11 Amendments of Ramona STRUGARIU related to 2021/2251(INI)
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that by mid-February 2022, all Member States but one had submitted national recovery and resilience plans (NRRPs), requesting in total EUR 337.5 billion in grants and EUR 166 billion in loans; further highlights that four of these NRRPs are pending assessment by the Commission;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Notes that out of EUR 385.8 billion available for loans, seven Member States have requested loans amounting EUR 166 billion, leaving a considerable amount available for Member States to request loans at a later stage if needed; urges the European Commission to explore ways in which unused loans could address the economic, social and energy consequences impacting Member States, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is concerned about the fact that all Member States have received a B-rating for the criteria evaluating whether the estimated total costs of the NRRPs are reasonable; calls on the Commission to ensure that costs are plausible and that proper cost analysis is being conducted in order to tackle fraud and corruption; urges the Commission to evaluate milestones before accepting payment requests and performing disbursements of funds;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the Recovery and Resilience Scoreboard that provides an overview of the progress made in the implementation of the NRRPs and thereby fosters the transparency, public scrutiny and accountability of the Facility; welcomes the development of other monitoring tools on implementation at national level by governments, civil society organisations or relevant stakeholders; calls on the Commission to consider the integration of these datasets in the Scoreboard;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that the reliability of the performance data concerning the targets and milestones of the Facility is of the utmost importance; urges Member States to publicly provide detailed and timely information in order to ensure effective reporting of the impact of the Facility;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls that irregularities may lead to the reduction of financial contributions or the, delays in disbursement of funds or recovery of funds by the Commission;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that the Commission, the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), the Court of Auditors and the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) mayshall exercise their rights laid down in Article 129(1) of the Financial Regulation with regard to the Facility to ensure prevention, detection and investigation of fraud, conflicts of interest and corruption, and correction of irregularities; asks the Commission to provide information about the measures ensuring the early detection of the abuse of EU funds;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes with satisfaction from the Commission’s assessments of NRRPs that Member States’ prevention of double funding, arrangements to correct serious irregularities and recovery of funds are in general quite well developed; insists on the necessity of a close cooperation between all EU institutions and bodies as well as with national authorities to ensure the efficient and proper use of funds;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to encourage Member States to use ARACHNE and, in the meantime, to make sure that the alternative measures to risk- score the entities and individuals involved in implementation of the Facility are equivalent to ARACHNE; highlights the need to ensure a harmonised data collection process and interoperability of ARACHNE with national and local databases; calls on the Commission to make sure that, in addition to the information on the beneficiaries of the programme, data on beneficial owners is also collected by the Member States;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission to make approval of the NRRPs conditional on the observance of the rule of law Stresses that democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights, and in particular the implementation of CJEU rulings, are not negotiable; demands the prevention and detection of, and the fight against, fraud, conflicts of interest and corruption; stresses that all measures set out in the NRRPs mustrefore that the Commission as Guardian of the Treaties ensure that these are fully complied with, and make the approval of the NRRPs and the disbursement of funds conditional on the full complyiance with the Union’'s values enshrined in Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union and the prevention and detection of, and the fight against, fraud, conflicts of interest and corruption;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Reiterates its concerns expressed in its resolution of 10 June 2021 on the views of Parliament on the ongoing assessment by the Commission and the Council of the national recovery and resilience plans1 that many Member States have not, or have only inadequately, involved regional and local authorities in the drafting process of the NRRPs; recalls that regional and local authorities and civil society organisations are at the forefront of NRRP local implementation and asks the Commission and the Member States to ensure proper involvement of social partners, civil society, youth organisations and other relevant stakeholders in the implementation of the NRRPs, as well as an effective coordination between the relevant levels of government; _________________ 1 OJ C 67, 8.2.2022, p. 90.