6 Amendments of Pedro MARQUES related to 2019/2055(DEC)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that, as indicated in the Annual Report of the Court of Auditors for the financial year 2018, the estimated level of error in spending on ‘Economic, social and territorial cohesion’ increased from 3 % in 2017 to 5 % in 2018; regrets that, even if it should be stressed that errors in the implementation of the budget do not automatically imply a fraud, the positive trend of the last years has been reversed;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes the work done by the audit bodies, while stressing that errors in the implementation of the budget do not automatically imply a fraud; points out that a thorough analysis of the audit results is required before charges are brought against beneficiaries;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that the absorption of European Structural and Investment Funds (‘ESI Funds’) has continued to be slower than planned - by the end of 2018, only 27,3% -; notes that this value is even lower than the absorption rate of 2011, the corresponding year of the previous Multiannual Financial Framework; points out that simplification of the rules could increase the take-up of ESI funds;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Recalls the importance of achieving a rapid political agreement between the institutions on the 2021-2027 MFF, in order to avoid delaying the implementation of the ESI Funds in the next programming period;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Highlights the need to analyse financial performance indicators as drivers of decision making;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Calls on the Commission and the Council to establish an Action Plan in the first half of 2020 to speed-up the implementation of ESI Funds in the current programming period, with clear incentives for the rapid and effective absorption of available funds, strengthening the Strategic Objectives of the Union, in particular the Fight against Climate Change and Social and Territorial Cohesion;