Activities of Dennis de JONG related to 2017/2141(DEC)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2016, Section VI – European Economic and Social Committee PDF (367 KB) DOC (56 KB)
Amendments (9)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Takes note of the launching of reflections about the modernisation of the Committee; asks to be informed of the initiative and its developments; asks the Committee to provide the discharge authority with clarifications of expenditure in connection to this modernisation, in order to boost transparency and accountability and publish the cost-benefits assessment;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Is concerned with the high amount of expenditure related to travel expenses and allowances of the Committee members; notes that the final appropriations for travel and subsistence allowances for members were EUR 19 561 194 which accounted for 97,01 % (EUR 18 975 764 out of EUR 19 561 194) as well as for the delegates which accounted for 96,40 % (EUR 455 354 out of EUR 472 382 ); calls on the Committee to provide a detailed breakdown of members’ and delegates’ expenditure, particularly those concerning item 1004, in its next annual activity report, and asks for the adoption of by the end of June 2018; urges the Committee to immediately adopt appropriate measures in order to make savings and reduce environmental pollution; urges the Committee membersto reduce travel expenditure for members and delegates and asks for the cost-benefits assessment of those missions for the Union and visited countries; asks the Committee to provide the discharge authority with a list of the visited countries in 2016; asks the Committee to increase the use of video-conference and telepresence facilities, which may contribute to economic savings, such as on travel expenses;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Is concerned with the high amount of expenditure related to travel expenses and allowances of the Committee members; notes that the final appropriations for travel and subsistence allowances for members were EUR 19 561 194; calls on the Committee to provide a detailed breakdown of members’ expenditure, particularly those concerning item 1004, in its next annual activity report, and asks for the adoption of appropriate measures in order to make savings and reduce environmental pollution, whenever feasible; urges the Committee members to consider the option of increaseing the use of videoconference and telepresence facilities, which may contribute to economic savings, such as on travel expenses;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Is concerned that for 9 out of 22 tenders in 2016 the contracts were awarded without competition to the only company that had applied for the tender; asks the Committee to take the necessary measures to ensure a competition among tenders so that the contracts can be attributed on a competitive basis;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Regrets the fact that the Committee is only now preparing draft guidelines on the prevention of conflicts of interest in the context of social dialogue; notes that the draft guidelines are currently being finalised through a dialogue with the socio-professional organisations; asks the Committee to speed-up the finalisation process, to timely adopt the guidelines on the preventing of the conflict of interest including listing membership to any other organisation and to publish them on the website;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Deplores the fact that neither the President, nor the Vice-Presidents and the Secretariat have published declarations of interest on the Committee’s website and urges the Committee to publish them by the end of June 2018 listing membership to any other organisations; deplores the fact that members declarations of interest are published in various languages and different formats limiting the public access to them; urges the Committee to publish them in an unique format and in one of the three languages of the Union by the end of June 2018;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Is concerned that pursuant to Article 11 of the Staff Regulations, each new recruit is obliged to provide a statement of absence of conflicts of interest instead of declaration of conflicts of interest; underlines that it is not for any person to state her/his absence of conflicts of interest; reiterates that a neutral body should assess the existence of conflicts of interest; urges therefore the Committee to put forward a unique and complete form of declaration of conflicts of interest to replace the declaration of absence of interest;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 c (new)
Paragraph 17 c (new)
17c. Regrets the absence of provisions against “revolving doors” and urges the Committee to establish and implement severe rules against such practices;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Regrets the case linked to harassment in the Committee which cost it EUR 55 772; regrets that 20 other staff members contacted the Committee's network of confidential counsellors with a perceived harassment-related issue; calls on the Committee to improve its policy in this regard in order to further prevent any form of psychological and sexual harassment.; asks the Committee to report the discharge authority on the measures envisaged to implement in improving this aspect;