7 Amendments of Marietje SCHAAKE related to 2014/2075(DEC)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls for the effective use of all available measures in agreements with third countries to deal with fraud and damage to the EU's financial interests, and for the establishment of more effective measures where necessary;
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Regrets that 29 % of the transactions audited in relation to the Union's External relations, Aid and Enlargement, were affected by error, and that none of the errors found had been detected by the Commissions' checks; however, is satisfied that the most likely error was reduced from 3,3 % in 2012 to 2,6 % in 2013, but stresses there is still room for improvement;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls for the creation of effective mechanisms for the ex-post and ex-ante impact assessment of agreements between the EU and third countries;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Regrets that the Commission has not appropriately assessed all the economic effects of Preferential Trade Agreements; strongly recommends the Commission to address the deficiencies found by the Court, including in ex ante and ex post evaluationstake on board the recommendations of the Court of Auditors and to address the deficiencies, including in ex ante and ex post evaluations, weaknesses in customs controls applied by authorities of selected Member States selected in the Court's sample and in verifying that Member States improve the effectiveness of their risk management systems and control strategy to reduce losses to the Union budget;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes that the Court of Auditors observed that, even though there have also been positive developments, the GSP has not yet been able to fully achieve its intended goals; notes also that this system has only been in force for a short time;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that evaluation and control of trade agreements is not only a budgetary issue, but that it is also essential when it comes to keeping partners to the commitments they have taken in the field of human rights, labour and environmental standards;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Asks to ensure sufficient controls on the various activities supporting the internationalisation of the Union's small and medium-sized enterprises as well as their access to third markets; reminds of the urgent need for an independent evaluation, in particular, of the effectiveness of the EU business centres in Asia.need to evaluate the level of effectiveness of and to look for ways in which coordination between EU business centres, national business centres and chambers of commerce in third countries could be improved;