5 Amendments of Herbert DORFMANN related to 2020/2221(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights that the common agricultural policy (CAP) is the largest item in the EU budget, representing 31 % of the total budgetary expenditure for the 2021-2027 period; stresses the key role of a properly functioning CAP in protecting the financial interests of the EU and its citizens against any misuse of EU funds that can be detrimental to the public image of such a strategic policy; regrets that for the new CAP, capping remains voluntary; calls on the Member States to use the capping of direct payments, as a measure against the misuse and for the fairer distribution of the agricultural funds;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights that the Member States are responsible for the EU agricultural funds under shared management with the Commission; considers the new delivery model and the new National Strategic Plans to be a great opportunity to reinforce Member States’ and the Commission’s controls pertaining to the distribution and management of funds; however the controls should not bring unnecessary or additional administrative burden for small and medium farmers, who may have a problem with a new administration system; emphasises that it is necessary to differentiate between the small mistakes of small and medium-sized farmers caused by the complicated new system and deliberately committed fraud;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the need for a specifically tailored fraud prevention system to prevent any misuse of EU agricultural funds; takes the view that anti-fraud measures should retain their high priority for the EU and the Member States; underlines that EU funds must be recovered in a timely manner and that proportionate sanctions be put in place as effective deterrents; the Commission shall establish a comprehensive real-time information and monitoring system, including but not limited to existing tools, such as Arachne, to allow a precise overview of the distribution and fair allocation of the EU funds and to have the possibility to track and aggregate the distributed financial means; this system should include information on the interconnections between companies and beneficial owners;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The Commission shall collect information on all subsidies received from the first and second pillars of the CAP and aggregate the total amount that a natural person receives either directly through direct payments or indirectly as beneficial owner of legal persons that are beneficiaries of CAP payments (direct payments and payments from rural development);
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the importance of transparency for the early detection of fraud, conflicts of interest or other irregularities; stresses the importance of EU-wide database interoperability, common rules and data exchange, cross- border cooperation and better use of IT tools; highlights the importance of adherence to the Financial Regulation of the EU, and in particular the implementation of Article 61 on Conflict of interests by all the EU member states and its application on all EU funds’ payments;