3 Amendments of Jan OLBRYCHT related to 2015/2074(BUD)
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Notes the Commission's document "Elements for a payment plan to bring the EU budget back onto a sustainable track” presented at the Parliament on 16 April 2015; notes in particular that according to the estimation by the Commission the backlog of payments under heading 1b in relation to the 2007-2013 programing period could be reduced to 20 billion euro at the end of 2015 and to 2 billion euro at the end of 2016;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Underlines that the estimated reduction of the backlog will be only possible if sufficient level of payment appropriations is assured in the 2016 budget; calls on the Commission to reflect it in the draft budget 2016 to be shortly presented;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Demands that the payment plan to be agreed between Parliament, the Council and the Commission, in line with the joint statement of December 2014 of the Parliament and of the Council in the framework of the agreement reached on 2014 and 2015 budgets, be implemented without any further delay; calls, to this end, for sufficient payment appropriations to be provided under heading 1b within the 2016 budget, with a view to decreasing the level of the backlog as much as possible by the end of the year; underlines the urgency of addressing this issue in a proper way, as the situation of outstanding payments undermines the credibility, effectiveness and sustainability of the policy.