Activities of Dominique RIQUET related to 2022/2113(DEC)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union Agency for Railways for the financial year 2021
Amendments (8)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the Agency’s final annual budget for 2021 was EUR 32.83 million (EUR 27.06 million from EU subsidy, EUR 4.38 million from fees and charges) and that the implementation rate for current year appropriations was 99.81% in commitments; strongly welcomes the increase of the hourly rate for Authorities task activities from EUR 130 to EUR 239 pursuant to the adoption of implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1903;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Notes that 35 nonconformities have been registered in 2021, with a number of Financial nonconformities decreasing compared to the previous years;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Notes that out of 175 key performance indicators, 135 were achieved, 22 partially achieved and 18 not achieved;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Welcomes the Agency’s strategic contribution within the field of national rules; highlights particularly the decrease of the number of national rules for vehicle authorisation;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Commends the Agency’s efforts to increase IT security as well as the Commission’s decision to allocate EUR 1,30 million to that end;
Amendment 19 #
8. Recalls that the Agency has the smallest budget among the transport agencies despite the outstanding environmental performance and other benefits of rail transport which the Commission established as one of its priorities with the Action plan to boost long distance and cross-border passenger rail; calls for an increase of the budget of the Agency in order to provide it with the necessary means to enable it to act as an efficient authority and to fulfil its tasks, particularly those with regard to increasing competitiveness, improving safety and cross-border interoperability; notes that the European Year of Rail 2021 has allowed to identify a number of areas where more resources are required for the Agency to effectively deliver on its policy objectives;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Underlines that, besides budgetary constraints, the Agency is limited to a ceiling of 151 permanent agents; asks the European Commission to raise this ceiling in the Agency’s next establishment plan;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Notes that due to the evolution of the Agency into an EU authority, the current Agency headquarters' building in Valenciennes no longer satisfies the necessary requirements to offer the conditions to accommodate its staff and activities;