9 Amendments of Monica MACOVEI related to 2012/2190(DEC)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the overall contribution of the Union to the Agency's budget for 2011 was EUR 39 765 191,39, compared to EUR 36 755 652,07 in 2010;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1
Subheading 1
Follow-up of 20109 discharge
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Observes that in terms of committed and paid appropriations the Agency's execution rate stands respectively at 95.21% and 81.97% against 95.65% and 79.10% in 2010; calls on the Agency to continue its efforts to improve its execution rate of payment;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes with concern that as in its previous reports, the Court of Auditors has noted the need to introduce a system of remuneration for services provided by Member State authorities, based on their real costs; regrets that no progress has been made on the issue since 2009, when a proposal for a new payment system was presented to the Management Board but no agreement was reached; notes that the Agency will present a new proposal for a new payment system to the Management Board in March 2013; urges the Agency to inform the discharge authority about the developments on this issue, inter alia on the state of play as regards the new action plan and the Management Board's position on it;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Notes that in 2011, the Agency advertised 15 vacancies for temporary agent positions and that at year-end the total number of staff at the Agency increased from 656 to 689; (To be placed under subtitle "recruitment procedures")
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Notes that according to the findings of the Court of Auditors, at the time of completion of the field work (October 2011), the Agency did not adequately manage conflict of interest situations but has developed one of the most advanced policies and procedure for declaring, assessing and managing conflicts of interest;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 – introductory part
Paragraph 12 – introductory part
12. Notes that the Agency has taken a number of steps following the discharge authority's recommendations for 2010, the Court of Auditors' audit and the publication of Special Report 15/2012, in particular:
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Welcomes the Agency's commitment to undertake in the first half of 2013 a review of the implementation of its revised policy on the handling of conflicts of interests and that an ex ante and ex post check on the handling of conflicts of interests is currently being developed for implementation in the second quarter of 2013; calls on the Agency to keep the discharge authority informed on their respective outcomes;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Welcomes that after the former Head of Legal Service left the Agency to join as senior counsel a US-based law firm having a number of pharmaceutical industry companies as clients in June 2012 the Executive Director of the Agency launched a review of his work as Head of the Legal Service, Chair of the Joint Committee, Chair of the Disciplinary Committee and member of the Advisory Committee on Procurement and Contracts; acknowledges that no evidence of conflicts of interest nor breach of obligations provided in Articles 11 and 11a of the Staff Regulations could be identified ; welcomes that in accordance with Article 16 of the Staff Regulations the Executive Director imposed some restrictions to the activities of the former Head of Legal Service for a period of two years following his leaving the EMA; calls on the Agency to provide the discharge authority with detailed information on those restrictions;