Activities of Adrián VÁZQUEZ LÁZARA related to 2020/2221(INI)
Opinions (1)
OPINION on the impact of organised crime on own resources of the EU and on the misuse of EU funds with a particular focus on shared management from an auditing and control perspective
Amendments (5)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that the concentration of agricultural income support is mainly driven by area-based direct payments; underlines the need for more targeted support and a better balance between large and small beneficiaries at Member State level; Recalls that over the last years the number of frauds has been reduced considerably;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Highlights that land grabbing and land concentration are practices that negatively affect biodiversity, economic and social welfare of local communities and generational renewal, and calls on the Commission to address these issues at EU level;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Recalls that under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), the EU is strengthening its support to managing authorities in their administrative controls and management checks of the European funds notably through the use of the Arachne platform. Underlines the importance of the Arachne platform becoming mandatory for Member States in particular in the context of managing agricultural funds;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Insists on greater resources for investigation, as well as on stronger coordination between the Member States and EU bodies (OLAF, ECA and EPPO), to ensure that the fight against fraud in agricultural funds is effective; emphasises the need for a comprehensive fraud strategy with a robust fraud risk analysis. Stresses the need to create a continuous EU training programme for employees of paying agencies to improve fraud detection and exchange best practices.
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Highlights the need to better tackle environmental crimes of cross-border dimension which affect biodiversity and natural resources, such as illegal trade in plants and animals, illegal logging and timber trafficking, illegal waste trafficking; calls on the Commission to initiate the extension of the EPPO’s mandate in order to cover cross-border environmental crimes;