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27 Amendments of Marco VALLI related to 2016/0282(COD)

Amendment 213 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
(1) Since following three years of implementation further amendments are to be made to the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union in order remove bottlenecks in implementation by increasing flexibility, to simplify delivery for the stakeholders and the services and, to focus more on results and to improve accessibility, transparency and accountability, Regulation (EU, Euratom) no 966/201214 of the European Parliament and of the Council should be repealed and replaced by this Regulation. _________________ 14 Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union and repealing Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 (OJ L 298, 26.10.2012, p. 1).
2017/04/18
Committee: BUDGCONT
Amendment 216 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) The fundamental budgetary principles should be maintained. Derogations from those fundamental principles for specific areas such as research, external actions and structural funds should be limited, reviewed and simplified as far as possible, taking into account their continuing relevance, their added-value for the budget, and the burden they impose on stakeholders.
2017/04/18
Committee: BUDGCONT
Amendment 226 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) The concept of performance as regards the EU budget should be clarified. Performance should be described as a direct application of the principle of sound financial management. There should be a link between performance, objective- setting, indicators, results, additionality and economy, efficiency and effectiveness in the use of appropriations. To avoid conflicts with existing performance frameworks of the different programmes, references in terms of performance terminology should be limited to objectives and monitoring progress in achieving them.
2017/04/18
Committee: BUDGCONT
Amendment 227 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
(14) The principle of transparency, enshrined in Article 15 TFEU which requires the institutions to work as openly as possible, implies, in the area of the implementation of the budget, that citizens are able to know where, and for what purpose, funds are spent by the Union. Such information fosters democratic debate, contributes to the participation of citizens in the Union's decision-making process and reinforces institutional control and scrutiny over Union expenditure. Such objectives should be achieved by the full publication, preferably using modern communication tools, of relevant information concerning all recipients of Union funds which takes into account such all recipients' legitimate interests of confidentiality and security and, as far as natural persons are concerned, their right to privacy and the protection of their personal data. Institutions should therefore adopt a selective approach in the publication of information, in accordance with the principle of proportionality. Decisions to publish should be based on relevant criteria in order to provide meaningful information.
2017/04/18
Committee: BUDGCONT
Amendment 229 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
(15) In any case, the utmost transparency regarding data on beneficiaries should be sought, without prejudice to the rules on the protection of personal data. The information on the use of Union funds implemented under direct implementation should be published on an internet website of the institutions and should include at least the name, the locality, the amount and the purpose of the funds. That information should take into account relevant criteria such as the periodicity, the type and the importance of the measure.
2017/04/18
Committee: BUDGCONT
Amendment 264 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 71
(71) A person or entity should be excluded by the authorising officer responsible when a final judgment or a final administrative decision has been taken in the case of grave professional misconduct, non-compliance, whether intentional or not, with the obligations related to the payment of social security contributions or the payment of taxes, where its registered office is established in a non-cooperative jurisdiction, fraud affecting the budget , corruption, participation in a criminal organisation, money laundering, terrorist financing, terrorist related offences, child labour or other forms of trafficking in human beings or irregularity. It should also be excluded in the case of a serious breach of a legal commitment or bankruptcy.
2017/04/18
Committee: BUDGCONT
Amendment 279 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 97 a (new)
(97a) The utmost transparency should be ensured with regard to contractors and subcontractors, making the relevant data accessible.
2017/04/18
Committee: BUDGCONT
Amendment 302 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 155
(155) On 22 October 2014 the European Parliament and the Council adopted Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014 (5) repealing Regulation (EC) No 2004/2003 and laying down new rules for, inter alia, the funding of political parties and political foundations at European level, in particular with regard to funding conditions, the award and distribution of funding, donations and contributions, financing of campaigns for elections to the European Parliament, reimbursable expenditure, the prohibition of funding, accounts, reporting and audit, implementation and control, penalties, cooperation between the Authority for European political parties and foundations, the Authorising Officer of the European Parliament and the Member States, and transparency. This Regulation shall apply from 1 January 2017.deleted
2017/04/18
Committee: BUDGCONT
Amendment 303 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 155 a (new)
(155a) The Union budget should, under no circumstances, fund European political parties and European foundations, which should be funded through voluntary contributions from their members.
2017/04/18
Committee: BUDGCONT
Amendment 305 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 156
(156) Rules should be included on contributions from the general budget of the Union to European political parties as envisaged by Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014. Those rules should allow political parties at European level to have a broader degree of flexibility as regards the time limits for using those contributions, as the nature of their activities so requires.deleted
2017/04/18
Committee: BUDGCONT
Amendment 307 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 158
(158) Although financial support is awarded without an annual work programme being required, European political parties should justify ex post the sound use of Union funding. In particular, the authorising officer responsible should verify if the funding has been used to pay reimbursable expenditure as established in the call for contributions within the time limits laid down in this Regulation. Contributions to European political parties should be spent by the end of the financial year following that of their award, after which, any unspent funding should be recovered by the authorising officer responsible.deleted
2017/04/18
Committee: BUDGCONT
Amendment 311 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 159
(159) Union funding awarded to finance the operating costs of the European political parties should not be used for other purposes than those established in Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014, in particular to directly or indirectly finance other entities such as national political parties. The European political parties should use the contributions to pay a percentage of current and future expenditure and not expenditure or debts incurred before the submission of their applications for contributions.deleted
2017/04/18
Committee: BUDGCONT
Amendment 312 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 160
(160) The award of contributions should also be simplified and adapted to the specificities of the European political parties, in particular by the absence of selection criteria, the establishment of a single full prefinancing payment as a general rule, and by the possibility to use lump sums, flat-rate, unit cost financing and financing not linked to costs of the relevant operations.deleted
2017/04/18
Committee: BUDGCONT
Amendment 315 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 161
(161) The contributions from the general budget of the Union should be suspended, reduced or terminated if the European political parties infringe the obligations laid down in Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014.deleted
2017/04/18
Committee: BUDGCONT
Amendment 416 #
(aa) as regards transparency, all the data concerning the sponsoring and sponsors are published;
2017/04/18
Committee: BUDGCONT
Amendment 446 #
(b) very low value contracts awarded to experts sdelected pursuant to Article 230(2) as well as very low value contracts below the amount referred to in point 14.4 of the Annex to this Regulation.
2017/04/18
Committee: BUDGCONT
Amendment 449 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
The information on final recipients of funds provided through financial instruments who receive support from the Union budget for an amount lower than EUR 500 000, shall be limited to statistical data, aggregated in accordance with relevant criteria, such as geographical situation, economic typology of recipients, type of support received and the Union policy area under which such support was provided.deleted
2017/04/18
Committee: BUDGCONT
Amendment 457 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point k a (new)
(ka) the amount of private capital attracted;
2017/04/18
Committee: BUDGCONT
Amendment 489 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 63 – paragraph 1
1. "European offices" are administrative structures set up by the Commission or by the Commission with one or more institutions with the approval of the European Parliament and the Council to perform specific cross-cutting tasks, provided that that can be justified by a cost-benefit study and an assessment of the associated risks.
2017/04/18
Committee: BUDGCONT
Amendment 490 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) conclude ad hoc service-level agreements by means of public procurement procedures. In such cases, the Director of the European office shall adopt, in accordance with its act of establishment, the specific provisions governing the implementation of those tasks, the recovery of costs incurred, and the keeping of the corresponding accounts. The office shall report to the institutions, Union bodies or other European offices concerned of the results of such accounts.
2017/04/18
Committee: BUDGCONT
Amendment 497 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 73 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
The extent in terms of frequency and intensity of the ex ante controls shall be determined by the authorising officer responsible taking into account the results of prior controls as well as risk-based and cost-effectiveness and performance considerations. In case of doubt, the authorising officer responsible for validating the relevant operations shall request complementary information or perform an on-the-spot control in order to obtain reasonable assurance as part of the ex ante control.
2017/04/18
Committee: BUDGCONT
Amendment 504 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 73 – paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. The annual activity reports and data relating to contracts shall be published annually in an accessible form on the website of the organisation concerned.
2017/04/18
Committee: BUDGCONT
Amendment 507 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 90 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. In the case of infringements reported by a whistle-blower, the procedural rules on the protection of whistle-blowers shall be applied.
2017/04/18
Committee: BUDGCONT
Amendment 509 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 108 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) performance assessment parameters;
2017/04/18
Committee: BUDGCONT
Amendment 511 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 108 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point e
(e) for financial instruments: the amount allocated to the financial instrument and the expected private capital provision;
2017/04/18
Committee: BUDGCONT
Amendment 545 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 132 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4 – point d a (new)
(da) the entity is registered for tax purposes in non-cooperative tax jurisdictions.
2017/04/18
Committee: BUDGCONT
Amendment 642 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – title XI
[...]deleted
2017/04/18
Committee: BUDGCONT