Activities of Edit HERCZOG related to 2011/2220(DEC)
Shadow reports (2)
SECOND REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Medicines Agency for the financial year 2010 PDF (181 KB) DOC (97 KB)
REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Medicines Agency for the financial year 2010 PDF (219 KB) DOC (147 KB)
Amendments (24)
Amendment 1 #
Proposal for a decision 1
Citation 11 a (new)
Citation 11 a (new)
- having regard to the Joint Statement and Common Approach adopted (in June 2012) by the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission, resulting from the work of the Inter Institutional Working Group on decentralised agencies, and in particular the sections on governance, operations, programming, accountability and transparency,
Amendment 2 #
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. ...Grants the Executive Director of the European Medicines Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency's budget for the financial year 2010;
Amendment 3 #
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. ...Grants the Executive Director of the European Medicines Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency's budget for the financial year 2010;
Amendment 4 #
Proposal for a decision 2
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. ...Approve the closure of the accounts of the European Medicines Agency for the financial year 2010;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is concerned thatAsks the Management Board of the Agency neverto sentd the Action Plan and insists on receiving it immediatelto the discharge authority;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes weaknesses in the Agency's system for validating creditor claims in respect of IT contractors; calls therefore on the Agency to promptly address the situation and inform the discharge authority on the actions taken;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Is concernedNotes that the Court of Auditors has once more reported a high carryover of EUR 17 600 000 in Title II (Administrative expenditure); stresses that this situation indicates delays in the implementation of activities financed from Title II of the Agency's budget and that the Agency is not in accordance with the budgetary principle of annuality;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes with concern the additional comment from the Court of Auditors that only 36 % of the appropriations carried forward to 2011 correspond to accrued expenditure of 2010 while the remaining 64 % of amounts carried over did not relate to the 2010 financial year;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Establishes from the Agency's Report on budgetary and financial management that, in 2010, appropriations totalling EUR 9 074 296.,49 were cancelled compared with EUR 7 693 276.,58 in 2009; urgescalls on the Agency to take immediate action to decrease the level of cancelled appropriations and to adopt an Action Plan with concrete measures and deadlines to address this persistent problem;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. UrgesCalls on the Agency to introduce a system of remuneration for services provided by national Member State authorities based on the Member States' real costs; calls also on the Agency to promptly inform the discharge authority when this system is put in place; notes in this regards that a new payment system was already presented to the Management Board at their meeting of 10 December 2009 but it, in the end, rejected the proposal;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. ENotes that 80% of the Agency's budget derives from fees on services requested by the pharmaceutical sector and notes that the speed of these payments is variable and out of the Agency's control, nevertheless establishes from the Agency's Report on budgetary and financial management that in 2010, there was a cancellation rate of 4,35% of final appropriations totalling EUR 9 074 296,49 were cancelled compared with EUR 7 693 276,58 in 2009; notes the Agency's reply that the level of cancelled expenditure appropriations is a result of stringent monitoring of actual revenue and adjustments to expenditure; urgalso notes the Agency to take immediate's action to reduce thimprove fee lrevel of cancelled appropriations and to adopt an Action Plan with concrete measures - including aimed at a stricter estimation of the fee income and the period to be received - and deadlines to address this persistent problem by 30 June 2012nue forecasting and thereby reduce the level of cancelled appropriations in the future;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 – introductory part
Paragraph 28 – introductory part
28. Is concernedNotes that seven of these ‘very important’ recommendations have been delayed up to more than 12 months; notes that these recommendations concern:.
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 – indent 1
Paragraph 28 – indent 1
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 – indent 2
Paragraph 28 – indent 2
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 – indent 3
Paragraph 28 – indent 3
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 – indent 4
Paragraph 28 – indent 4
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 – indent 5
Paragraph 28 – indent 5
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 – indent 6
Paragraph 28 – indent 6
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 – indent 7
Paragraph 28 – indent 7
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 – subparagraph 2
Paragraph 28 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Is nevertheless concerned byNotes that the Agency's approach vis- à-vis the scrutiny of declarations of interest, which is primarily based on trust rather than on verification; is notably concerned by the fact that the comparison of the experts' declaration of interest published by the relevant national agencies and by the Agency reveals significant discrepancies in some cases; has been strengthened to include ex-post cross checks on their correctness, and also a breach-of-trust procedure, and furtherefmore calls on the Agency to establish a genuine mechanism enabling proper scrutiny of the declarations of interest received by the Agency and to inform the discharge authority on this matter by 30 June 2012looks forward to receiving information about the implementation of these new aspects;