3 Amendments of Fabio Massimo CASTALDO related to 2018/2172(DEC)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
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3. Notes that in 2017 the Committee’s budget amounted to EUR 133 807 338 (compared to EUR 130 586 475 in 2016), with an implementation rate of 96,5 % compared to 97,2 % in 2016; notes that the implementation rate of appropriations carried forward from 2016 to 2017 was higher than in 2016, 84,9 % (EUR 7,4 million) compared to 65,7 % in 2016 (EUR 6,8 million); urges that administrative expenditure by the EU institutions be streamlined and reduced as much as possible in order to send a message of fellowship with European citizens;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
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7. Notes with regret that the final appropriations for travel and subsistence allowances for Members were EUR 19 819 612 in 2017 (compared to EUR 19 561 194 in 2016); welcomestakes note of the detailed list of travels by Members presented in the annual activity report; welcomes measures that contribute to an efficient planning of meetings and reducing transportation cost as requested in the previous discharge report and renews its call on the Committee to introduce effective measures to reduce travelling expenses and related environmental pollution by promoting the use of video-conferencing and telepresence tools;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
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9. Welcomes the inter-institutional administrative cooperation with Parliament and the mid-term evaluation results on the implementation of the cooperation agreement between the Committee and the Committee of the Regions, which highlights the successful implementation of several measures; notes that in the context of a redeployment exercise, the Committee has already moved 16 posts from the directorate for translation to its own services and that remaining moves will happen progressively; welcomnotes the Committee’scalculation of the budgetary savings resulting frommade by the Committee and the Committee of the Regions through this inter-institutional cooperation, such as the savings inter alia in infrastructure costs amounting to EUR 12,5 million, in IT costs amounting to EUR 5 million, or in security staff costs amounting to EUR 500 000; calls on the Committee and the Committee of the Regions to continue to improve this inter- institutional cooperation in order to achieve further savings and thus reduce the budgets of the respective institutions;