Activities of Benedek JÁVOR related to 2015/2155(DEC)
Plenary speeches (1)
Discharge 2014: EU general budget - European Parliament (A8-0135/2016 - Markus Pieper)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2014, Section I – European Parliament PDF (807 KB) DOC (212 KB)
Amendments (23)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Takes note ofEmphasises the Court of Auditors’ recommendation that Parliament reinforce its checks on the costs reimbursed by European political parties to their affiliated organisations and develop appropriate rules for European political parties on public procurement and monitor their application through appropriate checks and better guidance and insists that there will be full transparency on the expenditure by European political parties and that in future the competent committee will examine and discuss this information in detail in the context of the ordinary discharge procedure;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Takes note that the new contracts for catering activities in Brussels concluded in 2015 do not foresee exclusivity for one catering provider any longer; expects that the planned smaller catering outlets in Brussels will be operated, on the basis of concessions, by small and medium-sized providers; is concerned that the selection of the replacement catering company so far did not comply with green public procurement due to the lack of information on food intolerance or possible allergic ingredients, the quality and pricing of vegetarian food and more plastic waste produced;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Stresses that the Court of Auditors report adopted on 11.07.2014 states that the potential saving for the EU budget would be about 114 million EUR per year if the European Parliament centralised its activities; reiterates the call on Parliament and the Council to address, in order to create long term savings, the need for a roadmap to a single seat, as stated by Parliament in several previous resolutions;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Notes that after considerable delay, internal whistleblowing rules have been adopted and are in force since January 2016; expresses concern at the protection afforded to whistleblowers and calls on Parliament to ensure that their rights are fully upheld; calls on the Bureau to extend internal whistleblowing rules to accredited parliamentary assistants and local assistants;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. RegretNotes that the budget line for the provision of drinking water in meeting rooms will expire in July 2016; regards the availability of mineral water during long meetings as appropriate, both in summer and winter; criticises the excessive savings in service provision (such as paper, coffee, drinking water, canteens); calls for a rethinking of the saving targets for the committee weeks of the Parliament that doesn't harm its working environproposes the setting up of water fountains in the meeting rooms and corridors as a sustainable replacement;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Recalls that the GEA is intended to cover expenditure in the Member State of electionses that are directly linked to the exercise of a Member's parliamentary mandate in the Member State of election and in the official seats of the European Parliament, such as a Members’ office rent, equipment, supplies, documentation or logistical organisation of events; takes nodisputes that a comprehensive system of control of the Member's parliamentary mandate allowance would represent 40 to 75 new administrative posts in the area of financial management; regrets that despite various requests, in particular in the EP Discharge 2013, the Secretary General has not explored the possibilities of a more selective control system, for example random sample checks, and requests such a proposal to be elaborated without further delay;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Supports the need for more transparency as regards the GEAfull transparency regarding the GEA in order to allow the European citizens to have an insight on the general expenditure of the Members of the European Parliament; urges the Bureau to revise the list of expenses which may be defrayed from the GEA;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33a. Underlines the need and value of informing visitor groups prior to booking of sustainable means of transport to the European Parliament; recommends to introduce different rates of reimbursement according to the chosen means of transport and their emission intensity; calls on Parliament to provide CO2 offsetting possibility for visitor groups;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 10
Subheading 10
Transparency Rregister and conflicts of interest
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Welcomes the revised Transparency register approved by Parliament on April 2014fact that the Commission has started a public consultation procedure in respect of the revision of the current Transparency register of the Commission and Parliament, and its extension to the Council; requests that immediately after the public consultation an Inter- Institutional Working Group be set up for preparing proposals concerning the revision of the Register, the accompanying Code of Conduct for interest representatives, and the functioning thereto;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 b (new)
Paragraph 35 b (new)
35b. Urges the Parliament to adopt rules in order to disclose all input received from lobbyists/interest representatives on draft policies, laws and amendments as a 'legislative footprint'; suggests that this legislative footprint should consist of a form annexed to reports, detailing all the lobbyists with whom those in charge of a particular file have met in the process of drawing up each report, clearly indicating which lobbyists had a substantial effect on that file and a second document listing all written input received, online on their official webpage of Parliament, directly linked to the Transparency Register, and for rapporteurs to publish a legislative footprint;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 c (new)
Paragraph 35 c (new)
35c. Calls on the Bureau to create the technical possibility for Members who wish to do so to publish on their official webpage which lobbyists they have met;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 d (new)
Paragraph 35 d (new)
35d. Strongly believes that Article 3 of the Code of Conduct for Members should be rephrased to include a clear ban on Members holding side jobs or other paid work;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 e (new)
Paragraph 35 e (new)
35e. Recalls the judgment of the Romanian court, in which a former MEP was sentenced to 3,5 years in jail following the cash for amendments scandal; strongly condemns such illegal practices;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Calls for a report by the administration on the extent to which -various permanent forums between the beusidnes economic panels - environmental and social associations, NGOs and interest groups organise events ins and financial sectors and Parliament; wonders if there are guidelines that exclude the disproportionate presence of such organisations in Parliament;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55
Paragraph 55
55. Notes that the proportion of female officials remains very high and has risen (59,2 % at the end of 2014, as against 58,8 % at the end of 2013 but accounts for only 30 % of heads of unit 34 % of directors and 18,2 % of directors-general; notes with concern that 30 % of the Directors General, Directors and Heads of Unit are female (9 men and 4 women for DGs, 33 men and 14 women for Directors, 187 men and 80 women for HoU); reminds that 1 out of 8 directors recruited, 9 out of 31 Heads of Unit who were recruited in 2014 are women; is of the opinion that the recruitment procedure should be balanced; reiterates its call for the need of a more balanced representation of women in senior managerial positions;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55 a (new)
Paragraph 55 a (new)
55a. Regrets the fact that Parliament has not yet published information on an annual basis about senior officials who left the Parliament's administration, as well as a list of the cases of potential conflict of interest that have been addressed, as required by Article 16, paragraph 4 of the Staff Regulations;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 58 a (new)
Paragraph 58 a (new)
58a. Stresses that Parliament has been internalising several services for the last few years, such as the security service; considers that the internalisation of the services does not represent necessary an increase of efficiency and effectiveness of the services provided; points out that the internalisations of services have most of the time led to an increase of the cost of the service provided and thus undermine the principle of sound financial management; stresses the lack of information provided by the Secretary General to the decision making bodies when internalisation of services is discussed; urges the Secretary General and the President to answer to all questions raised by the Bureau Members, the Members of the BUDG and the CONT committees and to provide all needed and required information or studies before any further internalisation of services, in particular in the case of the internalisation of the chauffeur service; seriously doubts about the added value of this internalisation; is therefore of the opinion that the estimated costs (+ 2,7 million) is contrary to the sound financial management; concludes that less-costly more efficient and more effective alternatives should be prioritised;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 18 a (new)
Subheading 18 a (new)
Green public procurement and EMAS
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 64 b (new)
Paragraph 64 b (new)
64b. Highlights the need to implement Green public procurement for all contracts and calls for tenders; calls for ambitious binding targets for green contracts, notably in the areas of food and catering, vehicles and transport, sanitary and water equipment, paper, waste management, IT and imaging equipment, lighting, cleaning, and furniture;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 64 c (new)
Paragraph 64 c (new)
64c. Calls on the Secretary General to design a plan to reduce the number of trunks available for parliamentary travels; suggests that a "canteen on demand system" or a "canteen sharing system" be introduced, thus reducing the costs in financial and carbon footprint terms;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 64 d (new)
Paragraph 64 d (new)
64d. Welcomes additional measures to offset unavoidable emissions; calls on Parliament to develop further CO2 offsetting policies, such as the possibility of offsetting for accredited parliamentary assistants;