2 Amendments of Clare DALY related to 2019/2083(DEC)
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Nnotes the continuously high level of carry-overs to 2019 (EUR 83 million EUR or 29 %) and cancelled budget carry- overs (EUR 11 million or 12 %), which were linked to the challenges in meeting the establishment plan, the delay in the launch of the building of the new premises and the multi-annual nature of ICT projects and the overestimation of the scale and cost of activities by cooperating countries; expresses its concerns as regards the part of the budget that could not be absorbed by the Agency; expects the Agency and the cooperating states to improve their budget estimates with a view to decrease the carry- overs in 2019; welcomes the fact that the Agency has adopted new rules on whistleblowing, launched a new simplified financing scheme, introduced an ex-post control system covering all types of expenditure and modified its system of ex- ante checks; regrets, however, that the Agency has still not addressed the problem reported by the Court since 2014 with regard to insufficient proof of actual costs for equipment-related expenditure claimed by cooperating Member States; notes the steps taken by the Agency to address this issue but urges the Agency to adequately respond to the comments of the Court given that equipment-related expenditure amounted to EUR 60 million or 35 % of the Agency’s operational expenditure in 2018;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Recalls that, in accordance with point (b) of Article 22(3) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1624 of the European Parliament and of the Council1a, the coordinating officer of the Agency is to monitor the correct implementation of the operational plan, including as regards the protection of fundamental rights, and report to the Agency thereon; urgently calls, in that regard, for systematic reporting on violations of fundamental rights that occurred at borders where the Agency is present, including where those violations were committed by officers who do not belong to the Agency, as it has an impact on the overall respect of fundamental rights of European border and coast guard operations; calls for particular attention to be paid to potential push-backs and violence; urges the Agency to report those violations to the fundamental rights officer, who should take appropriate action, including possible suspension of European border and coast guard operations in area concerned; _________________ 1aRegulation (EU) 2016/1624 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 September 2016 on the European Border and Coast Guard and amending Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Regulation (EC) No 863/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2004 and Council Decision 2005/267/EC (OJ L 251, 16.9.2016, p. 1).