2 Amendments of Joachim ZELLER related to 2017/2146(DEC)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 1
1. SupportsIs aware of the use of budget support but urges the Commission to better define the development outcomes to be achieved in each case and above all to enhance control mechanisms concerning recipient States’ conduct in the fields of corruption, respect of human rights, rule of law and democracy; notes the Court’s Special Report 35/2016 on the use of budget support for domestic resource mobilisation (DRM) in sub-Saharan Africa, which finds that the Commission’s ex- ante analyses of DRM are not sufficiently detailed and do not follow its own guidelines, that the Commission often fails to assess tax exemptions and illicit capital outflows and does not properly consider extraction dividends and whether royalties for access to natural resources have been paid; is concerned about the Commission’s low and sometimes not relevant use of DRM conditions in budget support contracts;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that given the funding gap required to reach the ambitious development goals, the private sector mightshould play a crucial role; notes that blending mightcan be a useful vehicle for leveraging additional resources, provided that its use is duly justified, its added value is demonstrated and it meets development effectiveness principles.