5 Amendments of Lucas HARTONG related to 2011/2207(DEC)
Amendment 1 #
Proposal for a decision
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– having regard to the statement of assurance as to the reliability of the accounts and the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions provided by the Court of Auditors for the financial year 2010 pursuant to Article 287 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, which did at the same time establish serious irregularities,
Amendment 2 #
Proposal for a decision
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Paragraph 1
1. GPostpones its decision to grants the Secretary-General of the Committee of the Regions/Postpones discharge in respect of the implementation of the Committee of the Regions budget for the financial year 2010;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 2
2. Is satisfied withNotes the explanations provided by the Committee of the Regions (CoR) regarding these errors, and with the decisions taken in order to ensure that such situations do not reoccur (improved recruitment procedure for officials from other institutions, supervision and monitoring of contract value estimates using a standard format for documentation, and enhancing the supervisory and control system for tenders by setting up a restricted-access mailbox);
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 6
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 12
12. Notes that the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union highlights the importance of the subsidiarity principle, thus strengthening the role of the CoR; in this context, congratulates the CoR, in particular for its work on the ‘Europe 2020’ strategy and on multi-level governance72% of the budget is spent on staff costs and 28% on the management of buildings, cleaning services, etc., raising very serious doubts about the European added value of the Committee, given that it makes no tangible contribution to decision-making by the EU and its institutions, thus in fact making its existence unnecessary and inefficient;