17 Amendments of Jan OLBRYCHT related to 2013/2195(DEC)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Draws attention to the different approach by the Commission and the Court to the calculation of error rate in relation to transactions to which the Commission applied flat-rate corrections and calls for the standardisation of the methodology;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Draws attention to the multiannuality of the cohesion policy management system and underlines that the final evaluation of irregularities related to the policy implementation will be possible only at the closure of the programming period;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the new rules for the 2014- 2020 programming period, decided through the co-decision procedure, including measures such as the designations of audit and certifying authorities, accreditations of audit authorities, audit examination and acceptance of accounts, financial corrections and net financial corrections, proportional control, ex-ante conditionalities that aim to further contribute to the reduction of the level of error; welcomes also the definition of serious deficiency and the anticipated increased level of corrections for repeated deficiencies;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Welcomes the recent Communication of the Commission outlining the approach towards the application of net financial corrections in the areas of agriculture and cohesion policy in the next programming period; awaits the delegated act laying down detailed rules for the criteria for the assessment of the functioning of management and control systems, for establishing the level of financial corrections to be applied and for applying flat-rate corrections.
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Heading 1
Heading 1
Agricultural and regional policy, subject to political reservation
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Observes thatEncourages the Commission does notto continue conduct enoughing random sample audits of its own at national audit authorities and final beneficiaries;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Calls on the Commission, in its annual activity reports, to indicate how its own risk analyses have influenced the use of its own audit capacities, which countries were concerned and whether the shortcomings were remedied; calls for more direct audits of random samples taken from national granting authorities and final beneficiaries;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
Amendment 303 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 152
Paragraph 152
152. Welcomes the fact that the new ERDFCommon Provisions Regulation108 introduces a series of improvements: payment of the first instalment only after adoption of the operational programme; decommitment three years after expiry of the programme (‘n+3’); reduction of advance payments; 10% of the calculated amount of invoices is withheld from payments until the final statement has been approved; country- specific recommendations may be included in partnership agreements; __________________ 108 Regulation (EU) No 1301/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the European Regional Development Fund and on specific provisions concerning the Investment for growth and jobs goal and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1080/2006 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 289).
Amendment 304 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 152
Paragraph 152
152. Welcomes the fact that the new ERDF Regulation108 introduces a series of improvements: payment of the first instalment only after adoption of the operational programme; decommitment three years after expiry of the programme (‘n+3’); reduction of advance payments; 10% of the calculated amount of invoices is withheld from payments until the final statement has been approved; country- specific recommendations may be included in partnership agreements; __________________ 108 Regulation (EU) No 13013/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund and on specific, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and laying down general provisions concerning the Investment for growth and jobs goal the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 10803/2006 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 289).
Amendment 305 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 153
Paragraph 153
Amendment 308 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 154
Paragraph 154
154. Regrets furthermore that the termExpects the detailed and operational criteria that will allow the Commission to apply the notion of ‘serious deficiency’, the discovery of which would lead to net corrections, was not conclusively defined in the Regulation, but left to be fleshed out by a delegated act; now, however, has great expectations of the formulation and implementation of this as defined in the recently adopted regulation, to be laid down in a delegated act;
Amendment 313 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 156 a (new)
Paragraph 156 a (new)
156a. Calls on the Commission to define and take rapid action to address the weaknesses of the audit system in the policy areas of agriculture and cohesion;
Amendment 316 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 157
Paragraph 157
Amendment 331 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 158
Paragraph 158
Amendment 334 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 159
Paragraph 159
Amendment 336 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 160
Paragraph 160