# Protecting the European Union's financial interests: towards performance-based controls of the common agricultural policy

European Parliament procedure 2014/2234(INI) (INI - Own-initiative procedure, 8th term, committee AGRI / CONT). Stage: Procedure completed. 164 committee amendments tabled by 54 Members between 2015-05-13 and 2015-06-11.

## What the amendments focus on

Own-initiative report on protecting the EU's financial interests towards performance-based controls of the common agricultural policy. Amendments address the cost and bureaucracy of CAP controls, the error rate determined by the Court of Auditors in direct payments, cross-compliance and greening, simplification of the CAP, paying agencies, the single audit scheme, defining best and worst performing Member States, and e-government to reduce errors.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tibor SZANYI | Hungary | S&D | 20 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124703.md |
| Paolo DE CASTRO | Italy | S&D | 20 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96891.md |
| Marc TARABELLA | Belgium | NI | 20 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/29579.md |
| Laurenţiu REBEGA | Romania | ECR | 20 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124792.md |
| Viorica DĂNCILĂ | Romania | S&D | 20 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/95281.md |
| Daciana Octavia SÂRBU | Romania | S&D | 20 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/33989.md |
| Momchil NEKOV | Bulgaria | S&D | 20 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125013.md |
| Michela GIUFFRIDA | Italy | S&D | 20 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124864.md |
| Molly SCOTT CATO | United Kingdom | Verts/ALE | 19 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124942.md |
| Eric ANDRIEU | France | S&D | 17 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/113892.md |
| Jean-Paul DENANOT | France | S&D | 17 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/94282.md |
| Jørn DOHRMANN | Denmark | ECR | 11 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124878.md |
| Nicola CAPUTO | Italy | S&D | 11 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124851.md |
| Gilles PARGNEAUX | France | S&D | 10 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96948.md |
| Marco VALLI | Italy | EFDD | 9 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124778.md |

## Official source documents

- PE557.044: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/AGRI-AM-557044_EN.pdf
- PE557.418: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/CONT-AM-557418_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2014-2234-INI · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2014-2234-INI.json

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