Activities of Ryszard CZARNECKI related to 2020/2170(DEC)
Reports (1)
REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Chemicals Agency for the financial year 2019
Amendments (2)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that the Agency is partly financed from the fees it receives from companies that request the registration of chemicals as required under Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006; notes that the applicable fees depend on the size of the companies and the volume of chemicals registered (different thresholds); notes that, according to the Court’s report, since the first registrations in 2009, some 26 % of the companies claimed to be micro, small or medium sized; notes with concern, however, that thanks to the Agency’s effective system of ex-post verifications, the Agency has identified that some 50 % of the companies had incorrectly declared their size, resulting in lower fees; stresses that this finding demonstrates the limitations of a system that relies excessively on self-declarations made by applicants; notes that, in order to mitigate this situation, the Agency has, over the years, invoiced and cashed fee corrections and administrative charges amounting to EUR 32,2 million, and that the Agency has made considerable progress in recovering undue fee reductions and collecting overdue administrative charges; notes, however, that there is still a considerable verification workload ahead and that the remaining amount of necessary fee corrections was unknown at the end of 2019; calls on the Agency to report to the discharge authority on its efforts, and on the results achieved, to continue to reduce the considerable verification bacworklogad and to implement the fee corrections;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Notes that the process of moving to the Agency’s new premises in Helsinki began on 21 December 2019 and the new building was open and operational for the Agency’s staff at the beginning of January 2020, concluding four years of preparations for relocating staff; notes that the move is due to the partial malfunctioningexpiry of the lease of its previous building, particularly as regards air quality;