Activities of Dennis de JONG related to 2015/2128(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the Annual Report 2014 on the Protection of the EU’s Financial Interests – Fight against fraud PDF (556 KB) DOC (182 KB)
Amendments (10)
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Commission to harmonize the framework of reporting 'suspected fraud' and to establish rules on reporting all judicial action undertaken in the Member states related to potential fraudulent use of community resources, indicating the judicial actions based on OLAF judicial recommendations specifically in the reporting
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Invites the Commission to develop a system of strict indicators and easily applicable criteria based on the requirements set out in the Stockholm Programme to measure the level of corruption in the Member States; is concerned about the reliability and quality of data coming from the Member States; calls on the Commission, therefore, to work closely with Member States to guarantee comprehensive, exact and reliable data; invites the Commission to work out a corruption index to categorise Member Statsystem categorising the effectiveness of Member States' anti- corruption policies;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Invites the Commission to evaluate the performance of Member States in fighting corruption on a yearly basis; believes that these control mechanisms should reflect the performance of the Member States in fighting corruption (corruption index) and should incentivise Member States to improve their performance;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Welcomes the positive results of the first annual overview of the Hercule III Programme; expresses concern that the budget reserved for it might be insufficient, but requests additional performance based information in particular on the contribution of the 55 conferences and training sessions to the effectiveness of the actions taken by Member States to counter fraud, corruption and any other illegal activities affecting the financial interests of the European Union;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Reiterates its strong views on the need to adopt the PIF Directive, with VAT included in its scope and with a clear definition of PIF offences, minimum and maximum applicable imprisonment penalties, and minimum rules on the statute of limitations as soon as possible; recalls the Taricco Case, in which the Court of Justice of the European Union draws attention to the fact that VAT is a TOR;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Stresses that the EPPO Regulation should also be adopted swiftly and demands thatCalls for the Commission to clarify the main reasons why Member States are not giving follow-up to alleged cases of fraud affecting the Coufinancial explain its reasons for delaying the negotiationsinterests of the European Union, as submitted to them by OLAF;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Emphasises that the failure to comply with public procurement rules was a significant source of error for the 2009- 2013 programming period; points out that the new public procurement directives have to be implemented by April 2016; emphasises that reducing the incidence of irregularities requires correct implementation of the directives by the Member States; calls on the Commission to closely monitor the implementation of these directives; is of the belief that ex ante conditionalities have the potential to improve public procurement; calls on the Commission to develop a database on irregularities capable of providing a basis for meaningful analysis of public procurement errors;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Questions the non-fraudulent nature of the increasing number of serious errors made in the context of public procurement procedures and asks the Commission to be particularly vigilant in this regard, not only by engaging into a dialogue with Member States with a view of better application of the existing and new public procurement directives, but also by submitting relevant cases to OLAF for further consideration;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Stresses the importance of leading by example and warmly welcomes the inter- institutional approach to implement the Performance Based Budgeting; Calls on the Commission to adopt the planning, implementation and control phase of the MFF in accordance with the results-based budgeting principle;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Emphasises that EU added value must always be demonstrated, not only by pointing to results, but also by showing that the same results would not have been achieved without EU-funding and by including the costs of applying for EU- funding and of the accompanying lobbying activities of Member States and, in particular, of their local and regional authorities;