Activities of Stanislav POLČÁK related to 2019/2078(DEC)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Food Safety Authority for the financial year 2018
Amendments (3)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Believes that the Authority should continue paying special attention to public opinion, and commit itself to openness and transparencytransparency and the involvement of the public in risk assessment;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that following the results of the third external evaluation of the Authority, the Management Board adopted a series of recommendations, focusing on enhancing the Authority’s capacity for fit- for-purpose scientific advice, bolstering communication activities to strengthen the Authority’s reputation and securing the long-term efficiency and sustainability of the Authority’s operations; stresses the need to ensure the Authority's independence, given that some of its officials have been accused of having conflicts of interest and connections with the companies whose products it was supposed to be monitoring, and, in some cases, passing on arguments from their internal scientific reports;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes with satisfaction that the Authority cooperates with other agencies working on complementary tasks, i.e. the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), the European Chemicals Agency and the European Medicines Agency, e.g. in the areas of data collection and analysis and databases (e.g. zoonoses, antimicrobial resistance, molecular typing), in scientific assessments (e.g. rapid outbreak assessments with the ECDC), or risk assessment; stresses the importance of cooperation at EU and international level, including with Member States, EU bodies and institutions, scientific organisations, international organisations, and third countries;