2 Amendments of Michela GIUFFRIDA related to 2017/2136(DEC)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that for agriculture, the ECA used samples of 217 EAGF transactions in 21 countries and 173 transactions in 20 countries covering fisheries, environment/climate and rural development (EAFRD) and welcomes the continuing fall in the error rate to 2,5 % for 2016 (from 3 % in 2015) established by the ECA for “natural resources”; points out that irregularities are often administrative in nature, which means that the percentage of error should not be taken as a yardstick for fraud, inefficiency or waste and does not necessarily mean that funds have been misappropriated, lost or squandered;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that there is a significant difference in types and scale of error, especially between negligence and serious errors, and regrets that, even if the investment was effective, expenditure is still judged 100 % ineligible by the ECA in the event of public procurement errors; stresswelcomes, therefore, that further rationalisation in the error calculation method is desirablee use of additional financial instruments, which must, however, be made compatible to avoid an increased percentage of error.