9 Amendments of Lucas HARTONG related to 2011/2232(DEC)
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Urges the Commission, in such time of financial crisis, to stop the increases in the Agencies’ budgets, to even consider reducing the Union contribution to their budgets, in particular to the Agencies which mainly perform research; also urgesdemands that the Agencies to reduce their running costs and establish mechanisms to show the clear use and accountability of each EUR and to make substantial savings of Union funds;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that in 2010 several Agencies introduced amending budgets and proceeded to make carryovers and transfers; noticed that some of the Agencies explain the purpose of those actions, for instance CDT and ERA; urgesdemands that all Agencies to justify, systematically, amending budgets, transfers and carryovers in their report on the final annual accounts and annual report on Budgetary and Financial management;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Points out that the high level of carryovers and cancellations is generally indicative of the inability of an Agency to manage a large increase in its budget; demands that the absorptive capacity and the time needed to carry out additional tasks should play a larger role in budgetary decisions; urges that the annual budget for the Agency concerned be reduced if no structural action is taken to address this issue;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. UrgesDemands that the Agencies, accordingly, to improve their internal planning and general revenue forecasting in order to reduce their high carry over and cancellation rates as well as their spending; reminds the Agencies that they need to refine their programming and monitoring system and initiate contracting earlier in the calendar year to reduce the need to carry over appropriations; calls in addition on the Commission to provide guidancemonitor the situation strictly in this respect;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Calls on the Agencies to make and present a periodicbiannual overall evaluation on their activities and performance, to be commissioned by the Commission, the European Parliament and/or the European Court of Auditors, and to make the report available on their website; the Management Board’s Agencies must then be called to prepare a roadmap with a follow-up action plan based upon the conclusions of those evaluations, and report on progress bi-annually;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 75
Paragraph 75
75. Notes that the large size of certain agencies’ Governing Boards and the high turnover of their members could lead to an ineffective decision-making body; calls, accordingly, on the Interinstitutional Working Group on Agencies to address and resolve this issue; suggestcalls in addition that consideration be given tofor the possibility of merging governing boards for Agencies working in related fields to reduce meeting costs;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 76 – indent 1
Paragraph 76 – indent 1
– merging or shutting down smaller and research focused Agencies in order to achieve savings and stop and/or avoid overlapping objectives, and prevent further spending of the Union budget;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 77
Paragraph 77
77. Calls on the Commission, the European Parliament and/or the European Court of Auditors to immediately carry out an evaluation of all the Agencies in order to detect occurrences of unnecessary or overlapping activities and to analyse the merger of some of the Agencies, and to inform Parliament about this issue by the 15 July 2012 at the latest;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 81
Paragraph 81
81. Finds that the activities and results of some Agencies cast doubt on their true added-value to the Union’s objectives; considers that a large number of reports and papers and other related outputs, such as those of the EEA and others, can be seen as lacking substantial, innovative and practical input to the objectives and work on the Union; notes also that the EIGE outputs were rather limited in 2010; calls, therefore, on the Commission, Council and the Court of Auditors to report immediately on the real added-value of the Agencies’ activities and to focus primarily, but not exhaustively, on CEDEFOP, EEA, EIGE, EUROFOUND.; considers that Agencies which are of no true added value to the Union’s objectives should be phased out and ultimately shut down;