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Andrey NOVAKOV, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Petri SARVAMAA

Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1

1. Grants the Executive Director of the European Chemicals Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year ~~2018 / Postpones its decision on granting the Executive Director of the European Chemicals Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year~~ 2018;

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Committee: CONT

Andrey NOVAKOV, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Petri SARVAMAA

1. Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Chemicals Agency for the financial year ~~2018 / Postpones the closure of the accounts of the European Chemicals Agency for the financial year~~ 2018;

2020/02/03
Committee: CONT

Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Andrey NOVAKOV

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Emphasises that the Agency is 2. partly financed from the fees it receives from companies that request the registration of chemicals as required under Regulation (EC) No 1907/200617 ; notes that the applicable fees depend on the size of the companies and the volume of chemicals registered (different thresholds); notes that, according to the Court’s report, since the first registrations in 2009, some 27 % of the companies claimed to be micro, small or medium size; notes with concern, however, that thanks to the Agency’s effective system of ex-post verifications, the Agency has identified that some 52 % of the companies had incorrectly declared their size, resulting in lower fees; stresses that this finding demonstrates the limitations of a system that relies excessively on self-declarations made by applicants; notes that, in order to mitigate this situation, the Agency has, over the years, invoiced fee corrections and administrative charges amounting to EUR 17,9 million and that the Agency has made considerable progress in recovering undue fee reductions and collecting overdue administrative charges; notes, however, that there is still a considerable verification workload ahead and that the remaining amount of necessary fee corrections was unknown at the end of 2018; urges the Agency to put in place similarly thorough ex-ante verifications to minimize the risk of fraudulent self-declarations; furthermore, urges the national enforcement authorities to enhance the verification systems used to check the volumes of chemicals declared by the companies; calls on the Agency to report to the discharge authority on its efforts, and on the results achieved, to continue to reduce the considerable verification backlog and to implement the fee corrections; _________________ 17Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC (OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, p. 1).

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Committee: CONT

Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Notes that the Agency has revenues coming from both fees and charges payable by industry and a balancing subsidy from the Union budget; notes with concern that, according to the Court’s report, as the third registration deadline under Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 expired in May 2018, income from fees and charges is expected to drop significantly from 2019 onwards; points out that there is a risk that relatively stable expenditure and much less predictable revenue may have a negative effect on the Agency’s operations and budget implementation; ~~takes note, however, that~~stresses the necessity of putting in place a new, viable and thorough financing model, about which, according to the Agency’'s reply, ithe Agency has initiated discussions with the Commission ~~on a new, viable financing model~~; calls on the Agency to keep the discharge authority updated on developments in this regard;

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Committee: CONT

Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Andrey NOVAKOV

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Acknowledges that, despite the risks and constraints in some areas, the Agency reached 58 out of 69 of its key performance indicator targets; further urges the Agency to strive to achieve 100 % fulfilment of its KPI targets;

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Committee: CONT

Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Notes that the Agency continues to share its internal audit capability with the European Global Navigation Satellite Systems Agency and closely collaborates with other agencies, including by way of sharing services in the context of an inter- agency network and by way of sharing resources through memoranda of understanding; commends this cooperation as an example for other Agencies worth following; encourages the Agency to seek further and broader cooperation with the Union agencies; encourages the Agency to initiate discussions on the topic of resources-sharing on overlapping tasks among other agencies with similar activities;

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Committee: CONT

Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Notes that the Agency has an anti- harassment policy and related guidelines that were updated in 2018 in place; acknowledges that it organised training sessions and enabled confidential counselling;deleted

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Committee: CONT

Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16 a. Calls upon the Agency to aim its focus on disseminating the results of its research to the general public, and to reach out to public via the social media and other media outlets;

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Committee: CONT

8 Amendments of Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ related to 2019/2086(DEC)

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