2 Amendments of Fabio Massimo CASTALDO related to 2016/2151(DEC)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes with regret that the level of error in Heading 4 for the 2015 financial year, as estimated by the European Court of Auditors (ECA) in its annual report, has not decreased compared to 2014 and amounts to 2,8%, and that in seven cases the Commission had sufficient information to prevent or detect and correct the errors before accepting the expenditure; points out, nevertheless, that this is below the level of error identified in other headings, in spite of the fact that Union external aid activities frequently take place in crisis-struck regions and politically difficult environments;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Is concerned by the lack of direct means of control in regard to the use of macro-financial assistance by recipient third countries; calls on the Commission to tie assistance of this kind more closely to measurable parameters;