3 Amendments of Petri SARVAMAA related to 2016/2166(DEC)
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Takes note that the carry-overs from 2015 to 2016 were at EUR 4 944 739, representing a similar figure compared to the previous year; notes that of the amount carried over in Title III (operational expenditure), 57 % refers to the final payment of the contribution for 2015 to the European Topic Centres which was to be paid after the fourth quarterly progress report was presented in 2016; points outnotes that carry-overs aremay often be partly or fully justified by the multiannual nature of the agencies’ operational programmes and do not necessarily indicate weaknesses in budget planning and implementation nor are they always at odds with the budgetary principle of annuality, in particular if they are planned in advance by the Agency and communicated to the Court;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Acknowledges from the Agency that it reduced the number of its staff by 5 %, in line with the overall principles laid down in the Interinstitutional agreement on budgetary discipline11 ; notes that the Commission classified the Agency as a ‘cruising speed agency’, which implies that an additional 5 % reduction is expected; welcomes the fact that the Agency implemented the redundancies without detrimental effects on its capacity to deliver the main parts of the multiannual work programme; notes with concern that with the additional staff reduction, fulfilment of the Agency’s mandate and annual work programme provesmight become increasingly difficult; calls oninvites the Commission and the budgetary authority to look into other options in order not to hindercarefully examine the consequences on the Agency’s ability to fulfil its mandate when introducing further reductions; _________________ 11 Interinstitutional Agreement of 2 December 2013 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management (OJ C 373, 20.12.2013, p. 1).
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Takes note from the Court’s report that the audited procurement procedures showed that the Agency signed framework contracts with a single contractor which were used for various services under fixed- price specific contracts; notes with concern that, as a consequence of requesting a fixed-price offer from a single contractor under those contracts, competition on price was neutralised and dependence upon the contractor was increased;