Activities of Marco VALLI related to 2017/2179(DEC)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union agencies for the financial year 2016: performance, financial management and control PDF (428 KB) DOC (75 KB)
Amendments (3)
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Notes with concern that some agencies continue to have dual operational and administrative headquarters; regards it as essential that all dual headquarters which do not offer any operational added value should be done away with at the earliest opportunity;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Highlights the benefits of sharing services, which enable consistent application of administrative implementing rules and procedures that concern human resources and finance issues, as well as the potential efficiency and cost-effectiveness gains of sharing services between the agencies, in particular when considering the budget and staff reductions that the agencies are facing; calls on the Commission to submit, by the end of 2018, a plan to merge the common administrative functions of the agencies, in order to reduce expenditure and ensure that administrative tasks that do not give added value to the agencies’ duties are reduced;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Points out that the role of many agencies is to provide assessments and opinions on products and services for EU citizens; stresses that every expert’s report provided by the agencies must be based on the use of public data, as only then will the international scientific community be able to check and confirm it; notes that several agencies also use information that is protected as a trade secret; believes that agencies should publish all the sources they use for their assessments, even those covered by trade secrecy, when giving opinions on products which may adversely affect the health of EU citizens;