Activities of Georgios STAVRAKAKIS related to 2010/2007(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT Report on the 2008 discharge: performance, financial management and control of EU agencies PDF (156 KB) DOC (83 KB)
Amendments (5)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that many of the host agreements concluded between the agencies and the host countries have shortcomings that detract from the agencies’ efficiency (e.g. expensive transport links to some agencies, problems with buildings rented by some agencies), social inclusion of staff; calls accordingly, when the initial decision is taken by the Council on where an agency is to be located, for host countries to supply more detailed host agreements that will better serve the interests of the agency; is also in favour of thought being given to moving agencies in cases where the host agreement is seriously undermining the agency’s effectiveness; requests the Inter- Institutional Working group on Agencies to tackle the issue and possibly to define common standards for host agreements;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses the importance of including an assessment of agencies’ performance in the discharge process which is made available to the competent committee dealing with its respective agencies in the European Parliament; calls accordingly on the Court of Auditors (ECA) to look into the matter in its next reports on the agencies;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Notes, furthermore, that some agencies have difficulties in dealing with large increases in their budgets; wonders, therefore, whether it would not be more responsible for the budgetary authorities, in future, to take greater care to decide on increases in some agencies’ budgets in the light of the time needed to carry out the new activities; callwelcomes, in this connection, onthe efforts of those agencies that frequently experience such difficulties to provide the respective committees and the budgetary authority with fuller details on the feasibility of future commitments;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Voices concern at the fact that the ECA again noted shortcomings in the planning and implementation of staff recruitment procedures in some agencies; stresses, in particular, the need to narrow the gap between posts filled and posts on the establishment plan in the agencies; acknowledges the difficulties arising from the implementation of the EU Staff Regulations, especially for decentralised agencies; calls on the agencies also provide better guarantees of transparent, non-discriminatory treatment of external and internal applicants;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas there has been an unprecedented increase in the number of agencies over recent years, as decided by the EU legislator, and whereas this has enabled some of the Commission’s tasks to be outsourced and additional tasks given to agencies, at the risk of this appearing in some cases to be tantamount to a dismantlement of the Community’s administration that is jeopardising its ability to carry out its duties,