2010/2204(DEC) | [ParlTrack]

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Regrets that EDF support for regional integration has not yet been wholly effective, mainly due to African authorities' lack of capacity, overlapping membership of African regional economic organisations~~, and~~ leading to the duplication of efforts and dispersion of resources, as well as inadequate support and coordination from Commission delegations, principally due to lack of resources;

Amendment 2 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Calls, accordingly, on the Commission to step up capacity-building for East African and West African regional economic organisations and their institutions, including support for parliaments and local civil society, and ~~actively~~ to encourage convergence between regional blocs with a view to eliminating overlapping membership over time, whilst taking care to respect partner countries' ownership of the process;

Amendment 3 #

Nirj DEVA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission and the European External Action Service to allocate ~~mor~~the resources ~~in order~~available more effectively to enable delegations to better manage regional integration processes ~~more effectively~~, and to ensure greater coordination and more coherence between regional and national programmes;

Amendment 4 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Insists that the EU should ~~not pressure African states to sign up to Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) any faster or which cover a greater range of i~~, in the ongoing negotiations, enable Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) to contribute to strengthening regional integration processues ~~than they want to, and that the EU should avoid undermining existing regional groupings by agreeing EPAs with individual countri~~and to be compatible with World Trade Organization rules and practices;

Amendment 5 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. ~~Invites~~Calls on the Commission to ~~provide particular support for smaller states, especially least-developed countries, that are heavily dependent on regiona~~continue its funding for regional programmes, otherwise known as Intra-ACP Programmes, which cover several or all eco~~nomic 'giants', such as Nigeria in West Africa~~untries in a particular region;

Amendment 6 #

Nirj DEVA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. In~~vites the Commission to provide particular support for smaller states~~sists that smaller states’ fund allocation, especially for the least- developed countries, ~~that are heavily~~should be more focused on sustainable economic development, such as through wealth creation mechanisms, so as to reduce the dependentcy on regional economic 'giants', such as Nigeria in West Africa;

Amendment 7 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Is concerned that the Court of Auditors found th~~e Commission's selection processes to be insufficiently transparent and~~at there are difficulties translating the strict legal requirements to select partners objectively and t~~hat monitoring of the effectiveness of aid implemented through UN bodies is inadequate~~ransparently into practical criteria to support decision making;

Amendment 8 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11

11. Calls on the Commission to monitor more thoroughly UN-implemented aid projects to ascertain ~~more reliably~~ their actual impact and cost-effectiveness;

Amendment 9 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 12

12. Urges the Commission to increase the amount of information on the implementation of the EDF at national and regional level in the ACP countries and to ensure better visibility for all EU- funded activities overseas.

source: PE-456.931

2011/03/10 CONT 14 amendments...

Amendment 1 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. Welcomes the fact that the Court of Auditors has managed to produce, every year, better and more special reports; regrets the fact that unfortunately they do not always get the political attention they deserve because of the rules applicable in Parliament;

Amendment 10 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 a (new)

43a. Further notes that the same problem occurs as regards the Commission's ex- post evaluations which are of only limited value as support to Parliament in its supervision of the Commission's implementation of the budget;

Amendment 11 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 b (new)

43b. Stresses that IAs should not take place only before the adoption of a legislative text (ex-ante) but should also be carried out after its adoption (ex-post); points out that this is necessary in order to evaluate more accurately whether the objectives of a law have actually been achieved and whether a legal act should be amended or retained;

Amendment 12 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 c (new)

43c. Invites its competent bodies to analyse the feasibility of transferring the funds actually used by the Commission for IAs and evaluations to a separate, independent body such as a foundation headed by a board comprising Members of the European Parliament and advised by external experts;

Amendment 13 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 d (new)

43d. Is convinced that IAs and evaluations carried out on behalf of Parliament would enhance the general public's insight into and knowledge of the value of the policies of the Union, and play a role in creating public participation and debate;

Amendment 14 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 e (new)

43e. Underlines that the Commission's right of initiative limits Parliament's role and believes strongly that independent, free and unrestricted IAs and evaluations would give Members of the European Parliament a bigger say on the future developments of European policies;

Amendment 2 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)

Cb. Points out that those special reports are of great importance when reflecting on and changing and/or adapting programmes and projects because they can result in a more efficient use of human and budgetary resources; appreciates the positive attitude of the Commission toward those processes and its willingness to take prompt actions to remedy most of the shortcomings noted by the Court of Auditors in those reports;

Amendment 3 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)

Cc. Calls once more on its competent bodies to adapt the rules in such a way that the competent committee can decide whether - based on the importance of the findings of the Court of Auditors - there is a need to draw up an initiative report for plenary outside the quota set for own initiative reports;

Amendment 4 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Welcomes the improved regulatory framework for simplified procedures for imports, introduced from the beginning of 2009 and expects the Commission to complete its guidelines for ex-post audits ~~by March~~without any further delay and at the latest by the end of 2011;

Amendment 5 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Finds the lack of effective controls, which the report revealed, for simplified procedures in respect of imports in the Member States unacceptable, and calls on the Commission to further investigate the effectiveness of controls for simplified procedures in the Member States, and in particular to investigate progress in the conduct by the Member States of ex-post audits (frequency, methodology, use of risk analysis, organisation), and to present the results of such an investigation to Parliament by the end of 2011 in respect of at least half of the Member States and by the end of 2012 in respect of the remainder of the Member States;

Amendment 6 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Calls on the Commission to analyse the Dutch idea for pre-authorisation audits, which, although not generally followed in the Netherlands, were found by the Court of Auditors as fully corresponding to the Court's control model, and to recommend the use of that model in other Member States and to inform Parliament on progress made by September 2011;

Amendment 7 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Regrets the lack of a coherent Union's policy of sanctions to be imposed by Member States on traders who act in breach of the simplified procedures regulations introduced for them to facilitate economic operations; calls on the Commission to inform Parliament as to the steps taken to remedy this situation;

Amendment 8 #

Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)

32a. Requests the Court of Auditors to conduct, from the accounts and budgetary perspective, an evaluation of EU-funded security research and development, including FP6, PASR and FP7, following the recommendation of the study of Parliament's Policy Department C) "Review of security measures in the research framework programme" of October 2010;

Amendment 9 #