5 Amendments of José Manuel FERNANDES related to 2012/2187(DEC)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that the EEA is an invaluable information and knowledge provider on the environment, upon which the European Commission services rely heavily for the development, monitoring and assessment of its policies. The Agency’s roles have steadily grown over the past few years, making it an internationally respected organisation;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Underlines that the European Commission must exercise its supervisory role though its participation in the Management Board and Bureau of the EEA, within the limits set by regulation 401/2009 and with due respect of the legal autonomy of the Agency and the European Parliament has to be kept regularly informed;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Welcomes that the Agency staff and management activities, quality control processes, products and services, administrative and building services are brought together under the strategic area in the ‘EEA Strategy 2009-2013’;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Takes note that regarding the management of conflict of interest the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the Commission signed on 19 July 2012 a Joint Statement accompanying an agreed Common Approach, based on the conclusions reached by the Inter-institutional Working Group on decentralised agencies. This concerns members of the Management Boards, scientific committees, Boards of Appeal and executive Directors;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Has no evidence that the EEA has implemented its budget in a non-cost- effective way and has no indication of fraud or irregularities; rRecommends on the facts available that discharge can be granted to the Executive Director of the EEA in respect of the implementation of the EEA’s budget for the financial year 2011.