Activities of Bart STAES related to 2010/2204(DEC)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the ECA special reports in the context of the 2009 Commission discharge
Amendments (7)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. Welcomes the fact that the Court of Auditors has managed to produce, every year, better and more special reports; regrets the fact that unfortunately they do not always get the political attention they deserve because of the rules applicable in Parliament;
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. Points out that those special reports are of great importance when reflecting on and changing and/or adapting programmes and projects because they can result in a more efficient use of human and budgetary resources; appreciates the positive attitude of the Commission toward those processes and its willingness to take prompt actions to remedy most of the shortcomings noted by the Court of Auditors in those reports;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
Cc. Calls once more on its competent bodies to adapt the rules in such a way that the competent committee can decide whether - based on the importance of the findings of the Court of Auditors - there is a need to draw up an initiative report for plenary outside the quota set for own initiative reports;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes the improved regulatory framework for simplified procedures for imports, introduced from the beginning of 2009 and expects the Commission to complete its guidelines for ex-post audits by Marchwithout any further delay and at the latest by the end of 2011;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Finds the lack of effective controls, which the report revealed, for simplified procedures in respect of imports in the Member States unacceptable, and calls on the Commission to further investigate the effectiveness of controls for simplified procedures in the Member States, and in particular to investigate progress in the conduct by the Member States of ex-post audits (frequency, methodology, use of risk analysis, organisation), and to present the results of such an investigation to Parliament by the end of 2011 in respect of at least half of the Member States and by the end of 2012 in respect of the remainder of the Member States;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to analyse the Dutch idea for pre-authorisation audits, which, although not generally followed in the Netherlands, were found by the Court of Auditors as fully corresponding to the Court's control model, and to recommend the use of that model in other Member States and to inform Parliament on progress made by September 2011;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Regrets the lack of a coherent Union's policy of sanctions to be imposed by Member States on traders who act in breach of the simplified procedures regulations introduced for them to facilitate economic operations; calls on the Commission to inform Parliament as to the steps taken to remedy this situation;