4 Amendments of Theodoros SKYLAKAKIS related to 2011/2154(INI)
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Points out that over the past few years new techniques have been developed for measuring corruption and fraud and urges the Commission, without any further delay, to initiate an effort in order to apply these new measurement tools and provide an assessment of the extent of corruption and fraud in the use of EU funds and in the embezzlement of EU revenues; this will permit the evaluation of the effectiveness of the protection of EU funds from misuse and the protection of EU revenues from embezzlement;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls that the responsibility for the development of the measurement tools of fraud and corruption related to the EU funds should be undertaken by the Commission in a close cooperation with the European Parliament, the European Court of Auditors as well as other EU auditing and control bodies;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 7 a (new)
Subheading 7 a (new)
-28a. Asks the Commission to inform the Parliament what other indicators, sources or methods, apart from the information provided by whistleblowers or informants, it can use in order to assess in which areas of EU funding or EU revenues there are increased levels of fraud;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 7 b (new)
Subheading 7 b (new)
-28b. Calls on the Commission to assess whether the investigated cases of fraud, resulting from whistleblowers or informants, correspond to the areas where it is estimated that there is a possibility of a high level of fraud based on independent criteria or indicators; if not, to assess other methods of initiating investigations in areas where suspected fraud is concealed under the "laws of criminal silence", which prevent information to leak through whistleblowers or informants;