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European Parliament 2019-2024 Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs 2020/2174(DEC) 8.1.2021 AMENDMENTS 1 - 45 Draft opinion Derk Jan Eppink (PE660.353v01-00) 2019 discharge: European Banking Authority (EBA) (2020/2174(DEC)) AM\1218442EN.docx PE660.354v01-00 EN United in diversityEN AM_Com_NonLegOpinion PE660.354v01-00 2/24 AM\1218442EN.docx EN Amendment 1 Csaba Molnár, Jonás Fernández, Paul Tang Draft opinion Paragraph 1 Draft opinion Amendment 1. Acknowledges that, in the opinion 1. Highlights that, in the opinion of of the Court, the European Banking the Court, the European Banking Authority’s transactions underlying the Authority’s transactions underlying the annual accounts for the year 2019 are legal annual accounts for the year 2019 are legal and regular in all material aspects; and regular in all material aspects; Or. en Amendment 2 Csaba Molnár, Jonás Fernández, Paul Tang Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) Draft opinion Amendment 1 a. Welcomes the Authority’s efforts towards a more coordinated supervisory regime across the European financial system; underlines its role to ensure a stable, well-integrated, efficient and safe financial market; highlights the importance of consumer protection in the Union by promoting fairness and transparency on the product and financial services market, and looks forward to receiving an update on future measures taken in this direction, including also responses to the challenges of the digitalisation of the economy and sustainability measures; Or. en Amendment 3 Csaba Molnár, Jonás Fernández, Paul Tang AM\1218442EN.docx 3/24 PE660.354v01-00 EN Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) Draft opinion Amendment 1 b. Stresses that the supervision of the public financial sector positively contributes to combating tax fraud and money laundering; Or. en Amendment 4 Csaba Molnár, Jonás Fernández, Paul Tang Draft opinion Paragraph 1 c (new) Draft opinion Amendment 1 c. Recalls the importance of the Authority in the prevention of money laundering and terrorism financing; looks forward to seeing the 10-point action plan for 2020/21 to enhance the future framework of prudential and anti-money laundering requirements over dividend arbitrage schemes; Or. en Amendment 5 Csaba Molnár, Jonás Fernández, Marc Angel, Paul Tang Draft opinion Paragraph 1 d (new) Draft opinion Amendment 1 d. Underlines the duty of the financial system in responding appropriately to the financial sustainability challenges, the European Green Deal and the Paris Agreement; welcomes, therefore, the Authority’s efforts of incorporating Environmental, PE660.354v01-00 4/24 AM\1218442EN.docx EN Social, and Governance factors fully into its work; is curious, in particular, about the intention to gather evidence over time on exposures related to assets of activities associated substantially with environmental and/or social objectives, and looks forward to an update on this work; Or. en Amendment 6 Csaba Molnár, Jonás Fernández, Paul Tang Draft opinion Paragraph 1 e (new) Draft opinion Amendment 1 e. Welcomes the establishment of an Advisory Proportionality Committee to oversee the principle of proportionality and looks forward to receiving the proposed methodology on how the Committee will provide input to EBA’s annual work programme; Or. en Amendment 7 Csaba Molnár, Jonás Fernández, Marc Angel, Paul Tang Draft opinion Paragraph 1 f (new) Draft opinion Amendment 1 f. Recalls the Recommendation of the European Ombudsman in case 2168/2019/KR1a, which found that the EBA’s decision not to forbid its Executive Director from becoming the CEO of a financial industry lobby and not to immediately withdraw its Executive Director’s access to confidential information were maladministrations; AM\1218442EN.docx 5/24 PE660.354v01-00 EN underlines, therefore, the importance of an open, efficient and independent European administration for all European agencies and the whole Union; stresses the need for a unified legal framework to address these issues; _________________ 1a https://www.ombudsman.europa.eu/en/rec ommendation/en/127638 Or. en Amendment 8 Derk Jan Eppink Draft opinion Paragraph 2 Draft opinion Amendment 2. Shares with concern the Court’s 2. Shares with concern the Court’s observation that to compensate for a observation that to compensate for a shortage of posts the Authority relies on shortage of posts the Authority relies on interim staff, which may cause interim staff, which may cause dependencies on the interim work agencies dependencies on the interim work agencies and pose risks of inadequate supervision of and pose risks of inadequate supervision of complex work by external contractors and complex work by external contractors and contractual litigation issues; contractual litigation issues because of blurred responsibilities; Or. en Amendment 9 Ivars Ijabs, Gilles Boyer, Engin Eroglu, Stéphanie Yon-Courtin, Dragoș Pîslaru Draft opinion Paragraph 2 Draft opinion Amendment 2. Shares with concern the Court’s 2. Shares with concern the Court’s observation that to compensate for a observation that to compensate for a shortage of posts the Authority relies on shortage of posts particularly in the IT interim staff, which may cause sector the Authority relies on interim staff, PE660.354v01-00 6/24 AM\1218442EN.docx EN dependencies on the interim work agencies which may cause dependencies on the and pose risks of inadequate supervision of interim work agencies and pose risks of complex work by external contractors and inadequate supervision of complex work contractual litigation issues; by external contractors and contractual litigation issues; Or. en Amendment 10 Isabel Benjumea Benjumea, José Manuel García-Margallo y Marfil, Andreas Schwab, Eva Maydell, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Danuta Maria Hübner Draft opinion Paragraph 2 Draft opinion Amendment 2. Shares with concern the Court’s 2. Shares with concern the Court’s observation that to compensate for a observation that to compensate for a shortage of posts the Authority relies on shortage of posts the Authority relies on interim staff, which may cause interim staff, which may cause dependencies on the interim work agencies dependencies on the interim work agencies and pose risks of inadequate supervision of and pose risks of inadequate supervision of complex work by external contractors and complex work by external contractors and contractual litigation issues; contractual litigation issues; is aware that, up to the time of its relocation, the Authority had been governed by UK labour law, which implies differences with regard to temporary subcontracting; calls on the Authority to enhance clarity from now on in its recruitment of staff in line with EU labour standards; Or. es Amendment 11 Gunnar Beck, Marco Zanni, Antonio Maria Rinaldi, Valentino Grant, Francesca Donato Draft opinion Paragraph 2 Draft opinion Amendment 2. Shares with concern the Court’s 2. Shares with concern the Court’s observation that to compensate for a observation that to compensate for a AM\1218442EN.docx 7/24 PE660.354v01-00 EN shortage of posts the Authority relies on shortage of posts the Authority relies on interim staff, which may cause interim staff, which may cause dependencies on the interim work agencies dependencies on the interim work agencies and pose risks of inadequate supervision of and pose risks of inadequate supervision of complex work by external contractors and complex work by external contractors and contractual litigation issues; contractual litigation issues; urges the Authority to make sure that contracts avoid any confusion between the procurement of services and of interim workers; Or. en Amendment 12 Isabel Benjumea Benjumea, José Manuel García-Margallo y Marfil, Andreas Schwab, Inese Vaidere, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Danuta Maria Hübner Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) Draft opinion Amendment 2 a. Considers that the responsibilities of the Authorities have progressively increased since their creation; notes that budget increases should be gradual and continuous over time in line with the increase in competencies. Considers that the future responsibilities arising, inter alia, from the Digital Finance Strategy as well as the responsibilities inherent in the fight against money laundering require an adaptation of the Authorities' financing; Or. es Amendment 13 Csaba Molnár, Jonás Fernández, Paul Tang Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) Draft opinion Amendment 2 a. Stresses the urgency to allocate PE660.354v01-00 8/24 AM\1218442EN.docx EN sufficient resources to the Authority to allow it to carry out its allocated tasks in an adequate and efficient manner; Or. en Amendment 14 Csaba Molnár, Jonás Fernández, Marc Angel, Paul Tang Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) Draft opinion Amendment 2 b. Recalls the Report on the annual accounts of the European Banking Authority (EBA) for the financial year 2019 of the European Court of Auditors, according to which the EBA might have used IT service contracts for the provision of labour, which is not in compliance with EU social and employment rules; calls the Authority, therefore, to ensure that contracts avoid any confusion between the procurement of IT services and of interim workers; Or. en Amendment 15 Isabel Benjumea Benjumea, José Manuel García-Margallo y Marfil, Andreas Schwab, Eva Maydell, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Danuta Maria Hübner Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) Draft opinion Amendment 2 b. Underlines that in certain cases the mandates adopted at level 1 of the legislation do not take into account the minimum timeframes required for the Authorities to carry