2020/2168(DEC) 2019 discharge: European GNSS Agency (GSA)
Lead committee dossier:
Progress: Awaiting Parliament's vote
Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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Lead | CONT | CZARNECKI Ryszard ( ECR) | CHRISTOFOROU Lefteris ( EPP), RÓNAI Sándor ( S&D), CSEH Katalin ( Renew), EICKHOUT Bas ( Verts/ALE), OMARJEE Younous ( GUE/NGL) |
Committee Opinion | ITRE |
Lead committee dossier:
Subjects
Events
2021/04/27
Debate in plenary scheduled
2021/03/30
EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
Documents
2021/03/30
Committee report tabled for plenary
Documents
2021/03/22
Vote in committee
2021/03/05
EP - Amendments tabled in committee
Documents
2021/02/05
CSL - Supplementary non-legislative basic document
Documents
2021/01/11
EP - Committee draft report
Documents
2020/09/15
Committee referral announced in Parliament
2020/09/08
EP - CZARNECKI Ryszard (ECR) appointed as rapporteur in CONT
2020/06/29
EC - Non-legislative basic document
Documents
2020/06/29
EC - Non-legislative basic document published
Documents
Documents
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A9-0074/2021
- Committee report tabled for plenary: A9-0074/2021
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE680.802
- Supplementary non-legislative basic document: 05793/2021
- Committee draft report: PE657.198
- Non-legislative basic document: COM(2020)0288
- Non-legislative basic document: EUR-Lex
- Non-legislative basic document published: COM(2020)0288
- Non-legislative basic document published: EUR-Lex
- Non-legislative basic document: COM(2020)0288 EUR-Lex
- Committee draft report: PE657.198
- Supplementary non-legislative basic document: 05793/2021
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE680.802
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A9-0074/2021
Votes
Décharge 2019 : Fondation européenne pour l'amélioration des conditions de vie et de travail - 2019 discharge: European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions - Entlastung 2019: Europäische Stiftung zur Verbesserung der Lebens- und Arbeitsbedingungen - A9-0074/2021 - Joachim Stanisław Brudziński - Propositions de décision #
2021/04/27 Outcome: +: 612, -: 83, 0: 3
Décharge 2019 : Agence du GNSS européen - 2019 discharge: European GNSS Agency - Entlastung 2019: Agentur für das Europäische GNSS - A9-0074/2021 - Ryszard Czarnecki - Proposition de décision #
2021/04/27 Outcome: +: 634, 0: 41, -: 23
Décharge 2019 : Agence du GNSS européen - 2019 discharge: European GNSS Agency - Entlastung 2019: Agentur für das Europäische GNSS - A9-0074/2021 - Ryszard Czarnecki - Am 1/1 #
2021/04/28 Outcome: +: 614, 0: 54, -: 26
A9-0074/2021 - Ryszard Czarnecki - Am 1/2 #
2021/04/28 Outcome: -: 415, +: 228, 0: 51
Décharge 2019 : Agence du GNSS européen - 2019 discharge: European GNSS Agency - Entlastung 2019: Agentur für das Europäische GNSS - A9-0074/2021 - Ryszard Czarnecki - Proposition de résolution #
2021/04/29 Outcome: +: 633, 0: 30, -: 28
Amendments | Dossier |
24 |
2020/2168(DEC)
2021/03/05
CONT
24 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Calls on the Authority to continue to develop its synergies, increase cooperation and exchange of good practices with other Union agencies with a view to improve efficiency in areas such as human resources, building management, IT services and security;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 b (new) 7 b. Welcomes the Incident Review Board (IRB) and the Task Force put in place by Agency as an operational process involving all programme stakeholders (EC, the Agency and ESA) and industry (segment prime and operator); it is forward looking to the implementation of all recommendations provided by the Independent Inquiry Board (IB) on the overall organization of the programme and other recommendation of technical nature in order to avoid such incidents in the future;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8 a. Is concerned that according to ECA Special Report on the Future of the Agencies the Agency struggles to recruit staff with the necessary technical expertise and in order to compensate for a shortage of posts or national experts, the Agency increasingly outsources core tasks to private contractors, on whom it may then become dependent; calls on the Commission to examine the situation carefully and to provide the Agency with the necessary means to recruit the necessary staff; calls on the Commission to report back to the discharge authority on this matter;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8 a. Stresses that due to high competition for specialists on the job market with the private space industry and national space agencies, who also have the possibility to offer high salary packages, the Agency often has difficulties filling its vacancies with experts; notes with concern that due to a shortage of posts or national experts, many core tasks and critical functions are outsourced to private contractors, which has significantly increased the dependency of the Agency on external staff;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 b (new) 8 b. Welcomes the Agency’s efforts and new measures introduced to attract, recruit and retain highly competent staff;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 b (new) 8 b. Regrets the persisting geographical imbalances in the composition of the Agency`s staff, especially at middle and senior management levels; calls on the Agency to establish a proper representation of nationals from all Member States, while at the same time respecting the competencies and merits of the candidates like indicated in the Article 27 of the Staff Regulations of Officials;
Amendment 15 #
8 c. Encourages the Agency to pursue the development of a long term Human Resources policy framework which addresses the work-life balance, the lifelong guidance and career development, the gender balance, the teleworking, the geographical balance and the recruitment and integration of people with disabilities;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 d (new) 8 d. Appreciates the efforts of the Agency to improve gender balance from 7% (2017) to 28%(2019) of female representatives in senior management positions; asks however the Agency to take additional measures with a view to ensuring better gender balance within its senior management;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 e (new) 8 e. Is concerned about the large size the agency’s management board which makes decision making difficult and generates considerable administrative costs;
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Notes that according to the ECA Special Report on the Future of the Agencies the Agency has very limited autonomy in practice regarding its main task is to exploit the Galileo global satellite navigation system under a delegation agreement with the Commission; calls on the Commission to review the autonomy of the Agency particularly regarding its competencies on implementing the delegation agreement through a number of complex contracts with industrial partners and public sector entities; calls on the Agency to report back on the developments in this regard to the discharge authority;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 3 a (new) Regrets that the Agency has not yet adopted CO2 reduction targets; calls on the Agency to create an environment- friendly working frame and to reduce its carbon footprint, its energy consumption and to develop a paperless workflow;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 f (new) 8 h. Regrets that the energy supplied via an operator which does not provide the share of energy sources in details, therefore the use of renewable energy by the Agency cannot be determined; invites the Agency to switch to an operator which is capable of providing the details on the energy sources;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Notes that not all CVs of
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11 a. Regrets that still not all CVs of the Administrative board members are published in the Agency’s website; calls on the Agency to report to the discharge authority on the actions taken in that regard;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12 a. Underlines the fact that the current ethical framework applying to Union institutions and agencies suffers from considerable drawbacks due to its fragmentation and lack of coordination between existing provisions; highlights that these issues should be addressed by setting up a common ethical framework, ensuring the application of high ethical standards for all Union institutions and agencies; considers that public officials are not in a position to conduct self- assessments regarding ethical situations or in instances of conflicts of interest; believes that this should fall under the competences of an independent specialised third party; calls under these circumstances, for the creation of an independent Union ethics body, responsible for the implementation of the common ethical framework for all Union institutions and agencies;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Strongly encourages the Agency to increase its cooperation with national and international bodies as it has been noted that the Agency had only limited information on Member State strategies and actions in supporting the uptake of Galileo services;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Points out to the Special Report of the Court of Auditors on the “Future of EU Agencies” following the audit conducted between March and September 2019; encourages the Agency to improve its cooperation with Member States and other EU agencies in order to increase the uptake of Galileo services and pursue the common purpose to deliver on EU policies in the interest of Union citizens;
Amendment 5 #
7 b. Notes that according to the ECA Special Report on the Future of the Agencies the Agency significantly needs to improve its cooperation with Member States, other agencies and internationally; calls on the Agency to build up better cooperation and knowledge sharing with all Member States; calls on the Agency to report back on the developments in this regard to the discharge authority;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 c (new) 7 c. Stresses the importance of increasing the digitalisation of the Agency in terms of internal operations and management procedures; stresses the need for the Agency to continue to be proactive in this regard in order to avoid a digital gap between the agencies at all costs; draws attention, however, to the need to take all the necessary security measures to avoid any risk to the online security of the information processed; recalls also the importance for the Agency to develop greater visibility in the media, internet, and social media in order to make its work known;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 d (new) 7 e. Regrets that on 10 July 2019, during a system upgrade, a service incident occurred in the Galileo ground infrastructure and that it resulted in a six- day interruption of the Galileo initial navigation and timing services; welcomes however that the Commission set up an independent Inquiry Board to investigate the incident and provide recommendations to avoid similar incidents in the future;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 e (new) source: 680.802
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