Activities of Anneli JÄÄTTEENMÄKI related to 2013/2195(DEC)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2012, Section III – Commission and executive agencies
Amendments (4)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes the Court of Auditors’ finding that the increase in the rate of material errors in Heading 4 for the 2012 financial yearStresses that the Union’s resources must be managed in line with the principles of transparency and good governance; notes the Court of Auditors’ finding that the error rate in Heading 4 is 3.3% and that accepted expenditure is materially affected by error; notes the Court of Auditors’ conclusion that the increase in the rate of material errors is owed to a change in the sampling approach that now includes the clearing of advances paid in the previous year;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Supports all of the Court of Auditors’ recommendations with regard to Heading 4, in particular for the improvement of supervisory and control systems with regard to the clearing of advances, while recalling that the Union’s external; is concerned at the degree of supervision being brought to bear on the results and effectiveness of Union assistance is implemented partly by entitieby third organisations external to the Union, often under difficult conditions, and requires a certain amount of adaptability and flexibility to be effective; insists that, nevertheless, the Europeanand insists that the Commission must greatly strengthen its control of the results and effectiveness of European assistance implemented by third organisationsupervision; understands the need for flexibility in certain circumstances;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Strongly welcomes the considerablWelcomes both the improvements DG ELARG has implemented with regard to its internal controls, which considerably reduced the occurrence of errors compared to 2011;, also welcomesnd the progress made by the Service for Foreign Policy Instruments and DG ECHO;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes that under the general budget for the financial year 2012 budget support payments totalled EUR 796 million and payments by way of support to international organisations amounted to EUR 1.4 billion in all; expresses concern at the failure to provide sufficient information about recipient countries’ financial management or the organisations’ projects, and calls on the Commission to remedy the situation;