Activities of Pascal DURAND related to 2021/2054(INL)
Legal basis opinions (0)
Amendments (13)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas with regard to budget implementation, the application of that principle implies that European citizens should know where, and for what purpose, funds are spent by the Union;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas public knowledge about the spending of Union funds is essential for the acceptance of this spending and is also crucial in order to ensure accountability, credibility and ensure better control of spending including avoidance of misuse, fraud, corruption and of conflicts of interests;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas there are currently major differences in how these systems are designed, how they work and how to retrieve and share information from them;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas there are many systems that do not include unique identification numbers for naturphysical persons and companies;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
H a. whereas digitalisation of the European reporting, monitoring and audit is the most useful instrument to avoid disinformation if information is publicly available;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas Parliament in 2020 initiated a study with a view to identify the 50 largest beneficiaries of CAP and structural funds in each Member State based on publicly available information, which has provided interesting findings but also has illustrated how difficult it is still to identify clearly many final beneficiaries;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas some companies and naturphysical persons operate in more than one Member State;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas all these factors illustrate that there is an urgent need to create a single standardised Union-wide interoperable digital system for Member States‘ implementing authorities to report about the beneficiaries of CAP and, structural and cohesion funds and all the other funds in order to enable national control and audit authorities, Union institutions and the public to obtain reliable information about the identity of final beneficiaries, how much they receive and from which funds;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas such a system should ensure data format harmonisation, be machine readable, contain unique identification numbers, include search and sort functions and be interoperable so that data can be aggregated not only in respect of one policy or fund but across all policies, funds and Member States and should concern direct, indirect and also shared management;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P a (new)
Recital P a (new)
P a. whereas such a system must be developed in conjunction with the highest level of cyber security in order to avoid any attempt of cyber attacks on this system used in all Member States;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that ensuring trust in the financial management of the Union funds is essential for overall trust in the Union institutions and thereby the credibility in the project of further European integration;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Considers furthermore that transparency ensured with a digitalisation program creating an integrated, interoperable and harmonised system could be the best instrument to fight against disinformation across all Members states;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Insists that such a system should be developed with a high level of cybersecurity to avoid security breaches or cyberattack possible in each Member State;