Amen­de­menten Hazekamp over de kwijting van 2023: Algemene begroting van de EU - Commissie

Amendments Hazekamp on the 2023 discharge: General budget of the EU - Commission of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.

Amendment 1

Jonas Sjöstedt

Draft opinion 

Paragraph 1

Draft opinion

1.      Is satisfied with the Commission's overall implementation of the budget in the areas of environment, climate action, public health and food safety in 2023;

Amendment

1.      Notes with concern the lack of increased climate ambition in the Commission's overall implementation of the budget in the areas of environment, climate action, public health and food safety in 2023;

Amendment 2

Jonas Sjöstedt

Draft opinion

Paragraph 2

Draft opinion

2.      Is satisfied with the work carried out by the five decentralised agencies which are under its remit, which carry out technical, scientific or managerial tasks that help the Union institutions elaborate and implement policies in the area of environment, climate action, public health and food safety, as well as with the way in which those agencies' budgets are implemented; stresses that, given the scale and importance of their current tasks and the increase of responsibilities some of them are facing, adequate funding and staffing must be guaranteed for the agencies and the Commission Directorates-General working in the areas of environment, climate action, public health and food safety;

Amendment

2.      Is mostly satisfied with the work carried out by the five decentralised agencies under the conditions in which they operate, carrying out technical, scientific or managerial tasks that help the Union institutions elaborate and implement policies in the area of environment, climate action, public health and food safety, as well as with the way in which those agencies' budgets are implemented; stresses that, given the scale and importance of their current tasks and the increase of responsibilities some of them are facing, adequate funding and staffing must be guaranteed for the agencies and the Commission Directorates-General working in the areas of environment, climate action, public health and food safety;

Amendment 3

Jonas Sjöstedt

Draft opinion 

Paragraph 5 - point 1 (new)

Amendment

(1)    Notes with grave concern how the mismanagement of the RRF negatively influences the EU's credibility in both fiscal and environmental matters, demands a thorough examination of the structure of the RRF, urges the commission to commit to a better controlled and more sustainable financial instrument in the future.

Amendment 4

Jonas Sjöstedt

Draft opinion 

Paragraph 6 - point 1 (new)

Amendment

(1)    Notes with great concern the special report by the European court of Auditors titled Green transition Unclear contribution from the Recovery and Resilience Facility in which the contribution by the RRF to the green transition appears to be heavily overestimated, notes further how the RRF has an unclear implementation structure in the field of green transition, notes how the RRF funds appears to have been grossly disconnected from actual costs and results in the green transitions, concludes that the RRF mismanagement and poor design has severely hindered an ambitious green transition and severed the reputation of green investment within the EU framework, regrets the missed opportunity to advance green investment through the RRF;

Amendment 5

Jonas Sjöstedt

Draft opinion

Paragraph 8 - point 1 (new)

Amendment

(1)    Insists on an ambitious and well-managed environmental policy with the highest regard for biodiversity, sustainability, social progress and animal welfare in the works of the decentralised agencies, building on successful methods and tools from the past year while continuously developing strategies to face current challenges;

Amendment 6

Jonas Sjöstedt

Draft opinion 

Paragraph 12

Draft opinion

12.    Is of the opinion, on the basis of the data and reports available, that discharge can be granted to the Commission in respect of expenditure in the areas of environment, climate action, public health and food safety for the financial year 2023.

Amendment

12.    Is of the opinion, on the basis of the data and reports available, that discharge cannot be granted to the Commission in respect of expenditure in the areas of environment, climate action, public health and food safety for the financial year 2023.