Activities of Edit HERCZOG related to 2011/2226(DEC)
Shadow reports (2)
SECOND REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Food Safety Authority for the financial year 2010 PDF (179 KB) DOC (94 KB)
REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Food Safety Authority for the financial year 2010 PDF (208 KB) DOC (150 KB)
Amendments (17)
Amendment 1 #
Proposal for a decision 1
Citation 11 a (new)
Citation 11 a (new)
- having regard to the Joint Statement and Common Approach adopted (in June 2012) by the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission, resulting from the work of the Inter Institutional Working Group on decentralised agencies, and in particular the sections on governance, operations, programming, accountability and transparency;
Amendment 1 #
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. ...Grants the Executive Director of the European Food Safety Authority discharge in respect of the implementation of the Authority's budget for the financial year 2010;
Amendment 2 #
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. ...Grants the Executive Director of the European Food Safety Authority discharge in respect of the implementation of the Authority's budget for the financial year 2010;
Amendment 5 #
Proposal for a decision 2
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. ...Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Food Safety Authority for the financial year 2010;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Urges, however,Calls on the Authority to implement further actions to enable a satisfactory budget execution both in terms of commitment and payment appropriations and to inform the discharge authority of the progress achieved;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Urges, once more,Calls on the Authority to improve its budget management in order to reduce its high carryover amounts; notes, in particular, that this situation demonstrates weaknesses in the Authority' and also to improve its contract management and monitoring of the remittance of reports and cost statements;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Authority to develop and implement a common monitoring for the management of all its contracts; acknowledges, in particular, the absence of a central and coordinated capacity at the directorate level responsible for the monitoring of contracts; underlines that this entails a risk of inefficient use of resources and uncoordinated monitoring of contracts and therefore asks the Authority to centralise these responsibilities at the level of each directorate;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Is concernedNotes that the Authority delayed for over 12 months the Internal Audit Service (IAS)‘'s ’"very important'" recommendation which called on the Authority to define contract renewal process and ensure the transparency of decision making; calls, therefore, on the Authority to explain to the discharge authority the reasons behind this delay and rapidly address this deficiency;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Considers, therefore, that a thorough case-by-case analysis of these reports and possible and actual conflicts of interest situations should be carried out in order to evaluate the objectivity and impartiality of the Authority at all levels and the work it conveys; calls, moreover, on the Authority to make a thorough screening of the declarations of interest submitted by its staff, experts and by the Members of the Management Board followed concrete measures to stop conflicts of interest and information to the publicalls on the Agency to provide the discharge authority with the guidelines and assessment criteria on handling potential conflicts of interest of staff members, including the Members of the Management Board;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Notes moreover that the Court of Auditors have observed that the review process of the Declarations of Interests of the Members of the Management Board is insufficiently rigorous and detailed and puts at risk the completeness and transparency of this procedure;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Underlines that the Ombudsman concluded that the Authority had not carried out a thorough assessment of the alleged potential conflict of interest and called on the Authority to improve the way it applies its rules and procedures in future ‘'revolving door’' cases; stresses, moreover, that the Ombudsman also pointed out that negotiations by a serving member of staff concerning a future job which could amount to ‘revolving doors’ would themselves constitute a conflict of interest and recommended that the Authority should strengthen its rules and procedures accordingly; calls on the Authority to inform the discharge authority of the concrete measures adopted, and their respective deadlines, to properly address the conclusions of the Ombudsman;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Once more, urgesCalls on the Authority to take appropriate measures in cases of conflict of interests and ‘'revolving door’' cases, including when cases occur within the Management Board, and to inform both the discharge authority and the public promptly on the measures taken;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Considers that, while a dialogue with industry on product assessment methodologies is legitimate and necessary, this dialogue should not undermine the independence of the Authority nor the integrity of risk assessment procedures; asknotes therefore the Authority to consider as a conflict of interest the current or recentanalysis carried out by the Authority of past participation of its Management Board, panel and working group members or staff in ILSI or other activities such as taskforces, scientific committees or chairs for conferand looks forward to measures on conflict of interest arising from the Common Approach agreed by the European Parliament, the Council and European Commission, which will provide a standard according to which all agencies can act;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Welcomes the fact that the Authority has adopted a new definition of conflicts of interests, based on the OECD definition, but warns that furtherlooks forward to receiving reports on improvlements are necessary to strengthen the Authority's policy on independence; stresses in particular that the criteria that define a conflict of interests should be clarified and widened, and includeation, and notes that annual and specific declaration of interest forms now have to be completed by scientific experts and others, covering economic interests, employment, membership of specific bodies, consultancy or advisory work, research funding, and intellectual property for both current and recent past activities;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Notes from its AAR that aWelcomes the June 2012 update given to the European Parliament by EFSA on the review of its efficiency, led by external consultants, beganstarting in 2010 with the launch of the e3 programme; acknowledges that the inception phase of the programme concerned the establishment of the programme portfolio, structure and governance in preparation for the structural reorganisation that would bewhich was then implemented in 2011; invites the Authority to inform the discharge authority of the conclusions drawn by the review and of the measures it has adopted and implemented to address themlooks forward to future updates particularly regarding multi-annual planning, efficiency indicators and scorecard, and staff development policies;