Activities of Hannu TAKKULA related to 2017/2136(DEC)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2016, Section III – Commission and executive agencies
Amendments (4)
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the first full year of ´greening´ implementation has not apparently impacted the error rate; but shares the Commission´s view that it is still too early to draw conclusions on the precise environmental outcomes; underlines that 'greening' serves as an example of the increased need for performance auditing also in the field of agriculture;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Encourages the Commission to keep moving towards a single audit scheme, that would allow for a reduction in administrative burden at all levels brought by controls, while maintaining efficient control on the legality and regularity of payments;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Reiterates the request of the European Parliament of 8 September 2015 (Resolution A8-0240/2015) that the Commission, the Member States and the Court of Auditors further develop risk- based audit strategies factoring in all relevant data;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Stresses that there is a significant difference in types of errors, i.e. between unintentional omissions and cases of fraud, and that omissions do not as a rule cause any financial damage to the taxpayer, which should also be taken into account while estimating the actual error rate; reminds the Commission that the risk of unintentional errors owing to complex regulation is in the end borne by the beneficiary;