8 Amendments of Nils UŠAKOVS related to 2022/2046(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
— having regard to the report A9- 0230/2022 of the Committee on Budgets and the Committee on Budgetary Control adopted on 8.9.2022, endorsed at Parliament’s part-session of 12 to 15 September 2022;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas, borrowing on capital markets has been a long-standing feature of Union budget operations to the extent that both the Commission and Parliament called for its inclusion in the budget in the 1970s and 1980s, well before the creation of the European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism, the temporary support to mitigate Unemployment Risks in an Emergency (SURE) or NGEU;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Recalls paragraph 32 of the interinstitutional agreement of 16 December 2020, which refers to the use of the single data-mining and risk-scoring tool to be made available by the Commission “with a view to a generalised application by Member States”; agrees with the Commission’s understanding1a that this must mean that there should be a progressive transition towards a compulsory use and cannot be interpreted as meaning that the use of the tool will remain voluntary; recalls that access to this tool is limited for audit and control purposes, thus, safeguarding the right to protection of personal data; _________________ 1a Replies to the questions of the Council’s Budget Committee on the proposal for a recast of the Financial Regulation of 16 September; e.g. reply to question 8
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12 b. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal on the recast of the Financial Regulation of 16 May2022 as a suitable starting point for the creation of an interoperable digital system for audit and control purposes; notes that the Commission proposes that the system should facilitate risk assessments for the purposes of selection, award, financial management, monitoring, investigation, control and audit that will contribute to effective prevention, detection, correction and follow-up of fraud, corruption, conflicts of interest, double funding and other irregularities; underlines that the functionalities of this system must go beyond the Commission’s proposal to include the tracking and tracing back oft he distribution of EU funds across beneficiaries and their beneficial owners across Member States and all EU funds; underlines therefore the need for a possibility to aggregate data on beneficiaries and their beneficial owners across Member States and EU funds into one total amount per beneficiary, beneficial owner and natural person; stresses the need to provide additional funds to finance the implementation of this interoperable digital system;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)
Paragraph 12 c (new)
12 c. Notes that the Commission proposed these changes to take effect for all management modes from the post- 2027 MFF; underlines, however, that a more ambitious transition is feasible and desirable; notes in this regard that the CAP regulation 2021/21161a foresees that the Commission shall by 2025 present a report which assesses the use of the single data-mining tool and its interoperability with a view to its generalised use by Member States; is therefore of the opinion that the proposed changes to the Financial Regulation concerning the interoperable digital system should also take effect from 2025; _________________ 1a REGULATION (EU) 2021/2116 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 2 December 2021 on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 d (new)
Paragraph 12 d (new)
12 d. Reiterates its position that transparency on the distribution of EU funds needs to be improved and information be made more easily accessible for the public; welcomes the Commission’s proposal on the recast of the Financial Regulation in this regard to improve the Financial Transparency System; emphasises that data can only be published in line with data protection rules and the standing jurisprudence of the CJEU; is of the opinion that all publishable information should be combined in one website to overcome the current fragmentation of information;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Underlines that Heading 7 spending must be set at a level that guarantees that the EU has an effective and efficient administration; calls for the swift adoption of the targeted revision of the Financial Regulation proposed by the Commission in relation to the handling of default interest for the late repayment of cancelled or reduced competition fines, so as to avoid pressure on spending under Heading 7; points out that the Parliament has decided on its position and stands ready to negotiate; encourages the Council to treat this proposal with priority and enter into negotiations with the Parliament;
Amendment 284 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)
Paragraph 36 a (new)
36 a. Underlines that Union funding must be conditional on respect for and enforcement of the applicable working and employment standards under relevant national and EU law; insists, in this respect, that all programmes and activities funded under the MFF should be designed and implemented in compliance with Article 9 of the TFEU and the European Pillar of Social Rights;