21 Amendments of Javier NART related to 2018/2105(INI)
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas in its strategic work in 2017, the Ombudsman’s office closed four strategic inquiries and opened four new ones on Council transparency; on the ‘revolving doors’ issue concerning former European Commissioners; on the accessibility of Commission websites for persons with disabilities and on pre- submission activities linked to medicine assessments by the European Medicines Agency (EMA); whereas in 2017 the Ombudsman opened eight strategic initiatives on, among other subjects, European Council lobbying transparency, improving the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI), and revolving doors rules at various EU institutions and bodies, and closed six strategic initiatives;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the Ombudsman has a crucial role to play in ensuring the full transparency and impartiality of both the EU’s decision-making processes and administration in order to successfully protect citizens’ rights;'s role is fundamental with regards to ensuring the EU and its institutions accountability towards its citizens
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the Court of Justice has stipulated that the principles of publicity and transparency are inherent to the EU legislative process, and that the effectiveness and integrity of the legislative process cannot undermine the principles of publicity and transparency which underlie that process;and any possible derogations and exceptions from these principles should always be weighed against the principles of transparency and representative democracy and duly motivated.
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas the Ombudsman conducted a year-long complaint-based inquiry into the ECB President’s membership of the Group of 30 (G30), a private organisation whose members include representatives of banks supervised either directly or indirectly by the ECB; whereas the Ombudsman recommended that the ECB President suspend hiss are not to be membership of the G30 and future presidents refrain from becoming members;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital R
Recital R
R. whereas the Commission is still disregardinghas yet to implement the Ombudsman’s recommendations concerning its dealings with the tobacco industry, thus failing to ensure full transparency in line with its obligations under the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC);
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Approves the annual report for 2017 presented by the European Ombudsman; remarks its clear and easy- to-read presentation, highlighting the most important facts and figures concerning the Ombudsman's work in 2017;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises the importance of fullgreater transparency and full publicimproved access to the documents held by the EU institutions; highlights the Ombudsman’s structural work in bringing specific secretive practices to light by adopting a case-by- case approach and launching an increasing number of own-initiative enquiries;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the fact that EU legislation on access to documents is seriously outdated; rReiterates its call for a revision of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 in order to also facilitate the Ombudsman’s work in scrutinising the granting of access to documents by Parliament, the Council and the Commission; emphasises that Regulation 1049/2001 no longer reflects the current legal situation and institutional practices implemented by EU institutions, offices, bodies and agencies;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises that citizens must be able to directly participate in and follow in detail the decision-making process within the EU institutions, and have access to all the relevant information in order to fully exercise their democratic rights;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recognises the need for fullgreater transparency in the EU decision-making process and commends the Ombudsman’s inquiry into informal negotiations between the three main EU institutions (‘trilogues’); supports the publication of all relevant trilogue documents;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Strongly believes that the Ombudsman’s recommendations on the EIB’s Transparency Policy must be implemented without further delay; calls on the EIB to immediately start to remove the presumption of non-disclosure relating to the information and documents collected during audits, inspections and investigations, including those launched both during and after fraud and corruption cases;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to ensure fullcommit to greater transparency and granting of access to documents and information with regard to the EU Pilot procedures in relation to petitions received, and to the EU Pilot and infringement procedures that have already ended;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses the importance of greatly improving the accuracy of data in the EU transparency register, including the obligation for law firms that lobby to declare all their clients; underlines the need to make available all information on the influence of lobbyists free of charge, fully comprehensible and easily accessible to the public; believes that full transparency of the funding of all interest representatives must be ensured; calls for any organisation that breaks the revolving doors rules to be suspended;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Ombudsman to continue her work on strengthening ethics rules within the EU institutions in order to solve revolving door issues and to ensure the swift publication of the names of all those EU senior officials involved, and to guarantee full transparency on all related information; looks forward to the Ombudsman’s analysis into how the Commission is implementing her guidelines and suggestions on how to improve the handling of revolving doors situations;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Strongly believes that stricter moral and ethical rules and standards need to be applied throughout the EU institutions with a view to securing respect for the duty of integrity and discretion, as well as full independence from the private sector; takes note of the updated code of conduct that entered into force in February 2018 and applauds the stricter cooling off periods introduced; considers that post-term of office notification periods should be nevertheless increased so as to allow an evaluation on a case by case basis;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Highlights the need to adopt major improvements on conflict of interest rules for special advisers; calls on the Commission to fully implement the Ombudsman’s recommendations, by adopting full transparency and a proactive approach to its assessment of any potential conflict of interests before and after their appointment, and ensuring that citizens have complete access to all the relevant information on special advisers;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. SUnequivocally supports the Ombudsman’s role in shaping a proactive and transparentinclusive policy in all EU agencies; urges the Ombudsman to continue monitoring all EU agencies in order to ensure that they meet the highest standards of transparency and provide full public access to documents and information, w that promotes transparency and accountabilithy a particular focus on procedures and activities relating to the protection of human healths core values;