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Calls on the Commission to continue to provide guidance and assistance to Member States by means of best practice, through systematic interruptions of payments, financial corrections according to the severity of the error and also, in addition, by drawing up short term and ad hoc action plans;
Europaparlamentet uppmanar revisionsrätten att i större utsträckning använda sig av effektivitetsrevisioner för att jämföra utgiftsprogram i olika länder.
Calls on the Commission to ensure in the area of rural development that uniform standards and procedures are being equally applied and observed both by its approving and auditing bodies; stresses that the application of different standards between approving and auditing bodies has consequently led to confusion at the level of national paying agencies and project applicants in the past, resulting in delays and restrictions in project applications; stresses that any changes in the application and approval procedure for an EAFRD contribution may only be binding for the future and thus shall not apply to any previously approved projects;
Parlamentet efterlyser på nytt särskilda landsrapporter från revisionsrätten för länder med särskilt hög risk för fel (federala förvaltningsstrukturer) och medlemsstater som särskilt har uppmärksammats (hög felprocent).
Calls on the Commission to ensure that any future guidelines on eligibility conditions and selection criteria for the new programming period 2014-2020 of EAFRD are being equally set as a common standard not only for national competent bodies and paying agencies but also for its approving and auditing bodies; stresses that those guidelines should be constructed in a way that practicable implementation on the ground is possible;
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Notes with disappointment that the Director-General of DG AGRI himself announced in the DG’s annual activity report for 2012 that despite the fact that the Commission set up a comprehensive action plan to address the increase of the error rate in rural development ‘it is to be noted that it will not be feasible to produce a significant impact on the error rate before 2014 at the earliest’; points out that the Court of Auditors agreed with this latter assessment in its Annual Report for the financial year 2012;
Berörda generaldirektorat bör utarbeta en ny och förstärkt granskningsstrategi för att åtgärda de brister som upptäckts i en del medlemsstater i enlighet med punkterna 47, 48 och 49.
Stresses that this assertion justifies that the discharge authority requires formal commitments with binding requirements and deadlines for the Commission and certain Member States to implement in full all remedial measures referred to under paragraphs 40 to 67 of this resolution, leading to a reduction of the error rates in the future;
Fler kvalitetskontroller av medlemsstaternas gransknings- och kontrollrapporter, i enlighet med punkterna 47 och 48.
Notes that the amounts declared irrecoverable from the EAGF due to insolvency of the beneficiary amount to EUR 351,6 million since 2007 as reported by the Commission; notes also that a further EUR 6 million have not been recovered since 2007 for the reason that the costs exceeded the benefits of the recovery; expects the Commission to provide those amounts each year in its Annual Activity report and elaborate ways how Member States can diminish the risk of funding beneficiaries at the brink to insolvency;
Kommissionen ska genomföra fler granskningar som bygger på slumpmässigt urval på plats och finansiella nettokorrigeringar ska användas mer systematiskt, i enlighet med punkt 13.
Notes that in accordance with Article 33(7) (EAFRD) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 [28] a Member State may decide to halt the recovery procedure subject to the conditions laid down in Article 32(6) of that Regulation, only after closure of the programme; notes that all amounts in relation to EAFRD debts declared irrecoverable in the financial years 2007-2012, i.e. EUR 0,9 million of debts, do not have any valid justification; asks the Commission to explain what it is planning to do in this regard;
Detaljerade bestämmelser i grundförordningens delegerade akt för att definiera allvarliga brister och en bedömning av nyckelkravet på förvaltnings- och kontrollsystem, i enlighet med punkt 216.
Observes that some Member States ran multiannual programs in the MFF 2007-2013 and some paying agencies were obliged to undertake recoveries from beneficiaries even when small amounts of no more than some cents were concerned (since Article 33(7) in connection with Article 32(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 was only applicable after closure of a rural development program); is worried since for these small amounts costs for the recovery clearly exceeded the amounts to be recovered; notes that for the financial year 2013 and 2014 no changes are in sight for the Member States concerned; notes that the Commission was informed about the problem early on; is surprised that the Commission has not reacted faster to remedy the embarrassing situation for the Union; calls on the Commission to take a more pro-active approach in solving such nuisances in the coming MFF when they come to the Commission’s attention;
Tillämpning av allt större betalningsavdrag och administrativa påföljder i de fall då stödkriterierna inte har iakttagits av slutmottagare som får direktstöd eller stöd för landsbygdsutveckling och återkommande brister i systemet för identifiering av jordbruksskiften.
Recommendations as regards direct payments and rural development
Mekanism för att ställa in betalningar som ska användas som ett förhandsinstrument för att skydda unionens budget, i enlighet med punkt 42.
Endorses the following recommendations of the Court of Auditors: the Commission should address all the weaknesses identified in its conformity audits and the persistent problem of long delays in the conformity procedure as a whole; the Commission should further improve its method of determining financial corrections so as to take better account of the nature and gravity of the infringements detected; the Commission should address the weaknesses identified in systems for procurement and grant agreements;
Tillämpningen av avbrott, inställelser, finansiella korrigeringar och återvinning bör specificeras i nästa årliga rapport om skyddet av unionens intressen och särskilt för struktur- och sammanhållningsfonderna i rapporterna från och med 2016, i enlighet med punk 52.
Supports the recommendations and good practices to reduce errors by addressing gold-plating as suggested in the Parliament’s study on ‘Gold-Plating in the EAFRD: To what extent do national rules unnecessarily add to complexity and, as a result, increase the risk of errors?’; notes that there are forms of gold-plating where benefits outweigh the costs and where regulation is justified (‘good’ gold-plating practices), whereas numerous other practices of gold-plating appear to be disproportionate and costs outweigh the benefits (‘bad’ gold-plating practices); demands that the latter gold-plating forms be addressed;
De årliga verksamhetsrapporterna från generaldirektoraten bör innehålla information om reservationer som avser risker för unionens budget, och sådana reservationer ska upphävas först när medlemsstaterna har åtgärdat bristerna och när oriktiga utgifter har korrigerats, och de årliga verksamhetsrapporterna ska även innehålla bedömningar av den kvarstående felprocenten, i synnerhet när medlemsstaterna har genomfört korrigerande åtgärder.
Requests in this respect the immediate implementation of the so-called ‘quick wins’ to assess potential costs together with expected policy benefits when introducing ambitious requirements and commitments, to tackle problematic administrative and procedural requirements, as well as to avoid ambiguous and unclear requirements;
En ny horisontell rapport bör utarbetas om hur nya förebyggande och korrigerande verktyg genomförs under perioden för den fleråriga budgetramen för 2014 - 2020 och rapporten bör innehålla en bedömning av eventuella risker till följd av klyftan mellan den slutliga lagstiftningen och kommissionens förslag.
Asks also for structural changes leading to long-term solutions such as a permanent knowledge-sharing platform among managing authorities and paying agencies across the Union so that EAFRD specific bodies can learn by examples and best practices when discussing areas of ambiguity as well as overly complex requirements and controls; demands in this respect the accessibility to this platform in all Member States;
Det kontradiktoriska förfarandet och förlikningsförfarandet bör rationaliseras så att hela överensstämmelseförfarandet förkortas till två år när det gäller alla normalfall, i enlighet med punkt 40.
Conclusions as regards the common agricultural policy
För Frankrike och Portugal bör omfattande handlingsplaner på jordbruksområdet att fastställas bland annat vid uppdateringen av deras system för identifiering av skiften (LPIS) i enlighet med kravet i punkt 44.
Considers that the way in which the Commission addresses the deficiencies detected in the LPIS system (excessively long conformity procedures leading to the flat-rate corrections with delayed inclusion of action plans and reservations in the annual activity reports) creates a financial risk to the budget of the Union; calls, in order to remedy shortcomings in LPIS systems, for action plans to be implemented promptly; calls, in the event of failure to comply with the deadlines, for proportionate reduction and suspension of monthly or intermediate payments to the Member States concerned in order to avoid creating a financial risk to the budget of the Union.
En mall och rekommendationer för nationella förvaltningsförklaringar bör införas.
Points out in particular that despite decisions on flat rate corrections the errors detected by the Court of Auditors in 2006 in France and Portugal and confirmed by the Commission in 2008 were still not fully remedied by the Member States in 2012; stresses that from 2006 to 2013 direct payments were made whose legality and regularity were not fully guaranteed; is concerned about the Union budget, since financial corrections have not yet been made for wrongly paid appropriations between 2008 and 2013 in France and between 2010 and 2013 in Portugal, as a result of persistent errors in the LPIS that were detected in 2006; notes, however, that the Commission applied net financial corrections for the financial years prior to 2008 in France and prior to 2010 in Portugal; calls on the Commission to offset the entire financial risk of such errors in the Union budget through net corrections;
Begränsa möjligheten att ersätta projekt som innehåller fel med nya projekt före den 15 februari år n+1.
Welcomes the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the application of net financial corrections on Member States for Agriculture and Cohesion policy (COM(2013) 934), because the Commission committed itself not only to ‘speed up the conformity procedure so that in standard cases the financial corrections can be decided two years after the initial audit took place’ but also to align the interruption and suspension for the common agricultural policy with cohesion policy funds; notes that both commitments have been called for by Parliament for many years, particularly in its resolution on the discharge for the financial year 2011 [29];
Utestående åtaganden bör utnyttjas bättre och den period som täcks av förhandsfinansiering begränsas.
Notes that all financial corrections in the field of agriculture are net financial corrections; considers it necessary, however, for the conformity procedure to have its full effect to accelerate the procedure and to further improve the criteria and methods for the application of net financial corrections beyond the new guidelines foreseen that will be based on the existing guidelines as decided on by the Commission already on 23 December 1997 [30],
Kommissionen bör ingå bindande och bilaterala avtal med medlemsstater som särskilt har uppmärksammats, enligt modellen för den europeiska planeringsterminen.
Stresses in particular that the shortening of the conformity procedure leading to financial corrections announced by the Commission cannot be evaluated before mid-2016, which means that Parliament will engage with the matter only as soon as in the course of the discharge procedure in the years 2017 and 2018;
Europaparlamentet begär att parlamentets nyvalda talman överlämnar åtagandena ovan till alla kandidater till posten som kommissionens ordförande och begär bindande åtaganden från kommissionens sida om att uppnå resultat när det gäller ovannämnda punkter efter valet till Europaparlamentet 2014.
calls on the newly elected Parliament to demand a firm undertaking from the new Commissioner to remedy the situation including preparing specific arrangements with the most exposed Member States in order to reinforce the protection of the Union budget;
Parlamentet uppmanar också det nya parlamentet att ta med dessa åtaganden i det skriftliga förfarandet vid utfrågningarna av de ledamöter som utsetts till den nya kommissionen och att avkräva tillräckliga löften för att skapa ett bättre skydd för unionens budget.
Regional policy, energy and transport
Europaparlamentet uppmanar kommissionen att upprätta ett register över alla unionsmedel som går till medierna i medlemsstaterna från strukturfonderna eller jordbruksfonderna inklusive landsbygdsutveckling.
Stresses that regional policy, which is implemented primarily through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund (CF), accounts for 96 % of expenditure in this field of policy, and that, in 2012, 97 % of regional policy expenditure was implemented through the ERDF (with payments of EUR 27,5 billion) and the CF (with payments of EUR 9,6 billion);
Parlamentet ber kommissionen att koncentrera sina kontroller på medlemsstater som är särskilt sårbara och föremål för särskild uppmärksamhet.
Observes that, of the 180 transactions audited by the Court of Auditors, 88 (49 %) were affected by errors; observes furthermore that, on the basis of the errors quantified by the Court, it estimates the most likely error rate to be 6,8 %, which means an increase of 0,8 percentage points in comparison with the previous year; notes that the Commission observes that the error rates would have remained unaltered if the Court of Auditors had taken account of flat-rate corrections;
Europaparlamentet uppmanar de medlemsstater som inte redan har lagt fram en frivillig medlemsstatsförklaring att göra detta på grundval av den förvaltningsförklaring som fastställdes i artikel 59 i budgetförordningen (EU, Euratom) nr 966/2012.
Stresses that the findings of the Court of Auditors’ audit indicate weaknesses in the ‘first-level checks’ on expenditure; observes that, for 56 % of the regional policy transactions affected by error (quantifiable and/or non-quantifiable), the Court of Auditors considers that sufficient information was available for the Member State authorities to have detected and corrected one or more of the errors before certifying the expenditure to the Commission; observes furthermore that the main source of error is the financing of projects which do not accord with Union and/or national public procurement rules or do not meet the conditions for financial support, and payment of ineligible costs;
Parlamentet uppmanar bestämt kommissionen att så snart som möjligt fastställa mallen för förvaltningsförklaringen.
Draws attention to the multiannuality of the cohesion policy management system and underlines that the final evaluation of irregularities related to the policy implementation will be possible only at the closure of the programming period;
Parlamentet påminner i detta avseende om den interinstitutionella arbetsgruppens arbete med medlemsstatsförklaringarna, vars resultat i hög grad är beroende av det nya innehållet i förvaltningsförklaringarna.
Considers it unacceptable that, for years, errors of the same kind continue to be identified, often in the same Member States; acknowledges that suspension and interruptions of payments by the Commission ensures that corrective actions are carried out in cases where deficiencies were identified; calls on the Commission to step up monitoring of national and regional management and control systems in the light of this finding, and to ease monitoring in countries where management and control systems have proved reliable;
Europaparlamentet uppmanar kommissionen att mer frekvent övervaka det certifieringsförfarande som används av de nationella kontrollmyndigheterna i de medlemsstater som återkommande måste hantera höga felprocentsatser.
Agrees with the Court of Auditors that Member States have a duty to prevent or detect and correct irregular expenditure and reporting on this subject to the Commission; observes that the administrative and certification authorities in the Member States therefore have a key role to play in ensuring the regularity of the expenditure reimbursed by the Commission (point 5.12 of the Annual Report for 2012);
Parlamentet uppmuntrar kommissionen att i detta syfte lägga fram ett meddelande och ett lagstiftningsförslag.
Observes that the Court of Auditors audited the supervisory and control systems of four audit authorities in four countries, finding the systems in Belgium (Wallonia), Malta and the United Kingdom (England, in the case of the European Social Fund (ESF)) to be only partially effective, while it found the systems in Slovakia to be effective;
Europaparlamentet uppmanar kommissionen att tillämpa artikel 32.5 i den nya budgetförordningen (EU, Euratom) nr 966/2012 då felen ligger kvar på en hög nivå och att identifiera svagheterna i kontrollsystemen, analysera kostnaderna och fördelarna av möjliga korrigerande åtgärder, och att vidta eller föreslå lämpliga åtgärder när det gäller förenkling, förbättring av kontrollsystem och förändrad utformning av program eller leveranssystem.
Welcomes that, since 2009, 62 of the 112 audit authorities have been checked by the Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy and the Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion; observes that these audit authorities are responsible for 257 of the 317 ERDF/CF operational programmes and 48 of the 117 ESF operational programmes; observes, furthermore, that the audit authorities examined during the four-year period were responsible for 95 % of the ERDF/CF appropriations for the 2007-2013 programming period;
Europaparlamentet efterlyser betydande minskningar i rapporteringskraven och kontrolltätheterna för medlemsstater som varaktigt har mycket låga felprocentsatser.
Notes with concern that the Court of Auditors audited the reports by national audit authorities on 138 ERDF/CF and ESF operational programmes and in many cases found shortcomings in them; notes that the Commission stresses in this connection that in cases in which the Commission judged the reported error rate to be unreliable, flat-rate corrections were made where appropriate;
Parlamentet uppmuntrar kommissionen att i detta syfte lägga fram ett meddelande, som omfattar en effektiv och ändamålsenlig kontrollstrategi, för att se till att mer resurser blir tillgängliga för kontrollåtgärder i och för länder med höga felprocent.
Is concerned that the Commission takes the opinions, the annual audit reports and the management declarations which it receives up to 15 February of year ‘n+1’ as a basis for its risk analysis and for its own audits, although the documents frequently contain inaccuracies; observes that they therefore do not permit a definite risk analysis;
Europaparlamentet kräver att kommissionen ska ta itu med problemet med ”bulvaner” i offentliga upphandlingar, och att alla skeden i sådana upphandlingsförfaranden ska offentliggöras på internet, där även underleverantörerna ska anges, för största möjliga transparens.
Calls on the Commission, therefore, on the basis of an independent audit procedure (using risk analyses of its own, reports by the Court of Auditors and other sources) to perform audits of final beneficiaries and granting authorities in year ‘n+1’ in those Member States which have attracted attention because of shortcomings in administrative and audit systems in year ‘n-1’; calls therefore for a comprehensible automatic system;
Europaparlamentet uppmanar kommissionen att kontrollera den delade förvaltningens struktur och att lägga fram förslag för parlamentet om att tjänstemän vid EU-institutionerna i egenskap av chefer för nationella utbetalande organ, administrativa enheter och revisionsorgan i medlemsstaterna skulle kunna tilldelas ansvar för användningen av EU-medel.
Calls on the Commission, during the 2014-2020 programming period, itself to audit, by means of random samples taken by itself, all operational programmes which have attracted attention because of the level of funding, the frequency of errors or shortcomings in supervisory and control systems;
Europaparlamentet rekommenderar att det nyvalda parlamentet genom sina relevanta utskott ser till att respektive kommissionsledamot i det skriftliga förfarandet inför utfrågningarna formellt åtar sig att vidta nödvändiga åtgärder inom den angivna tidsramen.
Would consider it right for the guidelines for audits by the Commission itself to be laid down in the form of an obligation imposed on itself by the Commission; calls on the Commission already to present them in the run-up to the 2013 budget discharge procedure; calls for clear indications, to this end, of the extent to which Member States and programmes which have attracted attention in the past are being subjected to a special audit approach and the extent to which net financial corrections can be accelerated; considers that this approach should also be reflected in forthcoming delegated acts;
Parlamentet anser att dessa åtaganden tillsammans med rapporterna från kommissionen och rådet kommer att göra det möjligt för parlamentet att fatta ett välgrundat beslut under ansvarsfrihetsförfarandet för 2013.
Is aware that automatic penalties cannot be imposed, as this would be contrary to the rule of law; calls, therefore, on the Commission to do everything in its power to shorten the adversarial procedures preceding the imposition of net corrections or interruptions of payments; calls on the Commission, before the 2013 discharge procedure, to report on the progress made;
Europaparlamentet uppmanar det nyvalda parlamentet att undersöka alla rättsliga möjligheter i ovanstående bemärkelse, för att om så krävs nå ytterligare förbättringar inom ramen för halvtidsöversynen av den fleråriga budgetramen gällande lagstiftningen.
Welcomes further that between mid-2010 and November 2013 the Commission performed additional checks on audit authorities, intermediate bodies and beneficiaries (77 audits on more than 70 operational programmes in 16 Member States) to verify the quality of administrative audits;
Revisionsrättens revisionsförklaring
Stresses that, according to statistics from the 2012 activity report of DG REGIO, risk-affected payments ranged between EUR 755,8 million (minimum) and 1706,8 million (maximum); observes that, in this context, the Commission expressed 61 reservations for programmes or parts thereof and 25 reputation reservations, primarily concerning Spain, Sweden, European territorial cooperation and the Czech Republic; impresses on the Commission that it needs to continue to pursue the greatest possible simplification in order to avoid to the maximum any possibility of error;
Räkenskaper – uttalande utan reservation