Procedure completed
Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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Lead | CONT | GUIDONI Umberto (GUE/NGL) | |
Opinion | ENVI | HAUG Jutta (PSE) |
Legal Basis RoP 094
Activites
- 2006/12/06 Final act published in Official Journal
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2006/04/27
Results of vote in Parliament
- Results of vote in Parliament
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T6-0180/2006
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The European Parliament adopted a resolution drafted by Umberto GUIDONI (GUE/NGL, IT) and granted discharge to the Executive Director of the European Food Safety Authority for the implementation of the Authority’s budget for the financial year 2004. In its accompanying comments, Parliament was disappointed to note that the Court of Auditors had again discovered anomalies in the application of the rules concerning staff recruitment. It urged the Authority to apply with more transparency the rules regarding selection procedures. Parliament was also concerned by the irregularities noted by the Court of Auditors in contract award procedures. It urged the Authority to improve by any means necessary the transparency of its decisions on the award of contracts in order to avoid any suspicion of bias, as stressed by the Court of Auditors. 2004 was the second operating year for the Authority. Due to the delayed decision by the Council on its permanent seat, the Authority continued operating on a transitional basis. It was not able to complete its establishment plan largely due to the announced move to Parma in 2005. Parliament considered it understandable, therefore, that with fewer staff the Authority was not possible fully to implement all actions in the operating budget. Parliament also made a series of general remarks on the agencies. As well as spending money properly, agencies should also strive to spend money as efficiently and effectively as possible. The Court of Auditors was asked to consider the possibility of extending its specific annual reports on the agencies to include an examination of performance and achievement of objectives. The following aspects should be taken into account: duplication of work among the agencies must be avoided as much as possible and measures designed to improve transparency and communication with the public must be clarified, along with Community affirmative action measures at all levels of recruitment, training and the assignment of responsibilities. Parliament noted that Community agencies did not always have a good image or good press and that many of them did not deserve such a negative image. EU citizens should be made aware of this, and Parliament called on the Commission to act accordingly, using whatever means it considers necessary. Furthermore, the enlargement of the European Union in 2004 had affected the structures and operating arrangements of the Community agencies in many ways, and several of the agencies draw attention to these effects in their activity reports, focusing in particular on the increase in the number of administrators. The Commission needed to assess the problems encountered and recommend the regulatory changes required. The Commission had made a commitment to harmonising the way in which activity reports concerning its directorates-general were presented. Parliament called for a similar approach to be taken in respect of the activity reports of the Communities" agencies, which differed significantly in terms of content. The Commission should point out to the agencies the information and activity indicators that they must provide. Finally, Parliament asked the Commission to improve synergies between agencies by making cooperation more effective, avoiding duplication of work and addressing shortcomings, in particular as regards common areas such as training, the implementation of Community policies across the board, the use of the latest management systems and solving problems relating to sound management of the budget.
- 2006/04/26 Debate in Parliament
- 2006/03/27 Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
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2006/03/21
Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
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2006/03/14
Council Meeting
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2006/01/19
Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
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2005/04/14
Non-legislative basic document published
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N6-0014/2005
summary
PURPOSE : presentation of the final accounts of the European Food Safety Authority for the financial year 2004.CONTENT : this document published in the Official Journal of the EU sets out a detailed account of the implementation of the 2004 budget, including the revenue and expenditure and the balance sheet for the year concerned. According to this document, the final budget amounted to EUR 29,1 million (against EUR 12,6 million in 2003) including a 100% Community contribution. As regards the staffing policy, the Authority, whose headquarters are now based in Parma (Italy), officially set out 138 posts in its establishment plan. 102 are currently occupied with + 37 other staff (auxiliary contracts, seconded national experts, local staff, and employment agency staff) totalling 139 posts assigned to administrative and operational duties.Staff expenditure amounted to EUR 8,2 million.The Authority’s main tasks are to supply the scientific information needed for Community legislation to be drawn up, to collect and analyse data that allow risks to be identified and monitored and to provide independent information on these risks. The Authority’s competences and activities are summarised below:- 158 opinions were adopted and published in 2004. They covered many areas including aromatic plants, genetically modified organisms (with the WHO), bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE)or transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE);- 2 scientific symposia on specific topics, the development of scientific expertise within the Authority, the identification of emerging risks and the placing on the network and gathering of scientific data were organised;- the Advisory Forum met 4 times with a view to working as a network with the national authorities on specific topics such as coordination in the event of a crisis scenario;Operational expenditure represented roughly EUR 7,5 million in commitment appropriations. A positive economic result of EUR 775 000 was shown.The complete version of the final accounts may be found at the following address:http://www.efsa.eu.int/about_efsa/efsa_funding/accounts/catindex_en.html
- DG [{'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/budget/', 'title': 'Budget'}],
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N6-0014/2005
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Documents
- Non-legislative basic document published: N6-0014/2005
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A6-0105/2006
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T6-0180/2006
- : Budget 2006/846
- : OJ L 340 06.12.2006, p. 0134-0134
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