6 Amendments of Lucia VUOLO related to 2019/2055(DEC)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomNotes the finding of the Court of Auditors (‘the Court’) that the consolidated accounts of the European Union for the year 2018 are reliable and that the transactions underlying the accounts of the Union for the 2018 financial year are generally legal and regular in all material aspects, except for high-risk expenditure (mainly spending on a reimbursement basis, which is subject to complex rules), which has an estimated error level of 4,5%; notes that the overall estimated level of error of 2,6% is still above the ECA’s materiality threshold (2%);
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Is concerned about the increasing concentration of expertise and responsibilities in the hands of the agencies in the transport sector, which could lead to an increase in the costs borne by the EU budget;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. WelcomNotes the completion of the 2017 CEF Transport blending call in 2018 with an innovative approach making available a total indicative budget of EUR 1,35 billion of EU grants to be combined with funding from the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), the European Investment Bank, national promotional banks or private investors; believes that an ex-post evaluation of those projects must be carried out in order to assess this instrument's effectiveness on the basis of the type of action financed; notes that the second deadline for submission of proposals in April 2018, focusing on innovation and new technologies projects, notably in the field of alternative fuels, in support of the Commission’s Clean Mobility policy, resulted in 35 projects being selected with a total of EUR 404,8 million in CEF funding; notes the need to improve the level of awareness of the CEF eligibility rules among the beneficiaries;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Reiterates the request of the Court to improve coherence, clarity and effectiveness of the EU passenger rights framework, take action to promote awareness campaignsmore effective and transparent information and provide national enforcement bodies with further tools for enforcing passenger rights;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Highlights the importance of investing in projects that concern both the creation of new and the maintenance and safety of existing infrastructure, both on the core network and the comprehensive network of TEN-T corridors, in order to ensure that sufficient long-distance transport services are available and to improve cohesion and local and cross- border territorial connectivity, including in the outermost and island regions;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Welcomes the start of new projects focusing on urban mobility, efficient logistics and infrastructure, including the port of the future, worth around EUR 105 million from the 2017 call of the Horizon 2020 programme; welcomes the adoption of the 3-year Horizon 2020 Transport Work Programme for 2018-2020; reiterates the recommendation by the Court to set out an EU-wide port development plan for core ports, in keeping with existing national management models, and to revise the number of core ports;