Activities of Martin EHRENHAUSER related to 2013/2205(DEC)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2012, Section X – European External Action Service PDF (194 KB) DOC (93 KB)
Amendments (11)
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. RecognisesExpresses concern at the high number of posts at high grades, which is very cost- intensive; welcomes the information provided on new recruitments; requests, however, that the grades of management and Head of delegations posts newly recruited be also indicated;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Points to the need for parliamentary scrutiny to be brought to bear on INTCEN, EUMS INT, the Situation Room, and the Satellite Centre, which produce analyses for decision-makers, based on national intelligence service information and other sources, and foster cooperation between national intelligence services;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24b. Deplores the fact that when INTCEN, EUMS INT, and the Satellite Centre were integrated into the EEAS and the Situation Room was set up, there was no coherent guiding plan and Parliament had no say; also deplores the fact that SitCen, INTCEN’s predecessor, was set up in breach of Article 207(2) TEC;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 c (new)
Paragraph 24 c (new)
24c. Calls for a separate EEAS budget heading for INTCEN, EUMS INT, and the Situation Room so as to ensure democratic oversight and transparency;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 d (new)
Paragraph 24 d (new)
24d. Calls on the High Representative to provide detailed information on the budgets and staffing of INTCEN, EUMS INT, and the Situation Room in the EEAS annual report;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 e (new)
Paragraph 24 e (new)
24e. Calls on the EEAS to publish information in its annual report specifying how many classified documents, broken down by level of classification, it has received from (or sent to) individual institutions, other bodies, and Member States of the European Union, and third parties;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Notes with concern that in 2012, 49% of Heads of Delegation (57% in 2011) assessed the skills of the operational staff, finance staff, and the monitoring and auditing staff as inadequate to carry out their tasks; reiterates its call to the EEAS and the Commission to provide Parliament with the results of their discussion without delay;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Draws attention to the cost-intensive procedure of the annual salary adjustment method for local staff in Union delegations; invites the EEAS to consider an alternative calculation method which is more transparent and simpler and to report to Parliament’s appropriate committee on that subject;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Welcomes the fact that the EEAS could immediately impose savings of EUR 4 million in the 2014 budget with the new Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union entering into force; points out, however,deplores the extremely high costs of employment in Union Delegations, as all entitlements, allowances, weightings coefficients, rest leaves and annual travel costs, moving and housing expenses add up to over EUR 8 000 per month per employee above the monthly salary of the individuals working in the Union Delegations;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49 a (new)
Paragraph 49 a (new)
49a. Takes the view that publishing Union data makes innovations possible, brings considerable benefits to the economy as a whole and makes for more efficient administration; calls for EEAS data to be made permanently available in machine- readable form, without charge, so as to make them freely reusable;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49 b (new)
Paragraph 49 b (new)
49b. Takes the view that the availability of data must not be constrained by the use of platform- or system-specific architecture and that the data format must be based on widely used and freely accessible standards and be supported and maintained by organisations which are independent of manufacturers; stresses that full documentation relating to format and all extensions must be made freely available;