Activities of Jean LAMBERT related to 2016/2151(DEC)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2015, Section III - Commission and executive agencies
Amendments (4)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the estimated error level in the policy area of economic, social and territorial cohesion is 5,2%, which represents a small decrease of 0,5% from last year but is still unacceptablyrather high;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the principal sources of error in this area are the inclusion of ineligible expenditure in the beneficiaries´ cost declarations, the selection of ineligible projects, activities and beneficiaries and the infringement of public procurement and State aid rules which can't always be categorised as an administrative error;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is verhighly concerned that, as was already the case in previous years, Member States had sufficient information available to prevent and correct errors before claiming reimbursement and if this information was usedstresses strongly that if Member States, as is their obligation, had used this information the estimated errors would have been 2,4% lower and that, in addition, the error at Member State level contributed a further 0,6% to error levels; stresses that combined that would bring the estimated error level below the material threshold of 2 %; stresses the utmost importance to strengthen the Commission's administrative support to the Member States;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes with concern that, by the end of 2015, fewer than 20% of the national authorities responsible for the European Structural and Investment Funds (“"ESIF”") had been designated and that, consequently, there is an urgent risk that delays in budgetary execution for the 2014 to 2020 programming period will be greater than those in the 2007-2013 period; stresses that this delay poses a high burden for beneficiaries and therefore threatens stable financing for projects for e.g. the European Social Fund and the Youth Employment Initiative;