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"Mr President, thank you for giving me the opportunity to say a few words about the report on Regulation 1290/2005 on the financing of the common agricultural policy. First of all, I would like to thank Mr Chatzimarkakis and the committee members for their efforts.
Finally, I have noted quite a number of amendments aimed at further reinforcing the overall system for the management of agricultural expenditure which are not related to our proposal. On these, I think that the present text strikes a good balance, and we should give all actors time to put it into practice before considering any changes to the rules which, after all, just entered into force less than a year ago.
The Commission proposal contains two items which are of political importance. First, to provide for the necessary follow-up on the relevant part of Article 53b on the Financial Regulation, which stipulates that the transparency obligation and ex post publication of beneficiaries by the Member States must be ensured by sector-specific legislation.
Second, to reinforce the mechanism by which financial discipline is safeguarded through a new reduction-suspension mechanism of agricultural aid, which is more structured and more transparent than the current mechanism already laid down in the Regulation, and by introducing the possibility for the Commission to make financial corrections for failing ex post controls.
The Commission is very much in favour of openness and transparency. One element of this is the right of the public to know what is happening with the Community aid and to see who is receiving what amounts. Article 53 of the Financial Regulation sets out that there should be an ex post publication of beneficiaries by Member States. The follow-up to this general obligation is, as far as EAGGF and EAFRD spending is concerned, to be found in the Commission’s proposal.
The Commission insists very much on the Member States publishing this information, as, under shared management, they are the contact for the farming community and are therefore in a much better position than the Commission to validate the information to be published. I am very grateful for you support on this issue.
The Commission will take inspiration from some of the amendments proposed when it adopts the implementing legislation, but it would not be in line with better regulation and simplification if all the – sometimes very technical – details were put into the Council regulation.
However, let me make one thing clear. Beneficiaries are to be informed beforehand of the fact that certain information needs to be published, and publication will take place only within the context of the full respect of the privacy legislation applicable.
As you know, there is already a reduction-suspension mechanism in Regulation 1290/2005. In comparison with that mechanism, the proposed provision offers a new transparent and effective mechanism allowing a further simplification of the existing possibility to reduce or suspend payments to a Member State in case of serious and persistent deficiencies in the national control systems.
This new provision has the advantage that certain elements are determined in advance, so as to ensure a more efficient use of such an instrument. It goes without saying that the reduction mechanism already in place will continue to be applicable for other types of cases. However, amendments aimed at diluting the reduction mechanism are not acceptable to the Commission."@en1
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