5 Amendments of Andrey NOVAKOV related to 2015/2074(BUD)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Regards the EU budget and more specifically cohesion policy as an area where outcomes are preconditioned by priorities, performance and prudence;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Draws attention to the fact that delayed approval of the operational programmes required the DAB No 2/2015, and that over 78% of the unused 2014 commitments will be reallocated to 2015, exercising pressure on some Member States to contract and absorb the allocation through the operational programmes, posing risks such as implementing poor quality projects and losing funds in the end of the programming period;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is seriously concerned about the recurrent problem of the backlog of payments, especially under the cohesion policy, which creates a de facto debt in the EU budgea phenomenon which is not sustainable in terms of sound financial management, and stresses that there is a danger of perpetuating the ‘snow ball' effect of accumulating unpaid invoices at year's end unless a tangible and sustainable solution is found, as fast as possible, by the budgetary authority together with the Commission;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Takes note of the outlook for 2015 and 2016 presented by the Commission to reduce the year-end backlog of outstanding payment claims for 2007- 2013 to a sustainable level by the end of 2016;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Underlines that an agreement on reforming the system of own resources for the EU budget should be advanced in the coming years; recalls that by the end of 2019 the payments pattern from the previous programming period will reoccur - payment claims for implementing the 2014-2020 programming period will have increased sharply at period end and payment ceilings must accommodate this trend.