Activities of Monica MACOVEI related to 2010/2271(DEC)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the 2009 discharge: performance, financial management and control of EU agencies PDF (193 KB) DOC (135 KB)
Amendments (21)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
- having regard to its Declaration of 18 May 2010 on the Union's efforts in combating corruption1; 1 Texts adopted, P7_TA(2010)0176
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas Parliament's Declaration of 18 May 2010 on the Union's efforts in combating corruption calls on the Commission and the relevant Union agencies to take all necessary measures and provide sufficient resources to ensure that Union funds are not subject to corruption, and to adopt dissuasive sanctions where corruption and fraud are found;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the Court of Auditors has again drawn attention to a large volume of carryovers and cancellations of operational appropriations byas well as the existence of unused budget lines and a high number of transfers in several agencies in the financial year 2009; stresses that this situation has a negative impact on the implementation of the budget and is at odds with the principle of annuality; sees problems arising from the multiannuality of programmes; considers accordingly,nevertheless, stresses that the resulting expenditure should be predictable for each year and that the agencies concerned should put in place appropriate instructions and procedures for the analysis of their potential carry- forwards in order to reduce the volume of these to a minimum;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that the high level of carryovers and cancellations is often indicative of the inability of an agency to manage a large increase in its budget; inquires whether it would not be more responsible for budgetary authorities, in future, to take greater care in deciding on incredemands that the absorptive capacity and the time needed to carry out additional taseks in an agency's budget in the light of the time needed to cshould play a larger role in future budgetarry out the new activitiedecisions;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on all the agencies to make available on their website a list of all the contracts awarded over the last three years at least, and for the Commission to continue its efforts to make this information more accessible and to finally integrate it into its financial transparency system;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 – introductory part
Paragraph 11 – introductory part
11. Calls, accordingly, on the agencies to take the necessary measures to increase the objectivity and transparency of their recruitment processes; considers, in this respect, that FRONTEX's initiative to adopt implementing rules and internal guidelines for the members of its selection committees is an important practice to be followed by other agencies; welcomnotes, in particular, the initiative of FRONTEX to adopt a recruitment policy which includes concrete actions, such as:
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 11 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
stresses the need to rigorously implement this policy and to prove that it delivers results;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that the agencies' recruitment plans are often not fully executed and observes a lack of consistency between budgetary and staff forecasting which could affect the stakeholders' view on the agencies' use of their staff; calls, accordingly, on the agencies to put further effort into the implementation and monitoring of their recruitment planning; encourages the agencies also to provide in their Work Programme and AARs additional information on the allocation and use of their human resources and a description of the impact on the available staff when setting their objectives; calls on the Commission to evaluate the required staff levels in the agencies, compare the actual staff levels at present to the budgeted forecasts, conclude whether the forecasts exceed the needs and capacities of the agencies and provide Parliament with an overview on this issue;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Takes note of the fact that every year employees, including directors, rotate between the agencies; calls on the Commission to provide Parliament with an overview of all staff members that changed working places from one agency to another since 2008;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Takes note of the transfer of the director of the European Medicines Agency to a consultancy that advises, among others, pharmaceutical companies on developing new medication and reducing the period to their market introduction; asks the Commission to provide information on the existence and application of regulations with respect to "cooling-off periods" in this case and among comparable cases in all the agencies;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Commission to provide Parliament with a detailed overview of the criteria applied in order to ensure the independence of recruited staff, in particular with respect to possible conflict of interests, and to apply dissuasive sanctions where any irregularity is found;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. WelcomNotes, nevertheless, that certain agencies have provided, on a voluntary basis, their IAS's internal audit reports to the discharge authority; considers this a sign of transparency and a best practice for the other agenciesat this should be the normal practice of transparency and expects that all other agencies of the Union will follow this practice;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Strongly encourages the Court of Auditors to include a reference in its annual reports on the agencies to the conclusions of the IAS audits and an assessment of the implementation by the agencies of the IAS' recommendations;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Notes that the large size of certain agencies' Governing Boards and the high turnover of their members could lead to an ineffective decision-making body; calls, accordingly, on the Interinstitutional Working Group on Agencies to address this issue; suggests also that consideration be given to the possibility of merging governing boards for agencies working in related fields to reduce amount spent on meetings;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. CNotes that the Interinstitutional Working Group on Agencies found that about 30 % of the agencies’ resources are used for administration; calls on the Commission to increase its efforts to provide all necessary administrative assistance to the relatively small agencies, in particular those that were established recently and to make sure that all agencies work efficiently;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)
Paragraph 37 a (new)
37a. Is concerned that despite the serious and repeated problems in the management of the European Police College and the confirmation of misuse of funds, no disciplinary action has been taken against the former director; asks the Commission to clarify when disciplinary action may be taken, and the responsibilities for taking such action, to ensure that it is used consistently;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
42. Invites the agencies to enhance their customer focus and feedback procedures and to make full use of the results of their evaluations in this regard; congratulates, in particular, the ECHA for having conducted a stakeholder survey in 2009 and for increased assistance activities for industry (as, for example, offering a phone advice service for lead-registrants, workshops, network meetings, and public consultations);
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44
Paragraph 44
44. Encourages, in addition, the agencies to further develop their performance monitoring system to ensure that the results of their performance are monitoredand provide consistent reporting on KPIs;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47 a (new)
Paragraph 47 a (new)
47a. Notes that a number of agencies evolving in common intervention fields are performing similar activities; recalls that overlapping activities generate unnecessary additional costs.
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47 b (new)
Paragraph 47 b (new)
47b. Recalls that the Union budget shall be based on a sound financial management requiring spending to be relevant, effective, and efficient and unnecessary expenditures to be properly addressed;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47 c (new)
Paragraph 47 c (new)
47c. Calls, therefore, on the Commission to carry out an evaluation of all the Union agencies aimed at detecting occurrences of overlapping activities and analysing, if overlaps are identified, the possibility of a merger between the agencies involved and to provide Parliament with a report on the issue by the 31 December 2011;