7 Amendments of Tamás DEUTSCH related to 2015/2195(DEC)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes from the Court’s report that out of EUR 6 600 000 of committed appropriations carried forward to 2014 for Title I (staff expenditure) and Title II (administrative expenditure), EUR 1 700 000 (26 %) were cancelled, showing that the budgetary needs were overestimated at the end of 2013; acknowledges however, the Agency's observation that upon becoming financially independent in 2013, a number of commitments for administrative expenditure was migrated from the Commission to the Agency; acknowledges furthermore that, by the time the Agency made the decision regarding these carry-forwards, it had still not attained its full staff complement and therefore had a limited budget management capacity in certain areas; notes with satisfaction that the Agency subsequently improved its capacity to monitor and implement the carryovers and expects the volume and percentage of cancellations to decrease in 2015;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Encourages the EU institutions and agencies to better raise awareness of the conflict-of-interest policy among their officials, alongside ongoing awareness- raising activities and the inclusion of integrity and transparency as an obligatory item to be discussed during recruitment procedures and performance reviews; considers that a distinction should be made between elected representatives and public officials in the legislation on conflicts of interest; believes that there should also be such regulations in the Member States for public officials and civil servants involved in the administration and monitoring of EU subsidies; calls on the Commission to submit a draft legal basis on this matter;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. States that the annual reports of the EU institutions and agencies could play an important role in compliance regarding transparency, accountability and integrity; calls for the EU institutions and agencies to include a standard chapter on these components in their annual reports;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Requests that all EU institutions and agencies implement Article 16 of the Staff Regulations by publishing, on an annual basis, information about senior officials who have left the EU administration, as well as a list of conflicts of interest; requests that the aforementioned independent structure assess the compatibility of post-EU employment or the situation whereby civil servants and former Members of the European Parliament move from the public to the private sector (the 'revolving door' issue) and the possibility of a conflict of interest, and define clear cooling-off periods, which should cover at least the period for which transitional allowances are granted,
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Asks the EU institutions and bodies to apply strictly the measures pertaining to discretion and exclusion in respect of public procurement, with proper background checks being carried out in every instance, and to apply the exclusion criteria in order to debar companies in the event of any conflict of interest, this being essential to protect the EU's financial interests;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Calls for an overall improvement in the prevention of, and the fight against, corruption in the public sector, and especially within the EU institutions and agencies, through a holistic approach, commencing with better public access to documents and more stringent rules on conflicts of interest, the introduction or strengthening of transparency registers and the provision of sufficient resources for law enforcement measures, and also through improved cooperation among Member States and with relevant third countries;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Calls on all the EU institutions and agencies to enhance their procedures and practices aimed at safeguarding the financial interests of the Union and to actively contribute to a results-oriented discharge process;