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7 Amendments of Lena DÜPONT related to 2020/2152(DEC)

Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Reiterates the role of the Fundamental Rights Agency (‘FRA’ or ‘the Agency’) in helping to ensure that the fundamental rights of people living in the Union are promoted and protected; recalls the importance of the Agency in promoting the reflection on the appropriate balance between security and fundamental rightsfundamental rights' impact on security policy; highlights, in particular, the value of the Agency’s studies and opinions for the development and implementation of Union legislation;
2021/01/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the fact that the Court of Auditors (‘the Court’) has declared the transactions underlying the annual accounts of the Agency for the financial year 2019 to be legal and regular in all material respects and that its financial position on 31 December 2019 is fairly presented; deplores the fact that the budget of the Agency ofdecreased from EUR 30 million decreased in 20198 to EUR 29 million in 2019and notes the slight staff increase from 110 to 114 in 2019during the same time;
2021/01/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Regrets that the levels of commitment carry-overs for operational expenditure once again remained high at 60 %, which is a lower percentage than in 2018, but still indicates a structural problem; calls on the Agency to further improve its financial planning and its implementation cycles; welcomes that the Agency has in the meantime implemented a new project management tool to better sustain the high amount of data and that this is expected to enable the Agency to better estimate its carry-overs to meet its stated Key Performance Indicators; recommends a re-evaluation of the situation until the percentage of carry- overs is reduced to an acceptable level;
2021/01/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Welcomes that the Agency has attained 100% of the budgetary execution for committed appropriations and that it has surpassed its outturn target with a result of 99.43%;
2021/01/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the progress madeintroduction of e- tendering by the Agency in relation toline with the recommendations of the Court on the introduction of e-tendering; calls on the FRA to step up its efforts regarding the outstanding recommendation on e- submission while acknowledging that this is not solely under the control of the Agency.
2021/01/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Welcomes the launch of the European Union Fundamental Rights Information System (EFRIS) for the more systematic use of assessments of the Union’s and Member States’ international human rights obligations, also following the encouragement of the Parliament to develop such a tool;
2021/01/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Notes the implementation of the Agency’s Anti-Fraud Strategy throughout 2019 with a special focus on the provisions of FRA guidelines on whistleblowing; encourages the Agency to continue its work in this regard.
2021/01/19
Committee: LIBE