8 Amendments of Jutta HAUG related to 2010/2271(DEC)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that the high level of carryovers and cancellations is often indicative of the inability of an agency to manage a large increase in its budgetmight require the careful and economic use of funds as an extensive year-end outlay for ad-hoc projects would compromise the principle of value for money; inquires whether it would not be more responsible for budgetary authorities, in future, to take greater care in deciding on increases in an agency's budget in the light of the time needed to carry out the new activities;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that the agencies' recruitment plans are often not fully executed and observes a lack of consistency between budgetary and staff forecasting which could affect the stakeholders' view on the agencies' use of their staff; encourages the Union institutions to further explore how recruitment procedures could be simplified; calls, accordingly, on the agencies to put further effort into the implementation and monitoring of their recruitment planning; encourages the agencies also to provide in their Work Programme and AARs additional information on the allocation and use of their human resources and a description of the impact on the available staff when setting their objectives;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the agencies to ensure that sensitive tasks are not assigned to interim staff knowing that interim staff are recruited subject to the limits of the establishment plan; notes, in fact, that in some cases agencies hired these staff to perform sensitive tasks or have access to sensitive information; wishes to stress the risks of potential security breaches linked to interim staff's access to sensitive information or unawareness by them of the procedure to follow;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Considers the role of the IAS as internal auditor of the decentralised agencies as cruciahelpful; stresses, in particular, that the IAS issues independent opinions to the agencies on the quality of management and control systems and delivers recommendations for improving the conditions of implementation of operations and for promoting sound financial management of the agencies;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Considers there to be a flaw in the legislation related to the agencies as findings and recommendations of the IAS are taken into consideration only as a gesture of good-will by the DirectWelcomes that in accordance with Article 86(4) of the Financial Regulation, the agencies forward a summary of the IAS findings to Parliament; reiterates that reports of the agencies and of their Management Boards; stresses, in addition, that it is left to the Directdrafted by the IAS are internal and not public documents; notes further, that this also applies to separate annual reports ofn the agencies to inform the discharge authority of the work and findings of the IAS without the possibility of the IAS reporting directly to Parliament on the reliability of the information sent by the agencies; urges, accordingly, the Interinstitutional Working Groand other bodies; welcomes any cooperation on the part of the agencies to make available those reports up on Agencies to face the problem and ra specific and justified ress this failingquest by Parliament;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Expresses its satisfaction with the second successful year of operation of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), the Commission (DG Enterprise and Industry) having been responsible for the budgetary management of the ECHA in 2007; emphasises, in particular, that the smooth and fairly rapid establishment of the ECHA is mainly due to the effective support provided by its parenttner DG, exchanges of experience with other similar agencies and the provision of strong support by the host country; considers, accordingly, that this best practice could be followed by the Commission when ‘new-comer’ agencies open;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46
Paragraph 46
46. Welcomes the on-going work of the Interinstitutional Working Group on Agencies which has the objective to look intoreview the role and, possibly, lay down, common minimum standards for the decentralised agenciition of decentralised agencies in the Union's institutional landscape, the creation, structure and operation of those agencies, together with funding, budgetary, supervision and management issues;