1 Amendments of Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ related to 2016/2167(DEC)
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Acknowledges the fact that, by cancelling two temporary agent AST posts in 2015, the Agency reduced the number of its staff members 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’, implying an additional 5 % reduction and cancellation of one AST post in 2016; notes with concern that with the additional staff reduction, fulfilment of the Agency’s mandates and annual work programmes proves increasingly difficult; calls on the Commission and the budgetary authority to look into other options in ordercalls on the Commission to ensure that potential further cost saving measures do not to hinder the Agency’´s ability to fulfill its mandate; _________________ 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)