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Edit HERCZOG, Paulo CASACA, Herbert BÖSCH, Costas BOTOPOULOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Underlines its high regard for the results achieved by the Agency and congratulates the Director and its staff for the work done in a very difficult environment, improving considerably the image of the EU and its visibility;

2009/02/23
Committee: CONT

Edit HERCZOG, Paulo CASACA, Herbert BÖSCH, Costas BOTOPOULOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Has seen ample evidence that the Agency had not only the systems (logistics, IT systems, and others) to swiftly implement large amounts of support in post-conflict situations, but that it also had the proven expertise and know-how to design and deliver high quality assistance that had real impact;

2009/02/23
Committee: CONT

Edit HERCZOG, Paulo CASACA, Herbert BÖSCH, Costas BOTOPOULOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2c. Regrets that the Commission did not respect discharge resolutions for the financial years 2005 and 2006 asking to prolong the Agency’s activities which ended in 2008, and is concerned about the consequential risk that the EU may lose much of the expertise the Agency had acquired over the last eight years;

2009/02/23
Committee: CONT

Edit HERCZOG, Paulo CASACA, Herbert BÖSCH, Costas BOTOPOULOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 d (new)

2d. Is therefore convinced that the Agency should have been transformed into an Agency for the implementation of certain EU external actions, in particular the management of EU assistance in post- conflict situations;

2009/02/23
Committee: CONT

Edit HERCZOG, Paulo CASACA, Herbert BÖSCH, Costas BOTOPOULOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 e (new)

2e. Urges the Commission to now create a "RELEX external actions Agency” for assistance in post-conflict situations that would draw heavily on the systems, experience and expertise of the European Agency for Reconstruction;

2009/02/23
Committee: CONT

Edit HERCZOG, Paulo CASACA, Herbert BÖSCH, Costas BOTOPOULOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 f (new)

2f. Considers that this new Agency should play a crucial role in delivering EU assistance in situations in which traditional development assistance cannot be implemented by the Commission’s services in Brussels or its Delegations;

2009/02/23
Committee: CONT

Edit HERCZOG, Paulo CASACA, Herbert BÖSCH, Costas BOTOPOULOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 g (new)

2g. Believes that this new Agency would not only provide an efficient means of delivering well targeted assistance in these situations, but would also greatly increase the EU’s visibility and credibility;

2009/02/23
Committee: CONT

Edit HERCZOG, Paulo CASACA, Herbert BÖSCH, Costas BOTOPOULOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Notes the Commission's statement, in its follow-up to the 2006 Commission discharge, that the Agency would stop all operational activities by the end of September 2008; that the Agency would have three months, from October to December 2008, to finalise the administrative closure; and that in 2009, a closure cell attached to the Commission would undertake the closing of residual administrative activities during a limited period of a few months;deleted

2009/02/23
Committee: CONT

8 Amendments of Edit HERCZOG related to 2008/2256(DEC)

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