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European Parliament

2019-2024

Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

2019/2067(DEC)

13.12.2019

AMENDMENTS 1 - 22

Draft opinion Tomáš Zdechovský

(PE642.929v01-00) on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions for the financial year 2018 (COM(2019)0316 – 2019/2067(DEC))

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Amendment 1 Elena Lizzi

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Expresses its satisfaction that the

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1.

Notes that the Court of Auditors

Court of Auditors has declared the transactions underlying Eurofound’s annual accounts for the financial year 2018 to be legal and regular and that its financial position as at 31 December 2018 is fairly represented; has declared the transactions underlying Eurofound’s annual accounts for the financial year 2018 to be legal and regular and that its financial position as at 31 December 2018 is fairly represented;

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Expresses its satisfaction that the

2.

Observes that the budget

budget implementation rate stood at 99,6 % in 2018 (100 % in 2017); implementation rate stood at 99,6 % in 2018 (100 % in 2017);

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Amendment 3 Alex Agius Saliba, Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, Alicia Homs Ginel, Estrella Durá Ferrandis, Milan Brglez, Elisabetta Gualmini, Marianne Vind

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Expresses its satisfaction with the

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Expresses its satisfaction that the

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budget implementation rate stood at 99.6 % in 2018 (100 % in 2017);

very positive performance of the Foundation of having an 83 % delivery rate and a close to 100 % budget

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implementation rate at 99.6 % in 2018 (100 % in 2017);

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Amendment 4 Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Marie-Pierre Vedrenne, Sylvie Brunet, Dragoş Pîslaru, Jordi Cañas, Samira Rafaela, Atidzhe Alieva-Veli

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Expresses its satisfaction that the

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Expresses its satisfaction that the

budget implementation rate stood at 99.6 % in 2018 (100 % in 2017); budget implementation rate stood at 99.6 %

in 2018 (100 % in 2017) and the programme delivery rate at 83 %;

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appreciates Eurofound’s work to

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provide knowledge and expertise to support policies on improving living and working conditions across the Union;

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Amendment 6 Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Marie-Pierre Vedrenne, Sylvie Brunet, Dragoş Pîslaru, Jordi Cañas, Samira Rafaela

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Appreciates Eurofound’s work to

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provide knowledge and expertise to

support policies on improving living and

working conditions across the Union;

provide scientifically sound, unbiased, timely and policy-relevant knowledge and expertise to support better informed policies for upward convergence of living

and working conditions across the Union;

particularly welcomes the publication of the Foundation's overview report from the most recent European Quality of Life Survey (EQLS) and its publications related to the future of work and digitalisation, particularly in the area of platform work;

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Appreciates Eurofound’s work to

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Stresses the importance of provide knowledge and expertise to support policies on improving living and

working conditions across the Union;

Eurofound's high-quality work to provide knowledge, expertise and evidence-based support for European policy development and policymakers in the areas of living and working conditions, labour market and industrial relations across the Union, and the importance of retaining the tripartite nature of its governance model involving employer and worker organisations, governments from all Member States, as well as the European Commission;

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Amendment 8 Marc Botenga, Sandra Pereira, Konstantinos Arvanitis

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provide knowledge and expertise to support policies on improving living and working conditions across the Union; provide knowledge and expertise to support policies on improving living and working conditions across the Union;

stresses the necessity of providing the agencies with enough material and human resources to fulfil their tasks in a proper manner, while ensuring their pre- eminence over private contractors;

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Amendment 9 Marc Botenga, Konstantinos Arvanitis

Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new)

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3a.

Highlights that transparency and

citizens’ awareness of the existence of the agencies are essential for their democratic accountability; considers that usability and ease of use of agency resources and data are of paramount importance; calls therefore for an assessment of how data and resources are currently presented and made available and of the degree to which citizens find them easily to identify, recognise and use; recalls that public awareness in this respect can be raised by Member States through developing a comprehensive plan to reach out to more Union citizens;

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Amendment 10

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Alex Agius Saliba, Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, Alicia Homs Ginel, Estrella Durá Ferrandis, Milan Brglez, Elisabetta Gualmini, Marianne Vind

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3a.

Stresses the importance of the

Eurofound’s contributions for the development of forecasting tools and gathering of information in different areas such as the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights, work- life balance and quality of life, the future of work, manufacturing, digitalisation and platform work;

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appreciates the Foundation’s

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4.

Considers it necessary for the cooperation with other EU Agencies under

the remit of DG Employment;

Foundation to be more efficient with other

EU agencies under the remit of DG

Employment, in terms of costs and resources;

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Appreciates the Foundation’s

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cooperation with other EU Agencies under the remit of DG EMPLOYMENT;

support to trade unions, employer organisations, national governments, and European institutions and its cooperation with other EU Agencies working in the field of employment, social affairs and inclusion under the remit of DG EMPLOYMENT and particularly between the Foundation, EU-OSHA, Cedefop, ETF and EIGE; highlights the importance of maintaining active cooperation with all actors and of supporting their work in the development of sustainable competitiveness, social inclusion, social dialogue, and partnership;

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Amendment 13 Marc Botenga, Sandra Pereira, Konstantinos Arvanitis

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cooperation with other EU Agencies under the remit of DG EMPLOYMENT; cooperation with other EU Agencies under the remit of DG EMPLOYMENT within

and beyond the framework of the EU Agencies' Performance Development Network, allowing to build synergies and to exchange ideas and best practices and aiming to achieve more balanced governance, improved efficiency, reduced costs and greater coherence between them; stresses the necessity of improving cooperation between the agencies and EU institutions, avoiding the externalisation of services that can be provided by them;

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Amendment 14

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Alex Agius Saliba, Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, Alicia Homs Ginel, Estrella Durá Ferrandis, Milan Brglez, Elisabetta Gualmini, Marianne Vind

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4a.

Appreciates Eurofound's efforts to

create operational synergies and to avoid overlaps with other agencies working in the area of employment, social affairs and inclusion; notes, in this regard, that cooperation between Eurofound and Cedefop has been recently reinforced; welcomes that the 4th edition of the European Company Survey was jointly managed by Cedefop and Eurofound and that beyond sharing costs, the analysis of the findings benefited from the combined expertise of the two agencies and will assist policymakers in establishing evidence-based policies for better working conditions for employees and for supporting companies to thrive;

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Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new)

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4b.

Notes the Foundation's increased

workload and stakeholders' increased expectations and highlights the importance of ensuring adequate staff and financial resources allowing the Foundation to fully implement its tasks;

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Amendment 16 Tomáš Zdechovský

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Notes with regret from the Court’s

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Notes from the Court’s report that

report that the ex-ante controls performed by Eurofound within the context of intermediary services provided by a framework contractor were not effective, as well as the Court’s observation that the Foundation should adapt ex-ante controls on payments under such contracts and ensure the existence of a competitive procedure for all procurements; notes from the Foundation’s reply that the respective framework contract had expired and the new one had successfully addressed the issues raised by the Court; the ex-ante controls performed by Eurofound within the context of intermediary services provided by a framework contractor were not effective, as well as the Court’s observation that the Foundation should adapt ex-ante controls on payments under such contracts and ensure the existence of a competitive procedure for all procurements; notes from the Foundation’s reply that the respective framework contract had expired and the new one had successfully addressed the

issues raised by the Court; recognises that the Foundation had only limited input in the design and the pricing structure of this respective contract as it was an inter- institutional contract led by the Commission’s DG DIGIT;

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Notes with regret from the Court’s

5.

Notes with regret from the Court’s

report that the ex-ante controls performed by Eurofound within the context of report that the ex-ante controls performed by Eurofound within the context of intermediary services provided by a framework contractor were not effective, as well as the Court’s observation that the Foundation should adapt ex-ante controls on payments under such contracts and intermediary services provided by a framework contractor were not effective, as well as the Court’s observation that the Foundation should adapt ex-ante controls on payments under such contracts and

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ensure the existence of a competitive procedure for all procurements; notes from the Foundation’s reply that the respective framework contract had expired and the new one had successfully addressed the issues raised by the Court; ensure the existence of a competitive procedure for all procurements; stresses

that the inter-institutional contract was led by the European Commission and that Eurofound did not have an input in the design of the tender nor in the setup of the pricing structure, which made it harder to compare easily with other providers; notes

from the Foundation’s reply that the respective framework contract had expired

and the new one provides for greater promotion of fair competition and has

successfully addressed the issues raised by the Court;

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6.

Welcomes the fact that the

6.

Notes that the Foundation had

Foundation had completed the corrective actions in relation to the Court’s observations from previous years while the introduction of e-submission was still ongoing; completed the corrective actions in relation to the Court’s observations from previous years while the introduction of esubmission was still ongoing;

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6a.

Welcomes Eurofound's

commitment to economic, social and

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