2022/2081(DEC) 2021 discharge: General budget of the EU - Commission
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Lead committee dossier:
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- Vote scheduled in committee 2023/03/23
Progress: Awaiting committee decision
Lead committee dossier:
Subjects
Events
2023/05/08
Indicative plenary sitting date
2023/03/23
Vote scheduled in committee
2023/01/25
EP - Committee draft report
Documents
2023/01/25
EP - Committee opinion
Documents
2023/01/24
EP - Committee opinion
Documents
2023/01/24
EP - Committee opinion
Documents
2023/01/24
EP - Committee opinion
Documents
2023/01/23
EP - Committee opinion
Documents
2023/01/13
EP - Specific opinion
Documents
2022/11/11
CofA - Court of Auditors: opinion, report
Documents
2022/10/26
EP - GOERENS Charles (Renew) appointed as rapporteur in DEVE
2022/10/24
EP - OMARJEE Younous (GUE/NGL) appointed as rapporteur in REGI
2022/10/12
CofA - Court of Auditors: opinion, report
Documents
2022/10/10
EP - BRICMONT Saskia (Verts/ALE) appointed as rapporteur in LIBE
2022/10/07
EP - FALCĂ Gheorghe (EPP) appointed as rapporteur in TRAN
2022/09/19
EP - TOMC Romana (EPP) appointed as rapporteur in EMPL
2022/09/13
EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
2022/09/12
EP - CANFIN Pascal (Renew) appointed as rapporteur in ENVI
2022/09/08
EP - OHLSSON Carina (S&D) appointed as rapporteur in AFET
2022/07/14
EP - HOHLMEIER Monika (EPP) appointed as rapporteur in CONT
2022/07/14
EP - LENAERS Jeroen (EPP) appointed as rapporteur in CONT
2022/07/13
EP - FRANZ Romeo (Verts/ALE) appointed as rapporteur in CULT
2022/06/23
EC - Non-legislative basic document
Documents
2022/06/23
EC - Non-legislative basic document published
Documents
2022/04/21
EP - VANA Monika (Verts/ALE) appointed as rapporteur in FEMM
Documents
- Committee draft report: PE737.407
- Committee opinion: PE739.543
- Committee opinion: PE736.614
- Committee opinion: PE737.445
- Committee opinion: PE738.578
- Committee opinion: PE737.545
- Specific opinion: PE740.676
- Court of Auditors: opinion, report: OJ C 429 11.11.2022, p. 0008
- Court of Auditors: opinion, report: N9-0003/2023
- Court of Auditors: opinion, report: OJ C 391 12.10.2022, p. 0006
- Court of Auditors: opinion, report: N9-0066/2022
- Non-legislative basic document: COM(2022)0323
- Non-legislative basic document: EUR-Lex
- Non-legislative basic document published: COM(2022)0323
- Non-legislative basic document published: EUR-Lex
- Non-legislative basic document: COM(2022)0323 EUR-Lex
- Court of Auditors: opinion, report: OJ C 391 12.10.2022, p. 0006 N9-0066/2022
- Court of Auditors: opinion, report: OJ C 429 11.11.2022, p. 0008 N9-0003/2023
- Specific opinion: PE740.676
- Committee opinion: PE737.545
- Committee opinion: PE736.614
- Committee opinion: PE737.445
- Committee opinion: PE738.578
- Committee draft report: PE737.407
- Committee opinion: PE739.543
Amendments | Dossier |
249 |
2022/2081(DEC)
2022/11/25
FEMM
28 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas, gender equality and the elimination of inequalities are core values upon which the Union is founded, and the commitment to promote
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that a gender equality perspective should be integrated and ensured into all policy areas, particularly in light of the multiple gendered impacts of various ongoing climate, energy and social crises; reiterates therefore its call for the implementation of gender budgeting
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Stresses with concern that work on women's rights within the European institutions neglects the issue of security; calls for funds to be earmarked for an ambitious process of reflection on the rise in insecurity among women in the European Union and its link with the arrival on European soil of vast numbers of people whose value system differs from ours and sometimes does not recognise that men and women are equal in dignity.
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Calls on the Commission and the Council to channel funding towards support for families; calls on the Commission to initiate a debate on the issue of the rise in medical deserts and the question of childcare facilities for young children, while respecting the powers of the Member States.
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Notes
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Repeats its concern at the interrelation between the attacks on the rule of law and the backlash on gender equality and women’s rights; calls on the Commission to continue its efforts to strengthen the rule of law in the Union, in particular those legal proposals aimed at protecting the EU budget in case of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law, breaches of human rights, including women’s rights and violations of the fundamental values of the European Union; as such, calls on the Commission to explore the core mission of those to whom EU funds are granted and to withhold funding from actors who seek to use EU funds for the purposes of backsliding human rights, particularly women’s rights and gender equality;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes the position of gender equality and mainstreaming as one of the horizontal principles for Union funds in the Multiannual Financial Framework for 2021-2027 and in the Recovery and Resilience Facility and calls for gender impact assessments, objectives and monitoring to be deployed as outlined in the ECA report;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes the
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Welcomes the Commission's work
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Welcomes the Commission's work on a new classification to measure the
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas, gender equality and the elimination of inequalities are core values upon which the Union is founded, and the commitment to promote
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Welcomes the Commission's work on a new classification
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Recalls that the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021 exacerbated existing structural gender inequalities and affected women’s employment disproportionally, in particular women working in the informal economy and in precarious working conditions;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4 b. Stresses the importance of using European Structural and Investment Funds such as the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) to promote gender equality, women’s employment and access to the labour market, childcare and long-term care facilities;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 c (new) 4 c. Stresses the importance of strengthening the specifically dedicated Daphne initiative by increasing its resources, in particular measures that aim to combat all levels and all forms of gender-based violence against women and girls and domestic violence in line with Article7(6) of Regulation (EU) 2021/692 and to properly support victims;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Re
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Calls on the Commission to strengthen the rule of law in the Union, and thus protect fundamental rights and gender equality, via the rule of law conditionality mechanism for access to EU funds;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Welcomes the Commission's continuous efforts and dedication to enhance and promote the principle of equality between men and women through the Union's policies and legislative proposals;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5 b. Is deeply concerned about revelations regarding the Commission’s reaction to a rape which occurred in the institution in 2015 in which the Commission suspended the convicted and sentenced official but continued to pay his salary throughout the lengthy legal proceedings; calls on the Commission to strengthen the protocol to ensure that in such cases, the Commission should remove entirely the salary; calls on the Commission to add to its protocol the right to access to psychological and other support for victims; urges the Commission to ensure that all rules in place guarantee a zero-tolerance to any forms of misconduct and a full support for all victims; recalls the Commission’s duty to put in place all necessary policies to prevent and address all forms of harassment and violence.
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas,
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas budgeting should always be based on objective and technical criteria; and whereas the Union's resources should not be used to promote an ideological line of reasoning;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas Parliament has repeatedly asked the Commission to promote and implement the use of gender mainstreaming, gender budgeting and gender impact assessments in all
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Recital B a (new) B a. whereas the use of gender mainstreaming, gender budgeting and gender impact assessments shall be promoted and eventually implemented in the adequate areas or aspects of European Union's policy, so as to avoid excessive complications in the legislative process and administrative difficulties at the level of the Union and the Member States;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that a gender equality perspective should be integrated and ensured into all policy areas, particularly in light of the multiple gendered impacts of various ongoing climate, energy and social crises, including the backlashes against gender equality and women’s rights, especially sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), in several Member States and worldwide; reiterates therefore its call for the implementation of gender budgeting at all stages of the budgetary process;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that a gender equality perspective should be integrated and ensured into all policy areas, particularly in light of the multiple gendered impacts of various ongoing climate, energy and social crises; reiterates therefore its call for the implementation of gender budgeting at all stages of the budgetary process; stresses the importance of gender budgeting in all recovery and alleviation measures to make use of EU programmes for mitigating gendered impacts of various crises;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that a
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2022/12/06
EMPL
13 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Takes note that the implementation of the 2021 budget was significantly impacted by the delays in the adoption of new legal bases and the new rules for structural funds, as well as the ongoing Covid-19 crisis and its social consequences, and their impact on the budget in the social area that was adopted before the crisis;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Notes that, in 2021, nearly EUR 14.6 billion have been paid to the 2014- 2020 ESF programmes as well as nearly EUR 320 million for REACT-EU, lifting the absorption rate to 61% (total payments made compared to allocation, including REACT-EU);
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 11 a (new) 11 a. Stresses the importance of the ESF and the ESF+ to encourage high level of employment, the creation of quality jobs and fight against poverty and social exclusion; expresses the need to provide them with the continued financial and political support of the EU, national and regional institutions in the delivery of their targets in the years to come, in particular to reflect the particular needs in the current crises and contribute to the implementation of the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights and the achievements of the Porto targets;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 11 b (new) 11 b. Notes that, on average, more than one out of five persons and one out of four children are still at risk of poverty or social exclusion in the European Union; recalls the EU commitment to the support for the most deprived through FEAD and the ESF+, alleviating the worst forms of poverty in the Union, such as food deprivation, homelessness, and child poverty; notes that about 13 million people, including approximately 4 million children under the age of 15 are supported by FEAD annually;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 12 a (new) 12 a. Urgently calls on the Commission to take the catering staff in-house in order to ensure good working conditions and avoid layoffs;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Takes note that by the end of 2021, total outstanding commitments totalled EUR 341.6 billion; highlights, however, that outstanding commitments from the EU budget decreased significantly from a historic high of EUR 303.2 billion at the end of 2020, mainly due to delays to the start of the implementation of shared management under the 2021-2027 MFF; notes that outstanding commitments for Heading 2a ‘Cohesion policy’ amounted to EUR 120.4 billion;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Recalls that spending under this subheading is aimed at strengthening competitiveness and reducing development disparities between the different Member States and regions of the EU; stresses the importance of EU cohesion policy in supporting the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights and assisting Member States and regions to harness new opportunities and address challenges, such as globalisation, unemployment, industrial change, digitalisation and supporting up and re-skilling and lifelong learning;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Expresses satisfaction that the biggest part of the Union budget went to the policy objective ‘cohesion, resilience and values’
Amendment 5 #
5. Notes with concern that the estimated overall level of error in subheading 2a ‘Economic, social and territorial cohesion’ stood at 4.1% in 2021; underlines that despite a slight decrease this figure is still largely above the 2 % materiality threshold; recognises that the majority of spending in this area is deemed high-risk expenditure as mainly reimbursement-based and often subject to complex rules; notes that the most common errors under the Cohesion heading were ineligible projects and infringements of internal market rules, in particular non-compliance with public procurement and state aid rules;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7.
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Notes with satisfaction that EaSI Financial Instruments (encompassing the EaSI Microfinance and Social Entrepreneurship Guarantee, the Capacity Building Investments Window and the Funded Instrument) continued in 2021 to support microenterprises and social enterprises, and that from its launch until 30 September 2021, guarantee agreements worth of EUR 401 million were signed which resulted in a total of 154 137 loans to micro- and social enterprises worth of EUR 2.5 billion; regrets, however, the late start of EaSI in 2021 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and other issues;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9.
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2022/12/07
CULT
23 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Notes that 2021 was the first implementation year of the 2021-2027 MFF and that the legal bases of the new Erasmus+, Creative Europe and European Solidarity Corps programmes were formally adopted in May 2021; recalls that these initiatives are meant to be for all, regardless of age, gender, employment or education level and reiterates the need to make sure that all programmes are accessible across Europe, in particular by small organizations, disadvantaged and vulnerable people and people from remote, rural and isolated areas;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Underlines that the COVID-19 pandemic continued to have a heavy impact on learners, teachers, young people, cultural professionals and athletes in 2021; therefore, it is instrumental to keep investing in people, developing their social and digital skills, creating education and mobility opportunities, promoting EU values and active citizenship;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Underlines that the COVID-19 pandemic continued to have a heavy impact on learners, teachers, young people, cultural professionals and athletes in 2021 and requests additional financial resources for them to better address the challenges arising from the inflation and price hikes;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Notes that the first year of the new MFF saw the launch or further development of several major policy initiatives; considers there to be a structural lack of EU funding for education, youth, solidarity and culture in the face of new priorities and requests that this be addressed when deciding on any programme adjustments in the MFF revision;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Notes that the first year of the new MFF saw the launch or further development of several major policy initiatives, such as the European Education Area and the new Digital Education Action Plan 2021-2027;
Amendment 14 #
5 a. Regrets that, following Commission President Von der Leyen’s announcement in September 2021, only three months were available to prepare for the 2022 European Year of Youth and that this fast-tracked legislative procedure not only undermined Parliament’s democratic prerogative but also jeopardised the Year’s level of ambition, the depth of the youth sector’s involvement and project quality;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5 b. Welcomes the launch in 2021 of CultureEU, an innovative web-based guide to EU funding for culture across programmes, and the revamped EU Youth Portal; hopes that these portals will contribute to better information and easier access to information on EU programmes and funding opportunities;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Encourages DG Connect to implement as soon as possible the European Court of Auditors’s open recommendation to adopt a media literacy strategy with clear indicators to systematically measure the impact of literacy actions and underlines the need to continue the fight against disinformation;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Notes the positive developments in the HR strategy of DG EAC in 2021; is deeply concerned about the staffing situation at the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) with a high turnover due to work pressure; highlights that the EIT requested additional staff, in particular to handle new initiatives like the pilot action to increase the innovative capacities of Higher Education Institutions; calls on DG EAC to ensure that the EIT is sufficiently staffed to deliver on all its responsibilities, particularly the higher education priorities;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Notes the progress made regarding personal data protection for beneficiaries of and participants in Erasmus+ and the European Solidarity Corps, in particular as regards third country personal data transfers, specifically through the roll-out of a ‘transfer tool’ in the form of a legally binding agreement with entrusted bodies in third countries;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Notes that 2021 was the first implementation year of the 2021-2027 MFF and that the legal bases of the new Erasmus+, Creative Europe and European Solidarity Corps programmes were formally adopted in May 2021; recalls Parliament’s insistence during the negotiations on a stronger focus on inclusion and diversity, notably gender balance, greening measures and sustainable digitalisation;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Notes the progress made regarding personal data protection for beneficiaries of and participants in Erasmus+ and the European Solidarity Corps, however noting the need to further reduce bureaucracy in project implementation;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Welcomes DG Education, Youth, Sport and Culture’s introduction in 2021 of a new internal reporting tool that allows National Agencies to detect more easily double submission, double funding and accreditation plagiarism
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new) 9 a. Calls on the Commission to support the co-legislators’ commitment to ensuring that the 2022 European Year of Youth leaves a lasting legacy by evaluating its outcomes thoroughly, mainstreaming youth across all related EU policies by means of a youth test and providing adequate financing for follow- up activities, including through a mapping exercise to identify additional funding sources beyond 2022;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 b (new) 9 b. Stresses that common minimum standards should be developed for digital education with a focus on digital infrastructure, teacher training, connectivity and digital education methods; underlines the need for the rapid implementation of the Digital Education Action Plan, which is key for the development of digital skills and the transformation of our educational systems in enabling them to integrate digital technologies;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Notes that 2021 was the first implementation year of the 2021-2027 MFF and that the legal bases of the new Erasmus+, Creative Europe and European Solidarity Corps programmes were formally adopted in May 2021; welcomes the various measures taken in those programmes in favour of inclusion as well as to support Ukrainian refugees, especially young people;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Notes that 2021 was the first implementation year of the 2021-2027 MFF and that the legal bases of the new Erasmus+, Creative Europe and European Solidarity Corps programmes were formally adopted in May 2021;underlines the crucial role of the these programs in times of crisis at EU and global level giving long-term perspectives to their beneficiaries.
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Reiterates the call for enhanced transparency and a comprehensive review of EU spending on cultural and creative actions in order to ensure stability, predictability and the scrutiny of those actions;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2 b. Calls for more transparency, less bureaucracy related to project implementation and the constructive use of digital instruments when this can be helpful for beneficiaries and the projects;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Acknowledges the mitigating measures taken by the Commission and EACEA to safeguard programme implementation, in particular EACEA’s efforts to deliver calls for proposals and tailored support for applicants at a high pace in the second half of the year; calls on the EACEA to continue its efforts to help applicants and beneficiaries of programmes in the context of the current crisis;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Underlines that the COVID-19 pandemic continued to have a heavy impact on learners, teachers, young people, cultural professionals and athletes in 2021; acknowledges the Commission’s adoption in June 2021 of a Communication on EU guidelines on the safe resumption of activities in the cultural and creative sectors, which aimed to support the coordinated reopening of the cultural sector in Europe;
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2022/12/08
REGI
75 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Notes that the Court of Auditors, in its Annual report for 20211, estimated a level of error for the EU budget spending on ‘Cohesion, resilience and values’ of 3.6 % in 2021, up from 3.5 % in 2020; underlines that, for subheading ‘Economic, social and territorial cohesion’ alone, the estimated level of error is 4.1 %; regrets that the downward trend of the previous years could not be maintained; believes that it would be appropriate, therefore, to include in the procedures the need for greater scrutiny and careful analysis of errors, with a view to making it easier to avoid or prevent errors in future; calls on the Commission and the Member States to pay careful attention to the increase in the error rate and the consequent increased level of risk, and the possibility of a subsequent loss of funding; _________________ 1 European Court of Auditors, Annual
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the findings of the European Court of Auditors (‘the Court’) that the consolidated accounts of the European Union for 2021 present fairly, in all material respects, the Union’s financial position; regrets that the estimated level of error in expenditure has increased up to 3%, up from 2,7% last year, which was already noted and described as material and pervasive;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Warns however that certain
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Notes that almost three quarters of Recovery and Resilience Financing, related to mitigating and addressing climate change, is focused on the energy transition and building sustainable transport in order to reach carbon neutrality by 2050;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Recognises that the COVID-19 crisis posed a new and unexpected challenge, and that the consequences of Russian aggression in Ukraine will similarly pose a major challenge; emphasises that the EU and its Member States need to respond decisively and provide solutions at EU and national level; stresses that cohesion policy has already proven its added value and will be even more indispensable in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis and the war in Ukraine; welcomes the increasing financial flexibility in connection with the use of cohesion funds, which enables Member States to use the funds to finance crisis-related projects; stresses the need to promote continuity and deeper cooperation among all cohesion policy stakeholders, particularly SMEs, municipalities and regions, which in the coming months will be dealing with an energy crisis, rising unemployment, migration, high inflation, a food crisis and healthcare; stresses that eliminating the root causes of irregularities by streamlining and strengthening administrative capacities would help beneficiaries and authorities to focus on results and contribute to reducing the error rate; notes that the urgent flexibility measures adopted in response to the COVID-19 crisis had an immediate impact and that many of these measures, which yielded remarkable results, should be continued, especially now in the context of the war in Ukraine, and strongly believes that rule-of-law conditionality will also contribute to increasing the regularity of EU funding;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Regrets that the MFF do not give a strong signal towards infrastructure investments nor priority to the completion of the TEN-T (no increase of CEF Transport envelope, no explicit dedicated financing under the Recovery Plan to transport);
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Calls on the Commission to develop measures to simplify procedures that, in the circumstances set out above, would contribute to responsible and appropriate spending of funds and the ensuing recovery in the Member States, bearing in mind that Member States’ objectives for the 2021-2027 programming period must be much more ambitious in response to the current wide- ranging economic and social consequences of both the COVID-19 crisis and the war in Ukraine, in order to protect citizens, preserve jobs and strengthen the investment climate; calls, in this context, also on the Commission to ensure the involvement of all stakeholders and all levels of government and local government in the development and implementation of economic recovery plans;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Notes that the last call for proposals of the CEF programme 2014-2020 was completed in 2021, selecting 77 actions, with a total CEF contribution of more than EUR 280 million, triggering an overall investment of more than EUR 500 million, nevertheless, regrets that the 1st CEF 2021- 2027 call for proposals was published only in September 2021 and the first commitments came in mid-2022 due to the delayed negotiations on the MFF 2021- 2027;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Takes note that, from 2021, the Commission manages the Brexit Adjustment Reserve, which provides support to the regions most affected by the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU; takes note that two pre-financing payments under the BAR were made in 2021; stresses that a clear overview of the situation should be prepared and that affected countries should be helped to improve their absorption through technical assistance programmes for cooperation with administrative authorities and technical guidance and training programmes;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Notes that for CEF transport sector, the 2021commitment appropriations were allocated to the first set of 13 calls for proposals and more than 400 proposals submitted. The evaluation of these proposals is currently ongoing. Consequently, no payment appropriations were used in 2021 in relation to calls;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Deplores the delays in the implementation of the Just Transition Fund (JTF) and stresses the need to identify what exactly is the reason for the delay, and consequently to adapt procedures or simplify rules and reduce administrative burdens that potentially hinder absorption; stresses that, particularly in the case of new funds, all stakeholders need to be better connected in the procedures so as to avoid bottlenecks and payment backlogs in the absorption process;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3 b. The selection concerned studies addressing the preparatory steps for forth coming works under the CEF 2021-2027 programme, focusing on the construction of sustainable transport modes infrastructures along the Core Network Corridors. Furthermore the last cut-off date of the Blending Facility was completed, reaching 45 projects co-funded under the two priorities (ERTM and Alternative Fuels), for an overall CEF contribution of more than EUR 305 million, supporting total eligible costs for more than € 1,2 billion;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Deplores the worrying delays in the implementation of the Just Transition Fund (JTF), urgently needed to support the people and EU regions in the green transition;
Amendment 15 #
3 c. Notices that as of 31 December 2020, the European Fund for Strategic Investments had supported transport infrastructure investment amounting to approximately EUR 9.3 billion to promote transport networks and cleaner fleet and to reduce congestion and bottlenecks;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Deplores the delays in the implementation of the Just Transition Fund (JTF)
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 d (new) 3 d. Rejoices the resounding success of the 2021 European Year of Rail, which included a series of events, campaigns and initiatives promoting rail as a sustainable, innovative and safe mode of transport, highlighting its benefits for people, the economy and the climate and focusing on the remaining challenges to create a true Single European Rail Area without borders;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Regrets the delays in the launch of new programmes for the funds under the CPR; acknowledges that this delay is the
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 e (new) Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8 a. Regrets the fact that the Court of Auditors in its Special report on Climate spending in the 2014-2020 EU budget considers that the overall reporting by the Commission on climate spending was unreliable and that the Commission overstated climate spending by at least 72 billion EUR, over 80% of which was from agricultural funding, meaning that around 13% of the 2014-2020 EU budget was spent on climate action, therefore, expresses concerns regarding the reliability of 2021-2027 climate reporting as well and calls the Commission to reassess its climate tracking methodology;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 f (new) 3 f. Commends the proposals of DG MOVE Fuel Maritime, Refuel Aviation and AFIR and other Fit for 55 proposals on which DG MOVE collaborated. Stresses that implementation of AFIR is crucial to deliver on majority of all the proposals;
Amendment 19 #
8 b. Stresses the importance of cohesion policy in promoting gender equality, as highlighted by the European Parliament's own-initiative report on the gender dimension in cohesion policy and by the “European Court of Auditors’ Special Report 10/2021: Gender mainstreaming in the EU budget: time to turn words into action”; points out the Court’s assessment that the EU’s budget cycle did not take gender equality adequately into account and the Commission had not yet lived up to its commitment to gender mainstreaming in the EU budget; on the other hand welcomes the Commission's work on a new classification to measure the gender impact of Union spending; calls on the Commission to ensure that this classification focuses on accurate and comprehensive representation of the impact of programmes on gender equality;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 g (new) 3 g. Welcomes the launch a new NAIADES III action plan “Boosting future-proof European inland waterway transport”, aligned with the new multiannual financial framework (2021- 2027) and focused on shifting more freight transport to inland waterways; Stresses that European harmonisation and standardisation for both quality navigability and equipment, as well as proper funding, are crucial in this regard;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Notes that the Court of Auditors, in its Annual report for 20211 , estimated a
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the findings of the European Court of Auditors (‘the Court’) that the consolidated accounts of the European Union for 2021 present fairly, in all material respects, the Union’s financial position; regrets that the estimated level of error in expenditure has increased up to 3% and recommends the European Commission to improve the monitoring of expenditures;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Takes note that the Court reported 15 cases to OLAF in 2021, in contrast to the 6 cases it reported in 2020; notes as well that only one of these cases was in parallel reported to the EPPO; regrets the lack of transparency on the number of cases reported by the Commission to the EPPO; regrets also the controversy that has arisen concerning the competence adjudication over particular cases in certain Member
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 h (new) 3 h. Welcomes proactivity of DG MOVE in 2021 to promote the best progress at International Maritime Organisation on GHG emissions reduction as the global approach is the key element how achieve the goal set in Paris Agreement;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new) 9 a. Stresses the importance of the role of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in investigating, prosecuting and bringing to judgment crimes against the financial interests of the EU, with a special focus on their cross-border dimension; regrets that all Member States are not currently participating in this enhanced cooperation and deplores any irregularities or partisan interventions in the appointment of the prosecutors in the participating Member States; furthermore, calls for more efforts in the fight against frauds at EU level and in the Member States.
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Welcomes new research and innovation projects launched in 2021 from both Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe, including landmark projects on
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Welcomes the fact that the Commission launched in 2021 the Zero- Emission Waterborne Transport Partnership from Horizon Europe, stresses the need to support renewable propulsion technologies for European maritime transport such as renewable fuels of non-biological origin, shore-side electricity, wind assisted propulsion systems and any other zero-emission innovation technologies;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Stresses the need to circumscribe EU funding to transport projects that fulfil the requirements of a future-proof, sustainable European transport network, in accordance with the EU taxonomy, and consequently to prioritise projects that significantly contribute to improving climate-friendliness in the transport sector;
Amendment 24 #
4 b. Welcomes the ambition to strive for carbon neutrality in European youth programmes, for instance through extra economic support for travel undertaken with low-carbon means of transport in the Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps programmes, as well as advanced carbon footprint tracking1a; _________________ 1a https://www.europarl.europa.eu/cmsdata/ 258050/Detailed%20replies_EP%2027.10. 2022.pdf
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Welcomes the Court’s Review No 05/2021 on the Union framework for large transport infrastructure projects and regrets their findings related to major cost- overruns and time delays of the projects; requests the Commission, together with the Court, OLAF and EPPO, to further closely monitor the Union transport projects, improve the process and to submit an annual implementation report to the Parliament and national parliaments specifying the measures taken to guarantee the completion of the TEN-T network; highlights that the conclusions of the European Court of Auditors Review 05/2021 on “The EU framework for large transport infrastructure projects: an international comparison” align with its previous concerns; recalls that the Special Report10/2020 on “EU transport infrastructures: more speed needed in megaproject implementation to deliver network effects on time” already raised diverse serious socioeconomic and environmental concerns over different transport flagship mega-infrastructure projects across the Union, such as inaccurate estimations regarding traffic forecasts or the cumulative delays, remarkably impacting the related cost- benefit analysis as well as the life-cycle emissions calculations within the 2030 and 2050 horizons; considers that EU transport funding would be more effectively spent, also in terms of climate neutrality contribution, by considerably supporting smaller-scale regional cross- border rail missing links;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Requests that the Commission, together with the Court and OLAF, closely monitor the EU transport projects, as public investment in infrastructure is particularly sensitive to fraud; considers this essential not only to ensure transparency that prevents corruption and misuse of taxpayers' money, but also to ensure that the highest safety standards for the users are not compromised;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5 b. Calls attention to the renewed expression of concern by the European Court of Auditors regarding the climate reporting methodology used in the MFF 2021-2027, which is believed to overestimate the climate contribution of certain EU funding1a; urges the Commission to review this expenditure tracking system in order to obtain more reliable estimates of the climate contribution of EU policies; _________________ 1a https://www.eca.europa.eu/Lists/ECADoc uments/annualreport-Performance- 2021/annualreport-Performance- 2021_EN.pdf
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 c (new) Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Underlines that the funding of the TEN-T network revision shall well reflect and further focus on the extension of connection towards the Eastern Neighbourhood as well as revising priorities of the Eastern Member States towards cross-border missing links. Requests also the Commission to propose an 'EU-Eastern Europe' or 'Eastern Partnership' Transport Community, including an Eastern Europe Investment Framework; in this regard insists to not further delay the acceptation of Bulgaria and Romania to the Schengen Area to ensure seamless transport connection to the East;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Acknowledges that the record high level of payments under cohesion in 2021, together with the complex rules that govern spending in this area, might partly explain the increased error rate; expresses its concern, however, at the Court’s conclusion that controls in place do not offset the high inherent risk error in this area; underlines the need for improvements in the control and assurance framework for cohesion; stresses that a better and broader exchange of good practice between countries is essential for increasing efficiency and reducing the error rate; stresses that further simplification of the rules and procedures governing absorption in this area could also significantly contribute to a more efficient and, at the same time, more targeted use of funds and reduce errors in application procedures; recalls in this respect the Court’s previous position on VAT reimbursement errors and the need to simplify the rules in this area to help Member States comply with obligations to pay beneficiaries;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Recalls that the European Court of Auditors has once again found the level of error related to EU expenditure to be substantially higher for high risk expenditures, which are usually reimbursement based and subject to complicated rules (estimated level of error 4.7%), as opposed to low-risk expenditures, which are subject to simpler rules (estimated free from material error)1a; notes that both ERDF and CEF expenditures fall under the category of high risk expenditure; encourages clarification of rules and procedures for funding mechanisms, as well as improvement of monitoring mechanisms wherever possible, in order to minimise the risks entailed in high risk expenditure; _________________ 1a https://www.eca.europa.eu/Lists/ECADoc uments/auditinbrief-2021/auditinbrief- 2021_EN.pdf
Amendment 30 #
6. Underlines that the funding of the TEN-T network revision shall well reflect and further focus on the extension of connection towards the Eastern Neighbourhood, as well as means of connecting the outermost regions to the European continent; in this regard insists to not further delay the acceptation of Bulgaria and Romania to the Schengen Area to ensure seamless transport connection to the East; urges that specific calls be issued for transport links serving the outermost regions and, in the digital sector, for the modernisation of submarine cables;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Underlines that the funding of the TEN-T network revision shall well reflect and further focus on the extension of connection towards
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Underlines that the funding of the TEN-T network revision shall well reflect and further focus on the extension of connection towards the Eastern Neighbourhood; in this regard insists to not further delay the acceptation of Bulgaria
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. points out that the TEN-T makes a vital contribution to the achievement of the EU's political objectives in the accession and neighborhood policies, in particular through cross-border projects, and whereas the maintenance and strengthening of close transport links with third countries within the TEN-T and the further integration of the countries of the Western Balkans and the Eastern Partnership is therefore of significant importance for the EU;
Amendment 34 #
6 a. Welcomes Action Plan on Military Mobility 2.0 and the Joint Communication on an EU cyber defence policy put forward by the European Commission and the High Representative in order to address the deteriorating security environment following illegal, unjustified Russia's aggression against Ukraine and to boost the EU's capacity to protect its citizens and infrastructure;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Calls for the creation, in the next Multiannual Financial Framework, of a budget envelope dedicated to “external transport ” in the CEF III, in order to increase cooperation with third countries in terms of cross-border projects and infrastructure deployment;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6 b. Calls for better connected and protected infrastructure and streamlining of regulatory issues; calls for a reinforced cooperation with NATO and to promote connectivity and dialogue with key partners;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 c (new) 6 c. welcomes the fact that the CEF Digital Programme contains new very high-capacity network connections for socio-economic factors and very high- quality connections for local communities to ensure the digital transition, and that the CEF Digital Programme contributed EUR 4 284 billion to the budget in 2022 for climate 2021;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 c (new) 6 c. Calls for the identification of possible gaps in the infrastructure, informing future actions to prioritise improvements and integrate fuel supply chain requirements, to support short- notice large-scale movements of military forces;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Points out the worrying conclusions of the “European Court of Auditors’ Special Report 26/2021: Regularity of spending in EU Cohesion policy”, which highlight that the European Commission’s own control system does not sufficiently compensate for the weaknesses in the work of Member State audit authorities when they check Cohesion spending; calls on the Commission to improve its audit work, audit documentation and review process, as well as to strengthen the main elements of the regularity information provided in the Annual Activity Reports by its Directorates-General;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Welcomes the Court of Auditor’s special report on EU co-funded investments in tourism, which assesses the effectiveness of the ERDF/CF funding for public investments in tourism as well as the Commission progress in Transition Pathway for Tourism; Reiterates the Parliament’s request for the creation of a new budgetary line for Tourism, to support this sector severely hit by the Covid-19 and now suffering from energy crisis and inflation;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 d (new) 6 d. Calls for the a reinforced cooperation with NATO and key strategic partners, such as the US, Canada and Norway, while promoting connectivity and dialogue with regional partners and enlargement countries, such as Ukraine, Moldova and the Western Balkans;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 e (new) 6 e. Calls on the Commission to provide the necessary funding in the EU Member States for developing of the dual use infrastructure with strategic role required in meeting present and future needs; emphasises the necessity to improve the EU capacity to assess and control the ownership and the investments in the field of strategic infrastructure, as a key aspect for guaranteeing the security of the EU and our citizens;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 f (new) 6 f. Calls for the digitalisation of administrative processes related to customs logistics and military mobility systems; stresses that it is crucial to invest in measures to protect transport infrastructure from cyber-attacks and other hybrid threats;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7.
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Notes the low amount of payment appropriations of 2 million of military mobility which operates with regrettable low financial envelope, therefore considers that it is necessary to provide a bigger budget for this field to meet the needs;
Amendment 46 #
7 a. Recalls that railway is the only transport sector which has decreased its GHG emissions; recalls outstanding environmental performance of railway transport which the Commission established as one of its priorities with the Action plan to boost long distance and cross-border passenger rail, calls for actions to intensify investments in railway transport and in the harmonisation and standardisation of the system, but also to improve funding opportunities to incentivise investments in ERTMS, calls for actions to intensify investments in multimodal logistics platforms;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Underlines the importance of Special Report 27/2021 by the Court of Auditors entitled 'EU Support to tourism - Need for a fresh strategic orientation and a better funding approach' and calls on the Commission to implement the recommendations set out therein, including assistance for Member States in implementing procedures for the selection of ERDF-funded projects in the tourism sector, the aim being to promote Union priorities in this field and the use of a common output indicator;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Taking into consideration current unjustified and illegal Russian war in Ukraine, appreciates the Commission Implementing Regulation, defining transport infrastructure requirements necessary for dual civilian and military mobility; Welcomes the decision to extend the flexibilities of the remaining 2014- 2020 cohesion policy funds, including REACT-EU;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 b (new) 7 b. Requests the Commission to monitor the increasing risk of contingent liabilities to the EU budget being triggered in connection with illegal and unjustified Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, and take action as necessary to ensure that risk mitigation tools maintain sufficient capacity;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2 b. Urges the Commission to ensure the sound financial management in the use of funds, including the respect for the rule of law and the fundamental rights, through the use of already existing instruments-such as the European Rule of Law Mechanism-to their full extent, not shying away from its prerogatives and duties as guardian of the EU Treaties;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Stresses that financial regulation and high management standards has to be respected by all the EU’s institutions;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 b (new) 7 b. Recalls for further actions and investments in inland waterway transport in order to achieve a more climate- resilient transport system;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 c (new) 7 c. Draw attention to the Court of Auditors Special Report 15/2021 which points out that, during the COVID- 19crisis, despite Commission’s acts, air passenger rights were not fully protected; Calls the Commission to better inform on air passenger rights, to create a stronger linking between State aid, airlines and the reimbursement of air passenger; Asks the Commission to ameliorate the coordination between National measures;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 d (new) 7 d. Welcomes the development of the Transition Pathway for Tourism in order to achieve the digital and green transition of the sector; calls the Commission to develop a new strategy for the tourism sector and a roadmap for sustainable tourism; Recalls the Parliament’s request to create a new budgetary line for sustainable tourism;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8 a. Welcomes the establishment of European Climate Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) which will take over activities of Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA) and looks forward to publication of its 2021 annual activity report;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 b (new) 8 b. Notes that at the end of December 2021, DG MOVE had 420 staff, including external staff (contract agents and SNEs). Calls on EPSO to adjust the selection procedure in line with recommendations of the ECA Special Report 23/2020 in order to directly employ specialists for permanent positions or to leave the EPSO system for specialists completely and develop a new targeted hiring procedure similar to the one of ECB;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes the fact that the absorption rate of the 2014-2020 European Structural and Investment (ESI) Funds has increased in 2021; points out that this was largely due to programme amendments linked to CRII/CRII+, which allowed to quickly mobilise unspent cohesion resources towards health actions, support for businesses and workers and vulnerable groups; stresses that similar, harmonised programme amendments would make sense in the context of other programmes too, if they can lead to greater efficiency and faster and simplified absorption at the same times as a reduction in errors;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Welcomes the quick roll-out of the additional funding provided under REACT-EU; highlights that, by the end of 2021, EUR 39.4 billion (99% of the overall amount available for the year) had been programmed and that the first payments to Member States were made as early as in June 2021; stresses that any increase in funding requires more attention and that if errors are made the institutions risk losing credibility; stresses, therefore, the need to closely monitor further payments and to ensure that the intensity of payments is not reduced, with appropriate transparency and safeguards to prevent misuse of funds;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1 b. Welcomes the Court’s Special Report 05/2021: Infrastructure for charging electric vehicles, commending the Commission success in promoting a common EU plug standard for charging electric vehicles, pointing out remaining obstacles to travel across the EU in electric vehicles and presenting recommendations;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Warns however that certain Member States present very low absorption rates for the ESI Funds and will be under significant pressure to absorb all the available funds before the closure of the programmes; regrets that the RRF may have led to delays in the implementation of ESI funds; stresses the need to develop integrated, cohesive, stimulative, effective and reliable mechanisms and, in particular, recommendations and technical guidance on promoting the absorption of European funds in the Member States, so that they can be increasingly effective in their use European funds; stresses the need to identify Member States which have very low absorption and to establish and analyse the reason why that lower absorption is actually happening, and that appropriate measures should then be taken to improve the absorption rate, including through the exchange of best practices between countries and administrative training; calls on the Commission, in a structured dialogue with the Member States, to analyse administrative practices and procedures for the elimination of inefficiencies, and to disseminate examples of effective administrative practices and procedures to all competent authorities;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 c (new) 1 c. Notes that the pandemic is not over, new variants are emerging, and continued vigilance is essential. Inflation has reached levels not seen in decades, reducing the effective financial capacity of the EU budget, which is updated by a fixed deflator of 2% – well below the actual level of inflation. Supply-chain tensions are contributing to high inflationary pressures and are affecting the EU’s open strategic autonomy;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Warns however that certain Member States present very low absorption rates for the ESI Funds and will be under significant pressure to absorb all the available funds before the closure of the programmes; regrets that the RRF may have led to delays in the implementation of ESI funds; urges to take adequate measures to eliminate the obstacles
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 c (new) 1 c. Welcomes the finding by the Commission Annual report on internal audits carried out in 20211a that the Directorate-General of Mobility and Transport has an effective system of internal control in place to help ensure the support, monitoring, and enforcement of EU law in Member States; _________________ 1a https://www.europarl.europa.eu/cmsdata/ 252903/annual_internal_audit_report_we b-10.06.pdf
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2022/12/12
AFET
35 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recalls that the rule of law, the EU’s fundamental values and respect for human rights in recipient countries are embedded in the basic acts of IPA III and of NDICI; calls on the Commission to modify assistance should threats to democracy, the rule of law, human rights or fundamental freedoms so require; calls in this regard for a definitive end to all pre-accession aid funding for those states in which such threats exist, including Turkey and a number of Balkan countries;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Is concerned about
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Recognises the
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Recognises the critical role performed by UNRWA in providing Palestine refugees with vital services;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Recognises the critical role performed by UNRWA in providing Palestine refugees with vital services;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Deplores that problematic and hateful material in Palestinian school textbooks has still not been removed and is concerned about the continued failure to act effectively against hate speech and violence in school textbooks and especially in the newly created study cards; reiterates its position that all text books and materials supported by EU Funds which are used in schools must be in line with UNESCO standards of peace, tolerance, co-existence and non-violence; moreover, insists that salaries of teachers and education sector civil servants that are financed from Union funds such as PEGASE be used for drafting and teaching curricula which reflect the UNESCO standards of peace, tolerance, coexistence, and non-violence, as was decided upon by Union education ministers in Paris on 17 March 2015 and as reflected by European Parliament decisions on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial years 2016, 2018, 2019 and 2020; requests therefore the Commission to closely scrutinise that the Palestinian Authority (PA) and relevant experts modify the full curriculum expeditiously;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Reaffirms the Abraham Accords’ historical importance in maintaining and strengthening peace and stability in the Middle East and beyond; commends the role that the United States has played in facilitating the Abraham Accords; calls on the Commission to support the implementation and extension of the Abraham Accords as an important framework for achieving durable peace in the Middle East; encourages the Commission to further initiate and support policy initiatives, and projects aimed at supporting the Abraham Accords and the peace and stability in the Middle East, as well as the EU’s partnership with the involved states;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recalls that the rule of law, the EU’s fundamental values and respect for human rights in recipient countries are embedded in the basic acts of IPA III and of NDICI; calls on the Commission to modify assistance should
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Calls on the Commission to address the difficulties faced by EU registered Belarusian and Russian NGOs in the EU banking sector in order to enable them to open and maintain bank accounts in banks in EU Member States without the current obstacles, in particular the banks' unfounded suspicion of money laundering and terrorist financing; stresses the fact that these NGOs are carrying out projects for the promotion of democracy and the advancement of human rights that are funded by the EU and EU Member States;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Commends the Commission’s decision to mobilise an additional EUR 30 million to further strengthen the resilience and capacity of the Belarusian people affected by the political crisis to promote democratic changes in Belarus;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Strongly commends the efforts of civil society worldwide in promoting and defending human rights, especially at a time of shrinking civil society space and the questioning of the universality of human rights;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Recalls that malicious foreign actors tend to exploit ethnic tensions in the Western Balkans, including in EU candidate countries, sometimes trying to use these countries as an information manipulation and hybrid warfare laboratory, aimed at undermining the EU; recommends that the Commission finance StratCom Taskforces that tackle disinformation and hybrid threats that seek to undermine the EU perspective; reiterates the need for StratCom Taskforces focused on the disinformation emanating from the Middle East, particularly Iran;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Calls for more independent and publicly available assessments of EU civilian and military security and military measures, in particular EU military training missions, capacity building of military actors in third countries, and border and migration management measures;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Welcomes the ongoing revision of the Commission’s Code of Practice on Disinformation; stresses the need for the EU to increase the visibility of its actions through a better, more strategic communication of its external actions towards its own citizens and beyond;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Calls on the Commission to cease all funding of Islamism and organisations with ties to Islamism as well as campaigns glorifying or legitimising the Hijab;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 c (new) 5c. Regrets that the Commission continued providing funds to third countries that refuse to enter into return agreements with Member States; calls on the Commission to, as a matter of policy, not disburse any funds until the beneficiary state has concluded agreements enabling the return of migrants from Member States;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 c (new) 5c. Calls on the Commission to ensure that its cooperation assistance enhances support to civil society, notably human rights defenders, indigenous peoples, and traditional communities;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Recommends the suspension of budgetary support in non-EU countries, including candidate countries, where authorities manifestly fail to take genuine action against widespread corruption, while ensuring that the assistance reaches the civil population through alternative channels; calls for greater priority to be given to the fight against corruption in pre-accession negotiations and a focus on capacity building, such as via specialised anti-corruption bodies; calls on the Commission to send clear signals to candidate countries that a backlash against rule of law standards is jeopardising or delaying the accession to the EU; regrets that according to ECA Special Report No 01/2022, EUR 700 million in financial support for the improvement of the rule of law in the Western Balkans provided by the EU between 2014 and 2020 had little impact on fundamental reforms;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 d (new) Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 e (new) 5e. Notes that in 2021, payments for ‘Neighbourhood and the world’ amounted to €10.9 billion according to the Court of Auditors and that these payments were disbursed using several instruments and delivery methods such as works/supply/service contracts, grants, special loans, loan guarantees and financial assistance, budget support and other targeted forms of budgetary aid in more than 150 countries; notes that the top payments per delegation for DG NEAR during 2021 was Turkey (127 million EUR), Moldova (109 million EUR), Morocco (106 million EUR), Egypt (88 million EUR) and Jordan (70 million EUR); notes the top payments per delegation for DG INTPA during 2021 was Bangladesh (140 million EUR), Iraq (103 million EUR), Pakistan (89 million EUR), Nepal (85 million EUR) and Afghanistan (77 million EUR);
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 f (new) 5f. Notes with concern that the Court of Auditors, for 2021, only sampled 37 DG NEAR, 14 DG INTPA, 12 DG ECHO and four FPI transactions;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 g (new) 5g. Notes with concern that the Court of Auditors found that the Commission had incorrectly cleared 44% of a reported 2.2 million EUR incurred expenditure that benefitted an international organisation tasked with carrying out actions aimed at challenging gender stereotypes in the Eastern Partnership countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine);
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 h (new) Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 i (new) 5i. Urges the Commission to, without delay, launch effective and wide-reaching communication campaigns targeting diaspora communities in the European Union representing the highest proportions of illegal arrivals and strategic communication campaigns targeting potential illegal migrants in source and transit countries with messages deterring potential migrants from considering illegal means of arrival to the Member States of the European Union; regrets that the existing campaigns of the Commission have not focused on deterrence, instead inform potential migrants of available legal pathways to Europe;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Regrets that according to ECA Special Report No 01/2022, EUR 700 million in financial support for the improvement of the rule of law in the Western Balkans provided by the EU between 2014 and 2020 had little impact on fundamental reforms; calls on the Commission to send clear signals to those candidate countries in which a backlash against rule of law standards - including limitations on the freedom of expression, the freedom of press, women’s and minority rights, the harassment of NGOs and human rights defenders - is jeopardising or delaying their accession to the EU; invites the Commission to examine the efficiency of the funds spent on the improvement of the state of the Rule of Law in the accession countries and report back to the AFET and CONT committees;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Points out that EU enlargement efforts will be extremely costly for the Union, the Member States and taxpayers in the event of accession of some or all of the applicant countries, and are likely to generate very little by way of revenue in return;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Is strongly of the opinion that the financial interest of the EU should be protected within the EU and outside the EU equally, therefore considers that the Commission should put more emphasis on the funds spent in non-EU countries in order to verify that those funds are spent in accordance with European rules and without the involvement of fraud or corruption, and to confirm whether they contribute to the goals of the Union’s development and external policy; recommends sanctions and suspension of budgetary support in non-EU countries where national authorities manifestly fail to take genuine action against widespread corruption, while ensuring that the assistance reaches the civil population through alternative channels;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Notes that in 2021 the Parliament broadly agreed with the use of the NDICI budgetary cushion for the political priorities pursued, particularly as regards the support to fight the pandemic; recalls that the financial package for refugees from Syria
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 Amendment 9 #
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2022/12/20
DEVE
28 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Questions the large-scale tapping of the cushion within the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument – Global Europe, established by Regulation (EU) 2021/947 of the European Parliament and of the Council1 , for other purposes than the response to new needs it is aimed for;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Underlines that the Global Gateway strategy could be a game changer for developing partner countries, particularly in Africa, where shortcomings of physical infrastructure and connectivity are barriers for development, further notes that for the success of this initiative, the Commission needs to provide all relevant information to the Parliament as budgetary authority of the European Union;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2 b. Notes that enhanced Private- Public Partnership and domestic resource mobilisation in EU partner countries are essential to fulfil the funding gap to achieve SDGs, further calls on the Commission in this context to support good governance and tax governance in EU partner countries;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Encourages the Court of Auditors to resume its preparation of special reports relating to development cooperation expenditure and to regularly cover development cooperation aspects in its special reports on horizontal issues in accordance with the Policy Coherence for Development principle set in article 208 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU; calls on the European Court of Auditors to carry out regular reports on the implementation of the recently initiated Global Gateway and European Financial Architecture for Development (EFAD) which will be made public and lead to policy recommendations including on actions to betaken for improvements;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Encourages the Court of Auditors to resume its preparation of special reports relating to development cooperation expenditure and to regularly cover development cooperation aspects in its special reports on horizontal issues;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Emphasises the value of service delivery through local NGOs in developing countries; encourages the Commission to prioritise that when possible and to provide capacity-building for local NGOs with potential to become important service deliverers; highlights the efficacy of local ownership in project implementation as concerns prioritisation, allocation of resources and building local know-how;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Emphasises the value of service delivery through certain local NGOs in developing countries; encourages the Commission to prioritise that when possible and appropriate in a particular case to provide capacity-building for local NGOs with potential to become important service deliverers;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Stresses, however, that increased use of local partners must not entail or give rise to watered-down transparency, audit or monitoring requirements and that said local partners must also adopt and adhere to the values and objectives of EU development policy;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Calls for increased vigilance with regard to the selection of partner organisations in conflict zones or areas at risk of terrorism, and for full transparency on programme implementation, and notes, in this regard, that the relevant rules laid down by the partner countries benefiting from the humanitarian operations or development action should, as far as possible and appropriate, be respected;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Regrets the continued great difficulties faced by small local NGOs in accessing Union funding because of the highly demanding procedures involved; invites the Commission to fully use existing flexibilities, as well as the new flexibilities that the ongoing revision of the Financial Regulation may open, without taking unreasonable fiduciary risks, and to propose necessary changes to rules.
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Questions the large-scale tapping of the cushion within the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument – Global Europe, established by Regulation (EU) 2021/947 of the European Parliament and of the Council1, for other purposes than the response to new needs it is aimed for;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Regrets the continued great difficulties faced by small local NGOs in accessing Union funding because of the highly demanding procedures involved; invites the Commission to fully use existing flexibilities, without taking unreasonable fiduciary risks and without prejudice to full transparency on implementation of the funds, and to propose necessary changes to rules.
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Regrets the continued great difficulties faced by small local NGOs, including Faith-Based Organisations, in accessing Union funding because of the highly demanding procedures involved; invites the Commission to fully use existing flexibilities, without taking unreasonable fiduciary risks, and to propose necessary changes to rules.
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Regrets the continued great difficulties faced by small local NGOs in accessing Union funding because of the highly demanding and cumbersome procedures involved; invites the Commission to
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Supports the efforts the EU has made to support Ukraine via the EU’s external policy instruments, including forms of macro-financial assistance; emphasises that a broader structural instrument for financial support to Ukraine is required for all of 2023, as well as further ongoing EU support for Ukraine, including an action plan and funding for the reconstruction of the country;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Emphasizes the particular importance of involvement of local organizations in the implementation of EU development cooperation with particular regard to support to access to education to all, highlights that in EU partner countries churches, and faith based organizations as major providers of education have a particular importance.
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5 b. Urges the Commission to indicate the country level spending targets regarding the announced assignment of at least 10% for education and to inform the Parliament about the involvement of local implementing partners.
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Calls for action to boost the ‘visibility’ of efforts, and ultimately of the EU/European funding involved, among the final beneficiaries of the assistance;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 c (new) 5 c. Underlines with deep concern that the growing insecurity in EU partner countries, notably inthe Sahel Region, Nigeria and on the Horn of Africa is a major threat for the stability of our neighbouring continent, emphasizes that without security there is no development and the lack of security is a major threat for the EU’s development efforts, urges the Commission to use all available instruments to combat radicalisation, foster security and reconciliation in EU partner countries.
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 d (new) 5 d. Welcomes that the Commission finally, after a two and a half year delay announced the appointment of the EU Special Envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU, urges the Commission to secure the necessary financial means to the Special Envoy to execute his duties, particularly in those EU partner countries, where the increasing violence against religious communities undermines the EU’s efforts to foster sustainable development.
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Questions the large-scale tapping of the cushion within the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument – Global Europe, established by Regulation (EU) 2021/947 of the European Parliament and of the Council1 , for other purposes than the response to new needs it is aimed for; calls on
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Welcomes the fact that all recommendations from the Court of Auditors in the preceding year have been implemented fully or in most or some respects, despite the high-risk nature of development cooperation in implementing the EU budget;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1 b. Recognises the work of the Commission in applying controls to make sure that transactions are made in a legitimate manner and that activities are implemented in accordance with the priorities set by the legislator; calls on the Commission to further improve controls in order to decrease the amount of transactional errors and to implement the recommendations of the Court of Auditors in full;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 c (new) 1 c. Highlights the fact that the legitimacy and effectiveness of EU development cooperation hinges on the correct implementation of activities and their proper funding; calls on the Commission to redouble efforts to find eligible projects and to ensure a sufficient amount of payments under the current expenditure ceiling;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Supports the ambition to bring together public and private actors and achieve synergies between different policies through the Global Gateway (GG) strategy; stresses that allocations of official development assistance involved should be firmly guided by Agenda 2030 and consistent with the needs established together with the relevant authorities in the countries concerned, and that policy coherence for development should consistently be applied; notes that the only role for Parliament in the governance arrangements adopted by the Member States is that as an observer in the GG board; stresses the need to ensure proper influence for Parliament in strategic choices involving Union funds and in monitoring the implementation of these funds;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2.
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Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Notes that for the audited spending areas related to migration and border management, and security and defence policies, the Court chose to examine a sample of 28 transactions, which is not representative of the spending under MFF headings 4 and 5; notes that the selected sample of examined transactions does not allow the Court to provide an estimate of the error rate for these MFF headings; regrets this choice by the Court despite multiple calls from the Parliament to calculate the estimated level of error;
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Is satisfied with the work carried out by the five decentralised agencies which are under its remit, which carry out technical, scientific or managerial tasks that help the Union institutions elaborate and implement policies in the area of environment, climate action, public health and food safety, as well as with the way in which those agencies' budgets are implemented; stresses that, given the scale of current and upcoming challenges, sufficient funding and more human resources must be guaranteed for the agencies and the Commission Directorates- General ('DG') working in the areas of environment, climate action, public health and food safety, and specifically the DG for the Environment;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Notes with regret that only 11 of 47 programmes declared amounts contributing to gender equality under the scores 2 or 1, amounting to only 5 % of commitments by the end of 2021; encourages the Comission to allocate more resources to promote and defend gender equality;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 12 12. Regrets the Court's finding, in its Special Report 16/20214 , that EU agricultural funding destined for climate action has not contributed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions; shares the Court's view that the new Common Agricultural Policy should
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 13 a (new) 13 a. Notes that DG Environment had 492 employees in 2021, organised into six directorates; takes the view that, in addition to adequate financial support, the full implementation of environmental protection tasks will also require high- quality staffing provision in the upcoming period;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5 b. Deeply regrets that both Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and President of the European Council Charles Michel expressed a European commitment to finance Turkey’s hosting of refugees despite the continued unlawful deportations of Afghan asylum seekers to Afghanistan as reported by Human Righst Watch and Amnesty International;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 13 b (new) 13 b. Welcomes DG Environment's contribution to the implementation of the Circular Economy Action Plan; believes that the transition to a circular economy is one of the milestones on the road to a new economic model capable of creating jobs and ensuring prosperity within our planet's means;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Notes the important amount of legislative proposals on justice and home affairs published in 2021; regrets the lack of previous impact assessment including on fundamental rights on many of those proposals; notes that proposals on justice and home affairs continue to prominently feature in the Commission work programmes; reminds the European Commission of the necessity to ensure that every published proposal on justice and home affairs is accompanied by an impact assessment including on fundamental rights;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 13 c (new) 13 c. Welcomes the fact that new rules have been developed to limit persistent organic pollutants in waste, which will help create clean material cycles that are essential for the proper functioning of the recycling industry;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Welcomes the adoption in 2021 of the EU Strategy to tackle Organised Crime 2021-2025, setting out tools and measures to disrupt criminal organisations across borders, both online and offline; further welcomes the Commission legislative proposals of 2021 in the area of anti-money laundring and the financing of terrorism, area in which the justice and home affairs EU decentralised agencies, bodies and other institutions have a fundamental role in the implementation of the relevant EU legislation;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 13 d (new) 13 d. Welcomes the Commission's adoption of the new EU Forest Strategy, developed jointly by DG Agriculture and Rural Development, DG Climate Action and DG Environment, and the follow-up binding pledge to plant 3 billion trees as part of an initiative carefully designed with ecological principles in mind and supported by the online tool MapMyTree, which allows the counting of new trees that meet the set criteria;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Welcomes the close cooperation between the Court and the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) to protect the budget of the Union; notes that in 2021 the Court reported to OLAF 15 cases of suspected fraud (six in 2020), one of which was reported in parallel also to the EPPO, along with an additional case identified by the Court in the course of the audit work in 2021;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 13 e (new) 13 e. Welcomes efforts in the field of combating deforestation, in particular the finalisation of the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the making available on the Union market as well as export from the Union of certain commodities and products associated with deforestation and forest degradation;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Stresses that financial regulation and high management standards has to be respected by all the EU’s institutions;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 13 f (new) 13 f. Welcomes the fact that agreement has been reached on the 8th EU Environment Action Programme, which will play a key role in coordinating the efforts of stakeholders and in monitoring progress towards achieving the environmental objectives of the European Green Deal;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6 b. Notes with concern that the Commission has funded projects for the development and deployment of intrusive surveillance technologies in African states via its development aid fund EU Emergency Trust Fund (EUTFA); deeply regrets that this funding has been provided without any human rights impact assessment framework, and that adequate monitoring mechanisms for this kind on funded projects are currently lacking; notes with concern the potential risks for fundamental rights and civil liberties deriving from the use of EU- funded surveillance technologies by third countries; calls on the Commission to stop using development aid funds to develop third countries’ surveillance capabilities; reinstate the need for systematic fundamental rights impact assessment of all EU development aid projects, and calls for the establishment of rigorous control mechanisms to monitor their implementation;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 13 g (new) 13 g. Welcomes the fact that a comprehensive EU strategy for sustainable textiles has been drafted in cooperation with DG Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, given the significant environmental impact of the textile industry;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6 b. Notes that by November 2021, 75% of the measures under the 2019 Commission Anti-Fraud Strategy had been implemented; calls on the Commssion to continue towards the full implementation of this strategy and to continue strengthening its cooperation with OLAF and the EPPO towards protecting the financial interests of the Union; reminds that prevention is a key aspect in the fight against crime against the financial interests of the Union and calls on the Commission to enhance the usability its prevention tools such as the Early Detection and Exclusion System (EDES), or the ARACHNE pre-detection tool, ensuring their better effectiveness through regular updates with reliable data from Member States; calls on the Commission to enhance its dialogue with the national authorities towards increasing the quantity and reliability of data fed to such systems by the Member States;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 14 a (new) 14 a. Regrets the missed opportunity to contribute to the fight against antimicrobial resistance when the Commission established the criteria for a reserved list for antimicrobials in a delegated act in September 2021, where the Commission significantly deviated from the WHO criteria for the designation of critically important antimicrobials for human use and the WHO guidelines on use of medically important antimicrobials in food-producing animals;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Condemns strongly the cases of maladministration by the European Commission, revealed by its management of the vaccine procurement contracts and the case of the texts exchanged between President von der Leyen and the CEO of Pfizer;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Deplores the fact that nine out of the 28 transactions examined by the Court contained quantifiable errors which had a financial impact on the amounts charged to the Union budget; highlights that such cases may have an important negative reputational impact and may eventually
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Is satisfied with the work carried out by the five decentralised agencies which are under its remit, which carry out technical, scientific or managerial tasks that help the Union institutions elaborate and implement policies in the area of environment, climate action, public health and food safety, as well as with the way in which those agencies' budgets are implemented; stresses that, given the scale
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 14 b (new) 14 b. Regrets that despite of repeated calls from the BUDG, CONT and ENVI committees, the Commission has still not provided the detailed breakdown of the amounts of down payments and other subsidies paid by the Union to each pharmaceutical company involved in the development of COVID-19 vaccines; calls on the Commission to put in place transparent mechanisms for traceability of EU public investment; further calls on the Commission to start checking the regularity of the implementation of the vaccine advanced purchase agreements (APAs) and purchase agreements (PAs) in 2023 and not late 2024, as currently foreseen;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 14 c (new) 14 c. Notes that in 2021 DG SANTE was responsible for the budget implementation of the Emergency Support Instrument (ESI) and that by the end of 2021 DG SANTE allocated more than 2,55 billion EUR as down-payments to the vaccine manufacturers in the context of COVID-19 vaccine procurement; notes with concern that based on the Court's 2021 audit, the Commission did not adequately verify whether the financial terms of its advance purchase agreements with manufacturers of COVID-19 vaccine doses had been respected for payments to the contractors;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 14 d (new) 14 d. Deplores that according the ECA special report 19/20221a, the EU joint negotiations team was not involved in the preliminary negotiations of the, to date, largest vaccine purchase agreement (1.8 billion doses) with Pfizer; notes with concern that all essential elements of the agreement presented to the steering board on 9 April 2021 were agreed upon during preliminary negotiations between the manufacturer and Commission President; _________________ 1a EU COVID-19 vaccine procurement – Sufficient doses secured after initial challenges, but performance of the process not sufficiently assessed, 12 September 2022.
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 17 a (new) 17 a. Welcomes the first concrete steps taken by DG Health and Food Safety in implementing the Farm to Fork Strategy, which it sees as crucial to improving food security and sustainability, both in the Union and in the rest of the world;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 18 18. Notes that HERA was established as an internal Commission service on 1 October 2021, and that its mission is to support the Commission’s priorities for public health, preparedness and crisis management in the sectors of health, research and innovation and industry; notes that the Regulation on serious cross- border threats to health1a requires the Commission to assess by 31 December 2024 the need to establish HERA as a distinct entity, considering relevant agencies or authorities active in the field of health preparedness and response. _________________ 1a Regulation (EU) 2022/2371 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 November 2022 on serious cross- border threats to health and repealing Decision No 1082/2013/EU, OJ L 314, 6.12.2022, p. 26.
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 18 a (new) Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 18 b (new) 18 b. Regrets that the Commission’s decision on financing HERA heavily relied on the EU4Health Programme, cutting its budget by more than half with an EU4Health contribution of 2,795 billion EUR to HERA between 2021 and 2027); notes with concern that such reduction affected EU4Health’s capability of ambitious financing of other activities as foreseen by the Regulation (EU) 2021/522, including putting at risk actions under Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan and the necessary support for creation of the European Health Data Space; deplores that by assigning such significant amounts to HERA, the Commission breached the agreed funding ceilings for minimum and maximum spending set in the EU4Health Regulation;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 18 c (new) 18 c. Notes with strong concern the close collaboration of Commission officials and industry within the activities of HERA; calls for strong transparency and conflict of interest rules to be put in place to ensure public trust in and commercial independence of HERA;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 18 d (new) 18 d. Urges the Commission to apply a high degree of transparency to all current and future joint procurement activities and related purchase agreements in the field of health; insists that its relevant DGs should put in place a solid and transparent EU public procurement framework, when funds from the EU budget are fully or partially involved, that would allow for comprehensive scrutiny by the Parliament, especially concerning major health crisis-related spending areas; in line with the overriding public interest stated in Regulation 1049/2001 and the need for ensure public trust; calls on the Commission to make fully available all concluded vaccine (advanced) purchase agreements for COVID-19;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 19 19. Is of the opinion, on the basis of the
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Calls on the Commission to suspend payments for border control activities until clear guarantees of compliance with fundamental rights are in place as to not repeat the errors in judgement that was seen in the past;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Notes that the Court of Auditors (the 'Court'), in its annual report on the implementation of the budget concerning the financial year 2021, continued to find a material level of error in the spending area 'natural resources and environment', also noting that expenditure in those areas is subject to complex
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Notes with concern that, despite the fact that Member States stepped up implementation of their national
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Reiterates with strong concern that, according to the Court’s performance audit on climate and biodiversity mainstreaming, the Commission did not sufficiently considered the existing overlaps between climate and biodiversity goals when calculating the contribution made by annual spending under the MFF to biodiversity objectives and did not report on existing overlaps between climate and biodiversity goals in the programme statements or in the 2021 Annual Management and Performance Report; calls on the Commission to ensure at least 30 % of the total amount of the EU budget and EU Recovery Instrument expenditure is allocated to support climate objectives;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Notes with concern that, despite the fact that Member States stepped up implementation of their national programmes in 2021, for both the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) and the Internal Security Fund (ISF) significant amounts remain undisbursed;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Notes that in 2021, DG Environment's budget reached EUR 534 million in commitment appropriations and EUR 440 million in payment appropriations and
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Notes with concern that, despite the fact that Member States stepped up implementation of their national programmes in 2021, for both the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) and the Internal Security Fund (ISF) significant amounts remain undisbursed;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Notes with
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Welcomes that, following the influx of displaced persons from Ukraine to the Union, caused by the invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, Regulation 2022/585 of 6 April 2022 extended the implementation period of the 2014-2020 Funds until 30 June 2024, providing Member States with additional flexibility to use remaining funding; regrets that the Council Directive 2001/55/EC was not invoked after the Taliban takeover in august 2021 in Afghanistan, despite the calls from the civil society and political leader;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the Commission to provide Parliament with an annual report setting out in detail the contribution of each budget item to the climate mainstreaming and the biodiversity targets, in order to facilitate their monitoring;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Welcomes the completion of funding from the Internal Security Fund – Borders and Visa instrument (ISF-BV), which contributed to ensuring a high level of security in the EU while facilitating legitimate travel through a uniform and high level of control of the external borders and the effective processing of Schengen visas; further appreciates the new Instrument for financial support for Border Management and Visa (BMVI), which makes it possible to support actions contributing to a strong and effective European integrated border management at the external borders, thereby helping to ensure a high level of internal security within the EU;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 12 12. Regrets the Court's finding, in its Special Report 16/20214 , that EU agricultural funding destined for climate action has not contributed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions; shares the Court's view that the new Common Agricultural Policy should have a greater focus on reducing agricultural emissions, and be more accountable and transparent about its contribution to climate mitigation; reiterates with strong concern that the Court concluded that the amount of 17,2 billion EUR reported by the Commission for the CAP’s contribution to climate and biodiversity objectives is overstated by 8,9 billion EUR; _________________ 4 Common Agricultural Policy and climate
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 12 12. Regrets the Court's finding, in its Special Report 16/20214, that EU agricultural funding destined for climate action has not contributed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions;
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