4 Amendments of Isabella ADINOLFI related to 2014/2075(DEC)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls for a harmonization of the criteria chosen by the European Commission and the Court of Auditors in the definition of the error rate;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that in 2013, DG Communication organised several activities in the context of the European Year of Citizens 2013; notes that at the same time, there was an urgent need to prepare for 2014 budget cuts in the field of European Citizenship; highlights that Europe for Citizens programme serves as a unique and direct link between the EU and its citizens in order to support actions, petitions and civil rights; considers the present funding level far too low and emphasises that the programme be implemented within its content, becoming richer of initiatives empowering the values of European Citizenship; strongly opposes to any budget cuts to the Europe for Citizens programme 2014–2020; asks to strengthen and increase the budget for the individual mobility actions in the framework of the 2014-2020 Education and Culture programmes.
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that 80 % of funding is administered under shared management at Member State level and that the Court found that for the majority of errors identified there was sufficient information available for Member States to detect these errors themselves; points out, therefore, that measures such as improving administrative capacity on procurement, eligibility rules and, state aid, financial instruments, and focusing on simplification and on a risk-based approach should be implemented at Member State level;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the reinforced procedures foreseen in the regulatory framework for the 2014-2020 programming period, and in particular regarding the management verifications and controls before the certification to the Commission of programme annual accounts and the submission of management declarations by the managing authorities; notes that the Commission’s corrective capacity was further improved by removing, under certain conditions, the possibility for Member States to re-use funds, resulting in net financial corrections, but stresses that these measures should be taken only under the conditions laid down in Articles 144 and 145 of the Common Provisions Regulation; welcomes the establishment of a Competence Centre on administrative capacity building to support public administrations managing ERDF and the Cohesion Fund and to help them achieve the objectives of increasing the absorption and the effectiveness of the Funds; supports the enhanced result- orientation and thematic concentration of cohesion policy that should ensure high added value of the co- financed operations.