Activities of Caterina CHINNICI related to 2021/2144(DEC)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) for the financial year 2020
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) for the financial year 2020
Amendments (7)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Underlines the important role of the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation ('Europol')('the Agency') in supporting Member States' criminal investigations, as well as in the prevention and combating of terrorism, cybercrime and other serious and organised forms of crime across the Union;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the fact that the Court of Auditors ('the Court') has declared the transactions underlying the annual accounts of the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) ('the Agency')Agency for the financial year 2020 to be legal and regular in all material aspects and that its financial position on 31 December 2020 is fairly presented; highlights the fact that the Agency’s budget increased from EUR 169 million to EUR 183 million (+8.3%) and that its staff increased from 837 to 884 members of staff (+5.6%) compared to 2019;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Deeply rRegrets that late payments were issued by the Agency in 33% of the cases in 2020 and that EUR 12 000 of interest was incurred as a consequence of those late payments; notes that in 2020 the value of invoices paid late represented 3% of all payments made in 2020 (4.6% in 2019); notes that the Agency has explained this issue in the context of continued understaffing, affecting infrastructure areas in particular, including financial administration, and that this situation has been worsened by the pandemic; welcomes the mitigation actions taken by the Agency to prioritise high-value payments; notes that the Agency is currently taking actions regarding this outstanding observation; calls on the Agency to increase its efforts in this area in order to avoid reputational risk;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Welcomes the fact that the Agency correctly implemented the Court's recommendations regarding the minimum threshold for the technical award criterion most relevant to quality, and the checks of the accuracy of underlying prices and of the calculation of discounts applied for the non-standard items;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Welcomes the measures implemented by the Agency to maintain efficiency in managing procurement procedures and related activities, including placing urgent orders to cover exceptional needs required by the pandemic and amending various contracts in order to adjust the risks linked to the pandemic;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Welcomes the working arrangement on cooperative relations between the European Anti-Fraud Office and the Agency signed in 2020, as well as the working arrangement establishing cooperative relations between the European Prosecutor's Office and the Agency approved in 2020;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Deeply regrets that the Agency was not able to remedy with its Action plan to the requests made by the EDPS in its inquiry which started in April 2019 and covered 2020; calls on the Agency to remedy to all of these issues as soon as possible and within the strict time limit proposed by the EDPS; recalls it is not the first time that the Agency is facing major issues related to data protection;