2 Amendments of Caterina CHINNICI related to 2021/2133(DEC)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Highlights the important role of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (the 'Centre’) in providing policy-makers and practitioners with analyses and information concerning drugs and drug addiction as well as emerging trends with a view to effectively countering illicit drug use and trafficking and in contributing to a healthier Europe by addressing important drug-related public health concerns; recalls that drug trafficking has been identified as a main source of profit and a channel of recruitment for organised crime and terrorism, and therefore highlights the contribution of the Centre also to a more secure Europe;
Amendment 2 #
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 Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (the 'Centre’) for the financial year 2020 to be legal and regular in all material respects and that its financial position at 31 December 2020 is fairly presented; notes that its budget in 2020 increased from EUR 19 million to EUR 23 million (+21%) while its staff decreased from 107 to 102 (- 4.7%);