6 Amendments of Michal ŠIMEČKA related to 2021/2140(DEC)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Regrets the fact that the budget implementation was less than planned; calls on the Agency, together with the Commission, to improve alignment of budgetary planning with the timing of the related legal acts; acknowledges that the Agency made steps to improve the situation;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Stresses that the Agency offers an important contribution to a safer Union by ensuring the highest levels of information security and data protection for the information entrusted to it, providing high-quality services and helping to align Member States’ technological capabilities with their needs; draws attention to the need to take all the necessary measures to avoid any risk to the information processed; notes that the Agency's capacity to both improve existing and develop new information systems was enhanced by its new mandate which entered into force in December 2018; welcomes the continued efforts made by the Agency to adapt to that new mandate in 2020;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Acknowledges that the Court issued a qualified audit opinion with respect to the legality and regularity of the payments underlying the accounts of the Agency for the 2020; notes the Court’s explanation that the qualified opinion was issued in relation to two payments that were considered not compliant to the provisions of framework contracts, amounting in total to EUR 10 405 074 in 2020, representing 4,1 % of the total payment appropriations available in 2020; takes note of the Agency’s reply that the largest irregular payment was connected to an administrative omission specific contract regarding the acquisition of software different from the software offered by the contractor in the tender for the associated framework contract, and that it was a purely administrative matter that the Agency did not amend the respective framework contract in time; notes the Agency’s explanation that the need to change one of the auxiliary software products used in the operation of the shared biometric matching System (sBMS) was of a pure operational nature, with the purpose of reducing the duplication of training and support efforts, ultimately reducing the overall operational costs for the Agency; underlines that following the issuance of the Court’s observation, the Agency responded promptly, signing an amendment to the framework contract in order to rectify the initial omission; points out that shortcomings in dedicated administrative positions may have a negative impact on the functioning of the procurement procedures within the Agency; invites the Commission and the Agency to engage in an active dialogue on improving the Agency’s establishment plan, especially with respect to the level at which posts are allocated;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Welcomes the progress made regarding the Court’s observations and Parliament's discharge reports from previous years; recalls that four remaining observations are still ongoing, one of them not being under the control of the Agency;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4 c. Welcomes the launch of a new approach towards the procurement of engineering services, expected to generate efficiency gains in the years to come;