5 Amendments of Maria GRAPINI related to 2017/2162(DEC)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Regrets that the target of 95 % for the execution of payment within the set deadline of 30 days has not been reached; notes that the reasons for the delays in payment remain the same as in 2015, i.e. delays in processing invoices by the Agency´s staff, shortage of cash and disagreement with suppliers on the content of the invoices; asks the Agency to adopt remedial actions in order to reach the 95 % target within a reasonable period;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Highlights the Agency’s strategic role in improving the competitiveness of rail with other modes of transport and helping to develop an efficiently operating single European rail area without borders by reducing administrative and technical barriers, by encouraging market entry and ensuring non-discrimination, by spending public money more efficiently on public rail transport services and by ensuring better governance of the infrastructure; welcomes the focused programme on the cleaning-up of national rules in order to reduce the impact or eliminate the existing barriers between Member States;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Highlights the Agency's role in ensuring the safety and interoperability of the European rail system, revitalising the rail sector and improving the quality of rail transport services; supports the Commission’s vision of a European railway system that leads the world on safety performance;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Recalls the European Parliament's position in budgetary procedure for recovering total amounts relocated from the Connecting Europe Facility to the European Fund for Strategic Investments; stresses that funding for the completion of the single European rail area should be safeguarded with a view to modernising and expanding rail infrastructures in the outlying regions of the Union also; stresses further that the deployment of the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) should be brought forward in order to further implement common technical standards and maximise the benefits in terms of interoperability;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that, in 2016, the Agency continued the implementation of the action plan defined in the Agency Antifraud Strategy, by organising tailor made training sessions on fraud prevention; further notes that, within the framework of the policy on conflict of interest for the Administrative Board (AB), the Agency published the CVs and the declaration of interest of AB Members; notes, however, that some CVs and declarations of interest are missing; requests that CVs and declarations of interests are published without delay after the appointment of AB Members and that penalties are determined for failure to meet the deadline;