# 2016 discharge: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA)

European Parliament procedure 2017/2150(DEC) (DEC - Discharge procedure, 8th term, committee CONT / LIBE). Stage: Procedure completed. 18 committee amendments tabled by 20 Members between 2018-01-19 and 2018-03-02.

## What the amendments focus on

This decision concerns the 2016 discharge for the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA). Competing amendments would grant or postpone discharge, and address weaknesses in IT-project management, a framework contract whose ceiling was exceeded, the appointment of an authorising officer to evaluation committees, the protection of whistle-blowers, near-balanced gender ratios in posts, the Centre's long-term strategy, and improved access to its data on drugs.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roberta METSOLA | Malta | PPE | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/118859.md |
| Bart STAES | Belgium | Verts/ALE | 3 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4751.md |
| Auke ZIJLSTRA | Netherlands | PfE | 3 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/103246.md |
| Nicolas BAY | France | ECR | 3 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124760.md |
| Janice ATKINSON | United Kingdom | ENF | 3 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124938.md |
| Gilles LEBRETON | France | ID | 3 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124738.md |
| André ELISSEN | Netherlands | ENF | 3 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/188445.md |
| Luke Ming FLANAGAN | Ireland | GUE/NGL | 2 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124985.md |
| Petr JEŽEK | Czechia | ALDE | 2 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124707.md |
| Maria GRAPINI | Romania | S&D | 2 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124785.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 |
| Beata GOSIEWSKA | Poland | ECR | 1 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124900.md |
| Richard SULÍK | Slovakia | ECR | 1 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124928.md |

## Official source documents

- PE616.694: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/LIBE-AM-616694_EN.pdf
- PE618.256: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/CONT-AM-618256_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2017-2150-DEC · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2017-2150-DEC.json

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