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Lead | CONT | SARVAMAA Petri (EPP) | KADENBACH Karin (S&D), GERBRANDY Gerben-Jan (ALDE), STAES Bart (Verts/ALE), ANDREASEN Marta (ECR), DE JONG Cornelis (GUE/NGL), VANHECKE Frank (EFD), EHRENHAUSER Martin (NI) |
Opinion | ENVI | HAUG Jutta (S&D) |
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2013/10/22
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2013/07/26
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COM(2013)0570
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PURPOSE: presentation by the Commission of the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2012, as part of the 2012 discharge procedure. Analysis of the accounts of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). CONTENT: this Commission document sets out the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2012 as prepared on the basis of the information presented by the institutions, organisations and bodies of the EU, in accordance with Article 129 (2) of the Financial Regulation applicable to the EU's General Budget, including the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). In 2012, the tasks and budget of this agency were as follows: description of EFSA's tasks: EFSA, which is located in Parma, was established by Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council. Its main aim is to provide scientific opinions and scientific and technical support for the legislation and policies which have a direct or indirect impact on food and feed safety; EFSA's budget for the 2012 financial year: the Authority’s budget for 2012, as presented in the Commission document on the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union, gives the following figures: § Commitment appropriations : - committed : EUR 79 million; - paid : EUR 78 million; - carried-over : 0. § Payment appropriations : - committed : EUR 90 million; - paid : EUR 80 million; - carried-over : EUR 9 million. Please refer also to the final accounts of the EFSA.
- DG {'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/budget/', 'title': 'Budget'}, ŠEMETA Algirdas
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COM(2013)0570
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Documents
- Non-legislative basic document published: COM(2013)0570
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A7-0219/2014
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2013/2220(DEC)
2013/12/18
ENVI
9 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Notes that in 2012 an amount of EUR 78.3 million have been made available to the European Food Safety Authority through the General EU budget; likes to stress that this amount representes 0.056% of the overall EU budget; takes note that 342 posts out of 355 had been filled by the end of 2012 and that 124 contract agents and seconded national experts were employed by the Authority; acknowledges the improved occupation rate compared to 2011;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Believes that the discharge decision should be based upon OECD guidelines to ensure high quality internationally recognised accounting, audit and financial disclosure standards; invites the European institutions to incorporate and commit to introducing OECD guidelines within a common framework for all European institutions and bodies;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Believes that the discharge decision should be based upon OECD guidelines to ensure high quality internationally recognised accounting, audit and financial disclosure standards; invites the European institutions to incorporate and commit to introducing OECD guidelines within a common framework for all European institutions and bodies;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Is especially aware of the public interest
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Is especially aware of the public interest in the decision-making process within the Authority, which is done within its legal role and responsibilities;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Recommends
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Recommends
source: PE-526.143
2014/02/25
CONT
22 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1. Grants the Executive Director of the European Food Safety Authority discharge in respect of the implementation of the Authority's budget for the financial year
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Notes that budget monitoring efforts during the financial year 2012 resulted in a budget implementation rate of 99,30 % and that the payment appropriations execution rate was 88,00 %; notes that in comparison with 2011, the amounts committed and paid out in 2012 increased by 2,1 % and 8, 6 % respectively ;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Acknowledges that the relocation of the Authority to its new premises generated savings of EUR 3,94 million which were reallocated to operational activities such as scientific cooperation and the recruitment of scientific staff;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Believes that the procedure for assessing possible conflicts of interests at the Authority, where declarations of interest
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Believes that the procedure for assessing possible conflicts of interests at the Authority, where declarations of interest are screened by Heads of Unit and are generally assessed on a case by case basis, is overly burdensome and is subject to criticism, raising
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Believes that the procedure for assessing possible conflicts of interest at the Authority, where declarations of interests are screened by Heads of Unit and are generally assessed on a case by case basis, is burdensome and is subject to criticism, raising questions about its credibility and effectiveness; notes with concern that even a revised procedure has not helped dispel fears about the Authority’s expert impartiality; calls on the Authority to come up with a simplified procedure with less uncertainty which would validate and streamline the process and save both human resources and money before October 2014;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Welcomes the progress made by the Authority on its conflicts of interests policy; calls on the Authority to continue its work on this matter and to dedicate sufficient resources and staff to this matter and to consider appointing specialised staff for the screening work on conflicts of interests;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Believes that the Authority should apply a five-year cooling-off period to all material interests related to the commercial agrifood sector, including research funding, consultancy contracts and decision-making positions in industry-captured organisations;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 b (new) 10b. Believes that financial interests in particular should be dealt with the utmost care and that experts should be asked to declare whether their interests were remunerated or not; believes that if this is the case, the amount should be specified; is of the opinion that the current practice of experts anonymising their interests, for instance by using the expression “private company”, should not be accepted by the Authority;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Acknowledges that the Authority has initiated a review of the implementation of its independence policy in the last quarter of 2013 and that the results will be available by October 2014; believes that the current declarations of interest forms could be further improved and should include information, inter alia, on: (i) whether the interest declared was remunerated, (ii) the amount of the remuneration, (iii) the participation in industry-linked conferences and the institution/person covering the expenses;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 b (new) 11b. Regrets that the Management Board refused to elect its Chair and Vice-Chairs by open ballot, despite the recommendation of the discharge authority and expects further transparency in this respect in the future electing procedure;
Amendment 2 #
Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 c (new) 11c. Observes that the Authority engaged in a structured dialogue with civil society on matters relating to conflicts of interests; views this development in a positive manner and calls on the Authority to hold structured dialogue regularly in the future;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Requests that the agency communicate the results and impact its work has on European citizens in an accessible way, mainly through its website;
Amendment 3 #
Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 4 #
Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1. Grants the Executive Director of the European Food Safety Authority discharge in respect of the implementation of the Authority's budget for the financial year
Amendment 5 #
Proposal for a decision 2 Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 6 #
Proposal for a decision 2 Paragraph 1 1. Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Food Safety Authority for the financial year
Amendment 7 #
Proposal for a decision 2 Paragraph 1 1. Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Food Safety Authority for the financial year
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 10 a (new) – having regard to the previous discharge reports of the Parliament,
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas according to its financial statements, the final budget of the European Food Safety Authority (‘the Authority’) for the financial year 2012 was EUR 78 279 000, representing an increase of 1,25 % compared to 2011; whereas the Authority's entire budget derives from the Union budget,
source: PE-521.768
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PURPOSE: presentation by the Commission of the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2012, as part of the 2012 discharge procedure. Analysis of the accounts of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). CONTENT: this Commission document sets out the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2012 as prepared on the basis of the information presented by the institutions, organisations and bodies of the EU, in accordance with Article 129 (2) of the Financial Regulation applicable to the EU's General Budget, including the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). In 2012, the tasks and budget of this agency were as follows:
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