Activities of Dennis de JONG related to 2018/2200(DEC)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) (before 1 May 2017: European Police Office) for the financial year 2017 PDF (187 KB) DOC (63 KB)
Amendments (11)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that following the growth prognosis for Europol an additional permanent building will be required as of 2023; asks the Agency to consider to be vigilant in relation to the additional costs;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes with concern that the cancellations of carry-overs from 2016 to 2017 amounted to EUR 834 972, representing 9,08 % of the total amount carried over, showingof EUR 9 194 476 carried over; welcomes the fact that this represents a notable decrease of 6,35 % in comparison to 2016, and indicating a better use of carry-overs;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Emphasizes that the Agency is one of the nine agencies on justice and home affairs; expresses its disappointment with the outcome in this respect of the IIWG on decentralised agencies, as no specific proposals were developed to merge or co- locate agencies concentrating on related policy fields; asks the Agency to cooperate with the eight other agencies on justice and home affairs to investigate possible mergers;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes with satisfaction that the Agency monitored its performance through 363 Key Performance Indicators, 360 other performance indicators and the implementation of around 140 specific actions planned in its Work Programme, with the performance reporting framework in general aimed at assessing the added value the Agency’s activities and at enhancing its budget management;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes with appreciation that the Agency carries out security tasks side-by- side with the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, the European Asylum Support Office and national authorities; notes moreover that the Agency shared legal advice with other Union agencies located in the Netherlands and joined in multiple interinstitutional-interagency procurement procedures; encourages the Agency to further develop its cooperation with the other institutions, bodies, offices and agencies of the Union in the field of justice and home affairs;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that, on 31 December 2017, the establishment plan was 97,27 % executed, with 535 temporary agents appointed out of 550 temporary agents authorised under the Union budget (compared with 505 authorised posts in 2016); notes that, in addition, 159 contract agents and 71 seconded national experts worked for the Agency in 2017; urges the Agency to refrain from relying too heavily on contract agents and to not replace permanent staff by more expensive contract agents;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that, on 31 December 2017, the establishment plan was 97,27 % executed, with 535 temporary agents appointed out of 550 temporary agents authorised under the Union budget (compared with 505 authorised posts in 2016); notes that, in addition, 159 contract agents and 7109 seconded national experts worked for the Agency in 2017, with a vacancy rate of 0% at the end of the year;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Regrets the gender imbalance within the Agency’s senior management members, with 13319 out of 15138 members being of the same gender; notes that by the end of 2017, female staff made up 32% of all Agency personnel, being at the top of the statistics concerning women employed in law enforcement around the world; encourages the Agency to continue the efforts of its internal steering group on diversity and inclusion;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes with concern that four formal procedures in the form of administrative inquiries were opened with regard to sexual harassment and inappropriate behaviour during the course of 2017; notes that the Agency initiated corresponding actions to address the matter and that no case was taken to courtcompleted the administrative inquiries with disciplinary action swiftly, where applicable and initiated corresponding actions to address the matter and that no case was taken to court; takes note of the fact that no administrative inquiry into allegations of sexual harassment was brought forward in the Agency in 2018; calls on the Agency to do its utmost to avoid structural deficiencies as regards inappropriate behaviour in order to prevent such cases from happening in the first place;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Encourages the Agency 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 the Agency; 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 Agency concerned with external actors, including in particular members of national administrations with whom it interacts at operational level;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes the Agency’s existing measures and ongoing efforts to secure transparency, prevention and management of conflicts of interest and whistleblower protection; takes note of the proactive measures taken against the 4 potential conflict of interest cases identified in 2017; notes that the Agency has published declarations of absence of conflicts of interest rather than declarations of interest; acknowledges however the adoption in October 2018 of a new model declaration on the declaration of interests, by the Management Board , on the basis of a proposal from the Agency; notes with satisfaction that this new model declaration is being applied for all Management Board members, as well as for the Executive Director and deputy executive directors; notes, however, that to this date not all declarations have been updated to the new model; calls on the Agency to swiftly proceed in this sense and publish the new declarations;