1 Amendments of Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI related to 2023/2156(DEC)
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Notes that potential liabilities arising, until June 2039, from the lease on the Agency’s former office premises in London remain an ongoing issue; recalls, based on the Court’s report of 2022, that on 31 December 2022, the total estimated outstanding rent, associated services charges and landlord insurance to be paid by the EMA up to the end of the lease term was €366 million; welcomes the efforts of the Agency to sublet its former premises since July 2019 to a company belonging to the WeWork group; notes with concern the uncertainties surrounding the financial performance of the WeWork group which, on 6 November 2023, filed for Chapter 11 of the US Bankruptcy Code for its branches in the US and Canada. Acknowledges that subletting the Agency’s premises in a third country is not in line with its founding Regulation (EC) 726/2004 and that it requires the Agency to divert significant resources from its public health activities; notes that the situation has not been resolved after four years since the European Parliament first asked for a political resolution on the matter; urgently calls on the Commission to secure a long-term political resolution of this issue and to allow the Agency to fully focus its efforts on its public health mission;