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Procurement and recruitment procedures
Europaparlamentet noterar att budgetövervakningsinsatserna under budgetåret 2014 resulterade i ett budgetgenomförande på 99,69 %, vilket innebar en ökning med 0,86 % jämfört med 2013.
Notes that at the end of 2014, 449 posts were occupied out of the available 474, which included officials, temporary agents and contract agents as well as seconded national experts; notes that the yearly average post occupancy rate for the 2014 establishment plan (temporary agents and officials) is at 95,1 %, while that for contract agents is at 92,4 %;
Parlamentet noterar vidare att genomförandenivån för betalningsbemyndigandena var 89,31 %, vilket innebar en minskning med 1,48 % jämfört med 2013.
Asks the Authority to apply strictly the measures pertaining to discretion and exclusion in public procurement, with proper background checks being carried out in every instance, and to apply the exclusion criteria so as to debar companies in the event of any conflict of interest, this being essential to protect the financial interests of the Union;
Upphandlings- och rekryteringsförfaranden
Reminds the Authority that the first objective of its independence policy should be its reputation and therefore to make sure that the Authority is free from real or perceived conflicts of interests, in particular with the economic sectors it is de facto regulating;
Europaparlamentet noterar att i slutet av 2014 var 449 tjänster tillsatta av de tillgängliga 474, vilka inbegriper tjänstemän, tillfälligt anställda och kontraktsanställda samt utsända nationella experter.
Notes that the Authority put in place a project to improve efficiency and compliance in transactional processing through a centralised strategy, the introduction of planning, monitoring and reporting processes and structure, as well as through centralised finance and procurement processes and structure; notes with satisfaction that this project will allow the Authority to deliver its mandate more efficiently, reducing the time needed to produce outputs and the number of people involved, resulting in a reduction of 14 full-time staff equivalents in 2015;
Parlamentet noterar att den årliga genomsnittliga andelen tillsatta tjänster för 2014 års tjänsteförteckning (tillfälligt anställda och tjänstemän) är 95,1 %, medan andelen för kontraktsanställda är 92,4 %.
Welcomes the fact that, in 2014, the Authority put in place a talent management programme to optimise the use of its human resources (staff and experts);
Europaparlamentet uppmanar myndigheten att strikt tillämpa de åtgärder som rör skönsmässiga bedömningar och uteslutning i samband med offentliga upphandlingar, med lämpliga bakgrundskontroller som ska utföras i varje enskilt fall, och att tillämpa uteslutningskriterier så att företag utestängs om det föreligger någon intressekonflikt, vilket är ytterst viktigt för att skydda unionens ekonomiska intressen.
Is especially aware of the public interest in the decision-making process within the Authority, which takes place within its legal role and responsibilities; highlights the fact that credible rules on integrity are essential and furthermore that communication and availability for the media are paramount; notes that the Authority is dedicating 74 % of its human resources to scientific activities, evaluation and data collection and communication; encourages the Authority to further progress on this path;
Europaparlamentet påminner myndigheten om att det främsta målet med dess oberoendepolicy bör vara dess rykte och att myndigheten därför bör se till att myndigheten inte berörs av några faktiska eller upplevda intressekonflikter, särskilt inte med de ekonomiska sektorer som den i praktiken reglerar.
Prevention and management of conflicts of interest and transparency
Europaparlamentet noterar att myndigheten inrättat ett projekt för att öka effektiviteten och efterlevnaden av transaktionsbehandling genom en centraliserad strategi, införande av förfaranden och strukturer för planering, övervakning och rapportering, samt genom centraliserade förfaranden och strukturer för finans och upphandling.
Acknowledges that the Authority launched a project to modify the way it screens and processes the annual declarations of interest in order to ensure better coherence and overall compliance with its rules on declarations of interest; notes, furthermore, that this new system, scheduled to be completed in the course of 2016, foresees centralised screening of the annual declarations of interest and transfer of responsibility from the Authority’s scientific departments to its legal and regulatory department;
Parlamentet noterar med tillfredsställelse att detta projekt kommer att göra det möjligt för myndigheten att genomföra sitt uppdrag på ett mer effektivt sätt, och minska den tid som krävs för att producera resultat och minska antalet personer som deltar, vilket leder till en minskning med 14 heltidsekvivalenter under 2015.
Notes that in order to attain both working with the top academics in the industry and having the most effective conflicts of interest policy possible, the Authority uses a system to assess the experts’ interests, which takes into account the role of the experts and the mandate of the scientific working group or panel of which the expert would be a member against a number of different criteria; notes, furthermore, that in 2016 the Authority will undertake an examination of the systems it has in place to detect conflicts of interest as part of the regular cycle of review of its independence policy; asks the Authority to inform the discharge authority about the outcomes of the review and the necessary adjustments to the procedures for selecting experts and checking their credentials;
Europaparlamentet gläder sig över att myndigheten under 2014 införde ett program för att ta till vara talanger i syfte att optimera utnyttjandet av de mänskliga resurserna (personal och experter).
Calls on those Union institutions and agencies which have introduced codes of conduct, including the Parliament, to step up their implementation measures, such as checks of declarations of financial interests;
Europaparlamentet är fullt medvetet om allmänhetens intresse för den beslutsprocess inom myndigheten som förs inom ramen för dess rättsliga roll och ansvarsområden.
Reiterates its call for the Authority to apply a two-year cooling-off period; does not accept the Authority's justification for its refusal to implement the discharge authority's repeated demands of establishing such a two-year cooling-off period on all material interests related to the companies it regulates;
Parlamentet betonar att trovärdiga integritetsregler är väsentliga och att kommunikation och tillgänglighet för media dessutom är av största vikt.
Welcomes the fact that, in order to improve its independence and conflicts of interest policy concerning expert groups, the Authority performed in 2014 an ex post analysis of its rules on declarations of interests; notes that this analysis led to a review and the adoption of a new, simpler and more sophisticated version of these rules; calls on the Authority to perform analyses of its policies at a regular basis to ensure the constant development of its independency;
Parlamentet konstaterar att myndigheten avsätter 74 % av sina personalresurser till vetenskaplig verksamhet, utvärdering och datainsamling och kommunikation.
Reminds the Authority of the European Ombudsman's ruling stating that the Authority ‘should revise its conflict of interest rules’ to ensure that those experts who work for academia declare all relevant information to the Authority; is of the opinion that if this would affect around one third of the experts as stated by the Authority, then the Authority should dedicate special attention to the issue and work on specific measures together with the concerned academic institutions to safeguard the integrity of both institutions;
Parlamentet uppmuntrar myndigheten till nya framsteg i denna riktning.
Takes note that a pilot project was developed in 2015 aimed at exploring the best way to implement the recommendation of the discharge authority to centralise the validation process of the declarations of interest; observes that this pilot project was successfully concluded in the same year and that full centralisation was expected to be implemented by the end of first semester of 2016; calls on the Authority to inform the discharge authority on the successful implementation of this centralisation;
Förebyggande och hantering av intressekonflikter samt transparens
Observes that during 2014 the Authority received a number of contributions on independence-related issues from stakeholders and non-governmental organisations; notes, furthermore, that these contributed to the review of implementing rules for the independence policy;
Europaparlamentet konstaterar att myndigheten har inlett ett projekt för att ändra det sätt på vilket den undersöker och behandlar de årliga intresseförklaringarna i syfte att säkerställa bättre samstämmighet och övergripande efterlevnad med dess regler för intresseförklaringar.
Calls for an overall improvement in the prevention of, and the fight against, corruption through a holistic approach, commencing with better public access to documents and more stringent rules on conflicts of interest, the introduction or strengthening of transparency registers and the provision of sufficient resources for law enforcement measures, and also through improved cooperation among Member States and with relevant third countries;
Parlamentet noterar vidare att detta nya system, som planeras vara färdigt under 2016, förutser centraliserade undersökningar av de årliga intresseförklaringarna och överförande av ansvar från myndighetens vetenskapliga avdelningar till dess rätts- och regleringsavdelning.
Encourages the Authority further to raise awareness of the conflict-of-interest policy among its staff, alongside ongoing awareness-raising activities and the inclusion of integrity and transparency as an obligatory item to be discussed during recruitment procedures and performance reviews;
Europaparlamentet noterar att myndigheten, för att både uppnå samarbete med toppakademiker inom branschen och ha den mest effektiva policyn för intressekonflikter, använder ett system för att bedöma experternas intressen, vilket beaktar experternas roll och uppdraget för den vetenskapliga arbetsgrupp eller panel som experten skulle delta i gentemot ett antal olika kriterier.
Points out that several Union rules, including amongst others the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, give individuals the right to access public documents; reminds the Authority that scientific rigour is ensured best by transparency and accountability of the results; highlights that the Authority should make therefore all data used to reach any scientific conclusions public in a machine-readable format so as to enable scientific scrutiny and constant progress;
Parlamentet noterar vidare att myndigheten under 2016 kommer att genomföra en undersökning av sitt befintliga system för att upptäcka intressekonflikter som en del av den regelbundna kontrollen av myndighetens oberoendepolicy.
Acknowledges the Authority's efforts to improve the transparency of its work as well as the data it uses for that work; acknowledges the existing legal limitations it faces for increasing data transparency; stresses that the aim of the disclosure is to make reproducibility of the Authority's work possible and therefore the steps taken towards process transparency in risk-assessment are a welcome first step, but that data transparency should also be ensured; welcomes, in this respect, the launch, in January 2013, of the transparency initiative; welcomes, in this context, the improved presentation and accessibility of information and documents on the Authority's homepage and other action taken, such as risk assessment opinions and the impact they have on Union citizens, towards an ‘open EFSA’; encourages the Authority to further progress on this path;
Parlamentet uppmanar myndigheten att informera den ansvarsfrihetsbeviljande myndigheten om resultatet av kontrollen och om de anpassningar som är nödvändiga att göra av förfarandena för att välja ut experter och kontrollera deras kvalifikationer.
Takes note that the Authority's staff are legally bound to comply with the Staff Regulations regarding future employment; notes, in addition, that the assessment of staff’s future employment occurs on a systematic basis, and that if the employment is considered to be a potential conflict of interest no appointment should be made until that potential conflict has been resolved on the basis of clear, transparent and verifiable criteria; points out that in 2013, of the 29 statutory staff members that left the employment at the Authority, three went to the chemical/pharmaceutical sector with a range of restrictions put in place for these individuals; acknowledges that the Authority considers that a clear legal and governance framework on revolving doors is already in place;
Europaparlamentet uppmanar de unionsinstitutioner och byråer som har infört uppförandekoder, däribland Europaparlamentet, stärker sina genomförandeåtgärder, som t.ex. kontroller av förklaringar om ekonomiska intressen.
Acknowledges that the Authority carried out an internal exercise to assess the impact of removing the possibility for experts to anonymise certain interests in their declarations of interest; notes from the Authority that the practice of anonymising interests has been used on very few occasions in the past; notes furthermore that for the latest renewal of panel members in 2015, no scientific experts chose to anonymise their interests; notes with satisfaction that the Authority no longer accepts anonymised interests and has withdrawn this option for experts when completing their declaration of interests; asks the Authority to check the declarations submitted by experts who were appointed before 2015 and who took advantage of the option of anonymising their interests;
Europaparlamentet upprepar sin uppmaning till myndigheten att tillämpa en karensperiod på två år.
Requests that the Authority implement Article 16 of the Staff Regulations by publishing information about senior officials who have left the service and a list of conflicts of interest on an annual basis;
Parlamentet accepterar inte myndighetens motivering av sin vägran att genomföra den ansvarsfrihetsbeviljande myndighetens upprepade begäran att myndigheten bör tillämpa en sådan karensperiod på två år för alla väsentliga intressen som avser de företag som myndigheten reglerar.
Is looking forward to results of the Authority's systemic review of its policy on independence and scientific decision-making process in 2016; welcomes the Authority's commitment to consider the publication of remunerations for experts' declared activities;
Europaparlamentet välkomnar att myndigheten, för att stärka sitt oberoende och sin policy för intressekonflikter rörande expertgrupper, under 2014 genomförde en efterhandsanalys av sina regler för intresseförklaringar.
Calls on the Authority to make more extensive use of a new status for hearing experts following the example of the invited experts from World Health Organisation's International Agency for Research Against Cancer; calls on the Authority to report to the discharge authority on making use of hearing experts;
Parlamentet noterar att denna analys ledde till en granskning och antagandet av en ny, enklare och mer sofistikerad version av dessa regler.
Stresses that experts in regulatory agencies must be paid for their work so as to enable their independence from the sector they regulate; calls on the Commission to provide the financial means for the Authority to pay external experts and develop in-house research to ensure independence;
Parlamentet uppmanar myndigheten att regelbundet genomföra analyser av sina policyer för att se till att myndighetens oberoende ständigt utvecklas.
Asks the responsible body of the Authority to implement the anti-fraud strategy as soon as possible;
Europaparlamentet påminner myndigheten om Europeiska ombudsmannens avgörande enligt vilket myndigheten bör se över sina bestämmelser om intressekonflikter för att säkerställa att de experter som arbetar inom den akademiska världen deklarerar alla relevanta uppgifter till myndigheten.
Internal audit
Parlamentet anser att om detta skulle påverka cirka en tredjedel av experterna, som myndigheten förklarade, då bör myndigheten särskilt uppmärksamma frågan och arbeta för specifika åtgärder tillsammans med de berörda akademiska institutionerna för att skydda båda institutionernas integritet.
Notes that six recommendations issued by the Commission's Internal Audit Service (IAS) and marked as ‘Very important’ were open at the beginning of 2014; acknowledges that four of the very important recommendations were reported as implemented by the Authority and are currently awaiting a follow-up by the IAS; observes that the remaining two were closed by IAS following the introduction of the new Staff Regulations in the financial year 2014; looks forward to the next IAS’ review on the status of implemented recommendations;
Europaparlamentet noterar att ett pilotprojekt utarbetades under 2015 som syftade till att utforska det bästa sättet att genomföra den ansvarsfrihetsbeviljande myndighetens rekommendation att centralisera kontrollförfarandet för intresseförklaringarna.
Acknowledges that the Authority carried out a simulation to assess the impact of applying a two-year cooling-off period for certain interests of experts working in the Authority’s panels; notes with satisfaction that the Authority is to introduce two-year cooling-off periods in relation to the abovementioned interests in time for the next panel renewal; takes note that with regard to cooling-off periods for research funding, the Authority already has a system in place that limits private sourcing of research funding to a maximum of 25 % of the total research budget under control of an Authority’s expert;
Parlamentet noterar att detta pilotprojekt slutfördes samma år med gott resultat och att fullständig centralisering förväntades genomföras i slutet av det första halvåret 2016.
Internal controls
Parlamentet uppmanar myndigheten att informera den ansvarsfrihetsbeviljande myndigheten om det framgångsrika genomförandet av denna centralisering.
Acknowledges that the review of the Authority's Internal Control Standards carried out in 2014 concluded that its internal control system is compliant with those standards; notes, however, that there are areas where improvements could be achieved to enhance the quality of the internal control system, in particular regarding the staff evaluation and development, operational structure and evaluation of activities; calls on the Authority to provide the discharge authority with a report on the actions planned to tackle this issue and the progress made in this regard;
Europaparlamentet observerar att myndigheten under 2014 mottog ett antal bidrag rörande oberoenderelaterade frågor från intressenter och icke-statliga organisationer.
Ascertains that the Authority's Internal Audit Capability (IAC) considers that the internal control system in place provides reasonable assurance regarding the achievement of the business objectives set up for the processes audited, except for the monitoring of user access rights granted in the ABAC accounting system and the formal nomination of financial actors; calls on the Authority to inform the discharge authority on the advancements made in this regard;
Parlamentet noterar vidare att dessa bidrog till granskningen av genomförandebestämmelserna för oberoendepolicyn.
Notes that the IAC followed up on all outstanding corrective actions in the areas of data management, business continuity and IT security; notes in particular that actions concerning data management and IT security have been fully implemented; takes note that, regarding business continuity, the majority of actions have been implemented and the remaining actions are planned to be implemented by the end of 2016;
Europaparlamentet efterlyser en övergripande förbättring av arbetet med att förebygga och bekämpa korruption.
Other comments
För att åstadkomma detta bör man anta ett helhetsgrepp som inleds med att man förbättrar allmänhetens tillgång till handlingar och inför mer strikta bestämmelser vad gäller intressekonflikter, upprättande eller stärkande av öppenhetsregister och tillhandahållande av tillräckliga resurser för brottsbekämpande åtgärder, och även genom ett bättre samarbete mellan medlemsstaterna och med relevanta tredjeländer.
Notes from the Court’s report that, following the amendment of the Staff Regulations in 2004 by Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 723/2004 [1], these included provisions that future remuneration of officials recruited before 1 May 2004 should not be less than under the previous Staff Regulations; observes that the Court 's audit revealed this was not complied with and, in the case of eight out of the 71 officials employed at the time, this led to an underpayment of EUR 87000 for the period of years 2005-2014; notes that the Authority will undertake the necessary actions to remedy this issue in due course;
Europaparlamentet uppmanar myndigheten att ytterligare öka uppmärksamheten om policyer som rör intressekonflikter bland sin personal, parallellt med den pågående upplysningsverksamheten, och att inkludera integritet och transparens som en obligatorisk fråga som ska diskuteras under rekryteringsförfaranden och resultatöversyner.
Notes with satisfaction that the Authority has developed a number of measures to support openness and transparency goals as well as dialogue with stakeholders, including representatives of civil society; takes note that the Authority launched new initiatives to further engage society in the Authority's risk assessment process such as plenary meetings in Brussels with a dedicated session to interact with observers and stakeholders, public consultations of scoping papers of guidance documents, public consultations on draft opinions followed by dedicated stakeholder meetings and presence on social media;
Europaparlamentet påpekar att flera unionsbestämmelser, bland annat Europeiska unionens stadga om de grundläggande rättigheterna, ger enskilda personer rätt att få tillgång till offentliga dokument.
Acknowledges that a large part of the difficulties the Authority is facing in securing its independence comes from the fact that the Commission consistently refuses to allocate it sufficient means of operation to work at defending food safety for Union citizens independently of the regulated industry's influence;
Parlamentet påminner myndigheten om att vetenskaplig stringens garanteras genom transparens och skyldighet att redovisa resultat.
Welcomes the Authority's efforts to implement corrective actions following the previous comments by the Court, particularly the improvements made to its annual work programme to include more details on planned procurements and grants;
Parlamentet understryker att myndigheten därför bör offentliggöra alla de uppgifter som används för att komma fram till en viss vetenskaplig slutsats i ett maskinläsbart format för att möjliggöra vetenskaplig granskning och konstanta framsteg.
Refers, for other observations of a cross-cutting nature accompanying its decision on discharge, to its resolution of 28 April 2016 [2] on the performance, financial management and control of the agencies.
Europaparlamentet konstaterar att myndigheten ansträngt sig för att förbättra transparensen både när det gäller dess verksamhet och de uppgifter den använder sig av i den verksamheten.
Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 723/2004 of 22 March 2004 amending the Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities and the Conditions of Employment of other servants of the European Communities (OJ L 124, 27.4.2004, p.
Parlamentet konstaterar de nuvarande rättsliga begränsningar som myndigheten ställs inför i arbetet med att öka insynen i uppgifter.