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10 Amendments of Raffaele FITTO related to 2016/2166(DEC)

Amendment 2 #
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
1. Grants the Executive Director of the European Environment Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2015 / Postpones its decision on granting the Executive Director of the European Environment Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2015;
2017/03/06
Committee: CONT
Amendment 4 #
Proposal for a decision 2
Paragraph 1
1. Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Environment Agency for the financial year 2015 / Postpones the closure of the accounts of the European Environment Agency for the financial year 2015;
2017/03/06
Committee: CONT
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
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";
2017/03/06
Committee: CONT
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. Whereas air pollution is the single biggest environmental health risk in Europe and it causes an estimated 450 000 premature deaths every year through respiratory and other diseases;
2017/03/06
Committee: CONT
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas air pollution has considerable economic and environmental impacts, from increased medical costs and reduced productivity to damaged vegetation and ecosystems; whereas the Union is spending more than EUR 2 billion to combat air pollution;
2017/03/06
Committee: CONT
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Notes with concern that the Agency’s Management Board members are not required to make their CVs and declarations of interest publicly available, and consequently only a few can be found on its website; notes that the CVs and declarations of interest of its senior management team are published in the website; calls on the Agency to take all necessary measures in order to facilitate an increase in the publication of information as well as wider transparency;
2017/03/06
Committee: CONT
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Notes with concern that the Agency’s Management Board members are not required to make their CVs and declarations of interest publicly available, and consequently only a few can be found on its website; notes that the CVs and declarations of interest of its senior management team are published in the website; asks the Agency to present by June 2017 the list of the conflict of interests, if any, and how they were handled and finalized;
2017/03/06
Committee: CONT
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Notes with satisfaction that the Agency’s Management Board adopted its own internal guidelines on whistleblowing in December 2016; asks the Agency to report to the discharge authority on the implementation of its whistleblowing rules; these rules; recommends the Agency to disseminate these rules among its staff so that all employees are aware of it; asks the Agency to provide by June 2017 details on the whistleblowing cases in 2015, if any, and on how they were handled and finalized; deplores the fact that the Agency has no rules on "revolving doors" and urges it to put in place such rules as a matter of urgency; reiterates that only integrity and transparency uphold the public trust; urges the Agency to put in place measures to prevent "revolving doors" by establishing dissuasive sanctions such as the reduction of pensions or a prohibition to work for at least three years in similar bodies;
2017/03/06
Committee: CONT
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Notes with concern that the Agency has not undertaken specific initiatives to create or increase transparency regarding contacts with lobbyists; urges the Agency to inform the discharge authority regarding its meetings with lobbyists or professional associations as well as to publish them in its annual activity reports; asks the Agency to present by June 2017 the minutes of these meetings even in a confidential procedure;
2017/03/06
Committee: CONT
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Takes noteNotes with dissatisfaction from the Court’s report that the audited procurement procedures showed that the Agency signed framework contracts with a single contractor which were used for various services under fixed- price specific contracts; notes that, as a consequence of requesting a fixed-price offer from a single contractor under those contracts, competition on price was neutralised and dependence upon the contractor was increased; urges the Agency to conclude agreements with multiple suppliers with reopening of competition or direct service contracts;
2017/03/06
Committee: CONT