Activities of Amjad BASHIR related to 2016/2151(DEC)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2015, Section III - Commission and executive agencies
Amendments (7)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes with concern that the estimated error level in the policy area of economic, social and territorial cohesion is 5,2%, which represents a small decrease of 0,5% from last year but is still unacceptably high and remains far from the target of 2%;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that, by the end of 2015, fewer than 20% of the national authorities responsible for the European Structural and Investment Funds (“ESIF”) had been designated and that, consequently, there is a risk that delays in budgetary execution for the 2014 to 2020 programming period will be greater than those in the 2007-2013 period; calls on the Commission to take necessary precautions to ensure that these foreseen delays do not give rise to the same budgetary complications that were seen at the end of the previous programming period;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. NotWelcomes the ECA recommendation that the Commission fundamentally reconsiders the design and delivery mechanism for the ESIFs when making its legislative proposal for the next programming period and takes into account the suggestions of the high level simplification group;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission to consider the possibility of including EU funding programmes in their Annual Burden Survey as agreed in the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-making of 13 April 2016;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Highlights that the introduction of Annual Burden Reduction Targets that include EU funding programmes would increase compliance and therefore contribute to a reduction in the error rate;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Is concerned with the shortcomings in relation to information provided by the Member States concerning key aspects included in their national Youth Guarantee Implementation Plans; notes that examples of shortcomings include inadequate monitoring and reporting arrangements for the Youth Guarantee scheme;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Welcomes the increased focus on results under the current programming period; considers, however, that further developing result indicators and monitoring systems would contribute to sound financial accountability and increase the efficiency of future operating programmes;