7 Amendments of Steeve BRIOIS related to 2016/2151(DEC)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Acknowledges that the Annual Report of the Court of Auditors (the ‘Court’) for 2015 found that the estimated error rate in Cohesion Policy decreased fromremains high at 5,72 % in 2014 to5, following on from a rate of 5,27 % in 20154; highlights the barely reduced level of error for the 2007-2013 programming period compared to the 2000-2006 period, which is a result of resulting from the strengthened management and control systems of Member States and the corrective measures taken by the Commission;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that a simplification of the eligibility rules and public procurement rules would make it possible to significantly reduce the current error rate in cohesion policy; calls on the Commission to bring forward as soon as possible proposals to achieve this goal, which will have to be approved by the national authorities;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Stresses that the complexity of procedures relating to eligibility rules seriously undermines the effectiveness of the European Structural Funds, and that it is important to simplify them with a view to increasing the absorption rate in the interest of project beneficiaries and promoters;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Urges the Commission through the HLG1 to pay specific attention to national eligibility rules in its audit of national management and control systems, helping Member States to simplify them; urges the Commission to clarify the notion of recoverable VAT by providing guidance; _________________ 1 High Level Group of Independent Experts on Monitoring Simplification for Beneficiaries of the European Structural and Investment Funds
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Notes that with fixed payment appropriations, extending the increased co-financing rates for Member States which have benefited from financial assistance will automatically lead to an increase in late payments; calls on the Commission to bring forward as soon as possible proposals to reduce these payment delays, which undermine the effectiveness of the Structural Funds to the detriment of beneficiaries such as SMEs and local authorities;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes with concern the delayed start-up of the 2014-2020 programming period and that by the end of 2015 fewer than 20 % of the national authorities responsible for ESI funds had been designated; urges Member States to speed up this process and the Commission to provide assistance and clarifications;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6