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Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 d (new)

2d. Notes that the ECA observed an improvement with regard to financial discipline compared to the financial year 2006, but that nevertheless in some of the agencies the areas of recruitment and procurement still contained weaknesses which must be addressed by the authorising officers;

2009/02/25
Committee: CONT

Christofer FJELLNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 e (new)

2e. Deplores that the ECA again found serious problems as regards the implementation of procurement rules and the Staff Regulations in many agencies; is not prepared to accept that these weaknesses have persisted over many years; considers that the revision of the Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002 will not do away with these problems and that a fundamental overhaul of the legal framework is needed;

2009/02/25
Committee: CONT

Christofer FJELLNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 f (new)

2f. Notes the Commission's statement that all necessary support was granted to those agencies wishing to migrate to ABAC (Accrual Based Accounting); notes that the agencies in some cases considered the support as insufficient; Or. {EN}en

2009/02/25
Committee: CONT

Christofer FJELLNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Welcomes the fact that the Commission, following Parliament's request for more transparency, anticipated assigned revenues available one year later for each agency in the Preliminary Draft Budget 2009; is hopeful that this could lead to improvements in budgetary management, higher implementation rates from 2009 onwards;

2009/02/25
Committee: CONT

Christofer FJELLNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Draws attention to the fact that the current use of the assigned revenue instruments still bears risks for budget transparency and sound financial management of EU funds insofar as estimations of assigned revenue remain difficult and the various types, years of origin and procedures to release assigned revenue does not enable them to be integrated in the budget planning and management in a clear manner;

2009/02/25
Committee: CONT

Christofer FJELLNER

Motion for a resolution
New title before paragraph 7

Insert new title before paragraph 7 "Respecting financial regulations and Staff Regulations"

2009/02/25
Committee: CONT

Christofer FJELLNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Welcomes the pragmatic cooperation between the internal auditor of the Commission and the internal auditors and other persons in charge of internal audit in the agencies;

2009/02/25
Committee: CONT

Christofer FJELLNER

Motion for a resolution
New title after 10

Insert new title after paragraph 10 "Evaluation of agencies’ performance"

2009/02/25
Committee: CONT

Christofer FJELLNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new) after the new title

~~1 See, for example, paragraph 28 of R~~10a. Observes that the Commission, followed up on the 2006 discharge resolutions of the European Parliament of 22. April 2008 with observations forming an integral part of the decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Agency for Reconstruction for the financial year 2006 (P6_TA(2008)0149). n agencies1 and finalised, in September 2008 (a) an overview of the evaluation on European regulatory agencies, which provides a list of the agencies already assessed and a summary of the major findings, (b) a document on the state of play and planning with regard to evaluation of decentralised agencies and (c) a "Meta-study on decentralised agencies: cross-cutting analysis of evaluation findings", prepared by an external contractor;

2009/02/25
Committee: CONT

Christofer FJELLNER

Motion for a resolution
New title after paragraph 11

Insert new title after paragraph 11 "Disciplinary procedures"

2009/02/25
Committee: CONT

Christofer FJELLNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Recalls that Parliament, in its 2006 discharge resolutions concerning agencies, called on the agencies to consider an inter-agency disciplinary board; notes that progress has been made, but that difficulties remain, in particular due to problems to find staff who have the appropriate career grade to be member of the board; calls on the agencies to inform the discharge authority if the inter-agency disciplinary board is feasible or not and, if applicable, to come forward with an alternative solution;

2009/02/25
Committee: CONT

Christofer FJELLNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new) after title "ECA SR No 5/2008"

11b. Welcomes the timely publication of the report and urges the European Union "regulatory" agencies to take on board the shortcomings identified in the report as well as to take actions in line with the recommendations of the ECA;

2009/02/25
Committee: CONT

Christofer FJELLNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Demands that the EU Agencies' management boards achieve maximum congruence between both task-planning and resources (financial and human) planning by introducing activity-based budgeting and management (ABB/ABM) and underlines that the agencies are subject to the principle of sound financial management and budget discipline;

2009/02/25
Committee: CONT

Christofer FJELLNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)

13b. Notes that the work of each agency should be accompanied by risk assessment in order to optimise expenditure, as well as human resources management;

2009/02/25
Committee: CONT

Christofer FJELLNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 − indent 4 a (new)

- how the Commission's different support functions and services could be made more reactive in order to respond quicker to the agencies' needs;

2009/02/25
Committee: CONT

Activities of Christofer FJELLNER related to 2008/2207(INI)

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Reports (1)

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