Activities of Derek VAUGHAN related to 2014/2139(DEC)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union agencies for the financial year 2013: performance, financial management and control PDF (185 KB) DOC (112 KB)
Amendments (10)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Points out that the role of the executive agencies is to help the commission manage Union programmes on behalf of the Union itself;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 1 – point 1 (new)
(1) Calls on the Commission and the Network to improve their communication policies to ensure agencies communicate effectively with citizens, in order to raise awareness of productivity and achievements;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes from the Court of Auditors’ summary of the results of its 2013 annual audits of the European Agencies and other bodies (the ‘Court’s summary’) that the agencies’ 2013 budget amounted to some EUR 2 billion, representing an increase of 25 % compared to 2012 and about 1,4 % of the Union’s general budget; notes that this increase mainly results from the newly established agencies and new responsibilities for some agencies; observes from the Court’s summary that the agencies employ around 6 500 permanent and temporary officials representing 14 % of the total number of Union officials authorised under the general Union budget; notes furthermore that around 2 900 contract or seconded staff are working for the agencies;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes that on the basis of the agencies’ contribution, the Commission elaborated guidelines with standard provisions for headquarter agreements between decentralised agencies and host Member States; notes with concern that 10 agencies6 still do not have a headquarter agreement; Urges these agencies to pursue headquarter agreements as a priority in order to save costs and increase efficiency; __________________ 6 CdT, CPVO, EASA, EMA, ERA, ESMA, eu-LISA, EU-OSHA, Eurofound, Frontex.
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Ascertains that the Commission improved its service to agencies both in the form of general and specific recommendations by using the information and suggestions provided by the Network; notes that in the context of constrained financial and human resources, these improvements have led to the consideration of possible structural measures to rationalise the functioning of the agencies; notes that these measures already produced results such as sharing services between agencies and encourages agencies to continue these efforts;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Takes note that the high level of cancellations of carryovers from previous years was noted by the Court only in seven cases; observes that such carryovers indicate that the appropriations carried over were made on the basis of over-estimated needs or were otherwise not justified; acknowledges from the Network that the level of cancellation is indicative of the extent to which the agencies have correctly anticipated their financial needs, and is a better indicator of a good budgetary planning than the level of carryovers; therefore calls on the agencies concerned to implement better budgetary planning processes in order to avoid carryovers and calls on the agencies to inform the discharge authority on progress and results;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Performance 19 a. Welcomes that a common set of principles for efficient and effective results oriented management, as well as common guidelines on performance measurement systems, multi-annual and annual programming documents and reporting and evaluation tools have been agreed on; Emphasises that it is important that the Network becomes a member of the new Inter-institutional Working Group on Performance to encourage common understanding of the concept of a good and improved performance; Requests that the Court of Auditors provides an evaluation of the agencies' performance and results in time for the review in the 2016 Multiannual Financial Framework;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Acknowledges from the Network that some agencies are already facing serious difficulties in fulfilling their mandates with the limited resources put at their disposal; notes with concern that it will be difficult for the agencies to provide the same level of quality of work if this process of additional staff reductions continues, as the Union is entrusting an increasing number of tasks and responsibilities to them; calls on the Commission to review its plan regarding the additional staff reductions and to adapt it to the specific situation of well-functioning agencies which are successful in fulfilling their mandates and are valued for the work they doaccording to the workload and resource demands of each agency;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Takes note that 61 % of the agencies have already published the CVs and declarations of interests of their management board members, management staff and external and in-house experts on their website; acknowledges that the remaining agencies willhave agreed to publish the same information upon adoption of revised policies;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)
Paragraph 37 a (new)