Activities of Caterina CHINNICI related to 2020/2152(DEC)
Opinions (1)
OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights for the financial year 2019
Amendments (3)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Regrets that the levels of commitment carry-overs for operational expenditure once again remained high at 60 %, which is a lower percentage than in 2018, but still indicates a structural problem; acknowledges that these carry- overs mainly reflect the nature of the agency’s core activities that include the financing of studies and other activities that span several months and eventually beyond year-end; welcomes that, since 2018, the Agency has aimed at improving the planning procedures to better monitor delays between the signature of contracts, deliveries and payments, and calls on the Agency to further improve its financial planning and its implementation cycles;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Welcomes the fact that the Court's observation regarding the difficulties encountered by the Agency in procuring studies, due to unrealistic market estimation, has been acted upon and completed;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Acknowledges the complex nature of the studies carried out by the Agency, covering the law and practice of all Member States; highlights in particular the commitment of the Agency to the protection of vulnerable groups and on all types of discrimination within the Union; welcomes that the Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 168/2007 establishing a European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights1a clarifies that the scope of the Agency's activities covers the competences of the Union and therefore includes the thematic areas of police cooperation and judicial cooperation in criminal matters. _________________ 1a COM(2020) 225 final