5 Amendments of Monika HOHLMEIER related to 2021/2234(INI)
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Takes note of the Advocate General’s opinion of 9 September 2021 concerning the Court of Justice of the European Union’s proceedings against the UK for alleged undervaluation fraud concerning textiles and shoes imported from China via the UK, based on the investigations carried out by OLAF and by the Commission’s own resources management; notes the Court’s judgement of 8 March 2022 declaring that the UK has failed to fulfil its obligations by failing to apply effective customs control measures and make available to the Commission the correct amount of traditional own resources in respect of the concerned imports;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Notes that the Court partly rejected the Commission’s calculation due to a considerable uncertainty regarding the accuracy of the amounts of own resources claimed by the Commission, the Commission has not established the full amounts to the requisite legal standard; notes that the Court approved the method used by the Commission for estimating the amount of TOR losses for part of the infringement period and stated that it is for the Commission to recalculate the losses of EU own resources remaining due; calls on the Commission to explain to the discharge authority what the errors in the calculation consisted of, how it intends to remedy the error in the calculation of the losses to the requisite legal standard and inform the discharge authority about the result of the new calculations;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the Member States to use the ARACHNE risk scoring tool in the MFF 2021-2027 and the NextGenerationEU recovery plan, especially with regard to the implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF); believes that ARACHNE should be indicated as a one of the main tools endowing the national anti- fraud strategies (NAFS) that the Member States are expected to adopt in order to improve the integration of anti-fraud architecture; reiterates once more its urgent call on the Commission to establish an EU-wide mandatory integrated, interoperable system building on but not limited to existing tools, such as ARACHNE and EDES; recalls that this system must contain information on all EU co-financed projects, beneficiaries and beneficial owners, and allow to aggregate all individual amounts concerning the same beneficiary or beneficial owner;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28 a. Commends OLAF on its invaluable contribution to the protection of the EU's financial interests; emphasises the importance of OLAF adhering to the hightest standards in its investigations and fully complies with all requirements of the rule of law; welcomes that Art 9a of the revised OLAF regulation foresees a controller of procedural guarantees, who is in charge of monitoring OLAF’s compliance with procedural guarantees and handling complaints by persons concerned; notes that the controller of procedural guarantees has not yet been appointed; is very concerned by complaints from persons concerned by OLAF investigations regarding violations of their rights that compromised their ability to defend themselves against the allegations made against them;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)
Paragraph 37 a (new)