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"Mr President, honourable Members, I thank you for your interesting remarks. I am very happy that I have an opportunity to participate in this discussion because, when the Commission started discussing the proposal to have more transparency concerning the beneficiaries of EU funds, the information was published only in two countries: in Denmark and in Estonia. Now it is 13, and finally it will be in every country. This, in terms of Europe’s decision-making process, is very fast.
I would like only to say some factual remarks. First of all, what was mentioned – the disclosure of beneficiaries – will be done in full respect of Community legislation on data protection. It is already laid down in the proposal. Several people raised the issue of the publication of information on structural funds, but absolutely the same logic applies to the Structural Funds, to which the same Article 53b of the Financial Regulation applies. So there is no difference.
All benefits which will be paid out from the European budget will be open, including the salaries of the highest officials and Commission members. This is totally public. So there is nothing – and this has been public since the adoption of the staff regulations.
I would like to ask Parliament to endorse the Commission’s approach as reflected in its proposal. We have sympathy for the substance of some of the amendments proposed, and some of these will be mirrored in the implementing legislation or in the final text to be adopted by Council following the Presidency’s compromise text. I am confident that the innovations now on the table will make Regulation 1290/2005 an even more effective instrument than it already is."@en1
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