10 Amendments of Aldo PATRICIELLO related to 2015/2128(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the diversity of legal and administrative systems in the Member States presents a challenging environment in which to overcome irregularities and combat fraud; whereas any incorrect use of EU funds entails not on and the Commission should therefore step up its efforts to ensure that the fight against fraud is implemented effectively iandividual, but also collective, losse produces more tangible and satisfactory results;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas any incorrect use of EU funds entails not only individual, but also collective, losses, and seriously undermines the credibility and transparency of the EU institutions and of the EU as a whole;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that making the budget more credible, effective and relevant, so as to sustain citizens’ confidence in the EU institutions and their identification with the project of European integration, must remain one of the core objectives of the policy to protect the Union’s financial interests which the Commission and Member States are required to pursue under Article 325 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union; calls to this end for greater transparency through enhanced cooperation between the EU institutions;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes, in particular, that levels of corruption and fraud affecting the Union budget are in direct proportion to lack of transparency in the procedures for spending EU funds; calls, therefore, for better communication about the procedures in question, which should involve fewer – but more transparent – rules so as to render fraud virtually impossible; calls, to that end, for best practices to be disseminated as widely as possible; considers for example that where the Council fails to submit to Parliament documents on public expenditure that have been requested, this endangers above all the right of EU citizens to information and transparency: a clearer rule on the forwarding and exchange of documents between the institutions is needed therefore;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes the implementation of the Hercule III Programme under the new financial framework, and considers it useful that this programme be used to assist the law enforcement agencies of certain Member States in combating illegal and illicit trade; hopes to see promotion of this programme stepped up to make it more effective and to facilitate access to it for the national and regional administrations it targets;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the fact that in 2014 there were 48 agreements in place that encompassed mutual administrative assistance, covering 71 countries, with another 49 countries in negotiations, including major trading partners such as the USA and Japan; asks that Parliament be kept constantly informed on developments in these negotiations;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the Commission’s first Anti- Corruption Report and its recommendations to the administrations of the Member States, and calls on the Commission to publish its second Anti- Corruption Report no later than the beginning of 2016; calls on the Commission furthermore, in view of the importance of that report, to inform the public and all levels of public administration about its publication using all available means, in order to increase transparency;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Insists that, in order to be credible, EU institutions must lead by example and live up the highest standards on transparency, integrity and conflicts of interest; asks the Commission, in this connection, to add a chapter to the upcoming report on the performance of the EU institutions in fighting corruption; proposes, on the basis of these results, that the same chapter should also include the objectives that it is intended to pursue in the next period.
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that the Common Provisions Regulation requires managing authorities to put in place effective and proportionate anti-fraud measures; calls on the Commission to reinforce preventive action, in particular by strengthening the technical and administrative capacities of managing authorities - which may be achieved also through promoting the exchange of good practice and exchange of experts - to ensure more robust control systems able to reduce the risks of fraud and increase detection capacity;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission, as part of the annual evaluation of the results achieved in the fight against corruption, to give Member State precise guidelines as to how to facilitate gradual and continuous implementation of the obligations taken on by each State as regards combating corruption;