Activities of Heidi HAUTALA related to 2017/2136(DEC)
Legal basis opinions (0)
Amendments (5)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Highlights the positive findings in the European Court of Auditors' Special Reports 30/2016 on the effectiveness of EU support to priority sectors in Honduras and 3/2017 on EU assistance to Tunisia;underlines the Court's assessment, in line with previous special reports on EU development spending, that EU money has been generally well spent which is a proof for the high quality of EU development spending;notes the stark contrast to other policy fields like external migration spending, where the findings are far more negative1a; _________________ 1a Special Report No 9/2016:EU external migration spending in Southern Mediterranean and Eastern Neighbourhood countries until 2014.
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Is very worried by a noticeable trend in recent Commission proposals to ignore legally binding provisions of Regulation (EU) No 233/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council1a when it comes to Official Development Assistance eligible expenditure and eligible countries for Development Cooperation Instrument ("DCI") spending; recalls that legality of EU spending is a key principle of sound financial management and that political considerations should not take precedence over clearly spelled out legal provisions; recalls that DCI is first and foremost an instrument designed to fight poverty; _________________ 1a Regulation (EU) No 233/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2014 establishing a financing instrument for development cooperation for the period 2014-2020 (OJ L 77, 15.3.2014, p. 44).
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Is worried by the Court of Auditors' statement2a that there is a serious risk for the EU not to meet its aim of mainstreaming climate change throughout the EU budget and that the goal of spending 20 % of its expenditure for climate-related action will not be met; _________________ 2aSpecial Report No 31/2016: Spending at least one euro in every five from the EU budget on climate action: ambitious work underway, but at serious risk of falling short.
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Is worried by the European Court of Auditors' finding that the EU certification system for the sustainability of biofuels is not fully reliable3a;underlines the potential negative consequences for developing countries as stated by the Court: "the Commission did not require voluntary schemes to verify that the biofuel production they certify does not cause significant risks of negative socioeconomic effects, such as land tenure conflicts, forced/child labour, poor working conditions for farmers and dangers to health and safety" and requests the Commission to address this issue; _________________ 3aSpecial Report No 18/2016:The EU system for the certification of sustainable biofuels.
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4 c. Highlights the Court's findings in its Special Report No 8/2017 on EU fisheries' control and regrets the significant weaknesses detected;underlines the substantial risk that declared catches are actually lower than in reality which may have serious consequences for fish stocks in waters of developing countries;urges Member States to fully implement the Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/20091a; _________________ 1a Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Union control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy, amending Regulations (EC) No 847/96, (EC) No 2371/2002, (EC) No 811/2004, (EC) No 768/2005, (EC) No 2115/2005, (EC) No 2166/2005, (EC) No 388/2006, (EC) No 509/2007, (EC) No 676/2007, (EC) No 1098/2007, (EC) No 1300/2008, (EC) No 1342/2008 and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 2847/93, (EC) No 1627/94 and (EC) No 1966/2006 (OJ L 343 22.12.2009, p. 1).