5 Amendments of Maria GRAPINI related to 2022/2125(DEC)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Notes that there is no harmonised definition of "administrative costs" among the Joint Undertakings, which is a basis for calculating the financial contributions of its members and a precondition for the purpose of comparable figures; calls with this in mind for common guidelines for all Joint Undertakings to take a harmonised approach for the classification of certain administrative cost expenditure categories, such as expenditure for consultations, studies, analysis, evaluations, and technical assistance;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Notes with regret that, according to the Court of Auditors' report for 2021, the implementation rate for the Joint Undertaking’s 2021 payment budget available for Horizon 2020 projects was only 71 % due to external factors such as the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as the unexpected termination of a large Horizon 2020 project after the main beneficiary went bankrupt in 2021;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3 a (new)
Subheading 3 a (new)
Acknowledges that, according to its annual activity report, the number of women on the Governing Board has increased from 20% in the previous year to 30% by the end of 2021; encourages the Joint Undertaking to make further efforts to achieve gender balance on the Governing Board;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Notes from the 2021 Annual Activity Report that there is an appropriate gender balance, with 64% women at Programme Office level, 46% in the States Representatives Group (including alternates), 57% in the Scientific Committees; Encourages the Joint Undertaking to maintain and improve this gender balance;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19 b. notes that the part of the employers' contributions for the staff of the Joint Undertakings corresponding to the ratio of their non-EU subsidised revenues to their total revenues, has not been paid by the Joint Undertakings to the EU pension scheme since 2016, as the Commission has neither foreseen this expenditure in the budget of the Joint Undertakings nor formally requested the payments; calls for the Commission to take steps to avoid similar issues in the future.