5 Amendments of Kris PEETERS related to 2019/2088(DEC)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises the important role of the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (‘Europol’ or ‘the Agency’) in assissupporting Member States with criminal investigationto prevent and combat serious organised crimes;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Regrets the Court’s finding of weaknesses in contract management as well as ex ante controls linked to the Agency’s irregular prolongation and amendment of a framework contract on the provision of business travel services after it had expired; notes that the amendment introduced new price aspects not covered by the initial public procurement procedure and that the irregular payments in relation to the contract amounted to 22,188 EUR in 2018; takes note of Europol’s objection to the Court’s finding regarding contract management and ex ante controls and its commitment to due diligence as well as to sound financial management but stresses that such irregularities should be avoided in the future; urges the Agency to better respectreply that it had exerted due diligence and adhered to the principle of financial management in extending the framework contract to save costs; calls upon the Agency to ensure compliance with the Financial Regulation in order to strengthen its internal financial management controls accordingly;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the preparation of an action plan by the Agency to address the areas for improvement identified in the report ‘Human Resources Management and Ethics in EUROPOL’ issued by the Commission’s Internal Audit Serviceconclusion of the audit report of the Commission’s Internal Audit Service on ‘Human Resources Management and Ethics in EUROPOL’, namely that the Agency’s processes for managing HR and anti-fraud and ethics- oriented policies and procedures are adequately designed, effective and comply with the existing regulatory and legal framework; welcomes the preparation of an action plan by the Agency to address the areas for improvement identified in that report; invites the Agency to report back to the LIBE Committee on the issues identified and the corresponding follow-up measures;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that the Court has identified a horizontal trend across agencies in the use of external staffcontractors hired in IT consultancy roles; calls for this dependency on external recruitmentconsultancy services in this important area to be addressed; encourages the Agency to act on the single outstanding recommendation of the Court, namely to publish its vacancy notices on the website of the European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO);
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Requests the Agency to review its linguistic policy and calls onmake available, to the extent possible, financial resources for translations and urges the Budgetary Authority to provide sufficient financial resources to allow for the translation of Europol’s official reports into all official Union languages, given the importance of its work for European citizens and the fact that the Joint Parliamentary Scrutiny Group composed of national and European parliamentarians from all Member States should be able to do its work properly.