2 Amendments of Paul van BUITENEN related to 2008/2186(DEC)
Amendment 1 #
Proposal for a decision
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. GrantsPostpones the granting of discharge to the Commission discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Seventh, Eighth and Ninth European Development Funds for the financial year 2007;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 78 a (new)
Paragraph 78 a (new)
78a. Considers that, despite the assurances given by the Commission during the hearing before its responsible committee of 3 November 2008 regarding the Centre for the Development of Enterprise (CDE), which is funded by the EDF annually for an amount of EUR 18 million, the following points have not been resolved in a satisfactory way: (a) the CDE has been or is formally under investigation by OLAF for alleged irregularities; (b) the monies fraudulently obtained from both the CDE and the EIB have not been recovered; (c) the recommendations of the institutional audit undertaken on behalf of the Commission to institute strong internal controls, including the nomination of a Fraud Officer, have not been implemented by the CDE; (d) the Working Group set up to make recommendations for far-reaching reforms at the CDE has yet to fulfil its remit. However, proposals are being tabled by the current CDE management to the Commission for the utilisation of part of the Centre’s 2009 operational budget to fund its decentralisation exercise, as well as to fund severance pay-offs in the ensuing staff reductions; therefore, discharge in relation to the Seventh, Eighth and Ninth EDFs should be postponed until Parliament has received satisfactory answers regarding the above issues.