1 Amendments of Satu HASSI related to 2012/2203(DEC)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 1
1. Reiterates that the European Court of Auditors (Court of Auditors) considers the transactions underlying the annual accounts of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) for the financial year 2011 as legal and regular in all material respects; underlines again that the discharge procedure shall focus on the preceding year; is aware that any progress made since then should be duly noted and taken into account; thinks it is noteworthy in this context that the special report No 15/2012 on ‘Management of conflict of interest in selected EU Agencies’ by the Court of Auditors is not taking into account to the full the latest developments and improvements put in place by the ECHA, which found significant shortcomings in conflict of interest policies and procedures in ECHA, has not taken into account changes implemented after the Court completed its audit field work in October 2011; considers nevertheless that further efforts are needed to implement the recommendations of the Court, in particular with regard to conflict of interest policies and procedures for staff and Board of Appeal members, and their post-employment activities;