6 Amendments of Roberta METSOLA related to 2017/2169(DEC)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes the relatively high level of carry-overs of committed appropriations for Title II (administrative expenditure) at EUR 4,23,5 million, i.e. 41 39%; acknowledges that it is due to the nature of the administrative arrangements between Europol and its host state regarding building works; notes that Europol received an Internal Security Fund emergency assistance grant of EUR 1,5 million in 2016 with a view to deploying experts (guest officers) to hotspots to conduct secondary security checks, with this expenditure being audited and deemed as being eligible;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes the 102 % staff and 8,3 % budget increases of Europol in 2016 following the decision to entrust Europol with new tasks; notes the high implementation rates for commitment (99,8 %) and payment appropriations (91,0 %);
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Acknowledges the ever-increasing demand for Europol’s services from Member States; regretnotes, in that context, the fact that the tight ICT resources available have resulted in a re-prioritisation of core systems development activities, project delays and have also triggered an exploration of further outsourcing possibilities with the increased risks that that implies; emphasises that Europol can only fulfil its responsibilities fully and reap the benefits of Regulation (EU) 2016/794 if it is allocated substantial additional resources in the coming years; calls on the co-legislators to ensure that Europol is allocated such additional resources in order to be able to, inter alia, guarantee its response to cybercrime threats and upgrade its ICT capabilities;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the commitment ofsteps taken by Europol to address in a timely fashion the single critical recommendation and the majority of the twenty-six very important recommendations identified as part of the internal audits conducted on operational support provided by the European Cybercrime Centre to Member States as well as on the implementation by Europol of internal control standards; calls on Europol to take the necessary action to address the remaining five recommendations that are still pending;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Highlights that Europol’s new legal framework provides for additional measures in terms of providing the discharge authority with dedicated information about its work, including sensitive operational matters; regrets, however, thatwelcomes the publication of declarations of interest ofby the members of Europol’'s mManagement boarBoard on Europol's website; welcomes Europol's updated version of its code of conduct and its still pending;whistleblowing arrangements, which provide additional safeguards to Europol's operation.