1 Amendments of Karlo RESSLER related to 2023/0397(COD)
Amendment 550 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 a (new)
Article 27 a (new)
Article27a Parliamentary scrutiny The European Parliament and the Commission shall conduct a regular dialogue in order to ensure parliamentary oversight and scrutiny over the Western Balkans Facility. This dialogue shall be conducted within the framework of the existing high-level geopolitical dialogue on the implementation of the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA III) in order to ensure coherence between both instruments. This dialogue should allow for exchanges with the European Parliament on the state of progress in the implementation of the Facility and the Reform Agendas. The dialogue shall take place at least three times a year at appropriate moments in the implementation cycle. Ahead of each dialogue, the Commission shall provide the Parliament with: 1) the state of progress in the implementation of the Facility, in particular the Reform agendas and related investments and reforms; 2) the Reform Agendas, the Commission assessment thereof and any amendments of the Reform Agendas; 3) information on payment withholding, reduction of funds and redistribution of funds; 4) an assessment of complementarities between IPA III and the Facility for each of the measures; 5) the latest detailed financial programming and any other related documents of both the Facility and of IPA III to allow for a coherent scrutiny of both instruments for Western Balkan countries.