9 Amendments of Jens GEIER related to 2010/2142(DEC)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is concerned that the Directorate General for Regional Policy (DG REGIO) states in its Declaration of Assurance of the Annual Activity Report 2009 that for 38 out of the 79 programmes concerned, DG REGIO does not have reasonable assurance on the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions in relation to reimbursements in 2009 of expenditure declared; asks for further details on missing information with regard to reimbursements in 2009; notes that Member States have an obligation to provide sufficient information in their Annual Activity Reports and asks the Commission to propose a penalty system in case information provided does noto allow the Commission to ensure legality and regularity;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital R
Recital R
R. whereas simplification of sectoral legislation - for instance through standardisation and the establishment of one set of procurement rules - isand streamlining with the Financial Regulation are necessary to achieve a significant improvement in performance and reduction of cumbersome bureaucracy,
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to make annual improvements in the most likely error rates in implementing the EU budget; considers that the aim should be to bring the rate below the materiality threshold, thus securing a positive declaration of assurance from the Court of Auditors;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Recalls that in implementing the Union budget the Commission has final responsibility for ensuring that amounts incorrectly paid are recovered and that weaknesses in the Member States' management and control systems are corrected as quickly as possible;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. NoteSuspects that under the present system, which does not include fines, the Member States seem to have limited interest in developing efficient control systems that could result in a reduction of their share of Union spending;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Underlines that any comparison between the estimated benefits and costs of controls must be based on a reasonable belief that controls are being applied in an efficient and effective manner; further underlines that this is currently not fully the case as demonstrated by the Court of Auditors for many years when stating that management and control systems are still only partially effective;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Regrets that the Commission uses the notion ‘tolerable risk of error’ exclusively to manage the risk of error and as a basis to decide what level of irregular use of funds should be considered as acceptable ex-post; takes the view that a forward- looking approach to a possible introduction of a comprehensive concept of ‘tolerable risk of error’ would include in the Financial Regulation a requirement for the Commission to match spending proposals with an assessment of the irregularity risks and therefore, the ‘tolerable risk of error’ becomes a tool in creating effective controls and reducing errors in the management of Union funds;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 61 a (new)
Paragraph 61 a (new)
61a. Deplores the fact that Member States’ practice of defining used farmland independently results in substantial misallocation of area payments; expects the Commission’s evaluation report to consider this practice and illustrate it with examples;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 77 a (new)
Paragraph 77 a (new)
77a. Deplores the belated issuing of the Member States’ annual summaries concerning the Structural Funds, on account of which it is impossible to obtain an adequate assurance of the regularity of the implementation of regional programmes; regards this as sufficient grounds to suspend payments from the EU Structural Funds to Member States;