2023/2144(DEC) 2022 discharge: European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training (CEPOL)
Lead committee dossier:
Progress: Procedure completed, awaiting publication in Official Journal
Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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Lead | CONT | SARVAMAA Petri ( EPP) | RÓNAI Sándor ( S&D), STRUGARIU Ramona ( Renew), EICKHOUT Bas ( Verts/ALE), KUHS Joachim ( ID), CZARNECKI Ryszard ( ECR), OMARJEE Younous ( GUE/NGL) |
Committee Opinion | LIBE | ZDECHOVSKÝ Tomáš ( EPP) | Konstantinos ARVANITIS ( GUE/NGL), Saskia BRICMONT ( Verts/ALE), Assita KANKO ( ECR), Ramona STRUGARIU ( RE), Nils UŠAKOVS ( S&D) |
Lead committee dossier:
Subjects
Events
2024/04/11
EP - Text adopted by Parliament, single reading
Documents
2024/04/11
EP - Decision by Parliament
Documents
2024/04/10
EP - Debate in Parliament
Documents
2024/03/12
CSL - Supplementary non-legislative basic document
Documents
2024/03/12
EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
Documents
2024/03/12
EP - Committee report tabled for plenary
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2024/03/04
EP - Vote in committee
2024/02/12
EP - Amendments tabled in committee
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2024/01/25
EP - Committee opinion
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2024/01/15
EP - Committee draft report
Documents
2023/11/13
EP - ZDECHOVSKÝ Tomáš (EPP) appointed as rapporteur in LIBE
2023/10/26
CofA - Court of Auditors: opinion, report
Documents
2023/09/12
EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
2023/06/28
EC - Non-legislative basic document
Documents
2023/06/28
EC - Non-legislative basic document published
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2023/06/14
EP - SARVAMAA Petri (EPP) appointed as rapporteur in CONT
Documents
- Text adopted by Parliament, single reading: T9-0254/2024
- Decision by Parliament: T9-0254/2024
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Supplementary non-legislative basic document: 06180/2024
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A9-0098/2024
- Committee report tabled for plenary: A9-0098/2024
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE757.214
- Committee opinion: PE756.191
- Committee draft report: PE753.510
- Court of Auditors: opinion, report: OJ C 000 27.10.2023, p. 0000
- Court of Auditors: opinion, report: N9-0096/2023
- Non-legislative basic document: COM(2023)0391
- Non-legislative basic document: EUR-Lex
- Non-legislative basic document published: COM(2023)0391
- Non-legislative basic document published: EUR-Lex
- Non-legislative basic document: COM(2023)0391 EUR-Lex
- Court of Auditors: opinion, report: OJ C 000 27.10.2023, p. 0000 N9-0096/2023
- Committee draft report: PE753.510
- Committee opinion: PE756.191
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE757.214
- Supplementary non-legislative basic document: 06180/2024
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A9-0098/2024
- Text adopted by Parliament, single reading: T9-0254/2024
Votes
A9-0098/2024 – Petri Sarvamaa – Motion for a resolution #
2024/04/11 Outcome: +: 526, 0: 48, -: 20
Amendments | Dossier |
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2023/2144(DEC)
2023/12/05
LIBE
13 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the fact that the Court of Auditors (the ‘Court’) declared the reliability of the annual accounts of the European Union Agency of Law Enforcement Training (CEPOL) for the financial year 2022 to be legal and regular in all material respects; regrets that a total amount of EUR 4.2 million was non- compliant expenditure which exceeded the materiality threshold set for the audit, therefore resulted a qualified opinion on the legality and regularity of payments by the Court; regrets that in some of the contracts audited, the Court findings revealed that the amount of work paid for did not correspond to the amount actually done and that there was a lack of essential audit evidence supporting the amounts paid; notes that CEPOL has introduced corrective measures with respect to the irreguarities found;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Is highly alarmed about reports of CEPOL’s involvement in the provision of training on “covert techniques in forensics and mobile telecommunications” and trainings on cyber-attacks to the authorities of third countries with poor records on human rights; highlights the EU Ombudsman’s recent decision on the Commission failing to put in place sufficient measures to assess the human rights impact before supporting African countries to develop surveillance capabilities (case 1904/2021/MHZ); reiterates that CEPOL must ensure its activities are in line with its fundamental rights obligations through dedicated risks assessments and pose no risks for the human rights of individuals in third countries; calls on CEPOL to halt any operations with repressive authorities known to systematically commit human rights violations of its citizens;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6.
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6.
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Notes with concern that since 2020, the Court raised procurement- related observations concerning weaknesses and irregularities every year; further notes that in 2021 and in 2022, these observations affected payments;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Welcomes that appropriated corrective actions were taken to address most of the Court’s previous years observations; regrets that one observation from the previous years is still ongoing;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Underlines that CEPOL directly reaches only a small fraction of its target population through its training activities due to relatively small size and its annual budget;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Notes that the basis for the Court's qualified opinion on the legality and regularity of payments underlying the accounts were service requests and all associated payments made under two framework contracts signed in May 2018 for accommodation, shuttle and parking services and in January 2022 for travel services; notes that associated payments with a total value of €4.1 million did not constitute valid legal commitments as they were entered into without delegated authority; recalls the CEPOL’s response that despite weakness in the formalisation of the legal commitment, the services were ordered in line with CEPOL’s needs and controls and that no loss has been incurred; further notes the Court’s observation concerning weakness in the implementation of a framework contract for educational editorial services in 2022 and conclusion that all payments under this framework contract, which in 2022 amounted to €152 655 are irregular; recalls that CEPOL has taken corrective action to address the issues identified;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes the fact that in 2022, CEPOL carried out 418 training activities, in which 43838 law enforcement officers participated, and successfully implemented 296 exchanges; further appreciates the Strategy Paper by the Expert Group on Fundamental Rights aiming at including the fundamental aspects in all training activities; recalls that the protection of fundamental rights should be a central pillar in CEPOL's training activities; notes with satisfaction that an ad hoc training was organised on the protection of investigative journalists in 2022; welcomes the specific training actions on topics of hate crime, spread knowledge on effective victims’ support solutions;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Recalls that the law enforcement training at EU level needs to reflect
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Recalls that the law enforcement training at EU level needs to reflect the EU priorities in line with Member States' training needs and to support EU’s response to serious and organised crime and other threats to internal security; welcomes the training activities in the area of counter-terrorism
source: 756.996
2024/02/12
CONT
5 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18 a. Notes from the Agency’s Consolidated annual activity report for 2022 that 17 Member States were represented among the Agency’s staff in 2022; notes that 39% of its staff are nationals of the Member State where the Agency is located; recalls the importance of geographical balance and calls on the Agency to take the necessary measures to have a balanced and fair geographical representation;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Notes with concern from the Court’s report that, since the 2020 financial year, the Court has raised for the Agency new procurement-
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Highlights further from the Court’s report the qualified opinion according to which all the amounts paid in 2022 (EUR 152 655) for the implementation of a framework contract (for educational editorial services) could not be reconciled with the services provided and some categories of tasks did not reflect the nature of actual work performed, and for some categories, the amount of work paid for did not correspond to the amount actually done, thereby rendering those amounts irregular; notes the Agency's explanation that the number of pages ordered, delivered and paid did not fully match, as due to nature of work, namely editorial and educational content development, this was not always precisely quantifiable in advance; notes further that, according to the Agency's reply, checks were carried out on the deliverables and the categories of tasks were based on those listed in a previous contract with the Publications Office; calls on the Agency to put in place measures allowing the Agency to better quantify deliverables in advance and avoid such situations in the future;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 31. Commends the Agency for its efforts to increase its public visibility and online presence; welcomes in this context the launch of the Agency’s new website in 2022 that incorporates key enhancements, such as a clearer presentation and structure, improved appearance, and web responsiveness; notes further that, in 2022, the Agency's social media activity was significant, with 1 590 content uploads, which represents 54 % more posts than in the previous year; notes in this regard the upward trend with the Agency’s web users with over 200 000 visits registered, and with its social media fan base with 38 500 followers across LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook;
source: 757.214
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