6 Amendments of Iskra MIHAYLOVA related to 2018/2166(DEC)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. notes that this is the first year under the revised control and assurance framework for the period 2014-2020, and that only a low number of assurance packages were submitted; highlights that Annual Report 2017 covers both 2014- 2020 cleared expenditure and closure related to the 2007-2013 period;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. notes that errors in financial instruments, ineligible costs and claims of ineligible VAT contributed most to the estimated level of error in cohesion policy; notes that some of the errors identified by the Court were linked to specific cases for which mitigating actions have already been taken; calls on the Commission to take the appropriatefurther preventive and corrective actions, where necessary;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. stresses that the Court of Auditors detected a number of weaknesses of varying importance in the work of severalome audit authorities and in the Commission’s own work with respect to the regularity of the expenditure and that it, which may limits the reliability of the reported residual error rates; urges the Commission and the audit authorities to continue to work closely to address those shortcomings;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. calls on the Member States to improve the accuracy of their implementationpayment forecasts, which are crucial to prevent abnormal backlogs; notes that the average implementation rate of payment forecasts improved from 52% in 2016 to a level of 80% in 2017 and tha; notes that in parallel significant progress was also made in the rate of project selection on the ground (455% end of 2017, compared to 20% in 2016);
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. notes that a number of weaknesses were found in the performance measurement systems of Member State authorities, for a large part related to projects completed under the 2007-2013 period; invites the Commission to improve the overall performance measurement system, including the presence of result indicators at project level to allow the assessment of the contribution of a given project to specific operational programmes objectives; notes that the legislation covering the 2014-2020 programming period has strengthened the intervention logic and focus on results.