Activities of Monica MACOVEI related to 2011/2219(DEC)
Reports (1)
REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union for the financial year 2010 PDF (168 KB) DOC (118 KB)
Amendments (6)
Amendment 1 #
Proposal for a decision 1
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1. ...Grants the Director of the Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union discharge in respect of the implementation of the Centre's budget for the financial year 2010;
Amendment 3 #
Proposal for a decision 2
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1. ...Approves the closure of the accounts of the Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union for the financial year 2010;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
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3. Recalls that, under Article 13 of its founding Regulation (EC) No 2965/94, the Centre revenue and expenditure shown in its budget must be balanced; notes that for the financial year 2010 the Centre's accumulated 2009 surplus amounted to EUR 24 000 000; takes note, however, that principally through the transfer of funds to the Union's Pension Scheme and the reimbursements to its clients, the Centre managed to reduce the aforementioned surplus to EUR 9 200 000; acknowledges moreover from the Centre that the Management Board decided in 2011 to use these EUR 9 200 000 to create a reserve for exceptional investment (EUR 4 300 000) and a reserve for price stabilisation (EUR 4 900 000);
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
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6. Notes thatWelcomes that following the request of the discharge authority the final accounts for the financial year 2010 have not been made publicly available on the Centre's website; calls on the Centre to remedy the situation as a matter of urgency;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
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10. Acknowledges that, given that 8 staff members with higher points were not promoted whereas some other staff in the same grade were promoted, Article 45 of Staff Regulations was not respected, as additional discretionary elements were actually incorporated into the final decision to award promotion; calls, therefore, on the Centre to inform the discharge authority on how the Centre improved the situation in this respectnotes the Centre's statement that the Internal Audit Service (IAS) acknowledged that the "Decisions on career and promotion of officials and of temporary staff" adopted by the Management Board on 7 February 2008 were subject to interpretation and that following the final IAS assessment on "Implementation of the staff promotion" issued by IAS in September 2010, the Centre adapted its interpretation to the one of the IAS while the additional criteria which were previously used for promotion were abandoned;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
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15. Acknowledges observations from the Centre's Annual Activity Report that during the financial year 2010 around 55 % of the total volume of pages translated was outsourced; notes in addition comments from this report that the Centre took steps to consolidate the management of its translation workflow in 2010 by merging the Demand Management and Freelance Management Sections; acknowledges, in particular, that an external study on validation of the ratio between works carried out internally and outsourcing has been launched; calls, therefore, on the Centre to inform the discharge authority in due time of the result of this studycompleted and that the calculation model used by the Centre was validated;