8 Amendments of Ingeborg GRÄSSLE related to 2008/2242(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Deplores the delay in adopting the proposal for a regulation on mutual administrative assistance for the protection of the financial interests of the European Community against fraud and any other illegal activities (COM(2006)0473) and the proposal for a regulation amending Regulation No 1798/2003 to combat tax evasion connected with intra-Community transactions (COM(2008)0147)2, which causes serious damage to the efficiency of 1 2008/0059(CNS). 2 2008/0059(CNS). the fight against VAT fraudthe fight against VAT fraud, and therefore invites the Council to promptly adopt the regulations;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Is shocked by the lack of reporting discipline of the Member States after a number of years; finds it unacceptable that six Member States1 still do not use electronic reporting, 142 failed to comply with the reporting deadlines and some3 did not classify any of their reported cases of irregularities; urges the Commission to find effective solutions, besides infringement proceedings, to address the situation, and invites the Commission to seriously consider establishing an effective financial sanctions system to be integrated in the future regulations, and to implement it systematically;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Requests the Commission to pay attention to the problem of double financing of projects; in particular, requests the Commission, when concluding or amending agreements on the management and implementation of projects by international organisations, to send systematically all their internal and external audits on the use of Community funds to the ECA and to the Internal Auditor of the Commission;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Points out that OLAF is the only authority to exercise all the powers of investigation to fight against and to prevent fraud, corruption and any other illegal activity detrimental to the general budget of the EU; therefore stresses that especially in relation to Structural Funds and External Aid with the highest irregularities reported, OLAF’s investigative function should be further strengthened;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
42. Stresses the need for streamlining legal instruments, since the definitions of fraud, suspectedicions of fraud and other irregularityies are scattered across a number of different legal instruments, in spite of repeated calls by Parliament for a single set ofrecast of the anti-fraud rules;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
Paragraph 45
45. Advocates the need for clearer provisions on procedures and binding time limits for competent authorities in providing the assistance required and generally more binding provisions for cooperation identifying the national authority competent to provide assistance; insists, with a view to solving this problem, on the usefulness of its legislative resolution of 20 November 2008 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1073/1999 concerning investigations conducted by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF)1;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47
Paragraph 47
47. Notes that since extensive judicial follow-up of cases has been observed but admissibility of evidence collected by OLAF by the national courts is very limited, the aim is to improve the judicial support for the investigative function of OLAF; considers moreover that Eurojust should be informed whenever information or filenal case reports are transmitted to the judicial authorities; 1 Text Adopted, P6_TA-PROV(2008)0553. if they concern serious forms of transnational crime and two or more Member States are involved; Or. en
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48
Paragraph 48
48. Deplores the inadequate notification by Member States of action taken on fileinformation or final case reports transmitted by OLAF; requests the Member States to ensure that their competent authorities forward a report to OLAF on progress made in acting on the reportinformation or recommendations forwarded to them by OLAF;