1 Amendments of Gabriele PREUSS related to 2018/2189(DEC)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that the revised basic Regulation of the Agency1 did not enter into force in 2017 as originally anticipated, which resulted in the removal of the additional planned human and financial resources of EUR 1,1 million originally included in the EU subsidy to cover new tasks under the Commission's proposal from the subsidy in the 2nd Amending Budget; notes that 5 posts in the original establishment plan for 2017 were linked to the entry of that Regulation and that the recruitment for them was postponed; recalls that the new EASA Basic Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2018/1139) granting new responsibilities to the Agency has entered into force in September 2018 and reiterates the importance of allocating adequateditional funding to the Agency to ensure the successful uptake of these new responsibilities and adequate staffing with qualified personnel in order to fulfil additionalnew tasks; _________________ 1 Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2018 on common rules in the field of civil aviation and establishing a European Union Aviation Safety Agency, and amending Regulations (EC) No 2111/2005, (EC) No 1008/2008, (EU) No 996/2010, (EU) No 376/2014 and Directives 2014/30/EU and 2014/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 552/2004 and (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (EEC) No 3922/91 (OJ L 212, 22.8.2018, p. 1).