Regulation (EU) 2022/2192 laying down specific provisions for the 2014-2020 cooperation programmes supported by the European Neighbourhood Instrument and under the European territorial cooperation goal, following programme implementation disruption

Ce que fait l'acte

to lay down specific provisions for the implementation of cooperation programmes affected by Russia's military aggression against Ukraine. PROPOSED ACT: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council. ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the European Parliament decides in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure and on an equal footing with the Council. BACKGROUND: as a result of the military aggression by Russia as well as by the involvement of Belarus in that aggression, the implementation of thirteen cross-border and two transnational cooperation programmes between nine Member States and Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova on the one hand, and Russia and Belarus on the other, are considerably disrupted for different reasons. The European Parliament adopted by 541 votes to 22, with 13 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down specific provisions for the 2014 ‑ 2020 cooperation programmes supported by the European Neighbourhood Instrument and under the European territorial cooperation goal, following programme implementation disruption. The European Parliament adopted its position at first reading by taking over the Commission's proposal. The proposed regulation lays down specific provisions for thirteen cross-border cooperation programmes governed by Regulation (EU) No 232/2014 establishing a European Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI) and two transnational cooperation programmes governed by Regulation (EU) No 1299/2013, laying down specific provisions on the contribution of the European Regional Development Fund to the European territorial cooperation objective, with regard to programme implementation disruption following Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine and the involvement of Belarus in that aggression. As a result of Russia's military aggression as well as Belarus' involvement in this aggression, the implementation of thirteen cross-border cooperation programmes and two transnational cooperation programmes between nine Member States and Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova on the one hand, and Russia and Belarus on the other hand, is significantly disrupted for various reasons. The exceptional targeted changes to the 2014-2020 legal framework for cooperation programmes under the European Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI) include: - provide for the possibility of carrying out administrative verifications only, as disruptions in the implementation of programmes may mean that it is no longer possible to carry out on-the-spot verifications of projects in Ukraine; - derogate exceptionally from the obligation for all projects to have at least one beneficiary from a partner country and for all activities to have genuine cross-border or transnational impact and benefits; - address the exceptional circumstances, it is necessary to allow projects addressing the migratory challenges to be selected without a prior call for proposals in exceptional and duly substantiated cases; - allow for direct payment of the grants from the managing authority to the project beneficiaries in Member States and in partner countries whose financing…