4 Amendments of Michal ŠIMEČKA related to 2022/2123(DEC)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
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1. Welcomes the fact that the Court of Auditors (‘The Court’) has declared the transactions underlying the annuals accounts of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) for the financial year 2021 to be legal and regular in all material respects; highlights that the budget for 2021 was 33 million EUR, but in reality this means 23 920 698 EUR budget as the Court report counts in the total payment appropriations available during the financial year; reiterates its concerntakes note that the FRA continues to suffer from financial and staff resources constraints;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
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3. DeploRegrets that FRA’s establishment plan has not been increased since 2017; further deploreshighlights moreover that the increase in workload and requests, particularly after the entry into force of the new mandate which introduced new activities in the areas of justice and police cooperation, was not accompanied with additional resources;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
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4. Notes that FRA had carried over €7 million (27 %) of 2021 commitment appropriations to 2022; reiterates its regrets that the levels of carry-overs of committed appropriations for operating expenditure remained high; acknowledges the answer from FRA emphasizing that these carry- overs mainly reflect the nature of FRA’s core activities that include the financing of studies and other activities that span several months and eventually beyond year-end; welcomes the concrete actions that FRA has established to improve its budget planning and its implementation cycles; calls on FRA to report to the discharge authority about the progress registered in this matter;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
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5. Welcomes the cooperation with other EU agencies, bodies and civil society in order to ensure there is compliance with fundamental rights; highlights, in this regard, the important role played by the FRA in the training and operationalisation of the fundamental rights monitors within the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex); notes that FRA contributed to a total of around 60 activities in the JHA area.;