Andrea ČEŠKOVÁ
Constituencies
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Czech Republic
Občanská demokratická strana
2009/07/14 - 9999/12/31
Groups
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ECR
Member
European Conservatives and Reformists Group
2009/07/14 - 9999/12/31
Committees
| Role | Committee | Start | End |
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| Member of | Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality | 2012/01/19 | 9999/12/31 |
| Member of | Committee on Budgetary Control | 2012/01/19 | 9999/12/31 |
| Substitute of | Committee on Constitutional Affairs | 2012/01/19 | 9999/12/31 |
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Delegations
| Role | Delegation | Start | End |
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| Member of | Delegation for relations with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo | 2009/09/16 | 9999/12/31 |
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Rapporteur
| Shadow | 2013/2040(INI) | Sexual and reproductive health and rights |
| Shadow | 2013/2012(DEC) | Special report 17/2012 (2011 discharge): European Development Fund (EDF) contribution to a sustainable road network in sub-Saharan Africa |
| Shadow | 2013/2009(INI) | Educational and occupational mobility of women in the EU |
| Responsible | 2012/2291(INI) | Integrated internal control framework |
| Shadow | 2012/2284(DEC) | Special report 15/2012 (2011 discharge): Management of conflict of interest in selected EU Agencies |
| Shadow | 2012/2248(DEC) | Special report 13/2012 (2011 discharge): European Union development assistance for drinking-water supply and basic sanitation in sub-Saharan countries |
| Shadow | 2012/2227(DEC) | Special report 11/2012 (Discharge 2011): Direct payments for dairy cows, ewes and goats under the partial implementation of the Single Farm Payment scheme |
| Responsible | 2012/2177(DEC) | 2011 discharge: EU general budget, European Council |
| Responsible | 2012/2175(DEC) | 2011 discharge: EU general budget, European Data Protection Supervisor |
| Responsible | 2012/2174(DEC) | 2011 discharge: EU general budget, European Ombudsman |
| Responsible | 2012/2173(DEC) | 2011 discharge: EU general budget, Committee of the Regions |
| Responsible | 2012/2172(DEC) | 2011 discharge: EU general budget, Economic and Social Committee |
| Responsible | 2012/2169(DEC) | 2011 discharge: EU general budget, Council |
| Shadow | 2012/2158(DEC) | Special report 10/2012 (2011 discharge): Effectiveness of staff development in the European Commission |
| Shadow | 2012/2119(DEC) | Special report 7/2012 (2011 discharge): Reform of the common organisation of the market in wine: progress to date |
| Shadow | 2012/2116(INI) | Eliminating gender stereotypes in the EU |
| Shadow | 2012/2087(DEC) | Special report 3/2012 (2011 discharge): Structural Funds: Did the Commission successfully deal with deficiencies identified in the Member States' management and control systems? |
| Shadow | 2012/2010(DEC) | Special report 13/2011 (2011 discharge): Does the control of customs procedure 42 prevent and detect VAT evasion? |
| Opinion | 2011/2294(INI) | Modernising Europe's higher education systems |
| Opinion | 2010/2273(INI) | Promoting workers' mobility within the European Union |
| Shadow | 2010/2115(INI) | Women and business leadership |
| Shadow | 2010/2043(INI) | Transposition and application of Council Directive 2004/113/EC implementing the principle of equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services |
Born
1971/10/18 Praha- Lawyer(1995).
- Councillor, Prague 5 metropolitan district (1998-2002); Councillor, Prague 5 metropolitan district (chair of the finance committee) (2002-2006); Councillor, Prague 5 metropolitan district (chair of the finance committee) (2006-2009).
Amendments
| Amendments | Dossier |
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2008/0192(COD) Equal treatment between men and women: self-employed workers and their spouses (repeal. Directive 86/613/EEC)
2010/12/04
FEMM
2 amendments...
Amendment 20 #
Council position Recital 17 a (new) (17a) The period for which maternity benefits may be granted to female self- employed workers and to the participating spouses or, when and insofar as recognised by national law, the life partners of self-employed workers should be equal to the duration of maternity leave to employees as laid down by national law.
Amendment 23 #
Council position Recital 18 a (new) (18a) National governments should ensure that self- employed workers who are pregnant or have just given birth and who are breastfeeding and the spouses of self- employed workers who assist within the company/business who are pregnant or have just given birth and who are breastfeeding are granted readily available access to services required for motherhood.
source: PE-440.148
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2008/0193(COD) Health and safety at work: workers who are pregnant, have recently given birth or are breastfeeding
2009/12/15
FEMM
22 amendments...
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 6 a (new) (6a) The objectives set out in the Presidency Conclusions of the Barcelona European Council of 15 and 16 March 2002 stated that Member States should remove obstacles to women's involvement in the labour market and aim to provide by 2010 childcare facilities for at least 90% of children between the age of three and the compulsory schooling age and aim for at least 33% of children under the age of three, and that such children should have equal access to such facilities in towns and rural areas.
Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 8 a (new) (8a) The provisions of this Directive concerning maternity leave should not conflict with Member States’ other rules on parental leave and this Directive should not undermine those rules.
Amendment 92 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 9 (9) The vulnerability of pregnant workers and of workers who have recently given birth or who are breastfeeding makes it necessary for them to be granted the right to maternity leave of at least
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 13 a (new) (13a) For the purposes of helping workers reconcile their professional and family rights and obligations, it is essential to provide for longer maternity leave, including in the event of adoption for children under the age of 12 months.
Amendment 104 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 18 a (new) (18a) Member States are urged to introduce into their national legal systems measures to ensure real and effective compensation or reparation, as they consider to be appropriate, for any harm caused to a worker by any breach of the obligations under this Directive, in a way which is dissuasive and proportionate to the damage suffered.
Amendment 107 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 20 (20) This Directive lays down minimum requirements and thus offers the Member States the option of introducing or maintaining more favourable provisions. The implementation of this Directive should not serve to justify any regression in relation to the situation prevailing in each Member State, in particular in relation to national laws which, by combining parental leave and maternity leave, provide for an entitlement to the mother of at least 24 weeks of leave allocated before and/or after confinement, and remunerated at least at the level provided for in this Directive with due consideration to National legislation. Member States that have not already done so are strongly encouraged to take the appropriate measures to ensure equal treatment of pregnant workers and workers who have recently given birth or are breastfeeding, in the public and private sectors, as well as for workers who do not fall within the definitions contained in Article 2 of Directive 92/85/EEC, so as to maximise the benefits of higher fertility rates and higher women’s employment. To that end tax incentives for employers should be considered.
Amendment 110 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point -1 a (new) Directive 92/85/EEC Recital 14 -1a. Recital 14 is replaced by the following: “Whereas the vulnerability of pregnant workers, workers who have recently given birth or who are breastfeeding makes it necessary for them to be granted the right to maternity leave of at least 24 continuous weeks, allocated before and/or after confinement, and renders necessary the compulsory nature of maternity leave of at least six weeks allocated [...] after confinement;"
Amendment 112 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point -1 c (new) Directive 92/85/EEC Recital 17 -1c. Recital 17 is replaced by the following: "Whereas, moreover, provision concerning maternity leave would also serve no purpose unless accompanied by the maintenance of all rights linked to the employment contract [...] including maintenance of pay, which meet employment law standards in Member States;"
Amendment 114 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point -1 e (new) Directive 92/85/EEC Article 7 -1e. Article 7 is replaced by the following “Article 7 Night work 1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that workers referred to in Article 2 are not obliged to perform night work [...]: (a) during the ten weeks prior to childbirth; (b) during the remainder of the pregnancy where necessary for the health of the mother or the unborn child; (c) during the period of breastfeeding for no more than six months 2. The measures referred to in paragraph 1 must entail the possibility, in accordance with national legislation and/or national practice, of: (a) transfer to a compatible daytime working timetable; or (b) leave from work or extension of maternity leave where such a transfer is not technically and/or objectively feasible [...]. 3. Workers wishing to be exempted from night work shall, in accordance with rules laid down by the Member States, inform their employer and, in the case referred to in paragraph 1 (b), submit a medical certificate to the employer. 4. For single parents and parents with children with severe disabilities, the periods referred to in paragraph 1 may be extended in accordance with the procedures laid down by the Member States."
Amendment 119 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 1 Directive 92/85/EEC Article 8 – paragraph 1 1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that workers within the meaning of Article 2 are entitled to a continuous period of maternity leave of at least
Amendment 132 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 1 Directive 92/85/EEC Article 8 – paragraph 2a (new) 2a. In relation to multiple births the period of maternity leave referred to in paragraph 2 shall be increased in accordance with national legislation.
Amendment 136 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 1 Directive 92/85/EEC Article 8 – paragraph 4 4. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that
Amendment 143 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 1 Directive 92/85/EEC Article 8 – paragraph 5 a (new) (5a) Where national legislation and/or practice provide for maternity leave in excess of 18 weeks this can be counted towards any additional periods of maternity leave provided for under paragraphs 3 and 4.
Amendment 145 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 1 Directive 92/85/EEC Article 8 – paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Member States shall guarantee mothers’ rights by ensuring special working conditions so as to help children with disabilities.
Amendment 146 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 1 Directive 92/85/EEC Article 8 a (new) 1b. The following Article 8a is inserted: “Article 8a Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that the provisions of this Directive concerning maternity leave also apply in the event of adoption of children less than 12 months old."
Amendment 149 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 92/85/EEC Article 10 – point 1 1. The Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that employers cannot, for reasons of their own convenience, interrupt maternity leave to care for a child, and to prohibit the dismissal and all preparations for a dismissal of workers within the meaning of Article 2 during the period from the beginning of their pregnancy to at least six months following the end of the maternity leave provided for in Article 8(1). Dismissal during that period shall be formally justified and shall be duly specified in writing, save in exceptional cases not connected with their condition, which are permitted under national legislation and/or practice and, where applicable, provided that the competent authority has given its consent.
Amendment 154 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 92/85/CEE Article 10 – point 4 a (new) Amendment 162 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 3 – point c a (new) Directive 92/85/CEE Article 11 – point 3 a (new) (ca) The following point 3a is inserted: "3a. The allowance received by workers within the meaning of Article 2 shall not be lower than the allowance received by workers who have recently given birth or who are breastfeeding within the meaning of Article 2 in the event of a break in activity on grounds connected with the worker’s state of health."
Amendment 163 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 3 – point d a (new) Directive 92/85/CEE Article 11 – point 5 a (new) (da) The following point 5a is inserted: "5a. Member States shall take the necessary measures to encourage employers and to promote dialogue between the social partners to provide for reintegration and training support for workers returning to work after maternity leave, where necessary and/or where requested by the worker and in line with national legislation."
Amendment 164 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 3 a (new) Directive 92/85/CEE Article 11 a (new) 3a. The following Article 11a is inserted: "Article 11a Time off for breastfeeding A mother who is breastfeeding her child shall be entitled to a period of leave for that purpose. Member States are urged to give due consideration to nursing mothers. "
Amendment 165 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 3 b (new) Directive 92/85/CEE Article 11 b (new) 3b. The following Article 11 b is inserted: "Article 11b Prevention of discrimination Member States shall encourage employers through collective agreements or practice, to take effective measures to prevent discrimination against women on the grounds of pregnancy, maternity or adoption leave."
Amendment 169 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 4 – paragraph 2 2. The Commission’s report shall take account, as appropriate, of the viewpoints of the social partners and relevant nongovernmental organisations. In accordance with the principle of gender mainstreaming, the report shall inter alia provide an assessment of the impact on women and men of the measures taken. It shall also include an impact study analysing the social and economic effects, in the EU as a whole, of a further increase in the duration of maternity leave. In the light of the information received, the report shall, where necessary, include proposals to revise and update Directive 92/85/EEC as amended by this Directive.
source: PE-431.025
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2009/2205(INI) Role of women in an ageing society
2010/01/07
FEMM
4 amendments...
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Considers that a comprehensive
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Asks the Commission to update and strengthen monitoring mechanisms regarding the implementation of fundamental rights issues by the end of 2012; calls also for increased awareness of these, often under-used, mechanisms
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Affirms that every EU citizen must have a right to adequate social and health services at a reasonable price; calls on the Commission to put forward a directive on basic services, which would take national conditions into consideration; emphasises that older women are especially vulnerable
source: PE-445.637
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2010/0067(CNS) Enhanced cooperation in the area of the law applicable to divorce and legal separation. Implementing rules. Council Regulation
2010/11/11
FEMM
2 amendments...
Amendment 9 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 17 (17) Certain safeguards should be introduced to ensure that spouses are aware of the implications of their choice. The agreement on the choice of applicable law
Amendment 14 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 3. The agreement referred to in paragraph 2 shall be expressed in writing, dated and signed by both spouses
source: PE-452.685
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2010/2017(INI) Contribution of EU policies promoting equality between men and women in combating youth crime
2010/08/10
FEMM
8 amendments...
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas every generation worries about its teenagers
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas now more than ever before, the behaviour of young people is strongly influenced by the media, but above all by the internet, and whereas juvenile delinquency is no longer confined to acts of violence against others, theft, gang crime, illegal smoking, drinking
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas combating juvenile delinquency should not be used as a pretext for restricting personal freedoms
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L L. whereas companies naturally expect their apprentices or young professionals to have not only technical expertise and job skills, but also ‘flexible skills’ in terms of their human and social capacity; whereas political institutions, on the other hand,
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M M.
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution Recital Q Q. whereas
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11.
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Calls on the Member States to promote fiscal policy framed in such a way as to allow for the financial obligations entailed in parenting, including childcare costs, and to apply tax arrangements or a tax relief system to that end; calls on the Commission and the Member States to give a summary overview of the fiscal practice of each Member State in the area of fiscal expenditure connected with childcare, especially expenditure connected with child-minding or placing children in preschool facilities;
source: PE-450.591
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2010/2089(INI) Reducing health inequalities in the EU
2010/11/11
FEMM
2 amendments...
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Regards it as essential to increase the number of women involved in the development of healthcare policies
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Considers that the EU and the Member States must take account of women's reproductive health
source: PE-452.646
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2010/2115(INI) Women and business leadership
2011/03/28
FEMM
3 amendments...
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas persisting stereotypes regarding the family life still exist in all Member States and the stereotypes between men and women exist in areas such as childcare and domestic tasks which then impact on the perception of women being able to take leadership or management positions in business and in order to change these perceptions a cultural shift from traditional to modern roles of men and women, mothers and fathers is required,
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D b (new) Db. whereas the division of labour between men and women in the family home can favour men in the workplace in relation to the hours they can work, attendance levels and ability to focus solely on career and progression and would begin to provide some explanation as to why there are more men in leadership positions than women,
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – point c c. establishing arrangements to help parents employed in business to balance family and work commitments, especially support of the foundation and existence of company childcare. Urges Member States to create national policies which would increase the number of childcare facilities available to working parents,
source: PE-460.987
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2010/2142(DEC) 2009 discharge: EU general budget, Section III, Commission
2011/10/03
CONT
6 amendments...
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Notes that in the present understanding of ‘shared management’ most of the management functions are carried out by national bodies not directly accountable at Union level and over which the Commission has no authority; insists that this does not absolve the Commission of its responsibility for the implementation of the budget but, on the contrary, requires it to take a hard line with any Member States not fulfilling their responsibilities under shared management;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Recalls its repeated invitations to the Commission to present a proposal for the introduction of mandatory national management declarations (NMDs) issued and signed at ministerial level and duly audited by an independent auditor so as far as such declarations are a necessary and indispensable first step to improve the efficiency of national systems and to enhance national accountability for the use of Union money; reiterates1 that for Member States with federal systems or substantial decentralisation such national declarations could take the form, in whole or in part, of a collation of regional declarations , provided that each component declaration has been audited and signed by an elected political office- holder; __________________ 1 For example paragraphs 23 and 24 of the European Parliament decision of 24 April 2007 on the discharge for implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2005, Section III – Commission (OJ L 187, 15.7.2008, p. 23).
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 a (new) 27a. reiterates its call for the Court of Auditors to work with Member-State authorities to develop a matrix system of control in line with its resolution of 27 April 20061; suggests that the Court of Auditors conduct a number of 'matrix audits' annually on the same basis as the matrix scoreboard so that the control systems for a given policy area overall and of each Member State in respect of that policy area can be judged; further suggests that such 'matrix audits' be repeated periodically so progress can be clearly and authoritatively assessed; 1 Paragraph 24 of the European Parliament resolution with comments forming an integral part of the decision on the discharge for implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2004, Section III – Commission.
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 32. Believes that control systems cannot aim at zero risk in all spending areas, not only because it would be extremely expensive, but also because it is unlikely that zero risk in all spending areas will ever be achieved; accepts that a certain risk of error will always exist when implementing Union spending programmes; emphasises that tolerating risk is not the same as tolerating error and reaffirms that the Commission must pursue a zero-tolerance approach to all cases of mismanagement and fraud;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 45 c (new) 45c. Reiterates its belief that transparency is one of the main instruments in achieving 'legal and regular' expenditure; believes that the objective should be the creation of a single, comprehensive, multilingual online system which can be accessed easily by any individual and would therefore allow the public to have easy access to full and complete information about the expenditure of the Union by budget line and by beneficiary; calls therefore on the Commission to publish online details of all items of Union expenditure above a de minimis threshold and to pursue the establishment of a user-friendly online system recording all beneficiaries;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 45 g (new) 45g. calls on the Commission to review its systems for evaluating the effectiveness of expenditure programmes to assess whether they are adding value, delivering value for money, and achieving the objectives for which they were established; insists that such evaluations should be both conducted and then assessed independently; calls therefore for independent evaluations to be submitted to Parliament and its relevant committees for scrutiny;
source: PE-460.797
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2010/2143(DEC) 2009 discharge: EU general budget, European Parliament
2011/02/22
CONT
5 amendments...
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Welcomes in this respect the establishment, from 1 January 2010, of a new Directorate in charge of Security and requests the newly established Directorate to conduct an in-depth review of Parliament's security policy and to work on proposals to adopt security solutions for Parliament which are more technology- oriented and cheaper , resulting in considerable savings in terms of staff and budget, and which ensure the recruitment of highly professional staff, and offer not only a more efficient but also a more reliable and effective service;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 69 a (new) 69a. Believes the Parliament, as a public institution, is not competent to judge the artistic merit of film productions; insists the LUX prize be discontinued in 2011;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 69 b (new) 69b. Notes that the direct costs of the LUX prize amount to in excess of EUR 300 000 and that indirect costs (travel to film festivals, promotion etc) may well mean the prize costs much more; notes that after four years of operation fewer than one third of Members actually participate in the vote; further notes that voting participation varies dramatically across national delegations but appears to be significantly higher amongst Members from countries with a film on the shortlist;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 69 c (new) 69c. Opposes attempts to expand the prize by organising events in the member states which would imply substantially increased costs relating to publicity and promotion, venues and translation;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 78 a (new) 78a. Believes that, with such a wide variety of locations available within the buildings of Parliament for canteens, bars, and retail space, a variety of competitive catering outlets, including established high street brands (coffee shops, sandwich outlets, restaurants, and so forth),could, if allowed to establish themselves inside Parliament, offer a better service to staff; calls for a plan to be prepared to indicate how the different catering facilities, could be offered for tender separately when current contractual arrangements come to an end;
source: PE-458.841
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2010/2151(DEC) 2009 discharge: Eighth, Ninth and Tenth European Development Funds EDF
2011/09/03
CONT
3 amendments...
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Urges the Council and the Member States to respond positively to the Commission's proposal and to agree that the EDF will be fully incorporated in the Union's budget from 2014 onwards as part of the next financial framework; believes this measure to be long overdue and that the budgetisation of the EDF should take place at the earliest possible date;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Recalls the Commission's commitment37 to ensuring that a benchmark of 20% of its allocated assistance under the Development Cooperation Instrument (DCI) is dedicated to basic and secondary education and basic health; calls for reporting against the same benchmark to be provided for the EDFs; calls on the Commission to prioritise support to health systems and to take full account of the recommendations by the Court of Auditors as formulated in its abovementioned Special Report No 10/2008; urges the Commission to place greater emphasis on maternal health and stresses the importance of education and awareness of sexual and reproductive health as an integral part of the women's health agenda, since this is the Millenium Development Goal in respect of which progress has been most disappointing;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 30. Calls on the Commission to take all necessary measures in order to combat corruption in the beneficiary states, through maintaining a close dialogue with partner governments on corruption issues and, by taking a pro-active approach, to ensure that the appropriate systems are in place and that sanctions are available when necessary; believes that the provision of funds should be reconsidered if such cooperation is not forthcoming and if no guarantee as to the basic effectiveness of the systems to tackle corruption can be obtained;
source: PE-460.802
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2010/2162(INI) Face of female poverty in the European Union
2010/12/16
FEMM
8 amendments...
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas groups at risk of poverty include parents bringing up small children without a partner, and this predominantly means single mothers,
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the European Commission and the Member States to take the necessary measures to
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Points out that single mothers are among the groups of people at greatest risk of poverty and draws attention to the need for flexible forms of employment and arrangements for childcare provision; calls therefore on the Commission and the Member States to take the necessary practical measures in this regard;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12.
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 source: PE-454.545
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2010/2209(INI) Priorities and outline of a new EU policy framework to fight violence against women
2010/12/16
FEMM
12 amendments...
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas the term ‘violence against women’ means any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or private life3 . It should also be stated that violence against men and children has the same repercussions. For child victims, this may cause a recurring phenomenon in which children are raised to accept violence as a norm, which may increases the likelihood that they themselves will go on to carryout such acts at school, or later on in life,
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas violence is an extremely traumatic experience for any
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas there is no regular and comparable data collection on different types of violence against women in the European Union, which makes it difficult to ascertain the real extent of the phenomenon and to find appropriate solutions to the problem. Reliable data collection is highly problematic as women and men are reluctant through fear or shame to report their experiences to the relevant stakeholders,
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – indent 6 – minimum requirements set up by Member States as to the number of victim support structures per 10 000 inhabitants for victims of gender-based violence in the form of centres with specific expertise to help victims,
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – indent 7 – minimum standards set up by Member States to ensure that victims have professional support in the form of advice from a legal practitioner irrespective of their role in the criminal proceedings,
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – indent 8 – plans to develop methodological guidelines and undertake new data collection efforts to obtain statistical data on gender-based violence at Member State level;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the European Commission, using all available expertise, to develop and provide annual statistics on
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Notes that the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) will, in the form of a
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Urges Member States, in their national statistics, to make visible the magnitude of gender-based violence and to take steps to ensure that data are collected anonymously on gender-
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7.
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Draws attention to the serious problem of domestic violence, which has specific characteristics, is mostly perpetrated by men against women and has disastrous consequences for all members of the family, especially the children; calls on the Member States to take proper account of this type of violence with the aim of exposing it and helping its victims; and stresses the need for open discussion of the phenomenon throughout society and support for preventive information campaigns;
source: PE-454.542
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2010/2239(INI) Towards adequate, sustainable and safe European pension systems
2010/11/11
FEMM
5 amendments...
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Is of the view that pension systems should be based on adequate and sustainable criteria and t
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Considers that the period spent by women on taking care of children or other dependent family members should be recognised in the calculation systems and taken into account to the period of work
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Member States
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Emphasises the application of the subsidiarity principle in the area of decision making on national pension systems and the need to preserve existing socio-cultural values in a given society.
Amendment 89 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Calls at the same time for any new legislation on pension systems to offer Member States the option of maintaining or introducing more favourable provisions and to avoid bringing about any regression in relation to the situation prevailing in each Member State.
source: PE-452.645
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2010/2271(DEC) 2009 discharge: performance, financial management and control of the agencies
2011/09/03
CONT
6 amendments...
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 46 a (new) 46a. Recalls that the Interinstitutional Working Group on Agencies' Common Statement issued in March 2009 launched a "dialogue on Regulatory Agencies with a view to assessing the existing situation, specifically the coherence, effectiveness, accountability and transparency of these Agencies" and that the Working Group would "address a number of key issues put forward by the participating Institutions, including the role and position of the Agencies in the EU's institutional landscape, the creation, structure and operation of these agencies, together with funding, budgetary, supervision and management issues";
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 46 b (new) 46b. Notes that in the 2008 discharge resolution of 5 May 2010 Parliament stated that the Interinstitutional Working Group should "consider whether some agencies should work closely together or even be merged" and that "the small agencies ... are faced with serious efficiency problems";
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 46 c (new) 46c. Calls for a moratorium on the creation of any further agencies at least until the questions raised by the Interinstitutional Working Group on Agencies' Common Statement and the resolution of 5 May 2010 are satisfactorily resolved;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 46 d (new) 46d. Believes that the creation of further agencies once these questions are resolved should be considered with the utmost caution to ensure that they are genuinely required and that they provide the best value for money in delivering an agreed policy objective;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 46 e (new) 46e. Re-emphasises the importance of considering merging some agencies so that they are able to share overhead and other costs;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 46 f (new) 46f. Asks that the Interinstitutional Working Group on Agencies consider grouping together some of the smaller agencies, which may not be suitable for outright merger, in the same city and indeed possibly the same building so they can benefit from common central resources to minimise the burden of overhead and other costs;
source: PE-460.807
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2011/0129(COD) Rights, support and protection of victims of crime: minimum standards
2012/02/29
LIBE, FEMM
2 amendments...
Amendment 439 #
Proposal for a directive Article 18 – paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Member States shall recognise that men can be victims of domestic violence as well as women and the consequences are equally detrimental to both sexes.
Amendment 441 #
Proposal for a directive Article 18 – paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Member States are urged to recognise the wider family unit when violent and physical crime has occurred since such crime not only has an impact on the victim her or himself but, potentially, also on the victim's spouse, parents and children.
source: PE-483.724
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2011/0130(COD) Mutual recognition of protection measures in civil matters
2012/04/13
JURI, FEMM
2 amendments...
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 A protection measure taken in a Member State shall be recognised in the other Member States without any special procedure being required and without any possibility of opposing its recognition if the decision has been certified in the Member State of origin in accordance with Article 5. Recognition may take place only in civil matters and shall be dependent on the legal system of the Member State of recognition.
Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new) Member States shall ensure that, if a civil protection order needs to be transposed into a European protection order or vice versa, transposition is done quickly, with guidance from the Commission if necessary, without unnecessary court proceedings and at no cost to the victim.
source: PE-487.696
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2011/0177(APP) Multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020
2012/09/24
CONT
2 amendments...
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 10.
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 18 18. Calls for value-added taxes (VAT) to be considered as eligible project costs for entities which are not registered as VAT payers;
source: PE-496.477
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2011/0369(COD) Justice Programme 2014-2020
2012/11/09
FEMM
5 amendments...
Amendment 19 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 The general objective of the Programme shall be to contribute to the creation of a European area of justice by promoting judicial cooperation in civil and criminal matters whilst respecting the legal systems of individual Member States. The general objective of the programme shall of necessity be achieved through compliance with Articles 8, 9, 10, 11 and 18 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and with the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a a) to promote effective, comprehensive and consistent application of Union legislation in the areas of judicial cooperation in civil and criminal matters, as well as better procedural rules, particularly as regards the rights of victims of crime, sexual violence and exploitation, with a focus on the most vulnerable victims, such as women and children. The indicator to measure the achievement of this objective shall be, inter alia, the number of cases of trans-border cooperation.
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 2 The Programme shall aim to promote women’s rights, women’s empowerment, the principles of equality between women and men, and
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new) (da) supporting and promoting judicial cooperation and the effective application of legal provisions, and improving procedural rules, particularly in areas involving human rights, fundamental freedoms, women’s rights, children’s needs, principles of gender equality, the rights of victims of crime, and the fight against sexual violence and discrimination on grounds of gender, race, ethnicity, religion, beliefs, disability, age or sexual orientation.
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b (b) training activities for members of the judiciary and judicial staff, such as staff exchanges, workshops, seminars, train-the- trainer events, development of online or other training modules incorporating training sessions, seminars and modules focusing on promoting equality between women and men, victims of sexual violence and exploitation, children’s needs, and combating gender-based discrimination and stereotypes;
source: PE-496.308
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2011/0412(COD) Financing instrument for the promotion of democracy and human rights worldwide 2014-2020
2012/05/06
FEMM
1 amendments...
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b – point vi a (new) (via) promoting and putting greater emphasis on maternal health and stressing the importance of education and awareness of sexual and reproductive health as an integral part of the women’s health agenda
source: PE-491.098
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2011/0454(COD) Protection of the European Union's financial interests: Hercule III programme, 2014-2020
2012/10/23
CONT
1 amendments...
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 5 (5) To continue and even develop the activities at Union and Member State level to counter fraud, corruption and any other illegal activities affecting the financial interests of the Union, including the fight against cigarette smuggling and counterfeiting, also taking into account the new challenges in a context of budgetary austerity, a new programme based on the results of an analysis of the existing programme should be adopted.
source: PE-498.050
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2011/0817(NLE) Application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union to the Czech Republic. Protocol (amend.)
2012/06/14
AFCO
14 amendments...
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J Amendment 9 #
paragraph 120. Motion for a resolution Recital K Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Recital O Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Recital Q Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Recital R Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution Recital T Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Recital U U. Parliament, in a spirit of sincere cooperation, is duty bound to give its opinion to the European Council on all Treaty changes proposed,
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Calls on the European Council to
source: PE-491.310
2013/01/17
AFCO
14 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Recital N Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Recital Q Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Recital R R. Parliament, in a spirit of sincere cooperation, is duty bound to give its opinion to the European Council on all Treaty changes proposed,
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Recital S Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1.
source: PE-504.080
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2011/2032(INI) EU external policies in favour of democratisation
2011/04/20
FEMM
1 amendments...
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Urges the Commission and Member States to ensure that gender equality is systematically assessed and evaluated and that human rights and fundamental freedoms are respected, especially in connection with financial assistance given by the European Union;
source: PE-462.902
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2011/2035(INI) EC 5th Cohesion Report and Strategy for the post-2013 Cohesion Policy
2011/03/28
CONT
3 amendments...
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Notes that the Commission intends to require Member States' authorities to present a management declaration and an independent audit opinion thereon; welcomes this move but recalls that a declaration signed at ministerial level is the mid-term objective to counter the current lack of ownership; insists that the Commission and individual Member States must establish effective partnerships to ensure that both sides fulfil their responsibilities for the funds entrusted to them; notes that the Commission has limited instruments available and must of necessity rely on the resources of the Member States; calls on the Commission and Member States to cooperate in developing an effective control architecture which uses the resources of both in a complementary manner to maximise safeguards with the least bureaucracy;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Invites the Commission, therefore, to take up its supervisory role by carrying out the accreditation process itself and by regularly monitoring the proper functioning of the accredited authorities during the lifetime of the programme; proposes that the Commission and individual Member States agree a detailed action plan for cooperation specifying how they will jointly ensure that the accredited bodies are properly scrutinised on an ongoing basis to ensure maximum efficiency, effectiveness and value for money;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Is finally of the opinion that this should be complemented by a catalogue of sanctions to be borne by Member States and final beneficiaries in case of irregularities
source: PE-462.582
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2011/2049(INI) Situation of single mothers
2011/07/06
FEMM
6 amendments...
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas single parents confront
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Stresses the need to encourage the development of childcare facilities
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Asks the Member States to guarantee equal treatment and to maintain
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Encourages the Member States to introduce policies aimed at providing financial support for single-parents families in the form of a one-parent benefit, tax deductions for single-parent households or other fiscal deductions for single parents appropriate to their national legislation; takes note at the same time that such policies should not be designed in a way that make single motherhood more profitable than staying in marital relationship and thus encourage people to get divorce;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Asks the Member States to ensure that allowances (child support) from non- custodial parents are paid regularly in the full amount;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Underlines the fact that priority should be given to work-life balance by introducing more family-friendly working conditions such as flexible working hours and teleworking and by developing child facilities and individual care of children, nurseries etc.;
source: PE-467.009
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2011/2069(INI) Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union (2010-2011)
2011/07/09
FEMM
3 amendments...
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Underlines the need to combat sexual offences against children, especially on the internet which has a global impact. calls therefore in its forthcoming annual report for monitoring of their protection and progress made in this area; recalls however that protection of children rights remains mainly in the competence of the Member States;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 source: PE-472.025
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2011/2082(INI) Future of VAT
2011/06/23
CONT
4 amendments...
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses the importance of more intensive and rapid cooperation between Member States, better monitoring of exchanges of information and more direct contacts between local tax offices
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the Commission to urge Member States to simplify and consolidate their VAT legislation, to introduce a single VAT form and a single list showing the VAT rates applied, in particular a list of the goods and services to which a reduced rate of VAT is applied in a given Member State, to make their legislative texts more easily available and to translate them in at least English, French and German;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 10. Urges the Commission to consider legislative proposals that would tackle VAT carousels at root level by introducing an EU wide mechanism of reverse charge of VAT, which, besides being an effective anti-fraud measure, would also mean an administrative simplification for producers and traders; therefore calls on the Commission to come forth with legislative proposals to establish a
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Stresses that responsibility for properly drawing up and paying VAT lies with the trader and that the transfer of this responsibility to a banking institution is therefore unacceptable;2 __________________ 2 Justification: The partial transfer of liability from the trader to the banking institution may be exploited by the trader for the purposes of fraud.
source: PE-467.299
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2011/2107(INI) Green Paper: From challenges to opportunities: towards a common strategic framework for EU research and innovation funding
2011/06/21
FEMM
2 amendments...
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. In line with gender mainstreaming, stresses the need for researchers at all levels to be given the opportunity to postpone the start of a grant or to suspend work on it, for reasons of maternity leave, paternity leave or parental leave, in respect of projects where this is possible, and to have the option of extending the validity of a grant agreement, for the same reasons, in respect of projects where time is not of the essence; calls on the Member States to grant researchers these options;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Welcomes and supports the activities of platforms which enable female scientists to obtain and exchange information about involvement with programmes, grants and international projects and which give women access to scientific networks and help them to make contacts; therefore requests the European Commission to collaborate with social networks and support them in their activities.
source: PE-467.228
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2011/2186(INI) European Investment Bank (EIB) - Annual Report 2010
2012/03/02
CONT
4 amendments...
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13.
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Reiterates its call
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Welcomes the European Progress Microfinance Facility established in March 2010 by the EC and by the EIB; emphasizes the need for a public disclosure of the results of this facility up to date;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 36 36. Expresses its grave concern about the latest developments related to the EIB's credit rating; urges the EIB to elaborate and implement a strategy in order to keep its AAA rating which is the cornerstone of the bank's activity and is essential for the bank's operations; notes that the bank would be excluded for certain categories of investors if the AAA rating would not be maintained;
source: PE-480.786
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2011/2201(DEC) 2010 discharge: EU general budget, Section III, Commission
2011/12/21
FEMM
1 amendments...
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Asks the European Commission to ensure the successful implementation of high quality independent audits as a means to help prevent financial malpractice and restore public confidence in the European Union and its institutions;
source: PE-478.623
2012/07/03
CONT
15 amendments...
Amendment 2 #
Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 6 #
Proposal for a decision 2 Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 11 #
Proposal for a decision 3 Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 16 #
Proposal for a decision 4 Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a decision 5 Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a decision 6 Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a decision 7 Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 36 36. Underlines that the two policy areas prone to the highest error rates (‘Cohesion, transport and energy’ and ‘Agriculture and natural resources’) are implemented under shared management and
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 63 63. Notes that the Court of Auditors applies a common methodology to categorise and quantify public procurement errors in the area of shared management; deplores the fact that the Commission does not follow a harmonised methodology in the different areas of shared management; is worried that different approaches in shared management could undermine the credibility of the control and audit of shared management expenditure; calls therefore on the Commission and the Court of Auditors to harmonise the treatment of public procurement errors in all shared management policy areas urgently and to report back to the Parliament's competent committee on the progress made by the end of 2012;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 66 66. Takes the view that those important findings illustrate that Parliament cannot fully rely on the Commission's reporting on performance
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 78 78.
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 82 82. Believes that payments are resumed too quickly and calls on the Commission to make this power of sanction more effective by only resum
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 88 – indent 3 a (new) - ensuring that a full range of sanctions (interruptions, suspensions, financial corrections, and penalties) are available for all funds with minimal scope for discretion when breaches of the rules are discovered;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 88 – indent 4 –
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 112 112. Notes that the Commission is simplifying ex ante control procedures as far as possible with a view to facilitate the processing of payments with the consequence that only administrative requirements and arithmetical checks can be made; is worried that even in the case of doubt about the eligibility of cost declared, only limited ex ante checks were carried out (Annual Report, point 6.17 and example 6.2); insists that action be taken to remedy this situation;
source: PE-483.775
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2011/2202(DEC) 2010 discharge: EU general budget, Section I - European Parliament
2012/06/03
CONT
18 amendments...
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Notes that this overall high level of implementation is partly due to two targeted transfers made before the end of the financial year 2010 (EUR 9 240 000 for the purchase of a Europe House in Sofia and EUR 10 923 000 for four major IT projects); welcomes the fact that no mopping-up transfers took place between 2010 and 2011; encourages, however, its administration to pursue the objective of better and clearer budget planning and discipline in the future and notes that to put buildings, IT or any other important expenditure in the budget would provide more financial clarity; believes that all significant expenditure should be fully planned for in the annual budget and not arise as a result of a need to mop-up underspends;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 a (new) 35a. Insists that reinforcing the security of Parliament's buildings and their immediate surroundings must be given the highest priority; requests that as part of this work security in the car parks should be improved, and that the access to Members' offices in Parliament should be controlled;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 42 d (new) 42d. Believes that Parliament should not be in the business of running museums; proposes that if this House of European History is established it be made an independent body with full responsibility for its activities and resources;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 42 e (new) 42e. Believes that the House of European History project should be put on hold, especially given the current economic and financial climate;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 44 44. Regrets that EuroparlTV cannot be considered to be a success story in view of its very low number of direct individual users (excluding viewers through partnership agreements with regional TVs) in spite of the considerable financing that it received in 2010, amounting to some EUR 9 000 000 (item 3 2 4 6); welcomes the efforts made to reduce this budget by 14 % (to EUR 8 000 000) in 2011 and in the subsequent years;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 45 45. Notes that the costs relating to the LUX Prize in 2010 were EUR 380 666,18; is concerned that the costs rose for the event in 2011 to EUR 573 722,08 (by over 50 %) and looks forward to a sharp reverse in this trend from 2012 onwards; specifically requests that the following activities be curtailed in order to contain costs: - expensive internal promotion within the buildings of Parliament, - promotional activities at international film festivals, - the large expenditure associated with the costs of organising 'mini-LUX' events in the Member States;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 45 a (new) 45a. Notes the expenditure of the prizes for the period 2009-11: 2009 2010 2011 Journalists prize €105 000 €118 059 €154 205 Sakharov Prize €300 000 €645 542 €652 348 Charlemagne Youth €24 000 €34 000 €35 000 Prize LUX prize €320 000 €380 666 €573 722 Totals: €749 000 €1 178 267 €1 415 276
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 45 b (new) 45b. Believes that the 89 % increase in the expenditure on the prizes between 2009 and 2011 used funds that could have been better deployed elsewhere; calls for future expenditure on prizes to be brought back down to the levels of 2009;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 45 c (new) 45c. Calls on the Bureau to cancel the LUX prize on the grounds that Parliament is a political not a cultural institution and so is not an appropriate body to judge creative activities such as art, books, music, or films;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 55 55. Notes that, in 2010, there were 33 200 missions (official trips) representing a total of 98 629 mission days, most of them involving travel between Parliament's three places of work; reiterates the need to avoid unnecessary missions between the three working places and the costs they entail with more systematic and documentary justifications and better monitoring; requests that the Secretary General report, as part of the discharge procedure, on any savings made as a result of further rationalisation; asks the Secretary-General specifically to review the posts based outside of Brussels, particularly for those staff members who undertake repeated missions to Brussels, to ascertain if they need to be relocated; suggests that the agreement with the Luxembourg authorities, which fixes the number of Parliament staff based in Luxembourg without regard to any evolving needs of Parliament, may need to be revised;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 63 a (new) 63a. Notes that the property portfolio of Parliament has substantially increased over recent years; insists that no additional buildings be purchased or leased during the next multiannual financial framework period;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 64 c (new) 64c. Notes the decision to purchase the Trebel building which will become available in 2017; proposes however that no further building(s) be leased to substitute for this building during the redevelopment project even if this means that refurbishments and non-urgent maintenance on existing buildings must be delayed until its completion;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 64 f (new) 64f. Reiterates its call for more diverse catering options within the buildings of Parliament by ceasing to offer a monopoly to a single catering provider when current contracts reach the end of their term;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 70 a (new) 70a. Believes that Parliament should cease awarding monopolistic contracts wherever possible and that reduced costs and a better service for Members and staff would result from having more than one travel agency at their disposal;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 75 75. Notes the Bureau decisions of 17 June 2009 and of 18 October 2010 to extend the areas with wireless network access (Wi-Fi) in Parliament covering the Chamber, committee rooms, Members' offices and public spaces both in Brussels and Strasbourg but expresses concern at the high cost of this project (1st phase of the project: EUR 7 878 000);
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 87 c (new) 87c. Calls on the Conference of Presidents to schedule a debate on Parliament's discharge at a different time than the debate on the other discharge reports in order to give Members the opportunity to give it the exclusive attention the discharge of their own institution deserves;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 87 d (new) 87d. Suggests to the Bureau that it should put on its agenda a discussion on the discharge resolution following its adoption by plenary;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 87 e (new) 87e. Reiterates its call for the Bureau to issue 'green papers' to all Members on key policy areas regarding matters within its competence before taking any definitive decisions in order to stimulate a wider debate within political groups and the house as a whole;
source: PE-483.679
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2011/2205(DEC) 2010 discharge: EU general budget, Court of Auditors
2012/07/03
CONT
7 amendments...
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Also notes that the Court of Auditors undertook a total of 376 audit missions – 351 to Member States and 25 elsewhere (France: 52, Germany: 38, United Kingdom: 32, Italy: 30; Spain: 26, Netherlands: 23, Sweden: 15, Portugal: 14, Greece: 13, Denmark: 12; Luxembourg: 11, Hungary: 10, Poland: 10) and that just less than half of the Member States were therefore visited;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Asks the Court of Auditors, whilst recognising resource limitations and the reality of a sampling methodology, to seek to ensure it covers all Member States over a relatively short time frame;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 b (new) 12b. Calls on the Court of Auditors to publish Annual Reports on each Member State when possible, to bring together all their research across different programme areas related to a single Member State;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 c (new) 12c. Notes that a traditional sampling method works best when auditing a single programme and a single management & control system but when both the selection of transactions/procedures and the selection of Member States is part of the sampling process it is harder to establish a clear understanding of the situation; requests that the Court of Auditors think in terms of occasional 'matrix' audits which sample transactions within a programme but cover all 27 Member States in order to reach conclusions about both the programme and the individual Member States;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 d (new) 12d. Suggests that as part of any review of the Court of Auditors' operations, consideration be given to allocating to Court Members, responsibilities for specific Member States in addition to their programme responsibilities; notes that this would give Members of the Court of Auditors the opportunity to develop closer relationships with national/regional audit authorities, and locally-appointed auditors for specific programmes;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 e (new) 12e. Considers that if a Member State and relevant sub-national authorities do not take their auditing and control responsibilities under shared management sufficiently seriously the Court of Auditors may have to be more involved on decentralised basis, whilst recognising that at present it would not have the resources to do so;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 f (new) 12f. Requests the Court of Auditors to incorporate into its future work programmes a systematic follow-up of specific past audits, following a sufficient time lapse, to assess progress;
source: PE-483.638
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2011/2206(DEC) 2010 discharge: EU general budget, Economic and Social Committee
2012/07/03
CONT
4 amendments...
Amendment 2 #
Proposal for a decision Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Calls on the EESC, as a body designed to offer privileged access to the Union's legislative and policy-making processes, to fund its activities by means of subscription for those few bodies that have secured representation;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Reiterates the call made in its resolution1 on discharge to the EESC for the financial year 2009 to undertake with urgency a comprehensive spending review of all areas of activity to ensure all expenditure is delivering value for money in order to identify savings which will reduce the pressure on the budget in this period of austerity; calls on the EESC to adopt the principle of zero-based budgeting to identify savings, rather than simply adding a nominal percentage increase for inflation to existing budgets during each budget cycle; 1 OJ L 250, 27.9.2011, p.98.
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Deplores, with regard to the alleged irregularities uncovered in the 2009 discharge procedure, the fact that the EESC Secretary-General did not provide sufficient explanation in response to questions highlighting not only instances of bad administrative practice and the pressing need for internal procedures to be improved, but also, which is more serious, the recurring suspicions that interest in sound economic management of the institution and of the EU budget is being abandoned, in particular through the failure to resolve staff conflicts; notes that all these questions have led, inter alia, to allegations being submitted to the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), the European Ombudsman and the Court of Justice, not only by officials but also by members of the EESC; stresses that recourse to external bodies, which unavoidably result in significant costs and delays, should be avoided as far as possible by means of suitable internal mechanisms which can resolve such staff conflicts;
source: PE-483.639
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2011/2207(DEC) 2010 discharge: EU general budget, Committee of the Regions
2012/07/03
CONT
5 amendments...
Amendment 3 #
Proposal for a decision Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Calls on the Committee of the Regions (CoR), as a body designed to offer a relatively small number of bodies privileged access to the Union's legislative and policy-making processes, to fund its activities by means of subscription for those local and regional institutions that believe it serves a valuable purpose;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls on the CoR to undertake a comprehensive spending review based on the principle of zero-based budgeting to identify savings, rather than simply adding a nominal percentage increase for inflation to existing budgets during each budget cycle;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 – indent 4 – look into how the CoR's political mechanisms might benefit from the improved efficiency, including possible reductions in travel expenses, that might be achieved with the use of video- conferencing,
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Notes that the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union highlights the importance of the subsidiarity principle
source: PE-483.640
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2011/2232(DEC)
2012/07/03
CONT
2 amendments...
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 80 a (new) 80a. Asks the Interinstitutional Working Group to identify areas of duplication and overlap amongst existing Agencies and to consider whether some Agencies could be merged;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 80 b (new) 80b. Believes that Agencies would benefit from shared administrative services in a similar way to the cooperation between the Committee of the Regions and the European Economic and Social Committee; urges the Interinstitutional Working Group to consider the question of the geographic dispersal of the Agencies which adds significantly to their costs and makes cooperation difficult; believes that if the Agencies were grouped together in a small number of locations, they could share overheads and management costs, particularly regarding IT, personnel, and financial administration;
source: PE-483.635
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2011/2264(DEC) 2010 discharge: European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE)
2011/12/21
FEMM
2 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6.
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Whilst recognising the vital work of the EIGE in the field of equal opportunities policy, it should be noted that all Member States and the European Union as a whole are experiencing an economic crisis which means that all funding allocation needs careful consideration; emphasises that it is necessary, at this present time, for Member States to be able to properly secure and maintain national public funding for public service provision which will help and support women and children;
source: PE-478.624
2012/07/03
CONT
1 amendments...
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Believes a merger of the agency with the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights should be considered in order to avoid duplication and reduce overhead costs;
source: PE-483.610
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2011/2273(INI) Daphne programme: achievements and future prospects
2011/11/30
FEMM
5 amendments...
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) Fa. whereas the Daphne Programme funds transnational projects of the highest quality, which often puts at a disadvantage small non-profit organisations that do not have wide experience and knowledge of how to submit project proposals, or the staff and organisational structure to do so, and whereas the administrative costs involved in processing projects are often high,
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Wishes to see the programme’s objectives retained in the 2013–2020 period, to see its funding held at a level at least comparable to that of the earlier programmes and to see its profile, and its continuing focus on the issue of violence, within the new-
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Calls
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5.
source: PE-478.328
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2011/2285(INI) Application of the principle of equal pay for male and female workers for equal work or work of equal value
2012/03/13
FEMM
11 amendments...
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas women work more often in lower-paid industries or in low-paid sectors with less collective representation and bargaining power;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Recognises that there are multiple causes which exacerbate the pay gap and therefore, recognises that a multi-level, multifaceted approach requires strong leadership from the European Union in coordinating policies, promoting good practices and involving various actors as European social partners, with the aim of creating a Europe-wide strategy to address the gender pay gap;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Notes that pay inequality due to any other factor such as race, ethnicity, sexual orientation and religion would not be tolerated;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9 a. Urges the Member States with the highest gender pay gap to work closely with those member states with the lowest gender pay gap in order that best practice may truly be shared and developed;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 b (new) 9 b. Suggests that Member States may wish to appoint an Equal Pay Champion to monitor the situation in individual member states and to report back to their national parliaments and to the European Parliament on the progress that is being made;
Amendment 56 #
Annex to the draft motion for a resolution Recommendation 1, Paragraph 1, indent 1 - GPG, the definition of which must not cover gross hourly pay alone, while there needs to be a distinction between unadjusted and “net” gender pay gap and distinction between the sectors;
Amendment 66 #
Annex to the draft motion for a resolution Recommendation 2, Paragraph 3 2.3. It is therefore essential that regular pay audits, as well as accessible information on their results
Amendment 67 #
Annex to the draft motion for a resolution Recommendation 2, Paragraph 4 2.4. Employers should provide employees and their representatives with results in the form of wage statistics, broken down by gender but bearing in mind the personal data protection. This data should be compiled at sectoral and national level in each Member State.
Amendment 71 #
Annex to the draft motion for a resolution Recommendation 3, Paragraph 1 3.1
Amendment 83 #
Annex to the draft motion for a resolution Recommendation 6, Paragraph 1, indent 3 - concrete
Amendment 84 #
Annex to the draft motion for a resolution Recommendation 6, Paragraph 1, indent 4 - a clause in public contracts requiring respect for gender equality and equal pay for equal work.
source: PE-483.791
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2011/2294(INI) Modernising Europe's higher education systems
2012/08/02
FEMM
3 amendments...
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph B B. whereas there is a disturbingly low proportion of women on decision-making boards relating to research,
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Considers it necessary to
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Considers it necessary that higher and further education institutions review their internal instruments as so that they can recruit and promote the best people, including a significant number of women;
source: PE-480.849
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2012/2010(DEC) Special report 13/2011 (2011 discharge): Does the control of customs procedure 42 prevent and detect VAT evasion?
2012/11/13
CONT
5 amendments...
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Stresses that, besides tax avoidance and losses due to insolvencies, the VAT gap is attributable also to fraud, non-transparent rules, incoherent control systems and non or partial implementation of Union legislation in the Member-States, and that VAT losses, translating into billions of EUR, are largely compensated for via austerity measures affecting citizens of the Union, and borne by those citizens whose income is well documented and traceable;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Calls on the Commission to urge the Member States to simplify their legislation on VAT, introduce a standard form for the notification of the implementation of VAT to tax authorities and establish an uniform and proper management of cases of exemption from VAT by the customs authorities of the Member States, and to ensure better availability of these legislative texts translated into English, French and German as a minimum requirement;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Stresses the importance of more intensive and rapid cooperation between Member States, better monitoring of exchanges of information, and more direct contacts between local tax and customs offices, including by means of the online VAT Information Exchange System (VIES), so as to ensure that Member States provide efficient assistance to each other;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Endorses the 2008 Commission's proposal (COM(2008) 805) aiming at introducing joint liability of traders in intra-community transactions, holding importers jointly and severally liable in cases when VAT loss has resulted from false, late or incomplete reporting of the transaction to the VAT authority, and subjecting them to appropriate penalties;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Calls on the Commission to create a system that would combine assistance in the customs area and administrative cooperation in the area of VAT to ensure effective information flows so that the relevant authorities in one field are routinely informed about action in the other; considers that this would make the cooperation between the competent authorities and the charging of VAT in the Member State of destination more effective and rapid;
source: PE-500.479
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2012/2087(DEC) Special report 3/2012 (2011 discharge): Structural Funds: Did the Commission successfully deal with deficiencies identified in the Member States' management and control systems?
2012/07/13
CONT
2 amendments...
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Emphasises that speed is of the essence in the process of controls to ensure that the financial interests of European taxpayers are protected; calls on the Commission to prioritise the earliest possible scrutiny, assessment and follow-up action in its future management oversight of these funds;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Is convinced that the Commission should continue to aim at implementing the single audit principle; emphasises that it is of utmost importance to ensure the quality of the work of audit authorities and that to achieve this end it is essential to establish clear and transparent common standards for these audits; notes that - provided that the audit authorities produce reliable results - the EU budget could be adequately protected even if high error rates are present as the Commission could apply financial corrections to counter those error rates; reiterates, however, the fact that in such cases the national taxpayer has to pay twice which is why preventing errors from happening is always more efficient than correcting it later on, for both the Commission and the Member States concerned; stresses in this context specifically indent 2 of the Court of Auditor's recommendation 1 and urges the Commission to implement this recommendation;
source: PE-492.938
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2012/2091(DEC) Special report 5/2012 (2011 Discharge): The Common External Relations Information System (CRIS)
2012/02/10
CONT
1 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9.
source: PE-496.657
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2012/2119(DEC) Special report 7/2012 (2011 discharge): Reform of the common organisation of the market in wine: progress to date
2012/10/18
CONT
2 amendments...
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15 a. Asks the Commission to consider abolishing planting rights with a view to providing smaller, quality wine producers with growth opportunities to improve their competitiveness;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Believes that, in addition to the export of quality wines to countries outside the European Union, greater support for consumption of European wines within the European Union would also help to reduce the production surpluses;
source: PE-497.926
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2012/2168(DEC) 2011 discharge: EU general budget, European Parliament
2013/02/27
CONT
11 amendments...
Amendment 2 #
Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Calls on the Bureau to schedule as a specific agenda item a discussion of the discharge report in May or June, shortly after its adoption by plenary;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 41 a (new) 41 a. Stresses that the plan to increase security by restricting various categories of users’ access to Parliament should be strengthened by more rigorous checks on the identity documents of those users;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 41 b (new) 41 b. Stresses that better use should be made of modern technologies in Parliament's security measures, and that this will result in savings; stresses that those recruited to the security service should work to a high professional standard in order to ensure a reliable and effective security service;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 43 43. Takes note of the fact that the contract with the current travel agency expires on 31 December 2013 and that the preparations of a new call for tenders have started; regrets that, while the possibility of a financial audit was provided for in the contract, this is not the case for an audit of the structure and performance of the travel agency; insists that a future contract should include the possibility of intermediary and final financial and performance audits; as requested by the Committee on Budgetary Control, welcomes the fact that the administration will also have recourse to external expertise when establishing tender documentation and throughout the selection procedure, thereby ensuring that Parliament chooses the best solution, resulting in major simplifications and cost- savings; stresses that the new contract should take into account the best quality/price ratio and the best value for money with competitive prices; reiterates its proposal for exploring the possibility of having two travel agencies operating within Parliament, in direct competition, and whether this might provide a cost- neutral way of increasing efficiency and achieving best value for money;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 45 45. Regrets that the audience of Europarl TV, although greater in 2011 as compared with 2010
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 46 46. Is concerned at the increased cost of the Lux Prize in 2011
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 46 a (new) Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 46 b (new) 46 b. Believes the Parliament, as a public institution, is not competent to judge the artistic merit of film productions; insists the LUX prize be discontinued in 2012;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 50 a (new) 50a. Insists that the time has finally come to end all subsidies to the catering service, as it is no longer tenable that officials and staff pay anything other than market prices; expects to this end that catering services will be required to be self- sufficient; reiterates its suggestion that the possibility be explored for the existence of two or more service providers, in direct competition, so as to encourage increased quality of service and best value for money;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 69 69. Takes the view that the possibility should be considered of making both environmental improvements and smart savings in Parliament’s budget by means of different working methods and modern technologies which are greener and cheaper but which do not detract from Parliament’s work, including the use of teleconferences.
source: PE-506.000
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2012/2172(DEC) 2011 discharge: EU general budget, Economic and Social Committee
2013/02/26
CONT
11 amendments...
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Takes note of the replies given to the Court of Auditors' observations and
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Notes that in 2011 the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) had available commitment appropriations of EUR 128 600 000 (EUR 123 173 749 in 2010), with an utilisation rate of 95,4%, lower than the rate of 98% of 2010; this is mainly due to the Council's decision not to adopt the Commission's proposal for salary adjustments for 2011; stresses that the EESC budget is purely administrative, with a large amount used on expenditure concerning persons working within the institution and the remaining amount relating to buildings, furniture, equipment and miscellaneous running costs;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9.
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Notes with satisfaction that the EESC–CoR Cooperation agreement is estimated to make savings/synergies in the order of around EUR 40 million; considers that it would be interesting to have a more recent evaluation of this agreement's benefits since the data above are from the year 2005 and did not take into account the situation in the EU27;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Congratulates both the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions for receiving EMAS and ISO-14001 certification;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Is pleased with the achievements in the area of translation following the renewed EESC-CoR Cooperation agreement; notes, however, that in 2011 there was a higher demand for translation from external translators compared to previous years;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Considers positive the decrease of the unused rate of interpretation services requested from 12.3% in 2010 to 8,9% in 2011;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Takes note of the very high execution rate of the communication budget which was in 2011 of EUR 1.712.535; welcomes its decrease for the period of 2012 and 2013 to the amount of EUR 1.597.200; congratulates the EESC for all the initiatives and events that are created to promote its work and to build bridges between the civil society and Union institutions; is of the opinion that the EESC, as all the other institutions, can communicate effectively with less means;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Wishes to see information included in the annual report on the manner in which the EESC
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Wishes to see more detailed information included in the EESC's annual report on the provision of space for meetings organised by external civil- society organisations working in partnership, as well as on the benefits and costs for those organisations and the way in which they are selected; welcomes the precise criteria set to choose the organisation and the event that has to be related to the Union, not having commercial purpose or pursuing a political objective and has to highlight the EESC's role;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Acknowledges the projects developed to modernise document management and the IT infrastructure; believes that the document management reform is developing well and will contribute for improving the EESC performance; hopes that the IT reform will achieve the same results; asks these projects to be followed up in the 2012 annual activity report; (that it is the paragraph 22)
source: PE-506.052
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2012/2173(DEC) 2011 discharge: EU general budget, Committee of the Regions
2013/02/26
CONT
1 amendments...
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Invites the Committee to put in the next annual activity report the unused rate of the interpretation services requested during that year;
source: PE-506.054
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2012/2174(DEC) 2011 discharge: EU general budget, European Ombudsman
2013/02/26
CONT
1 amendments...
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Invites the Ombudsman to put in the next annual activity report the unused rate of the interpretation services requested during that year;
source: PE-506.050
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2012/2175(DEC) 2011 discharge: EU general budget, European Data Protection Supervisor
2013/02/26
CONT
1 amendments...
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Invites the Supervisor to put in the next annual activity report the unused rate of the interpretation services requested during that year;
source: PE-506.053
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2012/2185(DEC) 2011 discharge: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA)
2013/02/27
CONT
1 amendments...
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Is concerned by the fact that in December 2012, the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) opened an investigation into alleged irregularities in the Agency as a result of allegations made by one of the applicants in the above-mentioned court cases; requ
source: PE-497.850
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2012/2187(DEC) 2011 discharge: European Environment Agency (EEA)
2013/02/27
CONT
1 amendments...
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Notes from the Court of Auditors' report that the Agency made a payment to an international environmental organisation amounting to EUR 6 061 which was related to the participation of Agency staff in expeditions organised by that organisation in February and May 2011;
source: PE-497.873
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2012/2193(DEC) 2011 discharge: European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA)
2013/02/27
CONT
3 amendments...
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Notes with concern the Court of Auditors' finding that budget commitments amounting to EUR 0,9 million were not related to existing legal commitments and the Agency should have decommitted and paid back the amount to the Commission at the beginning of 2012; notes, however, that the Agency initiated the process too late and as a result, due to restrictions imposed by the IT system, the funds will be blocked for one year and will only be decommitted and paid back at the end of 2012; considers that this is unacceptable;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Regrets that the Court of Auditors identified the need to improve the Agency's asset management; it found, in particular, unexplained differences between the recorded annual and cumulated depreciation and that for internally created intangible assets, accounting procedures and information on costs were not reliable; notes that evidence of a physical inventory of administrative equipment within the required period was lacking; remarks that until the serious problems in the Agency are resolved no further extension of the Agency's competency should be considered;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Notes with concern the Court of Auditors' finding that when the Agency sold two sets of sweeping arms systems for at-sea oil recovery services in December 2011, aiming to obtain at least the equipment's net book value of EUR 319 050 , as a result of the minimum price being wrongly set below net book value, the equipment was sold at a loss of EUR 93 950; considers that this is unacceptable and shows lack of regard for taxpayers money;
source: PE-497.881
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2012/2194(DEC) 2011 discharge: European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)
2013/02/27
CONT
4 amendments...
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Acknowledges from the Court of Auditors' report that the decrease in the country coefficient for Germany in June 2010 caused a significant surplus in the Agency's Title I ‘Staff Expenditure’ appropriations for 2011 and that about EUR 3 million (7 % of the appropriations) were transferred from Title I to various budget lines in Title III ‘Operational Expenditure’, despite their low implementation rate in terms of payments; notes, moreover, that this significant cross title transfer, which changed the structure of the budget considerably, was not put to the Agency's Management Board for approval;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Takes note that the transfer increased Title III appropriations to EUR 13,7 million and that at the end of 2011, EUR 7,8 million was carried over to 2012;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9 a. Remarks that the budgetary authority is concerned by the high administrative costs at the Agency and is strongly dissatisfied with the answers regarding them that were given by the Executive Director of the Agency in the hearing of the Parliament's Committee on Budgetary Control because they did not adequately address members' questions;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 – subparagraph 2 source: PE-497.869
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2012/2195(DEC) 2011 discharge: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
2013/02/27
CONT
2 amendments...
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9.
source: PE-497.871
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2012/2196(DEC) 2011 discharge: European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
2013/02/27
CONT
2 amendments...
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Notes, from the Court of Auditors' report and the Authority's annual activity report (AAR), that in 2011, 13 budgetary transfers were made; notes that, in particular, EUR 2,46 million was transferred from Title I to the infrastructure and IT budget lines of Title II, aiming to provide the resources for the adaptation of IT systems and financial systems related to the reorganisation and the migration to the accrual-based accounting financial system, and to reinforce the resources available for the move to the final seat and equipment for the final seat; notes, moreover, that transfers were carried out within Titles II and III;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Notes with concern that the Authority was criticised for a lack of transparency with respect to the publication of annual declarations of interest and the absence of training on conflicts of interest and demands that this matter be remedied forthwith;
source: PE-497.875
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2012/2198(DEC) 2011 discharge: European Railway Agency (ERA)
2013/02/27
CONT
2 amendments...
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Acknowledges that the level of payments against budget appropriations improved for all titles, but remained low for Title III with 47 % (39 % in 2010);
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Reiterates that using two locations (Lille and Valenciennes) to carry out its activities exposes the Agency to additional costs; for this reason one location should be urgently reconsidered; notes, moreover, that this observation has been made since 2006 and that no action has been taken by the Council to change the Decision of 13 December 2003
source: PE-497.883
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2012/2205(DEC) 2011 discharge: European Police Office (EUROPOL)
2013/02/27
CONT
3 amendments...
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Acknowledges from the Court of Auditors' report that in 2010, more than EUR 1,6 million had to be cancelled and in 2011, EUR 1,9 million (9 % of the appropriations carried over from 2010) were cancelled; notes, moreover, that in 2011 the level of carry-overs of commitment appropriations was also high, with EUR 4,2 million (41 %) for Title II ‘administrative expenditure’ and EUR 10,6 million (46 %) for Title III ‘operational expenditure’;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Acknowledges from the Court of Auditors' report that weaknesses were found as regards the physical verification and recording of assets before and after the move to the new headquarters; in addition,
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 – subparagraph 1 source: PE-497.848
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2012/2207(DEC) 2011 discharge: European Banking Authority (EBA)
2013/02/27
CONT
1 amendments...
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Notes from the Court of Auditors that weaknesses as regards three legal commitments made in advance of budget commitments (EUR 742 000) were noted;
source: PE-497.870
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2012/2214(DEC) 2011 discharge: performance, financial management and control of EU agencies
2013/02/27
CONT
2 amendments...
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Urges the Agencies to examine their internal administrative processes with a view to reducing administrative costs, which are generally too high across the Agencies;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Proposes that some smaller agencies which may not be suitable for outright mergers be relocated in the same city – possibly even in the same building – so that they can benefit from common central resources and reduce overhead costs;
source: PE-497.863
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2012/2222(INI) Preparation of the multiannual financial framework regarding the financing of EU cooperation for African, Caribbean and Pacific States and Overseas Countries and Territories for the 2014-2020 period (11th European Development Fund)
2013/09/01
FEMM
6 amendments...
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas the Union’s policy on development cooperation is guided by the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and two of those Goals specifically concern women – MDG 3: Promote gender equality and empower women and MDG 5: Improve maternal health
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas the increase in poverty affects more women than men;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas gender-based violence is becoming more widespread, in particular sexual violence, exploitation and the killing of women and girls;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Urges the Commission and Council, therefore, to
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls on the Commission, within the framework of its programme activities, to provide appropriate protection and advice to the victims of gender-based violence, to fight against impunity for the perpetrators and to oblige third countries to institute effective legal provisions;
source: PE-502.215
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2012/2292(INI) Cross-border collective bargaining and transnational social dialogue
2013/04/30
FEMM
4 amendments...
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the Member States to en
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 11 11. Stresses that gender equality issues, like the gender pay gap, gender segregation in the labour market, reconciliation of work and family responsibilities, promoting career development and combating violence and sexual harassment at work must be
source: PE-510.621
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2013/2009(INI) Educational and occupational mobility of women in the EU
2013/01/29
FEMM
9 amendments...
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Emphasises the need to increase awareness of the situation of women in the context of the EU’s policies on education, integration, migration and employment, and in its social policies, to promote
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Member States to include provisions
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Urges the Member States and the Commission to strengthen the EU’s policy on fighting direct and indirect discrimination
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Urges
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Calls on the Member States to actively participate in remov
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls on the Commission
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Stresses the need to
source: PE-504.182
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2013/2044(INI) Impact of the crisis on access to care for vulnerable groups
2013/04/30
FEMM
2 amendments...
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Urges Member States to adopt policies that promote health and the prevention of disease through the guarantee of
source: PE-510.609
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2013/2045(INI) Tackling youth unemployment: possible ways out
2013/04/30
FEMM
2 amendments...
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Calls on the Member States to consider adopting the Youth Guarantee Scheme
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Stresses the importance of promoting measures to
source: PE-510.608
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