7 Amendments of Michal ŠIMEČKA related to 2021/2114(DEC)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Welcomes that spending on ‘Administration’ was free from material error according to the Court's annual reports on the implementation of the EU budget for the 2020 financial year;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Welcomes the annual report for 2020 published by the EDPS in April 2021; notes the 17 % increase in its budget compared to 2019; notes that the budgetary execution was substantially lower than the previous year due to COVID-19 related restrictions; appreciates the insights given therein on all EDPS activities in 2020; highlights in particular EDPS' cooperation with the European Data Protection Board;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Welcomes the rollout of the new budget management tool in the last quarter of 2020 with a view to improving the efficiency of budget preparation and subsequent monitoring of implementation;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Underlines the importance of achieving an appropriate balance between protecting the right to privacy and personal data and ensuring proper access to documents of public interest; highlights the essential supervisory and advisory role that the EDPS fulfils for the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies in this regard; stresses that achieving this goal has become even more relevant following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Welcomes the sustained commitment of the EDPS to generating and fostering global partnerships in the field of data protection through the organisation of a yearly, dedicated workshop to data protection in collaboration with international organisations; welcomes the EDPS’ initiative to address the specific challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic in the 2020 edition of that workshop, such as the protection of personal health data, contact tracing apps and the impact of remote working;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Welcomes that the list of appointed financial actors was completed to increase the degree of business continuity for financial operations and that a new authorising officer was appointed to facilitate timely payment validation and payment contracting when management is prevented;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4 c. Notes that according to Regulation (EU) 2018/1725, a single model of coordinated supervision of data protection rules for Union large-scale IT systems and agencies will replace the current model of individual supervision coordination groups; highlights the active part played by the EDPS in this process;