1 Amendments of Caterina CHINNICI related to 2018/2166(DEC)
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights the key finding of the Court that AMIF and ISF accounts cleared by the Commission in 2017 did not distinguish between pre-financing payments (advances) made by Member States to final beneficiaries, and payments made to reimburse expenditure actually incurred; agrees with the Court that even if such practice is in line with the current reporting requirements for AMIF and ISF, it nevertheless severely undermines the Commission’s supervisory role; supports the recommendation of the Court to require Member States, in the annual accounts of their AMIF and ISF national programmes, to break down the nature of the amounts they report into recoveries, pre-financing, and expenditure actually incurred, so the Commission can report this information adequately in its Annual Activity report as from 2018. In addition, with the aim of enhancing the overall transparency of the AMIF fund, recalls the importance of breaking down the budget lines according to the four general objectives of the fund (Asylum, Legal Migration and Integration, Return and Solidarity)