4 Amendments of Miriam LEXMANN related to 2020/2194(DEC)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the important role that Union agencies play in helping Union institutions to design and implement policies, especially by carrying out specific technical, scientific and managerial tasks; expresses its satisfaction with the high quality work performed by the agencies working in the area of employment, social affairs and inclusion (Cedefop, Eurofound, EU-OSHA, ETF and ELA);
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes and encourages the cooperation among the agencies within and beyond the framework of the EU Agencies Network (EUAN), which constitutes an important inter-agency cooperation platform to ensure efficient communication between the agencies and relevant stakeholders; appreciates and further encourages the close cooperation among the agencies under the remit of the EMPL Committee in order to improve synergies, ensure further complementarity and the sharing of resources;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that, similarly to previous years, most of the observations the Court has made in its Annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2019 concern shortcomings in public procurement procedures, mostly concerning sound financial management and regularity; encourages the Union agencies to further improve their public procurement procedures, ensuring full compliance with the applicable rules and best value for money procurements;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Expresses its concern over the very high level of carry-overs in some agencies, which could indicate various weaknesses, including weak budgetary planning, which is in contradiction to the budgetary principle of annuality;