Activities of Jean LAMBERT related to 2016/0282(COD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union and amending Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002, Regulations (EU) No 1296/2013, (EU) 1301/2013, (EU) No 1303/2013, EU No 1304/2013, (EU) No 1305/2013, (EU) No 1306/2013, (EU) No 1307/2013, (EU) No 1308/2013, (EU) No 1309/2013, (EU) No 1316/2013, (EU) No 223/2014, (EU) No 283/2014, (EU) No 652/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Decision No 541/2014/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council
Amendments (10)
Amendment 12 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 131
Recital 131
(131) In order to facilitate the participation of small organisations in the implementation of the EU policies in an environment of limited availability of resources, it is necessary to recognise the value of the work provided by volunteers as eligible costs. As a result, such organisations may rely to a greater extent on volunteers' work for sake of providing co-financing to the action. Only genuine volunteer work, which is that in which there are no apparent issues of exploitation or vulnerability, should be covered. In order to address the risk of for-profit businesses hiring a disproportionate amount of volunteers to reduce personnel costs, it should only be possible for non-profit beneficiaries to declare personnel costs for the work carried out by volunteers. Without prejudice to the maximum co-financing rate specified in the basic act, in such cases, the Union grant needs to be limited to the estimated eligible costs other than those covering volunteers' work. As volunteers work is a work provided by third parties without a remuneration being paid to them by the beneficiary, the limitation avoids reimbursing costs which the beneficiary did not incur.
Amendment 14 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 164
Recital 164
(164) The Commission should be authorised to create and manage Union trust funds for emergency, post-emergency or thematic actions not only in external actions but also in EU-internal actions. Recent events in the European Union show the need for increased flexibility for funding within the EU. As the boundaries between external and internal policies are increasingly blurred, this would also provide a tool for replying to cross-border challenges. It is necessary to specify the principles applicable to the contributions to Union Trust Funds, to clarify the responsibilities of the financial actors and of the Board of the Trust Fund. It is also necessary to define rules ensuring a fair representation of the participating donors in the Board of the Trust Fund and a mandatory positive vote of the Commission for the use of the funds.
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 175 – paragraph 8
Article 175 – paragraph 8
8. BNon-profit beneficiaries may declare personnel costs for the genuine work carried out by volunteers under an action or work programme, on the basis of unit costs authorised in accordance with paragraphs 1 to 6.
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 227 – title
Article 227 – title
Trust Funds for external actions
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 227 – paragraph 1
Article 227 – paragraph 1
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 250 – paragraph 1
Article 250 – paragraph 1
1. The Court of Auditors shall transmit to the Commission and the institutions concerned, by 1530 June, any observations which are, in its opinion, such that they should appear in the annual report. Those observations shall remain confidential and shall be subject to an adversarial procedure to enable the institution concerned to comment upon them. Those observations shall remain confidential. Each institution shall address its reply to the Court of Auditors by 15 October. The replies of institutions other than the Commission shall be sent to the Commission at the same time.
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 251 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 251 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The Court of Auditors shall transmit to the institution or the body concerned any observations which are, in its opinion, such that they should appear in a special report. Those observations shall remain confidential and shall be subject to an adversarial procedure to enable the institution concerned to comment upon them. Those observations shall remain confidential.
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 251 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 6
Article 251 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 6
The Court of Auditors shall take all necessary steps to ensure that the replies to its observations from each institution or body concerned are published next to or after each observation to which they relate, and publish the timeline for the drawing up oftogether with the special report.
Amendment 66 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 178
Recital 178
Amendment 126 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 265 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 265 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
Article 30a
Article 30a