Activities of Barbara KAPPEL related to 2015/2176(DEC)
Plenary speeches (1)
Discharge 2014: European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) (A8-0086/2016 - Derek Vaughan) DE
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Food Safety Authority for the financial year 2014 PDF (302 KB) DOC (107 KB)
Amendments (3)
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Ascertains that, in order to attain both working with the top academics in the industry and having the most effective conflicts of interest policy possible, the Authority uses a system to assess the experts’ interests, which takes into account the role of the experts and the mandate of the scientific working group or panel of which the expert would be a member against a number of different criteria; notes, furthermore, that in 2016 the Authority will undertake an examination of the systems it has in place to detect conflicts of interest as part of the regular cycle of review of its independence policy; asks the Authority to inform the discharge authority about the outcomes of the review and the necessary adjustments to the procedures for selecting experts and checking their credentials;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Takes note that the Authority's staff are legally bound to comply with the Staff Regulations1 regarding future employment; notes, in addition, that the assessment of staff’s future employment occurs on a systematic basis, and that if the Authority’s Executive Director may exercise his right to set conditions related to that employment or restrict it in case the employment is considered to be a potential conflict of interestsemployment is considered to be a potential conflict of interest no appointment should be made until that potential conflict has been resolved on the basis of clear, transparent and verifiable criteria; points out that in 2013, of the 29 statutory staff members that left the employment at the Authority, three went to the chemical/pharmaceutical sector with a range of restrictions put in place for these individuals; acknowledges that the Authority considers that a clear legal and governance framework on revolving doors is already in place; __________________ 1 Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1023/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2013 amending the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union (OJ L 287, 29.10.2013, p. 15)..
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Acknowledges that the Authority carried out an internal exercise to assess the impact of removing the possibility for experts to anonymise certain interests in their declarations of interest; notes from the Authority that the practice of anonymising interests has been used on very few occasions in the past; notes furthermore that for the latest renewal of panel members in 2015, no scientific experts chose to anonymise their interests; notes with satisfaction that the Authority no longer accepts anonymised interests and has withdrawn this option for experts when completing their declaration of interests; asks the Authority to check the declarations submitted by experts who were appointed before 2015 and who took advantage of the option of anonymising their interests;