Activities of Claudia ȚAPARDEL related to 2015/2154(DEC)
Plenary speeches (1)
Discharge 2014: EU general budget - European Commission and Executive Agencies (A8-0140/2016 - Martina Dlabajová)
Amendments (5)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Regrets that forTakes note of the new structure of the European Court of Auditors’ 2014 Annual Report which follows the headings of the 2014-202 MFF and that the audited spending in the transport sector is the smallest amount (0,8 billion euro) of the total audited population (13 billion euro) in the area of "Competitiveness for growth and employment", to which transport belongs,regrets that the estimated level of error was 5,6% in 2014, 70% of which is coming from research projects and caused to a large extent by reimbursement of ineligible costs; regrets as well that the residual error rate remained above 2% in 2014 which has caused that the Director General of DG MOVE to maintain the reservation for FP7 for research in the transport sector; calls on Commission to carry out carefully ex ante checks in order to detect and correct errors before reimbursement;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Draws attention that in 2014 no projects were financed under CEF since the first call for project proposals closed in March 2015 and that the CEF Debt instrument to be managed by the EIB was not approved until the end of 2014; notes that in 2014 the European Court of Auditors examined 6 transactions in the transport sector (DG Mobility and Transport) and found that 2 out of them were affected by quantifiable errors; thus, is satisfied because of the decrease in the percentage of affected transactions in 2014 (33%) compared to 2013 (62%) and 2012 (49%); calls on the Commission and other relevant actors to ensure compliance with public procurement rules and costs eligibility of future transport projects;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Encourages the Commission to continue supervising closely the implementation of innovative financial instruments for leveraging EU investment and attracting new sources of funding for TEN-T infrastructure projects, such as Marguerite Fund, Loans and Guarantees for debt (LGTT) and Project Bond initiative (PBI), and to ensure that the EU budget contribution to these instruments is managed and used appropriately;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that there is information on transport projects available in various databases, such as Financial Transparency System, INEA database of TEN-T projects and CORDIS for Horizon 2020 projects; calls for smart use of these tools in order to have a better overview, upstream and downstream, of the process of allocating EU funds; reiterates the importance of publishing of easily accessible annual list of transport projects and searchable online database co-financed by the Union;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that in the 2014 budget, as finally adopted and amended during the course of the year, specifically for tourism, a total of EUR 11 226 160 was included in commitment appropriations and EUR 6 827 266 was available in payment appropriations; calls on the Commission to make an impact assessment of financed projects in order to better define future spending priorities; calls on the Commission to include the results of the pilot projects and preparatory actions into the next year budget planning.