Activities of Inés AYALA SENDER related to 2013/0014(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
EU Agency for Railways (A8-0073/2016 - Roberts Zīle) ES
Amendments (12)
Amendment 1 #
Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 63 – paragraph 2
Article 63 – paragraph 2
The Management Board shall adopt a decision laying down rules on the secondment to the Agency of national experts and shall adopt and implement a policy to evaluate and manage potential conflicts of interest of seconded national experts including prohibiting them from attending working group meetings when their independence and impartiality could be undermined.
Amendment 65 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 a (new)
Article 72 a (new)
Amendment 66 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 b (new)
Article 72 b (new)
Article 72b Penalties The Commission shall adopt, by means of a delegated act, a system of penalties for failure to comply with the deadlines set in all the decisions adopted by the Agency pursuant to this Regulation. It shall also establish a compensation scheme for cases where the Board of Appeal provided for in the Agency Regulation finds in favour of the addressee of an Agency decision. The penalties and the compensation scheme must be effective, proportionate, non-discriminatory and dissuasive.
Amendment 114 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Whenever the work provided for in Articles 11, 12, 15, and 32 has a direct impact on the social environment or working conditions of workers in the industry or on any other decision that affects it directly or indirectly, the Agency shall consult the social partners within the framework of the sectoral dialogue committee set up pursuant to Decision 98/500/EC.
Amendment 141 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 a (new)
Article 14 a (new)
Article 14a Spontaneous reporting of incidents The Agency shall establish a system enabling the spontaneous and anonymous reporting of any incident that may jeopardise the system's safety. It shall create a mechanism for informing the responsible actors automatically. The Agency shall also coordinate the communication of reports from national agencies, in particular where they affect safety in more than one State.
Amendment 168 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1
The Agency shall issue authorisations for placing on the market for railway vehicles in accordance with Article 20 of Directive … [the Interoperability Directive] in close cooperation with the national authorities. National agencies shall be responsible for processing applications and verifying the operational compatibility of subsystems, including relevant evidence in relation to rolling stock. They shall cooperate with the Agency in order to ensure the correct development of subsystems across the EU. Before taking a decision, the Agency shall verify the application and ask the national agency to make the appropriate changes.
Amendment 297 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 1
Article 41 – paragraph 1
The Agency shall contribute to identifying potential railway spare parts to be standardised. To this end, the Agency may establish a working party in order to coordinate the stakeholders’ activities and may establish contacts with the European standardisation bodies. The Agency shall present the Commission with appropriate recommendations. The Agency shall harmonise rules on minimum maintenance intervals and quality requirements in order thus to ensure the safety of the entire rail system. In doing so, it shall take account of the various parameters (use, age, material, mileage, weather conditions, type of track, etc.) that affect wear and tear.
Amendment 305 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 1 – point n
Article 47 – paragraph 1 – point n
(n) adopt rules for the prevention and management of conflicts of interest in the Agency as established in Article 68a (new) and in respect of members of the Management Board and of the Board of Appeal.
Amendment 332 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 54 – paragraph 1
Article 54 – paragraph 1
1. An appeal may be brought before the Board of Appeal against decisions taken by the Agency pursuant to Articles 12, 16, 17 and 18. An appeal may also be brought where the Agency has not taken a decision within the time limits set in those articles.
Amendment 363 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 63 – paragraph 1
Article 63 – paragraph 1
The Agency may also make use of Seconded National Experts or other staff not employed by the Agency under the Staff Regulations and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants. The Agency shall adopt and implement a policy to evaluate and manage potential conflicts of interest of seconded national experts including prohibiting them from attending working group meetings when their independence and impartiality could be undermined.
Amendment 372 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 a (new)
Article 68 a (new)
Article 68 a Conflict of interest 1. The Executive Director, as well as officials seconded by Member States and the Commission on a temporary basis shall make a declaration of commitments and a declaration of interests indicating the absence of any direct or indirect interests, which might be considered prejudicial to their independence. These declarations shall be made in writing on their entry into service and shall be renewed in the event of a change in their personal circumstances. Members of the Administration board, the executive board and the board of appeal shall also make these declarations which shall be public together with their curricula vitae. The agency shall publish on its website a list of its the members of the bodies described in article 42 as well as external and in- house experts. 2. The Administrative Board shall implement a policy to manage and avoid conflicts of interest, which shall at least include: a) principles for managing and verification of the declarations of interest including rules for making them public taking into consideration Article 77; b) compulsory training requirements on conflict of interest for the staff of the Agency and seconded national experts; c) rules on gifts and invitations; d) detailed rules for incompatibilities for staff and members of the Agency once they have ended their employment relation with the Agency; e) rules of transparency on Agency's decisions including the minutes of the Boards of the Agency which shall be made public taking into consideration sensitive, classified and commercial information; and f) sanctions and mechanisms to safeguard the autonomy and independency of the Agency. The Agency shall bear in mind the need to maintain balance between the risks and the benefits, in particular as regards the objective of obtaining the best technical advice and expertise, and the management of conflicts of interests. The Executive Director shall include the information related to implementation of that policy when reporting to the European Parliament and the Council in accordance with this Regulation.