2 Amendments of Anders VISTISEN related to 2017/2136(DEC)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. UnderlinesNotes with concern that, when excluding the budget support operations and the projects financed by several donors, the estimated level of error is significantly higher; stresses that the Commission could have reduced the estimated level of error by a further 0.7% if all information at their disposal would have been used, and encourages the Commission to improve upon past progress by redoubling its efforts to reduce error;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes with concern the persisting deficiencies in the quality of expenditure verifications of second Instrument for Pre- Accession (IPA II), carried out by the audit authorities only in some candidate countries; calls on DG NEAR to closely assist national authorities concerned in improving the training and recruitment of their staff, as well as their audit methodology, supervision and planning; notes that historically IPA II has failed to meet quality expenditure checks where applied and that its value to the Member States and Union must be reassessed, with stricter controls put in place and a clear roadmap for defining its longer-term utility established;