8 Amendments of Ramona STRUGARIU related to 2021/2125(DEC)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas, according to its statement of revenue and expenditure1 , the final budget of the European Chemicals Agency (the ‘Agency’) for the financial year 2020 was EUR 109 362 158 representing a decrease of 3,08 % compared to 2019; whereas approximately 29,41% of the Agency’s budget derives from fees and charges and 67,48% from the Union and third countries (in 2019 39,51 % from fees and charges and 57,61 % from the Union and third countries); whereas the inflation rate was 0,7% in the Union in 2020; _________________ 1 OJ C 114, 31.03.2021, p. 126.
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the Court made one observation on the clarity of the tender specifications in a procurement procedure and another observation on the completeness of the audit trail in recruitment procedures in 2019; notes that, as regards the years 2017 and 2018, the implementation of three of the Court’s recommendations is still ongoing, namely recommendations related to launching a discussion with the Commission and the budgetary authority about a viable new financing model, collecting outstanding administrative charges and publishing vacancy notices on the European Personnel Selection Office website; calls on the Agency to complete the follow-up of those recommendations;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. NoteRegrets that the Agency, with regard to senior and middle management positions, reports that 23 (76,6 %) positions are occupied by men and 7 (23,33 %) by women; notes that the Agency reports, for the management board, a gender balance distribution of 14 men (37,8 %) and 23 women (62,2 %) and, for staff overall, 266 men (46,7 %) and 306 women (53,3 %); reiterates its call on the Agency to take pro-active measures to achieve gender balance among management positions;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Welcomes the efforts made in staff policy to promote teleworking and healthy life and continues to encourage the Agency to pursue the development of a long term Human Resources policy framework that addresses work-life balance, lifelong guidance and career development, gender balance, teleworking, geographical balance and the recruitment and integration of people with disabilities;
Amendment 6 #
13. Notes that the Agency’s internal audit capability conducted an audit on the ‘harmonised classification and labellingapplications for authorisation’ activity and that there were six important recommendations, namely to improve working methods, to improve knowledge management and consistency, to improve feedback mechanisms, to ensure sufficient resources for the Agency’s secretariat and committees, to clarify the roles and responsibilities within the Agency, and to consider further process simplification and efficiency gains;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Regrets that the Agency has not yet acted on the recommendations of the European Parliament in its decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Agency for the financial year 2019 with regard to pro-active measures and resourcing for speeding up, improving and quantifying reductions in the number of animal tests and the replacement of such tests by new approach methodologies, as well as the establishment within the Agency of a team exclusively dedicated to animal protection and the promotion of non-animal test methods;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Recalls the importance to increase the digitalisation of the Agency in terms of internal operation and management but also in order to speed up the digitalisation of procedures; stresses the need for the Agency to continue to be proactive in this regard in order to avoid a digital gap between the agencies at all costs; draws attention, however, to the need to take all the necessary security measures to avoid any risk to the online security of the information processed; calls on the Agency to swifter develop its cybersecurity policy, to be delivered before the 31 January 2022 and to report back to the discharge authority on this matter;