12 Amendments of José Ignacio SALAFRANCA SÁNCHEZ-NEYRA related to 2016/2151(DEC)
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the seven year duration of the current Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) is not synchronised with the five years mandates of the Parliament and the Commission; furthermore, points out that the 10 year strategic planning cycle is not aligned either with the seven year cycle for managing the EU budget; is of the opinion that this is the cause of a major deficiency of the Union political governance since the Parliament and the Commission are bound by previous agreements on political objectives and finances which maycould create the impression that the European elections are uselessirrelevant in this context;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – introductory part
Paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Notes, therefore, that in 2015 the budget of the Union had not only to support the achievement of the objectives of two different long term political programmes:
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that Union policies may have different short-, medium- and long-term objectives, whose realisation cannot necessarily be determined by a single multi-annual financial framework; is therefore convincbelieves consideration needs thato be given to a new balance must be struck between political agenda setting, policy implementation and financial frameworks needs;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Regrets that the backlogs in the use of 2007-2013 Structural Funds are significant; notes that by the end of 2015, payment of 10 % of the total €446.2 billion allocated to all approved operational programmes was still outstanding;
Amendment 83 #
17. Stresses that this situation may indeed pose a significant challenge as in some Member States the unclaimed Union contribution, together with required co- financing, exceeds 15 % of the total general government expenditure when the last two financial framework periods, 2007-2013 and 2014-2020, are taken into account;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Points out that five Member Statesby the end of 2015 five Member States, the main recipients of monies allocated, (Czech Republic, Spain, Italy, Poland and Romania) accounted for more than half of the unused commitments of Structural appropriations under the European Structural and Investment Funds that have not led to payment;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Finds inadmissibleNotes that by the end of 2015 fewer than 20 % of the national authorities responsible for European structural and Investment funds with the exception of the European Agricultural Fund for Regional Development (EAFRD) had been designated by the Member States which is a necessary step for Member States authorities to submit statements of expenditure to the Commission;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Deeply regrets that, as a consequence, there is a risk that delays in budget execution for the 2014-2020 programming period will be greater than those experienced for the 2007-2013 and warns of the pressure this may mean for payment appropriations at the end of the current programming period;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Requests that the Commission considers in its budgetary and financial management the administrative capacity constraints of certain Member States, increasing where necessary the technical assistance provided, in order to avoid the underutilisation of funds and to increase the absorption rates especially in the area of the ESI funds;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Regrets that despite the improvement, payments are affected by a most likely error rate of 3,8 %; recalls that the most likely error rate for payments was estimated in the financial year 2014 at 4,4 %, in the financial year 2013 at 4,7 %, in the financial year 2012 at 4,8 % and in the financial year 2011 at 3,9 %;
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 168
Paragraph 168