Activities of Cătălin Sorin IVAN related to 2015/2154(DEC)
Plenary speeches (1)
Discharge 2014: EU general budget - European Commission and Executive Agencies (A8-0140/2016 - Martina Dlabajová) RO
Amendments (8)
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. RegretsTakes note that according to the Court, there are inherent weaknesses in the performance framework of the common provisions regulation on structural fundsESIF79 , as poor results do not lead to the loss of the performance reserve for Member States and as the financial sanctions available to the Commission are limited; however, considers that before asking for sanctions a better system for performance measurement should be in place and potential sanctions should be preceded by a process of assisting Member States to improve performance; __________________ 79 Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and the Council of 17 December 2013 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the European Social Fund (ESF), the Cohesion Fund (CF), the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) and laying down general provisions on the ERDF, ESF, CF, EAFRD and EMFF and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006.
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Remarks that whenever the Commission has evidence of reduced absorption capacity in Member States, the DGCommission should assess all flexibility provisions of the MFF Regulation instead while undertaking corresponding actions only after proposing measures for overcoming insufficient absorption capacity;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Remarks that whenever the Commission has evidence of reduced absorption capacity in Member States, the DG should assess all flexibility provisions of the MFF Regulation instead, in order to support the implementation rate for those Member States with higher transfers of the commitments from 2014 to 2015 as part of MFF technical adjustment agreed in 2015;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49 a (new)
Paragraph 49 a (new)
49a. Draws attention in this regard that implementation of the 2014 Union budget was exercised under differing regulatory framework due to the fact that in that year there were two frameworks in force respectively for 2007-2013 and 2014- 2020;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 81
Paragraph 81
81. Requests that the CommissionCalls upon the Commission that following the Court's recommendation, to considers in its budgetary and financial management the capacity constraints in certainsome Member States, in order to avoid the under-utilisation of funds and to increase the absorption rates, especially in the area of the ESIFs; while acknowledging the actions taken so far, such as the setup of the Task Force for Better Implementation, which has already generated improvements;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 144 a (new)
Paragraph 144 a (new)
144a. Welcomes the achievements from the implementation of 2007-2013 ERDF/CF programmes, illustrated by some core indicators annually reported by the Member States and results from preliminary assessment of latest available data showing that approximately 950 000 jobs were created, 36 000 enterprises cooperated with research institutions, more than 270 000 enterprises received support and the additional capacity of renewable energy production was more than 4 000 megawatt;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 166
Paragraph 166
166. Finds it frustrating that in 21 cases of quantifiable errors made by beneficiaries, national authorities had sufficient information to prevent or detect and correct the errors before declaring the expenditure to the Commission; and that, had all this information been used to correct errors, the estimated level of error for this chapter would have been 1,6 percentage points lower; notes in addition that the Court found that for 13 cases, the error that it detected was made by national authorities; these errors contributed 1,7 percentage points to the estimated level of error; considers thinvites the Commis situation, which has remained unchanged for some years now, to prove a lack of diligence;on to continue to provide orientations, trainings and technical assistance, upon member states request.
Amendment 269 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 229 a (new)
Paragraph 229 a (new)
229a. Welcomes the results achieved by the 2007-2013 Rural Development policy implementation according to preliminary data (end 2014) referring to micro enterprises (73 300) and young farmers (164 000) supported as well as to innovation support for introduction of new products or technologies in 136 000 farms;