6 Amendments of Anne SANDER related to 2020/2126(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Reaffirms that the CAP remains one of the best managed EU policies and that the error rate for the natural resources heading, for which the CAP accounts for 98 % of expenditure, has now stabilised at less than 2 %; adds that the error rate for direct payments is significantly lower than that figure;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes the EU-wide definition of active farmers in the new CAP; emphasises, however, the lack a degree of progress in the fight against oligarch structures, in particular the requirement that has been introduced for Member States to notify the Commission about the identity of parent undertakings which own CAP-supported agricultural land;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Points out that the Commission has developed and made available to all Member States the ARACHNE system, an IT tool for collecting and linking data (data mining), in order to establish fraud risk indicators in connection with the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF);
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Points out that ARACHNE is not yet fully fit for purpose for all CAP actions, in particular direct payments and area-based interventions under the second pillar, and that in 2025 the Commission will submit a report assessing how it is used and interoperates with the various national systems, with a view to across- the-board utilisation by Member States;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for the mandatory use of the ARACHNE system by Member States in orPoints out that use of the ARACHNE data extraction programme will be voluntary at the start of the 2023- 2027 programming period, but that there will be a legislative proposal by 2025 in order to require Member States to use it; considers to achievehat mandatory use might be conducive to more transparency on the beneficiaries of CAP funds and where such funds end up, as well as the mandatory use of the Early Detection and Exclusion System for CAP funds in an effort to enhance transparency on the use of taxpayers’ money;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Urges the Commission to strengthen its fraud prevention and detection capabilitieConsiders that the introduction of the new CAP delivery model, involving a significant transfer of tasks from the European level to national administrations in connection with the management and control of EU agricultural funds, is not without risk to the CAP's financial credibility; considers that Parliament has introduced safeguards into the interinstitutional agreement on CAP reform in order to ensure effective protection of the Union’s financial interests and proper implementation of the strategic plans by Member States as approved by the Commission; states that such safeguards will only make sense, however, if they are used, and therefore asks the Commission to urgently strengthen its fraud prevention and detection capabilities; points also to Parliament’s commitment to keep a close eye on Member State implementation of CAP strategic plans as approved by the Commission and to hold the Commission accountable for compliance with and application of its obligations laid down both under the Treaties and by the co- legislators in the CAP regulations;