7 Amendments of Luke Ming FLANAGAN related to 2017/2167(DEC)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes with appreciation that by the number of posts occupied on 31 December 2016, gender balance has been met since theis practically perfect, with a ratio isof 53 % female to 47 % male;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the redesign of the Agency’s dissemination portal and the launch of a microsite for informing consumers about chemicals, which were carried out under the Agency’s transparency policy; notes that for the benefit of those with dyslexia and other such difficulties, this site should also include full audio and audio/visual information;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Notes that on average the Agency’s staff was on sick leave for 7,9 days in 2016; calls for the Agency to examine the reasons for these absences, with a view particularly to establishing whether workplace stress is a major factor and if so, to address and eliminate it; observes with some concern that the number of days spent per member of staff on well-being activities in 2016 has been less than one day; notes that the Agency did not name different well-being activities put in place in 2016 as requested by the discharge authority;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Welcomes that the Court of Auditors has announced that the transactions underlying the annual accounts of the Agency for the financial year 2016 were legal and regular in all material respects, while noting the Court of Auditors' comments that 'Carry-overs of committed appropriations remained high for Title III (REACH operational expenditure) at 10,1 million euro, i.e. 39 % (2015: 7,3 million euro, i.e. 32 %) and are even higher for Title IV (Biocides operational expenditure) at 1,3 million euro, i.e. 68 % (2015: 1,5 million euro, i.e. 74 %). Such high level of carry-overs is in contradiction with the budgetary principle of annuality.'; recommends that the Agency should take on board the following Court of Auditors' advice: 'The Agency may consider increasing the use of differentiated budget appropriations to better reflect the multi annual nature of operations and unavoidable delays between the signature of contracts, deliveries and payments.';
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Notes that in 2016 the Agency received 85 requests for access to which the Agency granted a full access to 11 requests, 23 requests were granted only partial access and for six requests the access to documents were refused; call on the Agency to ensure that these requests are addressed in the proper spirit of openness and transparency, and treated accordingly;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Acknowledges the fact that the Court of Auditors’ report states that, unlike most other agencies, the Agency’s founding regulation does not explicitly require periodical external evaluations of its activities, which are key elements to assess performance; notes however from the Agency’s reply that the Commission commissioned an external performance evaluation study in 2016 and that the consultant’s report has already been published on the Commission website; calls on the Agency to facilitate, on a voluntary basis, any and all such external evaluations, particularly by the Court of Auditors, until such time as the requisite legislation is put in place;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Notes that the United Kingdom’s decision to leave the Union also poses operational risks for the Agency since the Union chemicals legislation which the Agency manages (REACH, BPR, CLP and PIC Regulations) are also internal market regulatory laws; notes that reducing the jurisdiction to which these regulations apply to EU-27 will create an additional workload for providing advice and assistance to United Kingdoms’ companies which will be in a ‘third country’ as well as a transitional workload caused by transferring regulatory work from the United Kingdom to the EU-27; notes that as all regulatory processes are IT- supported, the Agency’s IT tools will require re-tooling; notes moreover that the potential loss of United Kingdom citizens currently employed as experts will also have an operational impact; calls on the Agency to proactively plan and prepare for any and all such potential losses;