5 Amendments of Monika HOHLMEIER related to 2020/2222(INI)
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Stresses that it is vital to know who benefits from EU funds in order to prevent corruption, irregular spending and the misuse of funds; regrets that currently, data for identification of economic operators and their beneficial owners is not easily or not at all accessible1a; believes that the establishment of a single, interoperable database displaying the direct and ultimate beneficiaries of EU subsidies would represent an important step to remedy this situation; emphasises that beneficiaries must be identifiable across Member States and independent of funds, including funds both under direct and shared management; underlines that the database should be limited to necessary information and that information may be published in accordance with the standing jurisprudence of the CJEU; urges the Member States to cooperate with the Commission in order to create such a single, centralised database to trace the European money flows; _________________ 1aStudy on the largest 50 beneficiaries in each EU Member State of CAP and Cohesion Funds, requested by the CONT Committee, PE 679.107 - May 2021
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Insists on the need to strengthen EDES and its scope in the context of a forthcoming targeted revision of the Financial Regulation; calls on the Commission to extend the scope of EDES to funds under shared management with due respect for the principle of proportionality and appropriateness;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Regrets the fact that OLAF does not have fulland the ECA do not have full access to the Arachne Risk Scoring Tool; believes that the current system, under which OLAF and the ECA have to request access to Arachne’s risk calculation on a case-by- case basis, complicates the process of information exchange and thereby hampers the detection of and reaction to emerging risk patterns; calls on the Member States and the Commission to find a smooth solution for granting OLAF and the ECA access to the Arachne Risk Scoring Tool;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to work together towards the adoption of robust National Anti-Fraud Strategies (NAFS), that offer the benefit of coordinating the actions of several entities and guaranteeing optimisation of resources and coverage of all the areas of interest (expenditures under indirect and shared management, national funds, etc.); notes that by the end of 2020, 14 Member States had adopted NAFS and 5 had launched procedures for doing so; notes that this represents progress compared to 2019 but regrets that still not all Member States have adopted NAFS or intend to do so; is concerned that the existing strategies vary in scope and depth and need to be updated in this regard; urges the Member States to harmonise and align their standards and calls on the Commission to initiate infringement procedures against Member States refusing to do so; calls on the Commission to identify weaknesses in the existing NAFS and to support Member States to ameliorate their strategies to ensure the existence of robust NAFS throughout the Union;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Insists on the need for collaborative work among the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) and other EU bodies such as Eurojust, Europol and the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) to carry out criminal investigations and prosecutions within the respective mandate/remit; stresses that efficient collaboration is only possible when EU bodies are equipped with sufficient human and financial resources; is very concerned that the Commission is not willing to guarantee an adequate staffing of the EPPO that enables it to fulfil its mandate; criticises that the Commission ignored the Parliament's call to increase the EPPO's staffing plan and did not implement the agreement of the 2020 conciliation; is very surprised that the agreed increase of temporary and contract agents was not realised because of the refusal of the Commission; is very concerned that this refusal hampers the work of the EPPO and its ability to process the existing backlog of 3000 cases; strongly insists that the Commission changes its attitude and allows the EPPO to hire the qualified experts needed to accelerate the fight against corruption, fraud, irregular spending and the misuse of funds;