Activities of Martina MICHELS related to 2019/2055(DEC)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2018, Section III –Commission and executive agencies
Amendments (3)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Takes note that the source of those errors, regarding both grants and - less closely audited - financial instruments is mainly a result of reimbursements of ineligible costs, as well as infringements of internal market rules and lack of support documentation, but is also due to the previous year’s overall low rates of reimbursement and payments as well as fewer financial instruments having been included in the audit;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Points out that the Union is having increasing recourse to financial instruments and guarantees for the EIB group, particularly through the provision of guarantees within the framework of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), placing the Union budget at greater risk of exposure as a result; supports the European Court of Auditors’ position that the Court should be mandated to audit all EIB operations including those where the EIB uses non- Union budget funds for its operations;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that the reasons behind this low absorption rate not only lie in the decommitment methodology (the so-called “n+3 rule”), but alsolie mainly in the late adoption of the legislative framework enabling the implementation of the cohesion policy; therefore calls on the Commission and the Council to ensure proper measures in the next programming period 2021-2027 to avoid the repetition of delayed implementation of ESI Funds and its domino effect.;