Activities of Iliana IVANOVA related to 2010/2247(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Protection of Communities' financial interests – fight against fraud (debate)
Amendments (2)
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Is deeply concerned about the catastrophic frauderror rate in Bulgaria for the Special Accession Programme for Agriculture and Rural Development (SAPARD), which – for the whole programming period – stands at 20 % and represents the highest rate seen in all analysed funds (Cohesion and Agriculture); deplores the fact that the Bulgarian authorities doid not timely take sufficient action in order to enhance the control systems, as the greater part of suspected fraud cases were initiated by external controls/interventions rather than internal/national ones; calls on the Commission to put pressure onrecognizes the political commitment of the government to clear all inherited cases and to develop national regulations in a manner to improve the overall management of the programme and to ensure the protection of EU financial interests; notes that as a result of this commitment and actions undertaken the Commission unblocked the payments under the programme as of 14 September 2009; calls on the Commission to continue supervision of the Bulgarian authorities in order to remedyfurther improve this situation;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Notes that the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia and Slovenia reported a zero fraud rate for SAPARD and questions the reliability of the reported information or the fraud detection capability of those States; underlines that similar zero or low level of fraud rates could signify weaknesses in the control systems and vice versa; urges the Commission to provide data for effectiveness of control mechanisms and to implement together with OLAF stricter control on spending of EU money;