14 Amendments of Rosa ESTARÀS FERRAGUT related to 2010/2305(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas absorption capacity is not a parameter but a variable and whereas it differs widely in the different Member States, so that individual solutions are necessary to increase this capacity,
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas aiming at absorbing as much financial support as possible requires continuous efforts by the Member States and the involvement of the local and regional level of administration in every stage of the process is of particular relevance,
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the rules relating to Structural and Cohesion Funds are by their very nature complex and therefore difficult to comply with, causing and liable to lead to errors, so that Member States spend a disproportionate amount of time trying to manage and control these errors,
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Points to the effort made to ensure the acceleration in absorption capacities and budgetary implementation of cohesion policy during 2010 despite the problems mentioned above, and acknowledges the positive effect of the cohesion-policy- related interventions by the European Economic Recovery Plan in speeding up implementation of programmes and accelerating provision of financing to beneficiaries;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point 1
Paragraph 2 – point 1
difficulties with completing the compliance assessment procedures concerning the new management and control system that generally fall at the beginning of the programming period;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point 2
Paragraph 2 – point 2
global economic recession, which has a direct affect in the form of the budgetary restraint measures applied to public budgets and difficulties in obtaining internal financing;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point 7
Paragraph 2 – point 7
the need to establish new institutions for the implementation of programmes, where their launch and running is liable to delays;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point 8
Paragraph 2 – point 8
insufficient separation between the authorities in the Member States, hierarchy problems between the institutions and internal difficulties over the allocation of tasks and responsibilities;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point 11
Paragraph 2 – point 11
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Reiterates the need for simplification of rules and procedures at both EU and national level without creating major difficulties for the beneficiaries; believes that simplification will contribute to the speedy allocation of funds, higher absorption rates, increased efficiency, fewer implementation errors and reduced payment periods; considers that a balance needs to be struck between simplification and the stability of rules and procedures;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Takes the view that special emphasis should be placed on payments for delivery of results rather thanthe aspects relating to delivery of results, without detracting from the constant attention that should be awarded to checking inputs; believes, in this context, that a better balance should be found between, on the one hand, the rules and procedures required for ensuring the legality and regularity of EU expenditure and, on the other, making cohesion policy more performance-oriented and cost- efficient;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Takes the view that a stronger focus should be placed on fraud than on formal irregularities and on more differentiatedthe ever-present need to remedy formal irregularities should not divert attention from the basic need to focus firmly on fraud and that the treatment of irregularities, must allowing for flexibility depending on the seriousness of the irregularity identified;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Notes that the establishment of ‘public- private partnerships’ is often a long and cumbersome procedure, but nonetheless believes that owing to their greater flexibility ‘public-private partnerships’ prepared well in advance could contribute to increasing absorption capacity and to resolving difficulties with co-financing;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Reiterates that the mechanisms of multi-level governance and the partnership principle are key elements in the effectiveness of operational programmes and in high absorption capacity; recommends to the Members States that they consistently reinforce the partnership and transparency principle, while implementing the operational programmes, and that they involve the sub- national levels decisively, unambiguously and unreservedly from the outset in defining and designing investment priorities, in the overall decision- making process itself and in the subsequent implementation of programmes;