9 Amendments of Isabella ADINOLFI related to 2015/2128(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that making the budget more credible, accurate, effective and relevant, so as to sustain citizens’ confidence in the EU institutions and their identification with the project of European integration, must remain one of the core objectives of the policy to protect the Union’s financial interests which the Commission andin agreement with the Member States areis required to pursue under Article 325 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes, in particular, that levels of corruption and fraud affecting the Union budget are in direct proportion to lack of transparency in the procedures for allocating, managing and spending EU funds; calls, therefore, for better communication about the procedures in question, which should involve fewer – but more transparent – rules so as to render fraud virtually impossible; calls, to that end, for best practices to be disseminated as widely as possible;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Asks specifically that a clear distinction be drawn between fraud and error, and that information be disseminated about the most common types of fraud and error, including actual examples of both, so that users of EU funds and the authorities that manage them will be better informed on this, including regarding the serious consequences they may well incur; emphasises that more attention must also be paid to the results of projects that the Union finances – and not only to the accuracy of their accounts – as evidenced through on-the-spot checks by properly qualified staff, independent staff who are not subject to any conflict of interests;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the importance of paying particular attention to fraud and crimes against the EU budget of a transational nature, perpetrated by organised crime;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Given that there continues to be a significant number of irregularities in the area of cohesion policy, invites the Commission and the Member States to establish standardised and comparable guidelines aimed at analysing performance of administrative personnel responsible for management and control of funds;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls, therefore, for Article 325 to be implemented right across the spectrum of Union policies, and for action not just in response to cases of fraud but also to prevent them; for compliance with Article 325, and particularly paragraph 5 on annual reports, on which there is currently a year’s delay; for simplification, especially, of the way that EU subsidies are used in cohesion policy; for adherence to agreed procedures and for the ratification of the agreements on combating fraud at regional and international level which have been concluded between the Union and third countries or third-party organisations; for follow-up on the action plan and recommendations in Parliament’s resolution of 23 October 2013 on organised crime, corruption and money laundering: recommendations on action and initiatives to be taken (2013/2107(INI)), especially recommendations 130 (on the visibility of measures by the Member States to combat organised fraud and crime) and 131 (on a general action plan for the period 2014- 2019 to eradicate organised crime, corruption and money laundering – points i-xxii); for every effort to be made to secure the speediest possible adoption of the plan for ato establish, with the direct involvement of the European Parliament, an independent European Public Prosecutor’s Office and the directive on common anti- fraud measures under criminal law; for the initial results of implementation of the Money Laundering Directive to be made available; and for more information to be provided about the anti-corruption instruments used by the European Anti- Fraud Office (OLAF) and about the coordination of Member States’ procedures for recovering monies disbursed as a result of fraud.
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Considers that the fight against fraud and irregularities requires a huge effort to raise awareness and to provide incentive for action among all institutional bodies on a European, national, regional and local level and among the general public, through the widespread dissemination of data, news and items of potential interest;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls for the appointment of a European Prosecutor, imperative for proper analysis of fraudulent activity involving the Community budget and in light of the need to take an approach to combating fraud that goes beyond national borders and which takes into account the dangerous transnational dimension of organised crime;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses how the prevention of irregularities and fraud must involve both constant training and support for personnel responsible for management and control of funds in the competent administrative authorities, and also innovative action, including circulating information regarding the most common errors and criminal methods, but also concerning good control practices;