2 Amendments of Petri SARVAMAA related to 2016/2198(DEC)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Regrets to discover that one case of suspicion of fraud was submitted to the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) for assessment and the latter decided not to open an investigation; notes that the Joint Undertaking launched both a technical and a financial audit, and that the technical audit identified some scientific weaknesses in the work performed by a beneficiary, which resulted in the termination of participation of that beneficiary, with the corresponding costs disallowed and the amount of EUR 398 115,65 reimbursed to the Project Coordinator; notes that the financial audit of the project was concluded without any significant material findings; highlights in this respect the important role of whistle-blowers and internal auditing procedures in detecting and, reporting, and investigating irregularities related to Union budgetary expenditure, and furthermore, to the recovery of the misused funds;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Notes that an audit on ex-ante controls for grant management and related processes was conducted by the Internal Audit Service (IAS); notes that the audit resulted in three recompoints out that the Joint Undertaking has previously had deficiencies in its documendtations and that th of ex- ante controls, and notes that the audit resulted in three recommendations which suggested that the Joint Undertaking should make its ex- ante controls more effective by using a more risk-based and balanced approach, it should reinforce control procedures for the certificates on financial statements, and it should enhance management reporting on the results of ex- ante controls; acknowledges from the Joint Undertaking that no critical recommendation was issued and that since March 2015 it has been implementing the IAS audit recommendations;