Activities of Derek VAUGHAN related to 2014/2075(DEC)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2013, Section III – Commission and executive agencies
Amendments (3)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
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1. Notes that the Court of Auditors ('the Court') has concluded that regional policy remains one of the policy areas which is particularly error prone and that there is not much difference observed in 2013 as compared to 2012, as the most likely error rate for 2013 was set at 6,9 % (as compared to 6,8 % in 2012); underlines that there is a clear difference between error and fraud and that fraud represents 0.2% of the EU's total budget; highlights furthermore that simplification of rules is key to reducing errors;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 3
3. AcknowledgNotes the corrective actions taken by the Commission in terms of suspension and interruption of payments; recalls that these measures may hinder the smooth implementation of projects as they do not contribute to reaching the goals of cohesion policy, due to the short time required for the proper absorption of Union funds; urges the Commission to undertake interruption and suspension of payments only as a last resort in cases where serious deficiencies in management and control systems are identified; requests the Commission to repinfortm tohe Parliament on the real contribution of interruptions and suspensions of payments to reducing irregularities and errors;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 4
4. Notes that 80 % of funding is administered under shared management at Member State level and that the Court found that for the majority of errors identified there was sufficient information available for Member States to detect these errors themselves; points out, therefore, that measures such as assisting with audit procedures, improving administrative capacity on procurement, eligibility rules and state aid, and focusing on simplification and on a risk-based approach should be taken and implemented at Member State level;