Activities of Karin KADENBACH related to 2018/2185(DEC)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for the financial year 2017 PDF (187 KB) DOC (70 KB)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Medicines Agency for the financial year 2017
Amendments (3)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes with concern that, according to the Agency and to the Court’s report, while significant new tasks were assigned to the Agency, the Agency’s staff establishment plan was not increased in 2017, leading to a critical dependence on external expertise in affected areas; welcomes that the Management Board of EMA was verbally informed by DG SANTE representative that EMA’s request to hire up to 40 time-limited contract agents in 2019 has been accepted; welcomes the measures already taken by the Agency to mitigate the risks involved and calls on the Agency to report to the discharge authority on further decisions taken in order to improve the situation;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the suggestion of the Court to publish vacancy notices also on the website of the European Personnel Selection Office in order to increase publicity; understands the Agency’s concern regarding the high translation costs triggered by such publication;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. NoteHighlights that, according to the Agency, it requires significant resources to be redistributed for relocation tasks and that a shortage of human resources may result in challenges for the Agency to fulfil its core and legislative responsibilities; calls on the Agency to report to the discharge authority on any developments in that regard;