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Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c

~~(c) minimum conditions for the accreditation of coordination bodies as well as rules on the procedure for issuing and withdrawing accreditation.~~deleted

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

Alfreds RUBIKS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9

Article 9 Certification bodies 1. The certification body shall be a public or private audit body designated by the Member State which shall provide an opinion on the management declaration of assurance covering the completeness, accuracy and veracity of the annual accounts of the paying agency, the proper functioning of its internal control system, the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions, as well as the respect of the principle of sound financial management. It shall be operationally independent from both the paying agency concerned and the authority which has accredited that agency. 2. The Commission shall, by means of implementing acts, lay down rules concerning the status of the certification bodies, the specific tasks, including the checks, which they have to carry out as well as the certificates and the reports, together with the documents accompanying them, to be drawn up by those bodies. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 112(3).deleted

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

Alfreds RUBIKS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 6

6. Before applying this Article, account shall first be taken of the amount authorised by the budget authority for the Reserve for crises in the agricultural sector referred to in point 14 of the Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management.deleted

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

Alfreds RUBIKS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1

1. Following the Commission decision approving the programme, an initial prefinancing amount for the whole programming period shall be paid by the Commission. This initial pre-financing amount shall represent 47% of the EAFRD contribution to the programme concerned. It may be split into a maximum of three instalments depending on budget availability. The first instalment shall represent 2% of the EAFRD contribution to the programme concerned.

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

Alfreds RUBIKS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 44

Article 44 Suspension of payments in case of late submission When sectoral agricultural legislation requires Member States to submit, within a specific period of time, information on the numbers of checks carried out and their outcome and the Member States overrun that period, the Commission may suspend the monthly payments referred to in Article 18 or the interim payments referred to in Article 35 for which the relevant statistical information has not been sent in time.deleted

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

Alfreds RUBIKS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 6

6. The Commission may lay down, by means of implementing acts, further details on the obligation laid down in Article 46 as well as the specific conditions applying to the information to be booked in the accounts kept by the paying agencies. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 112(3).deleted

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

Alfreds RUBIKS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 54 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2

If agreement is not reached, the Member State may request opening of a procedure aimed at reconciling each party's position within four months and arriving at a joint opinion. A report of the outcome of the procedure shall be given to the Commission, which shall examine it before deciding on any refusal of financing.

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

Alfreds RUBIKS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 2

When the Union budget is credited as referred in the first paragraph, the Member State may retain 120% of the corresponding amounts as flat rate recovery costs, except in cases of irregularity or negligence attributable to its administrative authorities or other official bodies.

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

Alfreds RUBIKS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 1

1. In order to ensure correct and efficient application of the checks and that the verification of the eligibility conditions is carried out in an efficient, coherent and non-discriminatory way which protects the financial interest of the Union, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 111 concerning the situations where beneficiaries or their representatives prevent checks from being carried out.deleted

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

Alfreds RUBIKS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 1

1. Where it is found that a beneficiary does not comply with the eligibility criteria or the commitments relating to the conditions for granting the aid as provided for in the sectoral agricultural legislation the aid shall be withdrawn in full ~~or in part~~and payments for the non-compliant part shall be reduced for the next two years.

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

10 Amendments of Alfreds RUBIKS related to 2011/0288(COD)

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