13 Amendments of Jean-Pierre AUDY related to 2011/0363(NLE)
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The activities covered by this Regulation and the operations which they support shouldmust comply with applicable Union and national law which is directly or indirectly linked to the implementation of the operation. The decommissioning of the nuclear power plants covered by this Regulation shouldmust be carried out in line with the legislation on nuclear safety and waste management and on the environment.
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) The financial interests of the Union shouldmust be protected through proportionate measures throughout the expenditure cycle, including the prevention, detection and investigation of irregularities, the recovery of funds lost, wrongly paid or incorrectly used and, where appropriate, penalties.
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. The general objective of the Programme is to assist the Member States concerned to reach an irreversible state within the decommissioning process of Kozloduy units 1 to 4, Ignalina units 1 and 2 and Bohunice V1 units 1 and 2 nuclear power plants, in accordance with their respective decommissioning plans, while keeping the highest level of safety and without exposing the health of workers and the general population to excessive risk.
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The financial envelope for the implementation of the Programme for the period 2014 to 2020 shall be EUR 552 947 000 in current prices. It shall be paid to the Member States in which the nuclear facilities to be declassified are situated.
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. The Programme shall be implemented by one or several of the forms provided for by Regulation (EU) No XXX/2012 [New Financial Regulation], in particular, grants and procurements. Public procurement contracts financed by this programme shall preferably be awarded to EU companies or companies in states which comply with the principle of reciprocity in their commercial relations with the EU.
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission may entrust the iImplementation of the Union'’s financial assistance under this Programme to the bodiesshall be delegated by the Commission to the Member States in which the nuclear facilities to be declassified are situated under the shared management principle, the rules for which are set out in Article 55(1)(c)9 of Regulation (EU; Euratom) No XXXX966/2012 [New Financial Regulation]. of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union1. __________ 1 OJ L 298, 26.10.2012, p. 1.
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. The annual work programmes and the acts setting out the implementation procedures referred to in paragraph 1 and 2 shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 9(2). These shall be communicated to the European Parliament.
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1(a) By 31 March of the year following each accounting year, the Member States shall report on the use of the financial envelope. These reports, certified by national audit bodies, shall be sent to the Commission and the Council to be incorporated into the general EU budget discharge procedure.
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. The Commission or its representatives, the national audit bodies of the Member States in which the nuclear facilities to be declassified are situated and the Court of Auditors shall have the power of audit, on the basis of documents and on-the-spot, over all grant beneficiaries, contractors and subcontractors who have received Union funds under the Programme. The results of the audits shall be communicated to the European Parliament.
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The European Anti-fraud Office (OLAF) may carry out on-the-spot checks and inspections on economic operators concerned directly or indirectly by such funding in accordance with the procedures laid down in Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96 with a view to establishing whether there has been fraud, corruption or any other illegal activity affecting the financial interests of the European Union in connection with a grant agreement or grant decision or a contract concerning Union funding. The results of the checks and inspections shall be communicated to the European Parliament.
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Without prejudice to the first and second sub-paragraphs, cooperation agreements with third countries and international organisations and grant agreements and grant decisions and contracts resulting from the implementation of this Regulation shall expressly empower the Commission, the national audit body of the Member State concerned, the Court of Auditors and OLAF to conduct such audits, on-the-spot checks and inspections and shall ensure that the results of these are communicated to the European Parliament.
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. No later than end 2015, an independent mid-term evaluation report shall be established by the Commission on the achievement of the objectives of all the measures, at the level of results and impacts, the efficiency of the use of resources and its Union added value, in view of a decision amending or suspending the measures. The evaluation shall additionally address the scope for simplification, its internal and external coherence, the continued relevance of all objectives. It shall take into account evaluation results on the long-term impact of the predecessor measures.
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4
Article 8 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall communicate the conclusions of theseabove-mentioned evaluation reports to the European Parliament, in the official languages of the EU, and the Council.