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Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Notes the 13 transfers between budget lines during the financial year 2014; is of the opinion that the transfers concerning the political groups communication budget and printing in the Official Journal of the European Union could have been foreseen in the initially approved budget;

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Michael THEURER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Notes ~~nevertheless~~ that a total of EUR 8 277 556 was spent in 2014 only on travel and meeting allowances for Members and alternate members of the Committee plus EUR 409 100 on missions and travel costs of staff; considers the number of missions extremely high (787), as is the expenditure generated by members for travel and meeting allowances; considers that missions undertaken by Members should be clearly described in the annual activity report (AAR), with detailed expenses and a cost benefit analysis; stresses that the reference to Members' missions is vague, imprecise and does not provide clear figures; urges the Committee always to include data on Members' missions in its AAR;

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Michael THEURER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Urges extensive use of videoconferencing and all related tools in order to significantly cut costs; ~~does not understand how such~~notes that a high number of missions to Greece or Italy (77 and 125, respectively) ~~translates into added value for the citizen of those countries or other Union citizens~~occur due to the practice of the Committee to organize activities in the Member States holding the rotating EU Presidency;

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Michael THEURER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Considers the total amount of EUR 9 594 089 paid by the Committee for 2014 lease expenses (external lessors) to be too high; recalls that even after withdrawing the contribution from the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) of EUR 1 181 382, the net amount paid by the Committee remained higher than the accounting share of those lease payments, the difference being recorded as building expenses (EUR 852 464); stresses that most of the liabilities of the Committee result from transactions generated by the leased buildings (95,6 % in 2014) and that at the end of 2014 the financial lease debt amounted to EUR 65 051 695; calls on the Committee to identify solutions jointly with Parliament and the Commission (e.g. extensive joint use of buildings /meeting rooms/ conference rooms) to reduce costs;deleted

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Michael THEURER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Notes that only 12 staff members were recruited following an EPSO competition, whereas 32 staff members, including a Secretary General, were recruited without passing any competition in 2014; urges the Committee to adopt transparent and competitive recruitment procedures and selection criteria for all staff, including at senior level;deleted

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Michael THEURER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Regrets that the number of derogations from procurement rules / contract management increased from 1 in 2013 to 4 in 2014; requests further explanation of how these derogations occurred; asks the Committee to address without delay the ongoing issue of all exception reports due to non-compliance with the provisions of the Financial Regulation or the internal rules of procedure; notes that the number of exceptions represents, however, only 0,4 % of the operations concerned;

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Michael THEURER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

31. Finds it unacceptable that the Committee has been dealing with the same whistle-blowing case since 2003 and that, despite the Civil Service Tribunal judgements of 20137 and 20148 , and Parliament's discharge resolution of 29 April 20159 , it has not yet complied, recognised the plaintiff’s action as being legitimate and finally closed the case; urges the Committee to take all necessary steps to resolve this situation without further delay and publicly to admit that the whistle-blower’s findings were correct, as stated by the European Anti-Fraud Office and other Union bodies; asks the Committee to contribute to a conclusion of this case by accepting the Court's ruling and to implement its decision swiftly; calls on the Committee to update Parliament on progress in this matter ~~by the end of June 2016~~; __________________ 7 Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (First Chamber) of 7 May 2013, Robert McCoy v Committee of the Regions of the European Union (Case F-86/11; ECLI:EU:F:2013:56). 8 Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (First Chamber) of 18 November 2014, Robert McCoy v Committee of the Regions of the European Union (Case F- 156/12; ECLI:EU:F:2014:247). 9 Resolution of the European Parliament, of 29 April 2015, with observations forming an integral part of the decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2013, Section VII — Committee of the Regions (OJ L 255, 30.9.2015, p. 132).

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Michael THEURER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Acknowledges that, according to the Committee, no situations of conflict of interests occurred during the financial year 2014; urges the Committee to ~~publish the CVs and declarations of interests of all members and senior staff management~~adhere to the rules covered by Article 16 of the Staff Regulations; and to adopt an internal policy and clear rules on the prevention and management of conflicts of interests and "revolving doors" situations, in accordance with the guidelines published by the Commission; expects the Committee to ~~provide them to Parliament by the end of June 2016~~include this information in the next Annual Activity Report;

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Activities of Michael THEURER related to 2015/2160(DEC)

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