Activities of Heinz K. BECKER related to 2012/2049(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Annual report on the activities of the European Ombudsman 2011 (debate)
Amendments (6)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the annual report on the European Ombudsman’s activities in 2011 was formally submitted to the President of Parliament on 22 May 2012, and whereas the Ombudsman, Mr Nikiforos Diamandouros, presented the report to the Committee on Petitions in StrasbourgBrussels on 19 June 2012;
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas pursuant to Article 298 of the TFEU the EU institutions, bodies, offices and agencies ‘shall have the support of an open, efficient and independent European administration’ and whereas the same article provides for the adoption, to that end, of specific secondary legislation, in the form of regulations, applicable to all areas of EU administration;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that in over 65 % of the complaints that the Ombudsman dealt with, he was able either to open an inquiry or to refer the complainant to a competent body, such as a member of the European Network of Ombudsmen, SOLVIT, another complaint-handling body or the Parliament’s Committee on Petitionswhich includes Parliament’s Committee on Petitions, the Commission or another complaint- handling body (e.g. SOLVIT); notes that the Committee on Petitions in 2011 received 59 complaints from the Ombudsman;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Highlights the fact, that despite some progress in recent years, the proportion of processed complaints which actually fell within the Ombudsman’s remit was, again in 2011, relatively low, approximately 27%, and that consideration should therefore be given to more comprehensive and proactive public awareness raising – particularly in close cooperation with national and regional ombudsmen, the European Parliament and the Commission – about the Ombudsman’s sphere of responsibility;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Welcomes the Ombudsman’s sustained and constructive efforts, through the production of relevant publications, for example, to facilitate the drafting of a Regulation on the European Union's general administrative procedures; stresses that such legislation, which should provide for legally binding minimum standards of quality and procedural guarantees in all spheres of direct EU administration, could be based on Article 298 TFEU and that the Ombudsman ought to be closely consulted on its actual drafting;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. ConsidersNotes with satisfaction that the Ombudsman has exercised his powers in an active and balanced way, in a spirit of critical consensus and close cooperation with the other EU bodies, during the reporting period;