without such collaborations within and between individual innovation and industrial ecosystems across Europe, innovation potential stays unexploited. Following pilot activities under the European Innovation Ecosystems action in Horizon Europe, support will be provided on deployment and scaling up of connections between place-based ecosystems across value chains and common challenges.

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Amendment 404

Katri Kulmuni

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 5

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(5) This also requires that Union funding facilitates the creation and expansion of innovative and industrial ecosystems, where different actors interact in a synergetic way. Successful ecosystems feature intensive and agile interactions and collaboration between small and large companies, universities research institutions, infrastructure providers, investors as well as public authorities. Without such collaborations within and between individual innovation and industrial ecosystems, innovation potential stays unexploited.(5) This also requires that Union funding facilitates the creation and expansion of innovative and industrial ecosystems, where different actors interact in a synergetic way. Successful ecosystems feature intensive and agile interactions and collaboration between small and large companies, universities, research institutions, infrastructure providers, investors as well as public authorities. Without such collaborations within and between individual innovation and industrial ecosystems across Europe, supported by European University Alliances, innovation potential stays unexploited. Following pilot activities under the European Innovation Ecosystems action in Horizon Europe, support will be provided on deployment and scaling up of connections between place-based ecosystems across value chains and common challenges.

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Amendment 405

Eszter Lakos, Paulius Saudargas, Davor Ivo Stier

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 5

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(5) This also requires that Union funding facilitates the creation and expansion of innovative and industrial ecosystems, where different actors interact in a synergetic way. Successful ecosystems feature intensive and agile interactions and collaboration between small and large companies, universities research institutions, infrastructure providers, investors as well as public authorities. Without such collaborations within and between individual innovation and industrial ecosystems, innovation potential stays unexploited.(5) This also requires that Union funding facilitates the creation and expansion of innovative and place-based industrial ecosystems, where different actors interact in a synergetic way. Successful ecosystems feature intensive and agile interactions and collaboration between small and large companies, universities research institutions, infrastructure providers, investors as well as national, regional, and local public authorities. Without such collaborations within and between individual innovation and industrial ecosystems, innovation potential stays unexploited. Following pilot activities under the European Innovation Ecosystems action in Horizon Europe, support will be provided on deployment and scaling up of connections between place-based ecosystems across value chains and common challenges.

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Amendment 406

Laura Ballarín Cereza

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 5

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(5) This also requires that Union funding facilitates the creation and expansion of innovative and industrial ecosystems, where different actors interact in a synergetic way. Successful ecosystems feature intensive and agile interactions and collaboration between small and large companies, universities research institutions, infrastructure providers, investors as well as public authorities. Without such collaborations within and between individual innovation and industrial ecosystems, innovation potential stays unexploited.(5) This also requires that Union funding facilitates the creation, collaboration within and among and expansion of innovative and place-based industrial ecosystems, where different actors interact in a synergetic way. Successful ecosystems feature intensive and agile interactions and collaboration between small and large companies, universities research institutions, infrastructure providers, investors as well as public authorities. Enhanced coordination between Union, national and regional governments is essential to ensure effective investment, avoid fragmentation and deliver sustainable growth and high-quality employment. Without such collaborations within and between individual innovation and industrial ecosystems, innovation potential stays unexploited.

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Justification

Innovative and industrial ecosystems are mostly strongly regionally anchored. Regional governments impact directly these innovation ecosystems. They are a key link for connecting stakeholders and they invest in innovative developments. For an effective alignment between European, national, and regional policies, the involvement of regional actors is justified.

Amendment 407

Diana Iovanovici Şoşoacă

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 5

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(5) This also requires that Union funding facilitates the creation and expansion of innovative and industrial ecosystems, where different actors interact in a synergetic way. Successful ecosystems feature intensive and agile interactions and collaboration between small and large companies, universities research institutions, infrastructure providers, investors as well as public authorities. Without such collaborations within and between individual innovation and industrial ecosystems, innovation potential stays unexploited.(5) This also requires that Union funding facilitates the creation and expansion of innovative and industrial ecosystems, where different actors interact in a synergetic way. Successful ecosystems feature intensive and agile interactions and collaboration between small and large companies, universities research institutions, infrastructure providers, investors as well as public authorities. Without such collaborations within and between individual innovation and industrial ecosystems, innovation potential stays unexploited. At the same time, it is important to allocate adequate resources to fund large-scale, high-impact projects of strategic importance to maximise the strategic impact of Union funding.

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Amendment 408

Nicola Procaccini, Alessandro Ciriani, Elena Donazzan, Pietro Fiocchi, Lara Magoni, Francesco Torselli, Mariateresa Vivaldini

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 5

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(5) This also requires that Union funding facilitates the creation and expansion of innovative and industrial ecosystems, where different actors interact in a synergetic way. Successful ecosystems feature intensive and agile interactions and collaboration between small and large companies, universities research institutions, infrastructure providers, investors as well as public authorities. Without such collaborations within and between individual innovation and industrial ecosystems, innovation potential stays unexploited.(5) This also requires that Union funding facilitates the creation and expansion of innovative and industrial ecosystems, where different actors interact in a synergetic way. Successful ecosystems feature intensive and agile interactions and collaboration between small and large companies, universities research institutions, infrastructure providers, investors as well as public authorities , including local and regional authorities which play a key role in strengthening territorial innovation ecosystems and facilitating SME participation. Without such collaborations within and between individual innovation and industrial ecosystems, innovation potential stays unexploited.

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Amendment 409

Benedetta Scuderi

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 5

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(5) This also requires that Union funding facilitates the creation and expansion of innovative and industrial ecosystems, where different actors interact in a synergetic way. Successful ecosystems feature intensive and agile interactions and collaboration between small and large companies, universities research institutions, infrastructure providers, investors as well as public authorities. Without such collaborations within and between individual innovation and industrial ecosystems, innovation potential stays unexploited.(5) This also requires that Union funding facilitates the creation and expansion of innovative and industrial ecosystems, where different actors interact in a synergetic way. Successful ecosystems feature intensive and agile interactions and collaboration between small and large companies, universities research institutions, infrastructure providers, investors as well as public authorities at national, regional and local level, as well as non-profit organisations, cooperatives, and other social economy actors. Without such collaborations within and between individual innovation and industrial ecosystems, innovation potential stays unexploited.

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Amendment 410

Giorgio Gori, Stefano Bonaccini, Annalisa Corrado

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 5

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(5) This also requires that Union funding facilitates the creation and expansion of innovative and industrial ecosystems, where different actors interact in a synergetic way. Successful ecosystems feature intensive and agile interactions and collaboration between small and large companies, universities research institutions, infrastructure providers, investors as well as public authorities. Without such collaborations within and between individual innovation and industrial ecosystems, innovation potential stays unexploited.(5) This also requires that Union funding facilitates the creation, collaboration within and among and the expansion of innovative and place-based industrial ecosystems, where different actors interact in a synergetic way. Successful ecosystems feature intensive and agile interactions and collaboration between small and large companies, universities research institutions, infrastructure providers, investors as well as public authorities. Enhanced coordination between Union, national, regional and local governments is essential to ensure effective investment, avoid fragmentation and deliver sustainable growth and high-quality employment.

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Amendment 411

Brigitte van den Berg, Bart Groothuis, Yvan Verougstraete

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 5

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(5) This also requires that Union funding facilitates the creation and expansion of innovative and industrial ecosystems, where different actors interact in a synergetic way. Successful ecosystems feature intensive and agile interactions and collaboration between small and large companies, universities research institutions, infrastructure providers, investors as well as public authorities. Without such collaborations within and between individual innovation and industrial ecosystems, innovation potential stays unexploited.(5) This also requires that Union funding facilitates the creation and expansion of innovative and industrial ecosystems, where different actors interact in a synergetic way. Successful ecosystems feature intensive and agile interactions and collaboration between small and large companies, universities research institutions, education and training providers (including vocational education and training), infrastructure providers, investors as well as public authorities. Without such collaborations within and between individual innovation and industrial ecosystems, innovation potential stays unexploited.

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Amendment 412

Dan Nica

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 5

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(5) This also requires that Union funding facilitates the creation and expansion of innovative and industrial ecosystems, where different actors interact in a synergetic way. Successful ecosystems feature intensive and agile interactions and collaboration between small and large companies, universities research institutions, infrastructure providers, investors as well as public authorities. Without such collaborations within and between individual innovation and industrial ecosystems, innovation potential stays unexploited.(5) This also requires that Union funding facilitates the creation and expansion of innovative and industrial ecosystems, where different actors interact in a synergetic way. Successful ecosystems feature intensive and agile interactions and collaboration between small and large companies, universities research institutions, infrastructure providers, investors as well as public authorities, including local public authorities. Without such collaborations within and between individual innovation and industrial ecosystems, innovation potential stays unexploited.

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Justification

recognizing the role of local public authorities in the ecosystems

Amendment 413

Bruno Tobback, Thomas Pellerin-Carlin, Yannis Maniatis, Daniel Attard, Giorgio Gori

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 5 a (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(5 a) The Union’s industrial competitiveness and innovation capacity are increasingly shaped by networks of interconnected actors forming innovative and industrial ecosystems across value chains. These ecosystems are often territorially embedded and build on regional capabilities, specialisations and innovation capacities. Smart Specialisation Strategies (S3), developed under the Union’s cohesion policy framework, provide a recognised methodology for identifying and strengthening such regional innovation and industrial ecosystems and for fostering interregional cooperation. At the same time, the Competitiveness Coordination Tool (CCT) provides a framework at Union level to identify common strategic priorities, in line with EU objectives, and coordinate actions in support of the Union’s competitiveness, resilience and strategic autonomy. In order to maximise the impact of the European Competitiveness Fund and ensure coherence with the Union’s industrial and innovation policy framework, support under this Regulation should take into account the role of regional ecosystems and encourage synergies between Union-level top-down strategic coordination, via the CCT and bottom-up regional innovation capacities, including through S3. This approach can foster stronger interregional cooperation and value-chain integration, and support the development of specialised clusters and infrastructures, such as circular economy hubs and other collaborative innovation platforms, linking local innovation and industrial ecosystems with Union-wide industrial, competitiveness and just transition objectives.

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Justification

This amendment aims to combine the Competitiveness Coordination tool, which will identify technologies and industrial sectors that are of strategic importance for the EU’s competitiveness, with the S3, which identify region’s unique competitive advantages and strengths. This combination of top-down priority setting with bottom-up regional interlinked competences, embedded in innovation and industrial ecosystems, will be crucial to achieve the EU’s competitiveness and strategic independence.

Amendment 414

Eszter Lakos, Paulius Saudargas, Davor Ivo Stier

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 5 a (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(5 a) Innovation ecosystems are indispensable drivers of industrial competitiveness. They provide the institutional conditions and public services required to turn research excellence into viable companies. This role is particularly critical in the case of deep tech, where long development cycles, high capital intensity and regulatory complexity exceed the remit of university innovation services and private accelerators. By operating across mandates, mobilising local demand and supporting companies through the “valley of death” towards EU and private funding instruments, regions and cities enable breakthrough technologies to reach market readiness and commercial success at scale.

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Amendment 415

Sarah Knafo

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 5 a (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(5 a) The European Competitiveness Fund is a Union industrial policy instrument intended primarily to strengthen Union industrial actors and value chains. The Fund shall be implemented in a manner that systematically gives effect to a principle of European industrial preference, ensuring that Union public investment supports the development, production and deployment of strategic goods, technologies and services within the Union and by entities established and controlled in the Union.

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Amendment 416

Krzysztof Hetman, Adam Jarubas, Borys Budka, Kamila Gasiuk-Pihowicz, Mirosława Nykiel

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 5 a (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(5 a) Safeguarding European value chains and economic activities depends on water-smart industrial symbiosis. The development of water-smart clusters for industrial activities, which secures water supply through innovative solutions such as water efficiency and the use of reclaimed water is crucial to ensure the achievement of the EU’s strategic objectives.

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Amendment 417

András Gyürk

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 5 a (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(5 a) To maximize the strategic impact of Union funding, the ECF should devote appropriate resources to fund high-impact, large-scale projects of strategic importance.

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Amendment 418

Aura Salla

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 6

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(6) Digital connectivity is crucial to foster collaboration within the ecosystem, accelerating innovation, enabling seamless and secure access to critical digital capacities and solutions across the Union, facilitating cross-border public-private partnerships, and fostering interoperability and cost-effectiveness.(6) Digital connectivity is crucial to foster collaboration within the ecosystem, accelerating innovation, enabling seamless and secure access to critical digital capacities and solutions across the Union, facilitating cross-border public-private partnerships, and fostering interoperability, resilience, security and cost-effectiveness. It should also support secure, resilient and interoperable communication networks as horizontal enablers of critical and dual-use infrastructures, civil security capabilities, crisis response, military mobility and secure connectivity.

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Justification

Digital connectivity is a horizontal enabler of secure, resilient and interoperable networks underpinning critical and dual-use infrastructures, civil security, crisis response, military mobility and secure connectivity. Recognising this at recital level avoids fragmented sector-specific amendments while supporting Union preparedness, strategic autonomy and competitiveness.

Amendment 419

Benedetta Scuderi

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 6

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(6) Digital connectivity is crucial to foster collaboration within the ecosystem, accelerating innovation, enabling seamless and secure access to critical digital capacities and solutions across the Union, facilitating cross-border public-private partnerships, and fostering interoperability and cost-effectiveness.(6) Digital connectivity is crucial to foster collaboration within the ecosystem, accelerating innovation, enabling seamless and secure access to critical digital capacities and solutions across the Union, facilitating cross-border public-private partnerships, and fostering interoperability and cost-effectiveness. The ECF should support the digitalisation of administrative procedures and further developing e-government services and tools based on open source in the Member States

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Amendment 420

Dario Nardella, Stefano Bonaccini, Cristina Maestre, Maria Grapini, Giorgio Gori, Claire Fita

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 6

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(6) Digital connectivity is crucial to foster collaboration within the ecosystem, accelerating innovation, enabling seamless and secure access to critical digital capacities and solutions across the Union, facilitating cross-border public-private partnerships, and fostering interoperability and cost-effectiveness.(6) Digital connectivity is crucial to foster collaboration within the ecosystem, accelerating innovation, enabling seamless and secure access to critical digital capacities and solutions across the Union, facilitating cross-border public-private partnerships, and fostering interoperability and cost-effectiveness, including by addressing the persistent connectivity gaps affecting rural and agricultural areas, which limit competitiveness and territorial cohesion.

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Justification

Ensuring digital connectivity is essential for economic, social and territorial cohesion. Persistent gaps in rural and agricultural areas continue to limit competitiveness and access to digital services. Strengthening connectivity supports regional innovation, cross-border cooperation and interoperability, ensuring no region is left behind in the digital transition, in line with cohesion policy objectives.

Amendment 421

Marc Botenga

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 6

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(6) Digital connectivity is crucial to foster collaboration within the ecosystem, accelerating innovation, enabling seamless and secure access to critical digital capacities and solutions across the Union, facilitating cross-border public-private partnerships, and fostering interoperability and cost-effectiveness.(6) Digital connectivity is crucial to foster collaboration within the ecosystem, accelerating innovation, enabling seamless and secure access to critical digital capacities and solutions across the Union, this requires public digital infrastructure, facilitating cross-border public-public partnerships, and fostering open source systems, interoperability and cost-effectiveness in order to overcome current insufficiencies.

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Amendment 422

Diana Iovanovici Şoşoacă

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 6

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(6) Digital connectivity is crucial to foster collaboration within the ecosystem, accelerating innovation, enabling seamless and secure access to critical digital capacities and solutions across the Union, facilitating cross-border public-private partnerships, and fostering interoperability and cost-effectiveness.(6) Digital connectivity is crucial to foster collaboration within the ecosystem, accelerating innovation, enabling seamless and secure access to critical digital capacities and solutions across the Union, facilitating cross-border public-private partnerships, including in the academic and scientific realm, which can generate innovative ideas and projects, and fostering interoperability and cost-effectiveness.

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Amendment 423

Paulo Cunha, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 6

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(6) Digital connectivity is crucial to foster collaboration within the ecosystem, accelerating innovation, enabling seamless and secure access to critical digital capacities and solutions across the Union, facilitating cross-border public-private partnerships, and fostering interoperability and cost-effectiveness.(6) Digital connectivity is crucial to stimulate foster collaboration within the ecosystem, including in the agricultural system to accelerate innovation, enabling seamless, secure and resilient access to critical digital capacities and solutions across the Union, facilitating cross-border public-private partnerships, and fostering interoperability and cost-effectiveness.

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Amendment 424

Oihane Agirregoitia Martínez

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 6 a (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(6 a) Industrial and technological capabilities, which are key to Europe's competitiveness, are territorially embedded, and Europe's strength lies in the coordination of its diverse regional specialisations. Smart Specialisation Strategies (S3) provide the only EU-wide methodology capable of aligning regional strengths with EU strategic priorities, supporting diversification into related technologies, and enabling structured interregional cooperation based on complementarity rather than duplication. S3 priorities should be systematically recognised and used across EU funding instruments to bridge top-down EU strategic goals with bottom-up regional innovation, integrating local strengths into Europe's industrial value chains.

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Amendment 425

Eszter Lakos, Paulius Saudargas, Davor Ivo Stier

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 6 a (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(6 a) Industrial and technological capabilities, which are key to Europe's competitiveness, are territorially embedded, and Europe’s strength lies in the coordination of its diverse regional specialisations. Smart Specialisation Strategies (S3) provide the only EU-wide methodology capable of aligning regional strengths with EU strategic priorities, supporting diversification into related technologies, and enabling structured interregional cooperation based on complementarity rather than duplication. S3 priorities should be systematically recognised and used across EU funding instruments to bridge top-down EU strategic goals with bottom-up regional innovation, integrating local strengths into Europe’s industrial value chains.

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Amendment 426

Katri Kulmuni, Emma Wiesner

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 6 a (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(6 a) Industrial and technological capabilities, which are key to Europe's competitiveness, are territorially embedded, and Europe’s strength lies in the coordination of its diverse regional specialisations. Smart Specialisation Strategies (S3) provide the only EUwide methodology capable of aligning regional strengths with EU strategic priorities, supporting diversification into related technologies, and enabling structured interregional cooperation based on complementarity rather than duplication. S3 priorities should be systematically recognised and used across EU funding instruments to bridge top-down EU strategic goals with bottom-up regional innovation, integrating local strengths into Europe’s industrial value chains.

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Justification

This amendment addresses Europe’s core competitiveness gap: not the generation of ideas, but their conversion into globally competitive businesses. Regions and cities fill this gap by providing infrastructure, ecosystem coordination, regulatory support, and pathways to market.

Amendment 427

Jörgen Warborn, Tomas Tobé

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 6 a (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(6a) A large-scale and effectively designed flagship instrument is needed for support for socially important investments in the development, commissioning and manufacturing processes that are of greatest strategic importance for the overall competitiveness and global position of the Union. The instrument should also support sustained capacity-enhancing initiatives within strategic capability areas of major significance to the Union as a whole.

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Amendment 428

Claudiu-Richard Târziu

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 6 a (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(6 a) Member States should play a stronger role in defining investment priorities under the Fund, ensuring that Union support reflects national economic needs and strategic interests, in line with the principle of subsidiarity.

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Amendment 429

Katri Kulmuni, Emma Wiesner

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 7

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(7) Therefore, the purpose of the ECF is to establish an investment capacity to support European competitiveness in strategic technologies, infrastructures, products and services and sectors, providing for a more seamless investment journey. It will promote the creation, collaboration, and expansion of innovation, private finance and industrial ecosystems.(7) Therefore, the purpose of the ECF is to establish an investment capacity to support European competitiveness through activities that have a Union added value in strategic technologies, infrastructures (including research and technology infrastructures), products, services and sectors. It will promote the creation, collaboration, and expansion of innovation, private finance and innovation ecosystems. Competitiveness should be understood as the Union’s capacity to generate sustainable growth, resilience and strategic autonomy through technological, social and societal transformation. This requires strengthening territorial innovation ecosystems where local and regional authorities, knowledge institutions – including universities of applied sciences and vocational education and training providers – businesses, investors and citizens co-create, test and deploy innovative solutions. To strengthen the Union’s competitiveness, support under the European Competitiveness Fund should contribute to the deployment, scaling up and market uptake of challenge-driven solutions, in complementarity with the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation.

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Justification

The ECF can complement FP10 by focusing on deployment, scale-up and market uptake of challenge-driven solutions, ensuring continuity from research to implementation and territorial impact.

Amendment 430

Ondřej Krutílek

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 7

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(7) Therefore, the purpose of the ECF is to establish an investment capacity to support European competitiveness in strategic technologies, infrastructures, products and services and sectors, providing for a more seamless investment journey. It will promote the creation, collaboration, and expansion of innovation, private finance and industrial ecosystems.(7) Therefore, the purpose of the ECF is to establish an investment capacity to support European competitiveness in strategic technologies, infrastructures, products and services and sectors, providing for a more seamless investment journey, including throught applied research, pilot and demonstration activities and knowledge transfer within regional innovation ecosystems involving universities, research organisations, SMEs and industry. It is necessary to support whole stream of activities where major added value is in basic research and its connection to applied research and to leverage regional innovation ecosystems with high research and innovation intensity, strong university-industry collaboration and established smart specialisation strategies. It will promote the creation, collaboration, and expansion of innovation, private finance and industrial ecosystems.

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Amendment 431

Benedetta Scuderi

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 7

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(7) Therefore, the purpose of the ECF is to establish an investment capacity to support European competitiveness in strategic technologies, infrastructures, products and services and sectors, providing for a more seamless investment journey. It will promote the creation, collaboration, and expansion of innovation, private finance and industrial ecosystems.(7) Therefore, the purpose of the ECF is to establish an investment capacity complementing the Framework Programme on Research and Innovation to foster scaling up of strategic sectors and technologies, infrastructures, products and services and sectors, providing for a more seamless investment journey, to support the availability of highly skilled, healthy and adaptable workforce and to strengthen resilient and diversified European supply chains. It should promote the creation, collaboration, and expansion of innovation, private finance and industrial ecosystems while contributing to the social and territorial cohesion of the Union.

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Amendment 432

Oihane Agirregoitia Martínez

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 7

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(7) Therefore, the purpose of the ECF is to establish an investment capacity to support European competitiveness in strategic technologies, infrastructures, products and services and sectors, providing for a more seamless investment journey. It will promote the creation, collaboration, and expansion of innovation, private finance and industrial ecosystems.(7) Therefore, the purpose of the ECF is to establish an investment capacity to support European competitiveness in strategic technologies, infrastructures, (including scientific and research and technology infrastructures recognised under Smart Specialisation Strategies), products and services and sectors, providing for a more seamless investment journey. It will promote the creation, collaboration, and expansion of innovation, private finance and industrial ecosystems, including regional innovation valleys and interregional cooperation consortia underpinned by Smart Specialisation Strategies (S3).

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Amendment 433

Carmen Crespo Díaz, Raúl de la Hoz Quintano

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 7

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(7) Therefore, the purpose of the ECF is to establish an investment capacity to support European competitiveness in strategic technologies, infrastructures, products and services and sectors, providing for a more seamless investment journey. It will promote the creation, collaboration, and expansion of innovation, private finance and industrial ecosystems.(7) Therefore, the purpose of the ECF is to establish an investment capacity to support European competitiveness in strategic technologies, infrastructures, products and services and sectors, including the agri-food sector as an essential pillar for Union security, resilience and strategic autonomy, providing for a more seamless investment journey. It will promote the creation, collaboration, and expansion of innovation, private finance and industrial ecosystems.

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Amendment 434

Daniel Attard

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 7

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(7) Therefore, the purpose of the ECF is to establish an investment capacity to support European competitiveness in strategic technologies, infrastructures, products and services and sectors, providing for a more seamless investment journey. It will promote the creation, collaboration, and expansion of innovation, private finance and industrial ecosystems.(7) Therefore, the purpose of the ECF is to enhance an investment capacity to further strengthen European competitiveness through activities that contribute to a Union added value in strategic technologies, infrastructures (including research and technology infrastructures), products, services and sectors. It will promote the creation, collaboration, and expansion of innovation, private finance and industrial ecosystems.

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Amendment 435

Diana Iovanovici Şoşoacă

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 7

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(7) Therefore, the purpose of the ECF is to establish an investment capacity to support European competitiveness in strategic technologies, infrastructures, products and services and sectors, providing for a more seamless investment journey. It will promote the creation, collaboration, and expansion of innovation, private finance and industrial ecosystems.(7) Therefore, the purpose of the ECF is to establish an investment capacity to support European competitiveness in strategic technologies, infrastructures, products and services and sectors, providing for a more seamless investment journey and faster implementation of new ideas and proposals. It will promote the creation, collaboration, and expansion of innovation, private finance and industrial ecosystems.

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Amendment 436

Paulo Cunha, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 7

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(7) Therefore, the purpose of the ECF is to establish an investment capacity to support European competitiveness in strategic technologies, infrastructures, products and services and sectors, providing for a more seamless investment journey. It will promote the creation, collaboration, and expansion of innovation, private finance and industrial ecosystems.(7) Therefore, the purpose of the ECF is to establish an investment capacity to support European competitiveness in strategic technologies, infrastructures, products and services and sectors, including agriculture which guarantees food security, providing for a more seamless investment journey. It will promote the creation, collaboration, and expansion of innovation, private finance and industrial ecosystems.

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Amendment 437

Jörgen Warborn, Tomas Tobé

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 7 a (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(7a) The starting point for the ECF should be to support the investments in strategically important technological areas that demonstrate the greatest capacity improvements, development potential and overall added value for the Union as a whole. A strict principle of excellence should therefore be applied to projects that are considered for support from the ECF, based on which project applications are assessed on the basis of their added value for the Union as a whole. The application of the principle of excellence will be key to achieving the purpose of the ECF to tangibly and sustainably strengthen the Union’s position in the global economy. Cohesion policy considerations regarding, for example, geographic distribution are therefore not appropriate in this context. Instead, these should continue to be taken into account through other Union instruments, without diluting the added value-maximising approach of the ECF.

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Amendment 438

Raúl de la Hoz Quintano

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 7 a (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(7 a) The European Competitiveness Fund must not become a vertical industrial policy instrument through which the Union or the Commission selects specific companies, sectors or technologies as ‘winners’. Such an approach would distort competition, create moral hazard, undermine the single market and ultimately weaken rather than strengthen Europe’s global position. The ECF shall instead pursue horizontal interventions that improve framework conditions for all European undertakings, with a particular focus on excellence-driven research and innovation, simplification of rules, better access to finance and the removal of regulatory and administrative barriers.

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Amendment 439

Laura Ballarín Cereza

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 7 a (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(7 a) Competitiveness should be understood as the Union’s capacity to generate sustainable growth, resilience and strategic autonomy through technological, social and societal transformation. This requires strengthening territorial innovation ecosystems where regional authorities, knowledge institutions – including universities of applied sciences and vocational education and training providers, businesses, investors and citizens co-create, test and deploy innovative solutions.

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Justification

Competitiveness is strongest when it has a societal added value, and therefore, it is important to consider transformation as an integrated process bringing together technical transformation with social and societal transformation

Amendment 440

Morten Løkkegaard, Andreas Glück, Yvan Verougstraete, Bart Groothuis

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 7 a (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(7 a) The ECF should rely on excellence-oriented award criteria for assesment of proposed actions. It is imperative that funding is allocated through open competition, without undue consideration of geographic distribution, for the purpose of strengthening the Union’s industrial base and its ability to compete and innovate.

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Amendment 441

Claudiu-Richard Târziu

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 7 a (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(7 a) The Fund shall ensure a fair and balanced geographical distribution of investments across Member States, avoiding excessive concentration in a limited number of economies, and contributing to real economic convergence and industrial development across the Union.

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Amendment 442

Raúl de la Hoz Quintano

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 7 b (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(7 b) The main goal of the European Competitiveness Fund (ECF) is to strengthen the ability of European companies — in particular SMEs, start-ups, scale-ups and small mid-caps from all Member States — to compete successfully in global markets. The ECF shall promote private investment by contributing to the Savings and Investments Union, facilitating cross-border investments while fully respecting open competition and the integrity of the Single Market.

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Amendment 443

Raúl de la Hoz Quintano

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 7 c (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(7 c) Research and innovation constitute the primary drivers of long-term competitiveness. The ECF shall therefore direct the majority of its horizontal interventions towards closing the innovation gap with global competitors, ensuring seamless translation of excellent research into marketable solutions, and equipping European companies with the technological edge they need to thrive in open global competition.

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Amendment 444

Benedetta Scuderi

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 8

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(8) In the EU, persistent disparities in competitiveness and innovation performance across regions continue to exist. After sustained efforts at both EU and national level to close the innovation gap, it is time to unlock the full potential of every region. By ensuring that less-developed regions are effectively connected to EU value chains, the Union as a whole will be better positioned to compete globally.(8) In the EU, persistent disparities in competitiveness and innovation performance across and within regions continue to exist. After sustained efforts at both EU and national level to close the innovation gap, it is time to unlock the full potential of every region. By ensuring that less-developed regions and transition regions are effectively connected to EU value chains, the Union as a whole will be better positioned to compete globally. The ECF should actively contribute to economic, social and territorial cohesion and comply with the 'do no harm to cohesion' principle. Work programmes should coordinate with National and Regional Partnership Plans and Smart Specialisation Strategies. Dedicated capacity-building and advisory support should strengthen the ability of regional and local authorities, energy communities and social economy entities to access and implement ECF-supported investments, recognising their central role in territorial deployment of the clean transition.

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Amendment 445

Jüri Ratas, Riho Terras, Tobias Cremer, Sven Mikser

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 8

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(8) In the EU, persistent disparities in competitiveness and innovation performance across regions continue to exist. After sustained efforts at both EU and national level to close the innovation gap, it is time to unlock the full potential of every region. By ensuring that less-developed regions are effectively connected to EU value chains, the Union as a whole will be better positioned to compete globally.(8) In the EU, persistent disparities in competitiveness and innovation performance across regions continue to exist. After sustained efforts at both EU and national level to close the innovation gap, it is time to unlock the full potential of every region. By ensuring that less-developed regions are effectively connected to Union value chains, the Union as a whole will be better positioned to compete globally. By guaranteeing the broadest possible participation of companies in the implementation of projects financed under the ECF and enabling the widest possible development of production and research and innovation value chains across all Member States, while avoiding the concentration of projects in a limited number of Member States, the Union will become stronger, more cohesive and more resilient, and better equipped to assert its strategic resilience and long-term global competitiveness.

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Amendment 446

Borys Budka, Danuše Nerudová, Davor Ivo Stier, Nikolina Brnjac, Eszter Lakos, Miriam Lexmann, Karlo Ressler, Adam Jarubas, Krzysztof Hetman, Kamila Gasiuk-Pihowicz, Mirosława Nykiel, Andrzej Halicki, Iuliu Winkler, Loránt Vincze, Virgil-Daniel Popescu, Inese Vaidere, Tomáš Zdechovský, Siegfried Mureşan, Ioan-Rareş Bogdan, Daniel Buda, Gheorghe Falcă, Adina Vălean, Romana Tomc, Radan Kanev, Eva Maydell, Jan Farský, Rasa Juknevičienė, Andrey Kovatchev, Andrey Novakov, Ilia Lazarov, Sandra Kalniete

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 8

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(8) In the EU, persistent disparities in competitiveness and innovation performance across regions continue to exist. After sustained efforts at both EU and national level to close the innovation gap, it is time to unlock the full potential of every region. By ensuring that less-developed regions are effectively connected to EU value chains, the Union as a whole will be better positioned to compete globally.(8) Although innovation convergence across the Union is necessary to secure Europe’s leading economic position globally, persistent disparities in competitiveness and innovation performance as well as disparities in investment across different Member States and regions continue to exist. After sustained efforts at close the innovation and investment gap, it is time to unlock the full potential of every Member State and region. By ensuring that less-developed Member States and transition regions are effectively connected to EU value chains, the Union as a whole will be better positioned to compete globally.

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Amendment 447

Jörgen Warborn, Tomas Tobé

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 8

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(8) In the EU, persistent disparities in competitiveness and innovation performance across regions continue to exist. After sustained efforts at both EU and national level to close the innovation gap, it is time to unlock the full potential of every region. By ensuring that less-developed regions are effectively connected to EU value chains, the Union as a whole will be better positioned to compete globally.(8) In recent decades, the EU has lost its lead within a number of strategic technology areas and has also fallen behind in technological fields with considerable future potential. After sustained efforts at both EU and national level to close the innovation gap, it is time to unlock the Union’s potential through a more powerful, carefully targeted and impact-focussed investment instrument at Union level. By ensuring the tangible streamlining and strengthening of strategic value chains, the Union as a whole will be better positioned to compete globally.

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Amendment 448

Jaroslava Pokorná Jermanová, Jana Nagyová

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 8

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(8) In the EU, persistent disparities in competitiveness and innovation performance across regions continue to exist. After sustained efforts at both EU and national level to close the innovation gap, it is time to unlock the full potential of every region. By ensuring that less-developed regions are effectively connected to EU value chains, the Union as a whole will be better positioned to compete globally.(8) In the EU, persistent disparities in competitiveness and innovation performance across regions continue to exist. After sustained efforts at both EU and national level to close the innovation gap, it is time to unlock the full potential of every region. By ensuring that less-developed regions are effectively connected to EU value chains, the Union as a whole will be better positioned to compete globally. The ECF funding should be based on a geographically balanced approach, involving all Union’s regions and Member States.

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Amendment 449

Paolo Borchia, Isabella Tovaglieri, Raffaele Stancanelli

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 8

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(8) In the EU, persistent disparities in competitiveness and innovation performance across regions continue to exist. After sustained efforts at both EU and national level to close the innovation gap, it is time to unlock the full potential of every region. By ensuring that less-developed regions are effectively connected to EU value chains, the Union as a whole will be better positioned to compete globally.(8) In the EU, persistent disparities in competitiveness and innovation performance across regions continue to exist. After sustained efforts at both EU and national level to close the innovation gap, it is time to unlock the full potential of every region by making use of regional development funds and supporting public-private partnerships. By ensuring that less-developed regions are effectively connected to EU value chains, the Union as a whole will be better positioned to compete globally.

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Justification

Unlocking the full potential of every region requires not only policy ambition but concrete instruments. Regional development funds provide the financial leverage needed to connect less-developed regions to EU value chains, while public-private partnerships are an essential mechanism for mobilising complementary investment and expertise. Their explicit recognition reinforces the practical tools available to close the innovation gap.

Amendment 450

Aldo Patriciello

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 8

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(8) In the EU, persistent disparities in competitiveness and innovation performance across regions continue to exist. After sustained efforts at both EU and national level to close the innovation gap, it is time to unlock the full potential of every region. By ensuring that less-developed regions are effectively connected to EU value chains, the Union as a whole will be better positioned to compete globally.(8) In the EU, persistent disparities in competitiveness and innovation performance across regions continue to exist. After sustained efforts at both EU and national level to close the innovation gap, it is time to unlock the full potential of every region by making use of regional development funds and support public-private partnerships By ensuring that less-developed regions are effectively connected to EU value chains, the Union as a whole will be better positioned to compete globally.

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Amendment 451

Radan Kanev, Miriam Lexmann, Paulius Saudargas

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 8

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(8) In the EU, persistent disparities in competitiveness and innovation performance across regions continue to exist. After sustained efforts at both EU and national level to close the innovation gap, it is time to unlock the full potential of every region. By ensuring that less-developed regions are effectively connected to EU value chains, the Union as a whole will be better positioned to compete globally.(8) In the EU, persistent disparities in competitiveness and innovation performance as well as disparities in investments across different regions continue to exist. After sustained efforts at both EU and national level to close the innovation and investment gap, it is time to unlock the full potential of every region. By ensuring that less-developed regions are effectively connected to EU value chains, the Union as a whole will be better positioned to compete globally.

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Amendment 452

Jan Farský, Miriam Lexmann

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 8

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(8) In the EU, persistent disparities in competitiveness and innovation performance across regions continue to exist. After sustained efforts at both EU and national level to close the innovation gap, it is time to unlock the full potential of every region. By ensuring that less-developed regions are effectively connected to EU value chains, the Union as a whole will be better positioned to compete globally.(8) In the EU, persistent disparities in competitiveness and innovation performance s well as disparities in investments across different regions continue to exist. After sustained efforts at both EU and national level to close the innovation and investment gap, it is time to unlock the full potential of every region. By ensuring that less-developed regions are effectively connected to EU value chains, the Union as a whole will be better positioned to compete globally.

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Amendment 453

Sarah Knafo

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 8

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(8) In the EU, persistent disparities in competitiveness and innovation performance across regions continue to exist. After sustained efforts at both EU and national level to close the innovation gap, it is time to unlock the full potential of every region. By ensuring that less-developed regions are effectively connected to EU value chains, the Union as a whole will be better positioned to compete globally.(8) In the EU, persistent disparities in competitiveness and innovation performance across Member States and regions continue to exist. After sustained efforts at both EU and national level to close the innovation gap, the Union will reinforce its overall industrial base, strengthen value chains and reduce dependencies by allocating support on the basis of excellence and impact, while taking into account the specific situation of less-developed Member States.

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Amendment 454

Krzysztof Hetman, Adam Jarubas, Alexander Bernhuber, Norbert Lins, Borys Budka, Kamila Gasiuk-Pihowicz, Mirosława Nykiel, Céline Imart, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral, Carmen Crespo Díaz, Herbert Dorfmann, Stefan Köhler, Daniel Buda, Maria Walsh

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 8

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(8) In the EU, persistent disparities in competitiveness and innovation performance across regions continue to exist. After sustained efforts at both EU and national level to close the innovation gap, it is time to unlock the full potential of every region. By ensuring that less-developed regions are effectively connected to EU value chains, the Union as a whole will be better positioned to compete globally.(8) In the EU, persistent disparities in competitiveness and innovation performance across regions continue to exist. After sustained efforts at both EU and national level to close the innovation gap, it is time to unlock the full potential of every region. By ensuring that less-developed and rural regions are effectively connected to EU value chains, the Union as a whole will be better positioned to compete globally.

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Amendment 455

Laura Ballarín Cereza

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 8 a (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(8 a) Regions are pivotal actors within Europe’s innovation ecosystems and indispensable drivers of industrial competitiveness. They provide the institutional conditions and public services required to turn research excellence into viable companies. This role is particularly critical in the case of deep tech, where long development cycles, high capital intensity and regulatory complexity exceed the remit of university innovation services and private accelerators. By operating across mandates, mobilising regional demand and supporting companies through the “valley of death” towards EU and private funding instruments, regions enable breakthrough technologies to reach market readiness and commercial success at scale. Regions are also strategic partners in building Europe’s sustainable industrial competitiveness and resilience. It should be recognised that innovation ecosystems are place-based and their success and growth depend on the capacity of regional authorities to deliver excellent spatial and social conditions.

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Justification

This amendment aims to address Europe’s core competitiveness weakness identified in the Draghi Report and the Competitiveness Compass: Europe’s problem is not the production of ideas or patents, but the failure to convert them into globally competitive businesses. Developing and commercialising breakthrough technologies, particularly deep tech, requires longer time horizons, higher upfront risk, and greater institutional patience than conventional business models. Universities can initiate this journey through research, talent development and early-stage company formation, but their mandates end long before technologies cross the “valley of death” into viable, growing firms. At that point, neither sectoral authorities nor universities are equipped to provide the mix of infrastructure, acceleration services, regulatory navigation and market access support that scaling companies require. Regions, however, can operate precisely in this space: they can convene actors, mobilise regional demand, and build tailored public services that enable young, research driven companies to survive long enough to reach EU and private funding instruments. Recognising this role within the Fund would strengthen Europe’s capacity to deploy sustainable and competitive technologies, not as isolated pilots, but as investable, scalable firms capable of reshaping markets.

Amendment 456

Benedetta Scuderi

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 8 a (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(8 a) The ECF should not support activities that increase or maintain Union dependence on fossil fuels or on substances of very high concern within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (REACH), persistent organic pollutants listed under Regulation (EU) 2019/1021, or hazardous substances subject to restriction under other applicable Union law. Such activities are incompatible with the Union's climate, environmental and strategic autonomy objectives and risk entrenching harmful dependencies across both civilian and defence supply chains. The defence sector in particular relies extensively on civilian supply chains in which those substances are present; ECF support for defence research and development should therefore actively facilitate the transition of the European defence technological and industrial base away from those substances, thereby strengthening long-term defence industrial sovereignty and reducing supply chain exposure.

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Amendment 457

Giorgio Gori, Stefano Bonaccini, Annalisa Corrado

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 8 a (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(8 a) Regions and cities are pivotal actors within Europe’s innovation ecosystems and indispensable drivers of industrial competitiveness. They provide the institutional conditions and public services required to turn research excellence into viable companies. This role is particularly critical in the case of deep tech, where long development cycles, high capital intensity and regulatory complexity exceed the remit of university innovation services and private accelerators. By operating across mandates, mobilising local demand and supporting companies through the “valley of death” towards EU and private funding instruments, regions and cities enable breakthrough technologies to reach market readiness and commercial success at scale.

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Amendment 458

Jana Nagyová, Ondřej Knotek, Tomáš Kubín, Klara Dostalova, András Gyürk, Vilis Krištopans, Afroditi Latinopoulou, Anna Bryłka, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, António Tânger Corrêa

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 8 a (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(8 a) Persistent disparities in industrial, technological and innovation capacities across regions of the Union risk limiting the full potential of the Single Market and weakening the Union´s overall competitiveness. In order to address these disparities in innovation performance across the Union and to strengthen upward economic convergence, a dedicated indicative national allocation should be established under the Fund. Eligibility for such support should be determined on the basis of a transparent, objective and annually updated Union-wide methodology. For that purpose, the European Innovation Scoreboard, published annually by the Commission, shall be used as the basis for monitoring the progress of these measures.

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Amendment 459

Mirosława Nykiel, Borys Budka, Adam Jarubas, Krzysztof Hetman, Kamila Gasiuk-Pihowicz

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 8 a (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(8 a) Implementation of the European Competitiveness Fund should contribute to the geographically balanced development of the Union, in particular by increasing the participation of entities from Member States and regions with lower research and innovation potential and limited absorption capacity. To this end, the Fund should provide for appropriate incentivising mechanisms (in particular balancing and corrective mechanisms) ensuring equal access to financial resources and preventing an excessive concentration of support in a limited number of Member States.

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Amendment 460

Raúl de la Hoz Quintano

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 8 a (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(8 a) The European Competitiveness Fund should play a pivotal role in safeguarding the fundamental principles of undistorted competition enshrined in Articles 101 to 109 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and in preserving the integrity and level playing field of the single market, particularly at a time when the Union and its Member States are increasingly deploying industrial policy tools to address strategic dependencies, enhance resilience and accelerate the transitions.

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Amendment 461

Nicola Procaccini, Alessandro Ciriani, Elena Donazzan, Pietro Fiocchi, Lara Magoni, Francesco Torselli, Mariateresa Vivaldini

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 8 a (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(8 a) Europe faces significant demographic challenges, including population ageing and labour shortages in several regions. These trends can weaken regional innovation ecosystems and reduce the capacity of territories to attract investment. The implementation of the European Competitiveness Fund should therefore contribute to strengthening innovation ecosystems across all regions of the Union.

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Amendment 462

Rihards Kols

on behalf of the ECR Group

Roberts Zīle

on behalf of the Committee on Budgets

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 8 a (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(8 a) The Union's objective to reduce strategic dependencies should be pursued in a manner that strengthens the Single Market as a whole and avoids the creation of new internal dependencies or single points of failure within the Union.

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Justification

The objective of reducing the Union's strategic dependencies risks being undermined if it generates new dependencies internal to the Single Market, in the form of single points of failure or excessive concentration of strategic value chains in a limited number of Member States.

Amendment 463

Inese Vaidere

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 8 a (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(8 a) The Union’s objective to reduce strategic dependencies should be pursued in a manner that strengthens the Single Market as a whole and avoids the creation of new internal dependencies or single points of failure within the Union.

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Amendment 464

Jüri Ratas

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 8 a (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(8 a) The Union’s objective to reduce strategic dependencies should be pursued in a manner that strengthens the Single Market as a whole and avoids the creation of new internal dependencies or single points of failure within the Union.

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Amendment 465

Rihards Kols

on behalf of the ECR Group

Roberts Zīle

on behalf of the Committee on Budgets

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 8 b (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(8 b) The changing security environment, heightened security concerns and direct military threats faced by the Union's eastern regions bordering Russia and Belarus affect public and private investment decisions, lead to suboptimal investment situations and create additional challenges for the development of strategic value chains. Public Union support should be calibrated accordingly, both to address these market failures and to ensure that the Union's industrial and technological base is geographically robust against materialised conventional military threats.

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Justification

The deteriorating security environment on the Union's external border with Russia and Belarus generates a documented market failure: private investment is suppressed by elevated risk perception, and strategic value chains develop unevenly. This is recognised in the Commission Communication on the Eastern Flank Regions and in successive European Council Conclusions.

Amendment 466

Inese Vaidere

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 8 b (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(8 b) Changing security environment, heightened security concerns and direct military threats, faced by the EU’s Eastern regions bordering Russia and Belarus, affect public and private investment decisions, leading to suboptimal investment situations, and creating additional challenges for the development of strategic value chains.

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Amendment 467

Jüri Ratas

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 8 b (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(8 b) Changing security environment, heightened security concerns and direct military threats, faced by the EU’s Eastern regions bordering Russia and Belarus, affect public and private investment decisions, leading to suboptimal investment situations, and creating additional challenges for the development of strategic value chains.

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Amendment 468

Rihards Kols

on behalf of the ECR Group

Roberts Zīle

on behalf of the Committee on Budgets

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 8 c (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(8 c) Support under the ECF should, where relevant, contribute to securing diversified and cross-border Union value chains, integrating suppliers, manufacturers, innovators, infrastructure providers, SMEs and end-users from different Member States. Work programmes should translate this principle into call design, eligibility and award criteria, taking into account objectives such as overall security, resilience, capability and the investment challenges affecting the development of such value chains, in particular in regions exposed to higher security risks.

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Justification

Translates the diversification and cross-border value-chain logic into the design of work programmes, call eligibility and award criteria.

Amendment 469

Inese Vaidere

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 8 c (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(8 c) To that end, support under the ECF should, where relevant, contribute to securing diversified and cross-border Union value chains, integrating suppliers, manufacturers, innovators, infrastructure providers, SMEs and end-users from different Member States. Work programmes should translate this into call design, eligibility and award criteria, taking into account objectives such as overall security, resilience, capability and investment challenges affecting the development of such value chains.

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Amendment 470

Jüri Ratas

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 8 c (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(8 c) To that end, support under the ECF should, where relevant, contribute to securing diversified and cross-border Union value chains, integrating suppliers, manufacturers, innovators, infrastructure providers, SMEs and end-users from different Member States. Work programmes should translate this into call design, eligibility and award criteria, taking into account objectives such as overall security, resilience, capability and investment challenges affecting the development of such value chains.

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Amendment 471

Borys Budka, Siegfried Mureşan, Ioan-Rareş Bogdan, Daniel Buda, Gheorghe Falcă, Adina Vălean, Romana Tomc, Radan Kanev, Tomáš Zdechovský, Inese Vaidere, Virgil-Daniel Popescu, Andrzej Halicki, Loránt Vincze, Iuliu Winkler, Mirosława Nykiel, Kamila Gasiuk-Pihowicz, Krzysztof Hetman, Adam Jarubas, Miriam Lexmann, Karlo Ressler, Eszter Lakos, Nikolina Brnjac, Davor Ivo Stier, Danuše Nerudová, Jan Farský, Rasa Juknevičienė, Andrey Kovatchev, Andrey Novakov, Ilia Lazarov, Emil Radev, Sandra Kalniete

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 9

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(9) The EU outermost regions and overseas countries and territories represent unique and strategic assets that benefit the Union as a whole – including proximity to third countries, exceptional conditions for space and astrophysics research, abundant renewable energy potential, rich biodiversity, and extensive maritime zones. The ECF should leverage their potential as geostrategic outposts, particularly in support of the Union’s objectives on security, preparedness, regional value chains, and competitiveness.(9) The EU outermost regions and overseas countries and territories represent unique and strategic assets that benefit the Union as a whole – including proximity to third countries, exceptional conditions for space and astrophysics research, abundant renewable energy potential, rich biodiversity, and extensive maritime zones. In addition, the EU’s Eastern Border regions are crucial for European security and defense, while they often underperform on innovation activities. The ECF should leverage their potential as geostrategic outposts, particularly in support of the Union’s objectives on security, preparedness, regional value chains, and competitiveness.

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Amendment 472

Paulo Cunha, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 9

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(9) The EU outermost regions and overseas countries and territories represent unique and strategic assets that benefit the Union as a whole – including proximity to third countries, exceptional conditions for space and astrophysics research, abundant renewable energy potential, rich biodiversity, and extensive maritime zones. The ECF should leverage their potential as geostrategic outposts, particularly in support of the Union’s objectives on security, preparedness, regional value chains, and competitiveness.(9) The EU outermost regions, as provided for in Article 349 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and the overseas countries and territories represent unique and strategic assets that benefit the Union as a whole – including proximity to third countries, exceptional conditions for space and astrophysics research, deep-sea observation, abundant renewable energy potential, rich biodiversity, and extensive maritime zones. The ECF should leverage their potential as geostrategic outposts, particularly in support of the Union’s objectives on security, preparedness, regional value chains, and competitiveness.

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Amendment 473

Paolo Borchia, Isabella Tovaglieri, Raffaele Stancanelli

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 9

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(9) The EU outermost regions and overseas countries and territories represent unique and strategic assets that benefit the Union as a whole – including proximity to third countries, exceptional conditions for space and astrophysics research, abundant renewable energy potential, rich biodiversity, and extensive maritime zones. The ECF should leverage their potential as geostrategic outposts, particularly in support of the Union’s objectives on security, preparedness, regional value chains, and competitiveness.(9) The EU outermost regions and overseas countries and territories represent unique and strategic assets that benefit the Union as a whole – including proximity to third countries, exceptional conditions for space and astrophysics research, fundamental and applied research, abundant renewable energy potential, rich biodiversity, and extensive maritime zones. The ECF should leverage their potential as geostrategic outposts, particularly in support of the Union’s objectives on security, preparedness, regional value chains, and competitiveness.

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Amendment 474

Aldo Patriciello

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 9

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(9) The EU outermost regions and overseas countries and territories represent unique and strategic assets that benefit the Union as a whole – including proximity to third countries, exceptional conditions for space and astrophysics research, abundant renewable energy potential, rich biodiversity, and extensive maritime zones. The ECF should leverage their potential as geostrategic outposts, particularly in support of the Union’s objectives on security, preparedness, regional value chains, and competitiveness.(9) The EU outermost regions and overseas countries and territories represent unique and strategic assets that benefit the Union as a whole – including proximity to third countries, exceptional conditions for space and astrophysics research, fundamental and applied research abundant renewable energy potential, rich biodiversity, and extensive maritime zones. The ECF should leverage their potential as geostrategic outposts, particularly in support of the Union’s objectives on security, preparedness, regional value chains, and competitiveness.

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Amendment 475

Oliver Schenk, Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 9 a (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(9 a) Strengthening the Union’s competitiveness requires fully mobilising its industrial base across all regions. Regions undergoing structural industrial transformation, including those affected by the transition towards climate neutrality, represent significant potential for the deployment and scaling-up of strategic technologies. The European Competitiveness Fund should therefore support the development of competitive industrial ecosystems in such regions, building on existing assets, skills and infrastructure. This support should be done in a targeted and efficiency-driven manner, ensuring synergies with existing Union instruments while avoiding overlaps and unnecessary administrative burdens.

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Amendment 476

Marc Botenga

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 10

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(10) The Commission should ensure tight coordination and synergies between all Union founding sources in the MFF. For this purpose, the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation will be tightly linked to the ECF: to ensure that the European industry leverages research results funded by the Union to further innovate and produce in Europe. In order to foster synergies, the work programmes adopted under this Regulation should integrate in a specific and dedicated part and ensure coherence with the ‘Competitiveness’ component, Part II ‘Competitiveness and Society’ of the Regulation (EU) [XXX]10 of the European Parliament and of the Council [Horizon Europe Framework programme for Research and Innovation]11 in accordance with the committee procedure set out in this Regulation. Besides, the ECF shall ensure coherence with the types of actions planned to be implemented under the Innovation Fund, notably when developing work programmes.(10) The Commission should ensure tight coordination and synergies between all Union founding sources in the MFF. For this purpose, the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation will be tightly linked to the ECF. Besides, the ECF shall ensure coherence with the types of actions planned to be implemented under the Innovation Fund, notably when developing work programmes.
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Amendment 477

Benedetta Scuderi

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 10

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(10) The Commission should ensure tight coordination and synergies between all Union founding sources in the MFF. For this purpose, the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation will be tightly linked to the ECF: to ensure that the European industry leverages research results funded by the Union to further innovate and produce in Europe. In order to foster synergies, the work programmes adopted under this Regulation should integrate in a specific and dedicated part and ensure coherence with the ‘Competitiveness’ component, Part II ‘Competitiveness and Society’ of the Regulation (EU) [XXX]10 of the European Parliament and of the Council [Horizon Europe Framework programme for Research and Innovation]11 in accordance with the committee procedure set out in this Regulation. Besides, the ECF shall ensure coherence with the types of actions planned to be implemented under the Innovation Fund, notably when developing work programmes.(10) The Commission should ensure tight coordination and synergies between all Union founding sources in the MFF. For this purpose, the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation will be tightly linked to the ECF: to ensure that the European industry leverages research results funded by the Union to further innovate and produce in Europe. Besides, the ECF should ensure coherence with the types of actions planned to be implemented under the Innovation Fund and the Industrial Decarbonisation Bank, notably when developing work programmes.
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Amendment 478

Oihane Agirregoitia Martínez

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 10

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(10) The Commission should ensure tight coordination and synergies between all Union founding sources in the MFF. For this purpose, the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation will be tightly linked to the ECF: to ensure that the European industry leverages research results funded by the Union to further innovate and produce in Europe. In order to foster synergies, the work programmes adopted under this Regulation should integrate in a specific and dedicated part and ensure coherence with the ‘Competitiveness’ component, Part II ‘Competitiveness and Society’ of the Regulation (EU) [XXX]10 of the European Parliament and of the Council [Horizon Europe Framework programme for Research and Innovation]11 in accordance with the committee procedure set out in this Regulation. Besides, the ECF shall ensure coherence with the types of actions planned to be implemented under the Innovation Fund, notably when developing work programmes.(10) The Commission should ensure tight coordination and synergies between all Union founding sources in the MFF. For this purpose, the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation will be tightly linked to the ECF: to ensure that the European industry leverages research results funded by the Union to further innovate and produce in Europe including through better access to research and technology infrastructures and by fostering the participation of regional innovation actors, including technology centres, cooperative research centres, and interregional partnerships such as Vanguard Initiative, in ECF-funded consortia. In order to foster synergies, the work programmes adopted under this Regulation should integrate in a specific and dedicated part and ensure coherence with the ‘Competitiveness’ component, Part II ‘Competitiveness and Society’ of the Regulation (EU) [XXX]10 of the European Parliament and of the Council [Horizon Europe Framework programme for Research and Innovation]11 in accordance with the committee procedure set out in this Regulation. Besides, the ECF shall ensure coherence with the types of actions planned to be implemented under the Innovation Fund, notably when developing work programmes.
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Amendment 479

Eszter Lakos, Paulius Saudargas, Davor Ivo Stier

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 10

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(10) The Commission should ensure tight coordination and synergies between all Union founding sources in the MFF. For this purpose, the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation will be tightly linked to the ECF: to ensure that the European industry leverages research results funded by the Union to further innovate and produce in Europe. In order to foster synergies, the work programmes adopted under this Regulation should integrate in a specific and dedicated part and ensure coherence with the ‘Competitiveness’ component, Part II ‘Competitiveness and Society’ of the Regulation (EU) [XXX]10 of the European Parliament and of the Council [Horizon Europe Framework programme for Research and Innovation]11 in accordance with the committee procedure set out in this Regulation. Besides, the ECF shall ensure coherence with the types of actions planned to be implemented under the Innovation Fund, notably when developing work programmes.(10) The Commission should ensure effective coordination and synergies between all Union founding sources in the MFF. For this purpose, the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation will be linked to the ECF: to ensure that the European industry leverages research results funded by the Union to further innovate and produce in Europe. In order to foster synergies, the work programme adopted under this Regulation should enable the take-up of the results from the the ‘Competitiveness’ component, Part II ‘Competitiveness and Society’ of the Regulation (EU) [XXX]10 of the European Parliament and of the Council [Horizon Europe Framework programme for Research and Innovation]11 , Horizon Europe Framework Programme 9 or any other union or national programmes that are aligned with objectives set out in Article 3, in accordance with the committee procedure set out in this Regulation. Besides, the ECF shall ensure coherence with the types of actions planned to be implemented under the Innovation Fund, notably when developing work programmes.
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Amendment 480

Paulo Cunha, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 10

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(10) The Commission should ensure tight coordination and synergies between all Union founding sources in the MFF. For this purpose, the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation will be tightly linked to the ECF: to ensure that the European industry leverages research results funded by the Union to further innovate and produce in Europe. In order to foster synergies, the work programmes adopted under this Regulation should integrate in a specific and dedicated part and ensure coherence with the ‘Competitiveness’ component, Part II ‘Competitiveness and Society’ of the Regulation (EU) [XXX]10 of the European Parliament and of the Council [Horizon Europe Framework programme for Research and Innovation]11 in accordance with the committee procedure set out in this Regulation. Besides, the ECF shall ensure coherence with the types of actions planned to be implemented under the Innovation Fund, notably when developing work programmes.(10) The Commission should ensure tight coordination and synergies between all Union founding sources in the MFF. For this purpose, the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation will be tightly linked to the ECF: to ensure that the European industries and the primary sector leverage research results funded by the Union to further innovate and produce in Europe. In order to foster synergies, the work programmes adopted under this Regulation should integrate in a specific and dedicated part and ensure coherence with the ‘Competitiveness’ component, Part II ‘Competitiveness and Society’ of the Regulation (EU) [XXX]10 of the European Parliament and of the Council [Horizon Europe Framework programme for Research and Innovation]11 in accordance with the committee procedure set out in this Regulation. Besides, the ECF shall ensure coherence with the types of actions planned to be implemented under the Innovation Fund, notably when developing work programmes.
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Amendment 481

Carmen Crespo Díaz, Raúl de la Hoz Quintano

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 10

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(10) The Commission should ensure tight coordination and synergies between all Union founding sources in the MFF. For this purpose, the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation will be tightly linked to the ECF: to ensure that the European industry leverages research results funded by the Union to further innovate and produce in Europe. In order to foster synergies, the work programmes adopted under this Regulation should integrate in a specific and dedicated part and ensure coherence with the ‘Competitiveness’ component, Part II ‘Competitiveness and Society’ of the Regulation (EU) [XXX]10 of the European Parliament and of the Council [Horizon Europe Framework programme for Research and Innovation]11 in accordance with the committee procedure set out in this Regulation. Besides, the ECF shall ensure coherence with the types of actions planned to be implemented under the Innovation Fund, notably when developing work programmes.(10) The Commission should ensure tight coordination and synergies between all Union founding sources in the MFF. For this purpose, the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation will be tightly linked to the ECF: to ensure that the European industries and the primary sector leverage research results funded by the Union to further innovate and produce in Europe. In order to foster synergies, the work programmes adopted under this Regulation should integrate in a specific and dedicated part and ensure coherence with the ‘Competitiveness’ component, Part II ‘Competitiveness and Society’ of the Regulation (EU) [XXX]10 of the European Parliament and of the Council [Horizon Europe Framework programme for Research and Innovation]11 in accordance with the committee procedure set out in this Regulation. Besides, the ECF shall ensure coherence with the types of actions planned to be implemented under the Innovation Fund, notably when developing work programmes.
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Amendment 482

Aura Salla

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 10 a (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(10 a) Cities and urban regions play an important role in translating research excellence and innovation into industrial deployment, market uptake and scaling companies. They concentrate research, talent, infrastructure, public demand and innovation ecosystems, and can support cooperation between companies, start-ups, universities, research and technology organisations, investors and public authorities. The Fund should, where relevant, recognise cities and urban regions as strategic partners in strengthening sustainable industrial competitiveness, resilience and the deployment of clean, digital and secure solutions.

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Justification

Cities and urban regions are key environments where research, talent, infrastructure, companies and public demand come together. They help bridge the gap between research and market deployment by supporting innovation ecosystems, testing new solutions and enabling companies to scale. Recognising their role in the ECF would strengthen the Fund’s ability to deliver sustainable industrial competitiveness, resilience and the deployment of clean, digital and secure technologies across the Union.

Amendment 483

Carmen Crespo Díaz, Raúl de la Hoz Quintano

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 10 a (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(10a) Underlines that, while ensuring strategic coherence between the European Competitiveness Fund and Horizon Europe, research and innovation activities under Horizon Europe must remain open, inclusive and primarily driven by scientific excellence; stresses that access to Union research funding should not be unduly constrained by narrowly defined policy frameworks, in order to preserve academic freedom and enable diverse scientific approaches to contribute to long-term competitiveness.

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Amendment 484

Letizia Moratti, Massimiliano Salini, Fulvio Martusciello

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 10 a (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(10 a) It is essential that EU programming covers the entire investment journey, from basic and applied research to technology transfer and industrial deployment. Strong coordination and alignment between the funding instruments provided under the ECF and the collaborative research supported under Horizon Europe Pillar II are crucial to effectively boost innovation and drive growth. Therefore, the governance of the ECF, and its interlinkages with other funds, must be effective, transparent, truly representative and based on clear implementation mechanisms.

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Amendment 485

Paulo Cunha, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 11

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(11) In order to foster synergies between actions under the ECF and the Innovation Fund, the work programmes of the ECF should ensure coherence with the priorities and types of actions that could be funded under the Innovation Fund. Together, the ECF, Horizon Europe, and the Innovation Fund will provide coherent support to the Union competitiveness.(11) In order to foster synergies between actions under the ECF and the Innovation Fund, the work programmes of the ECF should ensure coherence with the priorities and types of actions that could be funded under the Innovation Fund. Together, the ECF, Horizon Europe, and the Innovation Fund will provide coherent support to the Union competitiveness, including in agriculture.

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Amendment 486

Barry Andrews, Yvan Verougstraete

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 11 a (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(11 a) Competitiveness is reinforced through openness, robust economic relations and mutually benefitial partnerships with third countries, thereby enhancing supply chain resilience, including, though not exclusively, with regard to critical raw materials. Competitiveness actions under the ECF with an external dimension should, where relevant, be supported and implemented in synergy with actions under the Competitiveness pillar in the Global Europe Instrument. To this end, the ECF and the Global Europe Instrument work programmes shall actively seek synergies and co-investment opportunities, for example through Global Gateway, across revelant strategic policy areas and sectors with a view to advancing the EU’s broader competitiveness objectives. Global Gateway partnerships and investments in partner countries must rely on reciprocity and demonstrable, concrete mutual benefit and interest. The external dimension of the European Competitiveness Fund should be strengthened in order to support such partnerships and investments.

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Amendment 487

Morten Løkkegaard, Andreas Glück, Yvan Verougstraete, Bart Groothuis

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 11 a (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(11 a) Union funded research can generate valuable patents and intellectual property, notably under Horizon Europe. To enhance European competitiveness and ensure effective knowledge valorisation, the ECF should facilitate access to funding for companies seeking to acquire, license or develop intellectual property resulting from Horizon Europe funded research, thereby accelerating the transformation of such results into market-ready solutions within the Union.

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Amendment 488

Raúl de la Hoz Quintano

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 11 a (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(11 a) Horizon Europe shall remain a fully autonomous self-standing programme while ensuring coherence and complementarity with the ECF through aligned strategic priorities, without prejudice to its own governance, evaluation criteria based on excellence, and independent rulebook.

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Amendment 489

Benedetta Scuderi

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 12

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(12) Moreover, to foresee a strong connection with the Competitiveness Coordination Tool, the work programme of the ECF should ensure coherence with the selected projects and competitiveness priorities identified under the Tool.deleted

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Amendment 490

Bruno Tobback, Thomas Pellerin-Carlin, Yannis Maniatis, Daniel Attard

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 12

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(12) Moreover, to foresee a strong connection with the Competitiveness Coordination Tool, the work programme of the ECF should ensure coherence with the selected projects and competitiveness priorities identified under the Tool.(12) Moreover, to foresee a strong connection with the Competitiveness Coordination Tool, the programmes of the ECF should ensure coherence with the selected competitiveness priorities identified under the Tool, following a transparent, evidence-based approach grounded in science-based and structured assessments of competitiveness and strategic importance across clean technology value chains, in particular assessments of investment gaps across the value chain from innovation, to production, and deployment, to identify and prioritise actions and budget needs.

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Justification

As announced in the Competitiveness Compass, the Competitiveness Coordination Tool (CCT) should have been developed in 2025; alongside this ECF regulation. However, as the tool has not been launched yet, a description of what it should encompass, based on the work in the report of the I4CE is valuable to introduce.

Amendment 491

Jüri Ratas, Riho Terras, Tobias Cremer, Sven Mikser

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 12 a (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(12 a) The Union’s competitiveness and security are increasingly shaped by emerging and disruptive technologies, notably artificial intelligence and cybersecurity. Targeted support for these technologies is essential to ensure technological leadership, protect critical infrastructure and enhance the Union’s long-term security and resilience.

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Amendment 492

Daniel Attard

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 13

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(13) Cooperation between public and private sectors can benefit European competitiveness and leveraging private investments is necessary to complete the objectives of the ECF. Therefore, it should be possible to implement parts of the ECF budget through public-private partnerships together with other public and private entities, where this is the most effective implementation form to achieve the policy objectives established for research and technological development, while ensuring additionality and avoiding the crowding-out of private investments. Public-private partnerships in the form of Joint Undertakings should be established where a close involvement of the Union is required and should ensure appropriate voting rights for the Union as well as sufficient co-investment by other partners to leverage Union support. In view of fostering synergies and efficiencies, it is necessary, based on the assessed needs, to ensure a centralised establishment and administrative functions for joint undertakings. Therefore, the number of joint undertakings should be as limited as possible.(13) Joint Undertakings should be established where economically and commercially strategically needed, and a close involvement of the Union is required, Member States are willing to join efforts, and the private sector is willing to contribute. This includes through partnerships, consortia, and Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEIs).

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Amendment 493

Matthias Ecke

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 13

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(13) Cooperation between public and private sectors can benefit European competitiveness and leveraging private investments is necessary to complete the objectives of the ECF. Therefore, it should be possible to implement parts of the ECF budget through public-private partnerships together with other public and private entities, where this is the most effective implementation form to achieve the policy objectives established for research and technological development, while ensuring additionality and avoiding the crowding-out of private investments. Public-private partnerships in the form of Joint Undertakings should be established where a close involvement of the Union is required and should ensure appropriate voting rights for the Union as well as sufficient co-investment by other partners to leverage Union support. In view of fostering synergies and efficiencies, it is necessary, based on the assessed needs, to ensure a centralised establishment and administrative functions for joint undertakings. Therefore, the number of joint undertakings should be as limited as possible.(13) Cooperation between public and private sectors can benefit European competitiveness and leveraging private investments is necessary to complete the objectives of the ECF. Therefore, it should be possible to implement parts of the ECF budget through public-private partnerships together with other public and private entities, where this is the most effective implementation form to achieve the policy objectives established for research and technological development, while ensuring additionality and avoiding the crowding-out of private investments. Public-private partnerships in the form of Joint Undertakings should only be established where a close involvement of the Union is required, Member States are willing to join efforts and the private sector is willing to contribute. Therefore, the number of joint undertakings should be as limited as possible.

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Amendment 494

Diana Iovanovici Şoşoacă

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 13

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(13) Cooperation between public and private sectors can benefit European competitiveness and leveraging private investments is necessary to complete the objectives of the ECF. Therefore, it should be possible to implement parts of the ECF budget through public-private partnerships together with other public and private entities, where this is the most effective implementation form to achieve the policy objectives established for research and technological development, while ensuring additionality and avoiding the crowding-out of private investments. Public-private partnerships in the form of Joint Undertakings should be established where a close involvement of the Union is required and should ensure appropriate voting rights for the Union as well as sufficient co-investment by other partners to leverage Union support. In view of fostering synergies and efficiencies, it is necessary, based on the assessed needs, to ensure a centralised establishment and administrative functions for joint undertakings. Therefore, the number of joint undertakings should be as limited as possible.(13) Cooperation between public and private sectors can benefit European competitiveness and leveraging private investments is necessary to complete the objectives of the ECF. Therefore, it should be possible to implement parts of the ECF budget through public-private partnerships together with other public and private entities, where this is the most effective implementation form to achieve the policy objectives established for research and technological development, while ensuring additionality and avoiding the crowding-out of private investments. Public-private partnerships in the form of Joint Undertakings should be established where a close involvement of the Union is required and should ensure appropriate voting rights for the Union as well as sufficient co-investment by other partners to leverage Union support. In view of fostering synergies and efficiencies, it is necessary, based on the assessed needs for joint undertakings to operate under a specific regulation with clearly defined organisational criteria and performance indicators, to ensure a centralised establishment and administrative functions for joint undertakings. Therefore, the number of joint undertakings should be as limited as possible.

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Amendment 495

Nicola Procaccini, Alessandro Ciriani, Elena Donazzan, Pietro Fiocchi, Lara Magoni, Francesco Torselli, Mariateresa Vivaldini

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 13

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(13) Cooperation between public and private sectors can benefit European competitiveness and leveraging private investments is necessary to complete the objectives of the ECF. Therefore, it should be possible to implement parts of the ECF budget through public-private partnerships together with other public and private entities, where this is the most effective implementation form to achieve the policy objectives established for research and technological development, while ensuring additionality and avoiding the crowding-out of private investments. Public-private partnerships in the form of Joint Undertakings should be established where a close involvement of the Union is required and should ensure appropriate voting rights for the Union as well as sufficient co-investment by other partners to leverage Union support. In view of fostering synergies and efficiencies, it is necessary, based on the assessed needs, to ensure a centralised establishment and administrative functions for joint undertakings. Therefore, the number of joint undertakings should be as limited as possible.(13) Cooperation between public and private sectors can benefit European competitiveness and leveraging private investments is necessary to complete the objectives of the ECF. Therefore, it should be possible to implement parts of the ECF budget through public-private partnerships together with other public and private entities, where this is the most effective implementation form to achieve the policy objectives established for research and technological development, while ensuring additionality and avoiding the crowding-out of private investments. Public-private partnerships in the form of Joint Undertakings should be established where a close involvement of the Union is required and should ensure appropriate voting rights for the Union as well as sufficient co-investment by other partners to leverage Union support. Co-investment should be mainly in the form of in-kind contributions without any obligation to make a financial contribution. In view of fostering synergies and efficiencies, it is necessary, based on the assessed needs, to ensure a centralised establishment and administrative functions for joint undertakings. Therefore, the number of joint undertakings should be as limited as possible.

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Amendment 496

Benedetta Scuderi

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 13

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(13) Cooperation between public and private sectors can benefit European competitiveness and leveraging private investments is necessary to complete the objectives of the ECF. Therefore, it should be possible to implement parts of the ECF budget through public-private partnerships together with other public and private entities, where this is the most effective implementation form to achieve the policy objectives established for research and technological development, while ensuring additionality and avoiding the crowding-out of private investments. Public-private partnerships in the form of Joint Undertakings should be established where a close involvement of the Union is required and should ensure appropriate voting rights for the Union as well as sufficient co-investment by other partners to leverage Union support. In view of fostering synergies and efficiencies, it is necessary, based on the assessed needs, to ensure a centralised establishment and administrative functions for joint undertakings. Therefore, the number of joint undertakings should be as limited as possible.(13) Cooperation between public and private sectors can benefit European competitiveness and leveraging private investments is necessary to complete the objectives of the ECF. Therefore, it should be possible to implement parts of the ECF budget through public-private partnerships together with other public and private entities, where this is the most effective implementation form to achieve the policy objectives established for research and technological development, while ensuring additionality and avoiding the crowding-out of private investments. Public-private partnerships in the form of Joint Undertakings should be established where a close involvement of the Union is required and should ensure appropriate voting rights for the Union as well as sufficient co-investment by other partners to leverage Union support. In view of fostering synergies and efficiencies, it is necessary, based on the assessed needs, to ensure a centralised establishment and administrative functions for joint undertakings. Hence, the number of joint undertakings should be commensurate with the actual needs and expected Union added value.

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Amendment 497

Marc Botenga

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 13

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(13) Cooperation between public and private sectors can benefit European competitiveness and leveraging private investments is necessary to complete the objectives of the ECF. Therefore, it should be possible to implement parts of the ECF budget through public-private partnerships together with other public and private entities, where this is the most effective implementation form to achieve the policy objectives established for research and technological development, while ensuring additionality and avoiding the crowding-out of private investments. Public-private partnerships in the form of Joint Undertakings should be established where a close involvement of the Union is required and should ensure appropriate voting rights for the Union as well as sufficient co-investment by other partners to leverage Union support. In view of fostering synergies and efficiencies, it is necessary, based on the assessed needs, to ensure a centralised establishment and administrative functions for joint undertakings. Therefore, the number of joint undertakings should be as limited as possible.(13) Cooperation between public entities, social partners and civil society for agenda- ena priority-setting is the primary mechanism to achieve the objectives of the ECF. Public investment shall be the primary and default instrument of the ECF. The ECF shall prioritise public-public partnerships between Member States, regions, public enterprises, and social economy actors. The private sector will contribute Where public-private partnerships are established in the form of Joint Undertakings, and a close involvement of the Union is required and should ensure appropriate voting rights for the Union as well as sufficient co-investment by other partners to leverage Union support. Private funders will not obtain exclusive ownership of the results but will be able to develop applications based on public research upon payment of a royalty. In view of fostering synergies and efficiencies, it is necessary, based on the assessed needs, to ensure a centralised establishment and administrative functions for joint undertakings.

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Amendment 498

Eszter Lakos, Paulius Saudargas, Davor Ivo Stier

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 13

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(13) Cooperation between public and private sectors can benefit European competitiveness and leveraging private investments is necessary to complete the objectives of the ECF. Therefore, it should be possible to implement parts of the ECF budget through public-private partnerships together with other public and private entities, where this is the most effective implementation form to achieve the policy objectives established for research and technological development, while ensuring additionality and avoiding the crowding-out of private investments. Public-private partnerships in the form of Joint Undertakings should be established where a close involvement of the Union is required and should ensure appropriate voting rights for the Union as well as sufficient co-investment by other partners to leverage Union support. In view of fostering synergies and efficiencies, it is necessary, based on the assessed needs, to ensure a centralised establishment and administrative functions for joint undertakings. Therefore, the number of joint undertakings should be as limited as possible.(13) Cooperation between public and private sectors is necessary to benefit European competitiveness and leveraging private investments is necessary to complete the objectives of the ECF. Therefore, it should be possible to implement parts of the ECF budget through public-private partnerships together with other public and private entities, where this is the most effective implementation form to achieve the policy objectives established for research and technological development, while ensuring additionality and avoiding the crowding-out of private investments. Public-private partnerships in the form of Joint Undertakings should be established where a close involvement of the Union is required and should ensure appropriate voting rights for the Union as well as sufficient co-investment by other partners to leverage Union support. In view of fostering synergies and efficiencies, it is necessary, based on the assessed needs, to ensure a centralised establishment and administrative functions for joint undertakings. Therefore, the number of joint undertakings should be as limited as possible.

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Amendment 499

Laura Ballarín Cereza

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 13

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(13) Cooperation between public and private sectors can benefit European competitiveness and leveraging private investments is necessary to complete the objectives of the ECF. Therefore, it should be possible to implement parts of the ECF budget through public-private partnerships together with other public and private entities, where this is the most effective implementation form to achieve the policy objectives established for research and technological development, while ensuring additionality and avoiding the crowding-out of private investments. Public-private partnerships in the form of Joint Undertakings should be established where a close involvement of the Union is required and should ensure appropriate voting rights for the Union as well as sufficient co-investment by other partners to leverage Union support. In view of fostering synergies and efficiencies, it is necessary, based on the assessed needs, to ensure a centralised establishment and administrative functions for joint undertakings. Therefore, the number of joint undertakings should be as limited as possible.(13) Cooperation between public and private sectors is necessary to benefit European competitiveness and leveraging private investments is necessary to complete the objectives of the ECF. Therefore, it should be possible to implement parts of the ECF budget through public-private partnerships together with other public and private entities, where this is the most effective implementation form to achieve the policy objectives established for research and technological development, while ensuring additionality and avoiding the crowding-out of private investments. Public-private partnerships in the form of Joint Undertakings should be established where a close involvement of the Union is required and should ensure appropriate voting rights for the Union as well as sufficient co-investment by other partners to leverage Union support. In view of fostering synergies and efficiencies, it is necessary, based on the assessed needs, to ensure a centralised establishment and administrative functions for joint undertakings. Therefore, the number of joint undertakings should be as limited as possible.

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Justification

The effective and efficient cooperation between the public and private sphere is essential for sustained competitiveness. Today, the public sector is the single largest investor, through procurement, and it is vital that these funds are harnessed to the benefit of innovative solutions with societal relevance.

Amendment 500

Letizia Moratti, Massimiliano Salini, Fulvio Martusciello, Nicolás Pascual de la Parte

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 13 a (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(13 a) Across Europe, research and innovation clusters focused on strategic sectors bring together universities, research centres, industrial actors, start-ups and investors within integrated ecosystems that support the entire innovation chain, from fundamental research to industrial deployment. These clusters constitute key assets for Europe’s technological leadership, notably through shared infrastructures, advanced training capacities, pilot facilities and interdisciplinary cooperation. In this context, the Competitiveness Fund should provide dedicated support for the creation, expansion and interconnection of innovation clusters across the Union, in particular through investments in shared research and testing infrastructures, technology transfer platforms, pilot and demonstration facilities, and scale-up capacities for strategic technologies. Particular attention should be given to strengthening the participation of SMEs in cross-border innovation ecosystems and strategic value chains. The Fund should also promote cross-border cooperation between clusters, facilitate access to private capital and venture financing, and strengthen synergies between universities, research organisations, industry and public authorities, with the objective of accelerating the commercialisation and industrial deployment of European innovation, reducing strategic dependencies and enhancing the Union’s long-term competitiveness.

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Amendment 501

Marc Botenga

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 13 a (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(13 a) The Union faces major social, industrial, democratic, diplomatic and environmental challenges. The scope of these challenges require a broad, horizontal and societal approach where the leading role of private actors does not sufice. For strategic sectors that create the basis whereupon the Union can build its competitiveness, the public sector should take the lead. These strategic sectors include but are not limited to energy, pharmaceutical, digital and other critical infrastructure.

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Amendment 502

Benedetta Scuderi

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 14

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(14) The ECF should use the whole toolbox of Union budget to unlock additional public and private investments, in particular from institutional investors throughout the whole investment journey. It should contribute to creating an “investment culture” by better leveraging public funds and the de-risking potential of the Union budget. It will maximise the added value of Union action and crowd-in private capital to secure a competitive innovation and industrial base, also by using innovative funding instruments including public-private co-investment with asymmetric risk returns. In this regard, the use of financial instruments that crowd in private investors should be the privileged option wherever possible.(14) The ECF should use the whole toolbox of Union budget to unlock additional public and private investments, in particular from institutional investors throughout the whole investment journey. It should contribute to creating an “investment culture” by better leveraging public funds and the de-risking potential of the Union budget. It will maximise the added value of Union action and crowd-in private capital to secure a competitive innovation and industrial base, also by using innovative funding instruments including public-private co-investment with asymmetric risk returns, while ensuring that the Union participates proportionately in the upside returns generated by the supported operation. In this regard, the use of financial instruments that crowd in private investors should be the privileged option wherever possible. The ECF InvestEU Instrument should also reach households, energy communities, social economy entities, SMEs and local authorities, who face persistent barriers to accessing financial instruments yet represent a significant share of investment needed to meet Union energy, climate and social objectives. To this end, dedicated facilities, standardised retail instruments and local financial intermediaries should be provided through the ECF toolbox.

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Amendment 503

Julie Rechagneux, Aleksandar Nikolic, Mélanie Disdier

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 14

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(14) The ECF should use the whole toolbox of Union budget to unlock additional public and private investments, in particular from institutional investors throughout the whole investment journey. It should contribute to creating an “investment culture” by better leveraging public funds and the de-risking potential of the Union budget. It will maximise the added value of Union action and crowd-in private capital to secure a competitive innovation and industrial base, also by using innovative funding instruments including public-private co-investment with asymmetric risk returns. In this regard, the use of financial instruments that crowd in private investors should be the privileged option wherever possible.(14) The ECF should use the whole toolbox of Union budget to unlock additional public and private investments with a high leverage and multiplier effect, in particular from institutional investors such as pension funds, insurance companies, asset management firms and European sovereign wealth funds, as well as from risk capital investors such as business angels, corporate venture capital, equity crowdfunding platforms and venture capital funds, throughout the whole investment journey. It should contribute to creating an "investment culture" by better leveraging public funds and the de-risking potential of the Union budget, thereby closing the investment gap and addressing market failures and suboptimal investment situations that hinder the financing of the Union's strategic priorities. It will maximise the added value of Union action and crowd-in private capital to secure a competitive innovation and industrial base, also by using innovative funding instruments including public-private co-investment with asymmetric risk returns. In this regard, the use of financial instruments that crowd in private investors should be the privileged option wherever possible.

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Amendment 504

Letizia Moratti, Massimiliano Salini, Fulvio Martusciello

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 14

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(14) The ECF should use the whole toolbox of Union budget to unlock additional public and private investments, in particular from institutional investors throughout the whole investment journey. It should contribute to creating an “investment culture” by better leveraging public funds and the de-risking potential of the Union budget. It will maximise the added value of Union action and crowd-in private capital to secure a competitive innovation and industrial base, also by using innovative funding instruments including public-private co-investment with asymmetric risk returns. In this regard, the use of financial instruments that crowd in private investors should be the privileged option wherever possible.(14) The ECF should use the whole toolbox of Union budget to unlock additional public and private investments, in particular from institutional investors throughout the whole investment journey. It should contribute to creating an “investment culture” by better leveraging public funds and the de-risking potential of the Union budget. It will maximise the added value of Union action and crowd-in private capital to secure a competitive innovation and industrial base, also by using innovative funding instruments including public-private co-investment with asymmetric risk returns. In this regard, the use of financial instruments that crowd in private investors should be the privileged option wherever possible. The ECF shall support territorial models of public-private partnership, including Town Center Management districts, Business Improvement Districts, and local competitiveness ecosystems developed by municipalities and economic stakeholders, as enabling instruments for urban regeneration, SME competitiveness, sustainability and the deployment of innovation.

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Amendment 505

Diana Iovanovici Şoşoacă

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 14

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(14) The ECF should use the whole toolbox of Union budget to unlock additional public and private investments, in particular from institutional investors throughout the whole investment journey. It should contribute to creating an “investment culture” by better leveraging public funds and the de-risking potential of the Union budget. It will maximise the added value of Union action and crowd-in private capital to secure a competitive innovation and industrial base, also by using innovative funding instruments including public-private co-investment with asymmetric risk returns. In this regard, the use of financial instruments that crowd in private investors should be the privileged option wherever possible.(14) The ECF should use the whole toolbox of Union budget to unlock additional public and private investments, in particular from institutional investors throughout the whole investment journey. It should contribute to creating an “investment culture” by better provision of information to the public and interested parties and leveraging public funds and the de-risking potential of the Union budget. It will maximise the added value of Union action and crowd-in private capital to secure a competitive innovation and industrial base, also by using innovative funding instruments including public-private co-investment with asymmetric risk returns. In this regard, the use of financial instruments that crowd in private investors should be the privileged option wherever possible. SMEs and start-ups have fewer opportunities to access funding, for which reason it would be beneficial for them to receive support through grants so that they can be involved in the innovation process from the earliest stages and participate in technological development.

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Amendment 506

Christian Ehler, Oliver Schenk, Matej Tonin, Adina Vălean, Pilar del Castillo Vera, Hildegard Bentele, Angelika Niebler, Eszter Lakos, Wouter Beke, Radan Kanev, Susana Solís Pérez, Virgil-Daniel Popescu, Eva Maydell

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 14

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(14) The ECF should use the whole toolbox of Union budget to unlock additional public and private investments, in particular from institutional investors throughout the whole investment journey. It should contribute to creating an “investment culture” by better leveraging public funds and the de-risking potential of the Union budget. It will maximise the added value of Union action and crowd-in private capital to secure a competitive innovation and industrial base, also by using innovative funding instruments including public-private co-investment with asymmetric risk returns. In this regard, the use of financial instruments that crowd in private investors should be the privileged option wherever possible.(14) The ECF should use the whole toolbox of Union budget to unlock additional public and private investments, in particular from institutional investors throughout the whole investment journey. It should contribute to creating an “investment culture” by better leveraging public funds and the de-risking potential of the Union budget. It will maximise the added value of Union action and crowd-in private capital to secure a competitive innovation and industrial base, also by using innovative funding instruments including public-private co-investment with asymmetric risk returns. In this regard, the use of financial instruments that crowd in private investors should be the privileged option wherever possible. Where justified by structural market distortions, targeted and time-limited operating expenditure support may complement such instruments in order to de-risk the industrial ramp-up of strategically important projects, provided that such support complies with the conditions set out in this Regulation.

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Amendment 507

Aura Salla

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 14

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(14) The ECF should use the whole toolbox of Union budget to unlock additional public and private investments, in particular from institutional investors throughout the whole investment journey. It should contribute to creating an “investment culture” by better leveraging public funds and the de-risking potential of the Union budget. It will maximise the added value of Union action and crowd-in private capital to secure a competitive innovation and industrial base, also by using innovative funding instruments including public-private co-investment with asymmetric risk returns. In this regard, the use of financial instruments that crowd in private investors should be the privileged option wherever possible.(14) The ECF should use the whole toolbox of Union budget to unlock additional public and private investments, in particular from institutional investors throughout the whole investment journey. It should contribute to creating an “investment culture” by better leveraging public funds and the de-risking potential of the Union budget. It will maximise the added value of Union action and crowd-in private capital to secure a competitive innovation and industrial base, also by using innovative funding instruments including public-private co-investment with asymmetric risk returns. In this regard, the use of financial instruments that crowd in private investors should be the privileged option wherever possible. Where justified by structural market distortions, targeted and time-limited operating expenditure support may complement such instruments in order to de-risk the industrial ramp-up of strategically important projects, provided that such support complies with the conditions set out in this Regulation.

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Amendment 508

Radan Kanev

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 14

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(14) The ECF should use the whole toolbox of Union budget to unlock additional public and private investments, in particular from institutional investors throughout the whole investment journey. It should contribute to creating an “investment culture” by better leveraging public funds and the de-risking potential of the Union budget. It will maximise the added value of Union action and crowd-in private capital to secure a competitive innovation and industrial base, also by using innovative funding instruments including public-private co-investment with asymmetric risk returns. In this regard, the use of financial instruments that crowd in private investors should be the privileged option wherever possible.(14) The ECF should use the whole toolbox of Union budget to unlock additional public and private investments, in particular from institutional investors throughout the whole investment journey. It should contribute to creating an “investment culture” by better leveraging public funds and the de-risking potential of the Union budget. It will maximise the added value of Union action and crowd-in private capital to secure a competitive innovation and industrial base, also by using innovative funding instruments including public-private co-investment with asymmetric risk returns. In this regard, the use of financial instruments that crowd in private investors should be the privileged option wherever possible, reserving grants primarily for actions that lack viable revenue or saving streams to support repayment, such as health protection and prevention or other public interest objectives for which a commercial return is not envisaged.

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Amendment 509

Marc Botenga

on behalf of The Left Group

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 14 a (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(14 a) The ECF should use the whole toolbox of Union budget to unlock additional public and private investments, in particular from institutional investors throughout the whole investment journey, It should contribute to creating an “investment culture” by better leveraging public funds. It will maximise the added value of Union action to secure a competitive innovation and industrial base, by focusing on core public infrastructure.

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Amendment 510

András Gyürk

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 14 b (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(14 b) For early-stage innovation and high-risk technological development regarding SMEs and start-ups, non-dilutive funding such as grants may remain a primary instrument, reflecting the limited capacity of such actors to access financial instruments and the need to support disruptive innovation.

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Amendment 511

Benedetta Scuderi

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 15

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(15) The Draghi report calls for more investment support to close the investment gap and recognises InvestEU as the key risk-sharing instrument to use. The ECF InvestEU Instrument should set up a single budgetary guarantee and deliver financial instruments to support EU competitiveness.(15) The Draghi report calls for more investment support to close the investment gap and recognises InvestEU as the key risk-sharing instrument to use. The ECF InvestEU Instrument should set up a single budgetary guarantee and deliver financial instruments to support EU competitiveness. The EU budgetary guarantee should be available from the start of the programme to provide immediate visibility and certainty to implementing partners, enable early pipeline development, and maximise the catalytic effect of the Union budget guarantee on private investment. Early availability of the guarantee also reduces the risk of delayed deployment inherent in pipeline-driven instruments and ensures that the ECF contributes to closing the Union's investment gap from the outset of the MFF 2028-2034 period.

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Amendment 512

Raúl de la Hoz Quintano

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 15

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(15) The Draghi report calls for more investment support to close the investment gap and recognises InvestEU as the key risk-sharing instrument to use. The ECF InvestEU Instrument should set up a single budgetary guarantee and deliver financial instruments to support EU competitiveness.(15) The Draghi report calls for more investment support to close the investment gap and recognises InvestEU as the key risk-sharing instrument to use. The ECF InvestEU Instrument should set up a single budgetary guarantee and deliver financial instruments to support EU competitiveness. It is essential to strengthen the use of budgetary guarantees, in line with the recommendations of the Draghi report, in close cooperation with the EIB. Guarantees mobilise private investment with a greater leverage effect to catalyse private investments and a lower budgetary impact, and should be preferred over non-repayable grants, which have a limited effect on spending efficiency

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Amendment 513

Daniel Attard

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 15

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(15) The Draghi report calls for more investment support to close the investment gap and recognises InvestEU as the key risk-sharing instrument to use. The ECF InvestEU Instrument should set up a single budgetary guarantee and deliver financial instruments to support EU competitiveness.(15) The Draghi report calls for more investment support to close the investment gap and recognises InvestEU as the key risk-sharing instrument to use. The ECF InvestEU Instrument should set up a single budgetary guarantee and deliver financial instruments to support EU competitiveness. To ensure focus and impact of the ECF InvestEU instrument, it should be increased in size and deliver budgetary guarantees and financial instruments.

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Amendment 514

Jüri Ratas, Riho Terras, Tobias Cremer, Sven Mikser

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 15 a (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(15 a) The European Commission Communication “Strong regions for a safe Europe” on the EU’s eastern regions bordering Russia, Belarus and Ukraine 1a underlines the need to assess how these regions can make the most effective use of the opportunities provided by the forthcoming European Competitiveness Fund. The objective is to ensure that innovation and industrial transformation are more strongly anchored in these territories, particularly in strategic sectors such as agriculture, the bioeconomy, the defence industry and resilient supply chains. __________________ 1ahttps://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/sources/communication/eastern-border/communication-eastern-border-2026.pdf.

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Amendment 515

Raúl de la Hoz Quintano

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 15 a (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(15 a) Given the revamped importance of InvestEU, the Board of Governors of the European Investment Bank should establish appropriate arrangements to comply with the highest standards of external prudential oversight, while considering the necessary adaptations derived from the EIB’s unique business model.

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Amendment 516

Jörgen Warborn, Tomas Tobé

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 15 a (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(15a) Financial support through the ECF should as a starting point and general rule be awarded in the form of budget guarantees and financial instruments, while direct grants may only be awarded in exceptional cases and where compelling reasons apply.

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Amendment 517

Marc Botenga

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 16

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(16) In a fast-changing economic, social, security and geopolitical environment, recent experience has shown the need for a more flexible multiannual financial framework and its programmes. To that effect, and in line with the objectives of the ECF, the funding should take due account, in the budgetary procedure, of the evolving policy needs and Union’s priorities as identified in relevant documents published by the Commission while ensuring the necessary predictability for the implementation of investments.(16) In a fast-changing economic, social, security and geopolitical environment, recent experience has shown the lack of strategic foresight and planning by the Commission as well as the need for a predictable multiannual financial framework and its programmes. Core public infrastructural investment and development needs do not change every other day. Ringfencing of budgets across policy windows is equally essential to ensure predictability, democratic accountability, and alignment with the long-term objectives of the ECF.

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Amendment 518

Julie Rechagneux, Aleksandar Nikolic, Mélanie Disdier

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 17

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(17) The ECF should facilitate access to funding from Union programmes through user-centric, fast, simpler and harmonised procedures and improve coherence among Union instruments and with Member States investments. The ECF should put beneficiaries of Union funding, and notably industry, SMEs, start-ups and scale-ups, including those established under the upcoming 28th regime, at the centre of the design of Union funding instruments.(17) The ECF should facilitate access to funding from Union programmes through user-centric, fast, simpler and harmonised procedures and improve coherence among Union instruments and with Member States investments. In order to ensure efficient allocation of funds throughout the whole investment journey, the Commission should draw on and further develop the InvestEU Portal as a single, user-friendly digital entry point providing visibility on Union-supported investment opportunities and bringing together project promoters, institutional and risk capital investors, and public authorities at Union, national and regional level. The ECF should put beneficiaries of Union funding, and notably industry, SMEs, start-ups and scale-ups, including those established under the upcoming 28th regime, at the centre of the design of Union funding instruments.

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Amendment 519

Aura Salla

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 17

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(17) The ECF should facilitate access to funding from Union programmes through user-centric, fast, simpler and harmonised procedures and improve coherence among Union instruments and with Member States investments. The ECF should put beneficiaries of Union funding, and notably industry, SMEs, start-ups and scale-ups, including those established under the upcoming 28th regime, at the centre of the design of Union funding instruments.(17) The ECF should facilitate access to funding from Union programmes through user-centric, fast, simpler and harmonised procedures and improve coherence among Union instruments and with Member States investments. The ECF should put beneficiaries of Union funding, and notably industry, SMEs, start-ups and scale-ups, including those established under the upcoming 28th regime, at the centre of the design of Union funding instruments. Support under the ECF should contribute to the functioning and deepening of the internal market. It should avoid undue distortions of competition, fragmentation of the internal market and inefficient duplication of national measures, while supporting scale, cross-border cooperation, Union added value and the development of competitive European value chains.

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Justification

The Fund should strengthen, not fragment, the internal market. Union support should be targeted at projects with clear European added value and should not substitute national measures that distort competition.

Amendment 520

Oihane Agirregoitia Martínez

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 17

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(17) The ECF should facilitate access to funding from Union programmes through user-centric, fast, simpler and harmonised procedures and improve coherence among Union instruments and with Member States investments. The ECF should put beneficiaries of Union funding, and notably industry, SMEs, start-ups and scale-ups, including those established under the upcoming 28th regime, at the centre of the design of Union funding instruments.(17) The ECF should facilitate access to funding from Union programmes through user-centric, fast, simpler and harmonised procedures and improve coherence among Union instruments and with Member States investments. The ECF should put beneficiaries of Union funding, and notably industry, SMEs, start-ups and scale-ups, as well as research and technology organisations, technology centres and cooperative research entities operating under regional smart specialisation frameworks, at the centre of the design. Regional and national promotional banks and intermediaries should be enabled to channel ECF support to SMEs and mid-caps, including through simplified, one-stop-shop access mechanisms aligned with existing regional funding architectures.

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Amendment 521

Daniel Attard

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 17

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(17) The ECF should facilitate access to funding from Union programmes through user-centric, fast, simpler and harmonised procedures and improve coherence among Union instruments and with Member States investments. The ECF should put beneficiaries of Union funding, and notably industry, SMEs, start-ups and scale-ups, including those established under the upcoming 28th regime, at the centre of the design of Union funding instruments.(17) The ECF should facilitate access to funding from Union programmes through user-centric, fast, simpler and harmonised procedures and improve coherence among Union instruments and with Member States investments. The ECF should put beneficiaries of Union funding, and notably industry, social partners, financial institutions, investors, research and technology organisations, SMEs, start-ups and scale-ups, including those established under the upcoming 28th regime, at the centre of the design of Union funding instruments. Every effort should be made to reduce the administrative burden for SMEs, particularly in terms of reporting requirements to financial institutions when they apply for soft loans through loan guarantees.

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Amendment 522

Claudiu-Richard Târziu

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 17

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(17) The ECF should facilitate access to funding from Union programmes through user-centric, fast, simpler and harmonised procedures and improve coherence among Union instruments and with Member States investments. The ECF should put beneficiaries of Union funding, and notably industry, SMEs, start-ups and scale-ups, including those established under the upcoming 28th regime, at the centre of the design of Union funding instruments.(17) The ECF should facilitate access to funding from Union programmes through user-centric, fast, simpler and harmonised procedures and improve coherence among Union instruments and with Member States investments, with a significant reduction of administrative burden and clear, predictable procedures accessible to applicants from all Member States. The ECF should put beneficiaries of Union funding, and notably industry, SMEs, start-ups and scale-ups, including those established under the upcoming 28th regime, at the centre of the design of Union funding instruments, ensuring equal access across Member States and providing targeted technical assistance to applicants from less-developed regions.

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Amendment 523

Radan Kanev

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 17

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(17) The ECF should facilitate access to funding from Union programmes through user-centric, fast, simpler and harmonised procedures and improve coherence among Union instruments and with Member States investments. The ECF should put beneficiaries of Union funding, and notably industry, SMEs, start-ups and scale-ups, including those established under the upcoming 28th regime, at the centre of the design of Union funding instruments.(17) The ECF should facilitate access to funding from Union programmes through user-centric, fast, simpler and harmonised procedures and improve coherence among Union instruments and with Member States investments. The ECF should put beneficiaries of Union funding, and notably industry, SMEs, start-ups and scale-ups, including those established under the upcoming 28th regime, at the centre of the design of Union funding instruments, paying special attention to possible industrial cooperations and synergies, where a single funding instrument supports more than one beneficiary.

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Amendment 524

Jüri Ratas, Riho Terras, Tobias Cremer, Sven Mikser

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 17

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(17) The ECF should facilitate access to funding from Union programmes through user-centric, fast, simpler and harmonised procedures and improve coherence among Union instruments and with Member States investments. The ECF should put beneficiaries of Union funding, and notably industry, SMEs, start-ups and scale-ups, including those established under the upcoming 28th regime, at the centre of the design of Union funding instruments.(17) The ECF should facilitate access to funding from Union programmes through user-centric, fast, simpler and harmonised procedures, reduced reporting requirements, dedicated administrative and advisory support mechanisms, and improve coherence among Union instruments and with Member States investments. The ECF should put beneficiaries of Union funding, and notably industry, SMEs, start-ups and scale-ups, including those established under the upcoming 28th regime, at the centre of the design of Union funding instruments.

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Amendment 525

Paolo Borchia, Isabella Tovaglieri, Raffaele Stancanelli, András Gyürk

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 17

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(17) The ECF should facilitate access to funding from Union programmes through user-centric, fast, simpler and harmonised procedures and improve coherence among Union instruments and with Member States investments. The ECF should put beneficiaries of Union funding, and notably industry, SMEs, start-ups and scale-ups, including those established under the upcoming 28th regime, at the centre of the design of Union funding instruments.(17) The ECF should facilitate access to funding from Union programmes through user-centric, fast, simpler and harmonised procedures and improve coherence among Union instruments and with Member States investments. The ECF should put beneficiaries of Union funding, and notably industry, chambers of commerce and industry, business support organizations, SMEs, start-ups and scale-ups, including those established under the upcoming 28th regime, at the centre of the design of Union funding instruments.

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Amendment 526

Benedetta Scuderi

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 17

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(17) The ECF should facilitate access to funding from Union programmes through user-centric, fast, simpler and harmonised procedures and improve coherence among Union instruments and with Member States investments. The ECF should put beneficiaries of Union funding, and notably industry, SMEs, start-ups and scale-ups, including those established under the upcoming 28th regime, at the centre of the design of Union funding instruments.(17) The ECF should facilitate access to funding from Union programmes through user-centric, fast, simpler and harmonised procedures and improve coherence among Union instruments and with Member States investments. The ECF should put beneficiaries of Union funding, and notably industry, SMEs, NGOs, social economy actors, innovative start-ups and innovative scale-ups, including those established under the upcoming 28th regime, at the centre of the design of Union funding instruments.

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Amendment 527

Sarah Knafo

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 17

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(17) The ECF should facilitate access to funding from Union programmes through user-centric, fast, simpler and harmonised procedures and improve coherence among Union instruments and with Member States investments. The ECF should put beneficiaries of Union funding, and notably industry, SMEs, start-ups and scale-ups, including those established under the upcoming 28th regime, at the centre of the design of Union funding instruments.(17) The ECF should facilitate access to funding from Union programmes through user-centric, fast, simpler and harmonised procedures and improve coherence among Union instruments and with Member States investments. The ECF should put European beneficiaries of Union funding, and notably European industry, SMEs, start-ups and scale-ups, established in the Union and controlled by entities of the Union or of associated third countries, at the centre.

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Amendment 528

Marc Botenga

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 17

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(17) The ECF should facilitate access to funding from Union programmes through user-centric, fast, simpler and harmonised procedures and improve coherence among Union instruments and with Member States investments. The ECF should put beneficiaries of Union funding, and notably industry, SMEs, start-ups and scale-ups, including those established under the upcoming 28th regime, at the centre of the design of Union funding instruments.(17) The ECF should facilitate access to funding from Union programmes through user-centric, fast, simpler and harmonised procedures and improve coherence among Union instruments and with Member States investments. The ECF should put beneficiaries of Union funding, and notably industry, SMEs, start-ups and scale-ups, at the service of strategic public, social and industrial development objectives .

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Amendment 529

Niels Fuglsang, Hildegard Bentele

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 17 a (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(17 a) EU Missions coordinate funding and action towards ambitious, targeted, time-bound goals fully aligned with EU priorities. They enable a transformative and systemic impact for society, by acting fostering cross-disciplinary, cross-sectoral, cross-policy and cross-border collaboration. By creating synergies across programmes and instruments, EU Missions ensure continuity of support throughout the innovation journey and accelerate the transition from knowledge to impact. They notably speed up the development, scaling, and deployment of innovative solutions, helping to create lead markets for new products and services.

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Amendment 530

Paolo Borchia, Isabella Tovaglieri, Raffaele Stancanelli, András Gyürk

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 17 a (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(17 a) Access to finance and access to credit are essential conditions for European competitiveness, in particular for SMEs, start-ups, scale-ups operating in strategic sectors and value chains. The ECF should therefore facilitate the development of financial products, including guarantee-based instruments, capable of improving access to credit for productive investments linked to internationalisation, digitalisation, industrial transformation, decarbonisation and the resilience of the European market.

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Justification

Access to credit should be more clearly framed as a core competitiveness lever for businesses, especially SMEs, start-ups, scale-ups. In many cases, the challenge is not only the availability of Union funding but also the ability of firms to access suitable debt and guarantee-backed instruments to finance productive investment, industrial transformation and market expansion.

Amendment 531

Claudiu-Richard Târziu

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 17 a (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(17 a) Particular attention shall be given to strengthening industrial ecosystems in Central and Eastern European Member States, in order to reduce structural imbalances within the Single Market.

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Amendment 532

Ondřej Krutílek

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 18

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(18) The ECF should operate through four policy windows that mirror Union’s key policy priorities: Clean Transition and Industrial Decarbonisation; Digital Leadership; Health, Biotech, Agriculture and Bioeconomy;Resilience and Security, Defence industry and Space.deleted

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Amendment 533

Oihane Agirregoitia Martínez

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 18

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(18) The ECF should operate through four policy windows that mirror Union’s key policy priorities: Clean Transition and Industrial Decarbonisation; Digital Leadership; Health, Biotech, Agriculture and Bioeconomy;Resilience and Security, Defence industry and Space.(18) The ECF should operate through four policy windows that mirror Union’s key policy priorities: Energy Infrastructure, Industrial Decarbonisation and Clean Technology; Digital Infrastructure and Agile Digital Leadership — explicitly including cybersecurity and quantum technologies as enabling pillars; Health, Biotechnology and Sustainable Prosperity; Critical Raw Materials, Security, Defence industry and Space. Each policy window should identify the advanced and enabling technologies relevant to its scope, including advanced manufacturing processes, advanced materials, cybersecurity, quantum technologies, AI, and renewable fuels.

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Amendment 534

Jüri Ratas, Riho Terras, Tobias Cremer, Sven Mikser

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 18

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(18) The ECF should operate through four policy windows that mirror Union’s key policy priorities: Clean Transition and Industrial Decarbonisation; Digital Leadership; Health, Biotech, Agriculture and Bioeconomy;Resilience and Security, Defence industry and Space.(18) The ECF should operate through four policy windows that mirror Union’s key policy priorities: Clean Transition and Industrial Decarbonisation; Digital Leadership; Health, Biotech, Agriculture and Bioeconomy;Resilience and Security, Defence industry and Space. Considers that the larger share of the indicative envelope of the Resilience and Security, Defence industry and Space policy window should be clearly dedicated to defence industry actions.

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Amendment 535

Benedetta Scuderi

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 18

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(18) The ECF should operate through four policy windows that mirror Union’s key policy priorities: Clean Transition and Industrial Decarbonisation; Digital Leadership; Health, Biotech, Agriculture and Bioeconomy;Resilience and Security, Defence industry and Space.(18) The ECF should operate through four policy windows that mirror Union’s key policy priorities, ensuring that these windows are adequately resourced and that no single priority is pursued to the detriment of the others : Clean Transition and Industrial Decarbonisation; Digital Leadership; Health, Biotech, Agriculture, Food and Bioeconomy; Resilient, Safe and Secure Society, and Space.

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Amendment 536

Raúl de la Hoz Quintano

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 18

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(18) The ECF should operate through four policy windows that mirror Union’s key policy priorities: Clean Transition and Industrial Decarbonisation; Digital Leadership; Health, Biotech, Agriculture and Bioeconomy;Resilience and Security, Defence industry and Space.(18) The ECF should operate through four broad policy windows that serve as flexible orientation frameworks, while maintaining a predominantly bottom-up, demand-driven approach based on excellence and market needs: Clean Transition and Industrial Decarbonisation; Digital Leadership; Health, Biotech, Agriculture and Bioeconomy;Resilience and Security, Defence industry and Space.

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Amendment 537

Marc Botenga

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 18

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(18) The ECF should operate through four policy windows that mirror Union’s key policy priorities: Clean Transition and Industrial Decarbonisation; Digital Leadership; Health, Biotech, Agriculture and Bioeconomy;Resilience and Security, Defence industry and Space.(18) The ECF should operate through five policy windows that mirror Union’s key policy priorities: Public Energy Infrastructure, Industrial Decarbonisation and Green Technologies; Health and Medicines infrastructure,; Public Biotech, Sustainable Agriculture and Bioeconomy; Digital Infrastructure and Technological Development; Resilience and Space

Or. en

Amendment 538

Jörgen Warborn, Tomas Tobé

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 18

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(18) The ECF should operate through four policy windows that mirror Union’s key policy priorities: Clean Transition and Industrial Decarbonisation; Digital Leadership; Health, Biotech, Agriculture and Bioeconomy;Resilience and Security, Defence industry and Space.(18) The ECF should operate through four policy windows that mirror Union’s key competitiveness priorities, where the added value of Union-wide mobilisation is greatest: Clean Transition and Industrial Decarbonisation; Digital Leadership; Health, Biotech, Agriculture and Bioeconomy;Resilience and Security, Defence industry and Space technologies.

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Amendment 539

Matej Tonin, Davor Ivo Stier

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 18

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(18) The ECF should operate through four policy windows that mirror Union’s key policy priorities: Clean Transition and Industrial Decarbonisation; Digital Leadership; Health, Biotech, Agriculture and Bioeconomy;Resilience and Security, Defence industry and Space.(18) The ECF should operate through four policy windows that mirror Union’s key policy priorities ensuring the principle of technological neutrality within each of them: Clean Transition and Industrial Decarbonisation; Digital Leadership; Health, Biotech, Agriculture and Bioeconomy;Resilience and Security, Defence industry and Space.

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Amendment 540

Christophe Clergeau, Victor Negrescu, Nikos Papandreou, Kristian Vigenin, Thomas Pellerin-Carlin, Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Estelle Ceulemans, Daniel Attard, Raphaël Glucksmann

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 18

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(18) The ECF should operate through four policy windows that mirror Union’s key policy priorities: Clean Transition and Industrial Decarbonisation; Digital Leadership; Health, Biotech, Agriculture and Bioeconomy;Resilience and Security, Defence industry and Space.(18) The ECF should operate through five policy windows that mirror Union’s key policy priorities: Clean Transition and Industrial Decarbonisation; Digital Leadership; Health, Biotechnology and Sustainable Prosperity; Public Health; Resilience and Security, Defence industry and Space.

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Justification

Public Health should be a separate window within ECF.

Amendment 541

Paulo Cunha, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 18

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(18) The ECF should operate through four policy windows that mirror Union’s key policy priorities: Clean Transition and Industrial Decarbonisation; Digital Leadership; Health, Biotech, Agriculture and Bioeconomy;Resilience and Security, Defence industry and Space.(18) The ECF should operate through four policy windows that mirror Union’s key policy priorities: Clean Transition and Industrial and Fishing Sector Decarbonisation; Digital Leadership; Health, Biotech, Agriculture and Bioeconomy;Resilience and Security, Defence industry and Space.

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Amendment 542

Krzysztof Hetman, Adam Jarubas, Borys Budka, Kamila Gasiuk-Pihowicz, Mirosława Nykiel

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 18

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(18) The ECF should operate through four policy windows that mirror Union’s key policy priorities: Clean Transition and Industrial Decarbonisation; Digital Leadership; Health, Biotech, Agriculture and Bioeconomy;Resilience and Security, Defence industry and Space.(18) The ECF should operate through four policy windows that mirror Union’s key policy priorities: Clean Transition, Water Resilience and Industrial Decarbonisation; Digital Leadership; Health, Biotech, Agriculture and Bioeconomy;Resilience and Security, Defence industry and Space.

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Amendment 543

Seán Kelly

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 18

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(18) The ECF should operate through four policy windows that mirror Union’s key policy priorities: Clean Transition and Industrial Decarbonisation; Digital Leadership; Health, Biotech, Agriculture and Bioeconomy;Resilience and Security, Defence industry and Space.(18) The ECF should operate through four policy windows that mirror Union’s key policy priorities: Clean Transition and Industrial Decarbonisation; Digital Leadership; Health, Biotech, Agriculture, Food Security and Bioeconomy;Resilience and Security, Defence industry and Space.

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Amendment 544

Sarah Knafo

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 18

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(18) The ECF should operate through four policy windows that mirror Union’s key policy priorities: Clean Transition and Industrial Decarbonisation; Digital Leadership; Health, Biotech, Agriculture and Bioeconomy;Resilience and Security, Defence industry and Space.(18) The ECF should operate through five policy windows that mirror Union's key policy priorities: Clean Transition and Industrial Decarbonisation; Digital Leadership; Health and Biotech; Agriculture, Food and Bioeconomy; Resilience and Security, Defence industry and Space.

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Amendment 545

Marion Maréchal

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 18

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(18) The ECF should operate through four policy windows that mirror Union’s key policy priorities: Clean Transition and Industrial Decarbonisation; Digital Leadership; Health, Biotech, Agriculture and Bioeconomy; Resilience and Security, Defence industry and Space.(18) The ECF should operate through four policy windows that mirror Union’s key policy priorities: Rational Energy Transition and Industrial Recovery; Digital Leadership; Health, Biotech, Agriculture and Bioeconomy; Resilience and Security, Defence industry and Space.

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Amendment 546

Katri Kulmuni, Emma Wiesner, Benoit Cassart

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 18

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(18) The ECF should operate through four policy windows that mirror Union’s key policy priorities: Clean Transition and Industrial Decarbonisation; Digital Leadership; Health, Biotech, Agriculture and Bioeconomy;Resilience and Security, Defence industry and Space.(18) The ECF should operate through four policy windows that mirror Union’s key policy priorities: Clean Transition and Industrial Decarbonisation; Digital Leadership; Health, Biotech, Agriculture and Bioeconomy;Resilience and Security, Defence industry & Space.

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Justification

Horizon funding is very important for agriculture and the bioeconomy that are industries where the EU has natural advantages. Horizon funding helps these key and important sectors to develop, retain their competitive advantage and meet the challenges of our time, ensuring food security and replacing fossil -based products through bioeconomy sector solutions. Commission proposal should be supported.

Amendment 547

Carmen Crespo Díaz, Raúl de la Hoz Quintano

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 18

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(18) The ECF should operate through four policy windows that mirror Union’s key policy priorities: Clean Transition and Industrial Decarbonisation; Digital Leadership; Health, Biotech, Agriculture and Bioeconomy; Resilience and Security, Defence industry and Space.(18) The ECF should operate through four policy windows that mirror Union’s key policy priorities: Clean Transition and Industrial and Fisheries Decarbonisation; Digital Leadership; Health, Biotech, Agriculture and Bioeconomy; Resilience and Security, Defence industry and Space.

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Amendment 548

Julie Rechagneux, Aleksandar Nikolic, Mélanie Disdier

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 18

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(18) The ECF should operate through four policy windows that mirror Union’s key policy priorities: Clean Transition and Industrial Decarbonisation; Digital Leadership; Health, Biotech, Agriculture and Bioeconomy;Resilience and Security, Defence industry and Space.(18) The ECF should operate through five policy windows that mirror Union’s key policy priorities: Clean Transition and Industrial Decarbonisation; Digital Leadership; Health, Biotech; Agriculture and Bioeconomy;Resilience and Security, Defence industry and Space.

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Amendment 549

Sarah Knafo

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 18 a (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(18 a) Support under the Resilience and Security, Defence Industry and Space window shall be provided exclusively to defence industrial entities established and controlled in the Union or in associated third countries. Defence-related Union support shall not be granted to entities subject to control, including final beneficial ownership, by entities of a non-associated third country. Member States shall retain full sovereignty over the use of defence technologies developed under the Fund.

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Amendment 550

Eszter Lakos, Paulius Saudargas, Davor Ivo Stier

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 18 a (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(18 a) The ECF will support collaborative breakthrough innovation ecosystems in which the private sector participates and cofunds pre-competitive high-risk, low-TRL research. It will create a network of breakthrough innovation hubs around emerging technologies and sectors, boosting European future technological leadership and competitiveness.

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Amendment 551

Sarah Knafo

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 18 b (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(18 b) The asymmetric capture of Union industrial benefits by non-Union actors, through corporate control of strategic supply chains, foreign direct investments in Union scale-ups, acquisitions of Union industrial actors supported by Union public funds, and downstream resale of supported assets to non-Union strategic actors, constitutes a structural risk to the strategic autonomy of the Union and to the integrity of its industrial policy. The Fund shall actively prevent such capture through binding eligibility, beneficial ownership, transfer and exit safeguards applicable across all policy windows. Past cases of Union-supported scale-ups acquired by non-Union actors before reaching industrial maturity demonstrate the necessity of such safeguards.

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Amendment 552

Julie Rechagneux, Aleksandar Nikolic, Mélanie Disdier

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 19

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(19) Infrastructure is an essential enabler for European competitiveness. Investments in infrastructure are a necessary condition for the proper functioning of the EU's single market, the green and digital transition and for increasing the Union’s resilience and security. For example, the trans-European transport network fosters sustainable forms of transport, promotes improved multimodal and interoperable digital and transport solutions, thereby contributing to a smooth functioning of the internal market. The trans-European networks for energy are key for a genuine Energy Union to enable the Union’s energy and climate objectives by connecting Union countries’ electricity and clean energy networks to ensure our energy independence and competitiveness. For this, the development of cross-border interconnectors, domestic transmission and distribution grids is essential. The ECF support will work in coherence and complementarity with the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF). It is essential for Europe’s competitiveness to provide for synergies between the development of trans-European networks in energy and transport with strong cross-border impact supported by CEF, and investment support for the decarbonisation, modernisation and expansion of transport, energy and digital infrastructure under ECF.(19) Infrastructure is an essential enabler for European competitiveness. Investments in infrastructure are a necessary condition for the proper functioning of the EU's single market, the green and digital transition and for increasing the Union’s resilience and security. For example, the trans-European transport network fosters sustainable forms of transport, promotes improved multimodal and interoperable digital and transport solutions, thereby contributing to a smooth functioning of the internal market. The trans-European networks for energy are key for a genuine Energy Union to enable the Union’s energy and climate objectives by connecting Union countries’ electricity and clean energy networks, including those generated from nuclear and other low-carbon sources, in line with the principle of technology neutrality, to ensure our energy independence and competitiveness. For this, the development of cross-border interconnectors, domestic transmission and distribution grids is essential, including infrastructure necessary to support the deployment of all strategic net-zero technologies listed in the Net-Zero Industry Act, in particular advanced nuclear technologies including small modular reactors (SMRs). The ECF support will work in coherence and complementarity with the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF). It is essential for Europe’s competitiveness to provide for synergies between the development of trans-European networks in energy and transport with strong cross-border impact supported by CEF, and investment support for the decarbonisation, modernisation and expansion of transport, energy and digital infrastructure under ECF.

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Amendment 553

Krzysztof Hetman, Adam Jarubas, Borys Budka, Kamila Gasiuk-Pihowicz, Mirosława Nykiel

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 19

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(19) Infrastructure is an essential enabler for European competitiveness. Investments in infrastructure are a necessary condition for the proper functioning of the EU's single market, the green and digital transition and for increasing the Union’s resilience and security. For example, the trans-European transport network fosters sustainable forms of transport, promotes improved multimodal and interoperable digital and transport solutions, thereby contributing to a smooth functioning of the internal market. The trans-European networks for energy are key for a genuine Energy Union to enable the Union’s energy and climate objectives by connecting Union countries’ electricity and clean energy networks to ensure our energy independence and competitiveness. For this, the development of cross-border interconnectors, domestic transmission and distribution grids is essential. The ECF support will work in coherence and complementarity with the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF). It is essential for Europe’s competitiveness to provide for synergies between the development of trans-European networks in energy and transport with strong cross-border impact supported by CEF, and investment support for the decarbonisation, modernisation and expansion of transport, energy and digital infrastructure under ECF.(19) Infrastructure is an essential enabler for European competitiveness. Investments in infrastructure are a necessary condition for the proper functioning of the EU's single market, the green and digital transition and for increasing the Union’s resilience and security. For example, the trans-European transport network fosters sustainable forms of transport, promotes improved multimodal and interoperable digital and transport solutions, thereby contributing to a smooth functioning of the internal market. The trans-European networks for energy are key for a genuine Energy Union to enable the Union’s energy and climate objectives by connecting Union countries’ electricity and clean energy networks to ensure our energy independence and competitiveness. For this, the development of cross-border interconnectors, domestic transmission and distribution grids is essential. This includes in particular the development of integrated, flexible and interconnected energy systems, including cross-border electricity grids,hydrogen networks, energy storage, smart grids and sector coupling solutions, which are essential to ensure affordability, system efficiency and security of supply and that can be of dual-use nature. The ECF support will work in coherence and complementarity with the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF). It is essential for Europe’s competitiveness to provide for synergies between the development of trans-European networks in energy and transport with strong cross-border impact supported by CEF, and investment support for the decarbonisation, modernisation and expansion of transport, energy and digital infrastructure under ECF.

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Amendment 554

Marc Botenga

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 19

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(19) Infrastructure is an essential enabler for European competitiveness. Investments in infrastructure are a necessary condition for the proper functioning of the EU's single market, the green and digital transition and for increasing the Union’s resilience and security. For example, the trans-European transport network fosters sustainable forms of transport, promotes improved multimodal and interoperable digital and transport solutions, thereby contributing to a smooth functioning of the internal market. The trans-European networks for energy are key for a genuine Energy Union to enable the Union’s energy and climate objectives by connecting Union countries’ electricity and clean energy networks to ensure our energy independence and competitiveness. For this, the development of cross-border interconnectors, domestic transmission and distribution grids is essential. The ECF support will work in coherence and complementarity with the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF). It is essential for Europe’s competitiveness to provide for synergies between the development of trans-European networks in energy and transport with strong cross-border impact supported by CEF, and investment support for the decarbonisation, modernisation and expansion of transport, energy and digital infrastructure under ECF.(19) Public infrastructure is an essential enabler for public welfare and European competitiveness. Massive public investment in infrastructure is a necessary condition for the proper functioning of the EU's single market, the green and digital transition and for increasing the Union’s resilience . For example, the trans-European transport network fosters sustainable forms of transport, promotes improved multimodal and interoperable digital and transport solutions. The trans-European networks for energy are key for a genuine Energy Union to enable the Union’s energy and climate objectives by connecting Union countries’ electricity and clean energy networks to ensure our energy independence and competitiveness. Public control over energy infrastructure is indispensable for achieving energy independence and achieving competitiveness, affordable access for households and industry, and democratic accountability. The development of cross-border interconnectors, domestic transmission and distribution grids is essential, as well as the reinforcement of such infrastructure in Member States. The ECF support will work in coherence and complementarity with the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF). It is essential for Europe’s competitiveness, public interest and climate goals to provide for synergies between the development of trans-European networks in energy and transport with strong cross-border impact supported by CEF, and investment support for the decarbonisation, modernisation and expansion of transport, energy and digital infrastructure under ECF.

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Amendment 555

Jüri Ratas, Riho Terras, Tobias Cremer, Sven Mikser

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 19

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(19) Infrastructure is an essential enabler for European competitiveness. Investments in infrastructure are a necessary condition for the proper functioning of the EU's single market, the green and digital transition and for increasing the Union’s resilience and security. For example, the trans-European transport network fosters sustainable forms of transport, promotes improved multimodal and interoperable digital and transport solutions, thereby contributing to a smooth functioning of the internal market. The trans-European networks for energy are key for a genuine Energy Union to enable the Union’s energy and climate objectives by connecting Union countries’ electricity and clean energy networks to ensure our energy independence and competitiveness. For this, the development of cross-border interconnectors, domestic transmission and distribution grids is essential. The ECF support will work in coherence and complementarity with the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF). It is essential for Europe’s competitiveness to provide for synergies between the development of trans-European networks in energy and transport with strong cross-border impact supported by CEF, and investment support for the decarbonisation, modernisation and expansion of transport, energy and digital infrastructure under ECF.(19) Infrastructure is an essential enabler for European competitiveness. Investments in infrastructure are a necessary condition for the proper functioning of the EU's single market, the green and digital transition and for increasing the Union’s resilience and security. For example, the trans-European transport network fosters sustainable forms of transport, promotes improved multimodal and interoperable digital and transport solutions, thereby contributing to a smooth functioning of the internal market. The trans-European networks for energy are key for a genuine Energy Union to enable the Union’s energy and climate objectives by connecting Union countries’ electricity and clean energy networks to ensure our energy independence and competitiveness. For this, the development of cross-border interconnectors, domestic transmission and distribution grids is essential. The ECF support will work in coherence and complementarity with the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF). It is essential for Europe’s competitiveness to provide for synergies between the development of trans-European networks in energy and transport with strong cross-border impact supported by CEF, and investment support for the decarbonisation, modernisation and expansion of transport, energy and digital infrastructure including port infrastructure, under ECF. In addition, the protection and resilience of critical transport infrastructure, including strategic dual-use infrastructure, should not be neglected and therefore supported through the ECF.

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Amendment 556

Georgiana Teodorescu

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 19

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(19) Infrastructure is an essential enabler for European competitiveness. Investments in infrastructure are a necessary condition for the proper functioning of the EU's single market, the green and digital transition and for increasing the Union’s resilience and security. For example, the trans-European transport network fosters sustainable forms of transport, promotes improved multimodal and interoperable digital and transport solutions, thereby contributing to a smooth functioning of the internal market. The trans-European networks for energy are key for a genuine Energy Union to enable the Union’s energy and climate objectives by connecting Union countries’ electricity and clean energy networks to ensure our energy independence and competitiveness. For this, the development of cross-border interconnectors, domestic transmission and distribution grids is essential. The ECF support will work in coherence and complementarity with the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF). It is essential for Europe’s competitiveness to provide for synergies between the development of trans-European networks in energy and transport with strong cross-border impact supported by CEF, and investment support for the decarbonisation, modernisation and expansion of transport, energy and digital infrastructure under ECF.(19) Infrastructure is an essential enabler for European competitiveness. Investments in infrastructure are a necessary condition for the proper functioning of the EU's single market, the green and digital transition and for increasing the Union’s resilience and security. For example, the trans-European transport network fosters sustainable forms of transport, promotes improved multimodal and interoperable digital and transport solutions, thereby contributing to a smooth functioning of the internal market. The trans-European networks for energy are key for a genuine Energy Union to enable the Union’s energy and climate objectives by connecting Union countries’ electricity and clean energy networks to ensure our energy independence and competitiveness. For this, the development of cross-border interconnectors, domestic transmission and distribution grids is essential. The ECF support will work in coherence and complementarity with the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), including for developing grid connections and smart infrastructure enabling the integration of clean or low-carbon power sources into the energy system. It is essential for Europe’s competitiveness to provide for synergies between the development of trans-European networks in energy and transport with strong cross-border impact supported by CEF, and investment support for the decarbonisation, modernisation and expansion of transport, energy and digital infrastructure under ECF.

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Amendment 557

Benedetta Scuderi

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 19

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(19) Infrastructure is an essential enabler for European competitiveness. Investments in infrastructure are a necessary condition for the proper functioning of the EU's single market, the green and digital transition and for increasing the Union’s resilience and security. For example, the trans-European transport network fosters sustainable forms of transport, promotes improved multimodal and interoperable digital and transport solutions, thereby contributing to a smooth functioning of the internal market. The trans-European networks for energy are key for a genuine Energy Union to enable the Union’s energy and climate objectives by connecting Union countries’ electricity and clean energy networks to ensure our energy independence and competitiveness. For this, the development of cross-border interconnectors, domestic transmission and distribution grids is essential. The ECF support will work in coherence and complementarity with the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF). It is essential for Europe’s competitiveness to provide for synergies between the development of trans-European networks in energy and transport with strong cross-border impact supported by CEF, and investment support for the decarbonisation, modernisation and expansion of transport, energy and digital infrastructure under ECF.(19) Infrastructure is an essential enabler for European competitiveness. Investments in infrastructure are a necessary condition for the proper functioning of the EU's single market, the green and digital transition and for increasing the Union’s resilience, energy independence, sovereignty and security. For example, the trans-European transport network fosters sustainable forms of transport, promotes improved multimodal and interoperable digital and transport solutions, thereby contributing to a smooth functioning of the internal market. The trans-European networks for energy are key for a genuine Energy Union to enable the Union’s energy and climate objectives by connecting Union countries’ electricity and clean energy networks and integrating renewable energy to ensure our energy independence and competitiveness. For this, the optimisation, flexibilisation, modernisation and development of cross-border interconnectors, domestic transmission and particularly distribution grids is essential. The ECF support should work in coherence and complementarity with the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF). It is essential for Europe’s competitiveness to provide for synergies between the development of trans-European networks in energy and transport with strong cross-border impact supported by CEF, and investment support for the decarbonisation, modernisation, flexibilisation and expansion of transport, energy and digital infrastructure under ECF.

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Amendment 558

Matej Tonin, Davor Ivo Stier

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 19

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(19) Infrastructure is an essential enabler for European competitiveness. Investments in infrastructure are a necessary condition for the proper functioning of the EU's single market, the green and digital transition and for increasing the Union’s resilience and security. For example, the trans-European transport network fosters sustainable forms of transport, promotes improved multimodal and interoperable digital and transport solutions, thereby contributing to a smooth functioning of the internal market. The trans-European networks for energy are key for a genuine Energy Union to enable the Union’s energy and climate objectives by connecting Union countries’ electricity and clean energy networks to ensure our energy independence and competitiveness. For this, the development of cross-border interconnectors, domestic transmission and distribution grids is essential. The ECF support will work in coherence and complementarity with the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF). It is essential for Europe’s competitiveness to provide for synergies between the development of trans-European networks in energy and transport with strong cross-border impact supported by CEF, and investment support for the decarbonisation, modernisation and expansion of transport, energy and digital infrastructure under ECF.(19) Infrastructure is an essential enabler for European competitiveness. Investments in infrastructure are a necessary condition for the proper functioning of the EU's single market, the green and digital transition and for increasing the Union’s resilience and security. For example, the trans-European transport network fosters sustainable forms of transport, promotes improved multimodal and interoperable digital and transport solutions, thereby contributing to a smooth functioning of the internal market. The trans-European networks for energy are key for a genuine Energy Union to enable the Union’s energy and climate objectives by connecting Union countries’ electricity and clean energy networks to ensure our energy independence and competitiveness. For this, the development of cross-border interconnectors, domestic transmission and distribution grids is essential. The ECF support will work in coherence and complementarity with the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) including for developing grid connections and smart infrastructure enabling the integration of clean or low-carbon power sources into the energy system. It is essential for Europe’s competitiveness to provide for synergies between the development of trans-European networks in energy and transport with strong cross-border impact supported by CEF, and investment support for the decarbonisation, modernisation and expansion of transport, energy and digital infrastructure under ECF.

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Amendment 559

Radan Kanev

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 19

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(19) Infrastructure is an essential enabler for European competitiveness. Investments in infrastructure are a necessary condition for the proper functioning of the EU's single market, the green and digital transition and for increasing the Union’s resilience and security. For example, the trans-European transport network fosters sustainable forms of transport, promotes improved multimodal and interoperable digital and transport solutions, thereby contributing to a smooth functioning of the internal market. The trans-European networks for energy are key for a genuine Energy Union to enable the Union’s energy and climate objectives by connecting Union countries’ electricity and clean energy networks to ensure our energy independence and competitiveness. For this, the development of cross-border interconnectors, domestic transmission and distribution grids is essential. The ECF support will work in coherence and complementarity with the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF). It is essential for Europe’s competitiveness to provide for synergies between the development of trans-European networks in energy and transport with strong cross-border impact supported by CEF, and investment support for the decarbonisation, modernisation and expansion of transport, energy and digital infrastructure under ECF.(19) Infrastructure is an essential enabler for European competitiveness. Investments in infrastructure are a necessary condition for the proper functioning of the EU's single market, the green and digital transition and for increasing the Union’s resilience and security. For example, the trans-European transport network fosters sustainable forms of transport, promotes improved multimodal and interoperable digital and transport solutions, thereby contributing to a smooth functioning of the internal market. The trans-European networks for energy are key for a genuine Energy Union to enable the Union’s energy and climate objectives by connecting Union countries’ electricity and clean energy networks to ensure our energy independence and competitiveness. For this, the development of cross-border interconnectors, domestic transmission and distribution grids is essential, especially when energy infrastructure is essential to the electrification or modernisation of existing industries. The ECF support will work in coherence and complementarity with the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF). It is essential for Europe’s competitiveness to provide for synergies between the development of trans-European networks in energy and transport with strong cross-border impact supported by CEF, and investment support for the decarbonisation, electrification, modernisation and expansion of transport, energy and digital infrastructure under ECF.

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Amendment 560

Paulo Cunha, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 19

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(19) Infrastructure is an essential enabler for European competitiveness. Investments in infrastructure are a necessary condition for the proper functioning of the EU's single market, the green and digital transition and for increasing the Union’s resilience and security. For example, the trans-European transport network fosters sustainable forms of transport, promotes improved multimodal and interoperable digital and transport solutions, thereby contributing to a smooth functioning of the internal market. The trans-European networks for energy are key for a genuine Energy Union to enable the Union’s energy and climate objectives by connecting Union countries’ electricity and clean energy networks to ensure our energy independence and competitiveness. For this, the development of cross-border interconnectors, domestic transmission and distribution grids is essential. The ECF support will work in coherence and complementarity with the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF). It is essential for Europe’s competitiveness to provide for synergies between the development of trans-European networks in energy and transport with strong cross-border impact supported by CEF, and investment support for the decarbonisation, modernisation and expansion of transport, energy and digital infrastructure under ECF.(19) Infrastructure is an essential enabler for European competitiveness. Investments in infrastructure are a necessary condition for the proper functioning of the EU's single market, the green and digital transition and for increasing the Union’s resilience and security. For example, the trans-European transport network fosters sustainable forms of transport, promotes improved multimodal and interoperable digital and transport solutions, thereby contributing to a smooth functioning of the internal market. The trans-European networks for energy are key for a genuine Energy Union to enable the Union’s energy and climate objectives by connecting Union countries’ electricity and clean energy networks to ensure our energy independence and competitiveness. For this, the development of cross-border interconnectors, domestic transmission and distribution grids is essential. The ECF support will work in coherence and complementarity with the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF). It is essential for Europe’s competitiveness to provide for synergies between the development of trans-European networks in energy and transport with strong cross-border impact supported by CEF, and investment support for the decarbonisation, modernisation and expansion of transport, energy and digital infrastructure and water infrastructure, including flood protection, drought management and water retention systems under ECF.

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Amendment 561

András Gyürk

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 19

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(19) Infrastructure is an essential enabler for European competitiveness. Investments in infrastructure are a necessary condition for the proper functioning of the EU's single market, the green and digital transition and for increasing the Union’s resilience and security. For example, the trans-European transport network fosters sustainable forms of transport, promotes improved multimodal and interoperable digital and transport solutions, thereby contributing to a smooth functioning of the internal market. The trans-European networks for energy are key for a genuine Energy Union to enable the Union’s energy and climate objectives by connecting Union countries’ electricity and clean energy networks to ensure our energy independence and competitiveness. For this, the development of cross-border interconnectors, domestic transmission and distribution grids is essential. The ECF support will work in coherence and complementarity with the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF). It is essential for Europe’s competitiveness to provide for synergies between the development of trans-European networks in energy and transport with strong cross-border impact supported by CEF, and investment support for the decarbonisation, modernisation and expansion of transport, energy and digital infrastructure under ECF.(19) Infrastructure, in particular energy infrastructure is an essential enabler for European competitiveness. Investments in infrastructure are a necessary condition for the proper functioning of the EU's single market, the clean and digital transition and for increasing the Union’s resilience and security while supporting reindustrialisation. For example, the trans-European transport network fosters sustainable forms of transport, promotes improved multimodal and interoperable, secure digital and transport solutions, thereby contributing to a smooth functioning of the internal market. The trans-European networks for energy are key for a genuine Energy Union and are important components of a pragmatic approach aimed at connecting Member States’ electricity and energy networks to enhance Europe's energy independence and competitiveness. For this, the development of cross-border interconnectors, domestic transmission and distribution grids is essential. The ECF support will work in coherence and complementarity with the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF). It is essential for Europe’s competitiveness to provide for synergies between the development of trans-European networks in energy and transport with strong cross-border impact supported by CEF, and investment support for the decarbonisation, modernisation and expansion of transport, energy and digital infrastructure under ECF.

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Amendment 562

Davor Ivo Stier, Nikolina Brnjac

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 19

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(19) Infrastructure is an essential enabler for European competitiveness. Investments in infrastructure are a necessary condition for the proper functioning of the EU's single market, the green and digital transition and for increasing the Union’s resilience and security. For example, the trans-European transport network fosters sustainable forms of transport, promotes improved multimodal and interoperable digital and transport solutions, thereby contributing to a smooth functioning of the internal market. The trans-European networks for energy are key for a genuine Energy Union to enable the Union’s energy and climate objectives by connecting Union countries’ electricity and clean energy networks to ensure our energy independence and competitiveness. For this, the development of cross-border interconnectors, domestic transmission and distribution grids is essential. The ECF support will work in coherence and complementarity with the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF). It is essential for Europe’s competitiveness to provide for synergies between the development of trans-European networks in energy and transport with strong cross-border impact supported by CEF, and investment support for the decarbonisation, modernisation and expansion of transport, energy and digital infrastructure under ECF.(19) Infrastructure is an essential enabler for European competitiveness. Investments in infrastructure are a necessary condition for the proper functioning of the EU's single market, the green and digital transition and for increasing the Union’s resilience and security. For example, the trans-European transport network fosters sustainable forms of transport, promotes improved multimodal and interoperable information and communication technology (ICT) systems for transport and digital solutions, thereby contributing to a smooth functioning of the internal market. The trans-European networks for energy are key for a genuine Energy Union to enable the Union’s energy and climate objectives by connecting Union countries’ electricity and clean energy networks to ensure our energy independence and competitiveness. For this, the development of cross-border interconnectors, domestic transmission and distribution grids is essential. The ECF support will work in coherence and complementarity with the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF). It is essential for Europe’s competitiveness to provide for synergies between the development of trans-European networks in energy and transport with strong cross-border impact supported by CEF, and investment support for the decarbonisation, modernisation and expansion of transport, energy and digital infrastructure under ECF.

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Amendment 563

Diana Iovanovici Şoşoacă

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 19

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(19) Infrastructure is an essential enabler for European competitiveness. Investments in infrastructure are a necessary condition for the proper functioning of the EU's single market, the green and digital transition and for increasing the Union’s resilience and security. For example, the trans-European transport network fosters sustainable forms of transport, promotes improved multimodal and interoperable digital and transport solutions, thereby contributing to a smooth functioning of the internal market. The trans-European networks for energy are key for a genuine Energy Union to enable the Union’s energy and climate objectives by connecting Union countries’ electricity and clean energy networks to ensure our energy independence and competitiveness. For this, the development of cross-border interconnectors, domestic transmission and distribution grids is essential. The ECF support will work in coherence and complementarity with the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF). It is essential for Europe’s competitiveness to provide for synergies between the development of trans-European networks in energy and transport with strong cross-border impact supported by CEF, and investment support for the decarbonisation, modernisation and expansion of transport, energy and digital infrastructure under ECF.(19) Infrastructure is an essential instrument and enabler for European competitiveness. Investments in infrastructure are a necessary condition for the proper functioning of the EU's internal market, the green and digital transition and for increasing the Union’s resilience and security. For example, the trans-European transport network fosters sustainable forms of transport, promotes improved multimodal and interoperable digital and transport solutions, thereby contributing to a smooth functioning of the internal market. The trans-European networks for energy are key for a genuine Energy Union to enable the Union’s energy and climate objectives by connecting Union countries’ electricity and clean energy networks to ensure our energy independence and competitiveness. For this, the rapid development of cross-border interconnectors, domestic transmission and distribution grids is essential. The ECF support will work in coherence and complementarity with the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF). It is essential for Europe’s competitiveness to provide for synergies between the development of trans-European networks in energy and transport with strong cross-border impact supported by CEF, and investment support for the decarbonisation, modernisation and expansion of transport, energy and digital infrastructure under ECF.

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Amendment 564

Dan Nica

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 19

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(19) Infrastructure is an essential enabler for European competitiveness. Investments in infrastructure are a necessary condition for the proper functioning of the EU's single market, the green and digital transition and for increasing the Union’s resilience and security. For example, the trans-European transport network fosters sustainable forms of transport, promotes improved multimodal and interoperable digital and transport solutions, thereby contributing to a smooth functioning of the internal market. The trans-European networks for energy are key for a genuine Energy Union to enable the Union’s energy and climate objectives by connecting Union countries’ electricity and clean energy networks to ensure our energy independence and competitiveness. For this, the development of cross-border interconnectors, domestic transmission and distribution grids is essential. The ECF support will work in coherence and complementarity with the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF). It is essential for Europe’s competitiveness to provide for synergies between the development of trans-European networks in energy and transport with strong cross-border impact supported by CEF, and investment support for the decarbonisation, modernisation and expansion of transport, energy and digital infrastructure under ECF.(19) Infrastructure and affordable energy are essential enablers for European competitiveness. Investments in infrastructure are a necessary condition for the proper functioning of the EU's single market, the green and digital transition and for increasing the Union’s resilience and security. For example, the trans-European transport network fosters sustainable forms of transport, promotes improved multimodal and interoperable digital and transport solutions, thereby contributing to a smooth functioning of the internal market. The trans-European networks for energy are key for a genuine Energy Union to enable the Union’s energy and climate objectives by connecting Union countries’ electricity and clean energy networks to ensure our energy independence and competitiveness. For this, the development of cross-border interconnectors, domestic transmission and distribution grids is essential. The ECF support will work in coherence and complementarity with the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF). It is essential for Europe’s competitiveness to provide for synergies between the development of trans-European networks in energy and transport with strong cross-border impact supported by CEF, and investment support for the decarbonisation, modernisation and expansion of transport, energy and digital infrastructure under ECF.

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Justification

Affordable energy is one of the key elements to restore the competitiveness of the EU industry and the wellbeing of the citizens.

Amendment 565

Jana Nagyová

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 19 a (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(19 a) The deployment of the on-board and trackside European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) and the Future Railway Mobile Communication System (FRMCS) is a precondition for achieving a seamless Single European Rail Area and is mandated by Regulation (EU) 1679/2024 on Union guidelines for the trans-European transport network (TEN-T), which requires full roll-out on the Core Network by 2030, by 2040 on the Extended Core and by 2050 on the Comprehensive Networks. The European-wide roll-out of the Digital Automatic Coupler (DAC) is an additional priority for railway infrastructure development (Article 20), necessary to modernize rail freight transport. Given the scale of investment required and the systemic benefits of these technologies for interoperability, competitiveness and modal shift to rail, it is appropriate that the European Competitiveness Fund provide targeted financial support to accelerate their deployment. Such support will strengthen Europe’s industrial leadership in rail digital technologies, facilitate compliance with TEN-T deadlines, and contribute to the Union’s wider climate and competitiveness goals.

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Amendment 566

Davor Ivo Stier, Nikolina Brnjac

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 19 a (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(19 a) The deployment of the on-board and trackside European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) and the Future Railway Mobile Communication System (FRMCS) is a precondition for achieving a seamless Single European Rail Area and is mandated by Regulation (EU) 1679/2024 on Union guidelines for the trans-European transport network (TEN-T), which requires full roll-out on the Core Network by 2030, by 2040 on the Extended Core and by 2050 on the Comprehensive Networks. The European-wide roll-out of the Digital Automatic Coupler (DAC) is an additional priority for railway infrastructure development, necessary to modernize rail freight transport. Given the scale of investment required and the systemic benefits of these technologies for interoperability, competitiveness and modal shift to rail, it is appropriate that the European Competitiveness Fund provide targeted financial support to accelerate their deployment. Such support will strenghen Europe's industrial leadership in rail digital technologies, facilitate compliance with TEN-T deadlines, and contribute to the Union's wider climate and competitiveness goals.

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Amendment 567

Paulo Cunha, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 19 a (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(19 a) The European Competitiveness Fund shall include a dedicated financial support on water resilience, as it constitutes a structural element of territorial cohesion and economic development. Efficient, sustainable and integrated water resource management shall be recognised as an indispensable condition for strengthening the competitiveness of all regions, including urban areas, for adaptation to climate change.

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