Activities of José Ignacio SALAFRANCA SÁNCHEZ-NEYRA related to 2018/2171(DEC)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2017, Section V – Court of Auditors PDF (172 KB) DOC (67 KB)
Amendments (4)
Amendment 1 #
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Grants the Secretary-General of the Court of Auditors discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Court of Auditors for the financial year 2017 / Postpones its decision on granting the Secretary-General of the Court of Auditors discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Court of Auditors for the financial year 2017;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Welcomes the fact that in 2017 it took an average of 14,6 months from the commencement of an audit task to adoption of the special report; notes that this was the shortest average duration since the start of the 2013-2017 period; regrets, however, that only eight of the reports (29 %) published during the year complied with the 13 months target timeframe set out in the Financial Regulation; observes that the time until publication was 16 months on average which was around 2 months less than in 2016 and, in that light, calls on the Court to continue improving its performance in this regard, while not compromising the quality of the reports and the targeted nature of its recommendations;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Takes note that the Court in order to be aligned with the recommendations issued by the International Federation of Accountants aims to provide an annual average of 40 hours (5 days) of professional training to its auditors; observes that in 2017 the target was exceeded with 6.7 days of professional training per auditor;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Regrets that the information currently requested in mission orders is n the past was insufficient and doesid not allow the Court to assess whether the activity planned by members of the Court falls within the area of interest of the Court; calls on the Court to increase the amount of information required accordingly in order to prevent possible abuses;