3 Amendments of Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ related to 2008/2242(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the Member States reported 3 832 irregularities in 2007 (which is an increase by 19,2% in relation to 2006), that the total financial amount affected in 2007 was about EUR 828 million (equivalent to slightly less than 1.83% of commitment appropriations), that suspected frauds as a percentage of the total number of reported irregularities represented around 12-15% in 2007 and that the total irregular amount for the European Regional Development Fund has risen by 48% in comparison to, with a financial impact estimated at EUR 141 million (which amounts to 0.31% of total commitment appropriations, i.e. a reduction in comparison to EUR 157.56 million, or 0.41%, in 2006); stresses once again that Member States should ensure the adequacy of their financial control mechanisms and emphasises the importance of preventive action by the Member States in order to increase the detection of irregularities before any payment is effectively made to the beneficiaries;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Urges the eight Member States (Estonia, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Latvia, Spain and Sweden) who still do not use the electronic modules AFIS/ECR for electronic reporting to do so quickly in order to improve their data quality and timeliness of reporting before the end of 2009;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that the classification of the irregularity (indicating whether or not it is a case of suspected fraud) is an element of the reporting by the Member States that needs to be strengthened, given the fact that fvariours Member States (France, Ireland, Luxembourg and Spain) have still not provided any qualification at all and three other Member States (Denmark, Germany and Sweden) could provide the classification only for a limited part of their reported irregularities;