13 Amendments of Petri SARVAMAA related to 2017/2177(DEC)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the Court in its report made material findingsDeeply regrets the material findings, made by the Court, in relation to two out of five significant procurement procedures from 2016 for which payments were incurred during the year, which demonstrates a lack of rigour in the Office’s procurement procedures:
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes with concern that budget monitoring efforts during the financial year 2016 resulted in a low budget implementation rate of 80,64 %; notes furthermore that the payment appropriations execution rate was 63,40 %;
Amendment 4 #
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Grants the Executive Director of the European Asylum Support Office discharge in respect of the implementation of the Office’s budget for the financial year 2016/Refuses to grant the Executive Director of the European Asylum Support Office discharge in respect of the implementation of the Office’s budget for the financial year 2016;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines the importance of acting responsibly, in an accountable and transparent manner, and in accordance with all relevant rules and regulations, in the implementation of itsthe Union budget;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that the executive director effected 20 budget transfers during 2016 to compensate for budget shortfalls and to accommodate the exponentially increasing budgetary needs in the hotspots, in particular following the EU-Turkey Statement; notes moreovwith concern that one of the four transfers effected between titles was executed by a decision of the executive director even though it exceeded the 10 % threshold laid down in Article 27(1)(a) of the Financial Regulation; notes that the transfer was soon after endorsed by the management board in the second amendment to the 2016 budget;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Notes that in 2016 the Office processed 4 861 payments, of whichwith concern that out of the 4 861 payments the Office processed in 2016, 2 007 were made after the legal deadline (41 %); notes, however, that this was mainly due to the exponential increase in the budget; acknowledges that, according to the Office, its operational activities increased exponentially leading to a significant increase in the number of financial transactions to be processed by the same number of staff; notes with satisfaction the various measures taken by the Office to address this situation; acknowledges that those measures are expected to lead to the normalisation of payments by the end of the first half of 2017; calls on the Office to report to the discharge authority on the effects of those measures;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Notes that, according to the Court’s report, contracting authorities are to request in writing details of the constituent elements of the price or cost if they appear to be abnormally low, and are to give the tenderer the opportunity to present its observations; notes, however, that for two of the lots (lots 3 and 5), procuring cultural mediators/interpreters in different countries, the Office received financial offers which were 50 % and 31 % respectively lower than the next lowest offers; deeply regrets that, whilst this is indicative of the offers being abnormally low, the Office did not consider it necessary to request any further explanation from the tenderer in this regard;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that an OLAF investigation is currently ongoing concerning several former and current members of the European Asylum Support Office (the “Office”) occupying middle or senior management positions;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Notes that in 2016, on average, the Office’s staff was on sick leave for a total of 2,4 days; observes with some concern that the Office has not reported on the budget or on the number of days spent per staff member on well-being activities in 2016; noteregrets that the Office did not name different well-being activities put in place in 2016 as requested by Parliament;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 9
Subheading 9
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Notes that, according to the Court’s report, the Office purchased and installed 65 containers to be used as mobile offices in the Greek and Italian hotspots for a total amount of EUR 852 136; notes that some of the containers were placed in a location where similar containers not belonging to the Office were later destroyed by riots; regretnotes that the Office did not take out insurance to cover the containers against this risk; notes from the Office’s reply that as its management decided that it was not cost- effective to obtain insurance;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Observes with dissatisfaction that the Office did not reply to the discharge authority on their efforts to ensure a cost- effective and environmentally friendly working place and to reduce or offset CO2 emissions; calls on the Office to pay attention also to the environmental implications of its activities, especially in the light of its future growth to up to 500 staff;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – introductory part
Paragraph 8 – introductory part
8. RecognisWelcomes the action plans drawn up by the Office to remedy the issues identified by the Court, namely: