6 Amendments of María MUÑIZ DE URQUIZA related to 2013/2205(DEC)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Urges the Commission to come up with a solution for the management of administrative expenditure in EU Delegations, so as to ease the administrative burden of Heads of Delegation, in particular in smaller Delegations, by enabling sub-delegation also to Commission staff, in line with Parliament's report on the 2013 review of the organisation and the functioning of the EEAS;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Reiterates the importance of continuing efforts to identify opportunities for long-term savings and synergies, both between EEAS and Commission and with Member States, to ensure the sustainability of the EEAS budget in a time of budgetary restraints;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Emphasises the need to exploit economies of scale that could be created by synergies between the EEAS delegations, HQ and Member States' diplomatic services; urges, therefore, to maximise opportunities for co-location and shared provision of services; notes, however, that Member States should pay their fair share of the costs involved in such colocation and service provision;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Reiterates its call to save money on travel costs through innovative solutions in the areas of training and job interviews, for example by making increased use of videoconferencing;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes the problems the Court of Auditors has identified with regard to the management of social allowances and urges the EEAS to implement all recommendations made; welcomes the steps the EEAS has taken with regard to the issue so far and encourages it to speed up the roll-out of its new programme to resolve it;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Reemphasises the need to ensure that local agents in delegations are subject to a comprehensive security check prior to employment;