9 Amendments of Rina Ronja KARI related to 2013/2196(DEC)
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Notes with satisfaction the high quality ofTakes note of the written answers to the 2011 discharge resolution provided to the Committee on Budgetary Control on 25 October 2013 and, therefore, received before the start of the 2012 discharge exercise; welcomes the subsequent Secretary-General presentation of the replies and follow-up of Parliament’'s administration on 25 November 2013 to the various questions and requests of Parliament’'s 2011 discharge resolution and the exchange of views with Members that followed;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Notes that many requests made in the annual discharge reports concerning Parliament are not met; notes that the Secretary-General argues that these requests fall within the remit of the Bureau of the Parliament or the Conference of Presidents of the Parliament; notes with concern the current highly undemocratic situation in which decisions are taken at the highest political level; i.e. endorsement by plenary, are often stalled or blocked within the internal decision-making process of the Parliament; insists that plenary requests made in the annual discharge reports are fully implemented and without undue delay;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34a. Considers prizes not to be a core activity of Parliament and requests that a cost-benefit analysis be carried out before any new prize initiatives are developed;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Subtitle and paragraph 40 a (new)
Subtitle and paragraph 40 a (new)
– General expenditure allowance 40a. Regrets that until now, it has not been possible to obtain an insight into the use made by Members of their General expenditure allowance and requests that for Members who wish to do so, a procedure be developed, so that they can submit their accounts to the internal auditor for annual verification;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 a (new)
Paragraph 46 a (new)
46a. Is looking forward to the publication of the Court of Auditors study to provide a comprehensive analysis of the potential savings for the Union budget if Parliament had only one working place, as requested in the Fox/Hafner report and asks that this analysis includes budgetary aspects and ancillary costs such as savings made through the reduced loss of working time and greater efficiency; asks not only to look into the travel costs for Parliament staff (including interim staff, external experts and temporary agents) but also to the increased travel costs for Commission and Council staff due to the multiple location sites;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 58 b (new)
Paragraph 58 b (new)
58b. Considers the House of European History not to be a core activity of the European Parliament and regrets the increasing costs for this project;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 59 b (new)
Paragraph 59 b (new)
59b. Considers EuroparlTV not to be a core activity of Parliament and requests that a cost-benefit analysis be carried out before any new EuroparlTV activities are developed;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 71 a (new)
Paragraph 71 a (new)
71a. Regrets that due to a reduction in administrative burden for low value contracts, aimed at increasing SME participation in tenders for these contracts, the administration does not dispose of the number of SMEs that secured low value contracts; therefore the Secretariat General is not able to show whether or not the reduction in administrative burden actually led to an increased SME participation and thus the effectiveness of the measures taken; requests to monitor the number of SMEs that secured low value contracts;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 76 b (new)
Paragraph 76 b (new)
76b. Calls on the Court of Auditors to include in its next annual report a review of the follow-up of Parliament's recommendations in this resolution;