Activities of Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ related to 2022/2117(DEC)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (eu-LISA) for the financial year 2021
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (eu-LISA) for the financial year 2021
Amendments (5)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Regrets the factcalls that the Court issued a qualified audit opinion with respect to the legality and regularity of the payments underlying the accounts of eu- LISA both for 2020 and for 2021; notes the Court’s explanation that the qualified opinion was issued in relation to six payments that were considered not compliant to the provisions of framework contracts, and other payments identified outside the initial sample affected by the same non- compliance, amounting in total to EUR 18.11 million in 2021, representing 6,2 % of the total payment appropriations available in 2021; welcomes that eu-LISA complied with its duty to record the payment actually affected by potential error/irregularity in the internal control system of eu-LISA through a non- compliance report and an exception report;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the eu-LISA signed a specific contract of €40 million to implement a framework contract related to large-scale IT systems, without specifying the details of the services acquired and with an extended duration; highlightnotes the repeated concerns by the Court about the risk associated with the practice of giving resources to eu-LISA before the adoption of legislation; notes eu-LISA’s explanation that the contract was concluded under a working modality (Quoted Time and Means) foreseen in the corresponding framework contract with a view to enabling the flexible adaptation of the project to the emerging dependencies of EES; recalls, furthermore, that this specific contract was audited by the Court for the financial year 2020 and no observations were received;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 4
4. Is concernedNotes that eu-LISA amended the value of three contracts, two in 2021 and one 2019, which increased the maximum amount of the contracts by 50 % (€70.4 million, €20 million and €40 million respectively); shares the opinion by the Court that eu-LISA should improve the contracts management to ensure that specific contracts are always aligned with the framework contracts; highlights, however, eu-LISA’s justification that the increase was done in full transparency in the underlying calls for tenders and in full compliance with the financial rules, as a result of changes in the legislation, which was acknowledged also by the Court;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes the Court’ ongoing observations from 2018, 2019 and 2020 on the budgetary management; regretnotes that the rate of carry-overs remain substantial compared to the total budget; acknowledges that eu-LISA performed the carry-overs for administrative activities which were necessary or recurrent, providing reassurance on the respect of sound financial management for the underlying operations and within the applicable financial rules; acknowledges, furthermore, that these carry overs were done in compliance with the financial rules of eu-LISA and were related to the multi-annual nature of the services related to them;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Regretcalls that several observations from the Court from previous years are still ongoing; calls on the Agency to follow the observations from the Court and to step up efforts to implement corrective measures to address them; recalls that the European Parliament can use its power not to grant discharge in case recommendations would not effectively be followed up;