11 Amendments of Julia PITERA related to 2017/2216(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the current VAT system, in particular as applied to cross-border transactions, is vulnerable to fraud and tax- avoidanceevasion strategies, in which Missing Trader Intra-Community (MTIC) fraud, commonly called carousel fraud, alone was responsible for VAT revenue losses of approximately EUR 50 billion in 2015;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas corruption affects all Member States, particularly in form of organised crime and burdens not only the EU economy, but undermines democracy and rule of law all across Europe; however the exact figures are unknown as Commission has decided not to publish data in the report on the EU's anti- corruption policy;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas until creation of European Public Prosecutor Office and reform of Eurojust, OLAF is the sole European body specialized in protection of the Union’s financial interest; emphasizes that in several Member States even after the setting up of EPPO it will remain the only body to protect the EU’s financial interest;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Deplores the fact that not all Member States have adopted national anti- fraud strategies; calls on the Commission to actively get engaged to help Member States creating their national anti-fraud strategies particularly because they manage approximately 74% of the EU budget;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls again on the Commission to establishNotes that the European Commission has put in place an uniform system for the collection of comparable data on irregularities and cases of fraud from the Member States in order to standardise the reporting process and ensure the qualthrough adoption in 2015 of four Delegated and four Implementing Regulations on the reporting of irregularities harmonizing the areas of shared management ( EU 2015/1970, 2015/1971,2015/1972, 2015/1973,2015/1974, 2015/1975, 2015/1976, 2015/1977) as well as introducing in 2016 a common module in the Irregularity Mand comparability of the data providedagement System for the transmission of irregularities;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the decision of 20 Member States to proceed with the establishment of a European Public Prosecutor’s Office through enhanced cooperation and looks forward to fruitful; recalls that cooperation between OLAF and the European Public Prosecutor’s Office has to be based on avoidance of duplications of efforts, efficient exchange of information and OLAF’s support in the EPPO’s activities; regrets however that not all EU Member States have been willing to participate in this initiative, and underlines the importance of maintaining equivalent fraud detection efficiency rates in all Member States;
Amendment 24 #
8. Welcomes the decision of 20 Member States to proceed with the establishment of a European Public Prosecutor’s Office through enhanced cooperation and looks forward to fruitful cooperation between OLAF and the European Public Prosecutor’s Office; regrets however that not all EU Member States have been willing to participate in this initiative, and underlines the importance of maintaining equivalent fraud detection efficiency rates in all Member States; calls on the Commission to incentivise the so far reluctant Member States to join to the EPPO;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission to report annually the amount of EU own resources recovered following the recommendations made by OLAF and to communicate the amounts still to be recoveredDeplores the fact that the European Commission is not capable to calculate the total amount of recoveries arose from OLAF’s recommendations for recovery; urges the Commission to introduce a system allowing calculation of the total sums recovered and to publish the cooperation of recommendation and sums factually recovered in the OLAF’s annual reports;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)
Paragraph 36 a (new)
36a. Is concerned by some Member States which have been blocking reforms, or even hampering existing anti- corruption legislation; is on an opinion that those countries should be subject supplementary and rigorous controls on expenditure of EU funds
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 b (new)
Paragraph 36 b (new)
36b. recalls on the Member States to ratify fully the EU Directive on money- laundering, with the introduction of a public register of beneficial ownership of companies and also trusts;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 b (new)
Paragraph 45 b (new)
45b. Calls on the Commission that at the revision of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No. 883/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council to create a proper balance of competences between EPPO and OLAF; to strengthen the procedural guarantees, to clarify and strengthen investigative powers of OLAF and establish a certain level of transparency of OLAF recommendations and reports and to clarify the rules on cooperation and access to data between OLAF and its Supervisory Committee;