Activities of Christofer FJELLNER related to 2008/2207(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
Budget discharges 2007, (Vote will be held on Thursday) (debate)
Budget discharges 2007, (Vote will be held on Thursday) (debate)
Reports (1)
REPORT Report on financial management and control of EU agencies PDF (164 KB) DOC (90 KB)
Amendments (15)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Notes that the ECA observed an improvement with regard to financial discipline compared to the financial year 2006, but that nevertheless in some of the agencies the areas of recruitment and procurement still contained weaknesses which must be addressed by the authorising officers;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 e (new)
Paragraph 2 e (new)
2e. Deplores that the ECA again found serious problems as regards the implementation of procurement rules and the Staff Regulations in many agencies; is not prepared to accept that these weaknesses have persisted over many years; considers that the revision of the Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002 will not do away with these problems and that a fundamental overhaul of the legal framework is needed;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 f (new)
Paragraph 2 f (new)
2f. Notes the Commission's statement that all necessary support was granted to those agencies wishing to migrate to ABAC (Accrual Based Accounting); notes that the agencies in some cases considered the support as insufficient; Or. {EN}en
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Welcomes the fact that the Commission, following Parliament's request for more transparency, anticipated assigned revenues available one year later for each agency in the Preliminary Draft Budget 2009; is hopeful that this could lead to improvements in budgetary management, higher implementation rates from 2009 onwards;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Draws attention to the fact that the current use of the assigned revenue instruments still bears risks for budget transparency and sound financial management of EU funds insofar as estimations of assigned revenue remain difficult and the various types, years of origin and procedures to release assigned revenue does not enable them to be integrated in the budget planning and management in a clear manner;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
New title before paragraph 7
New title before paragraph 7
Insert new title before paragraph 7 "Respecting financial regulations and Staff Regulations"
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Welcomes the pragmatic cooperation between the internal auditor of the Commission and the internal auditors and other persons in charge of internal audit in the agencies;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
New title after 10
New title after 10
Insert new title after paragraph 10 "Evaluation of agencies’ performance"
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new) after the new title
Paragraph 10 a (new) after the new title
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
New title after paragraph 11
New title after paragraph 11
Insert new title after paragraph 11 "Disciplinary procedures"
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new) after title "ECA SR No 5/2008"
Paragraph 11 b (new) after title "ECA SR No 5/2008"
11b. Welcomes the timely publication of the report and urges the European Union "regulatory" agencies to take on board the shortcomings identified in the report as well as to take actions in line with the recommendations of the ECA;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Demands that the EU Agencies' management boards achieve maximum congruence between both task-planning and resources (financial and human) planning by introducing activity-based budgeting and management (ABB/ABM) and underlines that the agencies are subject to the principle of sound financial management and budget discipline;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Notes that the work of each agency should be accompanied by risk assessment in order to optimise expenditure, as well as human resources management;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 − indent 4 a (new)
Paragraph 17 − indent 4 a (new)
- how the Commission's different support functions and services could be made more reactive in order to respond quicker to the agencies' needs;