4 Amendments of Diana RIBA I GINER related to 2020/2152(DEC)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Reiterates the important role of the Fundamental Rights Agency (‘FRA’ or ‘the Agency’) in helping to ensure that the fundamental rights of people living in the Union are protected; recalls the importance of the Agency in promoting the reflection on the appropriate balance between security and fundamental rights; highlights, in particular, the value of the Agency’s studies and opinions for the development of Union legislation;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the fact that the Court of Auditors (‘the Court’) has declared the transactions underlying the annual accounts of the Agency for the financial year 2019 to be legal and regular in all material respects and that its financial position on 31 December 2019 is fairly presented; deplores the fact that the budget of the Agency of EUR 30 million decreased in 2019 to EUR 29 million and notes the slight staff increase from 110 to 114 in 2019; acknowledges the complex nature of the studies undertaken by the Agency, covering the law and practice of 27 Member States and the high number of publications produced and trainings delivered to ensure fundamental rights compliance that also contribute and feed into the work of different Union bodies and agencies; recommends to provide sufficient financial resources for a better performance of the duties entrusted to the FRA; welcomes the pro-active approach of the Agency towards the Parliament and considers that the Agency should be able to offer opinions on legislative proposals on its own initiative and to all areas of rights protected under the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, including issues of judicial and police cooperation in criminal matters;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Regrets that the levels of commitment carry-overs for operational expenditure once again remained high at 60 %, which is a lower percentage than in 2018, but still indicates a structural problem; recalls on the Agency tothat, as indicated by the Court, this mainly reflects the nature of the Agency’s core activities that include the financing of studies and other activities intended at raising rights’ awareness that span several months; calls on the Agency to continue further improveing its financial planning and its implementation cycles to resolve this situation;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the progress made by the Agency in relation to the recommendations of the Court on the introduction of e- tendering; calls on the FRA to stepcontinue stepping up its efforts regarding the outstanding recommendation on e- submission.