3 Amendments of Enrique GUERRERO SALOM related to 2014/2075(DEC)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the increased focus of the discharge process on improving performance to achieve the best possible results with EU taxpayers’ money; encourages the Commission, in this regard, to redouble its efforts to improve the feedback loop of the evaluations cycle, so that lessons learnt from past practice and evaluation recommendations contribute to an even greater extent to better decision- making, programming and implementation of EU aid in the future;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes with concern the growing discrepancy between the EU’s international commitments, its ambitious policy frameworks and new tools (such as the post-2015 development agenda and the External Financing Instruments for the period 2014-2020) on the one hand, and on the other hand its inability to honour the commitments it has taken vis-à-vis its global partners and other bodies, in particular with regard to humanitarian aid, due to the availability of insufficient payment credits;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines that 2013 was the second consecutive year that humanitarian aid through the EU budget exceeded EUR 1.3 billion in commitments due to the occurrence of a high number of humanitarian crises that caused immense human suffering; regrets deeplydeplores the impact that the lack of payment appropriations had in this crisis year on DG ECHO's activities, which could only be maintained through rearranging payment schedules, resulting in a carry-over of EUR 160 million in payment arrears at year end; calls on the Council to comply with the payment plan agreed with Parliament;