4 Amendments of Frédérique RIES related to 2021/0277(BUD)
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 g (new)
Paragraph 3 g (new)
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Reiterates its call to track climate- and biodiversity-related expenditure using a robust, transparent and comprehensive methodology for the achievement of the applicable targets; looks forward to the annual consultations on the climateand close cooperation of the Council and the Commission on both the climate and biodiversity targets, as set out in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 16 December 2020;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that sufficient resources should be secured in the 2022 EU budget for the achievement of the objectives of the 2030 Biodiversity Strategy, the Farm to Fork Strateg and the EU Pollinators Initiative, the Farm to Fork Strategy, the Chemical Strategy for Sustainability, the Circular Economy Action Plan and, the Zero Pollution Action Plan and the new Soil Thematic Strategy and EU Forest Strategy; calls, therefore, on the Commission to promptly secure an adequate level of human resources for the directorates involved in ensuring the full implementation of these strategies; is concerned about the fact that the staffing levels of the Commission’s Directorate- General for Environment have been significantly reduced in the last few years and that it represents only 1.73 % of all Commission staff, jeopardising the successful implementation and enforcement of EU policies;
Amendment 49 #
7. Recalls the importance of ensuring sufficient, predictable and stable resources for the existing EU agencies under the remit of Parliament’s Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (the European Chemicals Agency, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, the European Environment Agency, the European Food Safety Authority and the European Medicines Agency), as well as for the planned European Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority, enabling them not only to fulfil their mandates, and execute their tasks and, but also to respond optimally to the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and to facilitate the green transition; underlines the importance of enhancing coordination between these agencies to improve the consistency of their work in a cost- effective way; regrets that financial constraints has led some EU Agencies to cut on some of their activities despite proving their added value;