2 Amendments of Matteo ADINOLFI related to 2020/2174(DEC)
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Notes the inquiry of the Ombudsman following the Authority’s decision not to forbid its former executive director from taking up a role in a financial industry lobby and the inquiry’s conclusion that there was maladministration by the Authority in not immediately withdrawing its executive director’s access to confidential information; notes the recommendations made by the Ombudsman and the Authority’s reply that the new staff policyRecalls its resolution of 13 January 2020 on institutions and bodies of the EMU: preventing post-public employment conflicts of interest and the decision of the European Ombudsman in case 2168/2019/KR of 7 May 2020; strongly agrees with the Ombudsman that the Authority should have forbidden the job move and that the measures it put in place to prevent conflicts of interest are not sufficient to addresses the recommendationsisks involved;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Welcomes the adoption by the Authority`s Board of Supervisors of its Policy on Independence and Decision Making Processes for avoiding Conflicts of Interests; calls on the European Court of Auditors to specifically scrutinize in its future audits of the Authority (i) if senior staff members have taken up certain positions in the financial industry after their term in office, (ii) the timely manner in which access to confidential information for staff members is withdrawn, once it became known that they are moving to another job;