18 Amendments of Ramona STRUGARIU related to 2020/2194(DEC)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. NotStresses that the Court found that the payments underlying the accounts were legal and regular for all agencies except for EASO, for which a qualified opinion was issued due to irregularities in regard to public procurement procedures and related payments; is disappointed that the legality and regularity of payments only slowly improved in 2019; regrets that, once again, there were irregular payments, representing 14,6 % of the value of all payments made by EASO in 2019; Acknowledges that the Executive Director is taking action to improve the management of EASO;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Considers that greater attention should be paid to relevance and coherence, particularly in the context of overlapping areas of competence, when setting up future agencies;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Believes that resources should be allocated more flexibly based on need or urgency;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. NotUnderlines that public procurement continues to be the main area prone to error in relation to all Union decentralised agencies; calls therefore on the affected JHA agencies, i.e. Europol, CEPOL to improve their public procurement procedures with a view to compliance with applicable rules and as a result, the achievement of the most economically advantageous purchases, while respecting the principles of transparency, proportionality, equal treatment and non- discrimination and eu-LISA to improve the recruitment procedure.
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Stresses the importance to increase the digitalisation of the agencies in terms of internal operation and management but also in order to speed up the digitalisation of procedures; stresses the need for the agencies to continue to be proactive in this regard in order to avoid a digital gap between the agencies at all costs; draws attention, however, to the need to take all the necessary security measures to avoid any risk to the online security of the information processed.
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. insists on better combating overlapping subjects and areas of competence between the different agencies;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10 b. Calls on the agencies to continue to develop their synergies, increase cooperation and exchange of good practices with other Union agencies with a view to improve efficiency (human resources, building management, IT services and security);
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10 c. Recalls the importance to increase the digitalisation of the agencies in terms of internal operation and management but also in order to speed up the digitalisation of procedures; stresses the need for the Agency to continue to be proactive in this regard in order to avoid a digital gap between the agencies at all costs; draws attention, however, to the need to take all the necessary security measures to avoid any risk to the online security of the information processed;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 d (new)
Paragraph 10 d (new)
10 d. Believes that it would be necessary to strengthen the role of the agencies as centers of expertise and network;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 e (new)
Paragraph 10 e (new)
10 e. Believes that clear rules should be put in place concerning the evolution and termination of agencies' missions;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Calls on the agencies to continue to develop synergies, increase cooperation and exchange of good practices with other European agencies with a view to improving efficiency (human resources, building management, IT services and security).
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 f (new)
Paragraph 10 f (new)
10 f. Believes that an impact assessment should be carried out for each agency and that a review clause on the interest of the agency should be added systematically;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes that the 32 decentralised agencies employed a total of 7 880 members of staff, comprising officials, temporary agents, contract agents and seconded national experts, in 2019 (compared to 7 626 in 2018), representing an important increase of 3,33 % compared with the previous year;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Underlines the important effect of turnover within the staff of the Union agencies, calls for the implementation of human and social policies to remedy it;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Encourages the agencies to pursue the development of a long term Human Resources policy framework which addresses the work-life balance, the lifelong guidance and career development, the gender balance, the teleworking, the geographical balance and the recruitment and integration of people with disabilities;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15 b. Regrets that some Member States have requested and succeeded in having an agency on their territory, without providing facilities for their installation and without taking measures to increase the attractiveness of staff recruitment;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)
Paragraph 15 c (new)
15 c. Is concerned about the large size of some agency boards of directors deemed too big by the Court and therefore making it difficult to take decisions and generating considerable administrative costs;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Welcomes the increased use of e- procurement tools by Union agencies; notes that the most common e-PRIOR modules used by agencies are e-tendering, e-submission and e-invoicing; calls on the Network of Procurement Officers (NAPO) to accelerate the provision of the Public Procurement Management Tool (PPMT) of JRC to agencies;