# 2015 discharge: European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)

European Parliament procedure 2016/2174(DEC) (DEC - Discharge procedure, 8th term, committee CONT / ENVI). Stage: Procedure completed. 75 committee amendments tabled by 21 Members between 2016-12-14 and 2017-03-06.

## What the amendments focus on

The dossier is the 2015 discharge for the European Food Safety Authority. The amendments split between granting and postponing discharge and closure of the accounts, and focus heavily on conflicts of interest, two-year cooling-off periods for experts with financial ties to assessed companies, declarations of interest, the hiring of a food-industry lobbyist, transparency of the Management Board's interests, use of trade-secret information, access to documents, and whistleblowing.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benedek JÁVOR | Hungary | Verts/ALE | 24 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124721.md |
| Michèle RIVASI | France | Verts/ALE | 9 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96743.md |
| Notis MARIAS | Greece | ECR | 8 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125069.md |
| Inés AYALA SENDER | Spain | S&D | 6 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28292.md |
| Petri SARVAMAA | Finland | PPE | 6 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/112611.md |
| Jasenko SELIMOVIC | Sweden | ALDE | 6 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/134243.md |
| Laura AGEA | Italy | EFDD | 5 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124811.md |
| Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ | Czechia | PPE | 5 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124713.md |
| Eleftherios SYNADINOS | Greece | NI | 5 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125072.md |
| Ryszard CZARNECKI | Poland | ECR | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28372.md |
| Marco VALLI | Italy | EFDD | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124778.md |
| Raffaele FITTO | Italy | ECR | 3 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4465.md |
| Dario TAMBURRANO | Italy | GUE/NGL | 3 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124813.md |
| Gilles PARGNEAUX | France | S&D | 2 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96948.md |
| Karin KADENBACH | Austria | S&D | 2 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/97014.md |

## Official source documents

- PE595.704: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/ENVI-AM-595704_EN.pdf
- PE599.885: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/CONT-AM-599885_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2016-2174-DEC · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2016-2174-DEC.json

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