4 Amendments of Steeve BRIOIS related to 2016/2097(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Annual Report of the Commission and recalls that the goal of enhancing regional cohesion should always be accompanied by the protection of the EU’s financial interests; notes that the fight againstPoints out that the increase in the number of fraudulent or non- fraudulent irregularities also increasesis severely undermining the general effectiveness of EU fund managementthe EU structural funds;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. RecallEmphasises that the high percentage increase (21 %) in structural and cohesion fundfinalisation of payments for programming periods prior to 2007-2013 must not serve to disguise the EU's share of responsibility for the significant increase (21%) in the number of irregularities reportidentified as fraudulent in 2015 is exclusively due to the fact that payments for programming periods before 2007-2013 are almost finalisedthe structural and cohesion funds in 2015;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. StressTakes the need to conduct communication campaigns and take awareness-raising measuresview that the sums spent on communication campaigns designed to inform citizens of theabout the supposed effectiveness of the anti- fraud measures put in place so as to avoid misconceptions regarding error rates and the number of frauds committed, also taking into account examples of communication best practices in the Member Stattaken by the EU could be used to provide the authorities responsible for combating fraud with dedicated human and physical resources.