9 Amendments of Luke Ming FLANAGAN related to 2016/2097(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. Whereas at the moment there is too much of a disconnect between the Commission and Member States on the actual implementation of Directives/Regulations etc. that involve EU spending, as for example in CAP disbursement;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. Whereas the resources assigned to OLAF means that only a tiny fraction of reported suspected fraud cases can be investigated;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Is alarmed that the number of all fraudulent and non-fraudulent irregularities reported (22 349 cases) increased significantly for a second consecutive year – first by 48 % in 2014 and then by another 36% in 2015, leading to doubling the amount of registered irregularities within just two years; notes that even though the number of irregularities doubled, the sum involved in them (EUR 3.21 billion) remains on the same level as in 2014; calls on the Commission to analyse this development;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Recommends that greater resources should be assigned to OLAF to enable them investigate far more reported suspected cases, thus a) increasing the chances of exposing fraud and reclaiming revenue lost to fraudulent activities and b) making it less attractive for those engaging in fraud to take their chances with the system, where currently the odds of actually getting caught are too slim;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Encourages the Commission to consider setting up a body that will oversee the implementation of EU Directives/Regulations etc. that involve EU spending, as for example in the case of CAP, to ensure all such funding is spent properly and equitably and is targeted at those whom it is most meant to assist; this would have the added advantage of giving the Commission more direct front-line reporting and accountability for that spending;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Is concerned about the losses due to VAT gap and intra-community VAT fraud, which is responsible consecutively for 159,5 billion EUR and 50 billion EUR revenue loss in 2014; notes that only two Member States, the UK and Belgium, collect and disseminate statistics on the issue of revenue losses caused cross-border VAT fraud; notes that because it is a regressive form of taxation, VAT hits the poorest in society disproportionately, thus they become the 'customers' of VAT avoidance, and suggests that consideration should be given to lowering VAT on certain items, or (where applicable) advising Member States to thus lower VAT rates;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Notes with concern also the ECA's own accounting procedure vis-à-vis the EU budget, where its policy of signing off on the various actual financial accounts as opposed to the regularity of those same accounts, gives rise to the impression that the ECA is signing off on the overall EU budget when it is not and cannot, due to the significant margin of error in those accounts;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33a. Notes with concern, however, the treatment of whistleblowers in various Member States across various areas of major influence; the treatment of the so- called Luxleaks whistleblowers in Luxembourg, the treatment of Unicredit Irl whistleblower Jonathan Sugarman, of the various police whistleblowers in Ireland, all combine to reduce the chances that whistleblowers will come forward in any area, including within any of the EU spending programmes;