9 Amendments of Eric ANDRIEU related to 2015/2154(DEC)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that the CAP, as one of the original European policies, is still one of the most important tools of the EU with wide impact, not only in terms of food production but in terms of actual and potential socio-economic improvements in rural areas; considers that the CAP thus contributes to the balance between the regions of the European Union;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that DG AGRI did a considerable amount of work in 2014 to ensure that Member State authorities are increasingly able to prevent errors in agricultural spending and implement their Rural Development Programs, congratulates DG AGRI and the Member States for the positive impact apparent in the 2014 ECA Annual Report, and believes itstheir actions should provide a good foundation for the key years in the 2014- 2020 spending period;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the improvements on the 20134 annual report figures and notes that the Court of Auditors has concluded that as far as agricultural policy is concerned, the proportion of tested transactions resulted in a reduced error rate compared to 2013, notes that the most likely error rate for 2014 is 2,9% (as compared to 3,6% in 2013) for EAGF audited in 17 Member States; and 6.2% (down from 7% for 2013) for Rural Development, environment and fisheries audited in 18 Member States and an average rate for the “Natural Resources” chapter as a whole of 3.6%;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Points out that 2014 was a transitional year, involving significant payments for the last part of the 2007-2013 funding period and during which the final elements (the implementing and delegated acts) were put in place half way through the year for the CAP 2014-2020 funding period, and believes that the years 2015 and 2016 should be considered as anofurther transitional years;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes that the European Court of Auditors is exploring how to measure performance in its Annual Report, particularly as the Commission intends its spending to be focused on results, points nevertheless to the difficulty of judging delivery of multiannual funding programmes through a tool which examines a single year and invites the Court to explain its performance orientation specifically in relation to agricultural spending; invites the Court of Auditors nevertheless to take into account the multiple objectives of rural development policy in its performance assessment so as to avoid the use of simplistic indicators and avoid resulting in misinterpretations;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Echoes the Court´s main recommendations: for Member States to ensure reliable and up to date information and images on LPIS to reduce the risk of errors associated with overstated eligible land; for the Commission to require Member State action plans to include remedial action to deal with the most frequent causes of error, to revise its own strategy for rural development conformity audits, and to ensure the correct application of assurance procedure on legality and regularity of transactions which will be mandatory from 2015; calls on the Court of Auditors and the Commission to take account of the principle of proportionality between the total cost of implementing these recommendations and the benefit expected to be derived from them from the point of view of protecting the EU's financial interests;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Notes the agreement between Commission and Court3 that rural development expenditure is governed by complex rules and eligibility conditions, partly due to the ambitious nature of the policy and the heterogeneous nature of the regions of Europe, notes furthermore that simplification and preventive measures are included in the 2014-2020 rules and calls for that simplification to be delivered at Member State level in the new Rural Development programmes as an important means of reducing error; __________________ 3stresses, however, that simplification must not jeopardise the attainment of ambitious rural development objectives; __________________ 3 ECA Annual Report 2014 - Para 7.10 ECA Annual Report 2014 - Para 7.10
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Points out that CAP plays a significant role in promoting social inclusion - especially but not only through cooperative efforts - poverty reduction and economic development in rural areas by creating jobs, by the LEADER and by putting in place new or improved services and infrastructure, and calls for analysis of the overall effect of the two pillars of the CAP in rural areas, on where and how the funds are allocated and focusing on the real final beneficiaries;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Notes that spending is expected to generate benefits for both rural areas and consumers in general, and recalls that final beneficiaries spend money on goods or services in their local communities, or by employing people on their holdings; this spending thus helps to keep people on the land in these regions, particularly the most isolated ones;