7 Amendments of Petri SARVAMAA related to 2017/2154(DEC)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes with concern that, according to the Court’s report, the Agency concluded corporate rate agreements for the provision of accommodation for experts with 25 hotels in London without using a competitive procurement procedure; notes that for six hotels, payments made in 2016 were above the Financial Regulation’s threshold for which an open or restricted competitive procurement procedure is required; notes with concernregrets that the six corporate rate agreements and the related 2016 payments, amounting to some EUR 2 100 000 are therefore irregular; notes that, according to the Agency’s reply, it will identify and implement a solution for hotel bookings during 2017-2018; calls on the Agency to report to the discharge authority on the implementation of that solution;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Regrets that, as regards the number of posts occupied on 31 December 2016 for all staff (including contract agents), gender balance has not been met, since the ratio iwas 69 % female to 31 % male; notes however that 14 out of 29 (48%) of the Agency’s senior management staff are female; calls on the Agency to take the gender balance issue into account when recruiting new staff and inform the discharge authority in the next discharge procedure of the progress made at the end of the calendar years of 2017 and 2018;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Notes with satisfaction that the CVs and declarations of interests of all Management Board members are published on the Agency's website; notes that no breach of trust procedures were initiated for Management Board members in 2016;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Notes that in 2016 the Agency received 823 requests for access to documents which represent a 20 % increase compared to 2015; notes that the Agency replied to 678 requests and granted full access to 542 requests, 17 requests were granted only partial access and 44 requests were refused; notes that the reason given by the Agency for refusing 21 requests to access to documents was the protection of commercial interests; calls on the Agency to ensure that, when deciding on limiting the access to documents due to protection of commercial interests, it also considers the Union and its citizens’ interest in health with utmost seriousness, while applying relevant rules and regulations;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 9
Subheading 9
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Notes in particular that the Agency will be facing an additional workload and budgetary needs throughout the 2018-2020 relocation and transition period as a consequence of the decision of the United Kingdom (UK) to withdraw from the Union; calls on the Commission to make available additionalequate staff and budget resources during this period to ensure that the Agency can both continue to carry out its tasks effectively and launch all required activities in preparation of its relocation in 2019; proposes in addition that the Agency, limited by legislation and in line with the principle of sound financial management, be authorised to maintain a budgetary reserve generated from revenue fees to respond to unforeseen costs and unfavourable exchange rate fluctuations that may be incurred in 2018 and beyond;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Notes that the Court issued an emphasis of matter paragraph for the two London-based agencies, concerning the UK’s decision to withdraw from the Union; notes that in view of the decisions on the future location of the Agency, it has disclosed in its financial statements an estimated EUR 448 000 000 rent for the remaining rental period between 2017 and 2039 as a contingent liability, as the rental contract does not include any exit clause; urges the Commission to take responsibility of these absurdly high liabilities and, together with the Agency, negotiate an acceptable deal with the lessor; notes moreover that contingent liabilities in relation to other costs associated with a removal such as, for example the relocation of staff together with their families, actions to mitigate a potential loss of internal and UK-based external expertise, and consequent risk to business continuity, are yet to be determined; calls on the Agency to report to the discharge authority on an updated estimate of relocation costs, which includes liability of the current premises;