3 Amendments of Charlie WEIMERS related to 2021/2122(DEC)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Notes that the Office has its headquarters in Malta and regional offices in Italy, Greece and Cyprus; expresses its concern over persistent procurement related shortcomings and irregularities; expresses its grave concern that in 2020 over EUR 1 million in payments relating to rented premises in Italy and Greece, as well as procurement of interim workers in Italy and payments for external experts, were found to be irregular;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that in carrying out its operations, the Office is relatively dependent on Member States’ cooperation; calls on Member States to comply with their obligations as regards national experts in order to avoid the need for the Office to rely on external contractorsexternal consultants as Member States’ are not prioritizing the secondment of national experts; calls on the legislators to consider whether an agency Member States are not interested in is really worth it;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalljects the important role that EASO fulfils in the EU asylum policy framework, assisting requesting Member States with valuable expertise and resources on the matambition to have the Office fulfil an important role in the EU asylum policy framework, questions the added value of the Office for Member Staters; welcomes the signature of a new opeconsiders an exchange of best practional support plan with Spain in 2020, bringing the total number of countries assisted by the Office to eightces between Member States preferable over the establishment of new Union agencies;