6 Amendments of Younous OMARJEE related to 2019/2098(DEC)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that the agencies are highly visible in the Member States and have significant influence on policy, decision making and programme implementation in areas of vital importance to European citizens, such as security, safety, health, research, economic affairs, freedom and justice; reiterates the importance of the tasks performed by the agencies and their direct impact on the daily lives of Union citizens; reiterates also the importance of the autonomy of the agencies, in particular of the regulatory agencies and those with the function of independent collection of information; recalls that the main reasons for establishing the agencies were for the purpose of operating Union systems, facilitating the implementation of the European Single Market and making independent technical or scientific assessments; welcomes in this regard the effective overall performance of the agencies, and the progress made in enhancing their visibility to European citizens, even if recognising the need for further improvement;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes with satisfaction that, according to the annual report of the European Court of Auditors’ (the 'Court') on Union agencies for the financial year 2018 (the 'Court’s report'), the Court issued an unqualified audit opinion on the reliability of the accounts of all agencies; notes in addition that the Court issued an unqualified opinion on the legality and regularity of the revenue underlying the accounts for all agencies; observes that the Court issued an unqualified opinion on the legality and regularity of the payments underlying the accounts for all agencies, except for the European Asylum Support Office (EASO); points out with regret that for EASO’s payments for the financial years 2016 and 2017, the Court issued an adverse opinion while for the financial year 2018 it issued a qualified opinion;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Notes that on 2 April 2019 a workshop was organised upon request of the Committee on Petitions on "Conflicts of Interest: Integrity, Accountability and Transparency in EU institutions and agencies" during which the preliminary findings of an upcoming study on "Conflicts of interests and EU Agencies" were presented; noteregrets that the study, which is is only expected to be published in January 2020, while the date of the presentation was supposed to be July 2019; it will provide a comprehensive overview and analysis of the policies on avoidance of conflicts of interest in the different agencies and that it will also make recommendations in relation to improved scrutiny of conflict of interest policies in agencies; calls on the Network to report to the discharge authority on developments on application and possible changes in terms of conflict of interest regulations and policies;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Welcomes that Agencies are moving from a self-assessed negative declaration of interests towards a "positive" presentation of Declaration of Interests; expresses nevertheless concerns about the different forms of declarations of interests, which creates problems for transparency and comparability;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22 b. Calls on all agencies to participate in the inter-institutional agreement on the Transparency Register for interest representatives under negotiation between the Commission, the Council and Parliament;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. Expresses concerns about the potential conflict of interest in the case of fee-financed agencies, where agencies have to rely on membership fees as their main source of income;