Activities of Caterina CHINNICI related to 2020/2158(DEC)
Opinions (1)
OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of European Judicial Cooperation Unit (Eurojust) for the financial year 2019
Amendments (2)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Deplores the fact that Eurojust was faced with a decrease in its budget from EUR 47 to 44 million (-6.38%) and a slight increase in staff from 238 to 239 (+0.4%) despite a 17% increase in workload compared to 2018; highlights the continuous increase in total number of cases supported by Eurojust in the past five years and stresses the recent trend of cases referred to Eurojust becoming more and more complex and requiring support over longer periods; highlights that working together through Eurojust in 2019, national judicial and law enforcement authorities brought trade in illicit drugs worth EUR 2.7 billion to a halt, and about EUR 2 billion in criminal assets were seized or frozen; reminds that the workload is expected to increase further due to the new mandate which entered into force in 20191 ; further recalls that the number of coordination centres held in 2019 increased from 17 to 20 (+19%), demonstrating the popularity and utility of this operational tool; stresses the essential role that Eurojust plays in the Union security chain and maintains that its budget should match its tasks and priorities in order to enable it to fulfil its mandate, also in the view of an effective cooperation with the European Public Prosecutor’s Office; _________________ 1Regulation (EU) 2018/1727 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 November 2018 on the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust), and replacing and repealing Council Decision 2002/187/JHA https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32018 R1727
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Welcomes the fact that Eurojust correctly implemented the Court's recommendation regarding the publication of vacancy notices on the website of the European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO);