[ParlTrack]

Monika HOHLMEIER, Arnaud DANJEAN, Jeroen LENAERS, Petri SARVAMAA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Underlines the increasing need to ensure the transparency of NGOs and of their funding, as they are important actors in the implementation of the Union budget, especially in the area of external action; demands the Commission to re-evaluate its identification of entities as NGOs and a clear definition, improving the reliability of information (making sure to have them registered as lobbyists, having clearly established whether they stand for the topics they claim they represent, and having insight into their financing); demands the disclosure of their financing be it private (e.g. NGOs financed by the industrial actors) or public; recalls that as regards public funding, the Union basic acts regulate how transparency and visibility in this regard need to be handled, therefore reminds the Commission about the responsibility it has to check the compliance with rules and procedures, especially rules and procedures on sub- granting to NGOs; moreover, demands that the Commission provides the discharge authority with clear information about the total amount of Union funds implemented by NGOs;

2023/03/08
Committee: CONT

Monika HOHLMEIER, Arnaud DANJEAN, Jeroen LENAERS, Petri SARVAMAA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Calls on the Commission to draw up a proposal for an NGO Regulation including a clear definition and categorisation of NGOs' field of activity and size; The legislation should cover the following obligations of NGOs that receive EU money: a) equivalent to the US Foreign Agents Registration Act, disclose all agreements with foreign principals, report amounts and sources of funding received as well as log all their activities performed on behalf of the foreign principals; label disseminated information material to disclose the connection to the foreign principal; b) disclose their financial and non- financial inflows and outflows, including payments or non-financial donations that are passed on from one NGO to another other within an umbrella organisation to its members; c) disclosure of the financing of political advertising or political campaigns by NGOs; d) compliance with democratic accountability and respect for European values; e) for very large NGOs with corporate structures, in analogy to private companies an obligation to report on corporate social responsibility, compliance with employee protection provisions, provision for the promotion of gender equality, sustainability reporting obligations, the taxonomy for investments, supply chain linkages in purchasing and the like; The legislation should also foresee the creation of a public black list of NGOs, that have engaged in activities such as hate speech, incitement to terrorism, religious extremism supporting or glorifying violence, or have misused or misappropriated EU funds and are listed in the EDES database are blocked from access to the European institutions and European funding programmes;

2023/03/08
Committee: CONT

Monika HOHLMEIER, Arnaud DANJEAN, Jeroen LENAERS, Petri SARVAMAA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)

12b. The legislation should also oblige the Commission to fully disclose any financial, administrative or cooperation agreements between the Commission and NGOs, particularly funding agreements/contracts with NGOs in which the Commission outsources the implementation of policies or the drafting of legislation or impact assessments to NGOs;

2023/03/08
Committee: CONT

3 Amendments of Arnaud DANJEAN related to 2022/2081(DEC)

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