Activities of Bart STAES related to 2011/2217(DEC)
Shadow reports (2)
SECOND REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Environment Agency for the financial year 2010 PDF (184 KB) DOC (105 KB)
REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Environment Agency for the financial year 2010 PDF (194 KB) DOC (119 KB)
Amendments (7)
Amendment 2 #
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 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 2010;
Amendment 4 #
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. ....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 2010;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1 b (new)
Subheading 1 b (new)
Postpones the discharge to the Agency awaiting substantial replies and actions on the critical remarks and requests made
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that, for five months, from 22 May 2010 to October 2010, the Agency covered its building with a green façade which cost EUR 294 641 and that the contract was realised by the companies Ramboll, as general contractor, and Green Fortune; is surprisednotes that there has been no public tender; demands from the Agency's Director detaicalls on how the cCompanies were chosen as contractors; takes note from the Agency's Director, in her letter of 11 April 2012, that these costs were covered by the budget lines ‘2140 - Fitting-out of premises’ (EUR 180 872) and ‘3323 - Communications’ (EUR 113 769); underlines that the commitment appropriations under budget line 2140 increased from EUR 85 000 to EUR 271 049 against the opinion of the Agency's Head of Administration; notes that also in May 2010 the Head of Administration entered into sick leave and sincemission to report to the Parliaments competent committees if the relevant then the position is occupied by an interim Head; notes from the Director's letter of 30 April 2012 that budget line 2140 has been reinforced by a budget transfer of EUR 180 872 from the budget line ‘2100 - Rent’; recalls that in December 2009 the Agency paid the rent for Q1 2010, thus avoiding reducing the amount to be repaid to the Commission; therefore callder procedures were correctly applied and if the financing of the project was oin the Agency to explain the discharge authority why it has extracted EUR 180 872 from the budget line ‘Rent’, while rent is a fixed sum by contract, and to provide information and written evidence on the procedures with regards to the budgetary transfers; expects the Agency to complete all the requested actions by the end of August 2012;line with the relevant financial rules
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Is seriously concerned that in 2010,Notes that while the Executive Director was directly involved with Earthwatch, 29 staff members of the Agency, including the Executive Director, went for up to 10 days of research on different biodiversity projects in the Caribbean or Mediterranean managed by Earthwatch and that the Agency paid a total of EUR 33 791,28, to the NGO as stated by the Agency's Executive Director, is of the opinion that this type of expenditure needs in future an ex ante endorsement of the managing board based on an proper cost benefit assessment;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Is surprised that Worldwatch Institute Europe founded on 5 November 2010 indicated as its address that of the Agency and used its premises as its own without any rent to the Agency, thus using premises paid by the EU budget; regrets that the Director's letter of 30 April 2012 refers only to Worldwatch Institute US based there and not to the Worldwatch Institute Europe which used the Agency's premises without any rent;, takes further note that executive director of Worldwatch Institute Europe was an Agency's guest scientist; calls on the Agency to provide the discharge authority with concrete details and documentary evidencCommission to inform the Budget Control Committee onf this matter, including the person in the Agency who authorised this, the concrete date when Worldwatch Institute Europe ceased to use the Agency's premises, as well as whether the work performed by the respective guest scientist of the Agency was published under the Worldwatch Institute Europe name or that of the Agency by the end of August 2012e rules applicable on the use of- or the address of premises of the European Institutions by third parties, including the financial consequences of this use;