2 Amendments of Younous OMARJEE related to 2014/2155(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that 321 irregularities reported as fraudulent and 4 672 reported as non- fraudulent were cohesion-policy related; recalls how important it is to differentiate non-fraudulent and fraudulent irregularities; points out that in both categories the number of reports increased by 15 % as compared to 2012 while the related amounts decreased; observes that, as in previous years, the largest share of amounts that involved irregularities in 2013 (63 %) is nonetheless still related to cohesion policy; notes also that for the first time cohesion policy was not the area of budgetary expenditure with the highest number of irregularities reported as fraudulent;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Recalls its deep concern regarding the unpaid bills of the EU; believes that this issue must be addressed when fighting irregularities;