Activities of Barbara KAPPEL related to 2016/2166(DEC)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Environment Agency for the financial year 2015 PDF (300 KB) DOC (59 KB)
Amendments (3)
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Takes note that the carry-overs from 2015 to 2016 were at EUR 4 944 739, representing a similar figure compared to the previous year; notes that of the amount carried over in Title III (operational expenditure), 57 % refers to the final payment of the contribution for 2015 to the European Topic Centres which was to be paid after the fourth quarterly progress report was presented in 2016; points out that carry-overs are often partly or fully justified by the multiannual nature of the agencies’ operational programmes and do not necessarily indicate weaknesses in budget planning and implementation nor are they always at odds with the budgetary principle of annuality, in particular if they are planned in advance by the Agency and communicated to the Court; stresses, however, the need to reduce as far as possible the level of committed appropriations to be carried over to the following year, by means of all available measures, for example by adopting best practices used in other agencies;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes with concern that the Agency’s Management Board members are not required to make their CVs and declarations of interest publicly available, and consequently only a few can be found on its website; notes that the CVs and declarations of interest of its senior management team are published in the website; notes with concern that the declarations of interest of the Authority’s Management Board members are not published; notes that this practice does not further transparency;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Takes note from the Court’s report that the audited procurement procedures showed that the Agency signed framework contracts with a single contractor which were used for various services under fixed- price specific contracts; notes that, as a consequence of requesting a fixed-price offer from a single contractor under those contracts, competition on price was neutralised and dependence upon the contractor was increased; points out that possible conflicts of interest regarding competitive bidding, procurement and contracts must be very closely scrutinised in order better to meet transparency and accountability requirements;