29 Amendments of Luigi de MAGISTRIS
Amendment 14 #
2010/2248(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Welcomes the changes brought about by the Lisbon Treaty under Article 209 EC, read in conjunction with Article 208 EC, that lays down that the EIB is to contribute, under the terms laid down in its Statute, to the implementation of the measures necessary to further the objectives of the Community’s development cooperation policy;
Amendment 15 #
2010/2248(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recalls that EIB's financing strategy and operations should contribute to the general principles guiding the EU’s external action, as referred to in Article 21 of the Treaty on the European Union, to the objective of developing and consolidating democracy and the rule of law, to the objective of respecting human rights and fundamental freedoms and the observance of international environmental agreements to which the European Community or its Member States are parties. Compliance with the provisions of the Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters should be ensured by the EIB at the different relevant stages of the projects;
Amendment 16 #
2010/2248(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recommends that the EIB’s role in development be more focused, selective and effective, and result oriented. Further recommends that in support of the small- and medium-sized enterprise the EIB should use its strength to provide financing to those that are most in need for the value added it can provide; takes the view that in reaching the small- and medium-sized enterprises, it should partner especially with those financial intermediaries and equity participation in financial institutions that are local financial institutions, strictly linked to the local economy and with a development mission, acting in a transparent and accountable way and implementing internationally recognised environmental, social and human rights standards;
Amendment 20 #
2010/2248(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the EIB to further enhance transparency in its lending through financial intermediaries and to establish clear financing conditions for financial intermediaries and lending effectiveness criteria; also takes the view that the value added of the EIB is to be reported regularly;
Amendment 22 #
2010/2248(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Considers that the European Investment Bank (EIB) shall update its policy on offshore financial centres and go beyond the existing level playing field of OECD lists and take account of all jurisdictions that might allow tax avoidance or evasion by developing a more stringent definition; takes the view that in cases where support is granted to financial intermediaries, the EIB should also ensure that all supported banks and other financial intermediaries have stringent safeguards in place against the use of secrecy jurisdictions;
Amendment 1 #
2010/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
- Having regard to its Written Declaration of 18 May 2010 on the Union's efforts in combating corruption (P7_DCL(2010)0002), with a view to ensure that EU funds are not subject to corruption;
Amendment 6 #
2010/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission to hold Member States more accountable for the amount of irregularities that have yet to be recovered;
Amendment 10 #
2010/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Is concerned about the level of outstanding irregularities not recovered or declared unrecoverable in Italy at the end of the fiscal year of 2009;
Amendment 35 #
2010/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
After paragraph 24 – heading 6 (new)
After paragraph 24 – heading 6 (new)
Public procurement, increased transparency and the fight against corruption
Amendment 36 #
2010/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls on the Commission, the relevant Union agencies and the Member States to take measures and provide resources to ensure that EU funds are not subject to corruption, to adopt dissuasive sanctions where corruption and fraud are found, to step up the confiscation of criminal assets involved in fraud, tax evasion and money-laundering related crimes;
Amendment 37 #
2010/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to design, implement and periodically evaluate uniform systems of procurement to prevent fraud and corruption, to define and implement clear conditions for participation in public procurement, and criteria on which public procurement decisions are made, and also to adopt and implement systems to review public procurement decisions at the national level, to ensure transparency and accountability in public finances, and to adopt and implement risk management and internal control systems;
Amendment 38 #
2010/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 c (new)
Paragraph 24 c (new)
24c. Welcomes the Commission’s Green Paper on the modernisation of EU public procurement policy Towards a more efficient European Procurement Market; calls on Council and Commission to finalize the adoption of the reform of the basic EU public procurement rules (Directives 2004/17/EC and 2004/18/EC) no later than by the end of 2012;
Amendment 39 #
2010/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 d (new)
Paragraph 24 d (new)
24d. Following its request in its last year’s report on the protection of the Communities’ financial interests, urges OLAF to present in its next 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;
Amendment 40 #
2010/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 e (new)
Paragraph 24 e (new)
24e. Following its request in the last year’s report on the protection of the Communities’ financial interests, urges the Council to complete the conclusion of the Cooperation Agreements with Liechtenstein in the shortest possible time and urges the Council Presidency to give the Commission a mandate to negotiate antifraud agreements with Andorra, Monaco, San Marino and Switzerland;
Amendment 41 #
2010/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 f (new)
Paragraph 24 f (new)
24f. Urges the Commission to take action to ensure one-stop transparency of the beneficiaries of EU-funds; calls on the Commission to design measures to increase the transparency of legal arrangements and a system where all beneficiaries of EU funds are published on the same website, independently of the administrator of the funds and based on standard categories of information to be provided by all Member States in at least one working language of the Union; calls on the Member States to cooperate with and provide to the Commission full and reliable information regarding the beneficiaries of the EU funds managed by Member States; invites the Commission to evaluate the system of ‘shared management’ and provide Parliament with a report as a matter of priority;
Amendment 1 #
2009/2167(INI)
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 #
2009/2167(INI)
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 #
2009/2167(INI)
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 #
2009/2167(INI)
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 #
2009/2167(INI)
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 #
2009/2167(INI)
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 #
2009/2167(INI)
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;
Amendment 128 #
2009/2134(INI)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – indent 11 a (new)
– anyone who has been convicted, by means of a judgment that has the force of res judicata, of corruption, abuse of public office, incitement to racism, crimes relating to involvement with mafia groups, organised crime or terrorism, or sexual abuse;
Amendment 129 #
2009/2134(INI)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – indent 11 b (new)
– anyone who has already served three full, but not necessarily consecutive, terms as a member of the European Parliament;
Amendment 1 #
2009/2072(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls its suggestion to consider a possibility to devise a more rational structure for the Court, and asks the Court to consider alternative models with a view to reducing the total number of members, by capping the number of members and adopting, for example, a rotation system based on the principle of equality among members;
Amendment 2 #
2009/2072(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes the Court's efforts to improve the procedure for the publication and presentation of its annual reports; hopes that an agreed procedure for this decisive stage in the discharge process can be established for future use, with due regard for the absolute independence of the Court and the prerogatives of the committee responsible;
Amendment 11 #
2009/2070(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Council and the European Parliament, in their capacity as joint budgetary authorities, to establish, with a view to improving the exchange of information on their respective budgets, an annual procedure within the discharge procedure; under this procedure, the President of the Council, accompanied by the Secretary-General of the Council, would meet officially with the Committee on Budgetary Control or a delegation thereof made up of its chair, the coordinators and the rapporteur, with a 1 OJ L 88, 31.3.2009, p. 19. 2 OJ C 184 E , 6.8.2009, p. 1. view to providing all the information needed for the execution of the Council’s budget; suggests also that the chair of the competent committee should regularly and in an appropriate form provide that committee with information regarding those discussions;
Amendment 112 #
2008/2186(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 75
Paragraph 75
75. Welcomes the undertakings by the new Commission to unblock discussions in the Council about the reform of OLAF and to come forward, as a matter of urgency and at the latest by July 2010, with the promised and long-awaited Commission’s ‘reflection paper’;
Amendment 118 #
2008/2186(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 78
Paragraph 78
78. Stresses its proposals regarding the profile of an appropriate candidate for the post of Director-General of OLAF, as contained in Parliament’s above-mentioned first-reading position of 20 November 2008, and calls for the successful candidate to be appointed very quickly; takes the view that the terms of the vacancy notice need to reflect this demand and stresses that the entire selection procedure needs to be carried out in an interinstitutional framework which fully respects Parliament’s prerogatives;