5 Amendments of Jens GEIER related to 2011/2226(DEC)
Amendment 1 #
Proposal for a decision 1
Citation 11 a (new)
Citation 11 a (new)
- having regard to the Joint Statement and Common Approach adopted (in June 2012) by the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission, resulting from the work of the Inter Institutional Working Group on decentralised agencies, and in particular the sections on governance, operations, programming, accountability and transparency;
Amendment 2 #
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. ...Grants the Executive Director of the European Food Safety Authority discharge in respect of the implementation of the Authority's budget for the financial year 2010;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Considers that, while a dialogue with industry on product assessment methodologies is legitimate and necessary, this dialogue should not undermine the independence of the Authority nor the integrity of risk assessment procedures; asknotes therefore the Authority to consider as a conflict of interest the current or recentanalysis carried out by the Authority of past participation of its Management Board, panel and working group members or staff in ILSI or other activities such as taskforces, scientific committees or chairs for conferand looks forward to measures on conflict of interest arising from the Common Approach agreed by the European Parliament, the Council and European Commission, which will provide a standard according to which all agencies can act;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Welcomes the fact that the Authority has adopted a new definition of conflicts of interests, based on the OECD definition, but warns that furtherlooks forward to receiving reports on improvlements are necessary to strengthen the Authority's policy on independence; stresses in particular that the criteria that define a conflict of interests should be clarified and widened, and includeation, and notes that annual and specific declaration of interest forms now have to be completed by scientific experts and others, covering economic interests, employment, membership of specific bodies, consultancy or advisory work, research funding, and intellectual property for both current and recent past activities;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Notes from its AAR that aWelcomes the June 2012 update given to the European Parliament by EFSA on the review of its efficiency, led by external consultants, beganstarting in 2010 with the launch of the e3 programme; acknowledges that the inception phase of the programme concerned the establishment of the programme portfolio, structure and governance in preparation for the structural reorganisation that would bewhich was then implemented in 2011; invites the Authority to inform the discharge authority of the conclusions drawn by the review and of the measures it has adopted and implemented to address themlooks forward to future updates particularly regarding multi-annual planning, efficiency indicators and scorecard, and staff development policies;