2023 discharge: General budget of the EU - Joint Undertakings

Amendments tabled for the plenary sitting on this text, in their own numbering series. This is a different set from the committee amendments tracked elsewhere on AmendEU, and is not counted in any of the site’s amendment totals.

1. Amendment 1PfEMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 12 a (new)
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   12 a. Regrets that the discharges of the Joint Undertakings are no longer studied individually, which, in addition to being a lack of transparency, distorts the final vote on this resolution; points out that the individual study made it possible to better present the axes operating and failing by entity and to make an informed decision on the discharge for each of them and that the new operation is unfortunately much more opaque, some Joint Undertakings being barely mentioned, which is problematic;

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2. Amendment 2PfEMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 13 a (new)
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   13 a. Welcomes the work of the European Court of Auditors and regrets that the 2023 discharge on the Joint Undertakings does not provide any added value compared to the annual report on the EU Joint Undertakings for the financial year 2023 prepared by the European Court of Auditors, which questions the role of the Parliament and its own investigative, critical analysis and oversight work;

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3. Amendment 3PfEMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 14 a (new)
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   14 a. Recalls that, in accordance with Article 168 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, public health falls primarily within the competence of the Member States;

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4. Amendment 4PfEMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 24 – point a
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   (a) the situations of the Innovative Health Initiative Joint Undertaking and of the Chips Joint Undertaking, for both of which the Court of Auditors observed weaknesses in the design and evaluation of one significant procurement procedure; takes notes of the fact that this element did not however lead the Court to consider the risk to operational control expenditure to be medium or high for this joint undertaking; nevertheless stresses the fact that such weaknesses may result in irregular contracts and payments if not addressed in future procurement procedures; welcomes the readiness of the joint undertakings to take action on these specific cases and to improve their procurement processes;

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   (a) the situations of the Innovative Health Initiative Joint Undertaking and of the Chips Joint Undertaking, for both of which the Court of Auditors observed weaknesses in the design and evaluation of one significant procurement procedure; takes note of the fact that the Joint Undertakings are ready to take action in these specific cases and to improve their procurement procedures, which is the minimum that can be expected, as these basic rules must apply to everyone;

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5. Amendment 5PfEMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 65 a (new)
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   65 a. Calls on all Joint Undertakings to actively pursue their transparency efforts, both in administrative and budgetary management and in communication with stakeholders; stresses the importance of clear, complete and up-to-date access to information on calls for proposals, the allocation of funding, the results of funded projects and the monitoring and evaluation measures put in place; considers that transparency remains an essential condition in the management of European funds;

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