Activities of Caterina CHINNICI related to 2020/2246(INI)
Reports (1)
REPORT on the protection of the EU’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2019
Amendments (11)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas Article 310(6) of the TFEU states that ‘the Union and the Member States, in accordance with Article 325, shall counter fraud and any other illegal activities affecting the financial interests of the Union’; whereas Article 325(2) of the TFEU states that ‘Member States shall take the same measures to counter fraud affecting the financial interests of the Union as they take to counter fraud affecting their own financial interests’; whereas Article 325(3) of the TFEU states that ‘the Member States shall coordinate their action aimed at protecting the financial interests of the Union against fraud’ and that ‘they shall organise, together with the Commission, close and regular cooperation between competent authorities’; whereas under Article 325(4) of the TFEU the European Court of Auditors must be consulted on any measures to be adopted by the legislator in the fields of the prevention of and fight against fraud affecting the EU’s financial interests;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the diversity of legal and administrative systems in the Member States needs to be adequately addressed in order to overcome irregularities and combat fraud and corruption; whereas the Commission should further strengthen its efforts to ensure that the fight against fraud and corruption is implemented effectively and produces more tangible and more satisfactory results;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the 31st Annual report on the protection of the EU’s financial interests and the fight against fraud, which underlines the achievements of 2019 with regards to the consolidation of the institutional framework on the fight against fraud and irregularities at Union level achieved by the transposition into national law by 128 Member States by the end of 2019 of the measures provided for in the Directive on the fight against fraud to the Union’s financial interests by means of criminal law (‘the PIF Directive’) with the remaininga total of 22 Member States doinghaving done so by June 2020;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that the number of fraudulent irregularities reported in 2019 (939 cases) and their related financial amounts (approximately EUR 461.4 million) decreased significantly compared to 2018; notes that, looking at a5-year period (2015-2019), the number of reported fraudulent irregularities was 40% less than in 2015, and 25% below the 5-year average; notes that in 2019, 514 irregularities reported as fraudulent relating to expenditure represented 0.3% of 2019 payments, and 425 reported as fraudulent on revenue corresponded to 0.3% of gross amount of Traditional Own Resources collected for 2019;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that sixteen revenue anti- fraud measures were reported by the Member States in 2019, in particular eight in the area of customs fraud, five in tax fraud, and three measures concerning both customs and tax fraud; notes that an evaluation process on Regulation 515/97 started in 2019 within the Commission, to determine how useful Regulation 515/97 has been on preventing customs fraud;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30 a. Notes that in the area of enhancing transparency, fighting corruption and preventing conflicts of interest in public procurement, eight measures of legislative, organisational and administrative nature were reported by the Member States in 2019;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Stresses the importance of the Early Detection and Exclusion System (EDES); notes the Judgment of the General Court of 13 May 2020 in Case T-290/18, "AGMIN" v Commission, in which the Court of Justice has confirmed the validity of the respective roles of the panel and the authorising officers, and that the adversarial procedure led by the panel had fully respected the right to be heard of the entity concerned; invites the Commission to analyse the impact of a possible extension of EDES to shared management;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Recalls the need for a more incisive and effective response and coordination at both Union and national level in the fight against corruption and organised crime with particular focus on transnational and cross-border aspects, in order to tackle, also through the use of Artificial Intelligence tools, while respecting the protection of personal data, fraudsters’ constant ability to adapt to new technologies and scenarios;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Notes with concern that no information is provided on the analysis of cases of conflicts of interest, despite the relevance of the new provision adopted in 2018 in the Financial Regulation and the well-known importance and impact of this phenomenon and calls on the Commission to fill this gap in the next PIF Report, as well as to pay further attention to frauds related to public procurement;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)
Paragraph 38 a (new)
38 a. Highlights that, with a view to effectively counter corruption, in order to protect the EU’s financial interests, the Commission should adopt a holistic and coherent approach, fostering enhanced rules on transparency, incompatibilities and conflicts of interest, internal control mechanisms, lobbying and revolving doors;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Invites the Commission to explore new avenues for the PIF report to be shared and analysed alongside other annual reports, including the Rule of law report, and sources of information, including through an enhanced dialogue between Europol, Eurojust and EPPO, to help identify trends in fraudulent and non- fraudulent irregularities, to detect weaknesses and to provide useful lessons learnt to enhance the adoption of fraud- proofing measures by all stakeholders;