7 Amendments of Michal ŠIMEČKA related to 2021/2146(DEC)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Notes that the Union funding to the Agency increased by EUR 10 million by means of Amending budget No 1/2020; deplores that that amount was not visible in the budgetary accounts of the Agency, which reduces transparency; emphasises the need to keep transparency as a priority;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Regrets that the Agency made an ex-post budgetary commitment to cover for two previously unannounced return operations from a national authority’s totaling EUR 355 000 EUR, in violation of the Agency's financial regulation;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1 c. Reiterates that the increased competences and budget of the Agency need to be accompanied with a corresponding increase in accountability and transparency; stresses that the granting of discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Agency is conditional on such accountability and transparency, and especially on the Agency's commitment to comply with Union law;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Welcomes the establishment and operationalisation of the Agency's transparency register, thus addressing Parliament’s recommendation from the 2019 discharge resolution;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Regrets that the Agency upgraded 47 AST posts to grade AD7 or higher, without the legal authority to do so and the subsequent need to withdraw the 47 job offers, which exposed the Agency an unnecessary risk of reputational damage and litigation; reiterates the importance of the principle of legality in conducting all administrative and operational activities; recalls however that the allocation of posts at the appropriate grade is essential for the optimal functioning of the Agency; calls on the Commission to engage into an active dialogue with the Agency over upcoming establishment plans, taking into consideration the specifics of the operational nature of the Agency and ensure that future posts are allocated at the appropriate grade corresponding to the post requirements;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Reiterates that there is a persisting significant gender imbalance in Agency's management board; underlines that the responsibility of nominating members of the Agency's management board lies with national authorities; calls, therefore, on the Agency to remind Member States proactively of the importance of gender balance and calls on Member States to ensure gender balance when nominating their members to Agency's management board; urges that that imbalance be addressed and remedied as soon as possible;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the management board and Commission to recruit a new executive director as soon as possible; before advancing this recruitment, invites the management board to commit to increased transparency and accountability to Parliament, to be confirmed through a written exchange; recalls that public access to OLAF reports, in an appropriate format for public use, as well as the full implementation of all recommendations by Parliament, and in particular by its Frontex Scrutiny Working Group, should form part of such a commitment of the management board to transparency and accountability.