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"Mr President, by their very nature, smuggling, counterfeiting and fraud are cross-border crimes which adversely affect the financial interests of the Member States of the European Union. It is therefore entirely logical and necessary that the Member States should work together to combat such crimes, but it is also logical that the European Union should support their efforts wherever possible.
As rapporteur for the opinion of the Committee on Budgets, I therefore welcome this report, and I am very pleased to see how many of our amendments were incorporated into the final text: for that I thank our rapporteur. There are, however, two further points which I would like to make. The first is that to improve the long-term impact of spending under this programme – and thereby ultimately to protect taxpayers’ money – it is important for us to ensure that synergies with other national initiatives are strengthened. In doing so, it is crucial for the Member States, the Commission and the competent authorities to ensure that they reduce overlap and duplication with other EU and Member State programmes and anti-fraud tools. I welcome the specific references that the rapporteur has put into the final text in that respect.
Secondly, I refer to the opinion of the Court of Auditors. This should have been taken into account prior to the adoption of this report. Had that been the case, the auditors’ comments could have been fully taken into account in the preparation of the report. I believe that omission was a mistake, because I agree with the auditors’ observations on implementation. There is a need for more independent evaluation reports, for greater emphasis on delivering European added value – particularly in terms of technical assistance – and for focusing on results achieved against planned objectives.
Finally, I share the auditors’ views on co-finance for this programme. I accept and am sympathetic to the need to consider funding levels on a case-by-case, state-by-state basis, but nevertheless they observe – and I agree – that raising levels of co-finance is unlikely to deliver any additional benefit."@en1
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