2022/2120(DEC) 2021 discharge: European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust)
Lead committee dossier:
Progress: Procedure completed
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STRUGARIU Ramona ( Renew)
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ZDECHOVSKÝ Tomáš ( EPP),
MANDA Claudiu ( S&D),
EICKHOUT Bas ( Verts/ALE),
KUHS Joachim ( ID),
CZARNECKI Ryszard ( ECR),
OMARJEE Younous ( GUE/NGL)
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| Committee Opinion | LIBE |
BRICMONT Saskia ( Verts/ALE)
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Caterina CHINNICI ( S&D),
Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ ( PPE),
José GUSMÃO ( GUE/NGL),
Assita KANKO ( ECR),
Ramona STRUGARIU ( RE)
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Lead committee dossier:
Subjects
Events
2023/09/29
Final act published in Official Journal
2023/05/10
EP - Results of vote in Parliament
Documents
2023/05/10
EP - Decision by Parliament
Details
The European Parliament decided to grant discharge to the Administrative Director of the European Union Agency for Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters (Eurojust) for the financial year 2021 and to approve the closure of the accounts for that year.
Noting that the Court of Auditors stated that it had obtained reasonable assurance that the Agency's annual accounts for the financial year 2021 were reliable and that the underlying transactions were legal and regular, Parliament adopted, by 610 votes to 13 with 14 abstentions, a resolution containing a series of recommendations which form an integral part of the discharge decision and which complement the general recommendations contained in the resolution on the performance, financial management and control of EU agencies.
Eurojust's financial statements
Eurojust's final budget for the financial year 2021 was EUR 53 297 699, representing an increase of 27.81% compared to 2020.
Budgetary and financial management
Budget monitoring efforts during the financial year 2021 resulted in a budget implementation rate of 99.97%, representing a slight decrease of 0.02% compared to 2020. The execution rate of payment appropriations was 84.58%, representing a decrease of 0.49% compared to 2020.
Other observations
Parliament also made a number of observations concerning performance, staff policy, procurement, internal controls and digitalisation.
In particular, it noted that:
- the Agency continued to strengthen operational cooperation and the referral of cases by the liaison prosecutors, resulting in 290 new cases in 2021. The Agency facilitated the execution of European Arrest Warrants related to 480 new cases and 713 ongoing cases and enabled the use of 4 262 European Investigation Orders;
- strategic cooperation was enhanced with partners in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice, such as Frontex, Europol and eu-LISA;
- on 31 December 2021, the establishment plan was 100% executed, with 207 temporary agents appointed out of 207 temporary agents authorised under the Union budget (compared to 204 appointed out of 207 authorised posts in 2020);
- the Agency and the Commission should engage in an active dialogue in order to address the issue of understaffing in its future establishment plans;
- the Agency offered refresher training on psychological and sexual harassment to all staff and additional training on conflict management and resolution to the confidential counsellors and managers;
- a contact point for whistleblowing matters has been appointed, providing staff with confidential and impartial guidance on whistleblowing rules for staff;
- 51 procurement procedures were concluded in 2021 for a total value of EUR 42 249 672;
- the Agency also adopted and implemented e-tendering and e-submission in the digitalisation of procurement procedures;
- in 2021, 83% of coordination meetings took place online and 7% took place through hybrid modalities;
- the Agency is urged to ensure greater transparency and public accountability by better-utilising media and social media channels.
Documents
2023/05/09
EP - Debate in Parliament
Documents
2023/04/05
EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
Documents
2023/04/05
EP - Committee report tabled for plenary
Documents
2023/03/22
EP - Vote in committee
2023/03/02
EP - Committee opinion
Documents
2023/02/21
EP - Amendments tabled in committee
Documents
2023/02/13
CSL - Supplementary non-legislative basic document
Documents
2023/01/20
EP - Committee draft report
Documents
2022/10/27
CofA - Court of Auditors: opinion, report
Documents
2022/10/10
EP - BRICMONT Saskia (Verts/ALE) appointed as rapporteur in LIBE
2022/09/13
EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
2022/07/14
EP - STRUGARIU Ramona (Renew) appointed as rapporteur in CONT
2022/06/23
EC - Non-legislative basic document
Documents
2022/06/23
EC - Non-legislative basic document published
Documents
Documents
- Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament: T9-0156/2023
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A9-0122/2023
- Committee report tabled for plenary: A9-0122/2023
- Committee opinion: PE739.536
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE742.592
- Supplementary non-legislative basic document: 06248/2023
- Committee draft report: PE737.498
- Court of Auditors: opinion, report: OJ C 412 27.10.2022, p. 0012
- Court of Auditors: opinion, report: N9-0002/2023
- Non-legislative basic document: COM(2022)0323
- Non-legislative basic document: EUR-Lex
- Non-legislative basic document published: COM(2022)0323
- Non-legislative basic document published: EUR-Lex
- Non-legislative basic document: COM(2022)0323 EUR-Lex
- Court of Auditors: opinion, report: OJ C 412 27.10.2022, p. 0012 N9-0002/2023
- Committee draft report: PE737.498
- Supplementary non-legislative basic document: 06248/2023
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE742.592
- Committee opinion: PE739.536
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A9-0122/2023
Votes
Décharge 2021: Agence de l’Union européenne pour la coopération judiciaire en matière pénale (Eurojust) - A9-0122/2023 - Ramona Strugariu - Proposition de résolution #
2023/05/10 Outcome: +: 610, 0: 14, -: 13
The Left
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2022/2120(DEC)
2023/01/18
LIBE
14 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the fact that the Court of Auditors (the ‘Court’) has declared the transactions underlying the annual accounts of the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust) for the financial year 2021 to be legal and regular in all material respects; notes that its budget in 2021 increased from EUR 51 million to EUR 57 million (+11.76%) while its staff increased from 242 to 254 (+4.95%); whereas casework increased by 15%; welcomes that Eurojust implemented 99.97% of its final budget, excluding external assigned revenue, and cancelled only 2.6% of the EUR 6.2 million carried-over from 20201a; _________________ 1a Source: Eurojust Consolidated Annual Activity Report 2021 p 3.
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Welcomes that Eurojust and the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) intend to increase their cooperation in the future; supports the perspective of strengthened cooperation between Eurojust and the FRA, in particular with regard to detention conditions problems, access to lawyers, and victims’ rights
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Notes that in 2021 EDPS' first data protection audit of Eurojust's data protection activities took place, and that the EDPS found that, overall, Eurojust's compliance with the data protection framework was satisfactory, with no critical issues;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Stresses that financial regulation and high management standards has to be respected by all the EU’s institutions;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Stresses that financial regulation and high management standards has to be respected by all the EU’s institutions;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the fact that the Court of Auditors (the ‘Court’) has declared the transactions underlying the annual accounts of the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust) for the financial year 2021 to be legal and regular in all material respects; notes that, according to its statement of revenue and expenditure, its budget in 2021 increased
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Notes that Eurojust is among the EU agencies for which the Court reported contracts affected by public procurement shortcomings; notes, in particular, that a procurement procedure for leasing of vehicles was irregular and that all subsequent payments made based on this framework contract were irregular; notes that with regard to the Court’ ongoing observation from 2020 on the legality and regularity of transactions, the status of corrective action is reportedly ongoing; underlines that such situations may cause reputational damage to Eurojust; calls on Eurojust to report to the discharge authority about the progress of the corrective actions undertaken;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Notes that Eurojust is among
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Is concerned that the Court noted that Eurojust signed a framework contract with a single company for the leasing of vehicles, as the vehicle-leasing market is subject to frequent fluctuations in price, Eurojust should have reopened the procurement procedure when a vehicle was required;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Appreciates Eurojust’s extensive activities in supporting and coordinating the work of national judicial authorities in investigating and prosecuting
Amendment 8 #
4. Welcomes the working arrangement with European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) signed in February 2021 and the close cooperation with the European Anti-fraud Office (OLAF), European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol), and the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS); welcomes that Eurojust continued to cooperate with the European Judicial network (EJN), bringing the number of cases referred to the EJN to 44 in 2021;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Welcomes the working arrangement with European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) signed in February 2021 and the close cooperation with the European Anti-fraud Office (OLAF), European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol),
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