3 Amendments of Krišjānis KARIŅŠ related to 2016/2190(DEC)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes from the Court’s report that the Office underestimated its needs for the professional event organisation services; observes that the four-year framework contract, which was signed in 2013, reached its maximum amount in December 2014; notes that the Office’s underestimate stemmed from unexpected changes in the organisation of its final plenary meeting for 2014; is of the opinion that the Office should establish a modus operandi with its members and observers for those meetings in order to prevent such a situation from recurring; points out that a procurement procedure to sign a new framework contract was launched in August 2015, and that the Office in the meantime continued to procure these services using purchase orders and low-value contracts (negotiated procedures); agrees with the Court that an open procurement procedure should have been used, in which all interested economic partners are entitled to submit a tender; notes that in 2016 the Office is planning to revised its existing procurement rules and will reconsider its current decentralised procurement model with a view to streamlining the process, including by using eTendering; welcomes the fact that the Office has already taken steps to improve its procurement rules and has launched an open tender procedure which resulted in the conclusion of a multiple framework contract in cascade with three companies from January 2016;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the fact that the Office has actively participated in the work of the Inter-Agency Legal Network working group on anti-fraud; notes with satisfaction that this cooperation will resulted in the adoption of the Office’s anti-fraud strategy in 2017; asks the Office to keep the discharge authority informed of its progress on this matterFebruary 2017;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that the Office expects to conclude its internal rules on whistleblowing in the first half of 2017 and has already sent its draft policy to the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) for prior-checking; asks the Office to report to the discharge authority on the establishment and implementation of its whistleblowing rules;