Activities of Attila ARA-KOVÁCS related to 2020/2126(INI)
Opinions (1)
OPINION on MFF 2021-2027: fight against oligarch structures, protection of EU funds from fraud and conflict of interest
Amendments (8)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the CONT study entitled ‘The Largest 50 Beneficiaries in each EU Member State of CAP and Cohesion Funds’ and emphasises the importance of consolidating and harmonising EU reporting systems and create interoperability among them; stresses also that reporting systems for CAP and cohesion policy funds should contain information on final beneficiaries;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes the EU-wide definition of active farmers in the new CAP; emphasises, however, the lack of progress in the fight against oligarch structures; such as the lack of information and transparency on ultimate beneficiaries and keeping up the voluntary nature of capping which hinders the fairer distribution of agricultural funds;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. ERegrets that in one of the main aims of the CAP namely to benefit and support those working the land there is still significant room for improvement, therefore in order to utilise fully the current limited opportunities encourages the Member States to use the different redistributive tools for a fairer distribution of funds and to apply the capping provisions on direct payments;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for the mandatoNotes the voluntary use of t he ARACHNE system by Member States, but underlines that this is not yet sufficient, calls for the preparation by the Commission and the mandatory use by Member States of a data mining system in order to achieve more transparency on the beneficiaries of CAP funds and where such funds end up, as well as the mandatory use of the Early Detection and Exclusion System for CAP funds in an effort to enhance transparency on the use of taxpayers’ money and to reinforce the protection of the Union’s financial interest; underlines the importance the data mining approach for the 1st pillar as well;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Recognises the work of OLAF and calls for increased efforts and vigilance in relation to the cases of conflict of interest and against oligarch structures, especially in certain Member States where these cases are more often identified; emphasises that these kind of misuses are to the detriment of the taxpayers’ money and EU’s financial interest;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Expresses its concern at the cases of high-level conflicts of interest and land- grabbing by oligarchs, which are possibly being facilitated by governments and public authorities; calls for extra scrutiny towards Member States by the Commission to this end; urges the Commission and Member states to immediately step up measures against land-grabbing, irregular tenders or other allocation procedures and misconduct of EU-money especially when national authorities and governments are involved;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. EUrges the Commission to swiftly address the severe violations of the principle of rule of law in some member states that are seriously jeopardising the fair, legal and impartial distribution of EU funds, emphasises the clear link between respecting the rule of law and the sound implementation of CAP funds; urges the Commission to be extra vigilant on rule of law matters and to activate its proportionate sanction system if needed with regard to EU funds;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Encourages the harmonisation of cadastral systems at EU level and support interoperability with the Land Parcel Identification System (LPIS) in order to achieve transparency on ultimate beneficial users and often hidden parent- companies.