2 Amendments of Ricardo CORTÉS LASTRA related to 2009/2167(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
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1. Notes with concern that the irregularities reported to the Commission in regard to the Structural Funds increased by 6.7 % in 2008 compared to 2007, the highest percentage, as in previous years, concerning the ERDF and the ESF; notes with satisfaction, however, that their financial impact decreased by 27 %;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
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3. Takes note of the European Court of Auditor's report on the implementation of the 2008 budget and deplores the estimated 11 % reimbursement failure rate for cohesion policy; opines that this is partly due to the burdensome administrative procedures and stresses that a simplification of the national and Community legislative framework governing the Structural Funds, especially as regards management and monitoring procedures, is imperative in the process of improving performances; is aware, however, that the European Court of Auditors' report on the implementation of the 2008 budget does not analyse the period 2007-2013, during which control mechanisms have been improved;