4 Amendments of Jill SEYMOUR related to 2017/2136(DEC)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomNotes the finding of the Court of Auditors (the “Court”) that the consolidated accounts of the Union for the year 2016 are reliable and that the transactions underlying the accounts of the Commission for the 2016 financial year are generally legal and regular in all material aspects, except for cost reimbursement payments which are affected by errors; regrets that the overall estimated level of error of 3,1% is above the Court’s materiality threshold (2%); notes that the estimated level of error is, however, not pervasiveexpects the Court to provide a detailed report of the errors to the Parliament;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Regrets that for the area of "Competitiveness for growth and employment", to which transport belongs, the Court did not provide any comprehensive information regarding the audits performed for the transport sector, in particular regarding the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF); expects, therefore, the Court to provide any comprehensive information for the transport sector to the Committee on Transport and Tourism immediately;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls upon the Commission to clearly present for the sector of transport an assessment of the impact of EFSI on other financial instruments, in particular with regard to the CEF as well as on the coherence of the CEF Debt Instrument with other Union initiatives in good timeas a matter of priority before the proposal for the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) and for the next CEF; requests that this assessment presents a clear analysis on the geographical balance of investments in the transport sector;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Reiterates its request that the Commission, in view of the multiple sources of funding, provide an easy access to projects - in form of a one-stop-shop- in order to allow citizens to clearly follow the developments and funding of infrastructures co-financed by Union funds and by the EFSI; asks, however, before a 'one-stop-shop' is set up, that a full cost and benefit analysis report is provided to the Parliament in order to ensure that Union funds provided for by Member States are not wasted;