Activities of Miguel VIEGAS related to 2014/2234(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Protecting the EU's financial interests: towards performance-based controls of the CAP (A8-0240/2015 - Petri Sarvamaa) PT
Amendments (7)
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas some Member States are trying to reduce the costs of red tape by eliminating some of the smaller beneficiaries of CAP subsidies;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas controls cause a delay in the payment of aid and, if a beneficiary has requested an advance from the bank, the latter asks for it to be reimbursed;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls for, with regard to small farms divided into numerous plots, a much simpler system for processing applications;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls for controls to be organised in such a way that the audit is carried out within a time frame that does not lead to late payments;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls for the costs of CAP red tape and controls never to be reduced by eliminating aid to small beneficiaries;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls for a simplified auditing method for small farms, which eliminates red tape;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Supports the approach of reducing controls in Member States where error rates have been extremely low over a given period; calls at the same time, however, for controls to be stepped up in Member States where the error rate is high or increasing . This approach should be applied within Member States also to create an environment where farmers are incentivised to comply with regulation, with the aim of zero unannounced inspection where there is no history of breaches of regulation;