4 Amendments of Marina YANNAKOUDAKIS related to 2012/2167(DEC)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
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2. Is concerned, in this context, aboutDeplores, regarding the presentation of environment and health policy areas together with rural development and fisheries in the annual report of the Court of Auditors on the implementation of the Union budget , as it is stated, that the payments by year end were affected by material errors; takes careful notes that this conclusion concerns solely the area of rural development; requests that the Court of Auditors explore a different presentation in the future, which takes into account the good performance of the policy areas in the remit of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety;
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
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2. Regrets that the annual report contains no observations from the Court of Auditors, or any replies from the Commission regarding spending related to the promotion of equality between women and men; recognises that, in times of economic crisis and austerity, funding has to be kept to a minimum;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
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6. Is aware that the payment rate of LIFE+ actions under the responsibility of DG CLIMA in the first year reached only 58,23%; takes note that this low consumption is due to the factis concerned, in this regard, that the preparation of the 2011 budget was too optimistic and the requested amounts were too high; notes, furthermore, that final payment settlements were only requested in 2012; highlights that unused payment appropriations have been transferred to other budget lines in the context of the global transfer exercise taking place each year in November; is aware that in 2011 those payment appropriations have been used for the shortfalls for Cohesion budget lines;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
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13. Is of the opinion, on the basis of the data available and the implementation report, that discharge canshould not be granted to the Commission in respect of expenditure in the areas of environmental and climate policy, public health and food safety for the financial year 2011, until the general budget of the European Union is given an unqualified statement of assurance by the Court of Auditors.