3 Amendments of Cristian Dan PREDA related to 2015/2154(DEC)
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Regrets the significant delays in procuring essential equipment and services for missions under the CSDP and the resulting negative effect on the missions' functioning; recalls that the Court of Auditors in its 2012 Special Report on the EU assistance to Kosovo related to the rule of law pointed out this inefficiency and concluded that the procurement rules laid down in the financial regulation "are not designed for CSDP missions where fast and flexible responses are sometimes necessary"; deplores that the recent revision of the Financial Regulation did not produce the necessary changes to the financial rules; reiterates its view that management of the relevant budget lines should be delegated to the Civilian Operation Commander, in the same way as has been done for heads of EU delegations;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Recalls that the efficiency of CSDP training and advisory missions is greatly hampered by the EU's institutional difficulties to accompany these actions with even basic equipment support; welcomes in this context the efforts made by the Commission to implement the Joint Communication on capacity building in support of security and development; calls on the Commission to put forward the necessary legislative proposals for the creation of a dedicated fund as soon as possible, so that it can be included in the EU budget in the course of the mid-term review of the Multiannual Financial Framework;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Welcomes the ECA's 2015 special reports on EUPOL Afghanistan and EU support for the fight against torture and the abolition of the death penalty; urges the Commission to implement all recommendations made by the Court in the context of these reports;