7 Amendments of Herbert BÖSCH related to 2008/2186(DEC)
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 g (new)
Paragraph -1 g (new)
-1g. Continues to worry about the lack of EU capacity in crisis management; considers that the EU is losing in political guidance, visibility and accountability when using international trust funds which could have been managed by the Commission if it had respected discharge reports 2005 and 2006 and built up an own post-crisis instrument; is highly preoccupied by the lack of control of EU funds implemented by certain UN agencies and the unwillingness by UN agencies to follow up on fraud cases where EU funds are involved;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Section headed 'Sectoral issues' – before the subsection headed 'Agriculture and natural resources' – subheading (new)
Section headed 'Sectoral issues' – before the subsection headed 'Agriculture and natural resources' – subheading (new)
Own resources
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50 a (new)
Paragraph 50 a (new)
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50 b (new)
Paragraph 50 b (new)
50b. Draws attention to paragraph 93 of its resolution of 24 April 2007 on the discharge granted to the Commission for 2005 (OJ C 74 E, 20 March 2008, p. 292), in which it pointed out that allocated Financial Intermediation Services Indirectly Measured (FISIM) will automatically be included in the own resource decision, for GNI own resource purposes, since, in its proposal for a Council decision on the system of the European Communities' own resources (COM(2006)0099), the Commission entered no limiting reservation in that respect;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50 c (new)
Paragraph 50 c (new)
50c. Notes that the Council, when adopting its decision of 7 June 2007 on the system of the European Communities' own resources (OJ L 163, 23 June 2007, p. 17) on the basis of the Commission proposal (COM(2006)0099), likewise entered no limiting reservation concerning FISIM; expects, therefore, that when the new own resources decision comes into force, and backdated to 1 January 2007, GNI data including FISIM will be used to calculate Community own resources and that, on that basis, past and future payments by the Member States will be calculated afresh;
Amendment 145 #
Follow-up measures in the light of the discharge
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 127 a (new)
Paragraph 127 a (new)
127a. Deplores the fact that, in the annual accounts of the European Communities for the financial year 2007, the Commission fails to repeat in full the provisions of the EC Treaty on follow-up measures in the light of the discharge, stating merely (see OJ C 287, 10 November 2008, p. 9) that when granting discharge Parliament may highlight observations it considers important, often recommending actions that the Commission should take concerning these matters; notes that, although this is correct, the Commission fails to mention that Article 276 of the EC Treaty also requires the Commission to take all appropriate steps to act on the observations in Parliament's decisions giving discharge relating to the execution of expenditure; reminds the Commission, therefore, that the calls made in its discharge resolution are not simply non- binding recommendations, but instructions which the Commission must act on when implementing the budget;