Activities of Dennis de JONG related to 2016/2097(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the Annual Report 2015 on the protection of the EU’s financial interests – Fight against fraud PDF (594 KB) DOC (85 KB)
Amendments (8)
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Notes that following the European Parliament Resolution of 9 March 2016 on the PMI Agreement the Commission has to come forward with an action plan for tackling illicit tobacco trade, including the high proportion of non-branded cigarettes ('cheap whites'); urges the Commission to submit to the Parliament a proposal for such an action plan without further delay;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Welcomes the Commission's recommendation that Member States should strike the right balance between trade facilitation and the protection of the EU's financial interests; points in this respect to the fast-lane procedures of customs authorities for companies that are considered low-risk, which in itself can be a good system for quick clearance of goods, but has proven vulnerable to corruptive practices by customs officers;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Refers in this regard to the Special Report No. l0/2015 of the European Court of Auditors recommending, inter alia, that the Commission and Member States invest in systematic analysis of public procurement errors and requests the Commission to submit to Parliament such a detailed analysis; invites the Commission, in particular, to express its views in regard of recurrent errors and to explain why such errors would not be considered as indications of potentially fraudulent activities; calls upon the Commission to swiftly finalise the Guidelines on public procurement in line with the newly adopted Directive on Public Procurement;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Welcomes the fact that the ex-ante and ex-post 'Community Controls' are detecting more and more cases of irregularities; considers however, that prevention is easier than recovery of losses; urges therefore on Member States to better carry out the ex-ante controls with the assistance of the Commission; recalls in this respect that budget constraints cannot be invoked as reasons for reducing the staff attributed to these ex-ante controls, as preventing irregularities pays itself back;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Supports the Hercule III programme, which is a good example of “best use of every euro” approach; asks the Commission to give an interim evaluation on the results achieved of Hercule III in relation to its objectives;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34a. Recalls the Resolution of European Parliament on the protection of whistleblowing of 14 February 2017 and calls on the Commission to inform Parliament on the follow up of this Resolution;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Deplores thatCondemns the Commission did's decision not to keep its word to publish an EU Anti- Corruption rReports biannually, as there has been no report published in 2016; as was promised; regrets, in particular, that this decision was taken without any discussions with the Parliament; note that, notwithstanding the Commission's intention to reflect corruption in the context of the European Semester and in legislative actions, a comprehensive report on anti-corruption in the Member States and within the EU Institutions is still needed; moreover, reminds the Commission of its reporting obligations under the UN Convention against Corruption, to which the EU is a party, and to the offer made by both UNODC and GRECO to help the Commission in this respect; thus calls on the Commission to reconsider its decision and to draw up a report as promised without any further delay;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Calls for the Commission to clarify the main reasons that Member States are not following up alleged cases of fraud affecting the EU’s financial interests, as submitted to them by OLAFgive a comprehensive reaction on OLAF's recently published analysis on Member States' follow-up to OLAF's judicial recommendations;