Activities of Dennis de JONG related to 2017/2159(DEC)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Food Safety Authority for the financial year 2016 PDF (329 KB) DOC (63 KB)
Amendments (4)
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Notes with concern that, according to the Corporate Europe Observatory, 46% of Authority´s experts working at the Authority since 2015 are in conflict of interest with direct or indirect ties with lobbies and companies whose products are evaluated by the Authority; welcomes that of the 17 statutory staff members that left the Authority in 2016, in two cases restrictions were applied in order to prevent the individuals from becoming contact points between the Authority and their new employer, exercising lobbying activities, and performing activities related to on-going the Authority’s fil; acknowledges that internal procedures are not sufficient to ensure independence between the Authority and industries; notes that staff leaving are obliged to inform the Authority about their future employment on any potential conflict of interest; urges the Authority to enforce stricted rules on revolving doors and apply highly dissuasive sanctions in such cases;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Notes that the Authority in January 2016 adopted the standard operating procedures on “Handling complaints submitted by whistleblowers” and recommends to undertake consistent training on whistle-blowing rules rights and the Authority rules; calls on the Authority to commit itself to strictly protect the identity of whistle-blowers and their intimidation; asks the Authority to provide details on whistle-blower cases in 2016, if any, and how they have been handled;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Notes that a group of Members of the European Parliament filed a lawsuit against the Authority on grounds of limiting of access to documents in the “glyphosate” case; calls on the Authority to fully implement the court’s ruling immediately once it is known; welcomes the recent establishment of the ad-hoc parliamentary committee on EU authorization procedure on pesticides, which came as a response to the concerns raised about the risk posed by the herbicide substance glyphosate;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. Regrets that the Authority assessments on glyphosate was drafted from Monsanto documents and that, consequently, the Authority has classified glyphosate as not linked to cancer, breaking with long-standing practice of aligning with the IARC cancer hazard assessments, as documented by the Natural Resources Defense Council;