Activities of Davor ŠKRLEC related to 2016/2151(DEC)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2015, Section III – Commission and executive agencies
Amendments (5)
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Calls on the Commission, in the course of closure of programmes, to assess the efficiency of cohesion policy spending towards the end of the 2007- 2013 programming period in view of generating information on overprized, wasteful or meaningless projects that are implemented for the purpose of absorbing allocated resources, and to report its findings to the European Parliament;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Urges the Commission through the HLG1 to pay specific attention to national eligibility rules in its audit of national management and control systems, helping Member States to simplify them; in this context, underlines the importance of applying the single audit principle; urges the Commission to clarify the notion of recoverable VAT by providing guidance; _________________ 1 High Level Group of Independent Experts on Monitoring Simplification for Beneficiaries of the European Structural and Investment Funds
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Expresses its concern that managing authorities presented a lower level of cost claims for reimbursement in 2015 than in 2014, which led to a fall in the level of unpaid cost claims from EUR 23,2 billion in 2014 to EUR 10,8 billion in 2015, of which EUR 2,8 billion had remained unpaid since the end of 2014; points out the risk that delays in the budgetary execution for 2014-2020 period will be greater than those for the previous period and lead to an accumulation of unpaid claims towards the end of the funding period; Urges the Commission to monitor the situation closely with Member States and adapt its payment plan accordingly;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls on the Member States to fully comply with the ex-ante conditionality on public procurement which is an essential pre-requisite for prevention of fraudulent and non- fraudulent irregularities and to take swift action, when applicable, in order to fulfil all criteria for the sake of sound and lawful implementation of cohesion policy programmes and measures;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Considers inadequate the extension of the eligibility period of financial instruments which does not prevent Member States from the practise of parking cohesion policy resources instead of investing in the real economy; Calls on the Commission to monitor closely the execution of financial instruments governed by the 2014-2020 legislative framework and assess whether further adaptations are necessary in view of ensuring the contribution of financial instruments to Union objectives and priorities;