11 Amendments of Pervenche BERÈS related to 2018/2114(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that, while making sure that all assignments resulting from the regulatory framework are carried out in full and within deadline, Union agencies should carefully adhere to their tasks and should not go beyondact in accordance with the mandates assigned to them by Parliament and the Council;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Asks that, in order to improve their level of accountability, Union agencies should reply to questions addressed to it by the European Parliament or by the Council not later than five weeks after their receipt; also suggests that, upon request, the Chairperson of an Union agency shall hold confidential oral discussions behind closed doors with the Chair, Vice-Chairs and Coordinators of the competent committee of the European Parliament;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that Union agencies should, seek to regularlyave exceptional circumstances, seek to involve relevant stake holders and to apply the principles of better regulationgood governance, notably transparency and integrity, including by conducting open public consultations on their draft proposals for secondary and tertiary legal acts;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. BelievUnderlines that Parliament’s prerogatives should be respected at all times; believes therefore that Parliament should be systematically be involved, and on equal terms with the Commission and Council, in defining and weighting the criteria for the location of all Union bodies and agencies; recalls in this regard the commitment of the Council to engage in the revision of the Joint Statement of 19 July 2012 on decentralised agencies, with the aim of ensuring joint and strong involvement of all EU institutions;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Calls upon the Commission, in its in-depth analysis of the implementation of the Joint Statement and Common Approach of 19 July 2012 that it should provide by April 2019, to assess the arrangements to be revised and enforced to ensure the proper scrutiny of the European Parliament as well as the extent to which the provisions laid out reflect the reality of the legal and institutional landscape of decentralised agencies, notably as regards structure and governance related aspects and if they allow enough flexibility to cover the diverse nature of the agencies;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that the location of the seat of an agency should not affect the execution of its powers and tasks, its governance structure, the operation of its main organisation or the main financing of its activities; underlines, however, that the location of an agency mightshould allow for the sharing among Union agencies ofimplementation of shared services among Union agencies, notably joint premises, since shared infrastructure, administrative support and facility management services trigger significant efficiency gains.
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Stresses that the location of the seat of an agency should not affect the execution of its powers and tasks, its governance structure, the operation of its main organisation or the main financing of its activities; underlines, however, that the location of an agency should allow for the implementation of shared services among Union agencies, notably joint premises, since shared infrastructure, administrative support and facility management services trigger significant efficiency gains.
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Underlines that Parliament’s prerogatives should be respected at all times; believes therefore that Parliament should systematically be involved, and on equal terms with the Commission and Council, in defining and weighting the criteria for the location of all Union bodies and agencies; recalls in this regard the commitment of the Council to engage in the revision of the Joint Statement of 19 July 2012 on decentralised agencies, with the aim of ensuring joint and strong involvement of all EU institutions
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls therefore for a thorough assessment of the implementation of the Common Approach in all its aspects, with detailed analytical papers similar to those produced in 2010upon the Commission, in its in-depth analysis of the implementation of the Joint Statement and Common Approach of 19 July 2012 that it should provide by April 2019, to assess the arrangements to be revised and enforced to ensure the proper scrutiny of the European Parliament as well as the extent to which the provisions laid out reflect the reality of the legal and institutional landscape of decentralised agencies, notably as regards structure and governance related aspects and if they allow enough flexibility to cover the diverse nature of the agencies;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Asks that, in order to improve their level of accountability, Union agencies should reply to questions addressed to it by the European Parliament or by the Council not later than five weeks after their receipt; also suggests that, upon request, the Chairperson of an Union agency shall hold confidential oral discussions behind closed doors with the Chair, Vice-Chairs and Coordinators of the competent committee of the European Parliament;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. ProposeConsiders that Union agencies be subject to the same transparency rules as Parliament and the Commission and that the samshould apply the rules and principles of good governance, notably transparency and integrity, as the Parliament and the Commission. They should seek, save exceptional circumstances, to regularly involve rueles svant stakehould apply to all those recognised by agencies as stakeholderers, and to apply the principles of better regulation, including conducting open public consultations on their draft proposals for secondary and tertiary legal acts;