6 Amendments of Margaritis SCHINAS related to 2008/2103(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Welcomes the Commission's intention to launch a thorough horizontal evaluation of the regulatory agencies, examining the real implications of their creation and operation in the Union; believes that, in that framework, coherent evaluation rules need to be established;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that the EU agencies have been set up in successive waves in order to meet specific needs on a case-by-case basis and that they were thus created in an uncoordinated manner without a common framework; notes, however, that none of the efforts made over the past few years to establish some common rules and principles to be applied to all agencies have been very successful; regrets the time lost and calls on the Council to make every possible effort to achieve progress in this area;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Has some understanding forIs ready to consider the Member States' concerns thatregarding the draft Interinstitutional Agreement on the operating framework for the European regulatory agencies (IIA), presented by the Commission in 2005 and aiming at establishing a horizontal framework for the creation, structure, operation, evaluation and control of European decentralised agencies, iso as too rigid anestablish an appropriate instrument andthat could therefore not be appliedy successfully to all decentralised agencies because their tasks, objectives and working methods are too diverse;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Wishes to reiterate the importance of securing on a systematic basis at interinstitutional level the application of the procedure laid down in Point 47 of the IIA of 17 May 2006 and stresses the need to ensure appropriate follow up of the Joint Statement of 13 July 2007 by the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on decentralised agencies;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Points out that, in times of scarce resourcesgiven the agencies' overall budgetary impact, the Commission has to demonstrate convincingly that European governance via the agencies is the most cost-effective, efficient and appropriate option to implement European policies at present and in the near future;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Recalls that the agencies' actions need to be governed by clear lines of accountability, in line with the provisions of the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities; highlights the agencies' obligations concerning the discharge procedure;