7 Amendments of Luigi de MAGISTRIS related to 2009/2167(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the financial impact of irregularities, as far as they have been identified, fell from EUR 1 024 million in 2007 to EUR 783.2 million in 2008, with reductions being recorded in all spending areas except direct expenditure and pre- accession funds and the overall amount breaking down as follows:
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that combating fraud and corruption is an important duty of the European institutions and all Member States, which must provide all necessary resources to combat these scourges effectively so as to protect the financial interests of the Union and its taxpayers and to fight organised crime, which, according to national indicators, is stepping up its capacity for collusion within the institutions by means of fraud against the Community budget;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that delays in the approval of management and control systems for the 2007-2013 programmes may have made it more difficult to detect errors and possible fraud in expenditure on advances; considers furthermore that the resulting delays in spending on interim payments could give rise to a rush to spend just before the decommitment deadline is reached; urges the Commission to consider revising the decommitment rules with a view to improving the quality of spending and ensuring that quantitative targets are met.
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes the Commission's introduction of a joint fraud prevention strategy for structural measures, which was drafted in cooperation with OLAF and stresses the importance of more effective cooperation with the regional authorities and national judicial authorities which are competent;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Acknowledges and voices its support for OLAF's work and the need to ensure its full independence from the Commission in the performance of its tasks, which it sees as playing an essential role in protecting the financial interests of the European Union and, thereby, EU citizens, as well as a major role in upholding the reputation of the European institutions; considers, therefore, that a human resources strategy which raises staffing levels and ensures that the current high staff quality standards are maintained should be drawn up;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Considers that OLAF's work can be made still more effective by ensuring careful and detailed planning of investigations, through the adoption of an ad hoc procedural regulation as a binding guide, promoting the use of SMART objectives and RACER indicators for the investigations themselves, improving cooperation and data exchange between OLAF and national judicial authorities from the start of the investigative process and introducing a 'core tasks' policy for OLAF, under which small-scale fraud would be handled by other bodies; calls on OLAF therefore to outline in its next report the progress that has been made in this respect and to say to what extent account has been taken thereof in the OLAF operational manual that is to be published in the near future
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Calls on OLAF to present, in its future annual report, a detailed analysis of the strategies and measures put in place by each Member State in the fight against fraud and for preventing and identifying irregularities in the expenditure of European funds, including where they are caused by corruption; considers that specific attention should be paid to the implementation of agricultural and structural funds; takes the view that the report, with 27 country profiles, should analyse the approach followed by national judicial and investigating bodies and the quantity and quality of controls performed, as well as statistics and reasons in the cases where national authorities did not file indictments following reports by OLAF; considers, therefore, that the report should provide a knowledge basis for better defining OLAF’s strategy and improving cooperation with the Member States and the efficiency of both OLAF and national investigative authorities;