8 Amendments of Rosa D'AMATO related to 2017/2136(DEC)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that as indicated in the Annual Report of the Court of Auditors, the estimated level of error in spending on ‘Economic, social and territorial cohesion’ decreased from 5,2 % in 2015 to 4,8 % in 2016; notes the sustained improvement over the past three years; welcomes the fact that the Court issued a qualified opinion on the regularity of the transactions underlying the 2016 accounts; acknowledges that the error rate for the 2007-2013 programming period remains significantly below the rates reported for the previous period, which proves the overall positive impact of the corrective actions taken but remarks that ‘Cohesion’ was again the biggest contributor to the estimated level of error for 2016, followed by ‘Natural resources’, ‘Competitiveness’ and ‘Global Europe’; calls on the Commission to keep working with Member States to improve their management and control systems and to continue to use available legal supervisory tools to ensure that all material errors are corrected;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is concerned by the delays in implementing the 2014-2020 programmes and that, in 2016, the total amount of budgetary commitments reached some EUR 238,8 billion, mainly because of those delays; underlines that this amount is expected to rise until 2020; emphasises that clearing this backlog should be a priority when planning the next MFF, especially considering that in the next cohesion policy framework the n+2 rule is likely to be reapplied and such delays would entail huge decommitments;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Takes note of the strategic report 2017 on the implementation of the ESI Funds1 , stressing the ESI Funds’ investment amounting to EUR 278 billion has been delivered to Europe's real economy since the beginning of the funding period; considers that the implementation of the 2014-2020 programmes has now reached full speed in some Member States, but is not satisfactory in others, proving the added value of cohesion policy investment for all regions in Europe but also the need for further efforts in strengthening the administrative capacity of national, regional and local authorities; __________________ 1 http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/en/poli cy/how/stages-step-by-step/strategic- report/.
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that the average disbursement rate for financial instruments was only 75 % at the end of 2015, which shows that the potential of those instruments is not fully exploited; stresses, in this regard, that a lower than 100 % disbursement rate does not fully exploit the potential of the instruments’ ‘revolving’ architecture which would be indeed one of their main advantages over grants; points out that the revision of the Financial Regulation which is due to enter into force in 2018 will significantly contribute to the simplification, improvement and optimisation of their use during current programming period;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission to take into duly account the remarks of the Court of Auditors, which found inaccuracies in the analysis of the performance of at least four of the 12 ERDF and ESF financial instruments that have been examined in the 2016 European Court of Auditors report; shares the concern of the Court of Auditors, who underlines that these errors have the effect of overstating performance and, if not corrected, could artificially increase the declared amount of eligible expenditure at closure, especially in the case of guarantee funds;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 124 a (new)
Paragraph 124 a (new)
124a. Calls on the Commission to duly take into account the remarks of the Court of Auditors, which found inaccuracies in the analysis of the performance of at least four of the 12 ERDF and ESF financial instruments examined in the 2016 European Court of Auditors report; shares the concern of the Court of Auditors, which highlights that these errors have the effect of overstating performance and, if not corrected, could artificially increase the declared amount of eligible expenditure at closure, especially in the case of guarantee funds;
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 147
Paragraph 147
147. Regrets furthermore that in general only 26,1% of projects were selected, and only 3,7% of the available structural funds absorbed at the end of 2016 and whereas the selection process accelerated in 2017, the slow start may lead to a high number of outstanding commitments at the end of the current financing period; calls on the Commission to guarantee further efforts to strengthen the administrative capacity of national, regional and local authorities;
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 154
Paragraph 154
154. Notes that the Commission estimated the overall average error rate on 2016 payments for the 2007-2013 ERDF/CF programmes to be in the range of 2.2% to 4.2%, and the residual error rate at closure to be approximately 0.4%; stresses that once again, 'Cohesion' was the biggest contributor to the estimated level of error for 2016, followed by ‘Natural resources’, ‘Competitiveness’ and ‘Global Europe’; calls on the Commission to keep working with Member States to improve their management and control systems and to continue to use available legal supervisory tools to ensure that all material errors are corrected;