9 Amendments of Raffaele FITTO related to 2016/2164(DEC)
Amendment 2 #
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Grants the Director of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction discharge in respect of the implementation of the Centre’s budget for the financial year 2015 / Postpones its decision on granting the Director of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction discharge in respect of the implementation of the Centre’s budgetbudget of the Centre for the financial year 2015;
Amendment 4 #
Proposal for a decision 2
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction for the financial year 2015 / Postpones the closure of the accounts of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction for the financial year 2015;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
- having regard to the special report No 15/2012 of the Court of Auditors entitled 'Management of conflict of interest in selected EU Agencies',
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Acknowledges that the Centre’'s management board adopted a new policy for the prevention and management of conflicts of interest which concerns management board and scientific committee members; acknowledges that, consequently, the members’' declarations were published on the Centre’'s website; notes with satisfaction that the CVs and declarations of interests are well organised, visible, accessible and user friendly on its website; notes that the Centre's Management Board adopted in December 2014 its policy for the prevention and management of conflicts of interest; notes that this policy has been in place since September 2015 (including templates for declarations of interest for Management Board and Scientific Committee members);
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Acknowledges that the Centre made available on its website a publication containing all the declaration of interest forms and a summary of the professional activities of Management Board members as well as all declarations of interest, declarations of independence and summarised CVs for Scientific Committee members; calls on the Centre to publish on its website the CVs and declarations of interest for nominated members, substitutes or observers;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Notes that, according to Article 7 of the Centre's policy for the prevention and management of conflicts of interest, the Centre's Director is not formally obliged to publish his declaration of interest on the Centre's public website; notes that the Centre's Director provided this information voluntarily;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Notes that, according to Article 16 of the Staff Regulations of the European Union, the Centre has adopted procedures whereby its staff are required to communicate to the Centre's appointing authority the occupational activities in which they intend to engage after leaving the Centre;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5 d. Notes that the Centre has adopted guidelines on internal whistleblowing; welcomes this policy, which should strengthen even further the Centre's efforts to disseminate a culture of integrity and compliance in the preparation and submission of regulatory documents; urges the Centre, therefore, to put in place external rules on whistleblowing; recommends that the Centre disseminates these rules among its staff members so that all employees are made aware of them; asks the Centre to provide details on whistleblower cases in 2015, if any, and how they were handled and finalised;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that the Centre adopted ain overallJune 2016 an anti-fraud strategy in line with the methodology and guidance provided by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF); notes that this strategy integrates, completes and develops the measures that were already in place for awareness raising on staff's ethics and on gifts and hospitality offered by third parties;