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2022/2120(DEC) 2021 discharge: European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust)
Next event: Indicative plenary sitting date 2023/05/08 more...

Progress: Awaiting committee decision

Role	Committee	Rapporteur	Shadows
Lead	CONT	STRUGARIU Ramona ( Renew)	ZDECHOVSKÝ Tomáš ( EPP), MANDA Claudiu ( S&D), EICKHOUT Bas ( Verts/ALE), KUHS Joachim ( ID), CZARNECKI Ryszard ( ECR), OMARJEE Younous ( GUE/NGL)
Committee Opinion	LIBE	BRICMONT Saskia ( Verts/ALE)	Caterina CHINNICI ( S&D), Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ ( PPE), José GUSMÃO ( GUE/NGL), Assita KANKO ( ECR), Ramona STRUGARIU ( RE)

Lead committee dossier:

CONT/9/09893

Subjects

8.70.03.11 2021 discharge

Events

2023/05/08

Indicative plenary sitting date

2023/03/22

Vote scheduled in committee

2023/03/02

EP - Committee opinion

Documents

PE739.536

2023/02/21

EP - Amendments tabled in committee

Documents

PE742.592

2023/01/20

EP - Committee draft report

Documents

PE737.498

2022/10/27

CofA - Court of Auditors: opinion, report

Documents

OJ C 412 27.10.2022, p. 0012
N9-0002/2023

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

COM(2022)0323
EUR-Lex

2022/06/23

EC - Non-legislative basic document published

Documents

COM(2022)0323
EUR-Lex

Documents

Committee opinion: PE739.536
Amendments tabled in committee: PE742.592
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
Amendments tabled in committee: PE742.592
Committee opinion: PE739.536

Amendments	Dossier
14	2022/2120(DEC) 2023/01/18 LIBE 14 amendments... Amendment 1 # Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ 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 # Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ 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.; furthermore welcomes and encourages further developed operational cooperation with Europol; Amendment 11 # Jean-Paul GARRAUD Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. ~~Welcomes~~Expresses regret at the fact 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’ right~~notes that this agency uses fundamental rights to impede the work of law enforcement agencies. Amendment 12 # Caterina CHINNICI 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 # Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA 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 # Assita KANKO 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 # Ramona STRUGARIU, Olivier CHASTEL, Michal ŠIMEČKA 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 ~~from~~to EUR 51 3.3 million ~~to EUR 57 million (+11.76%)~~, representing an increase of 27.81% compared to 2020, while its staff increased from 242 to 254 (+4.95%); Amendment 3 # Ramona STRUGARIU, Olivier CHASTEL, Michal ŠIMEČKA 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 # Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Notes that Eurojust is among ~~the~~ 22 EU agencies for which the Court reported contracts affected by public procurement shortcomings; notes~~, in particular, that a~~ that audit report for the 2020 financial year considered 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’'s ongoing observation from 2020 on the legality and regularity of transactions, the status of corrective action is reportedly ongoing and remedies have been already foreseen; Amendment 5 # José GUSMÃO 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 # Assita KANKO Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Appreciates Eurojust’s extensive 3. activities in supporting and coordinating the work of national judicial authorities in investigating and prosecuting transnational crime and particularly in the fight against terrorism and serious organised crime involving more than one EU country; welcomes that in 2021 the agency offered support to over 10 000 cross-border criminal investigations, provided 1 928 rapid responses to judicial cooperation requests and participated in over 1 400 large-scale operations and guaranteed legal, financial and/or operational support to 254 joint investigation teams; Amendment 7 # Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Appreciates Eurojust’s extensive activities in supporting and coordinating the work of national judicial authorities in investigating and prosecuting ~~transnational~~serious cross-border organized crime; welcomes that in 2021 the agency offered, for the first time in its history, support to over 10 000 cross-border criminal investigations, provided 1 928 rapid responses to judicial cooperation requests and participated in over 1 400 large-scale operations and guaranteed legal, financial and/or operational support to 254 joint investigation teams; Amendment 8 # Ramona STRUGARIU, Olivier CHASTEL, Michal ŠIMEČKA 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 # Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ 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), ~~and the~~ European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) and encourages further development of operational cooperation with the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex); source: 740.771

Amendments

Dossier

2022/2120(DEC)

2023/01/18 LIBE 14 amendments...

Amendment 1 #

Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ

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 #

Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ

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.; furthermore welcomes and encourages further developed operational cooperation with Europol;

Amendment 11 #

Jean-Paul GARRAUD

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. ~~Welcomes~~Expresses regret at the fact 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’ right~~notes that this agency uses fundamental rights to impede the work of law enforcement agencies.

Amendment 12 #

Caterina CHINNICI

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 #

Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA

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 #

Assita KANKO

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 #

Ramona STRUGARIU, Olivier CHASTEL, Michal ŠIMEČKA

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 ~~from~~to EUR 51 3.3 million ~~to EUR 57 million (+11.76%)~~, representing an increase of 27.81% compared to 2020, while its staff increased from 242 to 254 (+4.95%);

Amendment 3 #

Ramona STRUGARIU, Olivier CHASTEL, Michal ŠIMEČKA

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 #

Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that Eurojust is among ~~the~~ 22 EU agencies for which the Court reported contracts affected by public procurement shortcomings; notes~~, in particular, that a~~ that audit report for the 2020 financial year considered 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’'s ongoing observation from 2020 on the legality and regularity of transactions, the status of corrective action is reportedly ongoing and remedies have been already foreseen;

Amendment 5 #

José GUSMÃO

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 #

Assita KANKO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Appreciates Eurojust’s extensive 3. activities in supporting and coordinating the work of national judicial authorities in investigating and prosecuting transnational crime and particularly in the fight against terrorism and serious organised crime involving more than one EU country; welcomes that in 2021 the agency offered support to over 10 000 cross-border criminal investigations, provided 1 928 rapid responses to judicial cooperation requests and participated in over 1 400 large-scale operations and guaranteed legal, financial and/or operational support to 254 joint investigation teams;

Amendment 7 #

Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Appreciates Eurojust’s extensive activities in supporting and coordinating the work of national judicial authorities in investigating and prosecuting ~~transnational~~serious cross-border organized crime; welcomes that in 2021 the agency offered, for the first time in its history, support to over 10 000 cross-border criminal investigations, provided 1 928 rapid responses to judicial cooperation requests and participated in over 1 400 large-scale operations and guaranteed legal, financial and/or operational support to 254 joint investigation teams;

Amendment 8 #

Ramona STRUGARIU, Olivier CHASTEL, Michal ŠIMEČKA

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 #

Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ

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), ~~and the~~ European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) and encourages further development of operational cooperation with the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex);

source: 740.771

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