2 Amendments of Derk Jan EPPINK related to 2011/2202(DEC)
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
42. Notes that, on 5 July 2010, the Bureau adopted Parliament's updated Communication Strategy integrating the project of the House of European History and that, in September 2010, an international jury examined that projects; further notes that use was not made of budget chapter 1 0 6 ‘Reserve for priority projects under development’ for this project as all the appropriations of that chapter (EUR 5 000 000) were transferred to chapter 2 1 0 ‘Computing and telecommunications’; insists that the total financial implications of the project be made available, especially in light of the complications raised by the subterranean Maalbeek River flowing under the building's foundations; reiterates its expectation that the cost plan contained in the Business Plan should be strictly adhered to;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44
Paragraph 44
44. Regrets that EuroparlTV cannot be considered to be a success story in view of its very low number of direct individual users (excluding viewers through partnership agreements with regional TVs) in spite of the considerable financing that it received in 2010, amounting to some EUR 9 000 000 (item 3 2 4 6); welcomes the efforts made to reduce this budget by 14 % (to EUR 8 000 000) in 2011 and in the subsequent years; callinsists however forupon a cost- benefit evaluation of Europarl TV, with termination of the entire project to follow swiftly depending on the outcome of the evaluation;