4 Amendments of Isabel CARVALHAIS related to 2019/2055(DEC)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that, as indicated in the Annual Report of the Court of Auditors for the financial year 2018, the estimated level of error in spending on ‘Economic, social and territorial cohesion’ increased from 3 % in 2017 to 5 % in 2018; regrets that, even if it should be stressed that errors in the implementation of the budget do not automatically imply a fraud, the positive trend of the last years has been reversed;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes the work done by the audit bodies, while stressing that errors in the implementation of the budget do not automatically imply a fraud; points out that a thorough analysis of the audit results is required before charges are brought against beneficiaries;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that the absorption of European Structural and Investment Funds (‘ESI Funds’) has continued to be slower than planned - by the end of 2018, only 27,3% -; notes that this value is even lower than the absorption rate of 2011, the corresponding year of the previous Multiannual Financial Framework; points out that simplification of the rules could increase the take-up of ESI funds;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Highlights the need to analyse financial performance indicators as drivers of decision making;