Activities of Pavel TELIČKA related to 2015/2154(DEC)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on 2014 discharge: EU general budget, European Commission
Amendments (2)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Regrets that for the area of "Competitiveness for growth and employment", to which transport belongs, the estimated level of error was 5,6% in 2014, caused to a large extent by reimbursement of ineligible costs; calls on the Commission to carry out carefullytake all appropriate measures to rectify this situation (including by carrying out more thorough ex ante checks in order to detect and correct errors before reimbursement);
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Acknowledges that, in regard of EU funds, the "use it or lose it" principle can induce Member States to propose low impact projects for selection; Is concerned that in the past, poor project selection led to some low value-for-money EU-funded transport investments; Welcomes the new legal framework for 2014-2020 which strengthens the cost-benefit assessment and review process for projects;