Traduction de «Enlarged Bureau the OECD Environment Committee » (Anglais → Français) :

– (NL) Thank you very much for squeezing me in, as I was held back by an emergency meeting of the Enlarged Bureau of the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

4. Welcomes efforts made to present realistic estimates and acknowledges the fact that the Bureau is ready to adopt further savings as compared to the original level suggested in the Secretary-General's report; stresses that the goal of any budget negotiation should be to achieve maximum efficiency; pursuant to the agreement reached by the Bureau and the Committee on Budgets at the conciliation meeting of 13 March 2012, sets the overall level of the draft estimates for 2013 at EUR 1 759 391 671 corresponding to a rate of increase of ...[+++] 1,9 % over the 2012 budget excluding the costs of enlargement to Croatia; further insists on the need for strict budgetary control, close cooperation with the Committee on Budgets and identifying further possible savings during this budgetary procedure;

14. Has decided to transfer EUR 1 million from Chapter 103 ("Enlargement reserve") to Item 2000 ("Rent and annual lease payments") for the rent of the Montoyer 70 building to provide additional office space on a transitional basis until the D4 and D5 buildings projects have been completed, and to transfer EUR 2.8 million to the same item for the rent of the IPE III building in Strasbourg; has also decided to transfer EUR 5.6 million to Article 206 ("Acquisition of immovable property") for the financing of the Atrium II Building in Brussels; notes that the Bureau has taken a decision, in principle, to build two new conference rooms next ...[+++] to the LOW Building in Strasbourg and that an exploratory mandate has been approved; instructs its Bureau to consult the Committee on Budgets before any legally binding decisions are taken; notes, however, that no impact is expected on the 2003 budget from the Strasbourg measures;

15. Stresses that Parliament should also, given the challenges posed by enlargement, seize the opportunity to further examine which rationalisation measures could contribute to a more productive use of resources; invites its Bureau, therefore, to take an ambitious stance as regards the activities that could be re-organised or discontinued, as identified by the Steering Committee on Enlargement, taking due acco ...[+++]unt of the Corbett report and the views which the political groups have expressed on this matter; invites its Bureau also to examine which rationalisation measures can be adopted in the management of Members' allowances and expenses and the activities of non-attached Members, before requesting the budgetary authority to make appropriations available for additional posts;