6 Amendments of Marta ANDREASEN related to 2009/2070(DEC)
Amendment 4 #
Proposal for a decision
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. ________Postpones its decision on granting the Council’s Secretary- General discharge in respect of the implementation of its budget for the financial year 2008;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Condemns the Council for its perfunctory involvement in the discharge process, including its refusal to participate in Parliamentary discharge debates; believes that this demonstrates a contempt for Parliament’s discharge function and for the public’s right to see all those responsible for the use of European Union funds called to account, particularly in light of the fact that the Member States represented in the Council are in practice responsible for approximately 80 % of the actual expenditure of the Union’s budget;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Remindquests the Council of its resolution of 25 November 20091, which requires it to verify progress on the following matters: - the closing of all the Council’to confirm, before Parliament decides on discharge, that according to its resolution of 25 November 20091: - it has closed all its extra- budgetary accounts in accordance with the recommendations of the Council’s internal auditor, - theit has improvement ofd the verification of invoices following the recommendations of the Council’s internal auditor, - the publication ofit has published all administrative decisions when they are used as the legal basis for budget items, - theit has transmissiontted to Parliament and its competent committee of the Council’s annual activity report, required to be drawn up under Article 60(7) of the Financial Regulation, in accordance with the practice now adopted by all other institutions, - a full explanation ofit has explained fully the need to transfer money from one item to another within the Council’s budget, - the provision ofit has provided written answers to relevant questions asked by Parliament’s competent committee and its rapporteur, - theit is availabilityle and willingness of the Council to provide an oral explanation to Parliament’s competent committee, on the basis of these written answers, should they require further clarification;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Council ignores Parliament’s requests to review the Gentlemen’s Agreement of 1970, invoked by the Council and never actually signed by the Parliament,
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas ‘citizens have the right to know how their taxes are being spent and how the power entrusted to political bodies is handled’1,
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
Citation 10 a (new)