5 Amendments of Maria GRAPINI related to 2018/2114(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that EU agencies are established by the co-legislators for specific tasks under Union law, such as contributing to the implementation of EU policies or supporting cooperation between the EU and national governments; considers therefore that agencies are primarily accountable to Parliament and the Council, which must ensure that adequate scrutiny mechanisms are in place in the legislative acts governing those agencies and that those mechanisms are subsequently properly implemented points out that certain policy areas require the close involvement of national parliaments in the scrutiny of agencies (for example, the Europol Joint Parliamentary Supervisory Group);
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Considers that the common approach to decentralised agencies - which lays down common principles for the establishment and functioning of EU agencies - could be updated taking account of the need, on the one hand, to have common rules governing EU agencies, and the other hand, the differences between agencies in terms of staff size, budget and operational responsibility; considers that the process leading to such an update has to be fully inclusive of all relevant actors and be undertaken respecting the principles of loyal cooperation and transparency;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Considers that the EU agencies must live up to the highest standards of transparency towards the general public, thereby facilitating scrutiny of their activities;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Believes that it is imperative to continue to improve relations between operational EU agencies and Member States to help bring greater efficiency and effectiveness both to the work of the agency and national policies;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers the current rules for missions to agencies (three Members every two years with missions strictly limited to green weeks and to the seat of an agency) as too rigid to allow for regular political contact between Parliament and an agency, this contact being a precondition for successful scrutiny by Parliament; proposes that committees should be given greater flexibility to organise scrutiny or information visits to agencies, and in particular for visiting locations in which the agency carries out operational activities;