Activities of Stanislav POLČÁK related to 2019/2079(DEC)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control for the financial year 2018
Amendments (3)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that the Centre’s mission is to identify, assess and communicate current and emerging threats to human health from communicable diseases; stresses that in 2018 the Centre responded to 31 formal scientific requests from the Commission (of which 10 were forwarded from Members), and published a total of 214 reports, including 35 rapid risk assessments addressing disease threats; points out that its role will become ever more important in the context of climate change, as the breeding grounds for various pathogens are changing and diseases are spreading to areas which have not encountered them before;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Regrets, concerning the implementation of the independence policy of the Centre, that not all the required annual declarations of interest were submitted, particularly by management board members (96 %) and advisory forum members (89 %); calls, therefore, for strict adherence to the rules and internal procedures;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that the Centre launched its third external evaluation, which was coordinated by a steering committee comprised of management board members, and that the result of the evaluation was expected for mid-2019; points out that the results of that third external evaluation should have been made available in mid- 2019;