14 Amendments of Caterina CHINNICI related to 2023/2045(INI)
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the joint communication from the Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of 3 May 2023 on the fight against corruption (JOIN(2023)0012), acknowledging the seriousness of corruption, as it undermines the efficiency of public spending, the effectiveness of the single market and the sustainability of economic growth; points out that the fight against corruption is one of the commitments of the Union, on a par with transparency and integrity; welcomes therefore the new proposal for a Directive on combating corruption1a; _________________ 1a Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on combating corruption (COM(2023)234).
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Maintains that the lack of efficient transposition of national legislation in many Member States and the lack of harmonisation of national legislations offers opportunities to organised crime for a number of illegal cross-border activities in areas affecting the Union’s financial interests; reiterates, therefore, its previous calls for the revision of Council Framework Decision 2008/841/JHA on the fight against organised crime11 and for the introduction of a new common definition of organised crime, taking into account, in particular, the use of corruption, violence, threat or intimidation to obtain the control of economic activities or procurement; _________________ 11 OJ L 300, 11.11.2008, p. 42.
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Observes that the EU Strategy to tackle Organised Crime 2021-202512 aims to set out the tools and measures to disrupt the business models and structures of criminal organisations across borders, both online and offline; calls on the Member States to contribute on the Commission’s efforts and to establish regional cooperation networks for sharing information on cases and strategies to combat fraud perpetrated by organised criminals; recalls, in this regard, the importance of the proposed new Directive on Asset Recovery and Confiscation13 whose effective implementation would provide authorities with better tools to deprive organised crime groups of the financial means to carry out further criminal activities; recalls furthermore that in the fight against cross-border organised crime exchange of best practices and development of common and coordinated strategies are pivotal; _________________ 12 Commission communication of 14 April 2021 on the EU Strategy to tackle Organised Crime 2021-2025 (COM(2021)0170). 13 Proposal of 25 May 2022 for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on asset recovery and confiscation (COM(2022)0245).
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Welcomes the fact that the Commission has included a specific section on anti-corruption in its report on the rule of law in order to provide an in-depth comparative analysis of the approaches, procedures and tools used by the Member States in their fight against corruption and to help to assess which areas are most at risk; calls on the Member States to take into account the findings of the report on the rule of law when developing their anti-corruption policies;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Reiterates its call to make the annual PIF report more holistic, in order to provide a comprehensive overview of the synergies between all relevant actors, identify best practices and address shortcomings; welcomes, in this regards, the inclusion in PIF Report 2022 of findings from EPPO and OLAF annual reports; calls to further improve this holistic approach, aiming at providing a clearer, more complete and more concrete picture of the overall state of play of the protection of the Union's financial interests, encompassing the entirety of the anti-fraud action, both at national and EU level;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Remarks that even if in 2022 the fraudulent irregularities reported under support to agriculture increased in comparison with 2021, the detection rates for rural development were noticeably higher than for support to agriculture; notes that within support to agriculture, the highest level of fraud was reported by the Member States for market measures and that; several complex cases related to the promotion of agricultural products were also investigated by OLAF;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)
Paragraph 36 a (new)
36a. Reiterates once more its call on the Commission to submit a legislative proposal on mutual administrative assistance in those areas of EU funds spending that do not provide for this practice so far, in order to ensure a cross- cutting approach to the protection of the Union's financial interests;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Reiterates that the effective prevention, detection and investigation of illegal activities threatening the implementation of the NGEU, in particular the risks of infiltration of organised criminal groups, depend on the effective collection and sharing of data, including the rapid handling of access requests from investigative services within a Member State, as well as from other countries or at EU level, by OLAF and the EPPO to whom access is to be granted;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42 a (new)
Paragraph 42 a (new)
42a. Recalls the 'NextGenerationEU - Law Enforcement Forum (NGEU-LEF)', a joint initiative co-led by Europol and Italy, bringing together Europol, the EPPO, OLAF, Eurojust, the EU Agency for Law Enforcement Training, and national authorities, by providing a forum for intelligence sharing and coordination of operations to tackle the infiltration of organised crime in the legal economy, and to protect the NextGenerationEU stimulus package, with a specific focus on corruption, tax evasion, embezzlement and money laundering; welcomes that the initiative 'NGEU-LEF' won the European Ombudsman Award for Good Administration 2023 in the category 'most popular with the public';
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 a (new)
Paragraph 48 a (new)
48a. Highlights the necessity to enhance the level of interoperability of data systems and the harmonisation of reporting, monitoring and auditing in the EU; reiterates, to this end, its call on the Commission to harmonise definitions in order to obtain comparable data across the EU;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47
Paragraph 47
47. Reiterates its support for the single integrated IT system for data-mining and risk-scoring envisaged by the Financial Regulation recast, which should ensure better protection of the Union’s financial interests, along and in complementing the IT tools developed at national level by the Member States;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56
Paragraph 56
56. Calls on the Commission to engage in a constructive dialogue with the EPPO, with a view to strengthening the Office’s capacity to tackle the constantly increasing challenges in the anti-fraud landscape, including, where appropriate, by addressing the shortcomings identified in the EPPO Regulation;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 62 a (new)
Paragraph 62 a (new)
62a. Stresses the added value that EU bodies bring to the protection of the financial interests of the Union and the fight against fraud, especially when it comes to cross-border crime, as shown by the operational results from EPPO and OLAF also in 2022; reiterates its call to ensure all relevant EU actors involved in the fight against fraud adequate resources and, in this regards, reminds the Commission and the Council that every euro spent on investigation and anti-fraud actions returns to the EU budget;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 63 a (new)
Paragraph 63 a (new)
63a. Highlights the significant differences between Member States that can still be seen in detection, reporting and follow-up of suspected fraud; encourages therefore the Member States to take a proactive approach to protecting the Union's financial interests, to enhance exchange of information between their national authorities and with EU bodies and agencies, also in order to identify and address emerging risks and fraud trends in a timely manner;