10 Amendments of Gilles BOYER related to 2019/2090(DEC)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. AcknowledgUnderlines that, in the opinion of the Court, the transactions of the European Banking Authority (the ‘Authority’) underlying the annual accounts for the year 2018 are legal and regular in all material aspects;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that, as the Authority’s workload is increasingly shifting fromconstantly evolving and includes both regulatory tasks toand the enforcingement and applying Union lawication of Union law; notes that in order to facilitate that evolution, budgetary and personnel resources have been reallocated internally;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Questions whether the resources allocated to the Authority are sufficient to enable it to fully carry out an increasing number of tasks assigned to it, in particular in the important field of anti- money laundering; questions whether using temporary workers and external consultancies rather than increasing the number of its own staff is the best use of resources in the long-term, particularly in strategic sectors such as IT, as stated by the Court of Auditors;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Regrets that cooperation between the Authority and ESMA for the preparation of a joint procurement procedure for the renting of office space in Paris was stopped and that both authorities carried out separate procurement procedures, not only for office space but also for other related services; calls on the Authority to report to the discharge authority on the reasons behind that missed opportunity for economies of scale and efficiency gains and encourages the Authority and ESMA to resume cooperation in the future;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Acknowledges the measures the Authority already has in place and its ongoing efforts to secure transparency, to prevent and manage conflicts of interests, and to protect whistle-blowers; welcomnotes theat further steps takenare needed in order to prevent and manage conflicts of interest, enhance the transparency of the Authority’s activities by reporting on the meetings that the Authority’s staff have with external stakeholders, and making such reports available on the Authority’s website;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Underlines that post-public employment and ‘revolving door’ conflict- of-interest situations are a problem common to many bodies and agencies across the EU;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11 b. Underlines that post-public employment with no cooling-off period is not only affecting the reputation of EBA but of all the EU institutions;