# 2016 discharge: European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)

European Parliament procedure 2017/2159(DEC) (DEC - Discharge procedure, 8th term, committee CONT / ENVI). Stage: Procedure completed. 42 committee amendments tabled by 19 Members between 2017-12-13 and 2018-03-02.

## What the amendments focus on

A decision on the 2016 discharge for the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). Amendments alternate between granting and postponing discharge and address gender balance in posts, the Authority's independence policy and conflicts of interest, access to documents and trade-secrecy rules, the glyphosate assessment and related litigation, and the Authority's resources and founding regulation.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bart STAES | Belgium | Verts/ALE | 11 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4751.md |
| Benedek JÁVOR | Hungary | Verts/ALE | 11 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124721.md |
| Luke Ming FLANAGAN | Ireland | GUE/NGL | 7 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124985.md |
| Marco VALLI | Italy | EFDD | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124778.md |
| Laura AGEA | Italy | EFDD | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124811.md |
| Dario TAMBURRANO | Italy | GUE/NGL | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124813.md |
| Petri SARVAMAA | Finland | PPE | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/112611.md |
| Dennis de JONG | Netherlands | GUE/NGL | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96748.md |
| Mireille D'ORNANO | France | EFDD | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124750.md |
| Indrek TARAND | Estonia | Verts/ALE | 3 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/97136.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 |
| Pilar AYUSO | Spain | PPE | 2 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4319.md |
| Julie GIRLING | United Kingdom | PPE | 2 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96956.md |
| Bas EICKHOUT | Netherlands | Verts/ALE | 2 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96725.md |

## Official source documents

- PE615.432: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/ENVI-AM-615432_EN.pdf
- PE618.247: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/CONT-AM-618247_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2017-2159-DEC · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2017-2159-DEC.json

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