2 Amendments of Judith SARGENTINI related to 2017/2136(DEC)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Highlights the positive findings in the European Court of Auditors' Special Reports 30/2016 on the effectiveness of EU support to priority sectors in Honduras and 3/2017 on EU assistance to Tunisia;underlines the Court's assessment, in line with previous special reports on EU development spending, that EU money has been generally well spent which is a proof for the high quality of EU development spending;notes the stark contrast to other policy fields like external migration spending, where the findings are far more negative1a; _________________ 1a Special Report No 9/2016:EU external migration spending in Southern Mediterranean and Eastern Neighbourhood countries until 2014.
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Is very worried by a noticeable trend in recent Commission proposals to ignore legally binding provisions of Regulation (EU) No 233/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council1a when it comes to Official Development Assistance eligible expenditure and eligible countries for Development Cooperation Instrument ("DCI") spending; recalls that legality of EU spending is a key principle of sound financial management and that political considerations should not take precedence over clearly spelled out legal provisions; recalls that DCI is first and foremost an instrument designed to fight poverty; _________________ 1a Regulation (EU) No 233/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2014 establishing a financing instrument for development cooperation for the period 2014-2020 (OJ L 77, 15.3.2014, p. 44).