2 Amendments of Ondřej KNOTEK related to 2021/2106(DEC)
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Regrets that the absorption rate of European Structural and Investment Funds , which increased from 12% in 2019 to 15% in 2020 , is slower than expected with 45 % (EUR 209 billion) remaining to be absorbed and presents considerable disparities between Member States; acknowledges that the relaxation of the eligibility rules introduced for Covid-19 related expenditure resulted in a significant progress made in implementing financial instruments (FIs) supported by European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) in the 2014- 2020; welcomes that this accelerated implementation allows the EU to achieve the target set out in the Investment Plan for Europe to double the use of ESIF FIs in the programming period 2014-2020;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Acknowledges that, in order to react to the Covid-19 pandemic, the EU co-legislators introduced the relaxation of applicable rules to facilitate the use of ESI funds to provide liquidity, flexibility and simplification; welcomes the timely adoption of such measures allowing managing authorities to accelerate the deployment of Financial Instruments to support 365.000 SMEs across Europe during 2020; calls on the Commission to provide support to the Member States to minimise the risk that these exceptional measures could weaken the control systems and increase the risk of errors and irregularities;