8 Amendments of Louis MICHEL related to 2012/0237(COD)
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) Specific rules and procedures shall be laid down for distributing the appropriations available each year from the general budget of the European Union, taking into account, on the one hand, the number of beneficiaries and, on the other, the share of elected members in the European Parliament of each beneficiary European political party and, by extension, its respective affiliated European political foundation. These rules shall provide for strict transparency, accounting, auditing and financial control of European political parties and their affiliated European political foundations, and auditing provisions by the European Parliament and the European Parliament/Court of Auditors Joint Committee as well as proportionate sanctions, including in the event of a breach by a European political party or a European political foundation of the values on which the Union is founded.
Amendment 98 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) it must observe, in particular in its programme and in its activities, and through those of its members, the values on which the European Union is founded, namely respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and, respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities, and compliance with the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union,
Amendment 313 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 4
Article 20 – paragraph 4
4. Any document or information required by the European Parliament/Court of Auditors Joint Committee to carry out its task shall be supplied to it at its request by the European political parties and the European political foundations that receive funding in accordance with this Regulation.
Amendment 314 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 5
Article 20 – paragraph 5
5. The [contribution] and grant award decision or agreement shall expressly provide for auditing by the European Parliament and theor by a European Parliament/ Court of Auditors joint committee, on the basis of records and on the spot, of the European political party which has received a [contribution] or the European political foundation which has received a grant from the general budget of the European Union.
Amendment 317 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 6
Article 20 – paragraph 6
6. The European Parliament/Court of Auditors Joint Committee and the Authorising Officer, or any other external body authorised by the Authorising Officer, may carry out the necessary checks and verifications on the spot in order to verify the legality of expenditure and the proper implementation of the provisions of the [contribution] and grant award decision or agreement, and, in the case of European political foundations, the proper implementation of the work programme. The beneficiary shall supply any document or information needed to carry out this task.
Amendment 330 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1
Article 22 – paragraph 1
1. If the European Parliament finds, in accordance with Article 7(2), that a European political party or a European political foundation has failed to respect the values on which the Union is founded, as set out in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, or has been the subject of a judgement which has the force of res judicata for illegal activities detrimental to the financial interests of the Union as defined in Article [93(1)(e)] of the Financial Regulation, or that a European political party has failed to respect the minimum rules on internal democracy required by Article 4(2), the European political party or the European political foundation in question may be removed from the Registry, forfeit its status in accordance with Article 11, and have any ongoing decision on Union funding received under this Regulation withdrawn or any ongoing agreement on such funding terminated and any Union funding recovered, including any unspent Union funds from previous years.
Amendment 339 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
b (a) in the event of a change of political party by a Member during the course of an electoral term,
Amendment 380 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 3
Article 24 – paragraph 3
3. European political parties and European political foundations shall, in a publicly available privacy statement, provide potential members and donors with the information required by Article 10 of Directive 95/46/EC and inform them that their personal data may be made public and may be processed for auditing and control purposes by the European Parliament, OLAF, the European Parliament/Court of Auditors Joint Committee, competent national authorities, and external bodies or experts authorised by these. The European Parliament, in application of Article 11 of Regulation (EC) 45/2001, shall include the same information in the calls for [contributions] or proposals referred to in Article 13(1).