9 Amendments of Monica MACOVEI related to 2012/2205(DEC)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Takes note that Europol's budget amounted EUR 31 733 740 for the financial year 2011 and that Europol is entirely financed by the European budget; notes further that in 2011 the Agency committed respectively 99,1%, 75% and 95,1% of the appropriations received under Title 1 (Staff), Title 2 (Administrative) and Title 3 (Operations); observes that in terms of paid appropriations the Agency's execution rate stands at 96,8% under Title 1, 33,8% under Title 2 and 47,1% under Title 3; calls on Europol to implement specific measures to improve its budgeting process and execution rate of payment in the case of administrative and operational expenditure;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Takes note of the comments made by the Court of Auditors regarding the lack of procedures for exceptions, the not yet fully validated accounting system, the room for improvement regarding procurement procedures, the not yet adopted detailed rules and procedures to implement Europol's financial regulation, the non- inclusion of provisions on dilapidation costs of the new building, the weaknesses found as regards the physical verification and recording of assets before and after the move to the new headquarters, the room for improving the transparency of recruitment procedures as well as the high percentage of staff who carried over annual leave in excess of 12 days to the following year which can only be done in exceptional circumstances; welcomacknowledges Europol's replies on these comments and the improvements announced by Europol; calls on Europol to improve its management in order to reduce the amount of comments by the Court of Auditors in next year's report;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Takes note of the comments made by the Court of Auditors regarding the lack of procedures for exceptions, the not yet fully validated accounting system, the considerable room for improvement regarding procurement procedures, the not yet adopted detailed rules and procedures to implement Europol's financial regulation, the non- inclusion of provisions on dilapidation costs of the new building, the weaknesses found as regards the physical verification and recording of assets before and after the move to the new headquarters, the considerable room for improving the transparency of recruitment procedures as well as the high percentage of staff who carried over annual leave in excess of 12 days to the following year which can only be done in exceptional circumstances; welcomes Europol's replies on these comments and the improvements announced by Europol; calls on Europol to improve its management in order to reduce the amount of comments by the Court of Auditors in next year's report;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on Europol to publish the proceedings of its management board meetings on its website;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Generally considers that there should be further focus omore effort needs to be invested in auditing the Europol'’s sound financial management, namely the economy, efficiency and effectiveness with which Europol has used its appropriations in carrying out its responsibilities.
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subheading
Paragraph 1 – subheading
Budget and financial management
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Highlights that Europol used its information and operational expertise to support Member States authorities in 13 697 cross-border cases which represents an increase of 17% compared to 2010; notes moreover that more than 25% of the Agency's operations were in relations to drugs, that the Agency supported among others 22 high level human trafficking investigations, 9 major European operations targeting criminal networks facilitating illegal immigration and operations against child sexual exploitation such as Operation Rescue which led to 250 arrests worldwide and to the protection of 252 children; congratulates the Agency on these results and supports it to continue further.
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Notes that in 2011 the Office committed respectively 99,1 %, 75 % and 95,1 % of the appropriations received under Title I (Staff Expenditure), Title II (Administrative Expenditure) and Title III (Operational Expenditure); observes that in terms of paid appropriations the Office's execution rate stands at 96,8% under Title I, 33,8% under Title II and 47,1% under Title III; takes note of the Office's statement that the costs related to the new headquarters had a substantial impact on the execution rates for Titles II and III which would have reached respectively 53% and 58% without this factor; calls nevertheless on the Office to implement specific measures to improve its budgeting process and execution rate of payment in the case of administrative and operational expenditure;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Takes note of the Office's statement that it saved EUR 2,6 million on its allocated 2011 budget by reducing the number of management board meetings and the translation costs while modernizing its internal capabilities in order to meet the increase in demand for the Office's services;