6 Amendments of Notis MARIAS related to 2016/2175(DEC)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
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1. Notes that the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (“the Centre”), whose objective is to strengthen the EU's defences against infectious diseases, is almost exclusively financed from the Union budget; notes also that the EFTA Member States contributed 2,97% of the Centre’s 2015 budget; acknowledges that in 2015, the Centre had an outturn of EUR 5 079 604 on a total budget of EUR 58 451 950 cashed from the Commission;
Amendment 2 #
Proposal for a decision 1
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1. Grants the Director of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control discharge in respect of the implementation of the Centre’s budget for the financial year 2015 / Postpones its decision on granting the Director of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control discharge in respect of the implementation of the Centre’s budget for the financial year 2015;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
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3. StressNotes that the Ebola epidemic provided a test case for the Union’s preparedness arrangements and legal framework and that the Health Security Committee met regularly to discuss appropriate measures based on rapid risk assessments and guidance from the Centre;
Amendment 4 #
Proposal for a decision 2
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1. Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control for the financial year 2015 / Postpones the closure of the accounts of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control for the financial year 2015;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
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5. AcknowledgNotes that the Early Warning and Response System, which was established under Decision No 1082/2013/EU to notify alerts and report measures taken to fight the serious cross- border health threats, has been constantly monitored; in 2015, there were 88 notifications, which resulted in 280 messages and information exchanges, and 37 different events were addressed, for example, the Ebola epidemic, the influx of refugees, the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), poliomyelitis, the shortage of medical countermeasures, the Zika virus, and the explosion of a chemical factory in China; stresses that all events were followed up in close cooperation with the Centre and Member States;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
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8. Recommends, based on the facts available, that discharge be grantedpostponing discharge to the Director of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control with respect to the implementation of the Centre's budget for the financial year 2015.