10 Amendments of Maria Lidia SENRA RODRÍGUEZ related to 2016/2151(DEC)
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Warns that some Member States, in the interests of simplification, try to abolish payments to farms that receive amounts of less than EUR 300, an injustice affecting the very smallest farms and one that the Commission shall not tolerate; points out that the road to simplification lies in any case in cutting bureaucracy for these farms;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that there is a significant difference in types of error, i.e. the distinction between negligence and large errors; notes that most of the quantifiable errors involve overstating of eligible areas and that, overall, they account for 0.7% of the estimated aggregate error rate while there are only isolated instances of shortcomings on the part of national administrations or of infringements by them; points out furthermore that, in many instances, there has not been an investment failure, but, rather, there has been expenditure on projects ineligible for assistance the inclusion of ineligible expenditure and the failure to comply with public procurement rules are other major contributory factors in the error rate established by the Court of Auditors;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Notes that with the processing of CAP procedures being gradually privatised through banks, agencies and other bodies, relegating the role of government departments just to registration, declarations are not completed with the necessary rigour because the appropriate technical knowledge is lacking; considers that a good many of the errors occur for this reason;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Asks the European Commission and the Member States for CAP procedures to be wholly processed by government agriculture departments;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Both government departments and applicants find processing CAP procedures complex, and applications are rejected because of difficulties in understanding the forms and how to submit them;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls for more disclosure by the Commission and the Member States and for procedures to be simplified;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. WelcomesPoints with concern to the use of additional financial instruments, though theywhich must be designed with a sufficient degree of compatibility to ensure that they do not result in an increased error rate; maintains that the growing use of financial instruments entails greater risks both to accountability and to the coordination of EU policies and operations;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the updating ofPoints to the need to improve the Land Parcel Identification System (LPIS), which makes it possible to record areas more precisely, bearing in mind that recording is a major source of error when granting support; realises that as a result of using this central control system there will inevitably be an increase in error rates over the first few years, because of greater data reliability, as the European Court of Auditors confirms, but that, in the long term, there will be lower error rates in this area; points out that there are already efforts and initiatives at Member State level for further simplification of the CAP while ensuring complete compatibility with GPS measurements;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Notes with concern that amounts to be paid, commitments from the current year extending into future years, remain at a very high level, and calls on the Commission to draw up a cash flow forecast for the next seven to ten years;