8 Amendments of Saskia BRICMONT related to 2020/2194(DEC)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes 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; Acknowledgwelcomes that the Executive Director, who was appointed in June 2019, is taking action to improve the management of EASO and implementing corrective measures, as also highlighted by the Court;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the Court did not address ‘emphasis on the matter’ with regard to JHA agencies, with the exception of FRONTEX, for which the Court drew attention to the level of error related to equipment expenditure in the context of grant agreements with cooperating countries; expresses its concern about the serious and repeated allegations of FRONTEX's involvement in pushbacks and violations of fundamental rights and about the lack of adequate staff and resources for the Fundamental Rights officer (FRO) and the Fundamental Rights Monitors in order to comply with their duty to monitor the Agency’s compliance with fundamental rights;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes 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 ensure full compliance with applicable rules and as a result, theo achievement of the most economically advantageous purchases the appropriate balance between the three pillars of sustainable development - economic, social and environmental, while respecting the principles of transparency, proportionality, equal treatment and non- discrimination and eu-LISA to improve the recruitment procedure.; recalls that public procurement is a milestone for achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Urges all JHA agencies to take measures to ensure full compliance with Union transparency rules as well as with fundamental rights and data protection standards;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Calls on all JHA agencies to ensure a gender balanced distribution on all levels of staff and report to the discharge authority on implemented measures and progress; invites the Court to systematically inform about it in its future reports;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4 c. Calls on all JHA agencies to promote and ensure diversity in its recruitment policy; urges all JHA agencies to develop internal policies and practice to ensure inclusiveness and diversity, and prevent any type of discrimination; invites the Court to systematically inform about it in its future reports;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4 d. Urges all JHA agencies to implement a clear anti-harassment policy to prevent and firmly condemn any such behaviour within the organisation;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4 e. Calls on all JHA agencies to take into account sustainability in their overall business processes in order to improve the agencies’ environmental performance, and to report to the discharge authority on implemented measures and progress;