Activities of Zbigniew KUŹMIUK related to 2020/2221(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the impact of organised crime on own resources of the EU and on the misuse of EU funds with a particular focus on shared management from an auditing and control perspective
Amendments (6)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that in the coming years the accumulated impact of a range of factors increasing the risk to legal certainty and the stability of funding for agricultural production in the EU can be expected, including: the impact of the COVID pandemic, the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU, the reduction in the EU’s general budget, including the CAP, the systemic reform of the CAP together with additional payment conditionality, the Green Deal strategy with its reduction targets and the growth in environmental ambitions on an unprecedented scale, as well as adverse demographic trends worldwide and the rapidly increasing abandonment of farms; stresses, in this context, the particular importance of providing farmers with adequate information and training on the new legal framework for CAP funding, with consideration being given to the time taken to learn new legal standards and procedures;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that the concentration of agricultural income support is mainly driven by area-based direct payments; underlines the need for more targetedfairer support and a better balance between large and small beneficiaries at Member State level, while respecting the right of Member States to apply flexibility in choosing, among other things, the form of redistributive payments, taking into account regional and local specific features and circumstances;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Considers that every effort should be made to ensure that the new delivery model for the CAP does not result in a reduction in the level of absorption of CAP funds by final beneficiaries as a consequence of unintentional errors, a lack of transparency in the rules or a lack of adequate information, particularly during the initial implementation period;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Notes with regret the lack of progress and initiatives by the Commission towards achieving greater convergence of external direct payments under Pillar I of the CAP, which for many years has contributed to a distortion of the competitive balance between Member States; calls on the Commission to take decisive action to increase the external convergence of this funding;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the need for a specifically tailored fraud prevention system to prevent any misuse of EU agricultural funds; takes the view that anti-fraud measures should retain their high priority for the EU and the Member States; underlines that EU funds must be recovered in a timely manner and that proportionate sanctions be put in placewelcomes the provisions laid down in the CAP horizontal regulation on proportionate penalties as effective deterrents;
Amendment 46 #
5. Underlines the importance of transparency for the early detection of fraud, conflicts of interest or other irregularities; stresses the importance of EU-wide database interoperability, common rules and data exchange, cross- border cooperation and better use of IT tools; welcomes, in this context, the adoption of a provision on the voluntary use by Member States of the Arachne data analytics tool, which can help to increase the effectiveness of financial controls and the transparency of links between beneficiaries;