Activities of Dennis de JONG related to 2018/2186(DEC)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of Eurojust for the financial year 2017 PDF (184 KB) DOC (69 KB)
Amendments (5)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes with satisfaction that in 2017, Eurojust contributed to counter-terrorism projects of the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) and other justice and home affairs partners and furthermore participated in two joint tender procedures with Europol; notes with satisfaction that Eurojust intends to develop a procurement strategy aimed at further reaping the benefits of inter-agency and inter-institutional joint procurement procedures; strongly encourages Eurojust to further develop cooperation projects with the other institutions, agencies, offices and bodies of the Union, in the field of Justice and Home Affairs;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes with satisfaction that Eurojust has adopted a policy on preventing harassment and organised trainings and enabled confidential counselling;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Encourages Eurojust to consider adopting a fundamental rights strategy, including a reference to fundamental rights in a code of conduct that could define the duties of its staff and training for staff; setting up mechanisms ensuring that any violation of fundamental rights be detected and reported, and that risks of such violations be swiftly brought to the attention of the main bodies of Eurojust; establishing, whenever relevant, the position of a fundamental rights officer, reporting directly to the management board to ensure a certain degree of independence vis-a-vis other staff, in order to ensure that threats to fundamental rights shall be immediately addressed, and that a constant upgrading of the fundamental rights policy within the organization; developing a regular dialogue with civil society organisations and relevant international organizations on fundamental rights issues; making compliance with fundamental rights a central component of the terms of reference of the collaboration of the Eurojust concerned with external actors, including in particular members of national administrations with whom it interacts at operational level;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Acknowledges Eurojust’s existing measures and ongoing efforts to secure transparency, and prevention and management of conflicts of interest; noteregrets that Eurojust adopted its internal rules on whistleblowing on the basis of the Commission’s model rules in June 2018the Agency's policy is to publish declarations of absence of conflict of interest rather than declarations interests for the Administrative Director and the members of the Management Board; calls for the publication of declarations of interests listing membership to any other organisations; stresses that it is not for the members of the board and the director to declare themselves out of conflict of interest; reiterates that a neutral body should assess the existence of conflicts of interest;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Notes that Eurojust adopted its internal rules on whistleblowing on the basis of the Commission’s model rules in June 2018; asks the Agency to provide details on whistleblowing cases in 2017, if any, and on how they were handled; underlines the importance of awareness- raising and training of staff as means of fostering a positive and trusting environment in which whistleblowing is an accepted part of the corporate culture;