3 Amendments of Pavel TELIČKA related to 2018/2189(DEC)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the Agency’s annual budget for 2017 was EUR 191,6 million, of which EUR 37,8 million came from EU subsidies, EUR 103,5 million from fees and charges and EUR 2,1 million from third countries contributions; is pleased that the Agency was very close to full implementation of its budget with 99 % execution rate, well above the Commission target of 95%; welcomes the Agency’s balanced situation as regards Fees and charges, as well as the increase of these amounts compared to 2016; notes that the Agency ended the year 2017 with a surplus of EUR 2.7 million, bringing the accumulated surplus to EUR 54,9 million; notes also that the target of 5% for the cancellations of carry-over has been met in 2017 (3,7%);
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Is pleased that the Agency, following a recommendation from the Parliament, in 2017 extended the scope of the Declaration of Interest exercise to all Agency’s staff (not only the managers and sensitive functions), including long term consultants, interims and trainees; welcomes the fact that the Declaration of Interest assessment process has been simplified and now is possible in electronic form; welcomes the introduction of a specific “Code of Conduct for external experts supporting EASA”, which establishes the principles governing the impartiality, independence and commitment to confidentiality of the external experts; reiterates the need to ensure the independence of Agency’s staff and external experts; notes that in order to ensure transparency, publicity and to allow potential candidates to identify vacancies, the vacancy notices should be published not only on the EASA website and in social media, but also on the European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) website;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Notes that in 2017 the Agency experienced a significant increase in the management of earmarked projects which altogether, amount for EUR 11,3 million (EUR 7,3 million in 2016). welcomes that these projects are aimed at improving the regulatory and oversight capabilities of national and regional aviation authorities throughout the world as well as contributing to research projects to enhance global aviation safety and to promote EU standards;