16 Amendments of Ingeborg GRÄSSLE related to 2010/2142(DEC)
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Barroso I Commission had a strategic objective to obtain an unqualifiedstrive for a positive statement of assurance from the Court of Auditors by 2009, and whereas this objective which was not achieved has been reconfirmed for the current mandate,
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas the role of the Court of Auditors is to check information, not to produce it, and whereas the Court of Auditors' ability to carry out its responsibilities effectively under the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should in no way be constrained,
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recalls its repeated invitations to the Commission to present a proposal for measures leading to the introduction of mandatory national management declarations (NMDs) issued and signed at ministerial level and duly audited by an independent auditor so as far as such declarations are a necessary and indispensable first step to improve the efficiency of national systems and to enhance national accountability for the use of Union money;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Notes that under the present system, which does not include fines, the Member States seem to have limited interest in developing efficient control systems that could result in a reduction of their share of Union spending; therefore calls on the Commission to develop a system which will punish underperformers, and reward those who perform well, by reducing their administrative burden;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. Calls on the Commission to provide Parliament with an analysis of the paying agencies' capacity to deliver reliable data (based, in addition, on ex-ante declarations and on-the-spot checks and comparing those declarations and those checks with the information given by the Court of Auditors) and check the veracity of information provided by these bodies in the last four years;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Invites the Commission to publish in the Synthesis Report an assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of individual Member States' management and control systems on the basis of the audit work it already performs as well as other relevant available information and; further invites the Commission to include a progress report on the improvements in the discharge information; calls on the Commission to establish a ‘scoreboard’ on the quality of controls per Member State and policy area according to the following model:
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Regrets that the Commission uses the notion ‘tolerable risk of error’ exclusively as a basis to decide what level of irregular use of funds should be considered as acceptable ex-post; takes the view that a forward-looking approach to a possible introduction of a ‘tolerable risk of error’ would include in the Financial Regulation a requirement for the Commission to match spending proposals with an assessment of the irregularity risks; therefore, invites the Commission to modify its proposal in such a way as to make the notion 'tolerable risk of error' a management tool for assessing the cost of administrative and control systems as well as the level of risk of non compliance per funds and per Member State, thus delivering better quality information for the discharge authority;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50
Paragraph 50
50. Notes that, since the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon, the Ordinary Legislative Procedure applies to the Staff Regulations; invites the Commission to modernise the Staff Regulations and to adapt the working conditions for the institutions' staff in such a way that Union's institutions will continue to be attthe reputation of the Union is strongly influenced by the public perception of its civil service; notes that the last reform of the Staff Regulations did not adapt its provisions to a changed working environment nor lead to a remuneractive places to work and pursue a career in; is worried that the number of candidates from certain Member States has already decreased dramatically and believes that possibilities for personal and professional development shall play a major role on policy that provides for equal pay for equal work; notes that it contains out-dated perks and benefits; calls on the Commission to present proposals for a comprehensive modernisation of the Staff Regulations including this modernisation procese end of out-dated perks and benefits;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50 a (new)
Paragraph 50 a (new)
50a. Recalls Article 56 of the Staff Regulations which does not envisage overtime compensation or remuneration for officials in function groups AD or AST 5 to 11; welcomes flexible solutions in the context of a good work-life balance; however, calls on the Commission to respect the provisions of the Staff Regulations in the implementation of the 'flexitime scheme';
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50 b (new)
Paragraph 50 b (new)
50b. Urges the Commission to remove out-dated provisions like a distance- related travel allowance and additional travel-days, which do not reflect the modern travel infrastructures both in duration and price, and also to adapt the Union civil service to changes in the Member States' civil services;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50 c (new)
Paragraph 50 c (new)
50c. Considers the demographic challenge a key factor for the future staff and budgetary evolution; invites the Commission to assess moderating factors, such as a rise of the weekly working time and pensions qualification age; sees the need to review the payment schemes for junior staff at AD 5 entry level for specialised vocations to ensure the competitiveness of the Union as an employer;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50 d (new)
Paragraph 50 d (new)
50d. Is concerned that newly recruited Union officials might have worked in the past for intelligence services of totalitarian regimes; calls on the Commission to ensure, by means of a declaration on oath of new staff in all institutions and bodies, that they have not been and are not linked to such services;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 62 – indent 4
Paragraph 62 – indent 4
– to review and improve the guidelines as regards the work to be performed by certification bodies, in particular the work related to the validation of the Member States' control and inspection statistics, to provide Parliament with the number and an assessment of the soundness of the existing paying agencies,
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 80 a (new)
Paragraph 80 a (new)
80a. Calls on the Commission to provide Parliament with the number and an assessment of the soundness of the existing managing authorities;
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 95
Paragraph 95
95. Invites the successor of DG RELEX to complete its ex- post control methodology and promptly address related recommendations made by the internal auditor;
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 106 a (new)
Paragraph 106 a (new)
106a. Recalls that the Parliament resolutions on discharge for the financial years 2007 and 2008 both call on the Commission to allow beneficiaries to use average personnel costs per cost centre and to refrain from requesting individual costs of persons actively involved in a specific research project; welcomes, in this regard, the Commission decision C(2011)0174 of 24 January 2011 on the three measures simplifying the implementation of Decision No 1982/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Decision No 970/2006/Euratom;