6 Amendments of Petar VITANOV related to 2020/2161(DEC)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the Agency’s annual budget for 20189 was EUR 196.4 million, of which EUR 37.6 million came from EU subsidy, EUR 109.6 million from fees and charges EUR 2.26 million from third countries contributions; is pleased that budget implementation rate remained very high at 97 %, significantly above the 95 % threshold set by the Commission; notes that the rate of cancellations of carry-over remains increased to 3.7% (1,8 % in 2018) but remains below the 5 % limit set by the Commission; welcomes the fact that achievement of budget implementation and cancellation of amounts carried over targets means that no penalties will be applied to the 2021 EU subsidy;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Commends the continuous efforts of the Agency to increase its efficiency, which resulted into net tangible reductions of effort estimated at eight full time equivalents compared to 2018, leading to staffing cost savings of around 960 000 euros; notes that a further 13 FTE, also gained through efficiency initiatives, were reinvested in core activities;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes steps taken by the Agency to achieve gender balance, such as encouragement of female applications during selection procedures, offering favourable working conditions and flexible arrangements linked to maternity; welcomes the formation of a gender balance advocacy group to raise awareness of gender balance issues; reiterates its call on the Member States and the Commission to take into account gender balance when nominating members of the Board;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Salutes the efforts of the Agency to step its efforts to improve the environmental impact of aviation, including through the development of new CO2 standards, the monitoring of Environmental Fraud prevention, the concept of an EcoLabel as well as of LifeCycle Assessments;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Welcomes the preparation of the EASA to all eventualities with regard to Brexit, in particular the establishment of a contingency plan in coordination with the European Commission;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6 c. Takes note that the ECA found instances of non-compliance in the management of the procurement procedures. Requests that the Agency make sure all procurement procedure are managed according to existing rules;