7 Amendments of Jan OLBRYCHT related to 2010/2142(DEC)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that cohesion funds are subject to particularly complex rules and are implemented differently from other EU spending areas, which makes them more vulnerable to errors; draws attention to the fact that the error rate in cohesion spending remains the highest of all EU payments with greater than 5 % in 2009; is aware of the decrease in the error rate in comparison todecreased from 11 % in 2008 to just above 5 % in 20089;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is concerned that the Directorate General for Regional Policy (DG REGIO) states in its Declaration of Assurance of the Annual Activity Report 2009 that for 38 out of the 79 programmes concerned, DG REGIO does not have reasonable assurance on the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions in relation to reimbursements in 2009 of expenditure declared; asks for further details on missing information with regard to reimbursements in 2009; notes that Member States have an obligation to provide sufficient information in their Annual Activity Reports and asks the Commission to propose a penalty system in case information provided does noto allow the Commission to ensurestablish legality and regularity;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. In the context of the revision of the Financial Regulation, stresses the need to harmonise rules and management schemes for cohesion programmes under shared managementunder shared management, and in respect of cohesion policy that this harmonisation shall be to the maximum extent possible; notes that any governance problem between the Financial Regulation and the cohesion regulations can be avoided by better alignment of eligibility rules across various policies;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that the most likely error rate estimated by the Court of Auditors for the policy group ‘Cohesion’ (EUR 23 081 000 000 reimbursed certified expenditure) is above 5 %; however, underlines that the error limit for ‘Cohesion’ decreased from 11 % in 2008 to 3 % in 2009;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Notes that the present declaration of assurance (DAS) is an expression of the quregularity and legality of the financial management in the Union overall, and that it does not contain information on error rates in individual Member States;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 64
Paragraph 64
64. Notes that the Court of Auditors estimates that the most likely error rate for the Cohesion policy area is above 5 %; however, further notes that the lower error limit for Cohesion decreased from 11 % in 2008 to 3 % in 2009;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 67
Paragraph 67
67. Notes that infringements of procurement procedures reveal a failure to complete the Union internal market and that the reason for these irregularities could be a conflict of interest between the Union and the Members States; asks the Commission and the Court of Auditors to set up a platform for the consultation process on methodology used with regard to the seriousness of the infringements detected in public procurement domain;