13 Amendments of Rina Ronja KARI related to 2013/2256(DEC)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that in July 2012, Parliament, the Council and the Commission adopted a Common Approach on decentralised agencies (‘the Common Approach’), a political agreement concerning the future management and reform of the agencies; welcomnotes the conclusion of this agreement;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the Court of Auditors’ reports; acknowledges that its reports have become even more comprehensive in the course of latest discharge procedures; encourages the Court of Auditors to further develop performance audit elements, both in its annual audit reports as well as in the dedicated special reports of the Court of Auditors addressing the agencies; encourages the Court of Auditors to monitor and report on the follow-up from previous discharge reports.
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a.(new)
Paragraph 9 a.(new)
9a. Recalls that agencies are independent and that the Commission can give agencies guidance through the development of guidelines; is of the opinion, however, that it is up to the agencies to decide on the follow-up; believes that the only institution that can politically discuss the agencies is Parliament; is of the opinion, therefore, that the reporting system to the discharge authority is of utmost importance and should be strengthened;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers that as regards the agencies’ way of reporting to the discharge authority, their democratic accountability should be further streamlined, and believes that the relationship between Parliament and the agencies would benefit from a stronger and better structured system of reporting to Parliament; proposes the establishment of a working group on this matter to come forward with proposals for improving the reporting system, both on the agencies’ and Parliament’s side;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Is of the opinion that the trend to focus reporting more on effectiveness and results achieved is a positive one; requests to strengthen the reporting system further in this respect to enhance the democratic accountability of the agencies;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Requests that the agencies enhance their work and reporting on social accountability, which will lead to the increased visibility of the agencies’ activities for the general public;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to merge agencies where appropriate and its willingness to continue its assessment of the possibilities to merge some of the existing agencies, as well as to obtain further synergies from the sharing of services between the agencies themselves and from within the Commission, and to carefully look into the matter of unnecessary spending due to distant and multiple sites of location and is looking forward to further proposals in that regard;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)
Paragraph 38 a (new)
38a. Points out that activity-based budgeting is still the fundamental principle when drafting the budget of the Union; is worried by the fact that the Court of Auditors, in its 2012 annual report, concludes that for many areas of the Union budget, the legislative framework is complex and that there is insufficient focus on performance; welcomes the steps taken by the agencies to focus more on performance reporting;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42 a (new)
Paragraph 42 a (new)
42a. Recalls that conflicts of interest are a cause of corruption, fraud, mismanagement of funds and human resources, favouritism and have a negative impact on the impartiality of the decisions and quality of work and undermines Union citizens’ trust in the Union institutions, including the agencies;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46
Paragraph 46
46. Acknowledges that EFSA since 2011 has made efforts to strengthen its framework for avoiding potential conflicts of interest with the adoption of its revised policy on independence and scientific decision-making processes; notes with concern, however, that despite this revision, the procedure for assessing possible conflicts of interest at EFSA is burdensome and subject to criticism, therefore calls on EFSA to come up with a simplified procedure which would streamline the process, without, however, jeopardising the newly set standards for the detection and prevention of conflicts of interest;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50
Paragraph 50
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54 a (new)
Paragraph 54 a (new)
54a. Notes that seconded national experts, external and interim staff are not specifically mentioned in the guidelines; requests that the agencies take these groups of staff into account when evaluating and redrafting their conflicts of interest policies;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Court of Auditors to include in its next annual report a review of the follow-up by the agencies of Parliament’s recommendations in this resolution;