Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-04-24-Speech-3-104"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-04-24"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:SAB 2/20022
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020424.5.3-104"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-04-24-Speech-3-1052
lpv:speaker	lp:Kyösti Virrankoski2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Suomen Keskusta (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; CONT (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Estonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 member; BUDG (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; ELDR (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I would like to thank Mr Wynn for an excellent report and say that I fully support his ideas on amending the Financial Regulation. The Supplementary and Amending Budget before us includes two important matters: the new basis for collecting the own resources, and carrying over last year’s surplus to cover this year’s budget. The collection cost for Traditional Own Resources is increasing from 10% to 25% and the value added charge is falling from 1% to around half a per cent. The change is based on the new Council decision, which has only just been ratified. It will particularly benefit the EU’s net contributors. Germany’s annual contribution will fall by around EUR 847 million, that of the Netherlands by EUR 505 million, and that of Sweden and Austria by around EUR 140 million. Italy’s contribution will increase by approximately EUR 757 million and that of France by EUR 458 million. The decision shows how sensitive an issue EU contributions are in terms of internal policy, because they only represent around 1% of GDP. A politically harder question is last year’s unused appropriations, which, according to the explanatory statement, amount to the enormous sum of EUR 18 billion, or 20% of the entire budget. Unused appropriations for Structural Funds alone amounted to EUR 10.5 billion, or 32% of the total. Last year EUR 6.5 billion of these funds remained unused. The reason for this underutilization is first and foremost Commission bureaucracy. It is difficult to put decisions into effect. The procedure whereby decisions are taken is confused and vague. The entire process lacks any clear approach or personal accountability. Documents lie around buried under the official machinery and nobody cares about, or takes the responsibility for, delays with regard to decisions. If the budget were so poorly implemented in any Member State the government would fall straightaway. The Commission must therefore really make more of an effort."@en1

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