5 Amendments of Petr JEŽEK related to 2018/2208(DEC)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Acknowledges the major risks inherent to the nature of the Agency’s activities and extraordinary operational challenges caused by the migration influx in 2015, 2016 and 2017; regrets however that those risks were not mitigated by a solid governance structure and effective controls as it should have been normally the case for a well-managed and well-run agency;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on EASO to address in priorityurgently address the exponential deterioration of the human resources situation as reported by the Court; stresses that since 2014 the Agency suffered from high staff turnover, that recruitment procedures were suspended in 2017, and that by the end of 2017, the Agency did not have the administrative capacity to fill its high number of vacancies; points out that the human resources situation seriously threatens the continuation of EASO operations which is unacceptable for the European Parliament given the importance of EASO’s mission; calls therefore on the Agency to reorganise itself to significantly improve the quality of its internal management and the efficiency of its internal procedures and processes;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Regrets that almost all EASO services audited by the court contained significant public procurement weaknesses in relation to drafting of tender specifications, choice of the type of the contract, evaluation and award methods, amendments and extension of contracts, execution of contracts and verification of services provided, etc.; calls on the Agency to strictly adhere to the Financial Regulation of the EU at all times; expects the agency to especially comply withhighlights that the weaknesses identified go against the principles of competition, transparency, equal treatment and non- discrimination; requests the identification and subsequent cancellation of the non- compliant public procurement procedures awarded by the Agency;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Acknowledges nevertheless the efforts of the Agency to address the weaknesses identified by the Court in an efficient and speedy way; calls on the Agency to report regularly to the European Parliament on progress in terms of efficiency and implementation progress of those measures as well as on their efficiency to address the key issues identified by the Court; calls on the agency to justify thoroughly to the European Parliament the gaps between resources currently available, the ones programmed but not yet available, and the ones not yet programmed but truly needed according tocessary in order for the aAgency’s own independent evaluation in order to fulfil its mission;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Reminds of the granted discharge of the Agency by the Parliament in October 2018 for the financial year 2016 as a positive signal, recognising the importance of the Agency; regrets that the irregularities with regard tocalls that the European Parliament granted discharge for 2016 only in October 2018 following commitments from the Agency to improve its Performance Based Budgeting, Transparency & Democracy and People (Staff) management, which had led to a refusal of the discharge in April 2018,; regrets that these commitments have not allyet been corrected yet; welcomes though the newfully completed. Notes the change in management of the Agency and fully supportwelcomes its efforts to take all necessary measures to secure the efficient work of the agencycorrect its weaknesses in accordance with procurement regulation and staff rules.