Søren Bo SØNDERGAARD
Constituencies
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Denmark
Folkebevægelsen mod EU
2009/07/14 - 9999/12/31
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Denmark
Folkebevægelsen mod EU
2007/01/01 - 2009/07/13
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Denmark
Folkebevægelsen mod EU
2007/01/01 - 2009/07/13
Groups
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GUE/NGL
Member of the Bureau
Confederal Group of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left
2009/07/14 - 9999/12/31
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Committees
| Role | Committee | Start | End |
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| Member of | Committee on Constitutional Affairs | 2012/01/19 | 9999/12/31 |
| Member of | Committee on Budgetary Control | 2012/01/19 | 9999/12/31 |
| Member of | Special committee on organised crime, corruption and money laundering | 2012/07/11 | 9999/12/31 |
| Substitute of | Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection | 2012/01/19 | 9999/12/31 |
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Delegations
| Role | Delegation | Start | End |
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| Substitute of | Delegation for relations with the United States | 2009/09/16 | 9999/12/31 |
| Substitute of | Delegation for relations with Switzerland and Norway and to the EU-Iceland Joint Parliamentary Committee and the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee | 2009/09/16 | 9999/12/31 |
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| Role | Delegation | Start | End |
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| Member of | Delegation for relations with Mercosur | 2007/03/29 | 2009/07/13 |
| Substitute of | Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly | 2007/03/15 | 2009/07/13 |
| Substitute of | Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly | 2007/03/15 | 2009/07/13 |
| Member of | Delegation for relations with Mercosur | 2007/03/29 | 2009/07/13 |
Contact
Online
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Brussels
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- +322 28 45152
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- Bât. Altiero Spinelli 07F259
- Full Address
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- Bruxelles/Brussel
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- B-1047
- Street
- 60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60
Strasbourg
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- +333 88 1 75152
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- +333 88 1 79152
- Office
- Bât. Louise Weiss T05021
- Full Address
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- City
- Strasbourg
- Zip
- CS 91024 - F-67070
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- 1, avenue du Président Robert Schuman
Postal
- Europa-Parlamentet
- Rue Wiertz
- Altiero Spinelli 07F259
- B-1047 Bruxelles
Rapporteur
| Shadow | 2013/2015(DEC) | Court of Auditors' special reports in the context of the 2011 Commission discharge |
| 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 | 2012/2328(DEC) | Special report 19/2012: 2011 report on the follow-up of the European Court of Auditors’ special reports |
| Shadow | 2012/2327(DEC) | Special report 22/2012 (2011 discharge): Do the European Integration Fund and European Refugee Fund contribute effectively to the integration of third-country nationals? |
| Shadow | 2012/2315(DEC) | Special report 16/2012 (2011 discharge): Effectiveness of the Single Area Payment Scheme as a transitional system for supporting farmers in the new Member States |
| Shadow | 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 | 2012/2283(DEC) | Special report 18/2012 (2011 discharge): European Union assistance to Kosovo related to the rule of law |
| Shadow | 2012/2282(DEC) | Special report 14/2012 (2011 discharge): Implementation of EU hygiene legislation in slaughterhouses of countries that joined the EU since 2004 |
| 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 | 2012/2247(DEC) | Special report 12/2012 (2011 discharge): Did the Commission and Eurostat improve the process for producing reliable and credible European statistics? |
| 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 |
| Shadow | 2012/2221(DEC) | 2011 discharge: ENIAC Joint Undertaking |
| Shadow | 2012/2220(DEC) | 2011 discharge: Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH Joint Undertaking) |
| Shadow | 2012/2219(DEC) | 2011 discharge: IMI Joint Undertaking for the implementation of the Joint Technology Initiative on Innovative Medicines |
| Shadow | 2012/2218(DEC) | 2011 discharge: Artemis Joint Undertaking to implement a Joint Technology Initiative in Embedded Computing Systems |
| Shadow | 2012/2217(DEC) | 2011 discharge: Clean Sky Joint Undertaking |
| Shadow | 2012/2216(DEC) | 2011 discharge: SESAR Joint Undertaking to develop the new generation European air traffic management system |
| Shadow | 2012/2215(DEC) | 2011 discharge: European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy (Fusion for Energy) |
| Shadow | 2012/2214(DEC) | 2011 discharge: performance, financial management and control of EU agencies |
| Shadow | 2012/2212(DEC) | 2011 discharge: European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) |
| Shadow | 2012/2211(DEC) | 2011 discharge: Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) |
| Shadow | 2012/2210(DEC) | 2011 discharge: Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) |
| Shadow | 2012/2209(DEC) | 2011 discharge: European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) |
| Shadow | 2012/2208(DEC) | 2011 discharge: European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) |
| Shadow | 2012/2207(DEC) | 2011 discharge: European Banking Authority (EBA) |
| Shadow | 2012/2206(DEC) | 2011 discharge: European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) |
| Shadow | 2012/2205(DEC) | 2011 discharge: European Police Office (EUROPOL) |
| Shadow | 2012/2204(DEC) | 2011 discharge: Euratom Supply Agency (ESA) |
| Shadow | 2012/2203(DEC) | 2011 discharge: European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) |
| Shadow | 2012/2202(DEC) | 2011 discharge: European Fisheries Control Agency (EFSA) |
| Shadow | 2012/2201(DEC) | 2011 discharge: European GNSS Agency (GSA) |
| Shadow | 2012/2200(DEC) | 2011 discharge: European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders (FRONTEX) |
| Shadow | 2012/2199(DEC) | 2011 discharge: European Police College (CEPOL) |
| Shadow | 2012/2198(DEC) | 2011 discharge: European Railway Agency (ERA) |
| Shadow | 2012/2197(DEC) | 2011 discharge: European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) |
| Shadow | 2012/2196(DEC) | 2011 discharge: European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) |
| Shadow | 2012/2195(DEC) | 2011 discharge: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) |
| Shadow | 2012/2194(DEC) | 2011 discharge: European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) |
| Shadow | 2012/2193(DEC) | 2011 discharge: European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) |
| Shadow | 2012/2192(DEC) | 2011 discharge: European Training Foundation (ETF) |
| Shadow | 2012/2191(DEC) | 2011 discharge: European Union's Judicial Cooperation Unit (EUROJUST) |
| Shadow | 2012/2190(DEC) | 2011 discharge: European Medicines Agency (EMA) |
| Shadow | 2012/2189(DEC) | 2011 discharge: Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union (CdT) |
| Shadow | 2012/2188(DEC) | 2011 discharge: European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) |
| Shadow | 2012/2187(DEC) | 2011 discharge: European Environment Agency (EEA) |
| Shadow | 2012/2186(DEC) | 2011 discharge: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) |
| Shadow | 2012/2185(DEC) | 2011 discharge: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) |
| Shadow | 2012/2184(DEC) | 2011 discharge: European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (EUROFOUND) |
| Shadow | 2012/2183(DEC) | 2011 discharge: European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) |
| Shadow | 2012/2177(DEC) | 2011 discharge: EU general budget, European Council |
| Shadow | 2012/2176(DEC) | 2011 discharge: EU general budget, European External Action Service |
| Shadow | 2012/2175(DEC) | 2011 discharge: EU general budget, European Data Protection Supervisor |
| Shadow | 2012/2174(DEC) | 2011 discharge: EU general budget, European Ombudsman |
| Shadow | 2012/2173(DEC) | 2011 discharge: EU general budget, Committee of the Regions |
| Shadow | 2012/2172(DEC) | 2011 discharge: EU general budget, Economic and Social Committee |
| Shadow | 2012/2171(DEC) | 2011 discharge: EU general budget, Court of Auditors |
| Shadow | 2012/2170(DEC) | 2011 discharge: EU general budget, Court of Justice |
| Shadow | 2012/2169(DEC) | 2011 discharge: EU general budget, Council |
| Shadow | 2012/2168(DEC) | 2011 discharge: EU general budget, European Parliament |
| Shadow | 2012/2167(DEC) | 2011 discharge: EU general budget, Section III, Commission |
| Responsible | 2012/2166(DEC) | 2011 discharge: 8th, 9th and 10th European Development Funds (EDF) |
| Shadow | 2012/2158(DEC) | Special report 10/2012 (2011 discharge): Effectiveness of staff development in the European Commission |
| Shadow | 2012/2140(DEC) | Special report 9/2012 (2011 discharge): Audit of the control system governing the production, processing, distribution and imports of organic products |
| Shadow | 2012/2119(DEC) | Special report 7/2012 (2011 discharge): Reform of the common organisation of the market in wine: progress to date |
| Shadow | 2012/2111(DEC) | Special report 8/2012 (2011 discharge): Targeting of aid for the modernisation of agricultural holdings |
| Shadow | 2012/2107(DEC) | Special report 6/2012 (2011 discharge): European Union Assistance to the Turkish Cypriot Community |
| Shadow | 2012/2091(DEC) | Special report 5/2012 (2011 Discharge): The Common External Relations Information System (CRIS) |
| 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 | 2012/2086(DEC) | Special report 4/2012 (2011 discharge): Using Structural and Cohesion Funds to co-finance transport infrastructures in seaports: an effective investment? |
| Shadow | 2012/2080(REG) | EP Rules of Procedure, Rule 181 and 182: verbatim reports; audiovisual record of proceedings |
| Shadow | 2012/2078(INI) | Constitutional problems of a multitier governance in the European Union |
| Shadow | 2012/2069(ACI) | Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament and the Council concerning the forwarding to and handling by the European Parliament of classified information held by the Council on matters other than those in the area of the Common Foreign and Security Policy |
| Shadow | 2012/2064(INI) | Future role of the Court of Auditors. Procedure for the nomination of Members of the Court of Auditors: consultation of the European Parliament |
| Shadow | 2012/2060(DEC) | Special report 2/2012 (2011 discharge): Financial instruments for SMEs co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund |
| Shadow | 2012/2059(DEC) | Special report 1/2012 (2011 discharge): Effectiveness of European Union development aid for food security in sub-Saharan Africa |
| Shadow | 2012/2020(REG) | EP Rules of Procedure, Rule 15(2): order of precedence of Vice-Presidents elected by acclamation |
| Shadow | 2012/2017(DEC) | Special report 16/2011 (2011 discharge): EU financial assistance for the decommissioning of nuclear plants in Bulgaria, Lithuania and Slovakia: achievements and future challenges |
| Shadow | 2012/2015(DEC) | Special report 14/2011 (2011 discharge): Has EU assistance improved Croatia’s capacity to manage post-accession funding? |
| Shadow | 2012/2010(DEC) | Special report 13/2011 (2011 discharge): Does the control of customs procedure 42 prevent and detect VAT evasion? |
| Shadow | 2012/2009(DEC) | Special report 12/2011 (2011 discharge): Have EU measures contributed to adapting the capacity of the fishing fleets to available fishing opportunities? |
| Shadow | 2012/0805(NLE) | Court of Auditors: appointment of a member, Leonard Orban - RO |
| Shadow | 2012/0193(COD) | Fight against fraud to the Union's financial interests by means of criminal law |
| Shadow | 2011/2298(REG) | EP Rules of Procedure, Rule 70: interinstitutional negotiations in legislative procedures |
| Shadow | 2011/2287(INI) | Towards more efficient and cost effective interpreting in the European Parliament |
| Shadow | 2011/2265(DEC) | 2010 discharge: ENIAC Joint Undertaking |
| Shadow | 2011/2264(DEC) | 2010 discharge: European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) |
| Shadow | 2011/2257(REG) | EP Rules of Procedure, Rule 196: provisions concerning plenary sittings applicable in committee |
| Shadow | 2011/2255(DEC) | 2010 discharge: European Police Office (EUROPOL) |
| Shadow | 2011/2242(DEC) | 2010 discharge: Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Fuel Cell Joint Undertaking |
| Shadow | 2011/2241(DEC) | 2010 discharge: IMI Joint Undertaking for the implementation of the Joint Technology Initiative on Innovative Medicines |
| Shadow | 2011/2240(DEC) | 2010 discharge: Artemis Joint Undertaking to implement a Joint Technology Initiative in Embedded Computing Systems |
| Shadow | 2011/2239(DEC) | 2010 discharge: Clean Sky Joint Undertaking |
| Shadow | 2011/2238(DEC) | 2010 discharge: SESAR Joint Undertaking to develop the new generation European air traffic management system |
| Shadow | 2011/2237(DEC) | 2010 discharge: European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy |
| Shadow | 2011/2236(DEC) | 2010 discharge: Euratom Supply Agency (ESA) |
| Shadow | 2011/2235(DEC) | 2010 discharge: European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) |
| Shadow | 2011/2234(DEC) | 2010 discharge: Community Fisheries Control Agency (CFCA) |
| Shadow | 2011/2233(DEC) | 2010 discharge: European GNSS Agency (GSA) |
| Shadow | 2011/2231(DEC) | 2010 discharge: European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders (FRONTEX) |
| Shadow | 2011/2230(DEC) | 2010 discharge: European Police College (CEPOL) |
| Shadow | 2011/2229(DEC) | 2010 discharge: European Railway Agency (ERA) |
| Shadow | 2011/2228(DEC) | 2010 discharge: European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) |
| Shadow | 2011/2227(DEC) | 2010 discharge: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) |
| Shadow | 2011/2226(DEC) | 2010 discharge: European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) |
| Shadow | 2011/2224(DEC) | 2010 discharge: European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) |
| Shadow | 2011/2223(DEC) | 2010 discharge: European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) |
| Shadow | 2011/2222(DEC) | 2010 discharge: European Training Foundation (ETF) |
| Shadow | 2011/2221(DEC) | 2010 discharge: European Union's Judicial Cooperation Unit (EUROJUST) |
| Shadow | 2011/2220(DEC) | 2010 discharge: European Medicines Agency (EMA) |
| Shadow | 2011/2219(DEC) | 2010 discharge: Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union (CdT) |
| Shadow | 2011/2218(DEC) | 2010 discharge: European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) |
| Shadow | 2011/2217(DEC) | 2010 discharge: European Environment Agency (EEA) |
| Shadow | 2011/2216(DEC) | 2010 discharge: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) |
| Shadow | 2011/2215(DEC) | 2010 discharge: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) |
| Shadow | 2011/2214(DEC) | 2010 discharge: European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (EUROFOUND) |
| Shadow | 2011/2213(DEC) | 2010 discharge: European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP) |
| Shadow | 2011/2212(DEC) | 2010 discharge: 8th, 9th and 10th European Development Funds (EDF) |
| Shadow | 2011/2209(DEC) | 2010 discharge: EU general budget, European Data Protection Supervisor |
| Shadow | 2011/2208(DEC) | 2010 discharge: EU general budget, European Ombudsman |
| Shadow | 2011/2207(DEC) | 2010 discharge: EU general budget, Committee of the Regions |
| Shadow | 2011/2206(DEC) | 2010 discharge: EU general budget, Economic and Social Committee |
| Shadow | 2011/2205(DEC) | 2010 discharge: EU general budget, Court of Auditors |
| Shadow | 2011/2204(DEC) | 2010 discharge: EU general budget, Court of Justice |
| Shadow | 2011/2203(DEC) | 2010 discharge: EU general budget, Section II - Council |
| Shadow | 2011/2202(DEC) | 2010 discharge: EU general budget, Section I - European Parliament |
| Shadow | 2011/2201(DEC) | 2010 discharge: EU general budget, Section III, Commission |
| Shadow | 2011/2174(REG) | EP Rules of Procedure: code of conduct for Members in respect of financial interests and conflicts of interest (amend.) |
| Shadow | 2011/2166(REG) | EP Rules of Procedure, Rule 51: procedures with joint committee meetings with regard to international agreements in the field of international trade, interpretation |
| Shadow | 2011/2165(REG) | EP Rules of Procedure, Rule 192: participation of non-attached Members in meetings of parliamentary committee coordinators, interpretation |
| Shadow | 2011/2152(ACI) | Interinstitutional Agreement on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management 2014-2020 (replacing Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006) |
| Shadow | 2011/2090(INI) | Unilateral statements in the minutes of the Council |
| Shadow | 2011/2073(INI) | Budgetary control of EU humanitarian aid managed by ECHO |
| Shadow | 2011/2033(INI) | Budgetary management of European Union pre-accession funds in the areas of judicial systems and the fight against corruption in the candidate and potential candidate countries |
| Shadow | 2011/2014(INI) | Budgetary control of EU financial assistance to Afghanistan |
| Shadow | 2011/0818(NLE) | Application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union to the Czech Republic. Protocol (amend.). Consent to not to convene a Convention |
| Shadow | 2011/0817(NLE) | Application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union to the Czech Republic. Protocol (amend.) |
| Shadow | 2011/0816(NLE) | Treaty of Lisbon: concerns of the Irish people in the areas of right to life, family, education, taxation and military neutrality. Protocol. Consent to not to convene a Convention |
| Shadow | 2011/0815(NLE) | Treaty of Lisbon: concerns of the Irish people in the areas of right to life, family, education, taxation and military neutrality. Protocol |
| Shadow | 2011/0803(NLE) | Court of Auditors: appointment of H. G. Wessberg |
| Shadow | 2010/2231(REG) | EP Rules of Procedure, Rules 106 and 192 and Annex XVII: hearings of Commissioners-designate |
| Shadow | 2010/2192(DEC) | 2009 discharge: European Network and Information Security Agency ENISA |
| Shadow | 2010/2191(DEC) | 2009 discharge: IMI Joint Undertaking for the implementation of the Joint Technology Initiative on Innovative Medicines |
| Shadow | 2010/2190(DEC) | 2009 discharge: Artemis Joint Undertaking to implement a Joint Technology Initiative in Embedded Computing Systems |
| Shadow | 2010/2189(DEC) | 2009 disharge: Clean Sky Joint Undertaking |
| Shadow | 2010/2188(DEC) | 2009 discharge: SESAR Joint Undertaking to develop the new generation European air traffic management system |
| Shadow | 2010/2187(DEC) | 2009 discharge: European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy |
| Shadow | 2010/2186(DEC) | 2009 discharge: Euratom Supply Agency ESA |
| Shadow | 2010/2185(DEC) | 2009 discharge: European Chemicals Agency ECHA |
| Shadow | 2010/2184(DEC) | 2009 discharge: Community Fisheries Control Agency CFCA |
| Shadow | 2010/2183(DEC) | 2009 discharge: European GNSS Supervisory Authority GSA |
| Shadow | 2010/2182(DEC) | 2009 discharge: European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders FRONTEX |
| Shadow | 2010/2180(DEC) | 2009 discharge: European Railway Agency ERA |
| Shadow | 2010/2179(DEC) | 2009 discharge: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control ECDC |
| Shadow | 2010/2178(DEC) | 2009 discharge: European Food Safety Authority EFSA |
| Shadow | 2010/2177(DEC) | 2009 discharge: European Aviation Safety Agency EASA |
| Shadow | 2010/2176(DEC) | 2009 discharge: European Maritime Safety Agency EMSA |
| Shadow | 2010/2175(DEC) | 2009 discharge: European Training Foundation ETF |
| Shadow | 2010/2174(DEC) | 2009 discharge: European Union's Judicial Cooperation Unit EUROJUST |
| Shadow | 2010/2172(DEC) | 2009 discharge: Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union CdT |
| Shadow | 2010/2171(DEC) | 2009 discharge: European Agency for Safety and Health at Work EU-OSHA |
| Shadow | 2010/2170(DEC) | 2009 discharge: European Environment Agency EEA |
| Shadow | 2010/2169(DEC) | 2009 discharge: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction EMCDDA |
| Shadow | 2010/2168(DEC) | 2009 discharge: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights FRA |
| Shadow | 2010/2167(DEC) | 2009 discharge: European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions EUROFOUND |
| Shadow | 2010/2166(DEC) | 2009 discharge: European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training CEDEFOP |
| Shadow | 2010/2151(DEC) | 2009 discharge: Eighth, Ninth and Tenth European Development Funds EDF |
| Shadow | 2010/2150(DEC) | 2009 discharge: EU general budget, European Data Protection Supervisor |
| Shadow | 2010/2149(DEC) | 2009 discharge: EU general budget, European Ombudsman |
| Shadow | 2010/2148(DEC) | 2009 discharge: EU general budget, Committee of the Regions |
| Shadow | 2010/2147(DEC) | 2009 discharge: EU general budget, Economic and Social Committee |
| Shadow | 2010/2146(DEC) | 2009 discharge: EU general budget, Court of Auditors |
| Shadow | 2010/2145(DEC) | 2009 discharge: EU general budget, Court of Justice |
| Shadow | 2010/2143(DEC) | 2009 discharge: EU general budget, European Parliament |
| Shadow | 2010/2142(DEC) | 2009 discharge: EU general budget, Section III, Commission |
| Shadow | 2010/2042(ACI) | Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on cooperation in budgetary matters 2007-2013 |
| Shadow | 2010/0821(NLE) | Treaty on the Functioning of the EU (TFEU): stability mechanism for Member States whose currency is the euro (amend. Article 136 TFEU) |
| Shadow | 2010/0212(COD) | Approval and market surveillance of agricultural and forestry vehicles |
| Shadow | 2009/2212(INI) | Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament on the detailed provisions governing the exercise of the European Parliament's right of inquiry replacing the Decision of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission of 19 April 1995 (95/167/EC, Euratom, ECSC) |
| Responsible | 2008/2283(DEC) | 2007 discharge: EU general budget, European Data Protection Supervisor |
| Responsible | 2008/2282(DEC) | 2007 discharge: EU general budget, European Ombudsman |
| Responsible | 2008/2281(DEC) | 2007 discharge: EU general budget, Committee of the Regions |
| Responsible | 2008/2280(DEC) | 2007 discharge: EU general budget, Economic and Social Committee |
| Responsible | 2008/2279(DEC) | 2007 discharge: EU general budget, Court of Auditors |
| Responsible | 2008/2278(DEC) | 2007 discharge: EU general budget, Court of Justice |
| Responsible | 2008/2277(DEC) | 2007 discharge: EU general budget, Council |
| Opinion | 2007/2115(INI) | Development of the framework for the activities of interest representatives (lobbyists) in the European institutions |
| Shadow | 2006/0277(CNS) | European elections: exercise of the right to vote and stand as a candidate in elections to the European Parliament, preventing citizens from voting or standing twice |
| Shadow | 2006/0084(COD) | Fight against fraud: investigations by the European Anti-Fraud Offfice (OLAF) |
Born
1955/08/16 Kyndby- Lower secondary examination (Tjørnegårds school, 1962-1972). Higher preparatory examination (Gentofte state school, 1972-1974). Welder and shipbuilder at B&W Skibsvært (1975-1983). Specialist teacher at the AMU, Copenhagen (1988-1994).
- Member of the Executive Committee for conscripted private soldiers (1977-1978). Secretary of the Socialistisk Arbejderparti (Socialist Workers Party) (1983-1988).
- Member of Gladsaxe town council for the Enhedslisten (Red-Green Alliance) (2006-2007). Member of the Danish Parliament (1994-2005).
- Member of the European Parliament for the Folkebevægelsen mod EU (People's Movement Against the EU) (2007-2009).
- Member of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (1995-2005). Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (1998-2005).
Amendments
| Amendments | Dossier |
| 1 |
2008/2186(DEC) 2007 discharge: EU general budget, Section III, Commission
2010/03/03
CONT
1 amendments...
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Is shocked at the conclusions in the Court of Auditors’ Special Report No 16/2009 on the European Commission’s management of pre-accession assistance to Turkey, in which the Court of Auditors criticises the fact that the Commission did not ensure that there was an effective system for assessing individual projects in the period 2002-2008 and that it is therefore not easy to assess how the funds were managed, including whether value for money was obtained;
source: PE-439.267
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| 2 |
2009/0813(NLE) Resolution on the draft protocol amending Protocol No 36 on transitional provisions concerning the composition of the European Parliament for the rest of the 2009-2014 parliamentary term: the European Parliament's opinion
2010/11/03
AFCO
2 amendments...
Amendment 6 #
Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas Article 14(3) of the Treaty on European Union lays down that the members of the European Parliament shall be elected by direct universal suffrage in a free and secret ballot,
Amendment 16 #
Article 2 2. Regrets that the Council did not adopt the necessary measures in time to enable the additional MEPs to take up their seats as soon as the Lisbon Treaty entered into force, and considers it unacceptable that one of the solutions envisaged in the context of the amendment sought is not in keeping with Article 14(3) of the Treaty on European Union and the spirit of the 1976 Act, which was designed to ensure that MEPs are elected directly, rather than indirectly through an election within a national parliament;
source: PE-439.866
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| 3 |
2009/2069(DEC) 2008 discharge: EU general budget, European Parliament
2010/03/03
CONT
3 amendments...
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 76 76. Recalls the European Court of Auditors' remarks in its 2006 and 2007 Annual Reports on the need to establish clear rules to define the liabilities and responsibilities of Parliament and of the members of the fund in the event of a deficit; calls on the Secretary General to put forward a proposal by 31 December 2010 to resolve this, while respecting the decision by the Plenary that no additional tax money will be used to cover the deficit;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 135 135. Invites the competent authorities to renew the whole of Parliament's own fleet of sedan cars for protocol and representational purposes with hybrid cars which are less polluting by 31 December 2010 and to reserve the use of those cars to the President, political group Chairs and high-
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 135a (new) 135a. Is surprised that a majority of the cars purchased in 2008 (an AUDI A 8 3.0 Tdi and 3 BMW 730 i) were considered to be the most environmentally friendly cars fitting the needs of the users, knowing that there were less energy consuming and more environmental friendly alternatives available at the time of the purchases;
source: PE-439.268
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| 6 |
2009/2070(DEC) 2008 discharge: EU general budget, Council
2010/03/03
CONT
6 amendments...
Amendment 3 #
Proposal for a decision Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Believes that the preparation of the budget and the discharge of the budget are two separate procedures and that the ‘Gentlemen’s Agreement’ between the Council and the Parliament over the preparation of their respective sections of the budget
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 - introductory part 11.
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 b (new) 12b Asks the ECA why there is no mention of the unsolved problems, as pointed out in Parliament’s resolution of 25 November 2009 accompanying its decision on discharge for 20071, in its Annual Report on 2008 concerning the Council.
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Welcomes the audits carried out by the Council’s internal audit service in 2008 (eight financial audits and one mixed audit), as well as the considerable share of their recommendations which have been accepted; however, points out that the note on this issue which was submitted
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a Asks, in order to grant the Council discharge ,for the following: (a) as regards Chapter 22 - Operating expenditure - item 2 2 0 0: the text of the Decision No 190/2003 and the related Decision concerning ESDP/CFSP expenses - a full explanation of the need to transfer money from one item to another within the Council’s budget (b) as regards Chapter 22 - Operating expenditure - item 2 2 0 2: how much in Euros has been allocated for the interpretation at European Security and Defence meetings pursuant to Decision No 56/2004 of the Secretary-General of the Council/High Representative concerning interpreting for the European Council, the Council and its preparatory bodies? (c) as regards Chapter 22 - Operating expenditure - item 2 0 0 2: to receive a copy of Decision 56/2004 (d) as regards Chapter 22 - Operating expenditure - item 2 0 0 2: in which budget line and how much in Euros has been transferred from this line for the delegates’ travel expenses?
source: PE-439.262
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| 3 |
2009/2134(INI) Proposal for a modification of the Act concerning the election of the Members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage of 20 September 1976
2011/10/11
AFCO
3 amendments...
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Recital V Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 - point (ii) (ii) Proposes to enter into a dialogue with the European Council to explore the possibility of reaching agreement on a durable and transparent mathematical formula for the apportionment of seats in Parliament respecting the criteria laid down in the Treaties and the principles of plurality between political parties and solidarity among States; considers that the Treaties should be revised to provide that no Member State shall have less than 10 seats or more than 80;
source: PE-475.840
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2010/0816(NLE) European External Action Service EEAS: organisation and functioning
2010/01/07
AFET
16 amendments...
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 5 a (new) (5a) Binding agreements should be made with regard to access for Members of all political groups of European Parliament to classified documents and information in the area of CFSP and ESDP.
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 6 Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 7 (7) Provisions should be adopted relating to the staff of the EEAS and their recruitment. For matters relating to its staff the EEAS should be treated as an institution within the meaning of the Staff Regulations. In accordance with Article 27(3) of the TEU, the EEAS will comprise officials from the General Secretariat of the Council and the Commission as well as personnel seconded from the diplomatic services of the Member States. The High Representative will be the Appointing Authority, in relation both to officials subject to the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Communities ("Staff Regulations") and agents subject to the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants. The High Representative will also have authority over the Seconded National Experts ("SNEs") in post in the EEAS.
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 8 a (new) (8a) The establishment of the EEAS and its implementation shall not lead to any additional costs, neither within the EU budget nor within the national budgets.
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a decision Article 1 – paragraph 2 2
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a decision Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. The parliamentary control concerning the EEAS has to be entirely ensured. Therefore the European Parliament's right of scrutiny must be guaranteed to its full extent. This has to be assured for the national parliaments as well, especially in terms of the CSFP and ESDP.
Amendment 106 #
Proposal for a decision – amending act Article 4 – paragraph 3 – indent 2 - a directorate general for administrative, staffing, budgetary,
Amendment 107 #
Proposal for a decision – amending act Article 4 – paragraph 3 – indent 3 Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a decision – amending act Article 5 – paragraph 10 10. The Union delegations shall have the capacity to, upon request by Member States, support the Member States in their diplomatic relations
Amendment 119 #
Proposal for a decision – amending act Article 6 – paragraph 1 (b) (b)
Amendment 128 #
Proposal for a decision Article 7 – paragraph 3 Amendment 130 #
Proposal for a decision Article 8 – paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 133 #
Proposal for a decision Article 8 – paragraph 3 Amendment 134 #
Proposal for a decision Article 8 – paragraph 4 Amendment 136 #
Proposal for a decision Article 8 – paragraph 5 Amendment 142 #
Proposal for a decision Annex – paragraph 1 (new) 1. General Secretariat of the Council 1.The military structures of the EU, located in the General Secretariat of the Council, as well as the civilian-military structures such as the European Union Military Staff, the European Defence Agency (EDA), the Crisis Management Planning Directorate (CMPD) and the European Union Satellite Centre (EUSC), shall neither be part of the EEAS nor institutionally connected to it. Furthermore the EU intelligence structures in particular the EU Situation Centre (SitCen) shall not be part of the EEAS. The European Parliament calls on the Council to stop the development of and abolish all military and civil-military structures under its competence, as well as stop the financing of military and civil- military activities.
source: PE-443.165
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2010/0821(NLE) Treaty on the Functioning of the EU (TFEU): stability mechanism for Member States whose currency is the euro (amend. Article 136 TFEU)
2011/03/03
AFCO
13 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Citation -1 (new) – having regard to Article 48(2) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU),
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 – introductory wording 9. States that, in order for the proposed draft European Council decision to be properly scrutinised, supplementary information is needed, notably concerning the envisaged design of the stability mechanism and the relations which it is intended to have with the Union institutions, with the proposed European Monetary Fund and with the International Monetary Fund;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 – point a Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 – point b – introductory wording Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 – point b – indent 1 Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 – point b – indent 2 Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 – point b – indent 3 Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 – point b – indent 4 Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Points out that the strict conditionality for granting financial assistance under the European Stability Mechanism gives Member States whose currency is the euro the power to take competences from the Member States of the Union in the field of economic, financial and social policy, which essentially means an extension of the competences conferred on the Union; consequently, does not agree that the simplified Treaty revision procedure should be used and calls, in accordance with Article 48(2) TEU, for the ordinary Treaty revision procedure to be used;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 b (new) 9b. Insists on a broader debate concerning any Treaty change, involving all persons affected by future integration, through the convening of a convention, as a persuasive democratic option designed to address growing scepticism about the European Union within the 27 Member States;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Underlines that any future Treaty changes must be adopted in accordance with the ordinary Treaty revision procedure;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13b. Calls on the Member States to allow referenda in all 27 Member States on proposals for Treaty change;
source: PE-460.672
2011/04/02
ECON
1 amendments...
Amendment 27 #
Draft decision Article 1 The following paragraph shall be added to Article 136 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union: "3. The Member States whose currency is the euro may establish a stability mechanism to
source: PE-458.473
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2010/2001(BUD) 2011 budget: all sections, first version
2010/08/16
IMCO
1 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Points out the importance of the budgetary allocation in chapter 02 03 of the Commission's
source: PE-445.907
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2010/2143(DEC) 2009 discharge: EU general budget, European Parliament
2011/02/22
CONT
8 amendments...
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 46 46. Notes that Article 12(9) of the Parliament's Internal Rules for the implementation of the budget, adopted on 27 April 2005, provide that the Internal Auditor's area of competence does not include the appropriations from Parliament's budget managed by political groups; further notes that the specific rules on the use of those appropriations require each political group to establish its own internal financial rules and to implement an internal control system
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 47 47.
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 48 48. Stresses that it is the responsibility of the political groups to put in place their internal
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 67 67. Deplores the fact that EuroparlTV cannot be considered to be a success story in view of its very low number of direct users (excluding viewers through partnership agreements with regional TVs) in spite of the considerable annual appropriations that it receives, amounting to some EUR 9 000 000; requests an in- depth analysis of how to reach a broader audience, including a critical examination of the content, in order to transform EuroparlTV into a medium that will reach out to and inform the public objectively of politics in Parliament in a cost-efficient and attractive way;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 68 68. Observes that, in the last few years, Parliament has greatly increased the number of and the budget for its prizes;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 70 70. Notes with concern the overall decline in turnout in the 2009 European Elections to 43,2%, in spite if the considerable efforts made to reinforce Parliament's institutional election campaign which cost some EUR 5 676 000; deplores the fact that Parliament's election campaign was rendered totally partial by its glorification of the current policy of the Union; is of the opinion that such a campaign should be absolutely neutral;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 71 71. Notes that the total cost of setting-up the European Parliament Congressional Liaison Office in Washington in 2009 and 2010 is estimated to be some USD 400 000 annually as a result of an administrative arrangement with the Commission; notes that setting up the Office has not entailed the creation of any new posts, the postings being the result of redeployments, long- term missions and a system of one-year missions; is concerned about the possible future cost and requests that its competent committees be informed regularly and duly about any future plan having significant financial implication concerning this Office;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 78 78. Is of the opinion that facilities within Parliament's buildings which are not required in connection with the Institution's activities must be economically self- supporting and should not be financed with subsidies from Parliament's budget; any exceptions for imputed costs must be shown separately; is concerned about the worsening working conditions and of the bad system of remuneration of the employees in these facilities; considers it important that the situation of the employees is prioritised in calls for tenders in this area;
source: PE-458.841
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2010/2144(DEC) 2009 discharge: EU general budget, Council
2011/02/21
CONT
1 amendments...
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 – indent 2 a (new) source: PE-458.798
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2010/2291(ACI) European Parliament/European Commission Agreement: transparency register for organisations and self-employed individuals engaged in EU policy-making and policy implementation
2011/01/04
AFCO
5 amendments...
Amendment 13 #
Proposal for a decision Paragraph 6 – point b (b) the scope of the register, which covers all relevant actors but excludes, among others, social partners as actors in the social dialogue
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a decision Paragraph 6 – point d (d) the demand for relevant financial information
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a decision Paragraph 6 – points d a, d b and d c (new) (da) the establishment of a 'joint Register Secretariat' which must scrutinise and ensure the accuracy of the information in the register, while considering it important that sufficient resources (staff and money) be granted for that purpose; (db) the suggested sanctions in the case of non-compliance with the rules such as suspension or exclusion from the register or withdrawal of the access badges to the European Parliament , while believing that a decision to apply such sanctions must be published on the register's website; (dc) the requirement for interest representatives always to declare the entity or entities for which they work or which they represent in accordance with the code of conduct, while believing that , if applicable, interest representatives should reveal by whom their clients are funded;
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a decision Paragraphs 7 a and 7 b (new) 7a. Calls on the Bureau of the Parliament to establish a triviality limit for the requirement on Members to register gifts, services and the like rendered to them; 7b. Further believes that interest representatives should be obliged to disclose the same information on lobbying expenditure spent on Members as Members are obliged to disclose in their financial declarations, applying the same triviality limit;
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a decision Paragraph 7 c (new) 7c. Recalls the importance of a thorough review of the common register no later than two years following its initial entry into force; considers that that review should be used to move towards mandatory registration and improve the quality of data in the register (e.g. financial information);
source: PE-462.714
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2011/0455(COD) Staff Regulations of European Union officials: amendment of the Regulations
2012/06/03
CONT
3 amendments...
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5a (new) Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union Article 11a - paragraph 1 (da) Article 11a paragraph 1 shall be amended as follows: 1. An official shall not, in the performance of his duties and save as hereinafter provided, deal with a matter in which, directly or indirectly, he has any personal interest such as to impair his independence, and, in particular, family and financial interests. All staff, whether on permanent or temporary contracts, shall upon appointment submit a declaration of interests. The declaration of interest shall be filled out according to a standard form. It shall among others contain the following information: -the occupational activities of an official for the past 3 years; - membership of any boards or committees of any companies, non- governmental organisations, associations or other bodies established in law, or any other relevant outside activity an official is undertaking; - any holding in any company or partnership, where there are potential public policy implications or where that holding gives an official significant influence over the affairs of the body in question; - any other financial interests which might influence the performance of the official; The declaration shall be updated annually or if a change occurs. The declarations shall be scrutinized by the Appointing Authority.
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5a (new) Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union Article 11 – paragraph 2a (new) 5 a. Article 11 shall be amended as follows: The following paragraph shall be inserted after the second paragraph: "All staff, whether on permanent or temporary contracts, shall upon appointment submit a declaration of interest. The declaration shall be updated annually or if a change occurs. The declarations shall be scrutinized by the Appointing Authority."
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6a (new) Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union Article 22a – paragraph 1 6a. Article 22a paragraph 1 shall be replaced by the following: "1. Any official who, in the course of or in connection with the performance of his duties, becomes aware of facts which gives rise to a presumption of the existence of possible illegal activity, including fraud or corruption, detrimental to the interests of the Communities, or of conduct relating to the discharge of professional duties which may constitute a serious failure to comply with the obligations of officials of the Communities shall without delay inform either his immediate superior or his Director-General or, if he considers it useful, the Secretary-General, or the persons in equivalent positions, an independent complaints procedure, supported by independent confidentiality officers, or the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) direct. Information mentioned in the first subparagraph shall be given in writing. This paragraph shall also apply in the event of serious failure to comply with a similar obligation on the part of a Member of an institution or any other person in the service of or carrying out work for an institution."
source: PE-483.645
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2011/2014(INI) Budgetary control of EU financial assistance to Afghanistan
2011/10/10
CONT
6 amendments...
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Notes that each of the funding channels carries its own specific benefits and drawbacks with regard to specific spending objectives as displayed in the table in the explanatory statement; states that budget support may have as little positive effect as any other development-policy instrument so long as development- unfriendly concepts are pursued in other policy areas;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to consider introducing direct budget support in Afghanistan under rigorous and well- defined conditions, as it is the best instrument for building capacity in the Afghan administration; it must not be tied to harmful economic-policy conditions such as privatisation, cuts in the public sector or trade liberalisation; believes this could achieve sustainable, long-term- oriented results;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the Commission, at the same time, to set rigorous and well-defined conditions for the disbursement of budget support which are clear and measurable; takes the view that these objectives should aim to achieve results which can be evaluated by way of indicators and pre- defined benchmarks on accountability and transparency; underlines that baselines assessing future progress need to be defined from the outset; considers mechanisms to fight corruption and fraud to be of the utmost importance in this context; states that the effectiveness of development-policy measures in the partner countries must be checked on the basis of local criteria;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 30. Underlines the fact that investments by the international community in Afghanistan sh
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 a (new) 35a. Is of the opinion that development strategies must be designed by recipient governments themselves, in consultation with a broad spectrum of civil society, and must be agreed by national parliaments; further, that civil society and parliamentarians must be involved throughout every stage of implementation, monitoring and the evaluation of results, and that this requirement must be a decisive eligibility criterion for budget support;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 37 37. Considers the development of the security situation in Afghanistan to be a major future challenge for the reconstruction of Afghanistan and calls on the Commission to develop, together with the international community, a strategy on how to
source: PE-473.864
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2011/2025(INI) Comprehensive approach on personal data protection in the European Union
2011/03/24
IMCO
10 amendments...
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas rapid technological developments have brought new challenges in terms of personal data protection as a result of the increased reliance on complex information technology tools for data processing as well as enhanced online activity, including e-commerce,
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Calls for the data protection dimension of the internal market to be enhanced both online and offline through the uniformisation of Member States
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Emphasises the need for a coherent application of data protection rules, taking into account the impact of new technologies on individuals
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Underlines the importance for any future legislation to be technologically- neutral to ensure that data subjects' rights are always valid and enforceable regardless of the technology used for processing personal data; calls upon industry, research and development and innovation sectors to incorporate the principle of privacy by design and to promote PETs (Privacy Enhancing Technologies) in order to guarantee a high level of protection of personal data throughout the Single Market;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Notes that the development and broader use of cloud computing raises new challenges in terms of privacy and protection of personal data; calls, therefore, for a clarification of the capacities of transparency on behalf of data controllers, data processors and hosts as to better allocate the corresponding legal responsibilities and so that the data subjects know where their data are stored, who has access to their data, who decides the use to which the personal data will be put, and what kind of back-up and recovery processes are in place;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 c (new) 2c. Calls on the Commission to clarify the rules on applicable law in the Data Protection Directive 95/46, especially in situations where companies operate in several Member States or have branches outside the European Union;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Stresses the need for awareness-raising activities on data protection to ensure
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls for a
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission to examine the modalities for access, rectification and deletion of data, as well as recourse to Alternative Dispute Resolution and judicial collective redress in the internal market;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 source: PE-462.540
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2011/2048(INI) Modernisation of public procurement
2011/06/27
CONT
2 amendments...
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Invites the Commission to simplify procedures for public procurement;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Urges the Commission to examine more carefully the rules concerning the obligation of a public procurement;
source: PE-467.294
2011/07/26
IMCO
1 amendments...
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new) Urges the Commission, furthermore, to revise the rules on compulsory public procurement, inter alia with a view to reviewing the minimum threshold at which public procurement must take place;
source: PE-469.956
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2011/2174(REG) EP Rules of Procedure: code of conduct for Members in respect of financial interests and conflicts of interest (amend.)
2011/07/11
AFCO
4 amendments...
Amendment 55 #
Parliament's Rules of Procedure Annex I (new) – Article 7 (new) Article 7 Advisory Committee on the Conduct of Members 1. An Advisory Committee on the Conduct of Members (‘the Advisory Committee’) is hereby established. 2. The Advisory Committee shall be composed of five members, appointed by the President at the beginning of his or her term of office from amongst the members of the bureaux and the coordinators of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs and the Committee on Legal Affairs, taking due account of the Members' experience and of political balance. Each Member of the Advisory Committee shall serve as chair for six months on a rotating basis. 3. The President shall also, at the beginning of his or her term of office, nominate reserve Members for the Advisory Committee, one for each group not represented on the Advisory Committee. In the event of an alleged breach of this Code of Conduct by a Member of a political group not represented on the Advisory Committee, the relevant reserve Member shall serve as a sixth full Member of the Advisory Committee for the alleged breach under consideration. 4. The Advisory Committee shall give guidance to Members for the interpretation and implementation of the provisions of this Code of Conduct. On request of the President, the Advisory Committee shall also assess alleged cases of breach of this Code of Conduct and advise the President on possible action to be taken. 5. The Advisory Committee may, after consulting the President, seek advice from outside experts. 6. The Advisory Committee shall issue an annual report on its activities, including on the interpretations and application of the provisions of this Code of Conduct. Annual reports shall be published on Parliament’s website.
Amendment 60 #
Parliament's Rules of Procedure Annex I (new) – Article 8 (new) Article 8 Procedure in the event of possible breaches of the Code of Conduct 1. Where there is reason to think that a Member may have breached this Code of Conduct, the President may refer the matter to the Advisory Committee. 2. The Advisory Committee shall examine the circumstances of the alleged breach, and on the basis of the conclusions of its findings, make a recommendation to the President on a possible decision. 3. If, taking into account the advice of the Advisory Committee, the President concludes that the Member concerned has breached the Code of Conduct, he or she shall, after hearing the Member, adopt a reasoned decision laying down a penalty, which he or she shall notify to the Member. The penalty may consist of one or more of the measures listed in Article 153(3) of the Rules of Procedure. 4. The internal appeal procedures defined in Rule 154 of the Rules of Procedure shall be open to the Member concerned. 5. Any penalty imposed on a Member after the expiry of the time-limits laid down in Rule 154 of the Rules of Procedure shall be announced by the President in plenary and prominently published on Parliament's website for the remainder of the parliamentary term.
Amendment 63 #
Parliament's Rules of Procedure Annex I (new) – Article 8 a (new) Article 8a Legislative Footprint Rapporteurs are invited to keep and publish, in a standard template annexed to their report, a record of their principal contacts with, and the contributions made by, outside interests when drafting a report.
Amendment 64 #
Parliament's Rules of Procedure Annex I (new) – Article 9 (new) Article 9 Implementation The Bureau shall lay down implementing measures for this Code of Conduct, including a monitoring procedure, and shall update the amounts referred to in Articles 4 and 5, when necessary. The Bureau or the Conference of Presidents may bring forward proposals to revise this Code of Conduct, which, at all events, shall be reviewed no later than two years after its entry into force.
source: PE-475.805
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2011/2201(DEC) 2010 discharge: EU general budget, Section III, Commission
2012/07/03
CONT
6 amendments...
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 51 a (new) 51a. Criticises that the Council used Article 122 TFEU in 2010 for setting up the European Stability Facility (EFSF) because that Article is only applicable for natural disasters and not for economic catastrophes;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 51 b (new) 51b. Is concerned about the fact that the European Stability Facility (EFSF) and the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) contain neither any elements of democratic control by Parliament nor audit control by the Court of Auditors; strongly criticises that the EFSF has not even a provision for external public audit;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 51 c (new) 51c. Underlines the warning of Parliament in its resolution of 23 March 20111 against establishing the permanent European Stability Mechanism (ESM) outside the Union institutional framework as this decision entails problems for the control mechanism of the institutions of the Union and it constitutes a high risk for the whole budget of the Union due to the fact that a part of the ESM and EFSF funds are guaranteed by the Commission's budget; 1 European Parliament resolution of 23 March 2011 on the draft European Council decision amending Article 136 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union with regard to a stability mechanism for Member States whose currency is the euro (P7_TA(2011)0103).
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 53 a (new) 5 a. Criticises that the current EFSF framework foresees neither any element of political control by Parliament, nor any financial control or audit by the Court of Auditors; is of the opinion that the political control of the EFSF currently exercised by national parliaments is insufficient and is far from a proper control of this program;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 53 b (new) 53b. Is concerned about the fact that the new European Stability Mechanism (ESM) contains no reference to any form of control by Parliament or audit competences by the Court of Auditors;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 53 c (new) 53c. Is concerned about the fact that the Court of Auditors did not pay sufficient attention to these new challenges in the Union in its annual report on 2010; especially deplores that the Court of Auditors did not mention these risks for the Union budget in a sufficient way; underlines that the Court of Auditors has to give the new European Stability Mechanism a prominent role in its further work;
source: PE-483.775
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2011/2202(DEC) 2010 discharge: EU general budget, Section I - European Parliament
2012/06/03
CONT
4 amendments...
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph -1a (new) -1a. Points to the significant savings that could be made if Parliament were to have a single seat;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 42a (new) 42a. Is of the opinion that the House of European History is an improper task of Parliament, especially in the current period of financial austerity, improperly put under the communications budget; regrets that the legal analysis for this legal base, is not publically available; wishes to be informed what progress is being made to limit Parliament's budgetary exposure to this project e.g. by ending it; or if it is to go ahead, to make it fully independent;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 64 b (new) 64b. Regrets that office space was used in 2010 by accredited lobbying organisations, thus creating preferential treatment to these organisations on behalf of EU taxpayers resources;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 84 a (new) 84a. Takes the view that the possibility should be considered of making both environmental improvements and savings in Parliament’s budget by means of different working methods which are greener and cheaper but do not detract from Parliament’s work, including the use of teleconferences and more constituency weeks (‘green weeks’);
source: PE-483.679
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2011/2203(DEC) 2010 discharge: EU general budget, Section II - Council
2012/07/03
CONT
10 amendments...
Amendment 2 #
Proposal for a decision Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Acknowledges receipt of a series of documents for the 2010 discharge procedure (final financial statements for 2010, including the accounts, the financial activity report and the summary of the 2010 internal audits); still awaiting all necessary documents for a discharge (including the full 2010 internal audit);
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Regrets the difficulties encountered in the discharge procedures for the 2007, 2008 and 2009 financial years, which were due to the unwillingness of the Council to engage in an open and formal dialogue with the Committee on Budgetary Control as well as to answer the questions of the Committee; points out that Parliament refused to grant the Secretary-General of the Council discharge for implementation of the Council budget for the financial year 2009 for the reasons set out in its resolutions of 10 May 2011 and 25 October 2011;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Points out that on 31 January 2012 the Chair of the Committee on Budgetary Control sent a letter to the Presidency-in- Office of the Council, stating his wish to
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Welcomes the fact that the Presidency- in-Office of the Council took part in the debates in plenary on the 2009 discharge and invites it also to take part in the debates on the 2010 discharge; regrets that the Presidency-in Office of the Council refused to participate in a formal dialogue on the 2010 discharge at the Committee meeting on the 29. February 2012;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 source: PE-483.636
2012/07/09
CONT
12 amendments...
Amendment 2 #
Proposal for a decision Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Regrets that
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14 a. Deplores the fact that the attitude of the Council obstructs democratic control as well as transparency and accountability vis-à-vis the European taxpayers;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16.
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 – point a (a) an official meeting on the basis of a written questionnaire
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 – point b – indent 4 a (new) - the publication of the internal budget decisions of the Council;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 – indent 12 – indent 1 Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 – indent 12 – indent 2 Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 – indent 13 – the Presidency-in-Office of the Council
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Calls on the Committee on Budgetary Control to
source: PE-494.854
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2012/2080(REG) EP Rules of Procedure, Rule 181 and 182: verbatim reports; audiovisual record of proceedings
2012/06/07
AFCO
2 amendments...
Amendment 11 #
Parliament's Rules of Procedure Article 182 – paragraph -1 (new) The proceedings of Parliament shall be broadcast in real time on its website with the multilingual soundtrack in which all speeches appear in their original language as well as a soundtrack from all active interpretation booths.
Amendment 12 #
Parliament's Rules of Procedure Article 182 – paragraph 1 Immediately after the sitting, an indexed audiovisual record of the proceedings, including the multilingual original language soundtrack as well as the soundtrack from all active interpretation booths, shall be produced and made available on
source: PE-492.856
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2012/2107(DEC) Special report 6/2012 (2011 discharge): European Union Assistance to the Turkish Cypriot Community
2012/12/11
CONT
8 amendments...
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas the Council (General Affairs and External Relations), shortly before the accession of Cyprus to the EU, requested the Commission to submit a proposal for an aid programme with particular emphasis on the economic integration of the island and on improving contacts between the two communities and within the EU and that on 7 July 2004, the Commission proposed a package of two regulations: one for a financial support instrument to encourage the economic development of the Turkish Cypriot community and a ‘direct trade’ regulation
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas there is a need to have reliable data concerning the size of the Turkish Cypriot community as well as its
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Recalls that the existing de facto division of Cyprus dates back to Turkey's military invasion of in the
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Recalls that as a result of the 1974 events, the vast majority of Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots live separately on the respective sides of the buffer zone and that the resulting property issue has been one of the most difficult problems to solve as part of the ongoing efforts to reach a
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Observes that according to Protocol 10 of the Act of Accession while the whole island is legally part of the EU, the acquis communautaire is suspended in the
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Recalls that according to Regulation (EC) No 389/2006, rules of International Law and the respective UN Security Council Resolutions, the EU is bound not to recognise any public authority other than the Government of the Republic of Cyprus;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Observes that the sample of 34 contracts selected from nine of the main projects out of 24 projects funded through the programme and covering all five
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Regrets the loss of the seawater desalination plant project which was an unfortunate setback; recalls that this project was not only the main project in the water sector but also the largest bi-communal project funded under the instrument and that the plant was intended to provide 23 000 m3 of clean drinking water per day covering the needs of an estimated 100 000 people and recalls that water supply is becoming an increasingly critical issue for the island following a 40 % decrease in the mean annual rainfall in the past 30 years; is deeply concerned that the cancellation of the project due to the restrictions, imposed by the Greek Cypriot contractor by the Turkish army means that this serious environmental issue will
source: PE-500.483
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2012/2166(DEC) 2011 discharge: 8th, 9th and 10th European Development Funds (EDF)
2013/02/27
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3 amendments...
Amendment 2 #
Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1. Grants the Commission discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Eighth, Ninth and Tenth European Development Funds for the financial year 2011;
Amendment 5 #
Proposal for a decision 2 Paragraph 2 2. Approves the closure of the accounts of the Eighth, Ninth and Tenth European Development Funds for the financial year 2011
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 54 a (new) 54 a. Agrees with the Commission that in the event that no sustainable solution is found for the provision of the necessary financial information from the WBG to the relevant Union institution it will have consequences for the future cooperation with the WBG; calls on the Commission to stop its grants and contribution agreements with the WBG if no solution is found;
source: PE-497.959
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2012/2168(DEC) 2011 discharge: EU general budget, European Parliament
2013/02/27
CONT
10 amendments...
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Highlights the added value of the parliamentary procedure leading up to the annual Parliament discharge; reiterates that the Parliament discharge is an additional possibility for exercising, in public, a critical scrutiny of the institution's financial management, thereby facilitating Union citizens' understanding of Parliament's particular governance structure and working methods; reiterates its request to hold a separate plenary debate on Parliament's discharge with the President of the Parliament;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Recommends to follow up the recommendation of the Court of Auditors to request staff to deliver at appropriate intervals documents confirming their personal situation and that it implements a system for the timely monitoring of these documents;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 36 36. Welcomes the formal decision to discontinue the Prize for Journalism that in 2011 represented an expenditure of EUR 154 205 as proposed by the Committee on Budgetary Control and voted in Plenary in the 2010 discharge report;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 36 a (new) 36 a. Recalls its request to introduce rules to ensure that the General Expenditure Allowance is transparent and that it is used solely for the purpose for which it is intended;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 36 a (new) 36a. Calls upon the Secretariat to devote sufficient resources to the control of the Members' documents confirming their personal situation, financial interest and outside activities;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 41 41. Takes note of the Bureau's adoption, by unanimity, of the ‘New global security concept’ on 6 July 2011 which includes the idea of reserving the various entrances to Parliament for different categories of users; requests to be informed of the implementation of the ‘New global security concept’ by the end of 2013; insists on the continuing reinforcement of security in the Parliament's premises while ensuring easy access for the public;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 42 a (new) 42 a. Requests to receive information from the Secretariat General on the procedure to be followed on the evaluation of the joint transparency register, which is due to take place in 2013, according to the inter-institutional agreement reached in 2011;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 44 a (new) 44a. Insists that the communication budget must be used only to provide citizens with factual information on EU policies; stresses that that also applies to social media activities;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 45 45. Regrets that the audience of Europarl TV, although greater in 2011 as compared with 2010
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 47 a (new) 47a. Regrets the fact that until now the Commission has not made clear which part of the costs it will carry relating to the running of the House of European History which makes it impossible for the European Parliament to calculate the precise budgetary consequences in this respect; calls upon the Secretary-General to increase the pressure on the Commission to come up with the required information as soon as possible and at the latest before September 2013;
source: PE-506.000
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2012/2169(DEC) 2011 discharge: EU general budget, Council
2013/02/26
CONT
15 amendments...
Amendment 2 #
Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Highlights the role that the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union gives the Parliament in respect of the budget discharge;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Notes that, contrary to what the Council has claimed, there is no Parliament-Council ‘gentlemen’s agreement’ concerning discharge for the Council;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6.
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Hopes that Parliament will receive the internal budget decisions of the Council;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9.
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Calls on the Council to provide a thorough written explanation detailing the total amount of appropriations used in the purchase of the Résidence Palace building, the budget items from which these appropriations were drawn, the instalments that have been paid thus far, the instalments that remain to be paid, and the purpose that the building will serve no later than 1 July 2013;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13.
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14.
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Reiterates that the Parliament is still waiting for the reply of the Council on the actions and request for documents set out in its resolution of 10 May 20121; calls on the Secretary-General of the Council to provide Parliament's committee responsible for the discharge procedure with comprehensive written answers to these questions;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Reiterates that
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Regrets the difficulties encountered in discharge procedures for the 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 financial years, which were due to lack of cooperation from the Council; points out that the Parliament refused to grant discharge to the Secretary-General of the Council in respect of the implementation of the Council's budget for the financial years 2009 and 2010 for the reasons set out in its resolutions of 10 May 20111, 25 October 20112, 10 May 20123 and 23 October 20124;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 b (new) 15b. Recalls that, during negotiations on a revised Financial Regulation, no agreement could be reached on ways in which the discharge procedure could be improved; believes that if the Council continues to refuse to cooperate with the Parliament, Parliament's Committee on Budgetary Control is forced to introduce to the Commission its questions and request for information about the budget of the Council;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18.
source: PE-506.055
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2012/2176(DEC) 2011 discharge: EU general budget, European External Action Service
2013/02/26
CONT
4 amendments...
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Recalls that the EEAS is a recently created
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Urges more transparency as to the competences of the EEAS's administrative structure and the reduction of dual competences; requests the publication of the schedule of responsibilities; request that the EEAS submit all information on the Service Level Agreements established with the Council and the Commission respectively;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 33 a (new) 33 a. Points out that a number of EEAS delegations operate in a high risk environment in terms of corruption and fraud; believes that it is pivotal to the protection of the Union's financial interests that EEAS staff receives the appropriate training and awareness building in order to detect any misconduct; believes that a comprehensive whistleblower policy is essential to the protection of the Union's financial interests;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 34 34. Considers that budget support systems for third country governments are not properly audited and calls for a better scrutiny of the financial operations at an earlier stage
source: PE-506.047
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2013/2017(BUD) 2014 budget: mandate for trilogue
2013/05/08
AFCO
1 amendments...
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Believes that the Transparency Register is an important tool to safeguard the interests of the citizens; calls therefore for an evaluation of the allocation of resources to the Joint Transparency Register Secretariat; believes that the Secretariat needs sufficient resources to fulfil its mandate in a meaningful way;
source: PE-510.653
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