6 Amendments of Caterina CHINNICI related to 2021/2122(DEC)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the fact that the Court of Auditors ('the Court') has declared the transactions underlying the annual accounts of the European Asylum Support Office (the 'Office') for the financial year 2020 to be legal and regular in all material aspects and that its financial position at 31 December 2020 is fairly presented; notes that the Office's budget increased from 118 to EUR 149 million (an increase of 18,6%) between 2019 and 2020, while members of staff increased from 296 to 380 (an increase of 28,4%) within the same period;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Welcomes the fact that the Court's observation regarding the establishment of an effective policy for managing rented premises and related services has been acted upon and completed;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Welcomes the fact that the Court's observation regarding the establishment of an effective policy for managing rented premises and related services has been acted upon and completed;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Notes with satisfaction that the Office regularly cooperates with other EU agencies and in particular with the justice and home affairs (JHA) agencies; welcomes the cooperation based on bilateral cooperation agreements, such as working arrangements between the Office and the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (the 'Frontex'), the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights and the European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (the 'eu-LISA'), and cooperation plans with Frontex and eu-LISA in order to better align common projects and share information systematically;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Recalls that in 2020 about 13 600 applications for asylum were lodged by unaccompanied minors in the EU Member States; stresses the importance of providing a specific reception system for minors that protects their condition;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes with concern that the Office has 10 men (83,3 %) and 2 women (16,7 %) in its senior management, that the total staff is composed of 186 men (38,0 %) and 304 women (62,0 %) and that the management board is composed of 21 men (67,7 %) and 10 women (32,3 %); asks the Office to ensure gender balance at the senior management and staff level in the future; asks the Commission and the Member States to take into account the importance of ensuring gender balance when nominating their members to the Office’s management board;