Activities of Benedek JÁVOR related to 2014/2155(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Annual report 2013 on the protection of EU's financial interests - Fight against fraud (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the Annual Report 2013 on the Protection of the EU’s Financial Interests – Fight against fraud PDF (199 KB) DOC (136 KB)
Amendments (15)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation -2 a (new)
Citation -2 a (new)
– having regard to the United Nation's Convention against Corruption,
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation -2 (new)
Citation -2 (new)
– having regard to the Council of Europe's Civil Law and Criminal Law Conventions on Corruption,
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
– having regard to the Special Eurobarometer 397 Report on Corruption,
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 b (new)
Citation 8 b (new)
– having regard to the VAT Gap Reports of the European Commission,
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas protection of the financial interests of the EU should guarantee that budget revenue and expenditure contribute towards the achievement of the EU’s priorities and objectives and towards increasing the confidence of citizens by assuring them that their money is being used in a transparent way in full compliance with the aims and policies of the EU;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Underlines the fact that in many Member States the VAT Gap is continuously on a high level due to VAT fraud and avoidance; emphasizes that the Commission has the competence to control and supervise the measures taken by the Member States, therefore calls on the Commission to fully use its powers in order to help the Member States in their fight against VAT fraud and tax avoidance;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines its concerns as regards the persisting threats to the EU budget, which stem from both failures to comply with the rules (non-fraudulent irregularities) and purposeful wrongdoings and criminal offences (i.e. fraud); insists on enhanced cooperation between the Member States and the Commission with a view to securing relevant and adequate measures and means for avoiding and rectifying non-fraudulent irregularities and combatting fraud;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Points out that modifications to the rules pertaining to both revenue and expenditure, including those aimed at simplification, require time for adoption on the part of the authorities responsible for their proper implementation; urges the Member States and the Commission, in this connection, to better coordinate the interpretation of the legal framework, to implement targeted and timely measures to strengthen administrative capacities, including by means of guidance and training and by establishing schemes for retaining qualified and skilled staff;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Considers thatalls for the Commission to support and encourage Member States which detecting and reporting irregularities, including cases of fraud, on their own should be supported and encouraged to further improve their reporting and management systems, while avoiding the counterproductive practice of ‘naming and shaming’; expressecalls concern at the Commission’s inability to improve monitoring in order 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 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Finds it unacceptable that certain Member States apply corrective measures only without proceeding to investigate irregularities and sanction those responsible, thus failing to adequately protect the financial interests of both the EU and individual taxpayers; considers, therefore, that the adoption of decislegislations which introduce criminal law responsibility at EU level and the introduction of the European Public Prosecutor's office as a tool in starting and coordinating investigations in such irregularities should represent a strong disincentive to committing illegal acts as well as to foregoing due process in pursuing and punishing corrupt or criminal behaviour which damages the financial interests of the EU;
Amendment 66 #
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 both at the national and at the EU level by adopting effective anti-corruption legislation and by proceeding with the existing proposals at EU level and calls upon citizens to convincingly exert pressure on governments to vigorously pursue meaningful anti-corruption policies;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Welcomes the first EU Anti- corruption Report of February 2014 as a valuable tool to monitor and evaluate efforts in the fight against corruption, as well as the Commission's Communication on Fighting corruption in the EU exploring the necessary steps to better implement the existing anti-corruption instruments, and proposing ways to integrate stronger anti-corruption considerations in a number of internal and external policy areas; notes, however, the importance of extending the scope of the Anti-Corruption Report to the cross- border and EU-level element of corruption, and to the assessment of the measures taken to further improve integrity of the EU institutions, and emphasizes the need for a fully comprehensive and coherent anti- corruption strategy encompassing all EU policies that addresses, inter alia, the concerns raised in the first EU Anti- Corruption Report;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 e (new)
Paragraph 20 e (new)
20e. Calls on the Commission to promote adequate legislation on the protection of whistle-blowers, access to information and the transparency of lobbying, as these are necessary for ensuring the civic control of governments and EU institutions, and subjecting their practices to public scrutiny, as well as to use EU funding to support the work of independent organizations in this area, inter alia to establish financial support for trans-border investigative journalism;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Welcomes the adoption of the public procurement directives and the directive on the awarding of concessions, and welcomes the fact that ten Member States have already introduced specific measures or sets of measures in public procurement in order to mitigate corruption and strengthen transparency and the effectiveness of management, control and audit systems; invites the Commission to proceed with the implementation of the rules on public procurement in order to provide necessary support to Member States through guidance, the sharing of best practices and training; calls on the Commission to continuously and impartially monitor the compliance of the Member States with the existing directives and start infringement procedures if necessary;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Welcomes the report on the implementation of the Commission Anti- Fraud Strategy (CAFS) and the guidance provided to Member States’ managing authorities on the implementation of the relevant anti-fraud provisions; insists, however, that in the delegated and implementing acts pertaining to the European structural and investment funds the Commission adopt more simplified rules, facilitating effective and efficient absorption, while ensuring that the level of fight against fraud is not undermined by the delegated and implemented acts;