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9 Amendments of Matteo ADINOLFI related to 2022/2081(DEC)

Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Underlines the increasing need to ensure the transparency of NGOs and of their funding, as they are important actors in the implementation of the Union budget, especially in the area of external action; demands the Commission to re-evaluate its identification of entities as NGOs, improving the reliability of information (making sure to have them registered as lobbyists, having clearly established whether they stand for the topics they claim they represent, and having insight into their financing); demands the disclosure of their financing be it private (e.g. NGOs financed by the industrial actors) or public; recalls that the European Court of Auditors has warned as early as 2018 that "the European Commission does not have sufficiently detailed information on how [EU] money is spent" 1a;recalls that as regards public funding, the Union basic acts regulate how transparency and visibility in this regard need to be handled, therefore reminds the Commission about the responsibility it has to check the compliance with rules and procedures, especially rules and procedures on sub- granting to NGOs; moreover, demands that the Commission provides the discharge authority with clear information about the total amount of Union funds implemented by NGOs; calls on the Commission and the co-legislators to finally end the exemption of NGOs from EU anti-money laundering rules as non- obliged entities and to extend the definition of politically exposed persons to former politicians who gain management positions in NGOs receiving EU funding; believes that these are important steps towards more financial scrutiny of such organisations; regrets that, even in the aftermath of Qatargate, the European Parliament has rejected such proposals; _________________ 1a European Court of Auditors Special Report No 35/2018.
2023/03/08
Committee: CONT
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. WelcomesEagerly awaits proof that the RRF's contribution tois preventing a strong economic downturn following the COVID- 19 pandemic; notes that the RRF has been instrumental in making progress with the implementation of the Country Specific Recommendations (CSRs) stemming from the European Semester in almost all Member States; notes however that several CSRs remain unaddressed, despite the financial incentives stemming from the RRF;
2023/03/08
Committee: CONT
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Expresses concern aboutTakes note of the limited number of cross-border projects under the RRF, which calls into question the Union added value of this instrument;
2023/03/08
Committee: CONT
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 102 a (new)
102a. Finds alarming that the EU aid to Afghanistan in years of 2021 and 2022 amounted to 524 million EUR regardless the Taliban's government took over the country; finds unacceptable that the general budget support-related aid in these years amounted to 77.5 million EUR, meaning that there is no traceability of these funds once they are merged with the others;
2023/03/08
Committee: CONT
Amendment 271 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 138 a (new)
138 a. Highlights that the European Commission spent EUR 36 540 on four annual events, to foster transparency and engagement with relevant stakeholders in the implementation of the plans4a; regrets that the auditors did not assess the amount of transparency of engagement resulting from this events; calls on the auditing authorities to do so, and to audit Annual Events and INFORM EU clinics; _________________ 4a Answer given by Executive Vice- President Dombrovskis on behalf of the European Commission, E- 002758/2022(ASW), 12 December 2022.
2023/02/28
Committee: CONT
Amendment 296 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 146 a (new)
146 a. Notes that in line with Article 21 of the RRF regulation, once a Council Implementing Decision on a given plan has been adopted, only in specific cases may Member States request a modification of that plan5a; recalls that in order to amend its plan, a Member State would have to demonstrate that it can no longer implement (part of) its plan due to objective circumstances; regrets that the Commission has interpreted this rule in a way that a change of government in and of itself is not an objective circumstance within the meening of the RRF regulation5b; deeply regrets that this rule and interpretation by the Comission excessively bind new governing coalitions to the political priorities of the previous administration, and hollow out and undermine the national democratic process; _________________ 5a The ‘Commission Notice: Guidance on Recovery and Resilience Plans in the context of REPowerEU’ outlines the possible grounds for modification of a RRP on page 10-19. See https://ec.europa.eu/info/files/commission -notice-guidance-recovery-and-resilience- plans-context-repowereu_en 5b Answer given by Mr Gentiloni on behalf of the European Commission, P- 002707/2022(ASW), 14 September 2022.
2023/02/28
Committee: CONT
Amendment 315 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 153 – point b
b. make the list of all final beneficiaries and projects of RRF funding available to auditors and the discharge authority, Members of the European Parliament, and the general public via the Commission´s website, for all payments (in 2021 and throughout the implementation of the RRF);
2023/02/28
Committee: CONT
Amendment 328 #
d. apply additionalmiticulous vigilance to signals of organised crime targeting the funds available under the RRF together with EUROPOL, the EPPO, OLAF and other relevant actors;
2023/02/28
Committee: CONT
Amendment 336 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 153 – point i
i. publish bi-annually on the RRF scoreboard the amounts borrowed to fund the RRF, and to whom, and the interest incurred to pay for the borrowed amounts; also publish on the RRF the amounts of interest paid by the Member States to the Commission on the loans made available to them under the RRF; also publish the list of primary dealers (PDs) to whom the bonds were sold; calls therefore on the Commission to require the national competent authorities to submit all relevant information and, if needed, to immediately propose amending MIFID II, MIFIR and the Market Abuse Regulation, in order to enable the request of this information; calls on the Commission to publish the notified proceedings of PDs initiated by a competent autority of a Member State in relation to their activity and of any conviction of a criminal charge, according to Article 5 of Commission Decision (EU, Euratom) 2021/625, and the list of suspended PDs;
2023/02/28
Committee: CONT