Progress: Procedure completed
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| Lead | CONT |
AYALA SENDER Inés ( S&D)
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ZDECHOVSKÝ Tomáš ( PPE),
FITTO Raffaele ( ECR),
ALI Nedzhmi ( ALDE),
JÁVOR Benedek ( Verts/ALE),
VALLI Marco ( EFDD),
KAPPEL Barbara ( ENF)
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| Committee Opinion | ENVI |
LA VIA Giovanni ( PPE)
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Mireille D'ORNANO ( ENF),
Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY ( ALDE),
Julie GIRLING ( ECR),
Karin KADENBACH ( S&D)
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Lead committee dossier:
Subjects
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PURPOSE: to grant discharge to the European Environment Agency (EEA) for the financial year 2015.
NON-LEGISLATIVE ACT: Decision (EU) 2017/1663 of the European Parliament on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Environment Agency for the financial year 2015.
CONTENT: with this Decision, the European Parliament grants discharge to the Executive Director of the European Environment Agency for the implementation of the Agency’s budget for 2015.
The Decision is in line with the European Parliament’s resolution adopted on 27 April 2017 and includes a series of observations that form an integral part of the discharge decision (refer to the summary of the opinion of 27 April 2017).
Amongst Parliament’s main observations in the resolution accompanying the discharge decision, it noted with satisfaction that the Agency's management board adopted its own internal guidelines on whistleblowing in December 2016. The Agency is asked to report to the discharge authority on the implementation of its whistleblowing rules.
Parliament noted with concern, however, that the Agency has not undertaken specific initiatives to create or increase transparency regarding contacts with lobbyists.
The European Parliament decided to grant discharge to the Executive Director of the European Environment Agency (EEA) in respect of the implementation of the Agency’ budget for the financial year 2015.
The vote on the decision on discharge covers the closure of the accounts (in accordance with Annex IV, Article 5 (1) (a) to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure).
Noting that the Court of Auditors has stated that it has obtained reasonable assurances that the Agency’s annual accounts for the financial year 2015 are reliable and that the underlying transactions are legal and regular, Parliament adopted by 518 votes to 104 with 2 abstentions, a resolution containing a series of recommendations, which form an integral part of the decision on discharge and which add to the general recommendations set out in the resolution on performance, financial management and control of EU agencies .
These recommendations may be summarised as follows:
Agency’s financial statements : Parliament noted that the final budget of the Agency for the financial year 2015 was EUR 49 156 474, representing a decrease of 6.5 % compared to 2014. Prevention and management of conflicts of interest and transparency : It noted that the anti-fraud strategy of the Agency was adopted by its Management Board in November 2014, with the aim of ensuring proper handling of conflict of interest issues and of developing anti-fraud activities especially through prevention, detection, awareness-raising and closer cooperation with the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF). However, Parliament regretted that no specific initiatives have been undertaken to create or increase transparency regarding contacts with lobbyists . It encouraged the Agency further to raise awareness of the conflict-of-interest policy among its staff, alongside ongoing awareness-raising activities and the inclusion of integrity and transparency as an obligatory item to be discussed during recruitment procedures and performance reviews.
Parliament also made a series of observations regarding the budgetary and financial management, commitments and carry-overs, procurement and recruitment procedures and internal audits and controls.
As regards communication , Parliament noted that the Agency invested in better design, data visualisation and infographics and updated its corporate identity to this effect, as well as that more efforts were put into social media and media relations. It underlined that the Agency should continue promoting dialogue with stakeholders and citizens and incorporate it as part of the priorities and activities to be implemented.
Parliament took note that the audited procurement procedures showed that the Agency signed framework contracts with a single contractor which were used for various services under fixed-price specific contracts. It noted with concern that, as a consequence of requesting a fixed-price offer from a single contractor under those contracts, competition on price was neutralised and dependence upon the contractor was increased.
EIONET : Parliament recalled that, since its creation, the Agency, together with its European Environment Information and Observation Network (EIONET), has been an information source for those involved in developing, adopting, implementing and evaluating Union environment and climate policies , as well as sustainable development policies, and also been an information source for the general public.
It recalled the importance of the on-going "Evaluation of the European Environment Agency and of its EIONET network", due for the end of 2017, in order to better assess the extent to which the Agency has achieved its objectives and implemented the tasks set out in its mandate.
The Committee on Budgetary Control adopted the report by Inés AYALA SENDER (S&D, ES) on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Environment Agency for the financial year 2015.
The committee called on the European Parliament to grant the Executive Director of the Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the agency’s budget for the financial year 2015.
Noting that the Court of Auditors stated that it had obtained reasonable assurance that the annual accounts of the Agency for the financial year 2015 were reliable and that the underlying transactions were legal and regular, Members called on Parliament to approve the closure of the Agency’s accounts. They made, however, a number of recommendations that needed to be taken into account when the discharge is granted, in addition to the general recommendations that appear in the draft resolution on performance, financial management and control of EU agencies :
Agency’s financial statements : Members noted that the final budget of the Agency for the financial year 2015 was EUR 49 156 474, representing a decrease of 6.5 % compared to 2014. Prevention and management of conflicts of interest and transparency : Members noted that the anti-fraud strategy of the Agency was adopted by its Management Board in November 2014, with the aim of ensuring proper handling of conflict of interest issues and of developing anti-fraud activities especially through prevention, detection, awareness-raising and closer cooperation with the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF). However, Members regretted that no specific initiatives have been undertaken to create or increase transparency regarding contacts with lobbyists .
They encouraged the Agency further to raise awareness of the conflict-of-interest policy among its staff, alongside ongoing awareness-raising activities and the inclusion of integrity and transparency as an obligatory item to be discussed during recruitment procedures and performance reviews.
Members also made a series of observations regarding the budgetary and financial management, commitments and carry-overs, procurement and recruitment procedures and internal audits and controls.
As regards communication , Members noted that the Agency invested in better design, data visualisation and infographics and updated its corporate identity to this effect, as well as that more efforts were put into social media and media relations. They underlined that the Agency should continue promoting dialogue with stakeholders and citizens and incorporate it as part of the priorities and activities to be implemented.
Members took note that the audited procurement procedures showed that the Agency signed framework contracts with a single contractor which were used for various services under fixed-price specific contracts .They noted with concern that, as a consequence of requesting a fixed-price offer from a single contractor under those contracts, competition on price was neutralised and dependence upon the contractor was increased.
Lastly, they recalled that, since its creation, the Agency, together with its European Environment Information and Observation Network (EIONET), has been an information source for those involved in developing, adopting, implementing and evaluating Union environment and climate policies , as well as sustainable development policies, and also been an information source for the general public.
Having examined the revenue and expenditure accounts for the financial year 2015 and the balance sheet as at 31 December 2015 of the European Environment Agency (EEA), as well as the Court of Auditors' report on the annual accounts of the Agency for the financial year 2015, accompanied by the Agency's replies to the Court's observations, the Council recommended the European Parliament to give a discharge to the Executive Director of the Agency in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2015.
The Council welcomed the Court's opinion that the Agency's annual accounts present fairly its financial position as at 31 December 2015 and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year then ended, in accordance with the provisions of the Agency's Financial Regulation, and that the underlying transactions for 2015 are legal and regular in all material respects.
Nevertheless, it made the following observations:
procurement : the Council encouraged the Agency to conclude framework agreements with reopening of competition rather than with fixed prices, whenever this is possible, with a view to protecting the Union's budget; internal audits : the Council welcomed the implementation of measures in relation to the execution of ex-ante on-the-spot checks and verifications.
PURPOSE: presentation of the EU Court of Auditors’ report on the annual accounts of the European Environment Agency (EEA) for the financial year 2015, together with the Agency’s reply.
CONTENT: in accordance with the tasks conferred on the Court of Auditors by the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the Court presents to the European Parliament and to the Council, in the context of the discharge procedure, a Statement of Assurance as to the reliability of the annual accounts of each institution, body or agency of the EU, and the legality and regularity of the transactions underlying them, on the basis of an independent external audit.
This audit concerned, amongst others, the annual accounts of the European Environment Agency (EEA). In brief, this Agency is responsible for setting up an observation network to provide the Commission, the Parliament, the Member States and, more generally, the public with reliable information on the state of the environment.
Statement of assurance : pursuant to the provisions of Article 287 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), the Court has audited:
the annual accounts of the Agency, which comprise the financial statements and the reports on the implementation of the budget for the financial year ended 31 December 2015, and the legality and regularity of the transactions underlying those accounts.
Opinion on the reliability of the accounts : in the Court’s opinion, the Agency’s annual accounts present fairly, in all material respects, its financial position as at 31 December 2015 and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year then ended, in accordance with the provisions of its Financial Regulation and the accounting rules adopted by the Commission’s accounting officer.
Opinion on the legality and regularity of the transactions underlying the accounts : in the Court’s opinion, the transactions underlying the annual accounts for the year ended 31 December 2015 are legal and regular in all material respects.
The report also makes a series of observations on the budgetary and financial management of the Agency, accompanied by the latter’s response. The main observations may be summarised as follows:
The Court’s observations :
budgetary management : the Court noted that the Agency signed framework contracts with a single contractor which are used for various services under fixed-price specific contracts. The Court stated that competition on price is neutralised and dependence upon the contractor is increased. The Agency should therefore conclude agreements with multiple suppliers with reopening of competition or direct service contracts, whenever possible.
The Agency’s replies :
budgetary management : the Agency emphasised that the level of competition of the particular market of satellite imagery production and analysis is relatively limited due to the few number of service providers operating in the related sectors and the stability and consistency of the prices applied. Furthermore, the technical nature and complexity of the services to be provided require the combination of different expertise that the service providers operating in this market can only provide when joining forces into a consortium. The choice of awarding a framework contract with a single economic operator is therefore a conscious one resulting from an assessment of tangible factors rather than hypotheses.
Lastly, the Court of Auditors’ report contains a summary of the Agency’s key figures in 2015 :
Budget : EUR 49.2 million. Staff : 198 including officials, temporary and contract staff and seconded national experts.
PURPOSE: presentation by the Commission of the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2015, as part of the 2015 discharge procedure.
Analysis of the accounts of the European Environment Agency (EEA).
CONTENT: the organisational governance of the EU consists of institutions, agencies and other EU bodies whose expenditure is included in the general budget of the Union.
The EU's operational expenditure of these institutions takes different forms, depending on how the money is paid out and managed.
From 2014 onwards, the Commission classifies its expenditure as follows:
Direct management : the budget is implemented directly by the Commission services. Indirect management : the Commission confers tasks of implementation of the budget to bodies of EU law or national law, such as the EU agencies .
Shared management : under this method of budget implementation tasks are delegated to Member States. About 80 % of the expenditure falls under this management mode covering such areas as agricultural spending and structural actions.
This Commission document concerns the EU's consolidated accounts for the year 2015 and details how spending by the EU institutions and bodies was carried out. The consolidated annual accounts of the EU provide financial information on the activities of the institutions, agencies and other bodies of the EU from an accrual accounting and budgetary perspective.
It is the responsibility of the Commission's Accounting Officer to prepare the EU's consolidated annual accounts and ensure that they present fairly, in all material aspects, the financial position, the result of the operations and the cashflows of the EU institutions and bodies, including the EEA, with a view to granting discharge.
Discharge procedure : the final step of a budget lifecycle is the discharge of the budget for a given financial year. It represents the political aspect of the external control of budget implementation and is the decision by which the European Parliament, acting on a Council recommendation, "releases" the Commission (and other EU bodies) from its responsibility for management of a given budget by marking the end of that budget's existence. The European Parliament is the discharge authority within the EU.
The discharge procedure may produce three outcomes: (i) the granting; (ii) postponement or; (iii) the refusal of the discharge.
The final discharge report including specific recommendations to the Commission for action is adopted in plenary by the European Parliament and are subject to an annual follow up report in which the Commission outlines the concrete actions it has taken to implement the recommendations made.
Each agency is subject to its own discharge procedure, including the European Environment Agency (EEA).
The European Environment Agency : the Agency, which is located in Copenhagen (DK) was established by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1210/90 , is responsible for setting up an observation network to provide the Commission, the Parliament, the Member States and, more generally, the public with reliable information on the state of the environment. This information should, in particular, enable the European Union and the Member States to take action to safeguard the environment and assess the effectiveness of such action.
As regards EEA’s accounts, these are presented in detail in the document on the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for 2015:
Commitment appropriations :
- committed : EUR 68 million;
- paid : EUR 58 million;
- carried-over : EUR 10 million.
Payment appropriations :
- committed : EUR 73 million;
- paid : EUR 55 million;
- carried-over : EUR 17 million.
For further details on expenditure, please refer to the final accounts of the EEA .
PURPOSE: presentation by the Commission of the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2015, as part of the 2015 discharge procedure.
Analysis of the accounts of the European Environment Agency (EEA).
CONTENT: the organisational governance of the EU consists of institutions, agencies and other EU bodies whose expenditure is included in the general budget of the Union.
The EU's operational expenditure of these institutions takes different forms, depending on how the money is paid out and managed.
From 2014 onwards, the Commission classifies its expenditure as follows:
Direct management : the budget is implemented directly by the Commission services. Indirect management : the Commission confers tasks of implementation of the budget to bodies of EU law or national law, such as the EU agencies .
Shared management : under this method of budget implementation tasks are delegated to Member States. About 80 % of the expenditure falls under this management mode covering such areas as agricultural spending and structural actions.
This Commission document concerns the EU's consolidated accounts for the year 2015 and details how spending by the EU institutions and bodies was carried out. The consolidated annual accounts of the EU provide financial information on the activities of the institutions, agencies and other bodies of the EU from an accrual accounting and budgetary perspective.
It is the responsibility of the Commission's Accounting Officer to prepare the EU's consolidated annual accounts and ensure that they present fairly, in all material aspects, the financial position, the result of the operations and the cashflows of the EU institutions and bodies, including the EEA, with a view to granting discharge.
Discharge procedure : the final step of a budget lifecycle is the discharge of the budget for a given financial year. It represents the political aspect of the external control of budget implementation and is the decision by which the European Parliament, acting on a Council recommendation, "releases" the Commission (and other EU bodies) from its responsibility for management of a given budget by marking the end of that budget's existence. The European Parliament is the discharge authority within the EU.
The discharge procedure may produce three outcomes: (i) the granting; (ii) postponement or; (iii) the refusal of the discharge.
The final discharge report including specific recommendations to the Commission for action is adopted in plenary by the European Parliament and are subject to an annual follow up report in which the Commission outlines the concrete actions it has taken to implement the recommendations made.
Each agency is subject to its own discharge procedure, including the European Environment Agency (EEA).
The European Environment Agency : the Agency, which is located in Copenhagen (DK) was established by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1210/90 , is responsible for setting up an observation network to provide the Commission, the Parliament, the Member States and, more generally, the public with reliable information on the state of the environment. This information should, in particular, enable the European Union and the Member States to take action to safeguard the environment and assess the effectiveness of such action.
As regards EEA’s accounts, these are presented in detail in the document on the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for 2015:
Commitment appropriations :
- committed : EUR 68 million;
- paid : EUR 58 million;
- carried-over : EUR 10 million.
Payment appropriations :
- committed : EUR 73 million;
- paid : EUR 55 million;
- carried-over : EUR 17 million.
For further details on expenditure, please refer to the final accounts of the EEA .
Documents
- Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament: T8-0166/2017
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Committee report tabled for plenary: A8-0085/2017
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE599.883
- Supplementary non-legislative basic document: 05873/2017
- Committee draft report: PE593.880
- Committee opinion: PE592.294
- Court of Auditors: opinion, report: OJ C 449 01.12.2016, p. 0087
- Court of Auditors: opinion, report: N8-0118/2016
- Non-legislative basic document: EUR-Lex
- Non-legislative basic document: COM(2016)0475
- Non-legislative basic document published: EUR-Lex
- Non-legislative basic document published: COM(2016)0475
- Non-legislative basic document: EUR-Lex COM(2016)0475
- Court of Auditors: opinion, report: OJ C 449 01.12.2016, p. 0087 N8-0118/2016
- Committee opinion: PE592.294
- Committee draft report: PE593.880
- Supplementary non-legislative basic document: 05873/2017
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE599.883
Votes
A8-0085/2017 - Inés Ayala Sender - Résolution #
GUE/NGL
NI| Amendments | Dossier |
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2016/2166(DEC)
2016/12/14
ENVI
11 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Recalls that, since its creation, the Agency, together with its European Environment Information and Observation Network (EIONET), has been an information source for those involved in developing, adopting, implementing and evaluating EU environment and climate policies, as well as sustainable development policies, and also for the general public;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 c (new) 5c. Underlines that the Agency should continue promoting dialogue with stakeholders and citizens and incorporate it as part of the priorities and activities to be implemented;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Recommends, based on the facts available,
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Takes note that the Agency successfully reduced the number of staff in line with the overall principles laid down for Union institutions (a 5% reduction in the period 2013–2018); stresses that the Commission classified the Agency as a ‘cruising speed agency’, implying a
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls for the Agency to implement Article 16 of the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union by publishing information about senior officials who have left the service and a list of conflicts of interest on an annual basis;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Encourages the Agency further to raise awareness of the conflict-of-interest policy among its staff, alongside ongoing awareness-raising activities and the inclusion of integrity and transparency as an obligatory item to be discussed during recruitment procedures and performance reviews;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Recalls the importance of the on- going "Evaluation of the European Environment Agency and of its EIONET network", due for the end of 2017, in order to better assess the extent to which the Agency has achieved its objectives and implemented the tasks set out in its mandate and in its multi-annual work programme;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Recommends the Agency to develop impact indicators, and believes that such impact indicators are essential tools in order to measure the effectiveness of the Agency;
source: 595.706
2017/03/06
CONT
26 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Proposal for a decision 1 1 Paragraph 1 1. Grants the Executive Director of the European Environment Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Takes note that the carry-overs from 2015 to 2016 were at EUR 4 944 739, representing a similar figure compared to
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Takes note that the carry-overs from 2015 to 2016 were at EUR 4 944 739, representing a similar figure compared to the previous year; notes that of the amount carried over in Title III (operational expenditure), 57 % refers to the final payment of the contribution for 2015 to the European Topic Centres which was to be paid after the fourth quarterly progress report was presented in 2016;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Acknowledges from the Agency that it reduced the number of its staff by 5 %, in line with the overall principles laid down in the Interinstitutional agreement on budgetary discipline11 ; notes that the Commission classified the Agency as a ‘cruising speed agency’, which implies that an additional 5 % reduction is expected; welcomes the fact that the Agency implemented the redundancies without detrimental effects on its capacity to deliver the main parts of the multiannual work programme; notes
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Acknowledges from the Agency that it reduced the number of its staff by 5 %, in line with the overall principles laid down in the Interinstitutional agreement on budgetary discipline11 ; notes that the Commission classified the Agency as a ‘cruising speed agency’, which implies that an additional 5 % reduction is expected; welcomes the fact that the Agency implemented the redundancies without detrimental effects on its capacity to deliver the main parts of the multiannual work programme;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Notes that the audited procurement procedures demonstrate that the Agency had signed framework contracts with a single contractor under fixed-price specific contracts; points out that this type of contract neutralises price competition and increases dependence on the contractor;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Considers that the Agency should conclude agreements with multiple suppliers with the reopening of a competition or direct service contracts, whenever possible;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Notes with concern that the Agency’s Management Board members are
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Notes with concern that the Agency’s Management Board members are not required to make their CVs and declarations of interest publicly available, and consequently only a few can be found on its website; notes that the CVs and declarations of interest of its senior management team are published in the website; calls on the Agency to take all necessary measures in order to facilitate an increase in the publication of information as well as wider transparency;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Notes with concern that the Agency’s Management Board members are not required to make their CVs and declarations of interest publicly available, and consequently only a few can be found on its website; notes that the CVs and declarations of interest of its senior management team are published in the website; calls on the agency to publish the CVs of its Management Board members and to allow the public the necessary overview on its senior management;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Notes with concern that the Agency’s Management Board members are not required to make their CVs and declarations of interest publicly available, and consequently only a few can be found on its website; notes that the CVs and declarations of interest of its senior management team are published in the website; asks the Agency to present by June 2017 the list of the conflict of interests, if any, and how they were handled and finalized;
Amendment 2 #
Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Notes with concern that the Agency’s Management Board members are not required to make their CVs and declarations of interest publicly available, and consequently only a few can be found on its website; notes that the CVs and declarations of interest of its senior management team are published in the website; notes with concern that the declarations of interest of the Authority’s Management Board members are not published; notes that this practice does not further transparency;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Notes
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Notes with concern that the Agency has not undertaken specific initiatives to create or increase transparency regarding contacts with lobbyists; urges the Agency to inform the discharge authority regarding its meetings with lobbyists or professional associations as well as to publish them in its annual activity reports; asks the Agency to present by June 2017 the minutes of these meetings even in a confidential procedure;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13.
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Takes note from the Court’s report that the audited procurement procedures showed that the Agency signed framework contracts with a single contractor which were used for various services under fixed- price specific contracts; notes with concern that, as a consequence of requesting a fixed-price offer from a single contractor under those contracts, competition on price was neutralised and dependence upon the contractor was increased;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Takes note from the Court’s report that the audited procurement procedures showed that the Agency signed framework
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Takes note that the Agency is striving for improved gender balance in the junior management but notes with concern a significant gender imbalance in its senior management team; urges the Agency to correct this imbalance and to communicate the results to Parliament as quickly as possible;
Amendment 3 #
Proposal for a decision 2 2 Paragraph 1 1. Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Environment Agency for the financial year
Amendment 4 #
Proposal for a decision 2 Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 1 a (new) Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 3 a (new) - having regard to the Court of Auditors’ special report No 12/2016 on the ‘Agencies’ use of grants: not always appropriate or demonstrably effective’,
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. Whereas air pollution is the single biggest environmental health risk in Europe and it causes an estimated 450 000 premature deaths every year through respiratory and other diseases;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas air pollution has considerable economic and environmental impacts, from increased medical costs and reduced productivity to damaged vegetation and ecosystems; whereas the Union is spending more than EUR 2 billion to combat air pollution;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas in the context of the discharge procedure, Parliament stresses the special importance of further strengthening the democratic legitimacy of the institutions of the Union by improving transparency and accountability, implementing the concept of the performance-based budgeting and good governance of human resources;
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2017-03-22T00:00:00 |
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CELEX:52016DC0475:EN
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