12 Amendments of Monica MACOVEI related to 2012/2191(DEC)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Takes note that the Agency's budget amounted EUR 31 733 740 for the financial year 2011 and that the Agency is entirely financed by the European budget; notes further that in 2011 the Agency committed respectively 93%, 99% and 96% of the appropriations received under Title 1 (Staff), Title 2 (Administrative) and Title 3 (Operations); observes that in terms of paid appropriations the Agency's execution rate stands at 90% under Title 1, 78% under Title 2 and 58% under Title 3; calls on the Agency to implement specific measures to improve its budgeting process and execution rate of payment;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Regrets the very high level of carry- overs of Eurojust which amounts EUR 5 200 000 and represents 16% of total payment appropriations; observes that, of this amount, EUR 3 100 000 was related to Title 3 (operational expenditure) and represents 39% of the payment appropriations under this Title; underlines that the Court of Auditors in its report now again, as last year, qualified as ‘"excessive’"; notes that Eurojust acknowledges the Court of Auditor's comment and has taken steps to improve the budget forecasting and implementation; requests that Eurojust takes decisive measures to avoid excessive carry-overs in the future;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Acknowledges that a cooperation agreement regarding the Agency's new premises as of 2015 was signed with the Host State;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Notes that the number of cases where Member States requested the Agency's assistance in fighting serious cross-border crime increased from 1,421 in 2010 to 1,441 in 2011; acknowledges in particular that 218 fraud cases were registered in 2011 and that the number of coordination meetings in fraud increased from 17 in 2010 to 58 in 2011; welcomes that the same year the Agency together with the Economic Crimes Team finalised the strategic project on enhancement of exchange of information and mutual legal assistance between judicial authorities of the Member States in the area of VAT fraud;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Takes note that 26 corruption cases were registered in 2011 against 31 in 2010; highlights that the number of coordination meetings increased from 11 in 2010 to 19 in 2011; welcomes that the same year a Joint Investigation Team on corruption achieved positive outcome with a Member State firm paying a settlement of around EUR 3 000 000 following a cross-border corruption case with global aspects;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Takes note that in 2011, Eurojust executed 95,6% of its budget andcommitted respectively 93%, 99% and 96% of the appropriations received under Title I (Staff Expenditure), Title II (Administrative Expenditure) and Title III (Operations Expenditure); observes that in terms of paid appropriations Eurojust's execution rate stands at 90% under Title I, 78% under Title II and 58% under Title III and therefore calls on Eurojust to implement specific measures to improve its budgeting process and execution rate of payment; notes further that a total of 7 300 transactions (commitments and payments) were processed;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1 a (new)
Subheading 1 a (new)
Follow-up of the discharge 2010 recommendations (To be placed after paragraph 3).
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Regrets that Eurojust has not provided the discharge authority with a report presenting the measures adopted and implemented following the discharge authority's recommendations of 2010 as required by article 96(2) of the Framework Financial Regulation; urges Eurojust to send the report as soon as possible in order to enable the discharge authority to evaluate whether the progress were made;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on Eurojust to provide the report pursuant to Article 96(2) of the Framework Financial Regulation related to the 2011 discharge procedure in due time for the discharge procedure;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 6 a (new)
Subheading 6 a (new)
Performance (To be placed after paragraph 13).
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Notes that the number of cases where Member States requested the assistance of Eurojust in fighting serious cross-border crime increased from 1,421 in 2010 to 1,441 in 2011; acknowledges in particular that 218 fraud cases were registered in 2011 and that the number of coordination meetings in fraud increased from 17 in 2010 to 58 in 2011; welcomes that the same year Eurojust together with the Economic Crimes Team finalised the strategic project on enhancement of exchange of information and mutual legal assistance between judicial authorities of the Member States in the area of VAT fraud;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Takes note that 26 corruption cases were registered in 2011 against 31 in 2010; highlights that the number of coordination meetings increased from 11 in 2010 to 19 in 2011; welcomes that the same year a Joint Investigation Team on corruption achieved positive outcome with a Member State firm paying a settlement of around EUR 3 000 000 following a cross-border corruption case with global aspects;