8 Amendments of Daniela AIUTO related to 2014/2075(DEC)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the fact that the residual error rate in 2013 is below 2 % for the TEN-T programme, the Marco Polo programme managed by the Executive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation (EACI) and the Joint Undertakings for which DG MOVE is responsible (SESAR and Fuel Cells and Hydrogen (FCH)); regrets, however,Highlights the constant problems in the monitoring of calls for tender and operating activities; regrets that the residual error rate for FP7 for research in the transport sector remains above 2 % in 2013 (2,82 %); notes that the main reasons foralthough errors under research programmes are often the result of the complexity of the eligibility rules in the basic acts and the lack of capacity for full ex ante control over the claims of all beneficiaries, numbering in the thousands, ex ante checks are not sufficiently effective; stresses that ex post controls should be introduced as a means of verifying performance; expects that the radical simplifications which have been proposed in Horizon 2020 will contribute to significant decrease in errors;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Deplores the illegal practice of awarding contracts directly without conducting a public procedure, as highlighted by the Court of Auditors in connection with a TEN-T project in Germany in which contracts for additional construction works for an airport passenger terminal were declared for cofinancing (similar cases have arisen in Belgium, the Czech Republic, Germany, Spain, Italy and Sweden);
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Deplores the use of illegal award criteria, which results in contracts being awarded in an irregular manner, and the making of changes contracts’ scope following the completion of tender procedures, as highlighted by the Court of Auditors in connection with ERDF projects in Spain;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Takes due note of the Court of Auditors' annual report on the implementation of the budget, in particular with regard to employment and social affairs, but regrets limited references to gender equality between men and women in this field as well as an insufficient focus on employment, social solidarity and gender equality between men and women in this year's special reports of the Court of Auditors;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Deplores the serious failures to comply with public procurement rules highlighted by the Court of Auditors and involving the direct award of additional works in the absence of unforeseen circumstances, the use of illegal award procedures and the making of changes to contracts’ scope following the completion of tender procedures;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Reiterates its demand to further develop gender-specific indicators and data, with particular reference to types of post and grading of staff in the different institutions, to allow assessments of the general budget of the Union from a gender perspective and to monitor efforts on gender budgeting;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Points out that the errors detected are not confined to procedural flaws but include the unlawful use of funds by firms at the centre of arrests and investigations into links with organised crime, as occurred in connection with the Mestre bypass in Italy;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Proposes that in relation to the sectors for which the Committee on Transport and Tourism is responsible, Parliament should not grants the Commission discharge in respect of the implementation of the Union general budget for the financial year 2013, as soon as the whole budget receives a Positive Statement of Assurance from the Court of Auditors.