Progress: Procedure completed
| Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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| Lead | CONT |
AYALA SENDER Inés ( S&D)
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GRÄSSLE Ingeborg ( PPE),
CZARNECKI Ryszard ( ECR),
DLABAJOVÁ Martina ( ALDE),
STAES Bart ( Verts/ALE),
JALKH Jean-François ( ENF)
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Lead committee dossier:
Subjects
Events
The European Parliament adopted by 503 votes to 103, with 37 abstentions, a resolution on the Court of Auditors' special reports in the context of the 2017 Commission discharge.
In its resolution, Parliament recalled that the special reports of the Court of Auditors provide information on issues of concern related to the implementation of funds, which are thus useful for Parliament in exercising its role of discharge authority.
It noted that the Parliament's observations on the special reports of the Court of Auditors form an integral part of Parliament's decision on the general discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2016, Section III – Commission.
Members then returned to each of the reports in question and made a number of recommendations to improve the use of EU funds.
As a reminder, the special reports deal with the following subjects:
- Special Report No 15/2017 of the Court of Auditors entitled "Ex ante conditionalities and performance reserve in Cohesion: innovative but not yet effective instruments"
- Special Report No 19/2017 of the Court of Auditors entitled "Import procedures: shortcomings in the legal framework and an ineffective implementation impact the financial interests of the EU"
- Special Report No 20/2017 of the Court of Auditors entitled "EU-funded loan guarantee instruments: positive results but better targeting of beneficiaries and coordination with national schemes needed"
- Special Report No 22/2017 of the Court of Auditors entitled "Election Observation Missions – efforts made to follow up recommendations but better monitoring needed"
- Special Report No 23/2017 of the Court of Auditors entitled "Single Resolution Board: Work on a challenging Banking Union task started, but still a long way to go"
- Special Report No 1/2018 of the Court of Auditors entitled "Joint Assistance to Support Projects in European Regions (JASPERS) - time for better targeting"
- Special Report No 2/2018 of the Court of Auditors entitled "The operational efficiency of the ECB’s crisis management for banks"
- Special Report No 3/2018 of the Court of Auditors entitled "Audit of the Macroeconomic Imbalance Procedure (MIP)"
- Special Report No 4/2018 of the Court of Auditors entitled "EU Assistance to Myanmar/Burma"
- Special Report No 5/2018 of the Court of Auditors entitled "Renewable energy for sustainable rural development: significant potential synergies, but mostly unrealised"
- Special Report No 6/2018 of the Court of Auditors entitled "Free Movement of Workers – the fundamental freedom ensured but better targeting of EU funds would aid worker mobility"
- Special Report No 7/2018 of the Court of Auditors entitled "EU pre-accession assistance to Turkey: Only limited results so far"
- Special Report No 8/2018 of the Court of Auditors entitled "EU support for productive investments in businesses - greater focus on durability needed"
- Special Report No 9/2018 of the Court of Auditors entitled "Public Private Partnerships in the EU: Widespread shortcomings and limited benefits"
- Special Report No 10/2018 of the Court of Auditors entitled "Basic Payment Scheme for farmers – operationally on track, but limited impact on simplification, targeting and the convergence of aid levels"
- Special Report No 11/2018 of the Court of Auditors entitled "New options for financing rural development projects: Simpler but not focused on results"
- Special Report No 12/2018 of the Court of Auditors entitled "Broadband in the EU Member States: despite progress, not all the Europe 2020 targets will be met"
- Special Report No 13/2018 of the Court of Auditors entitled "Tackling radicalisation that leads to terrorism: the Commission addressed the needs of Member States, but with some shortfalls in coordination and evaluation"
- Special Report No 14/2018 of the Court of Auditors entitled "The EU Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Centres of Excellence: more progress needed"
- Special Report No 15/2018 of the Court of Auditors entitled " Strengthening the capacity of the internal security forces in Niger and Mali: only limited and slow progress"
- Special Report No 16/2018 of the Court of Auditors entitled "Ex-post review of EU legislation: a well-established system, but incomplete"
- Special Report No 17/2018 of the Court of Auditors entitled "Commission’s and Member States’ actions in the last years of the 2007-2013 programmes tackled low absorption but had insufficient focus on results"
- Special Report No 18/2018 of the Court of Auditors entitled "Is the main objective of the preventive arm of the Stability and Growth Pact delivered?"
- Special Report No 19/2018 of the Court of Auditors entitled "A European high-speed rail network: not a reality but an ineffective patchwork"
- Special Report No 20/2018 of the Court of Auditors entitled "The African Peace and Security Architecture: need to refocus EU support"
- Special Report No 21/2018 of the Court of Auditors entitled "Selection and monitoring for ERDF and ESF projects in the 2014-2020 period are still mainly outputs-oriented"
- Special Report No 22/2018 of the Court of Auditors entitled "Mobility under Erasmus+: Millions of participants and multi-faceted European Added Value, however performance measurement needs to be further improved"
- Special Report No 23/2018 of the Court of Auditors entitled " Air pollution: Our health still insufficiently protected"
- Special Report No24/2018 of the Court of Auditors entitled "Demonstrating carbon capture and storage and innovative renewables at commercial scale in the EU: intended progress not achieved in the past decade"
- Special Report No 25 of the Court of Auditors entitled "Floods Directive: progress in assessing risks, while planning and implementation need to improve"
- Special Report No 26/2018 of the Court of Auditors entitled "A series of delays in Customs IT systems: what went wrong?"
- Special Report No 31 of the Court of Auditors entitled "Animal welfare in the EU: closing the gap between ambitious goals and practical implementation"
A summary of the Special Reports in question is given on the website of the Court of Auditors.
The Committee on Budgetary Control adopted the report by Inés AYALA SENDER (S&D, ES) on the Court of Auditors' special reports in the context of the 2017 Commission discharge.
In the motion for a resolution, Members recalled that the special reports of the Court of Auditors provide information on issues of concern related to the implementation of funds, which are thus useful for Parliament in exercising its role of discharge authority.
They note that the Parliament's observations on the special reports of the Court of Auditors form an integral part of Parliament's decision on the general discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2017, Section III – Commission.
Members then returned to each of the reports in question and made a number of recommendations to improve the use of EU funds.
As a reminder, the special reports deal with the following subjects:
- Special Report No 15/2017 of the Court of Auditors entitled "Ex ante conditionalities and performance reserve in Cohesion: innovative but not yet effective instruments"
- Special Report No 19/2017 of the Court of Auditors entitled "Import procedures: shortcomings in the legal framework and an ineffective implementation impact the financial interests of the EU"
- Special Report No 20/2017 of the Court of Auditors entitled "EU-funded loan guarantee instruments: positive results but better targeting of beneficiaries and coordination with national schemes needed"
- Special Report No 22/2017 of the Court of Auditors entitled "Election Observation Missions – efforts made to follow up recommendations but better monitoring needed"
- Special Report No 23/2017 of the Court of Auditors entitled "Single Resolution Board: Work on a challenging Banking Union task started, but still a long way to go"
- Special Report No 1/2018 of the Court of Auditors entitled "Joint Assistance to Support Projects in European Regions (JASPERS) - time for better targeting"
- Special Report No 2/2018 of the Court of Auditors entitled "The operational efficiency of the ECB’s crisis management for banks"
- Special Report No 3/2018 of the Court of Auditors entitled "Audit of the Macroeconomic Imbalance Procedure (MIP)"
- Special Report No 4/2018 of the Court of Auditors entitled "EU Assistance to Myanmar/Burma"
- Special Report No 5/2018 of the Court of Auditors entitled "Renewable energy for sustainable rural development: significant potential synergies, but mostly unrealised"
- Special Report No 6/2018 of the Court of Auditors entitled "Free Movement of Workers – the fundamental freedom ensured but better targeting of EU funds would aid worker mobility"
- Special Report No 7/2018 of the Court of Auditors entitled "EU pre-accession assistance to Turkey: Only limited results so far"
- Special Report No 8/2018 of the Court of Auditors entitled "EU support for productive investments in businesses - greater focus on durability needed"
- Special Report No 9/2018 of the Court of Auditors entitled "Public Private Partnerships in the EU: Widespread shortcomings and limited benefits"
- Special Report No 10/2018 of the Court of Auditors entitled "Basic Payment Scheme for farmers – operationally on track, but limited impact on simplification, targeting and the convergence of aid levels"
- Special Report No 11/2018 of the Court of Auditors entitled "New options for financing rural development projects: Simpler but not focused on results"
- Special Report No 12/2018 of the Court of Auditors entitled "Broadband in the EU Member States: despite progress, not all the Europe 2020 targets will be met"
- Special Report No 13/2018 of the Court of Auditors entitled "Tackling radicalisation that leads to terrorism: the Commission addressed the needs of Member States, but with some shortfalls in coordination and evaluation"
- Special Report No 14/2018 of the Court of Auditors entitled "The EU Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Centres of Excellence: more progress needed"
- Special Report No 15/2018 of the Court of Auditors entitled " Strengthening the capacity of the internal security forces in Niger and Mali: only limited and slow progress"
- Special Report No 16/2018 of the Court of Auditors entitled "Ex-post review of EU legislation: a well-established system, but incomplete"
- Special Report No 17/2018 of the Court of Auditors entitled "Commission’s and Member States’ actions in the last years of the 2007-2013 programmes tackled low absorption but had insufficient focus on results"
- Special Report No 18/2018 of the Court of Auditors entitled "Is the main objective of the preventive arm of the Stability and Growth Pact delivered?"
- Special Report No 19/2018 of the Court of Auditors entitled "A European high-speed rail network: not a reality but an ineffective patchwork"
- Special Report No 20/2018 of the Court of Auditors entitled "The African Peace and Security Architecture: need to refocus EU support"
- Special Report No 21/2018 of the Court of Auditors entitled "Selection and monitoring for ERDF and ESF projects in the 2014-2020 period are still mainly outputs-oriented"
- Special Report No 22/2018 of the Court of Auditors entitled "Mobility under Erasmus+: Millions of participants and multi-faceted European Added Value, however performance measurement needs to be further improved"
- Special Report No 23/2018 of the Court of Auditors entitled " Air pollution: Our health still insufficiently protected"
- Special Report No24/2018 of the Court of Auditors entitled "Demonstrating carbon capture and storage and innovative renewables at commercial scale in the EU: intended progress not achieved in the past decade"
- Special Report No 25 of the Court of Auditors entitled "Floods Directive: progress in assessing risks, while planning and implementation need to improve"
- Special Report No 26/2018 of the Court of Auditors entitled "A series of delays in Customs IT systems: what went wrong?"
- Special Report No 31 of the Court of Auditors entitled "Animal welfare in the EU: closing the gap between ambitious goals and practical implementation"
A summary of the Special Reports in question is given on the website of the Court of Auditors.
PURPOSE: presentation by the Commission of the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2017, as part of the 2017 discharge procedure ( Court of Auditors' special reports ).
Consolidated annual accounts of the EU : this Commission document concerns the EU's consolidated accounts for the year 2017 and details how spending by the EU institutions and bodies was carried out. The consolidated annual accounts of the EU provide financial information on the activities of the institutions, agencies and other bodies of the EU from an accrual accounting and budgetary perspective.
Discharge procedure : the final step of a budget lifecycle is the discharge . It is the decision by which the European Parliament ‘releases’ the Commission from its responsibility for management of a given budget by marking the end of that budget's existence. It is granted by the European Parliament on the recommendation of the Council.
The decision is based in particular on the European Court of Auditors reports , in particular its special reports and annual reports, in which the Court provides a Statement of Assurance (DAS) on the legality and regularity of transactions (payments and commitments).
The procedure results in the granting, postponement or refusal of discharge.
The final discharge report including specific recommendations to the Commission for action is adopted in plenary by the European Parliament and are subject to an annual follow up report in which the Commission outlines the concrete actions it has taken to implement the recommendations made.
External audit : the European Court of Auditors is the external auditor of the EU institutions (and bodies). The Court's mission is to contribute to improving EU financial management, promote accountability and transparency, and act as the independent guardian of the financial interests of the citizens of the EU .
The Court’s role as the EU’s independent external auditor is to check that EU funds are correctly accounted for, are raised and spent in accordance with the relevant rules and regulations and have achieved value for money.
The EU’s annual accounts and its resource management are audited by the Court, which, as part of its activities, draws up for the European Parliament and the Council:
an annual report on the activities financed from the general budget, detailing its observations on the annual accounts and underlying transactions; an opinion , based on its audits and given in the annual report in the form of a statement of assurance; the reliability of the accounts and the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions; special reports covering specific areas.
The special reports of the Court of Auditors provide information on issues of concern related to the implementation of funds, which are thus useful for Parliament in exercising its role of discharge authority.
The observations on the special reports of the Court of Auditors form an integral part of Parliament's decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2017.
PURPOSE: presentation by the Commission of the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2017, as part of the 2017 discharge procedure ( Court of Auditors' special reports ).
Consolidated annual accounts of the EU : this Commission document concerns the EU's consolidated accounts for the year 2017 and details how spending by the EU institutions and bodies was carried out. The consolidated annual accounts of the EU provide financial information on the activities of the institutions, agencies and other bodies of the EU from an accrual accounting and budgetary perspective.
Discharge procedure : the final step of a budget lifecycle is the discharge . It is the decision by which the European Parliament ‘releases’ the Commission from its responsibility for management of a given budget by marking the end of that budget's existence. It is granted by the European Parliament on the recommendation of the Council.
The decision is based in particular on the European Court of Auditors reports , in particular its special reports and annual reports, in which the Court provides a Statement of Assurance (DAS) on the legality and regularity of transactions (payments and commitments).
The procedure results in the granting, postponement or refusal of discharge.
The final discharge report including specific recommendations to the Commission for action is adopted in plenary by the European Parliament and are subject to an annual follow up report in which the Commission outlines the concrete actions it has taken to implement the recommendations made.
External audit : the European Court of Auditors is the external auditor of the EU institutions (and bodies). The Court's mission is to contribute to improving EU financial management, promote accountability and transparency, and act as the independent guardian of the financial interests of the citizens of the EU .
The Court’s role as the EU’s independent external auditor is to check that EU funds are correctly accounted for, are raised and spent in accordance with the relevant rules and regulations and have achieved value for money.
The EU’s annual accounts and its resource management are audited by the Court, which, as part of its activities, draws up for the European Parliament and the Council:
an annual report on the activities financed from the general budget, detailing its observations on the annual accounts and underlying transactions; an opinion , based on its audits and given in the annual report in the form of a statement of assurance; the reliability of the accounts and the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions; special reports covering specific areas.
The special reports of the Court of Auditors provide information on issues of concern related to the implementation of funds, which are thus useful for Parliament in exercising its role of discharge authority.
The observations on the special reports of the Court of Auditors form an integral part of Parliament's decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2017.
Documents
- Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament: T8-0243/2019
- Committee report tabled for plenary: A8-0088/2019
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE634.626
- Committee draft report: PE626.770
- Non-legislative basic document: COM(2018)0521
- Non-legislative basic document: EUR-Lex
- Non-legislative basic document published: COM(2018)0521
- Non-legislative basic document published: EUR-Lex
- Non-legislative basic document: COM(2018)0521 EUR-Lex
- Committee draft report: PE626.770
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE634.626
Activities
- Inés AYALA SENDER
Plenary Speeches (2)
- 2016/11/22 Discharge 2017 (debate) ES
- 2016/11/22 Discharge 2017 (debate) ES
- Arndt KOHN
Plenary Speeches (2)
- 2016/11/22 Discharge 2017 (debate) DE
- 2016/11/22 Discharge 2017 (debate) DE
- Claudia SCHMIDT
Plenary Speeches (2)
- 2016/11/22 Discharge 2017 (debate) DE
- 2016/11/22 Discharge 2017 (debate) DE
- Pavel TELIČKA
Plenary Speeches (2)
- 2016/11/22 Discharge 2017 (debate)
- 2016/11/22 Discharge 2017 (debate)
- Marco VALLI
Plenary Speeches (2)
- 2016/11/22 Discharge 2017 (debate) IT
- 2016/11/22 Discharge 2017 (debate) IT
- Nedzhmi ALI
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 Discharge 2017 (debate)
- Pervenche BERÈS
- José BLANCO LÓPEZ
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 Discharge 2017 (debate) ES
- Alain CADEC
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 Discharge 2017 (debate) FR
- Ingeborg GRÄSSLE
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 Discharge 2017 (debate) DE
- Dennis de JONG
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 Discharge 2017 (debate) NL
- Barbara KAPPEL
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 Discharge 2017 (debate) DE
- Innocenzo LEONTINI
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 Discharge 2017 (debate) IT
- Monica MACOVEI
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 Discharge 2017 (debate) RO
- Gilles PARGNEAUX
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 Discharge 2017 (debate) FR
- Marijana PETIR
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 Discharge 2017 (debate) HR
- Miroslav POCHE
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 Discharge 2017 (debate) CS
- José Ignacio SALAFRANCA SÁNCHEZ-NEYRA
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 Discharge 2017 (debate) ES
- Bart STAES
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 Discharge 2017 (debate) NL
- Indrek TARAND
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 Discharge 2017 (debate)
- Joachim ZELLER
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 Discharge 2017 (debate) DE
Votes
A8-0088/2019 - Inés Ayala Sender - Résolution 26/03/2019 17:18:17.000 #
GUE/NGL
NI
EFDDA8-0088/2019 - Inés Ayala Sender - Résolution #
| Amendments | Dossier |
| 57 |
2018/2219(DEC)
2019/02/06
CONT
57 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 5 — having regard to the statement of assurance4 as to the reliability of the accounts and the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions provided by the Court of Auditors for the financial year 2017, pursuant to Article 287 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Is of the opinion, together with the Court, that financial instruments should
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Is of the opinion, together with the Court, that financial instruments should
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23.
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 28. Believes that election observation activities - properly, fairly and objectively executed - play a key role in public diplomacy by offering impartial assessment and constructive recommendations which can be followed up by national stakeholders, including civil society organisations;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 32. Invites the European External Action Service to follow as much as possible the effective implementation in third countries of the EOM's recommendations, while fully respecting the sovereignty of each country and involving Parliament, and also by allocating a sufficient level of human resources from Union’s delegations with adequate technical expertise to this important political task, necessary in some areas identified by the EOM;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 36 36. Welcomes the Court’s special report, and
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 44 44. Is of the opinion that the SRB should form
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 55 55. Is deeply concerned by the fact that the ECB did not grant the Court access to all documents or information requested which the Court deemed necessary to carry out its task, and calls on the ECB to remedy this policy;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 56 56. Is of the opinion that the ECB’s full cooperation is absolutely necessary, should be forthcoming, and would have enhanced transparency and accountability;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 60 a (new) 60a. Recalls also that many of those banks now under ECB supervision received massive public bailout funds from EU citizens through their various Member State governments, and thus have an additional duty to treat those citizens in a fair manner;
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Notes the Court’s findings and conclusions, and
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 60 b (new) 60b. Points out that instead, in some Member States, those bailed-out banks have abused their new-found strength and taken advantage of their dominant position, most notably in Ireland as recognised by ECB President Mario Draghi in a recent appearance before the Irish Parliament Oireachtas Finance Committee ("An effective monopoly in the banking market here is the reason mortgage costs are double the level elsewhere in the eurozone, European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi has told the Oireachtas Finance Committee."1) 1 https://www.independent.ie/business/irish/ ecbs-draghi-blames-irish-bank-monopoly- for-high-mortgage-costs-37509130.html
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 60 c (new) 60c. Points out further that as part of its brief, the ECB, in conjunction with the Commission, should investigate and end this monopoly position in Ireland, and its abuse;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 60 d (new) 60d. Points out finally, as further example of how banks continue to abuse their position, that in 2018 there was a major Tracker Mortgage scandal in Ireland in which nearly 40 000 mortgage- holders (and rising) were overcharged by their banks, many of whom lost their homes as a result, yet with no-one within any of the many banks involved held responsible; asks that for its 2018 discharge, the Court should investigate this matter, and that the ECB should take responsibility for ensuring that the necessary actions are taken;1 1 https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingn ews/ireland/numbers-hit-by-tracker- mortgage-scandal-rise-to-38400- 873437.html
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 61 61. Notes that the ECB was given responsibility for the management of the assessments of banks’ recovery planning and for early intervention for significant banks in the euro area and that the effective crisis management therefore depends primarily on the operationally efficient management by the ECB; asks that in light of the above, the ECB should assume its responsibility in all such cases;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 63 63.
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 65 65. Points out that the MIP was designed as a response to the economic and financial crisis in Europe
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 66 66. Notes that, if, on the basis of the outcomes of the IDR, the Commission finds that "macroeconomic imbalances" exist, it informs the European Parliament, the Council and the Eurogroup. The Council may then, on recommendation from the Commission, address a recommendation to the Member State concerned (in accordance with procedure set out in Article 121(2) TFEU), which same Member State may then, depending on its size and influence in the Union, simply ignore those recommendations. These preventive MIP-recommendations form part of the country-specific recommendations (CSRs);
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 69 69.
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 70 70. Is convinced that the political appreciation of economic data is a necessary exercise as long as it is carried out in a transparent way, stating the economic facts, on the one hand, and the political reasons for the recommendation, on the other, but with social impacts also requiring consideration, above and beyond all else;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 71 71. Calls on the Commission to devise a system, which encourages Member States to implement the MIP-CSRs efficiently and effectively, so long as those MIP-CSRs have also included within their scope an appreciation and allowance for the social impact of those policies, and do not include an enforced privatisation of public services and assets;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 92 92. Calls on Member States, with regard to EAFRD support for renewable energy, to provide the Commission with pertinent independent information on programme achievements of renewable energy projects in their enhanced annual implementation reports of 2019; this information should allow the Commission to know how much of EAFRD expenditure has been paid out for renewable energy projects, the energy capacity installed or the energy produced from such projects; calls on the Commission to define the various types of indicators more accurately when preparing the post-2020 programming period;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 122 122. Is of the opinion that the Commission and Member States should not promote a more intensive and widespread use of public private partnerships (PPP) until the issues identified in this report are addressed and the following recommendations are successfully implemented; in particular, improving the institutional and legal frameworks and
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 124 – introductory part 124. In order to ensure that the PPP option is the one that maximises value-for- money and achieves its potential benefits, recommends that:
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 125 – indent 1 - the Member States
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 129 a (new) 129a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that CAP payments are used for the purpose for which they were designed, i.e. to ensure a sustainable livelihood for all food producers, but especially for small- scale producers, whilst also ensuring a reasonably-priced high-quality and reliable food-supply for consumers. This can be achieved by a), establishing a weighted payment system, with payments reducing as farm size increased, and b), setting an upward limit on payments under CAP;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 131 131. Regrets that the new SCOs are only used for a marginal part of rural development spending and that they are not enhancing the potential of this source of funding
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 135 135. Recalls that simplification is not an end in itself, but must be beneficial to both administrations and projects bearers;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 139 139.
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 145 145. Calls, therefore, on all Member
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 151 151.
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Underlines, in case ex-ante conditionalities are maintained and replaced by enabling conditions in the next programming period, that they have to be appropriate for the national and regional context, incentive
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 151 a (new) 151a. Points out that it was the actions (including arms supply) of the USA (aided and abetted by certain Member States of the EU) in sovereign countries such as Iraq, Libya, Syria, Yemen, that led to much of the mass migration from those areas, and the accompanying radicalisation of many;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 157 a (new) 157a. Calls on the Commission to ensure, and the Court to confirm, that no work done by these Centres of Excellence will ever be towards the area of chemical warfare or chemically-based crowd control (e.g. new gases);
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 166 166.
Amendment 43 #
185. Notes that Court presented a very thorough and comprehensive piece of research (e.g. good sample size), and could be an example for future analysis in other areas of
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 186 186.
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 200 200. Is most concerned at the complete divergence of opinions between the Court and the Commission regarding whether the Commission has been implementing the preventive arm provisions properly in order
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 201 201.
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 202 202. Further considers that the expanding complexity of the provisions of the SGP that has been taking place in the course of the past decade of implementation calls not just for an all- round comprehensive reexamination of the respective legal acts and their interpretation in light of experiences accumulated as well as of the actual evolution of the European and the global economy, characterized by subdued growth, deepening inequalities and increasing uncertainties, but for the entire scrapping of the SGP;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 205 a (new) 205a. Believes that in the context of COP 21, if the European Union is really serious about taking real steps to decelerate climate change, then it needs to invest whatever it takes to establish an EU-wide working rail system;
Amendment 49 #
207. Underlines that the chances to improve the situation remain slim unless each and every Member State
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Notes that around 75 % of all applicable ex-ante conditionalities were fulfilled at the time of adoption of ESIF programmes, that 86 % were fulfilled at the beginning of 2017 and that 9
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 210 210.
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 211 211. Reminds the Commission
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 233 a (new) 233a. Regrets that for 2019, 'The EU Erasmus+ Programme can co-fund projects related to Key Skills and Competencies (KSC) for Defence, including those supporting EDA’s Overarching Strategic Research Agenda (OSRA) and Key Strategic Activities (KSA) in Defence.1'; observes that for 2017, and for all other years to date, according to its own website ' Erasmus+ is the European Union programme for education, training, youth and sport2', with no reference contained therein to this well-founded programme becoming involved in military/'defence' research; believes that this decision should be revisited and reversed; 1 https://eda.europa.eu/what-we-do/our- current-priorities/eu-funding- gateway/access-to-eu-erasmus-funding 2 https://www.erasmusplus.org.uk/about- erasmus?md=yxz
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 245 245. Welcomes the
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 246 246. Welcomes the Union ambition of being a global leader in renewables, but notes that those renewables should and must be sustainable; considers it of high importance for the Commission to continuously demonstrate sufficient leadership and commitment to climate change issues to consolidate its international credibility and impact of its instruments for shaping conditions for the Union's climate policy and green diplomacy in future years;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 274 – indent 1 - carry out an evaluation of the 2012- 2015 animal welfare strategy - particularly in relation to live animal transportation - to identify to what extent its objectives have been achieved and if the guidance it has issued is being applied;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 274 a (new) 274a. Welcomes the conclusion of the Court that the EU actions on animal welfare have improved compliance with animal welfare requirements and supported higher standards with a clear positive impact on animal welfare, where properly implemented;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 277 – indent 3 - for the programming period post- 2020, provide structured guidance to Member States on the use of other rural development measures to support improved animal welfare standards, in order to give farmers a wider range of incentives to improve animal welfare, with a view to a complete abolishment of the cruel factory farming practices in the EU;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Acknowledges that ex-ante conditionalities have represented an often unnecessary additional administrative burden and that, as recognised by the Commission, have been one of the possible reasons for the registered delays in implementation of the ESIF 2014-2020; acknowledges, as well, that although there have been no cases of suspension of payments to programmes by the Commission for non-fulfilment of ex-
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Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10.
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls on the Commission to provide information about the amounts of customs claimed from the Member States and collected in favour of the Union budget; believes the current system of incentives for customs controls can be improved;
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