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Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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Lead | CONT | STAVRAKAKIS Georgios (S&D) | MACOVEI Monica (PPE), GERBRANDY Gerben-Jan (ALDE), STAES Bart (Verts/ALE), SØNDERGAARD Søren Bo (GUE/NGL) |
Opinion | ENVI | HAUG Jutta (S&D) |
Activites
- 2011/09/27 Final act published in Official Journal
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2011/05/10
Results of vote in Parliament
- Results of vote in Parliament
- Debate in Parliament
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T7-0172/2011
summary
The European Parliament adopted by 510 votes to 82, with 32 abstentions a decision to grant discharge to the Executive Director of the European Food Safety Authority for implementation of the Authority's budget for the financial year 2009.Noting that the Authority’s annual accounts for the financial year 2009 are reliable, and the underlying transactions are legal and regular, Parliament approves the closure of the Authority’s accounts. However, it makes a number of recommendations that need to be taken into account when the discharge is granted (in addition to the general recommendations that appear in the resolution on financial management and control of EU agencies - see DEC/2010/2271):performance: Parliament notes that the Authority's 2009 budget amounted to EUR 71.4 million compared to EUR 66.4 million in 2008. It recalls that an overall reserve of EUR 4.546 million was introduced by the budgetary authority to the Authority's budget and that EUR 2 million of the reserve was released in November 2009 to implement the IT development and infrastructure projects of the Authority once it had clarified some issues relating to the budget reserve. It notes that the other part of the reserve has been allocated to the same policy area in order to contribute to effective response measures against the H1N1 pandemic. It stresses the need for the Authority to ensure its advice is of a high quality and is independent, in order to guarantee compliance with Union safety standards, scientific excellence and independence on all matters with a direct or indirect impact on food and feed safety, and plant protection. It recommends, particularly in the interests of transparency, measures to further foster and monitor internal rules on declarations of interest of staff of the Authority;budgetary and financial management: Parliament calls on the Authority to strengthen the budget processes related to its differentiated appropriations and the planning and monitoring of its multiannual implementation. It notes that EUR 6 million (75 %) of the differentiated appropriations for science grants and scientific cooperation projects had to be cancelled, of which EUR 3.1 million were funds allocated in excess of the needs identified by the Authority. It, therefore, urges the Authority to improve its budget management in order to reduce its high carryover amounts. It stresses that, for the fourth successive year, the Court of Auditors has flagged up carryovers of appropriations to the following year and that this situation demonstrates weaknesses in the Authority's contract management. They also regret that certain commitments for operational activities carried over from the previous year had to be cancelled and urge the Authority to remedy this recurring problem; internal audit: Parliament calls on the Authority to be more transparent and to take appropriate measures in case of conflicts of interest (between scientists, board and panel members), so that possible omissions in the declarations of interest can be detected and followed by action in a timely manner.
- 2011/04/14 Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
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2011/04/11
Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
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2010/10/07
Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
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2010/07/20
Non-legislative basic document published
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SEC(2010)0963
summary
PURPOSE: presentation by the Commission of the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2009, as part of the 2009 discharge procedure.Analysis of the accounts of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).CONTENT: this Commission document sets out the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2009 as prepared on the basis of the information presented by the institutions, organisations and bodies of the EU, in accordance with Article 129 (2) of the Financial Regulation applicable to the EU’s General Budget, including the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).In 2009, the tasks and budget of this agency were as follows:description of EFSA’s tasks: EFSA, which is located in Parma, was established by Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002. Its main tasks are to supply the scientific information needed for Union 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. EFSA’s budget for the 2009 financial year: the Authority’s 2009 budget amounted to EUR 71.4 million compared with EUR 66.4 million the previous year. The number of staff employed by the Authority at the end of the year was 326 as compared with 318 the previous year. The complete version of EFSA’s final accounts may be found at the following address: http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/funding/accounts.htm
- DG {'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/budget/', 'title': 'Budget'}, ŠEMETA Algirdas
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SEC(2010)0963
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Documents
- Non-legislative basic document published: SEC(2010)0963
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A7-0146/2011
- Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T7-0172/2011
- : Decision 2011/580
- : OJ L 250 27.09.2011, p. 0162
Amendments | Dossier |
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2010/2178(DEC)
2011/02/16
ENVI
6 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Underlines the European Food Safety Authority's role in providing high quality independent advice to ensure compliance with EU safety standards and in ensuring scientific excellence and independence on all matters with a direct or indirect impact on food and feed safety and plant protection;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Underlines the need for the European Food Safety Authority
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6.
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Urges the Commission to transmit to Parliament the internal audit reports for the European Food Safety Authority;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Requests the European Court of Auditors to undertake performance audits on the European Food Safety Authority.
source: PE-458.667
2011/03/09
CONT
2 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Reiterates its demand on the Authority to take appropriate measures in case of conflicts of interest; invites the Authority to initiate an investigation on potential conflicts of interest of its leading scientists, board and panel members, so that possible omissions in the declaration of interest can be detected and followed by action in a timely manner;
source: PE-460.803
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