Activities of Alviina ALAMETSÄ related to 2021/2121(DEC)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency for the financial year 2020
Amendments (5)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. NoteRegrets that the rate of cancelled appropriations relating to commitments carried over to 2020 increased to 5,46 % (3,7 % in 2019), above the 2,5 % target set by the Agency in its 2020 performance indicators and slightly above the 5 % ceiling set by the Commission. This was mainly due to the COVID-19 crisis and to the cancellations related to global travel restrictions, confinement measures, reduction in activities and cancellation of events;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Warmly welcomes the study published by the Agency in 2020 with an updated analysis on the “Non-CO2 climate impacts of aviation and potential policy measures pursuant to EU Emissions Trading System Directive Article 30(4)”1a, and stresses its relevant conclusions that the effects of those emissions, such as contrails, result into two to three times more impact in global warming than the CO2 ones alone; _________________ 1a https://www.easa.europa.eu/document- library/research-reports/report- commission-european-parliament-and- council
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the launch in cooperation with global partners and industry, of the EASA Sustainable Aviation Programme (2020 - 2024) focusing efforts towards achieving a cleaner, quieter and more sustainable aviation system; remains critical, however, towards the granting of eco-labels to aviation, especially in the absence of a more integrative such system allowing the comparison of all modes of transport in an objective way.
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Regrets the lack of an EU-wide breakdown of gender by staff category in the Agency’s entry in the Consolidated Staff Figures for 2020. Encourages the Agency to fix this short-coming for coming publications.
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9 b. Welcomes the Agency’s investments in videoconferencing facilities in an effort to reduce business travel and encourages the agency to apply this as a sustained, long-term commitment.