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4 Amendments of Tomasz Piotr PORĘBA related to 2016/2097(INI)

Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Annual Report of the Commission and recalls that the goal of enhancing regional cohesion should always be accompanied by the protection of the EU and Member Statess financial interests, thus ensuring that taxpayers’ money is well spent and fully accounted for; notes that the fight against fraudulent or non-fraudulent irregularities also increases the general effectiveness of EU fund management, whilst improving public perceptions of EU-funded projects;
2016/11/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Appreciates the efforts made by the Member States to detect, evaluate and report irregularities and to implement effective and proportionate anti-fraud measures; calls on the Commission also to useto make better use of existing technical assistance funds in order to help strengthen the technical and administrative capacity of managing authorities to ensure effective control systems able to reduce the risks of fraud;
2016/11/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Recommends that steps be taken to improve the uptake of simplification measures for 2014-2020 with a view to the post-2020 regulatory framework for ESI Funds as a tool to reduce the risk of irregularities caused by errors; believes that simplification of rules and procedures will aid the reduction of non- fraudulent irregularities; encourages Member States and local and regional authorities to share best practice in this regard;
2016/11/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the need to conductre-focus existing communication campaigns and take awareness-raising measures to informargeting citizens ofn the effectiveness of theimpact of anti- fraud measures put in place, so as to avoid misconceptions regarding error rates and the number of frauds committed, but also taking intoo offer greater transparency where EU funded projects have shown poor results or been affected by fraud, demonstrating follow-up action taken or lessons learned; campaigns should also take account of examples of communication best practices in the Member States.
2016/11/17
Committee: REGI