5 Amendments of Roberta METSOLA related to 2017/2164(DEC)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 1
1. Highlights that the mandate of Frontex was considerably extended with a budget increase of 75 % versus 18 % for its staff; notes in this context,Welcomes the Court of Auditors' conclusions that the annual accounts of the Agency fairly presentFrontex present fairly its financial position on 31 December 2016 and that its transactions are legal and regular; highlights that the mandate of Frontex was considerably extended with a budget increase of 75% and a staff increase of 18%;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 2
2. Notes that, as a result of the migration crisis, Frontex faced problems in absorbing additional Union funds granted throughout 2016, leading to considerable difficulties in complying with budgetary and financial rules; stresses the high level of cancelled carry-overs from 2015 for Title III (16 %) %); notes in this regard the overall budget utilisation rate of 95,3% for the 2015 appropriations; underlines that it originally allocated EUR 20 million from its 2016 budget for expenditure dedicated to ‘hotspots’ but; notes that the Agency has in the meantime alreadyso committed almost EUR 35 million for that purpose; p and the linked joints out that the Agency performed illicit “national returns” until October 2016, which resulted in irregular paymentsperational activities; acknowledges the Agency's 2016/36 Decision adopted by its Executive Director, which provided that it would be possible for joint return operations carried out by one single Member State facing disproportionate pressure to be financed from the Agency's budget; requests the Agency to significantlyalways improve its financial planning and budget management capabilities;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 3
3. Criticises the irregular recruitment of 14 temporary staff at high AST grades; requests the Agency to strictly adhere to the Staff Regulations at all timenotes, however, the efforts made by the Agency to balance the geographical distribution of its recruitment of qualified candidates, keeping in mind the difficulties faced to recruit the right candidates for certain profiles; requests the Agency to strictly adhere to the Staff Regulations at all times; notes in this regard that the Staff Regulations offer the necessary flexibility for labour market conditions prevailing in the Union to be taken into account when recruiting officials in order to address the specific needs of the institutions; stresses that the Agency’s staff will more than double from 2016 to 2020; regrets, however, that the increase iwas not based on a thorough analysis in the legislative financial statement prepared by the Commission; requests the Agency to better justify its needs in the future based on accurate and verifiable information;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 5
5. Regrets that the majority of Frontex operational programmes lack quantitative objectives and specific target values for the joint operations; notes with concern that this, together with insufficient documentation from cooperating countries, might hamper the ex post evaluation of the effectiveness of joint operations in the long term; notes, however, that the Agency does list specific objectives and performance indicators in the individual operational plans drafted for internal use for joint operations; regrets that the actual impact of joint operations is therefore more difficult to assess; calls on the Agency to further set relevant strategic objectives for its activities and to establish an effective result-oriented monitoring and reporting system with relevant and measurable key performance indicators;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 6
6. Notes with concern a significantthe absolute gender imbalance in the Agency’s Management Board; calls on Member States to ensure gender imbalance of 93% / 7% inwhen nominating their members for the Agency’'s mManagement bBoard; calls on the Agency to pro-actively remind Member States of the importance of gender balance.