Activities of Josianne CUTAJAR related to 2019/2055(DEC)
Opinions (1)
OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2018, Section III –Commission and executive agencies
Amendments (5)
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Considers that the EU has increasingly made use of financial instruments and budgetary guarantees provided to the European Investment Bank Group (the EIB) and that trend is expected to continue during the next MFF; consequently reiterates the support to the Court’s proposal that it should also audit the EIB’s non-EU-budget-related operations as stated in Parliament’s resolution on the Annual Report on the control of the financial activities of the EIB for 2017;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Recalls the importance of achieving a rapid political agreement between the institutions on the 2021-2027 MFF, in order to avoid delaying the implementation of the ESI Funds in the next programming period;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Calls on the Commission and the Council to establish an Action Plan in the first half of 2020 to speed-up the implementation of ESI Funds in the current programming period, with clear incentives for the rapid and effective absorption of available funds, strengthening the Strategic Objectives of the Union, in particular the Fight against Climate Change and Social and Territorial Cohesion;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Underlines the key role that national audit authorities, along with the European Court of Auditors, have in monitoring the use of Cohesion Funds; calls for an improvement of the audit working methods put in place at the national level; encourages the development of best practises in this area;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Reiterates the importance of reliable performance measurement systems built on high-quality data, calls on the European Commission to further develop and align audit methodologies in order to harmonise different performance measurement systems of Member States’ authorities;