2 Amendments of Paul TANG related to 2015/2074(BUD)
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Recalls that payment shortages, largely due to insufficient payment ceilings and under-budgeting, reached unprecedented heights in 2014 and remain acute in 2015; fears that this continues to penalise the beneficiaries and to jeopardise the proper implementation of the new 2014-2020 MFF programmes; while supporting active management of payments by the Commission, is concerned at the postponement of calls for proposals, at the reduction of pre-financing and at late payments; recalls with concern that the pressure on payment ceilings has led to ad hoc cuts in the annual budgets, notably in the payment appropriations of the funds for competitiveness for growth and jobs under heading 1a;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Welcomes the fact that the EU Draft Budget reflects the joint statement on a payment plan 2015-2016 agreed between Parliament, the Council and the Commission following the shared diagnosis and commitment entered into by the three institutions to reduce this backlog; recalls that, according to the Commission's estimations, the payment appropriations requested in the Draft Budget would bring the backlog of unpaid bills down to EUR 2 billion for the cohesion programmes 2007-2013, and would also reduce the abnormal backlog in other headings; undertakes to fully support the Commission proposal and expects the Council to respect its commitments in this regard; calls for the continuation of a cooperative spirit between the Commission and the two arms of the EU budget authorities, hopes that this will ultimately lead to tackling the causes of the backlog escalation that are embedded in the budgeting procedure;