Activities of Claudiu MANDA related to 2021/2162(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the revision of the Financial Regulation in view of the entry into force of the 2021-2027 multiannual financial framework
Amendments (11)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
Citation 11 a (new)
— having regards to the Commission Notice 2021/C121/01 on Guidance on the avoidance and management of conflict of interest under the Financial Regulation,
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is of the opinion that, while a global overhaul of the rules applicable to the budget is not needed at this time, the Financial Regulation must be subject to targeted improvements and simplifications, in particular where they increase transparency and democratic scrutiny; and enhance the protection of EU financial interests;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Believes that Parliament, as one arm of the budgetary authority, shouldmust be able to scrutinise and authorise as appropriately the Commission’s plans with respect to the management of external assigned revenue and of its borrowing and lending operations; suggests that relevant articles of the Financial Regulation, including Articles 7, 46 and 56, be revised to clarify that assets and liabilities linked to borrowing and lending operations are included in the EU budget;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Emphasises the clear link between respect for the rule of law and the efficient implementation of the Union budget in accordance with the principles of sound financial management: economy, efficiency and effectiveness, as laid down in the Financial Regulation; recalls that, upon adoption of the Conditionality Regulation, Parliament, the Council and the Commission agreed to consider including the content of the Conditionality Regulation into the Financial Regulation upon its next revision; calls on the Commission to examine possibilities to strengthen coherencealignment between the two instruments;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Emphasises that the Financial Regulation should include provisions that require the responsible actors to gather and keep uniform records of economic operators and beneficial owners in order to allow identification across EU programmes, regardless of who implements these programmes and of management mode; considers that these requirements should be balanced to reflect strictly relevant information items; underlines that data may only be published in line with data protection requirements and the standing jurisprudence of the Court of Justice of the European Union; considers that compulsory information items collected for audit and control purposes need to include as a minimum the registration number of legal entities, national identification number for natural persons, an indication of the type of beneficiary, sub-contractors, beneficial owners, whether the beneficiary also receives State aid and contact information; underlines that the system needs to facilitate the aggregation of individual amounts concerning the same direct or ultimate beneficiary and that it needs to be accessible in all EU languages; considers that publicly accessible systems should facilitate both individual searches through a web-based tool and systemic analysis through bulk downloads;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Asks that information about recipients of EU funds is made publicly accessible for a minimum period of five years;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Considers that Article 63 of the Financial Regulation should be modified to include ARACHNE as a compulsory risk scoring tool made available by the Commission to Member States and other implementing partners; considers that the Financial Regulation should also indicate which indicators ARACHNE uses to determine the risk score of economic operators; emphasises that ARACHNE enriches data provided by managing authorities with publicly available information in order to identify the projects, beneficiaries, contracts and contractors that might be susceptible not only to risk of fraud but conflicts of interest as well; considers that any additional administrative burden, from inserting information multiple times in various IT systems, including ARACHNE, must be avoided;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls for the use of the Early Detection and Exclusion System (EDES) to be made compulsory under shared management; further notes that EDES does not distinguish between subsidiaries of larger corporations; calls on the Commission to make this distinction and to specify in the rules for early detection and for exclusion which entity of a multi- national or multi-company corporation is registered for early detection or exclusion; highlights that in 2020, the EDES panel handled 20 cases while 28 cases were in the pipeline; stresses the importance of allocating sufficient resources to the panel in line with any extension of responsibilities;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. IRegrets that under the previous MFF only 21,7 % of EU programmes had gender-related indicators; insists that gender mainstreaming be better reflected in the drafting and implementation of the budget, including through targeted incentives; calls for the systematic and comprehensive collection of data in the context of all EU policies and programmes in order to measure the impact on gender equality, while avoiding any unnecessary administrative burden; expects the Commission to develop a methodology to measure the relevant expenditure at programme level in the MFF 2021-2027, in line with the IIA; calls on the Commission to integrate gender mainstreaming and gender budgeting in the relevant provisions of the Financial Regulation;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Suggests that the Financial Regulation be revised to guarantee the appropriate role of Parliament in the setting up and scrutiny of any new trust fund, including in the drawing up of the constitutive agreement and the mobilisation of the Union’s contribution, the implementation, continuation and possible liquidation; recalls that the effective scrutiny of existing trust funds by the discharge authority requires complete, detailed and timely provision of information through respective reporting frameworks;