Activities of Alexandr VONDRA related to 2021/2132(DEC)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Medicines Agency for the financial year 2020
Amendments (4)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that, following to the global COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 wasits relocation in 2019, the EMA had planned to resume full-scale activities in 2020; however, the COVID-19 outbreak forced a re- prioritisation of its operations to tackle the pandemic; stresses that 2020 was consequently an extremely challenging year for the EMA, requiring a shift in its priorities and extreme agility and resilience to maintain the EMA’s activities while supporting global efforts to combat the pandemic in a new and challenging environment;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the proposal to extend the EMA’s mandate but expresses concern that the addition of significant new tasks and its increasing workload over the years has not been accompanied by corresponding increases in the EMA's staff and resources, and that such a shortage of staff puts the continuity of its operations under significant pressure at an already critical time;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 14
14. Notes, in additiowith concern, that the Court identified irregularities in a catering and restaurant services framework contract, including a failure to verify that the amounts invoiced were correct;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Notes with satisfaction that the EMA cooperates with other agencies, in particular with the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and with the European Food Safety Authority, including on the European Vaccination Information Portal and on antimicrobial, for monitoring vaccine safety and reporting side effects, as well as on antimicrobial consumption and resistance;