6 Amendments of Julia PITERA related to 2018/2152(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
Citation 4 a (new)
- having regard to the opinion No 8/2018 of the European Court of Auditors (ECA) on the Commission's proposal of 23 May 2018 on amending OLAF Regulation (EU, Euratom) No883/2013 as regards cooperation with the European Public Prosecutor's Office and the effectiveness of OLAF investigations,
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Finds it worrisome that some Member States regularly do not report a single case of fraud; invites the Commission to investigate the situation, as it considers the likelihood that those Member States are fraudless paradises to be rather low; calls on the Commission to run random on spot checks in these countries;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Repeats its call 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 recovered;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Welcomes the fact that the EU draft budget for 2019 includes, for the first time, appropriations for the EPPO (EUR 4.9 million)9 and insists on the importance of having appropriate staffing and budget for the EPPO, as pursuant to the EPPO regulation, the office should be fully operational by the end of 2020; _________________ 9 2019 Budgetary Procedure, draft budget estimates adopted by the Commission on 23 May 2018.
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Welcomes the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of persons reporting on breaches of Union law (COM(2018)0218); hopes that it will significantly improve the safety of whistleblowers in the Union, i.e.by protecting whistleblowers from and kind of retaliation and leading to major improvement of the EU’s financial protection and the rule of law;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33 a. Stresses that after creation of the EPPO, OLAF will remain the sole office responsible of protecting EU financial interest in 5 EU Member States which did not decide to join the EPPO; highlights that according to the ECA’s opinion 8/2018, the Commission proposal amending OLAF regulation does not resolve the issue of low effectiveness of OLAF’s administrative investigations;