Activities of Caterina CHINNICI related to 2022/2089(DEC)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2021, Section IX – European Data Protection Supervisor
Amendments (4)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the Court of Auditors’ report on the implementation of the budget concerning the financial year 2021 does not contain any remarks about the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS); reiterates its call on the Court to issue a report on the annual accounts of the EDPS, despite its small budget and its low volume of financial transactions, considering the importance of transparency for the proper functioning of all Unione bodies;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. NWelcomes the 2021 annual report published by the EDPS; notes that in 2021 the EDPS budget execumet or surpassed the targets set in eight out of nine key performance indicators (KPIs), with one KPI, regarding the occupancy rate of the establishment plan, just falling short of the set target (88% compared to 90%); notes, in particular, that the result for KPI regarding budget implementation in 2021 (86,212%) improved compared tos higher than the set target (80%) and than the result in 2020 (72,33%), despite the capacity constraints that EDPS is facing;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the key supervisory role of the EDPS on ensuring full respect for data protection by Union institutions, bodies and agencies, such as Europol, Frontex, eu-LISA and Eurojust; notes, in particular, the first data protection audit of Eurojust's data protection activities which took place in October 2021; notes the increase in legislative consultations recorded in 2021, when the EDPS responded to 88 Formal Legislative Consultations, compared to 27 in 2020;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Notes that in 2021, the EDPS continued to monitor the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on data protection through its dedicated COVID-19 task force, set up in 2020; notes that on 9 August 2021 the EDPS published guidelines including recommendations for EUIs' strategies for their return to the office;