4 Amendments of Markus PIEPER related to 2020/2222(INI)
Amendment 50 #
12 a. Welcomes the delegation of powers to the Commission for the establishment through a delegated act of a scoreboard to closely monitor the implementation of the recovery and resilience plans of the Members States; reminds that the scoreboard will serve as a basis for the recovery and resilience dialogue and that it should be updated by the Commission twice a year; calls in this sense on the Commission to ensure a thorough monitoring of the progress achieved in the implementation of the milestones and targets foreseen, strictly in line with the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) Regulation, on the basis of the established common indicators and reporting methodology; recalls moreover that the RRF is bound to conditions that guarantee a transparent use of the money and should prevent corruption or fraud, double funding or conflict of interests and believes that controls should be extended also to costs actually incurred by the final beneficiaries; welcomes the fact that, thanks to the European Parliament, Member States are now obliged to provide information about final recipients;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12 b. Recalls that the protection of the Union financial interests is of utmost importance and that continuous, strong efforts are necessary at all levels in order to prevent, and to fight fraud, corruption and misuse of the Union funds; is concerned that the current staffing situation is insufficient to cope with the increasing temporary magnitude of the EU budget through the NextGenerationEU package; stresses therefore that an increase of the administrative capacities of the relevant EU and national institutions is indispensable;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)
Paragraph 12 c (new)
12 c. Notes that the European Parliament insisted in a motion for resolution (2021/2738(RSP)) on the ongoing assessment of the national recovery and resilience plans on robust transparency and accountability from the Commission, the Member States and all implementing partners in the implementation process; calls on the Commission to thoroughly monitor the potential risks to the EU financial interests and not to proceed with any payments if the milestones linked to measures to prevent, detect and correct corruption and fraud are not met; calls moreover on the Commission to immediately inform the budget authorities about all situations when funds are not paid out due to allegations of misuse, corruption, fraud or breaches of rule of law and when member states do not have sufficient anti-fraud systems in place;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Believes that sound financial management should be pursued and that absorption should not be prioritised over value for money considerations; EU-added value of the programs; is concerned that absorption is closely connected to outstanding commitments that have continued to grow; recalls the increasing gap between commitments and payments and the increase in the size of the Union budget (the Court’s rapid case review, ‘Outstanding commitments - a closer look’) which poses a serious challenge for the discharge authority too; regrets that the possibility to utilise the amounts of unused commitment appropriations and decommitted appropriations under the Multiannual Financial Framework from 2021-2027 to repay the debt incurred to fund the Recovery Plan, was not taken on board in the inter-institutional negotiations; calls on the Commission to closely monitor the implementation and EU-added value of the programs by Member States; welcomes furthermore the transition to the n+2 rule for all expenditure areas under the shared management funds;