# 2016 discharge: European Medicines Agency (EMA)

European Parliament procedure 2017/2154(DEC) (DEC - Discharge procedure, 8th term, committee CONT / ENVI). Stage: Procedure completed. 32 committee amendments tabled by 15 Members between 2017-12-13 and 2018-03-02.

## What the amendments focus on

Decision on the 2016 discharge for the European Medicines Agency. Amendments grant, postpone or close the Agency's accounts and raise the Court of Auditors' findings on accounting transparency and procurement, the funding share from pharmaceutical-industry fees and related conflicts of interest, gender balance, IT consultants and reorganisations, whistleblowing, access to documents, clinical data transparency, and the impact of the United Kingdom's withdrawal and relocation to Amsterdam.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petri SARVAMAA | Finland | PPE | 7 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/112611.md |
| Bart STAES | Belgium | Verts/ALE | 6 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4751.md |
| Dennis de JONG | Netherlands | GUE/NGL | 6 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96748.md |
| Mireille D'ORNANO | France | EFDD | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124750.md |
| Claudiu Ciprian TĂNĂSESCU | Romania | S&D | 3 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96847.md |
| Ryszard CZARNECKI | Poland | ECR | 2 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28372.md |
| Richard SULÍK | Slovakia | ECR | 2 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124928.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 |
| Patricija ŠULIN | Slovenia | PPE | 1 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125103.md |
| Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ | Czechia | PPE | 1 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124713.md |
| Benedek JÁVOR | Hungary | Verts/ALE | 1 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124721.md |
| Luke Ming FLANAGAN | Ireland | GUE/NGL | 1 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124985.md |
| Karin KADENBACH | Austria | S&D | 1 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/97014.md |

## Official source documents

- PE615.425: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/ENVI-AM-615425_EN.pdf
- PE618.255: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/CONT-AM-618255_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2017-2154-DEC · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2017-2154-DEC.json

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