6 Amendments of Michal ŠIMEČKA related to 2022/2098(DEC)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the fact that the Court of Auditors ('the Court') has declared the transactions underlying the annual accounts of the European Asylum Support Office (the 'Office') for the financial year 2021 to be legal and regular in all material aspects; notes that, according to its statement of revenue and expenditure the Office's budget increased fromto EUR 149 to 1752.7 million (an increase of 18,85%) between 2020 and 2021, while members of staff increased from 380 to 423 (an increase of 11,3%) within the same period;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
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3. Notes however that a high number of management posts are vacant and that many had been occupied by interim staff for more than one year, which is the maximum period allowed by the Union's Staff Regulations; takes note that by November 2022, 3 senior management members were still on interim positions, while 2 had occupied their posts for more than legally permitted; notes from the Office's replies that two senior management positions were under recruitment by the end of 2022; calls on the Office to fully comply with Union Law provisions and refrain from prolonging ad-interim contracts for more than the maximum duration stipulated by the relevant legal provisions; recalls that one of the reasons underlying the dependency on interim staff was the delay of the adoption and entry into force of the Regulation establishing a European Union Agency for Asylum; notes with regret serious lack of foresight of the Commission when designing and allocating these posts to the Office;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
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4. Recalls the important role that the Office fulfils in the Common European Asylum System (CEAS), assisting requesting Member States in improving the efficiency and quality of their asylum systems; notes with satisfaction that in 2021, new operational plans were signed by the Office with Latvia, Lithuania and Belgium;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
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5. IsExpresses great concerned about the accusations of misconduct that have beenon staff-related irregularities caused by the Office’s senior management, brought to the attention tof OLAF and the EU institutions; requests that allegations of misconduct are thoroughly checked and investigated through an anonymous complaint in September 2022; is deeply concerned about the seriousness of the aforementioned allegations that include claims of unlawful, opaque or partial recruitment and promotion of senior management members, allegations of harassment or mismanagement of funds relating to missions of Office staff; requests that allegations of misconduct are thoroughly checked and investigated; calls on the Office to ensure the full and sincere cooperation with OLAF throughout all stages of the investigation and to regularly report to the European Parliament about the progress of the state and outcome of the investigation;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
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6. Stresses the impact of the Russian war against Ukraine on the activities of EASO and the fact that EASO had to request additional human and financial resources to face the increased demand for assistance from Member States; commends in this regard the prompt actions taken by the Office to support Member States in the implementation of the Temporary Protection Directive, as well as the deployment of a number of staff in the Republic of Moldova, assisting voluntary transfers to Member States and providing useful relevant information to asylum seekers arriving from Ukraine; calls on the Commission to improve its reaction capacity to such situations and allocate in time the necessary resources to respond to such events;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
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7. RegretNotes the fact that in 2021, the commitment appropriations and the payment appropriations are low 83.48% and 77.01%levels were 97% and 91% respectively;