7 Amendments of Ivo VAJGL related to 2015/2154(DEC)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes furthermore the Court’'s recommendations that the Europe2020 strategy and the MFF need to be better aligned, the high-level political aims need to be translated into useful operational targets, and the focus on results should be reinforcedstresses the importance of focussing on performance and results as well as on added value, particularly in the cases of the employment and social headline targets, where the Commission does not have the competence to create a legally binding framework;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes the Court’s observations about the increased risk of irregularities in cases of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) participating in Horizon 2020; supports the Commission’s reply that SMEs' involvement in the programme is crucial for the creation of growth and jobs and welcomes that the administrative rules for SMEs have been simplified, stresses the importance of creation of sustainable jobs through SMEs;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Expresses its regretNotes that the intangible nature of investments in human capital, the diversity of the activities and the involvement of multiple, often small-scale partners in the implementation of projects continue to be the main risks to regularity of spending of European Social Fund (ESF) expenditure; calls on the Commission to continue with specific mitigating actions, including both preventative and corrective measures;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that the promotion of broader use of simplified cost options can lead to the reduction of the administrative burden on the beneficiaries, to fewer errors and more orientation on performance and results;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Expresses its concerns about the fact that out of 1708 transactions examined by the Court in the employment and social affairs policy area 602 (354.8 %) were affected by error, out of which 12 were quantifiable errors exceeding 20% (6.7%); urges the Commission to implement corrective measures and apply strict procedures to reduce the risk of irregularities in this policy area as well as to follow up the cases of ineligible expenditure identified by the Court;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Expresses its concerns about the fact that out of 170 transactions examined by the Court in the employment and social affairs policy area 60 (35 %) were affected by error; urges the Commission to implement corrective measures and apply strict procedures to reduce the risk of irregularities in this policy area as well as to follow up the cases of ineligible expenditure identified by the Court; notes in particular that if Member States or independent auditors had made use of all the information available to them, a significant proportion of the errors could have been prevented, detected or corrected;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to follow the Court’s recommendations in order to ensure that the implementafurther increase the contribution of the Union budget contributes to the achievement of the employment and social headline targets of the Europe 2020 strategy.