4 Amendments of Kostas CHRYSOGONOS related to 2017/2177(DEC)
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Highlights that, due to the migration crisis, the Office amended its budget several times to respond to calls from the Commission and Member States for an operational expansion, which led to the provision of Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund emergency funding pending approval of regular funding; as a result, not all additional Union funds granted in 2016 were used;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Regrets the fact that two of the five procurement procedures that audited payments (representing 2.9% of the total expenditures) were irregular due to related irregular public procurement procedures; notes also the signature of an irregular additional framework contract for which no payments were made; requests the Office to cancel all related contracts; notes also the fact that the Office has taken measures to replace the contracts in question;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Requests the Office to improve its internal control processes; notes that new internal control standards have already been approved; stresses the lack of proper planning for public procurement procedures; notes that the Office did not insure 65 containers (EUR 852 136) located in a risky location where other containers have previously been destroyed by riots, although it also notes that such insurance may not have been financially viable; notes that the Office had not recovered all its VAT reimbursement in a timely fashion for the years 2014 and 2015;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that the late payment ratio decreased from 65 % in January 2016 to 9 % in October 2016, while the total number of transactions increased from 483 in January 2016 to 806 in October 2016; calls on the Office to complete effective corrective actions in order to efficiently tackle shortcomings, in particular those regarding recruitment procedures, late payments, high staff turnover and reimbursement of costs and welcomes action already taken to remedy most issues; calls on the Office to submit to the discharge authority a plan outlining reforms to improve its budgetary and management performance parameters;