Activities of Inés AYALA SENDER related to 2014/2082(DEC)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2013, Section VI – European Economic and Social Committee PDF (139 KB) DOC (70 KB)
Amendments (11)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Welcomes the EESC’s intention of planning its work more efficiently within the legislative process, without necessarily increasing the number of opinions, laying emphasis instead on the quality of its opinions;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that the use of external translation has decreased to 2.9% in 2013, compared with 4.5% in 2012; finds, however, that the productivity of the internal translation service has also decreased; notes with concern that a substantial proportion of the EESC’s in- house translation staff have been transferred to the new European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS), following the Cooperation Agreement between the EP, the EESC, and the CoR signed on 5 February 2014; calls on the EESC to conduct a specific study gauging the impact of this cut on the quality and efficiency of its translation services;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Expects that the interinstitutional cTakes note of the Cooperation Agreement between the EESC, the Committee of the Regions (CoR) and Parliament in the matter of human resources will contribute positively to the further rationalisation of resourcesuropean Economic and Social Committee (EESC), the Committee of the Regions (CoR) and the European Parliament, which was eventually signed on 5 February 2014 and has led first of all to the transfer of large numbers of committee staff to the new European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS); expects that the agreement will evolve in a balanced way, benefit all three institutions equally, and contribute positively to the further rationalisation of resources; calls on each of the institutions, at the end of the first year of their collaboration, to make an individual assessment of the impact that the agreement is having in terms both of human resources and of expenditure, synergies, added value, and substantive quality;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Expresses concern at the shortage of women holding senior EESC posts (61% – 39%); calls for an equal opportunities plan to be set in motion, particularly as regards management positions, with the aim of correcting this imbalance as quickly as possible;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Notes that the next mid-term review of the new cooperation agreement between the EESC and the CoR will be the appropriate moment to evaluate the agreement and correct any shortcomings identified;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Requests detailed information on the results of the mid-term review and expects that this evaluation will also include a joint assessment of the budgetary savings resulting from the cooperation;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Notes with concern that translation costs vary enormously from one EU institution to another; asks consequently that the Interinstitutional Working Group on Translation determine the causes of these disparities and put forward solutions with a view to ending the inequality and harmonising translation costs, without in any way impairing quality and linguistic diversity; believes that, with that end in view, the working group should relaunch interinstitutional collaboration in order to share best practice and outcomes and determine those areas in which interinstitutional cooperation or agreements could be strengthened; believes that the working group should also aim to establish a unified methodology, common to all the institutions, for the presentation of translation costs in order to simplify cost analysis and comparison; calls for the working group to present the results of this work before the end of 2015; calls on all the institutions to play an active part in the proceedings of the interinstitutional working group; points to the fundamental importance of preserving multilingualism in the EU institutions in order to ensure that all EU citizens can enjoy equal treatment and equal opportunities;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Considers that at a time of crisis and budget cuts in general, the cost of staff ‘away days’ at the EU institutions has to be lowered and that these events should take place, wherever possible, on the institutions’ own premises, as the resulting added value does not justify such high spending;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Deplores the European Civil Service Tribunal judgment published on 22 May 2014 condemning the EESC for breaching the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union when dismissing one of its staff members in 2013; recommends a strict application of the rules on staff management. also deplores the ruling handed down on 8 October 2014 in Case T-530/12 P, M. B. G. v EESC, in which the General Court found against the EESC in connection with the reporting of irregularities concerning the former Secretary-General by the head of the EESC Legal Service; calls on the EESC and its new Secretary-General to take the steps required to prevent further serious breaches of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, to inform the EESC Bureau, the members, and the entire staff about the content of the two judgments, and to draw their attention to the fact that officials and other staff covered by the Staff Regulations have an obligation to report irregularities and that the EESC Bureau is an appropriate body to receive such reports; also asks to be informed about the total legal expenses incurred in the last five years in staff cases ultimately dealt with in the courts or by the Ombudsman.
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Points to the need to raise the EESC’s profile by stepping up the necessary information and communication policy.