6 Amendments of Jens GEIER related to 2018/2114(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that fee-financing of agencies currently amounts to a total of about EUR 1 billion annually, thereby significantly decreasing the pressure on the Union budget; considers fee-financing to be an effective way of financing agency activities in cases where the business model so allows; notes, however, that safeguard measures need to be in place to avoid any kind of conflict of interest;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Notes that, even though in terms of budgetary management, decentralised agencies share a number of similarities, one-size-fits-all approaches have proven to be detrimental to the efficient and effective management of certain agencies; considers the 5% reduction target of staff and the redeployment pool among agencies a one-time exercise; reiterates its intention to oppose any such approach in the future;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. AIn line with the recommendations of the Inter-Institutional Working Group on decentralised agencies’ resources, asks the Commission to swiftly present an evaluation of agencies with multiple locations, using a consistent approach to assess their added value by taking costs incurred into account; calls for significant measures to be taken on the basis of the evaluation results with the aim of reducing the number of multiple locations, if and where appropriate;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Notes that the strengthened cooperation between the Agencies in sharing of services has resulted in savings, e.g. by the creation of a joint procurement portal; encourages further exploration of the potential of sharing of services either among Agencies or between the Commission and Agencies to create new synergies and optimise existing ones;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Notes with concern that a certain number of administrative requirements are disproportionate for agencies which did not reach a critical size; expects the Commission and the Council to ensure that applicable administrative requirements are commensurate with the financial and human resources of all agencies.
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Recalls that the legislative procedure results in modifications of the initial Commission proposal; notes with concern that updated financial statements generally become available at the end of the legislative procedure if at all; recalls the twin roles of the European Parliament and the Council as legislative authority and budgetary authority.