Activities of Inés AYALA SENDER related to 2016/2206(DEC)
Reports (1)
REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union agencies for the financial year 2015: performance, financial management and control PDF (519 KB) DOC (78 KB)
Amendments (7)
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Points out that the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound) algready established a procedure together with the Court, which allowsed, in principle, on a transparent distinction between “planned” and “unplanned” carry-overs which is followed by Eurofound for many years; encourages the Network, the agencies and the Court to explore whether the procedure established with Eurofound could be applied to ofor the distinction of planned and unplanned carry-overs and their agencies, until such time as the clear carryover guidelines are establishedtransparent communications could be established, until such time as the matter is included in the Financial Regulation;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Urges all Agencies to each formulate a comprehensive Business Continuity Plan addressing the connected risks of budgeting and business volatility that could arise as a result of unexpected and serious events or circumstances;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Welcomes the Court's findings and recommendations in its special report No 12/2016 on the agencies' use of grants;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Notes with concern that the Commission applied an additional levy of 5 % of staff to the agencies in order to create a redeployment pool from which it would allocate the posts to the agencies with new tasks entrusted to them or in a start-up phase; is particularly concerned that with the additional staff reduction, fulfilment of the Agency’s mandates and annual work programmes proves increasingly difficult, particularly for the agencies classified by the Commission as “cruising speed agencies”; calls on the Commission and the budgetary authority to look into other options in order not to hinder the agencies’ ability to fulfil their mandate; notes that there are many instances where the agencies' capacity to fulfil their responsibilities has been compromised, such as EFSA's ability to ensure food security, or Eurofound's capacity to take on new tasks relating to migrants and refugees;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Notes that by implementing projects and programmes funded by the Union agencies play a direct role in job creation across the Union; notes, furthermore, that jobs are created by the Union's various funding programmes in several very different ways, including the use of incentives such as payment of bonuses, resulting in significant disparity in the quality of jobs created by the Union; urges the Commission to undertake a thorough and comprehensive evaluation of the impact of funds, programmes and projects financed through the Union budget on direct job creation; asks the Commission to publish such an evaluation as soon as possible and to present it to the Parliament;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Welcomes the efforts of agencies to maximise transparency with the publication of declarations of interest and CVs on their websites; notes, however, that in several cases, some of these documents are missing; recalls however that the agencies lack the appropriate provisions in their Founding Regulations to make such document provision obligatory; expects therefore that any revision of the concerned Agencies' Founding Regulations will stipulate a mandatory declaration of interest and CV from each Board Member; calls also on the Commission to take advantage of the ongoing revision of the Financial Regulation to similarly address this issue as far as possible;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Emphasises that all agencies should have controls and guidance in place with regard to legal costs relating to judicial proceedings in which an agency was or is a party; encourages the agencies to share best practices on this matter;