5 Amendments of Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ related to 2016/2174(DEC)
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Stresses that experts with financial interests linked to companies whose substances are evaluated by the Authority shall not be allowed to sit in the Authority's scientific panels or working groups, and that no such expert should be appointed by the Authority before two years after his/her interests have expired; is convinced that the Authority should be endowed with a sufficient budget to hire independent in-house experts with no conflicts of interests;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Takes note that the Authority has already committed to introduce two-year cooling-off periods in relation to the following interests: membership of a managing entity or scientific advisory body, employment and consultancy; calls on the Authority to swiftly implement the measure in line with the Discharge Authority's repreated requests;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Acknowledges from the Authority that, since the adoption of its 2011 policy on independence, it assesses and validates 100 % of the declarations of interest submitted by its experts, which on average corresponds to a grand total ranging from 6 000 to 7 000 declarations of interest per year that are assessed and validated by the Authority’s staff, in accordance with its policy on independence and its rules on declarations of interest; takes note that the Authority additionally, twice per year, performs additional compliance and veracity checks by staff not involved in the ordinary checks mentioned above; calls on the Authority to publish the results of its checks as an annex to its yearly report; notes that a review of the 2011 policy is ongoing with a public consultation planned for spring 2017 and a target date of adoption of the new independent policy by summer 2017; notes with concern that the Authority’s policy on prevention and management of conflicts of interests is not applied to its interim staff;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Insists that the Authority implements its independence policy consistently, and in particular for panel chairs and vice-chairs;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes that only some of declaration of interests of the Authority’s Management Board members are published on its website; calls on the Athuroty to ensure that all declarations are published urgently;