Activities of José Ignacio SALAFRANCA SÁNCHEZ-NEYRA related to 2017/2139(DEC)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2016, Section IV – Court of Justice PDF (410 KB) DOC (71 KB)
Amendments (14)
Amendment 2 #
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Grants the Registrar of the Court of Justice of the European Union discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Court of Justice of the European Union for the financial year 2016 / Postpones its decision on granting the Registrar of the Court of Justice of the European Union discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Court of Justice of the European Union for the financial year 2016;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that in 2016, the CJEU had appropriations amounting to EUR 380 002 000 (compared to EUR 357 062 000 in 2015) and that the implementation rate was 98,2%; notes the decreasacknowledges the high rate of the utilisation rate when; notes, however, a slight decrease compared to previous years;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Notes that the commitments for missions in 2016 were EUR 342 000 whereas payments were only EUR 157 974; calls on the CJEU to put more effort into better financial planning in order to avoid a similar discrepancy in the future;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that the CJEU's budget is mostly administrative, with around 75% being used on expenditure concerning persons working within the institution and the remaining on buildings, furniture, equipment and special functions carried out by the institution; notes that, following the Parliament’s request, the CJEU has asked its administrative services to introduce the results-based budgeting principle in their field of activity; asks the CJEU to continue applying that principle in its daily administrative operations, and to report back to the discharge authority on its experiences, and the results achieved;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes the entry into force of the Code of Conduct for Members and former Members of the Court of Justice of the European Union which sets rules reflecting several of the Parliament’s concerns regarding declarations of interest and external activities; supports the CJEU’ in implementing its decision to set up rules on ‘revolving doors’ in 2018;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes with regret that in some cases in 2016, the General Court exceeded the reasonable period of time within which a litigant is entitled to expect judgement to be delivered compared to the previous year; calls on the CourtJEU to include in its annual activity report the number of cases where it exceeded the reasonable period of time, whether the litigant asked for an indemnity and the amount of any corresponding payment, complying with data protection rules;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Maintains that information on the external activities of each judge should be made accessible to the general public and therefore publishedReiterates its call for a greater level of transparency on the external activities of each judge; calls on the CJEU to provide information regarding other posts and paid external activities of the judges on theits website of the CJEUand includeand in its annual activity reports in order to enhance transparency;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Is of the opinion that the CJEU should consider produceing minutes of meetings held with lobbyists, professional associations and civil society actors, when this does not undermine the confidentiality of ongoing cases;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. CriticisesNotes with concern that the Court for refusinged the access for the Court of Auditors to all the documents relevant in audit of the performance review of the CJEU and for only allowing the auditors to consult publicly available documents; reminds the CJEU that the Court of Auditors’ Members and its auditors are bound by confidentiality and professional secrecy in the performance of their duties6 ; calls to the CJEU to keep on working with the Court of Auditors and keep on improving its cooperation with the auditors providing all the necessary documents when they do not compromise the duties of the CJEU or the data protection rules; regrets that référendaires could not be interviewed despite their crucial role in the CJEU’s work; _________________ 6 Please see the Code of Conduct for Members of the European Court of Auditors in article 6 and the Ethical guidelines for the European Court of Auditors applying to the staff in paragraph 4 concerning professional secrecy.
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. NotUnderlines that the role of the référendaires are very influential within the CJEU but that their role and the rules governing their conduct remain unknown to the outside worldis to assist the Members of the Court in examining cases and in drafting under their supervision legal documents, such as judgments, orders, opinions or memoranda; underlines that the decision from 2009 related to the rules of conduct of these agents is still in force;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. EncouraAcknowledges the CJEU’s actions taken in 2016 to improve gender balance in senior and middle-management posts; notes with concern the geographic imbalance at middle and senior management level and calls on the CJEU to workaim towards improvements in this regard;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Notes the CJEU’s investment in IT tools to improve case management; asks the CJEU to provide detailedquantitative and qualitative financial information on IT projects within the CJEU since 2014;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25 a. Notes that the CJEU has increased its communication activities in order to make itself more accessible to citizens; welcomes the fact that the CJEU has taken the decision to update its website in order to be more user friendly and asks the CJEU to make efforts to improve its database by making it more focused on users; congratulates the CJEU on its efforts with regard to online communication channels and encourages it to keep up the good work;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Welcomes the CJEU’s adoption of guidelines on information for and protection of whistleblowers in the beginning of 2016 and recalls that the protection of whistleblowers is one of the main issues in public administration. an issue taken seriously within the public administration of the Union and shall always be considered carefully;