7 Amendments of Luke Ming FLANAGAN related to 2017/2159(DEC)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Believes that the Authority should continue paying special attention to public opinion, and commit itself to openness and transparency; welcomes, in this respect, that in 2016, the Authority’s scientific data warehouse provided access to more of the evidence that underpins its scientific assessments, as several data collections were published, on pesticides, contaminants, chemical hazards, food composition, molecular typing and botanicals;believes that this data warehouse should also contain details of those who commissioned all such reports, to ensure complete openness and transparency; the Authority’s journal migrated to an international scientific publisher, in order to increase publishing quality and outreach; the Authority’s authorship guidelines for scientific outputs were reviewed to increase transparency and openness; the Authority launched ‘Knowledge Junction’, an open repository for the exchange of evidence and supporting materials used in food and feed safety risk assessments; encourages the Authority to further progress on this path;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Welcomes the Court of Auditors´ report on the annual accounts of the Authority for the financial year 2016;welcomes particularly the unqualified assurance provided on both the reliability of the accounts and the legality and regularity of the transactions underlying those accounts;welcomes also the commitment by the Authority to implement the action plan recommended by the Court of Auditors to 'introduce an organisation-wide IT risk management framework and risk register and to separate the information security function from the IT Unit';
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that on average the Authority’s staff was on sick leave 7,4 days in 2016 and calls on the Authority to examine those absences with a view to establishing if any are workplace stress- related; welcomes the fact that the Authority organised a staff-away day, health and safety matters’ days and well- being activities; calls on the Authority to invite the staff to participate in even greater number;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Notes that in 2016 the Authority received 99 new requests for access to documents (and handled 118 requests) to which the Authority granted a full access in 23 cases while in 76 cases the Authority decided to grant only partial access to the documents and refused access in 19 cases; calls on the Authority to approach all such requests in a spirit of openness and transparency;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Observes that according to the IAC, the Authority’s internal control system in place provides reasonable assurance regarding the achievement of the business objectives set up for the processes audited; notes that one ‘very important’ recommendation on the disclosure and transparency of the scientific decision- making processes was issued; calls on the Authority to ensure that this recommendation is carried through, and reported to the discharge authority;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Notes that a close cooperation with DG SANTE is well on track towards its preparation relating to the United Kingdom’s decision to leave the Union; notes however that a critical uncertainty remains on the future availability of resources hampering thereby the thorough preparation of the Authority for its programming post 2020; calls on the Authority to remain proactive on this issue, anticipating and planning for any likely problems, rather than waiting and reacting;