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Joachim KUHS, Dominique BILDE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gunnar BECK

Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)

– having regard to the Judgment of the Court of Justice of 18 June 2020, European Commission v Hungary, C- 78/18,

2023/11/15
Committee: CONT

Joachim KUHS, Dominique BILDE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gunnar BECK

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

F a. Whereas NGOs and civil society organisations are exempt from most AMLD and DAC transparency and reporting requirements; whereas the European Court of Auditors’ Special Report No 35/2018 highlights that NGOs are prone to be used for money laundering purposes;

2023/11/15
Committee: CONT

Dominique BILDE, Jean-Paul GARRAUD, Joachim KUHS, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gunnar BECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Calls for an end to the funding of NGOs undertaking search and rescue operations, which contribute to illegal migration towards European countries and facilitate human smuggling;

2023/11/15
Committee: CONT

Dominique BILDE, Jean-Paul GARRAUD, Joachim KUHS, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gunnar BECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9 a. Regrets that some NGOs supported financially by the EU promote values that are contrary to those of freedom and democracy; calls to cease all funding of NGOs with links to Islamism and Islamist-linked organisations;

2023/11/15
Committee: CONT

Dominique BILDE, Jean-Paul GARRAUD, Joachim KUHS, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gunnar BECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Is concerned about cases of fraud and irregularities, notably in situations where NGOs that are members of different international networks or platforms that receive EU funding are at risk of conflicts of interest, double funding, corruption or money laundering; is concerned about the lack of publicly available data on the fraud cases involving NGOs; calls on the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) to compile and provide such data to Parliament and the ECA and to draw up a list of NGOs that have broken the law; insists for the scope of the anti-money laundering directive to be broadened to also apply to NGOs;

2023/11/15
Committee: CONT

Joachim KUHS, Dominique BILDE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gunnar BECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24 a. Regrets the decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union, which has recently ruled that Hungary´s attempt to bring non-profit organisations under the scope of its national Anti-Money Laundering rules violated the free movement of capital1a; recalls that Recommendation 8 of the FATF, Europol, Eurojust, Moneyval and various reports of the European Court of Auditors2a and national competent authorities3a warn about the use of NGOs as fronts for terrorist financing or money- laundering vehicles. _________________ 1a Judgment of the Court of Justice of 18 June 2020, European Commission v Hungary, C-78/18. 2a European Court of Auditors’ Special Report No 35/2018 of 18 December 2018 entitled ‘Transparency of EU funds implemented by NGOs: more effort needed’ 3a 2017 Annual Report of the Maltese Commissioner for Voluntary Organizations.

2023/11/15
Committee: CONT

Joachim KUHS, Dominique BILDE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gunnar BECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25 a. Calls on the European Commission to end the exemption of civil society organisations from the scope of the Anti-Money Laundering Directive and the Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive, in order to ensure that contributions to such organisations are duly scrutinized on their legality and origin, as requested by the European Court of Auditors4a, the FATF5a, the Maltese government report, backed by Moneyval6a; regrets that the European Court of Justice has deemed such scrutiny in violation of the free movement of capital7a; _________________ 4a Special Report No 35/2018 of 18 December 2018 entitled ‘Transparency of EU funds implemented by NGOs: more effort needed’, which requests that the EU draw up a legal definition of NGOs. 5a Recommendations V and VIII of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). 6a 017 Annual Report of the Maltese Commissioner for Voluntary Organizations. 7a Judgment of the Court of Justice of 18 June 2020, European Commission v Hungary, C-78/18, ECLI:EU:C:2020:476.

2023/11/15
Committee: CONT

Joachim KUHS, Dominique BILDE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gunnar BECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)

25 b. Recalls that non-profit organisations (NPOs) are not obliged entities (OEs) under the 5th Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Directive, and therefore only subjected to de minimis customer due diligence requirements;

2023/11/15
Committee: CONT

Dominique BILDE, Jean-Paul GARRAUD, Joachim KUHS, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gunnar BECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)

26 a. Calls for financial aid to NGOs to be made conditional on the provision of documents attesting to the use of funds in recent financial years, the specific projects supported, the results of the due diligence carried out and the responsibility to report within 6 months of the payment of funds;

2023/11/15
Committee: CONT

Joachim KUHS, Dominique BILDE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gunnar BECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42 a (new)

42 a. Deeply regrets that controversial NGOs such as "Islamic Relief-DE" and "Islamic Relief Sverige" are listed as certified EU Humanitarian partners8a for the period 2021- 2027; _________________ 8a https://civil-protection-humanitarian- aid.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2023- 09/List%20of%20certified%20NGOs%201 4.09.2023.pdf

2023/11/15
Committee: CONT

10 Amendments of Gunnar BECK related to 2023/2122(INI)

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