# 2016 discharge: European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound)

European Parliament procedure 2017/2148(DEC) (DEC - Discharge procedure, 8th term, committee CONT / EMPL). Stage: Procedure completed. 31 committee amendments tabled by 18 Members between 2017-12-06 and 2018-03-02.

## What the amendments focus on

Discharge decision on the 2016 implementation of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound) budget. Amendments grant or postpone discharge and closure of the accounts, address underpayments to staff linked to the 2005 Staff Regulations transition, appropriations carried forward, work-life balance and sick leave, whistleblower protection and an ethics code, the Internal Audit Service report on project management, and the Irish country coefficient.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petri SARVAMAA | Finland | PPE | 5 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/112611.md |
| Siôn SIMON | United Kingdom | S&D | 5 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124948.md |
| Jutta STEINRUCK | Germany | S&D | 5 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96831.md |
| Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO | Spain | S&D | 5 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/103488.md |
| Georgi PIRINSKI | Bulgaria | S&D | 5 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124855.md |
| Claudiu Ciprian TĂNĂSESCU | Romania | S&D | 5 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96847.md |
| Marian HARKIN | Ireland | ALDE | 5 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28116.md |
| Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO | Spain | GUE/NGL | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125047.md |
| Bart STAES | Belgium | Verts/ALE | 3 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4751.md |
| Luke Ming FLANAGAN | Ireland | GUE/NGL | 3 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124985.md |
| Claude ROLIN | Belgium | PPE | 3 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125107.md |
| Barbara KAPPEL | Austria | ENF | 2 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125024.md |
| Ryszard CZARNECKI | Poland | ECR | 1 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28372.md |
| Notis MARIAS | Greece | ECR | 1 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125069.md |
| Raffaele FITTO | Italy | ECR | 1 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4465.md |

## Official source documents

- PE613.589: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/EMPL-AM-613589_EN.pdf
- PE618.266: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/CONT-AM-618266_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2017-2148-DEC · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2017-2148-DEC.json

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