5 Amendments of George LYON related to 2012/2285(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that Member States reported 139 irregularities as fraudulent out of a total of 2 395 in 2011 (5.8%); points out that the number of irregularities reported as fraudulent decreased in comparison with the 2010 reporting year, although the financial impact increased from EUR 69 million in 2010 to EUR 77 million in 2011; notes that this increase can be explained by two major individual cases that were reported, one worth EUR 39 million and the other EUR 26 million;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that the Commission, addressing the Member States, expressed its concern that the fraud figures reported might not be entirely reliable – something the Commission itself acknowledges by emphasising the low number of fraud cases reported in some Member States; Calls for further cooperation and best practice sharing in the Member States to respond to and report cases of fraud to the Commission;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. EmphasisNotes that the low number of fraud cases reported in some Member States could be explained by the fact that cases recognised as fraud in one Member State armay not necessarily be considered to be unlawful in another; urges the Commission to indentify and provide clarification in such circumstances;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Points out that in order to prevent the fraudulent use of CAP funds in future, not onlythere should there be a statistical approach to the problem, but also an analysis of the mechanisms behind fraud, particularly in serious cases;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to take all necessary steps to put in place an effective system of recovery taking into account the developments under the current reform and, in next year's report on the protection of the EU's financial interests, to inform Parliament of the progress made.