4 Amendments of Marian HARKIN related to 2008/2186(DEC)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes that such simplification procedures are key in reducing administrative burdens at national regional and local level; however, stresses the importance of ensuring that such simplification procedures do not lead to a greater rate of error in the future;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the importance of the Action Plan adopted by the Commission on 19 February 2008 on strengthening the supervision under shared management for structural actions, which is designed to reduce errors in payment claims from Member States; is confident that this new Action Plan can significantly improve the situation, not least by assisting Member States to develop their ability to ascertain the eligibility of project expenditure; notes that the initial results contained in the first progress report concerning the Action Plan show good progress; however, stresses that it will be 2010 or later before any tangible progress can be evaluated;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Welcomes the Commissions Transparency Initiative which could play a greater role eradicating errors in the future;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses the point that the level of errors outlined in the ECA report does not necessarily refer to fraud and therefore calls on the Commission and the ECA to make a clear distinction of this in future documents;