6 Amendments of Isabella ADINOLFI related to 2016/2151(DEC)
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the main sources of errors are those found in the application of rules on eligibility, infringements of public procurement rules and state aid rules; underlines that errors made in 2015 may also be corrected before closure; notes with satisfaction the significant improvements in audit authorities’ controls compared to the previous year; stresses that ineligible costs in expenditure declarations and ineligible projects account for three quarters of the error, while serious infringements of public procurement rules make up one seventh of the total (one half in 2014);
Amendment 22 #
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 to Member States the notion of recoverable VAT by providing guidance in particular for public beneficiaries, small and medium enterprises, to avoid different interpretation of the term 'non- recoverable' VAT and avoid a sub-optimal use of EU funds; _________________ 1 High Level Group of Independent Experts on Monitoring Simplification for Beneficiaries of the European Structural and Investment Funds
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes with concernTakes note that the average disbursement rate for 1 025 ERDF and ESF financial instruments was 57 % at the end of 2014, which represents only a 10 % increase compared to 2013; notes the Court’s observation on the extention of the eligibility period of disbursements made to final recipients within financial instruments by means of a Commission Decision rather than an amending Regulation; expresses concern that the Court might consider all disbursements after 31 December 2015 irregular; Notes with concern that, as highlighted in the 2016 ECA report "Implementing the EU budget through financial instruments – lessons to be learnt from the 2007-2013 programme period" a significant share of initial endowments of ERDF and ESF financial instruments during 2007-2013 programming period was spent on management costs and fees and that the fee level was significantly higher than for centrally-managed instruments or private- sector investment funds when compared to the financial support actually provided to final recipients;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Recommends that the Commission should recover unused cash balances in financial instruments under shared management and remaining unused funds in indirect management financial instruments from previous MFFs for which the eligibility period has expired;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Invites the Commission to re- evaluate the ex-ante assessment for the CEF debt instrument in the light of creation of the EFSI and to thoroughly assess the impact of EFSI on other EU programmes and financial instruments;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7 c. Urges the Commission to ensure that all the expenditure related to ERDF and ESF financial instruments for the 2007-2013 programming period are included sufficiently early in the closure declarations to enable audit authorities to carry out their checks;