Activities of Edit HERCZOG related to 2011/2223(DEC)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Maritime Safety Agency for the financial year 2010 PDF (184 KB) DOC (116 KB)
Amendments (10)
Amendment 2 #
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. ...Grants the Executive Director of the European Maritime Safety Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency's budget for the financial year 2010;
Amendment 4 #
Proposal for a decision 2
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. ...Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Maritime Safety Agency for the financial year 2010;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Acknowledges that following the request of the Parliament the Agency has included in its Annual Report specific information on a posteriori commitments (i.e. legal commitments that were entered into before the corresponding budgetary commitments were made); notes the Agency's efforts to reduce a posteriori commitments (from more than 20 in 2007 to 5 in 2010); but is concerned that such commitments are an infringement of Article 62(1) of the framework Financial Regulation and that the Agency has perpetuated this deficiency since 2006;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. UrgesCalls on the Agency to correctly apply procurement procedures and ensure adequate data on planned public procurement in its Annual Work Programme (AWP); in particular, considers that it is a matter of concern that the AWP doesid not explicitly disclose all information referred to in the Financial Regulation and its implementing rules; reminds the Agency that if a financing decision on planned operational procurement is not adequately supported by underlying data then this may call into question the validity of the Agency's decision; notes from the Agency that as from 2011, a specific annex has been introduced in the Final Work programme, with an indication of the global budgetary envelope reserved for the procurements during the year, an indicative number of the contracts and indicative time-frames grouped per activities;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Agency to ensure accurate and timely reporting on negotiated procedures to the Administrative Board; acknowledges, in fact, that the Agency's negotiated procedures, which should be used under strictly defined conditions, are not necessarily reported to the Administrative Boardnotes from the Agency that as from 2009, a specific annex has been introduced in its Annual Activity report, with the necessary information on negotiated procedures;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 – introductory part
Paragraph 10 – introductory part
10. Is concernedNotes that the independence of the Accounting Officer of the Agency was reported to be at risk in 2010; notes, in fact, that during the year:
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Underlines nevertheless that weaknesses remain with regard to the Accounting Officer of the Agency, notably concerning the definition of the responsibilities and the evaluation of the performance of his duties; urgnotes therefore,at the Agency to rapidly remedy the situation and inform regularly the discharge authority of the concrete actions and results in this matterhas taken the required actions to remedy the earlier reported situation;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Acknowledges that the Agency still has to implement 15 ‘very important’ recommendations from the Internal Audit Service; is concerned that the implementation of 8 of these recommendations have been delayed by 6- 12 months, while one has been rejected; notes that the first 11 ‘very important’ recommendations concern the legal and financial decision-making process, the human resources management and the internal control standards; notes also that the rejected recommendation concerns the responsibility for the performance evaluation of the Accounting Officer; urges, therefore, the Agency to explain to the discharge authority the reasons behind this rejection and calls on the Agency to take action on the delayed recommendations; notes from the Agency that one recommendation (responsibility for the performance evaluation of the Accounting Officer) of the IAS was rejected due to different legal interpretations of the Staff Regulations; underlines that however, following mutual agreement between the IAS and the Agency, the Agency has fully complied with this IAS recommendation and has in the meantime adopted a specific Implementing Rule;