14 Amendments of Jens GEIER related to 2014/2075(DEC)
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Cannot politically ensure that the control procedures put in place in the Commission and the Member States give the necessary guarantees concerning the legality and regularity of all the underlying transactions in agriculture and rural development as demonstrated by the following reservations issued by the Director General of DG AGRI in its annual activity report of 31 March 2014:;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Observes that 14 FEIs have been set up in the Members States under the rural development fund; observes that EUR 443,77 million have been paid out to banks in Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy and Lithuania from the Union budget until the end of 2013; expresses concern that of this amount, not a single euro reached the final beneficiaries; observes that for six financial FEIs set up under the European Fisheries Fund EUR 72,37 million were paid out to banks in Greece, Romania, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia and the Netherlands; notes that only in Greece and the Netherlands the available amounts were fully disbursed to the final beneficiaries while in Romania only 72% of the funds were disbursed to the final beneficiary, 23% in Bulgaria , 9% in Estonia and none in Latvia91 ; __________________ 91Information provided by Commission Vice-President Kristalina Georgieva during the discharge procedure.from the Union budget until the end of 2013;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Regrets furthermoreNotes that these instruments are complex and difficult to account for correctly, which also make public scrutiny more challenging; calls on the Commission for transparency and to regularly report on leverage, losses and risks like investment bubbles; urges the Commission to give a full overview of the number of projects financed under each of the financial engineering instruments and the results achieved, and to indicate clearly how much Union budget allocations were used to co- finance these FEI projects;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading after paragraph 35
Subheading after paragraph 35
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44
Paragraph 44
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47 – indent 4
Paragraph 47 – indent 4
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47 – indent 5
Paragraph 47 – indent 5
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54
Paragraph 54
54. Is worried about the fact that the error rate with regards to agricultural market measures stands at 7,44% as calculated by the Commission itself; deplores the fact that it is the second highest error rate in a policy area for 2013;
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 69
Paragraph 69
69. Notes that according to the data provided in the 2013 annual activity report of DG AGRI103 , the worst performing Member States as regards the recoveries of undue payments are Bulgaria with a recovery rate of 4%, 21% in Greece , 25% in France, 25 % in Slovenia, 27 % in Slovakia and 33 % in Hungary; __________________ 103See 2013 annual activity report of DG AGRI, Annex 10, table 51: ‘new cases open since 2007’.Is concerned about the in parts alarmingly low levels of recoveries and requests a report from the Commission about the causes and the possibilities to achieve improvements;
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 115
Paragraph 115
Amendment 341 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 140
Paragraph 140
Amendment 439 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 199
Paragraph 199
199. Is worried about the substantial increase in the number of high officials with grades AD 13 to AD 16 with a monthly income of between EUR 11 700 and EUR 18 500 who used the flexitime scheme in 2013125 ; sees a reputational risk for the Union as it is difficult to explain that overtime is not seen to be included in such high salaries; __________________ 125See Commission Vice-President Kristalina Georgieva's reply to question 48 in the questionnaire.