28 Amendments of Lucas HARTONG related to 2011/2201(DEC)
Amendment 9 #
Proposal for a decision 2
Citation 8
Citation 8
– having regard to the Council's recommendation of ... on discharge to be given to the executive agencies in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2010 (0000/2012 – C7 0000/2012), and noting that England [sic], the Netherlands and Sweden have for the first time refused to approve the discharge,
Amendment 14 #
Proposal for a decision 3
Citation 8
Citation 8
– having regard to the Council's recommendation of ... on discharge to be given to the executive agencies in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2010 (0000/2012 – C7 0000/2012), and noting that England [sic], the Netherlands and Sweden have for the first time refused to approve the discharge,
Amendment 19 #
Proposal for a decision 4
Citation 8
Citation 8
– having regard to the Council's recommendation of ... on discharge to be given to the executive agencies in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2010 (0000/2012 – C7 0000/2012), and noting that England [sic], the Netherlands and Sweden have for the first time refused to approve the discharge,
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a decision 5
Citation 8
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– having regard to the Council's recommendation of ... on discharge to be given to the executive agencies in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2010 (0000/2012 – C7 0000/2012), and noting that England [sic], the Netherlands and Sweden have for the first time refused to approve the discharge,
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a decision 6
Citation 8
Citation 8
– having regard to the Council's recommendation of ... on discharge to be given to the executive agencies in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2010 (0000/2012 – C7 0000/2012), and noting that England [sic], the Netherlands and Sweden have for the first time refused to approve the discharge,
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a decision 7
Citation 8
Citation 8
– having regard to the Council's recommendation of ... on discharge to be given to the executive agencies in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2010 (0000/2012 – C7 0000/2012), and noting that England [sic], the Netherlands and Sweden have for the first time refused to approve the discharge,
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a decision 8
Citation 8
Citation 8
– having regard to the Council's recommendation of ... on discharge to be given to the Commission in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2010 (0000/2012 – C7 0000/2012), and noting that England [sic], the Netherlands and Sweden have for the first time refused to approve the discharge,
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the annual accounts of the Union for the financial year 2010 present fairly in alla reasonably fair picture in material respects of the position of the Union as of 31 December 2010, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the then completed year;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes with satisfaction that revenue underlying the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2010 is legal and regular in allmost material respects;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes with satisfaction that commitments underlying the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2010 are legal and regular in allmost material respects;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Understands that the basis for the adverse opinion of the Court of Auditors is also based on the observation that supervisory and control systems are only partially effective and – as a result – payments are affected by an error rate which is estimated to be most likely 3,.7 %;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Is seriously worried about this increase because it reverses the positive trend observed in the past few yeafurther increase, despite previous reports containing warnings and recommendations from the Court of Auditors;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Underlines that the two policy areas prone to the highest error rates (‘Cohesion, transport and energy’ and ‘Agriculture and natural resources’) are implemented under shared management and regrets deeply that the estimated most likely error rates amount to 7.7 % and 2.3 %, respectively; calls on Bulgaria and Romania in particular to make serious efforts to tackle fraud and thereby ensure full transparency;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Recalls its repeated invitations to the Commission to present a proposal for the introduction of mandatory national management declarations (NMDs) issued, made public and duly audited by an independent auditor; notes that NMDs should contain full information about the use of Union funds; calls therefore also on Parliament to respond to this proposal in the short term;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 77
Paragraph 77
77. Understands that the Commission has the option (but not the obligation) to sanction non-conforming Member States with different tools:
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 105
Paragraph 105
105. Invites the Commission to encourage EuropeAid to complete as soon as possible the work on a methodology to calculate the level of ‘residual error’ which might remain after all controls have been executed and to share the results with the other external relations Directorates- General in view of achieving the necessary improvement of the Commission’s management representations for external aid, development and enlargement; notes that the level of transparency at EuropeAid is none too good;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas Europe is faced with a severe budgetary and financial crisis which can lead to a crisis of confidence in the Union and whereas it is vitally important that the Commission is a leading example for good public management,;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas in the majority of cases where errors were identified in the Cohesion area Member States' authorities had sufficient information to have detected and corrected errors prior to certifying the expenditure to the Commission (Annual Report, point 4.25), ; whereas it is regrettable that these irregularities came to light accidentally through inspections conducted by the EU and not through internal inspections in the Member States in question; whereas this applies in particular to Bulgaria and Romania;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas a number of specific Member States' lack of serious interest in the discharge procedure could beis largely, but not exclusively, due to the Commission's insufficient efforts in identifying publicly, clearly, unequivocally and in a substantiated way which Member States, regions and programmes are underperforming in managing Union funds,;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas mandatory national management declarations issued and signed at ministerial level and duly audited by an independent auditor are a necessaryn essential means to counter and punish some national authorities' lack of responsibility as regards the use and management of Union money,;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas the Member States shall cooperate with the Commission toould ensure that the appropriations are used in accordance with the principles of sound and transparent financial management,;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7
Citation 7
– having regard to the statement of assurance as to the partial reliability of the accounts and the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions provided by the Court of Auditors for the financial year 2010 pursuant to Article 287 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8
Citation 8
– having regard to the Council's recommendation of ... on discharge to be given to the Commission in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2010 (0000/2012 – C7 0000/2012), and noting that England [sic], the Netherlands and Sweden have for the first time refused to approve the discharge,
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9
Citation 9
– having regard to the Council's recommendation of ... on discharge to be given to the executive agencies in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2010 (0000/2012 – C7 0000/2012), and noting that England [sic], the Netherlands and Sweden have for the first time refused to approve the discharge,