Activities of Petr JEŽEK related to 2014/2075(DEC)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2013, Section III - Commission and executive agencies
Amendments (3)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the fact that the Court of Auditors calculated a residual error rate at year end of less than 2% in the area of justice and home affairs; emphasises, however, that there should always be a determination to further reduce the error rate within the budget;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes, therefore, the Court of Auditors’ Recommendation 2 to the effect that the Commission should make its control activities more risk-driven, focusing checks on high-risk beneficiaries (for example entities with less experience of European funding) and reducing the burden of checks on less risky beneficiaries;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes the conclusions set out in Court of Auditors Special Report No 3/2014, entitled ‘Lessons from the European Commission’s development of the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II)’, in which the Court looks at the reasons why the Commission delivered SIS II more than six years later than initially planned and at a cost far higher than was initially estimated; highlights that recommendations should be followed in order to ensure prudent and realistic budgeting in respect of large-scale projects;