8 Amendments of Jean-Pierre AUDY related to 2013/2172(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1
Citation 1
– having regard to Articles 318 and 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU),
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas evaluation is a learning tool aimed at identifying and understanding the results and impact of a process and identifying alternatives to help in decision- making which would lead to further improvement of that process;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas evaluation of the Union’s financial performance is not to be confused with financial performance auditingauditing is not to be confused with evaluation, evaluation being up to the management authorities while auditing is the responsibility of auditing bodies;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas in his June 2011 presentation of the Commission’s draft for the new multiannual financial framework, President Barroso called for budgetary decisions to be made ‘not through traditional headings driven by bureaucracy and constituency but in terms of facts and goals […] to make the most out of every euro spent’;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Points out that, thanks to its focus on financial performancethe Union's finances on the basis of the results achieved, the evaluation report introduced under Article 318 TFEU complements the compliance approach developed by the Court of Auditors in Chapters 1 to 9 of its annual report and gives Parliament the opportunity, when debating whether to grant discharge to the Commission, to assess policy achievements as well as the legality of financial transactionto exercise more effectively its power of political scrutiny over the actions of the European public authorities;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recalls that the discharge is a political procedure which focuses on the implementation of the European Union budget by the Commission under its own responsibility and in cooperation with the Member States;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers that the Commission evaluation should serve as a source of information and inspiration forbe relevant to the Court of Auditors; asks the Court to audit the Commission’s evaluation process annually, to report on it to Parliament in its annual report and to take it into account when defining its performance audit programme;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Commission to submit to the European Parliament and the Council the evaluation report on the Union's finances based on the results achieved, as provided for in the second paragraph of Article 318 TFEU, before 30 June of the year following the financial year which is the subject of the evaluation;