Activities of Konstantinos ARVANITIS related to 2023/2165(DEC)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (eu-LISA) for the financial year 2022
Amendments (2)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Regrets that in 2022, an amount of € 17.8 million, representing 4,8 % of the total payment appropriations available, was non-compliant expenditure which exceeded the materiality threshold set for the audit, therefore resulted a qualified opinion on the legality and regularity of payments by the Court; further regrets that this follows a qualified opinion on the irregularity of eu-LISA’s payments in 2020 and 2021;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Notes with concern that eu-LISA signed a specific contract of €40 million to implement a framework contract related to large-scale IT systems, without specifying the details of the services acquired and with an extended duration; highlights that for the 2019 financial year, the Court reported about the risks associated with the practice of giving resources to eu-LISA before the adoption of the legislation defining the requirements for the IT systems to be developed; further notes that the Court found that the time pressure on eu-LISA to commit and spend the funds before they lapse contributed to non-compliances in procurement procedures and contract implementation; notes as well that these non-compliances included absence of information, in a specific contract, on the quantities and delivery dates of the services acquired, and changes of contract scope, duration or value going beyond the flexibility allowed by the Financial Regulation; notes with concern that these issues persist despite being raised by the Court in 2021, and that in 2022 eu-LISA paid €7.5 million under this contract which were found to be irregular payments;