5 Amendments of Rina Ronja KARI related to 2014/2155(INI)
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. (a) Notes that the Commission is not very clear about the reasons for the increase in the number of irregularities as fraudulent. At first, the Commission states in its Communication that this mainly reflects the increased resources made available to various spending programmes, more programmes being implemented, and the fact that European institutions and national audit services are paying more attention to the management of funds, whereas elsewhere it argues that the most likely factor causing the increase is the fact that the EU institutions (the European Commission and Court of Auditors) and national services have paid more attention to and exercised greater control over the management of EU funds; (b) Requests the Commission to examine in more detail which are the main underlying reasons for the increase in irregularities; (c) Calls for proposals to reduce the number of spending programmes, in particular, when they partly overlap, and to target programmes, whenever possible, to Member States who are in need of support most, so that not all programmes necessarily benefit activities in all Member States;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Considers that Member States which detect and report irregularities, including cases of fraud, on their own should be supported and encouraged to further improve their reporting and management systems, avoiding the counterproductive practice of ‘naming and shaming’ ; expresses concern at the Commission’s inability to establish whether or not the low number of irregularities and cases of fraud detected by certain Member States and the wide gaps in the number of cases reported for different years are due to the ineffectiveness of these Member States’ control systems;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Is of the opinion that effective action against corruption is possible if criminal law measures are complemented by other measures such as better transparency and accountability; insists, therefore, that Member States demonstrate firm political will in countering corruption and calls upon citizens to convincingly exert pressure on governments to vigorously pursue meaningful anti-corruption policies; urges the Commission to fulfil its obligations under the UN Convention Against Corruption and to submit regular reports on the implementation of this Convention by the EU institutions; Requests the Commission to submit a supplementary report to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation by the European institutions of their internal anti- corruption policies;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Urges the Commission to revert to interruptions and suspensions of payments only as a last resort for preventing irregularities since such measures increase the risk of errors due to the reduced time frames required for the proper absorption of EU funds; requests that the Commission report on the actual contribution from interruptions and suspensions of payments in reducing irregularities and errors;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. WelcomNotes the adoption of new working arrangements between OLAF and its supervisory committee and expects that they will contribute to better cooperation and mutual understanding between both bodiecalls for a speedy resolution of the remaining issues between these two institutions;