Activities of Bas EICKHOUT related to 2023/2147(DEC)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control for the financial year 2022
Amendments (5)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the additional posts allocated to the Centre following the extension of the Centre’s mandate1 have been filled in 2022; uUnderlines the necessity of ensuring adequate staffing reflectat the addition of new tasks and its increasing workload must be accompanied by adequate corresponding increases ing the needs of the new tasks and the Centre’s increased workload to maintainCentre’s staff and resources, and that a shortage of staff puts the continuity of its operations under significant pressure and threatens the quality of the Centre’s work; _________________ 1 Regulation (EU) 2022/2370 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 November 2022 amending Regulation (EC) No 851/2004 establishing a European centre for disease prevention and control, OJ L 314, 6.12.2022, p. 1.
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Notes with concern the overlapping mandate between the ECDC and HERA and calls for reduction of duplication of efforts between the two entities and clear division of tasks;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Calls on the Centre to ensure full transparency in publishing of scientific studies and to enhance its external communications capacity towards the general public, by ensuring that all key information, especially related to public health emergencies is available in all EU languages and making it easily accessible and understandable to EU citizens;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Notes that 3% of the appointed Management Board members/alternates) as well as 3% of the appointed Advisory Forum members/alternates did not file their annual Declaration of Interest (DoI). Calls on the Centre to ensure that all management board members, advisory forum members and their alternates have dutifully submitted the required annual declarations of interest; calls on the Centre to ensure that appropriate experts are engaged in the Centre’s work throughout its activities and that a high level of compliance with conflict of interest rules is maintained;