Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-07-01-Speech-2-330"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-07-01"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Implementation of 2003 budget2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030701.13.2-330"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-07-01-Speech-2-3312
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, this year’s general rapporteur for the budget, Mr Göran Färm, has produced an excellent report on the implementation of the budget and I wish to thank him sincerely for that. The report quite rightly examines two key points in detail, those being outstanding commitments and decommitment, that is, the N+2 rule. As I mentioned earlier on, outstanding commitments stood at EUR 126 billion in April, which was an increase of over EUR 15 billion in one year. These outstanding commitments were especially evident in the Structural Funds where they stood at EUR 94 billion, which is to say the amount for appropriations for almost three years. The situation is grave. At the start of the present programming period the N+2 rule was approved. It states that there is to be decommitment if no payments have been made for two years. The Commission seems to be interpreting the rule in such a way that advance payments, which are not even based on any invoices presented, should be regarded as payments. A project can be kept alive in this way from one year to the next by means of small advance payments, even though the project itself might not have even begun to be implemented. The Commission should improve the way the N+2 rule is monitored and restore its original purpose."@en1

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