Activities of Bas EICKHOUT related to 2020/2180(DEC)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Asylum Support Office for the financial year 2019
Amendments (6)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that, following receipt of a report of the European Anti-Fraud Office at the end of 2018, which was extensively covered in the discharge report for 2018, the Office has initiated three disciplinary procedures, which are currently ongoing; calls on the Office to report to the discharge authority the outcomes of these disciplinary procedures once completed;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that, according to the reports of the Court for the financial years 2016 and 2017, the Office’s procurement procedures for interim workers in Greece and for the Office’s rented premises in Lesbos were irregular; recalls that, according to the report of the Court for the financial year 2018, the Court concluded that the Office’s procurement procedures for interim workers in Italy were irregular, though no payments were made on those contracts yet; notes with concern that, according to the report of the Court for the financial year 2019, the Office’s procedures for selecting and contracting external experts systematically lacked a solid audit trail, which in turn resulted in a lack of evidence that the Office had treated experts equally in its selection procedures; notes the Court’s opinion that, except for the effects of the qualified opinion on the legality and regularity of payments for the financial years 2016, 2017 and 2018, amounting to EUR 13 979 880, and the error found in 2019, amounting to EUR 111 304, payments underlying the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2019 are legal and regular in all material aspects;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes with regret that the Office executed a total of 9 871 payments in 2019, 1 312 of which (13,29 %) were late; notes that interest amounting to EUR 25 652,34 was paid for 46 invoices; notes the improvements in the timely payments of invoices in November and December 2019; encourages the Office to maintain and improve its performance in that regard and to continue reporting about that matter in its annual activity report;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that, on 31 December 2019, the establishment plan was 75,35 % executed, with 214 temporary agents appointed out of 284 temporary agents authorised under the Union budget (compared to 214 authorised posts in 2018); notes that, in addition, 72 contract agents and 9 seconded national experts worked for the Office in 2019; notes with satisfaction that the Office’s recruitment plan provides for a staff of 500 by 2020; calls on the Office to report to the discharge authority about the status of implementation;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Deplores that the Court concluded EASO’s payments to interim workers in Italy and Greece irregular; notes that corrective measures were taken;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes the Office’s reply to the discharge authority on the declaration of interests, which stated that all staff sign a declaration of interests upon entry into service; notes that the declaration of interests of the executive director has been published on the Office’s website; calls on the Office to publish, without delay, the declarations of interests of the other senior management members on its website; stresses that such declarations should be established independently and should not solely rely on self-declarations;