Activities of Ivailo KALFIN related to 2010/2247(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Protection of Communities' financial interests – fight against fraud (debate)
Amendments (1)
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Is deeply concerned at the catastrophicextremely high suspected fraud rate in Bulgaria for the Special Accession Programme for Agriculture and Rural Development (SAPARD), which – for the whole programming period – stands at 20 % and represents the highest rate seen in all analysed funds (Cohesion and Agriculture); deplores the fact that the Bulgarian authorities do not take sufficient action in order to enhance the control systems, as the greater part of suspected fraud cases were initiated by external controls/interv100% of the cases of suspicious fraud were identified in ex-post controls; notes that Commission exercised properly its obligations suspending the payments from SAPARD in 2008 and lifted that suspentsions rather than internal/national ones after thorough checks in 2009; calls on the Commission to putcontinue pressure on the Bulgarian authorities in order to remedyfurther improve this situation;