4 Amendments of Nicola CAPUTO related to 2018/2189(DEC)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Regrets that weaknesses have been identified in public procurement, mostly relating to services, that put value for money at risk; recommends to address the risk by opting more often to re-opening of competition instead of cascading framework contracts; notes that although the Agency’s Financial Regulation requires that procurements must be approved by the Management Board either in the Agency’s annual work programme or by an ad hoc financing decision, one IT framework contract for a maximum amount of 15 million euros has been procured and signed although the financing decision covered an amount of 5 million euros only; invites the Agency to strictly respect its procedure and to set in place an additional control mechanism to ensure compliance to public procurement procedures; notes that by the end of 2017 the Agency had introduced e- tendering and e-submission for certain procedures, but not e-invoicing; notes also that for e-invoicing, the business specifications have been finalised in 2017; encourages the Agency to set in place the IT solutions for e-invoicing;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Notes that on 11 September Regulation (EU) No 2018/1139 came into force including a new section for drones and a new mandate for EASA that redefines the Agency’s competences; notes also that this Regulation empowers the Agency to propose to the Commission the technical expertise to regulate drones of all sizes, including the small ones; stresses the importance of allocating adequate funding to the Agency to ensure the successful uptake of these new responsibilities and adequate staffing with qualified personnel in order to fulfil additional tasks;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Urges the Commission and Member States to provide necessary resources for the new and reinforced competences concerning, among others, risks to civil aviation arising from conflict zones, environmental related topics and the certification and registration of unmanned aircraft;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8 c. Welcomes the active role of the Agency in the call for proposals under the Horizon 2020 programme; urges the Agency to remain active in the field of research and development;