18 Amendments of Tamás DEUTSCH related to 2013/2205(DEC)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that at the end of 2012, the final budget for EEAS headquarters was EUR 184 100 000, with the execution of a commitments rating of 99,35 % and was EUR 304 500 000 for the delegations, with a commitments rating of 99,45 %; takes note that the budget of the delegations had to be supplemented by the Commission towith a total of EUR 268 000 000;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls that the EEAS is a recently created institution, resulting from the consolidation of different services, and that 2011 was its first year of operational year with numerous technical challenges to be overcome, particularly in procurement and recruitment; notes that the excessive administrative burden resulting from arrangements necessary for setting up the EEAS has been eased in 2012; is concerned, however, that the Chief Operating Officer of the EEAS has maintained his reservations concerning some of the security contracts of Union Delegations and several Union Delegations have issued reservations as well;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Believes that the current structure of the EEAS budget, with contributions from the Commission's 26 different budget lines and the European Development Fund, makes it impossible to have a clear overview of the real costs and expenses of the work of the EEAS and its Delegations; supports the simplification proposal made by the EEAS in November 2013 and asks the Commission to implement the changes proposed and to examine the further simplification of the EEAS's current financing of the EEAS operation;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Endorses the reaching of the one third target for ntarget of reaching a 1/3 proportion of National dDiplomats working at the EEAS by the deadline of mid 2013among all EEAS staff members by the mid 2013 deadline; takes note that EEAS is not static and that the selection of staff is based on applications and merit;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Considers the responsibilities of the Union Special Representatives to be very unclear; regrets that the information on the use of the budget they receive to implement their mandate continues to be obscure;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Notes with satisfaction the performance and management of the interviews conducted and the filling of vacancies; takes note of the overview provided on how often a candidate was invited to interview, as requested by Parliament in the last discharge exercise;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Recognises the high number of posts at high grades, which is very cost-intensive; welcomes the information provided on new recruitments; requests, however, that the grades of newly recruited management and Head of dDelegations posts newly recruited to be also indicated;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Finds excessive the number of officials being promoted after two years in the a grade, especially the quick promotions in the higher grades; invites the EEAS to establish stricter criteria for the quick promotion in higher grades and to be fully in line with the Staff Regulations regarding promotions;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Notes with concern that in 2012, 49 % of Heads of Delegation (57 % in 2011) assessed the skills of their operational staff, finance staff, and the monitoring and auditing staff as inadequate to carry out their tasks; reiterates its call to the EEAS and the Commission to provide Parliament with the results of their discussions;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Draws attention to the cost-intensive procedure of the annual salary adjustment method for local staff in Union delegations; invites the EEAS to consider an alternative calculation method which is more transparent and simpler;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1
Subheading 1
29 Takes note of measures being brought forward to rationalise expenditure withconcerning staff and staff matters;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Notes with satisfaction that synergies with the Commission's Directorate-General for Development and Cooperation – EuropeAid and the national diplomacidiplomatic services of the Member States are functioning well and welcomes the information provided in 2012; notes that there is still work to be done in relation to the consulate services; asks that Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs be engaged in thatis exercise;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Supports the EEAS in its efforts to prepare for the 2014-2020 Multiannual Financial Framework, when it will have a budget of EUR 96 billion of Union External Assistance funds towhich it will implement in shared responsibility with the Commission;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Supports the action plan of the security directorate on the security contracts managed by the Headquarters; regrets, nonetheless, that the deficiencies in the management of security contracts by the dDelegations were not foreseen as wellincluded in that action plan;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Strongly supports the EEAS's four main initiatives for smart savings; asks the EEAS to provide an implementing report which shows the financial results and how thismoney saved monethis way was reused; requests that the Commission also adopt thatese initiatives;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
42. Takes the view that improvements can be made at thein financial management to prevent interests accruing on late payments, in particular by reducing the delay period; period of delay;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
43. Strongly urges the EEAS, with regard to the travel arrangements ofrom its delegations to its headquarters, to adopt practices similar to those applied by the diplomatic services of the Member States in comparable circumstances;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44
Paragraph 44
44. Welcomes the establishment of a ‘Memorandum of Understanding’ between the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and the EEAS; regrets the delay of its conclusion and hopes for its outcome to be briefly achieved; asks the EEAS to report on the progress made regarding the new Anti- Fraud Strategy for Union Delegations which was planned to be finalised in 2013;