Activities of Barbara SPINELLI related to 2016/2179(DEC)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union (now European Border and Coast Guard Agency) for the financial year 2015
Amendments (4)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomNotes the fact that the annual accounts of Frontex (“the Agency”) present fairly, in all material respects, its financial position on 31 December 2015 and that its transactions are legal and regular; notes that costs incurred for pre-financed services related to maritime surveillance were underestimated by EUR 1 723 336; regrets that this underestimation resulted in a material misstatement in the Agency’s balance sheet; welcomes the Agency’s commitment to improving its procedure for estimating costs to be accrued;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the contribution of the Agency to saving more than 250 000 people at sea in 2015; welcomes the increase of the Agency’s search and rescue capacity following the tragic events of spring 2015; wbelcomes the signature of an important agreement with CSDP Mission EUNAVFOR Med regarding maritime surveillanceieves nevertheless that a coherent Union response to search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean must be independent from border management and control missions, and designed as a stand-alone mission;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Believes that there is insufficient assurance of the legality of grant transactions in the area of joint land/sea/air operations and in joint return operations.