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Activities of Indrek TARAND related to 2015/2012(BUD)

Shadow reports (1)

REPORT on Parliament’s estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2016 PDF (346 KB) DOC (523 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: BUDG
Dossiers: 2015/2012(BUD)
Documents: PDF(346 KB) DOC(523 KB)

Amendments (7)

Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes that the year-end transfer of last year's budget amounted to EUR 71,5 million, which corresponds to 4 % of the total budget; believes that this is a clear sign of overbudgeting and therefore believes that an increase of around 2 % for this year's budget would be entirely sufficient to finance the needs of Parliament;
2015/03/20
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Is of the opinion that, due to an increasing use of electronic media and equipment, particular attention should be paid to IT security to ensure the maximum possible level of security of its information and communication systems; considers that any measure in this field should be based on a clear evaluation of the Parliament's needs and decided in the context of the budgetary procedure; believes that the best way to achieve cyber-security is through the increased use of open-source software;
2015/03/20
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
"IT" 18a. Is astonished by the once again high increase when it comes to IT expenditure, which is mostly not security related; wonders why an increase in IT expenditure of EUR 3,9 million for translation purposes as well as EUR 3,6 million for HR purposes is necessary;
2015/03/20
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Believes that it is preferable to resort to a loan in order to finance the remaining KAD related costs in order to avoid too great an increase in Parliament's budget; believes that surpluses at year-end can reimburse such a loan more quickly;
2015/03/20
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Asks the bureau to proceed to an independent evaluation of the first European Youth Event before organising a second event for the non-negligible cost of EUR 1,2 million;
2015/03/20
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. Is open to the replication of the highly successful Parlamentarium in major European cities; believes however that this should be realised first in Member States where Euroscepticism is a real problem; does not believe therefore that Berlin should be the first place for such a replication;
2015/03/20
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 c (new)
"Parliament's environmental footprint" 27c. Reiterates Parliaments' responsibility to act in a sustainable manner; welcomes the efforts made in order to achieve a paperless environment and the ongoing valuable work realised through the EMAS approach; believes that the EMAS process needs continued budgetary support; asks for an evaluation of the results of the voluntary approach when it comes to using business class for short distance flights;
2015/03/20
Committee: BUDG