Activities of Jorgo CHATZIMARKAKIS related to 2010/2142(DEC)
Reports (1)
REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2009, Section III – Commission and executive agencies PDF (638 KB) DOC (458 KB)
Amendments (8)
Amendment 1 #
Proposal for a decision on discharge to Commission
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. ..............Grants the Commission discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2009;
Amendment 5 #
Proposal for a decision on discharge to Commission
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. ..............Postpones its decision on granting the Commission discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2009;
Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a decision on the closure of the accounts of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2009, Section III – Commission
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. ..............Approves the closure of the accounts of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2009;
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a decision on the closure of the accounts of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2009, Section III – Commission
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. ..............Postpones its the decision on the closure of the accounts of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2009;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
Paragraph 45
45. Notes the Court of Justice's decision in the combjudgment of the Court of Justice in Joined cCases of Volker and Markus Schecke (C93 and 93/09); stresses the validity of the principle of transparency under Article 30(3) ofGbR C-92/091 and Hartmut Eifert C-93/09 and the subsequent need to balance "the European Union's interest in guaranteeing the transparency of its acts and ensuring the best use of public funds against the Financial Regulation and calls on the Commission to swiftly propose substitutes to the provisions which were held invalid by the Court of Justerference with the right of the beneficiaries concerned to respect for their private life in general and to the protection of their personal data in particular" (Volker and Markus Schecke GbR C-92/09 paragraph 77 of the judgment); tresses however that the Court of Justice has recalled the validity of the principle of transparency (Volker and Markus Schecke, paragraph 68) as stated in Articles 1 and 10 of the Treaty on European Union and in Article either in the Financial Regulation, sectoral legislation or any other act; invites the Commission to monitor the Member States' obligation to publish the data;15 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and has also underlined that "publication on the Internet of data by name relating to the beneficiaries concerned [...] reinforces public control of the use to which that money is put and contributes to the best use of public funds" (Volker and Markus Schecke, paragraph 75); 1 Judgment of 9 November 2010 in Joined Cases C- 92/09 and C-93/09, Volker and Markus Schecke GbR and Hartmut Eifert v Land Hessen, not yet published in the ECR.
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 a (new)
Paragraph 45 a (new)
45a. Calls on the Commission to follow the request of the Court of Justice and to swiftly propose criteria where the public interest in transparency should override the protection of personal data of Union funds' beneficiaries; recalls that the Court of Justice has proposed criteria such as the periods during which natural persons have received Union funds, the frequency of such aid or the nature and amount of aid" (Volker and Markus Schecke GbR C-92/09, paragraph 89); asks the Commission to define these criteria in the Financial Regulation, sectoral legislation or any other act in a way that allows a high level of transparency, ensuring that data of beneficiaries falling under these criteria can be published again; invites the Commission to monitor the Member States' obligation to publish the data;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 b (new)
Paragraph 45 b (new)
45b. Recalls its request from the 2008 budget discharge to standardise the structure and presentation of beneficiaries' data on national, regional and international sites, including details of recipients and their projects, and invites the Commission to indicate when it will be able to publish data on beneficiaries of all Union funds in one central database that is easily accessible, user-friendly, and 'searchable' as well as to make the complete beneficiaries' data available in machine-readable, open data formats; invites the Commission to seek inspiration from the American Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board and its website www.recovery.gov;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 62 a (new)
Paragraph 62 a (new)
62a. Is of the opinion that the tripartite meetings of the Court of Auditors, the Commission and national authorities, which proved important for the mutual understanding and judgment of problems in relation to the annual DAS exercises in the Cohesion policy area, should be extended to the policy area of agriculture and natural resources in order to facilitate a harmonised interpretation and application of the rules regarding the management and control of expenditure, as well as a coordinated approach between the Commission and the Court of Auditors;