13 Amendments of Theodoros SKYLAKAKIS related to 2011/2203(DEC)
Amendment 1 #
Proposal for a decision
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Grants/rRefuses the Secretary-General of the Council discharge for implementation of the Council's budget for the financial year 2010;
Amendment 4 #
Proposal for a decision
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Grants the Secretary-General of the Council discharge for implementation of the Council's budget for the financial year 2010 / Postpones the discharge to the Secretary- General of the Council for implementation of the Council's budget for the financial year 2010;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Regrets the continuing difficulties encountered with the Council in the discharge procedures for the 2007, 2008 and 2009 financial years, with a view to an open and formal dialogue with the Committee on Budgetary Control and to replying to the committee's questions; points out that Parliament refused to grant the Secretary-General of the Council discharge for implementation of the Council budget for the financial year 2009 for the reasons set out in its resolutions of 10 May 2011 and 25 October 2011;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. WelcomNotes the fact that the Council submitted the abovementioned documents to Parliament; hopeinsists that the annual activity report will also provides a comprehensive overview of all human resources available to the Council, broken down by category, grade, gender, participation in vocational training and nationality;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes the Council's reply that the amounts for the budget lines for interpretation and delegations' travel expenses should be more in line with the real consumption and calls for a better budgetary planning in order to avoid current practices in the future;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Shares the Court of Auditors' view that such a procedure does not comply with the principle of budget accuracy, despite the savings made in paying rent; is, however, aware that Parliament used the same procedure, which was criticised by its Committee on Budgetary Control, for the purchase of its buildings;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 – indent 8
Paragraph 23 – indent 8
– regardless of their role in the discharge procedure, Parliament and the Council need the same factual basis to make a recommendation or take a decision,
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls on the Committee on Budgetary Controuncil to enter into dialogue with the Councimmittee on Budgetary Control regarding ways in which the discharge procedure could be organised between the two institutions with due regard for their responsibilities as laid down by the Treaty.
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Points out that on 31 January 2012 the Chair of the Committee on Budgetary Control sent a letter to the Presidency-in- Office of the Council, stating his wish to re-establish political dialogue and forwarding supplementary questions from the Committee on Budgetary Control on the discharge to the Council; willhopes therefore amplify this resolution by taking the Council's replies into accountthat the Council will provide to the competent committee for the discharge procedure a reply to the questionnaire - attached to the Chair's letter- before the plenary debate;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. WelcomesTakes note of the fact that the Presidency- in-Office of the Council took part in the debates in plenary on the 2009 discharge and invites it also to take part in the debates on the 2010 discharge; regrets, however, that the Council refused to attend any official meeting of the Committee on Budgetary Control related to its discharge;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Notes that the Council ought to be transparent and fully accountable to the European citizens for the funds entrusted to it as a Union institution;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14