10 Amendments of Eleftherios SYNADINOS related to 2015/2319(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission Decision of 30 May 2016 establishing horizontal rules on the creation and operation of Commission expert groups, but regrets the fact that, despite many non-governmental organisations having expressed their interest, the Commission did not organise a full public consultation;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recognises that, through the adoption of the new horizontal rules, many concerns previously expressed by Parliament have been met, in particular those concerning the need for public calls for applications for the selection of the members of expert groups and concerning the revision of the Register of Commission expert groups and the creation of synergy between this Register, the Transparency Register of the Commission and Parliament, as well as those rules relating to the need to avoid conflicts of interest, especially of a financial nature and regarding incompatibility, in particular as regards experts who are appointed in a personal capacity;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises that the new rules should apply to all Commission expert groups regardless, irrespective of their title (thus including special, high-level or other ‘extraordinary’ groups, and formal or informal groups), that are not exclusively composed of representatives of Member States or governed by Commission Decision of 20 May 1998 on the establishment of Sectoral Dialogue Committees promoting the Dialogue between the social partners at European level;6 · __________________ 6 OJ L 225, p. 27.
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to set up a complaints mechanism, including if the definition of balanced composition is contested by interested stakeholders;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 7
7. Requests the Commission to apply its provisions for reimbursement of expenses generously, in order to cover outlays for any such ‘alternative costs’’, while duly respecting the principle of proportionality;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to make it possible for European non-governmental organisations to be represented in the expert groups by representatives of their national member organisations, when provided with a clear mandate from the European organisations, in a purely advisory capacity;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Invites the Commission to develop specific guidelines explaining how it interprets the provision that the minutes of the expert groups shall be meaningful and complete, especially when the meetings are not public, and urges the Commission to provide, in this regard, the maximum transparency and public information possible, in line with the recommendation of the European Ombudsman;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission to clarify that, if individuals appointed in their personal capacity have submitted false or incomplete declarations of interest, or have failed to keep these up to date, this will not only have consequences for their membership in the expert group concerned, but will automatically mean that they will be banned from other existing or future expert groups for a period of at least twohree years after the discovery of the errors in respect of their declarations of interest;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Recalls that, in addition to experts appointed in their personal capacity, members from universities, research institutes, law firms European and other think tanks and consultancies may also have conflicts of interest, as they do not necessarily represent a specific interest, and requests the Commission to clarify how it avoids conflicts of interest for these specific categories of experts;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission to devote, in particular, sufficient resources to the activities relating to the Register, so that it will be kept up to date and does not contain any factual errors and/or omissions;