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5 Amendments of Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ related to 2019/2088(DEC)

Amendment 1 #
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
1. Grants the Executive Director of the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) discharge in respect of the implementation of Europol’s budget for the financial year 2018/ Postpones its decision on granting the Executive Director of the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2018;
2020/02/03
Committee: CONT
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Notes with appreciation that in 2018 the Agency continued to carry out joint activities or shared services with other Union agencies, including Eurojust, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, the European Asylum Support Office and the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction and that the Agency joined 10 interinstitutional and one inter- agency procurement procedure; deems it necessary for Europol to further develop strong ties with other relevant Union institutions; encourages the Agency to explore ways of sharing resources or staff, or both, allocated to overlapping tasks with other agencies which perform similar activities or with agencies based within the Agency's proximity;
2020/02/03
Committee: CONT
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Questions the necessity of an agency dedicated specifically for the purpose of Law Enforcement Cooperation; appeals to the Commission to consider merging the Agency with the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training (CEPOL); underlines that the Agency and CEPOL have a very similar field of operation and the merger will simplify the funding of the two Agencies, as well as clarify the system of European Agencies to the general public;
2020/02/03
Committee: CONT
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Authorizes the Commission to conduct a Feasibility Study in order to assess the possibility of, if not fully merging, at the very least setting up shared synergies with CEPOL; calls upon the Commission to evaluate both scenarios, namely the transfer of the Agency to the CEPOL Headquarters in Budapest, and the transfer of CEPOL Headquarters to the Agency’s Hague Headquarters; notes that such an act would mean sharing corporate and support services and the management of the common premises, as well as shared ICT, telecommunications and internet- based infrastructures, thus saving huge amounts of money which would be used on further funding of both agencies;
2020/02/03
Committee: CONT
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Calls upon the Agency to focus on disseminating the results of its research to the general public, and to reach out to public via social media and other media outlets;
2020/02/03
Committee: CONT