5 Amendments of Jan MULDER related to 2011/2033(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas potential candidate and candidate states should continue their efforts to improve their judicial systems and fight against corruption if this is deemed necessary for accession, even when they have become EU Member States whereas at the 1999 Helsinki Summit, the European Council gave Turkey the status of candidate country for EU membership and the EU-Turkey Accession Partnership was adopted in 2001, and whereas at the 2003 Thessaloniki European Council the Stabilisation and Association Process was confirmed as the EU policy on the countries of the Western Balkans region, thus making them eligible for EU accession; whereas the "2011 New Approach" sets a new negotiation framework for candidate countries that focuses on the rule of law by introducing clear priorities and conditionalities in the areas of chapter 23 and 24. This would allow a better prioritisation of financial assistance under IPA2. whereas the proposed IPA 2 instrument is aimed at achieving more sustainable results in improving candidate states' readiness for EU-membership whereas IPA is not the only means through which the EU is supporting rule of law reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo. Support for law sector reform in Kosovo is also provided by EULEX and a police mission was conducted in Bosnia and Herzegovina between 2003 and 2012.
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3
Subheading 3
Funding against, enlargement priorities and co- financing
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. EmphasisWelcomes the Commission's new approach to addressing justice reform and home affairs issues early in the accession process; observes, however, that on average only 2.87 4,28% of the total EU pre- accession assistance envelope for the period 2007-2013 is devoted to justice and only 0.52 %1,12 to the fight against corruption; while approximately 7,4% of the total of pre- accession assistance is spend on Judiciary, Fundamental Rights and 'Justice Freedom and Security'. Overall 16,29% of projects allocated to component Nr. 1 are dedicated to the area of the rule of law.
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Notes that a more comprehensive sectoral approach in the areas of judiciary reform and the fight against corruption would entail positive changes, such as a better focus of the national reform efforts, enhancinged donor coordination and ensuring better interaction between individual projects; calls, nevertheless, on the Commission to reassess its sectoral approach, givenensure that sectoral approaches will be introduced in accordance with the Guidelines on Sector-Approach in Pre- Accession assistance and that the capacities of the beneficiary countries to draw up and implement meaningful sector strategies are enhanced; calls on the Commission to continue to provide guidance on the implementation of the sector-approach during the planning and programming stages of IPA2, considers that in most candidate and potential candidate countries neither institutional set-up nor budgeting processes are at a level that will allow this approach to work and that a clear overall strategy and guidance at EU level are still lacking;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Observes that project fiches have improved over time with the inclusion of more and better-designed SMART objectives, as well as specific indicators for the different components of a project; is, however, concerned that external evaluation has reported that some projects lacked focus because of inappropriate indicators, with SMART indicators not always suited to the justice sector; insists on the need for designing qualitative indicators capable of measuring the long- term impact of the projects; Specific indicators in the sector of Justice, Liberty and Security should be developed in the framework of the IPA 2 program