5 Amendments of Ruža TOMAŠIĆ related to 2017/2136(DEC)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that as indicated in the Annual Report of the Court of Auditors, the estimated level of error in spending on ‘Economic, social and territorial cohesion’ decreased from 5,2 % in 2015 to 4,8 % in 2016; notes the sustained improvement over the past three years; welcomes the fact that the Court issued a qualified opinion on the regularity of the transactions underlying the 2016 accounts; acknowledges that the error rate for the 2007-2013 programming period remains significantly below the rates reported for the previous period, which proves the overall positive impact of the corrective actions taken; highlights, therefore, that Commission should simplify performance measurement by drastically reducing the number of objectives and indicators;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that, as was the case in previous years, Member States had enoughsufficient information to prevent or to detect and correct, a significant number of errors before claiming reimbursement and the estimated error rate could have been reduced below the materiality threshold; calls, therefore, on the Member States to properly enforce their management and control systems;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Reminds that errors in the 'Economic, social and territorial cohesion policy' are mainly due to ineligible beneficiaries, activities, projects or expenditure (cost reimbursement payments); highlights, that 2016 financial year is the last in which all expenditure audited is linked to the 2007-2013 MFF period and in coming years we expect to see an increasing share of 2014-2020 MFF funds;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that the delays in budget implementation as of mid-2017 were greater than at the same point in the 2007-2013 period;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the Commission to review, under the EU Budget Focused on Results (BFOR) initiative, the effectiveness of indicators used, and to improve the overall performance measurement system when reconsidering the delivery mechanism post-2020; calls on the Commission to further strengthen the programme focus on performance and simplified implementation.;