13 Amendments of Michal WIEZIK related to 2021/2251(INI)
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that by mid-February 2022, all Member States but one had submitted national recovery and resilience plans (NRRPs), requesting in total EUR 337.5 billion in grants and EUR 166 billion in loans; further highlights that four of these NRRPs are pending assessment by the Commission;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the Recovery and Resilience Scoreboard that provides an overview of the progress made in the implementation of the NRRPs and thereby fosters the transparency, public scrutiny and accountability of the Facility; welcomes the development of other monitoring tools on implementation at national level by governments, civil society organisations or relevant stakeholders; calls on the Commission to consider the integration of these datasets in the Scoreboard;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that the reliability of the performance data concerning the targets and milestones of the Facility is of the utmost importance; urges Member States to publicly provide detailed and timely information in order to ensure effective reporting of the impact of the Facility;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls that serious irregularities such as fraud, corruption, conflicts of interest and double funding, may lead to the reduction of financial contributions or the recovery of funds by the Commission;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that the Commission, the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), the Court of Auditors and the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) may exercise their rights laid down in Article 129(1) of the Financial Regulation with regard to the Facility; asks the Commission to provide information about the measures ensuring the early detection of the abuse of EUthe funds under the Facility;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes with satisfaction from the Commission’s assessments of NRRPs that Member States’ prevention of double funding, arrangements to correct serious irregularities and recovery of funds are in general quite well developed; insists on the necessity of a close cooperation between all EU institutions and bodies as well as with national authorities to ensure the efficient and proper use of funds;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to encourage Member States to use ARACHNE and, in the meantime, to make sure that the alternative measures to risk- score the entities and individuals involved in implementation of the Facility are equivalent to ARACHNE; highlights the need to ensure a harmonised data collection process and interoperability of ARACHNE with national and local databases; calls on the Commission to make sure that, in addition to the information on the beneficiaries of the programme, data on beneficial owners is also collected by the Member States;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to encourage Member States to use ARACHNE and, in the meantime, to make sure that the alternative measures to risk- score the entities and individuals involved in implementation of the Facility are equivalent to ARACHNE; calls on the Commission to make sure that, in addition to the information on the beneficiaries of the programmerecipients, final recipients, contractors and sub- contractors of the Facility, data on beneficial owners is also collected by the Member States;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to report on its assessment of the capacity of national auditinternal control systems to prevent, detect and correct corruption, fraud and conflicts of interest, double funding and to ensure compliance with national and Union rules; stresses that, in the event of inadequacies in the national auditinternal control systems, the milestones or targets suggested by the Commission to address these inadequacies must be appropriately explained in the annual report on the implementation of the Facility;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Notes that the absorption of grants under the Facility is projected to be front- loaded with 42 % of the total amount of allocated grants to euro area Member States to be spent by the end of 2022; notes that most grants are geared towards funding private and public investments; recalls that such investments are relatively more prone to errors; calls on the Commission to be vigilant, especially for payment requests from Member States where systematic failures in the management and control systems exist;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Notes that the absorption of grants under the Facility is projected to be front- loaded with 42 % of the total amount of allocated grants to euro area Member States to be spent by the end of 2022; notes that most grants are geared towards funding private and public investments; recalls that such investments are relatively more prone to errors; calls on the Commission to be vigilant, especially for payment requests from Member States where systematic failures in the management andnational internal control systems exist;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission to make approval of the NRRPs conditional on the observance of the rule of law and the prevention and detection of, and the fight against, fraud, conflicts of interest and, corruption and double funding; stresses that all measures set out in the NRRPs must comply with the Union’s values enshrined in Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Reiterates its concerns expressed in its resolution of 10 June 2021 on the views of Parliament on the ongoing assessment by the Commission and the Council of the national recovery and resilience plans1 that many Member States have not, or have only inadequately, involved regional and local authorities in the drafting process of the NRRPs; recalls that regional and local authorities and civil society organisations are at the forefront of NRRP local implementation and asks the Commission and the Member States to ensure proper involvement of social partners, civil society, youth organisations and other relevant stakeholders in the implementation of the NRRPs, as well as an effective coordination between the relevant levels of government; _________________ 1 OJ C 67, 8.2.2022, p. 90.