4 Amendments of Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ related to 2017/2136(DEC)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that a small number of beneficiaries receive the largest payments and that 4 % of direct payments are divided amongst more than half of the current beneficiaries who receive less than EUR 1250 per year; believes that it is essential for the credibility of the CAP that there is convergence of payments to beneficiaries both, between member states and within member states;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the fall in the error rate for rural development to 4,9 % from 6 % in 2015, and 6 % in 2014; recognises that rural problems require complex investment programmes, and that the error rate springs from the different objectives for addressing economic, rural infrastructure, environmental, and animal health challenges, contrasting with the EAGF rate of 1,7 %; regrets therefore that the focus of simplification is on pillar I when it is acknowledged that there is more complexity in pillar II believes also that rural development investments are a core part of the policy to be maintained alongside proven sound and beneficial risk management models; is concerned at falling employment in agriculture and believes that Pillar 2 investments are key for rural development and infrastructure;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that there is a significant difference in types and scale of error, and regrets that, even if the investment was effective, expenditure is still judged 100 % ineligible by the ECA in the event of public procurement errors; stresses therefore that further rationalisation in the error calculation method is desirable. ; is concerned that the over emphasis on error rates, while acknowledging the need for oversight in the use of public money, may have the unintended consequence of lowering the ambition and innovation of program measures which are inherently more risky;