2 Amendments of Frédéric DAERDEN related to 2009/2068(DEC)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Regrets that the Commission’s Action Plan for the Improvement of the Management of the Structural Funds is not yet ready for assessment; stresses that Italy and Spain accounted for 82% of the financial corrections in the ESF for the period 2000 to 2006; considers targeted efforts with the Member States concerned necessary, as well as a graduatedn information and sanctions system that would quicker eliminate errors and, with best and worst practice examples, support the proper utilisation of funds;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the Commission’s efforts to hold all Member States fully to account through annual audit control reports and summary annual reports; calls for the examination of the reporting duty, to avoid information being sought twice; considers the non-provision of accountability reports, or incomplete reports, by national administrative and control bodies, as well as any contravention of the minimal requirements of the financial regulations, unacceptable and punishable; calls therefore on the Commission to develop proposals for the improvement and expansion of the existing reporting responsibilities incorporating a sanctions mechanism;