BETA

12 Amendments of Csaba MOLNÁR related to 2020/2174(DEC)

Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. AcknowledgeHighlights that, in the opinion of the Court, the European Banking Authority’s transactions underlying the annual accounts for the year 2019 are legal and regular in all material aspects;
2021/01/08
Committee: ECON
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Welcomes the Authority’s efforts towards a more coordinated supervisory regime across the European financial system; underlines its role to ensure a stable, well-integrated, efficient and safe financial market; highlights the importance of consumer protection in the Union by promoting fairness and transparency on the product and financial services market, and looks forward to receiving an update on future measures taken in this direction, including also responses to the challenges of the digitalisation of the economy and sustainability measures;
2021/01/08
Committee: ECON
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Stresses that the supervision of the public financial sector positively contributes to combating tax fraud and money laundering;
2021/01/08
Committee: ECON
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1 c. Recalls the importance of the Authority in the prevention of money laundering and terrorism financing; looks forward to seeing the 10-point action plan for 2020/21 to enhance the future framework of prudential and anti-money laundering requirements over dividend arbitrage schemes;
2021/01/08
Committee: ECON
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1 d. Underlines the duty of the financial system in responding appropriately to the financial sustainability challenges, the European Green Deal and the Paris Agreement; welcomes, therefore, the Authority’s efforts of incorporating Environmental, Social, and Governance factors fully into its work; is curious, in particular, about the intention to gather evidence over time on exposures related to assets of activities associated substantially with environmental and/or social objectives, and looks forward to an update on this work;
2021/01/08
Committee: ECON
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1 e. Welcomes the establishment of an Advisory Proportionality Committee to oversee the principle of proportionality and looks forward to receiving the proposed methodology on how the Committee will provide input to EBA’s annual work programme;
2021/01/08
Committee: ECON
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 f (new)
1 f. Recalls the Recommendation of the European Ombudsman in case 2168/2019/KR1a, which found that the EBA’s decision not to forbid its Executive Director from becoming the CEO of a financial industry lobby and not to immediately withdraw its Executive Director’s access to confidential information were maladministrations; underlines, therefore, the importance of an open, efficient and independent European administration for all European agencies and the whole Union; stresses the need for a unified legal framework to address these issues; _________________ 1a https://www.ombudsman.europa.eu/en/rec ommendation/en/127638
2021/01/08
Committee: ECON
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Stresses the urgency to allocate sufficient resources to the Authority to allow it to carry out its allocated tasks in an adequate and efficient manner;
2021/01/08
Committee: ECON
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Recalls the Report on the annual accounts of the European Banking Authority (EBA) for the financial year 2019 of the European Court of Auditors, according to which the EBA might have used IT service contracts for the provision of labour, which is not in compliance with EU social and employment rules; calls the Authority, therefore, to ensure that contracts avoid any confusion between the procurement of IT services and of interim workers;
2021/01/08
Committee: ECON
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls its resolution of 13 January 2020 on institutions and bodies of the EMU: preventing post-public employment conflicts of interest; welcomes the first steps taken towards prevention and proper management of conflicts of interest and transparency measures, by following up on the Ombudsman’s recommendations; looks forward to a full update on the state of play of preventive and management measures taken and/or foreseen;
2021/01/08
Committee: ECON
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Reiterates its call for a gender balanced staff policy, as well as an implemented employment policy fully compliant with EU social and employment rules;
2021/01/08
Committee: ECON
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Recalls that France, as the new host member of the Agency, contributed 2500 000 euros in January 2019 and 500 000 euros in January 2020 to the budget of the EBA, which was adopted in December 2019, but do not contain adequate information on these contributions.
2021/01/08
Committee: ECON