Activities of Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ related to 2022/2081(DEC)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2021, Section III – Commission
Amendments (7)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that for the audited spending areas related to migration and border management, and security and defence policies, the Court chose to examine a sample of 28 transactions, which is not representative of the spending under MFF headings 4 and 5; notes that the selected sample of examined transactions does not allow the Court to provide an estimate of the error rate for these MFF headings; regrets this choice by the Court despite multiple calls from the Parliament to calculate the estimated level of error; deeply regrets that the Court did not estimate the error rate for these headings, while taking into account the Court’s explanation that the audit scope was not designed to be representative for these headings; calls on the Court to consider further examineing and extending the scope of its audit in that regard;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Deplores the fact that nine out of the 28 transactions examined by the Court contained quantifiable errors which had a financial impact on the amounts charged to the Union budget; highlights that such cases may have an important negative reputational impact and may eventually undermine compliance with the principles of sound financial management of Union spending; urges the Commission to address that situation and report to the discharge authority about the progress achieved; deplores that the Court only conducted checks on 25 transactions under Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs’ (DG HOME) responsibility, and that consequently is was unable to verify the DG HOME’s declaration of assurance against the results of its own audit work; calls on the Court to further examine and extend the scope of its audit in that regard;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes with concern that, despite the fact that Member States stepped up implementation of their national programmes in 2021, for both the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) and the Internal Security Fund (ISF) significant amounts remain undisbursed; deeply regrets that its previous calls for splitting the AMIF lines by priority has not been followed up; stresses that such splitting could help increase transparency and accountability in budget spending and therefore reiterates its call to do so; notes that the cumulative absorption rate of AMIF and ISF under shared management is equal to 72.54%, up from 60.75% by the end of 20204a; _________________ 4a Source: Commission's Annual Activity Report 2021, DG HOME https://commission.europa.eu/system/files/ 2022-06/annual-activity-report-2021- migration-and-home-affairs_en_0.pdf
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Welcomes the completion of funding from the Internal Security Fund – Borders and Visa instrument (ISF-BV), which contributed to ensuring a high level of security in the EU while facilitating legitimate travel through a uniform and high level of control of the external borders and the effective processing of Schengen visas; further appreciates the new Instrument for financial support for Border Management and Visa (BMVI), which makes it possible to support actions contributing to a strong and effective European integrated border management at the external borders, thereby helping to ensure a high level of internal security within the EU;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Reminds the Commission to guarantee that no Union funds are allocated to organizations (Union or international), third parties, and/or natural persons who are delivering external aid to ensure that no funds are allocated or linked to any cause or form of terrorism and/or religious and political radicalization;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 107 – point b a (new)
Paragraph 107 – point b a (new)
ba. to make the list of all final beneficiaries and projects available to auditors and the Discharge authority and to strengthen Commission's efforts on the collection of information on final recipients of EU funding at the Commission level; calls on the Commission to ensure that individuals or groups affiliated, linked to, or supporting terrorist organizations are excluded from Union funding;