6 Amendments of Emmanouil ANGELAKAS related to 2008/2242(INI)
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the Commission has published a series of reports assessing the progress in Bulgaria and Romania of judicial reform and the fight against corruption under the Co-operation and Verification mechanisms and a separate report on the management of EU funds in Bulgaria, which highlight the need for sustained political commitment and implementation on the ground if the benchmarks set at the time of accession are to be met in full; notes also that specifically in the case of Bulgaria the Commission has provisionally suspended EU funding because of irregularities found through its control and auditing system; therefore calls upon these Member States to take urgent action to implement the concrete follow up measures put forward in these reports; finally, encourages the efforts made by these Member States and calls on them to take all the necessary measures to that end.
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Regrets that notwithstanding all direct beneficiaries of EU cohesion policy have to be published by the Managing Authorities under the rules governing the implementation of the Funds 2007-2013 (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1828/2006), the database on the Commission website is incomplete; urges thereforecalls, therefore, on the Commission to work together with the Member States to speed up the flow of database information with a view to more effective operation on a transparent basis; urges, moreover, the Member States and the Commission to comply fully and timely with this transparency obligation before June 2009, the deadline set by Parliament's resolution.
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Endorses the Commission's position that, where irregularities of a serious nature are detected, corrective action, including the suspension of payments and the recovery of undue or erroneous payments, will be taken, and that it will report to Parliament at least twice a year on the measures it takes in this respect; nevertheless, calls on the Commission to step up its efforts to support the Member States in preventing irregularities and transferring the necessary expertise to the competent national and regional authorities.
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission to take account of the administrative cost which Member States' national, regional and local administrations have to bear in applying the often complex and expensive requirements involved in monitoring and checking cofinanced projects;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Stresses that the necessary improvement in the situation regarding sound financial management must be based on more extensive simplification of the rules and procedures governing the use of Community resources.
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. To this end, calls on both the Commission and the Member States to work methodically to provide advice on ways of avoiding irregularities and administrative errors and failings.