Activities of Karin KADENBACH related to 2017/2154(DEC)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Medicines Agency for the financial year 2016
Amendments (1)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Is concerned that in the case of fee-funded agencies, like the Agency, the staff cuts imposed in recent years have meant a reduction in staff working on tasks that are actually funded by applicants' fees and not by the Union budget;that has been done without taking into consideration the extra workload created by increasing numbers of applications, nor the corresponding increase in income from fees paid by applicants for the services provided, which could have allowed staff increases without any impact on the Union budget;notes that the need for additional staff and budget resources will become particularly acute for the Agency during the 2018-2020 preparation and relocation phase to its new seat in Amsterdam, during which the Agency will have to continue fulfilling its key public health tasks as well as the additional tasks linked to the relocation itself;