3 Amendments of Véronique MATHIEU HOUILLON related to 2012/2168(DEC)
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Notes the Secretary-General’s reply indicating that European Parliament allowances covered 1 599 accredited assistants’ contracts and 2 868 local assistants’ contracts in 2011; is surprised that almost twice as many local assistants were employed as accredited assistants, even though the bulk of an MEP’s legislative work is done in Strasbourg and Brussels;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42 a (new)
Paragraph 42 a (new)
42a. Notes the Secretary-General’s reply indicating that the cost of delegations, which can be as much as EUR 5 300 per MEP per day, is largely made up of transport costs; emphasises that the work associated with parliamentary activity is essentially done in Strasbourg and Brussels; suggests that the cost of delegations’ travel to third countries be made subject to an annual ceiling per Member;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 69 a (new)
Paragraph 69 a (new)
69a. Welcomes the new procedure enabling the recovery of overpayments following payments for hosting visitor groups; considers it a pity that the option of payment by bank transfer should be available only for transfers to personal accounts, with no provision for transfers to the accounts of organisations; is concerned about the significant security risk entailed in making cash payments to visitor groups, the sums in question being as much as EUR 30 000 plus, with Parliament distributing up to EUR 388 000 in a day; points out that Directive 2005/60/EC on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering and terrorist financing requires particular care to be taken with transactions involving sums of more than EUR 15 000, an amount that is regular exceeded in Parliament’s payments to visitors;