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33.

Believes that EU agencies, programmes and policies involved in or relating to the management of migration and refugee flows and border control should be provided with adequate financial and human resources to deal with the current refugee crisis, for which Member States are also expected to take responsibility in accordance with the principle of burden-sharing and the Geneva Conventions; is convinced that the EU, in order to find a long-term solution, should also demonstrate its external solidarity in fostering conditions for peace and prosperity in the countries of origin, by placing greater emphasis on investments and development policies, notably through the implementation of the European Fund for Sustainable Development (EFSD), the Development Cooperation Instrument (DCI) and the Humanitarian Aid Instrument; recognises the importance and distinct value of development policy, with priorities such as poverty eradication, education, health and economic development; underlines the need to support UNRWA actions and programmes; underlines that one of the conditions for preserving stability and prosperity in the EU is a stable EU Neighbourhood; calls on the Commission, therefore, to ensure that priority is given to investments in the EU Neighbourhood in order to support efforts to tackle the main issues faced by this area – migration, refugee challenges and development in the Southern Neighbourhood and instability in the Eastern Neighbourhood – which is partly due to a Russian foreign policy not in line with international law and democratic and human rights standards; emphasises that new political priorities and upcoming challenges for the EU, such as security and defence, should be financed by fresh appropriations and not by cutting existing policies and programmes which are both successful and important, such as development and humanitarian aid and neighbourhood policy; stresses, furthermore, that security and development policies have a mutual influence on one another and that both are important conditions for the construction of a functioning state, as well as functioning administrative structures without corruption and minimum standards in the social, health, and economic sectors;
15.

Acknowledges the Centre's existing measures and ongoing efforts to secure transparency, prevention, management of conflicts of interest, and whistle-blower protection; notes that, according to the Centre, the European Anti-Fraud Office closed one case of whistleblowing in 2017 without further action; notes that six potential conflicts of interest were identified and further investigated in 2017, out of which one conflict of interest was identified, resulting in a person being asked to abstain from discussion on a specific agenda point;
8.

Notes the Centre's close cooperation with the European Training Foundation and the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, formalised in collaboration agreements; notes with satisfaction that the Centre and the European Union Agency for Network and Information Security signed a service-level agreement which enables them to share conference facilities and storage space among other synergies; emphasises in this context that the Centre is one of the four Agencies on social policies; expresses its disappointment with the outcome in this respect of the Interinstitutional Working Group (IIWG) on decentralised agencies, as no specific proposals were developed to merge or co-locate agencies concentrating on related policy fields; asks the Centre to cooperate with the three other Agencies on social policies to investigate possible mergers;
22.

Notes from the Court's report that by the end of 2018 the Agency did not systematically check prices and uplifts charged with supplier’s quotes and invoices issued to the framework contractor for the acquisition of software licences; notes from the Agency’s reply that the implementation mechanism for this framework contract did not include a fixed price list but instead that the Commission decided to opt for a system of applying price uplifts and that the contractor has exercised its rights to terminate the contract with effect on 12 October 2019;
18.

Notes that in 2018 FCH2 finalised the implementation of all action plans addressing the recommendations of the internal audit service (IAS) audits on the performance management undertaken by the IAS in 2016, including a recommendation on the revision of the multiannual work programme and of the strategic and operational objectives; notes that in January 2018 FCH2 submitted an action plan to the IAS in relation to three recommendations raised by the IAS regarding coordination with central support service (CSC) and implementation of CSC tools and services; observes that as part of the action plan FCH2 organised its first workshop with the CSC; welcomes the fact that in December 2018 FCH2 submitted all action plans addressing the recommendations of the 2017 audit report to the IAS for a review; furthermore, notes with satisfaction that in 2019 the IAS sent a letter to the governing board confirming that all the recommendations and action plans have been successfully implemented;
17.

Notes that, according to the Court’s report, pursuant to Directive 2008/104/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 5 ) and Portuguese labour law, interim workers should work under the same working conditions as workers employed directly by the user undertaking; notes, however, that the relevant contracts did not explicitly require the temporary work agencies to respect those conditions and that there is no evidence that the Centre itself carried out any comparison between the working conditions of its own staff and those of interim staff, which undermines safe and predictable working conditions for the staff and causes a risk of litigation and risks for the Centre’s reputation; notes that, according to the Centre’s reply, the contract between the Centre and the temporary work agency refers to the obligation of the Centre to comply with all aspects of the applicable legislation and that, pursuant to that contract, the temporary work agency is the party exposed to the risks of litigation; highlights, however, that this type of situation still carries high reputational risks for the Centre; welcomes the fact that the Centre is reassessing its policy for the use of temporary workers to base that policy more on the law of the Member State in which the Centre is located, in line with its operating needs and the legal framework; calls on the Centre to analyse the working conditions of its interim staff and ensure that those conditions are in line with Union and national labour law; calls on the Centre to report to the discharge authority on the progress achieved by June 2020;
A.

whereas, according to its financial statements of revenue and expenditure, the final budget of the Euratom Supply Agency (the ‘Agency’) for the financial year 2018 was EUR 123 000, representing the same amount as in 2017; whereas the entire budget of the Agency derives from the Union budget;
29.

Notes that the Court issued an emphasis of matter paragraph in relation to the two London-based agencies, concerning the United Kingdom’s decision to withdraw from the European Union; notes that the seat of the Agency moved to Amsterdam in March 2019 and that the Agency’s accounts at 31 December 2018, included provisions for related costs amounting to EUR 17 800 000; regrets that the lease agreement for the London-based premises sets a rental period until 2039 with no exit clause; also regrets that on 20 February 2019, the High Court of Justice of England and Wales ruled against the Agency’s request to cancel the lease; notes, however, that the lease agreement allows reassignment or subletting of the premises to third parties, subject to the landlord’s consent; deeply regrets that the notes to the accounts at 31 December 2018 disclosed an amount of EUR 468 000 000 remaining rent until 2039, of which an amount of EUR 465 000 000 for the lease period after the Agency’s planned move to Amsterdam is disclosed as a contingent liability; recognises the Agency’s significant efforts to find a subtenant for its London premises; highlights that although a sublease of the premises was concluded by the Agency with effect from 1 July 2019, the future net cost of the lease agreement being uncancellable is unknown; urges the Commission to do its utmost to minimise the long-term financial, administrative and operational impact on the Agency of the unfavourable lease agreement; calls on the Agency to involve the Commission, in particular the legal service and the negotiating team acting in relation to the United Kingdom’s decision to withdraw from the European Union, in an examination of the legal problem since it raises the legal and financial responsibility of the government of the United Kingdom for invoking Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union, a situation which the High Court did not recognise as a matter of force majeure; calls on the Agency to report back to the discharge authority on the matter;
16.

Notes that, according to the Court’s report, the Commission signed an interinstitutional framework contract with one contractor for the acquisition of software, licences and the provision of the related IT consultancy services in 2014, and the Centre did not systematically check the prices and uplifts the framework contractor charged against suppliers’ quotes and invoices; notes that, according to the Centre’s reply, in practice it was difficult for the Centre to enforce such checks, as there was no contractual obligation requiring the original price and the uplift to be presented separately; calls on the Centre to adapt ex ante controls under framework contracts and ensure that there is competition in all procurements;
44.

Recalls Article 27(1) and (2) of the Statute for Members of the European Parliament which states that ‘the voluntary pension fund set up by Parliament shall be maintained after the entry into force of this Statute for Members or former Members who have already acquired rights or future entitlements in that fund’ and that ‘acquired rights and future entitlements shall be maintained in full’; further notes that at the end of 2018, the amount of net assets to be taken into account and the actuarial commitment amount to EUR 112,3 million and EUR 398,4 million, respectively, leading to an estimated actuarial deficit of EUR 286,1 million; points out that this raises concerns about the possible exhaustion of the Voluntary Pension Fund; calls upon the Secretary-General and the Bureau to fully respect the Statute for Members of the European Parliament and to establish with the pension fund a clear plan for Parliament assuming and taking over its obligations and responsibilities for its Members’ voluntary pension scheme; supports the request from the Bureau to the Secretary-General to investigate ways to ensure a sustainable financing of the Voluntary Pension Fund in accordance with the provisions of the Statute for Members of the European Parliament while ensuring full transparency; considers that all possible avenues should be exhausted to find a fair solution to the problem, while keeping Parliament’s liability to a minimum; appeals the Bureau and the members of the Voluntary Pension Fund to support measures aiming at limiting the deficit of the Voluntary Pension Fund;
30.

Notes that, according to the Court’s report, the Common Audit Service of the Commission (CAS) is responsible for the ex-post audit of Horizon 2020 payments made by the Joint Undertaking and that, based on the ex-post audit results available at the end of 2019, the Joint Undertaking reported a representative error rate of 1,54 % and a residual error rate of 0,91 % for Horizon 2020 projects (clearings and final payments); notes from the Commission’s proposal for a Horizon 2020 regulation that a risk of error, on an annual basis, within a range of between 2 to 5 % is a realistic objective, taking into account the cost of controls, the simplification measures proposed to reduce the complexity of rules and the related inherent risk associated with the reimbursement of the costs of the research project, and that the ultimate aim for the residual level of error at the closure of the programmes after the financial impact of all audits, correction and recovery measures is taken into account, is the achievement of a level as close as possible to 2 %;
44.

Underlines the Committee's acknowledgement in its written answers to Parliament that cooperation with Parliament in 2019 continued to build on the achievements of previous years and revealed a satisfactory progress on several levels such as the relations between the commissions of the Committee and the committees of Parliament, new ways of cooperation including contributions to implementation reports and fact-finding missions, and a successful and impactful cooperation through Parliament's Intergroup on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development; stresses that the Committee has requested that political cooperation continue to be further developed while respecting the autonomy and the specific approaches of each parliamentary committee and each commission of the Committee; notes that the cooperation with Parliament has established the foundation for a sustainable working relationship between the Committee and Parliament and that the Committee achieved intensified cooperation with the parliamentary committees and secured involvement in European Semester work, a reserved seat during parliamentary committee meetings, the use of the services of the European Parliamentary Research Service, joint projects and synergies on translation, opening of pathways between the buildings of Parliament and the buildings of the Committee and EESC, a service level agreement including provisions of interpretation services and technical support by Parliament, regular use of Parliament buildings in Brussels as well as of Parliament’s Liaison Offices in the Member States for events and activities, intensified cooperation in the area of infomatics, mutual access to canteens, multiple cooperation mechanisms to ensure a coherent approach and create synergies in the field of information and communication and, where necessary, legal advice in technical or administrative matters from Parliament’s Legal Service;
8.

Calls for the expansion of voluntary teleworking to more days and functions; calls for a preference to be given to hybrid meetings or fully remote meetings when they do not involve political decision making, such as hearings and exchanges of views or internal and preparatory meetings, while acknowledging that physical presence is more efficient for political negotiations, including for the provision of interpretation and for remote interpretation whenever needed; calls upon the Secretary-General to establish, following COVID-19 business continuity measures, a new flexible framework for the provision of remote interpretation for the post-COVID era; notes that excessive time spent with digital tools may have negative effects on some persons' well-being; calls for a revision of mission rules by the end of 2022 to ensure a proper needs-based approval, a specific justification for the authorisation of all missions, requirements for low carbon transport modes without hindering Members in the fulfilment of their mandate and the exclusion of the most harmful modes of transport with the exception of extreme cases where alternative transport modes for long journeys or towards areas that are difficult to access would disrupt the balance between the environmental target and the efficiency of parliamentary work; expects fully remote preparatory meetings and post-mission debriefings for all official delegation visits as a condition for authorisation, and the limiting of authorisation of delegations to only those persons who are entitled to participate in such delegations from 2022; calls for the Bureau to ensure that extraordinary committee meetings in Strasbourg are strictly limited to exceptional circumstances and that they are required to be duly justified before they are approved in each individual case;
ANNEX

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from France — EGF/2021/007 FR/Selecta

(The text of this annex is not reproduced here since it corresponds to the final act, Decision (EU) 2022/548.)
18.

Recalls the importance of increasing the digitalisation of the BEREC Office in terms of internal operation and management but also in order to speed up the digitalisation of procedures; stresses the need for the BEREC Office to continue to be proactive in this regard in order to avoid a digital gap between the agencies at all costs; draws attention, however, to the need to take all the necessary security measures to avoid any risk to the online security of the information processed; calls on the BEREC Office to speed up the development of its cybersecurity policy and to inform the discharge authority on its completion;
19.

Welcomes the efforts taken by the Agency to improve social dialogue on topics such as harassment prevention and staff support, which constitute important aspects for the running of the Agency's activities and the wellbeing of its employees; notes that the Agency, following social dialogue, reached an agreement in July 2020 on containment measures to respond to the global crisis; recalls the increasing rate of trade union affiliation of the Agency’s staff and acknowledges the statement of the Agency that trade union affiliation has contributed to a wider consultation, and corresponds to a high level of uncertainty/concerns on the future of the aviation industry as a whole; points to the fact that according to the Agency, its management continues to be in frequent contact with its social partners to address social issues and calls on the Agency to keep the discharge authority informed on that matter;
4.

Notes the ITER Council decided to maintain temporarily this baseline plan with First Plasma set in December 2025 despite the forecasted delay of eight months due to the accumulation of delays in component deliveries, the start of the installation activities at the Cadarache site, and the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic; notes that the ITER Organization has acknowledged that there is an irreversible slippage of the schedule for First Plasma; regrets that the delay is estimated in total at about 17 months and that that is not only driven by the health pandemic but also by the late delivery of some components, in particular the Vacuum Vessel, and particularly its sectors under European responsibility, as well as the overall slower assembly works by the international organisation; calls the Joint Undertaking to report to the discharge authority in that regard; notes, moreover, the lack of contingency in the schedule and that the suggestion of Commission and the United States Department of Energy were not retained and included at Union level; notes from the 9th Annual Assessment report that the schedule contingency reserve should be introduced in the concerned Joint Undertaking’s activities planning and that it should be part of the schedule baseline; notes, moreover, the recommendations made by the panel of assessors on management reserves; calls on the Joint Undertaking to report to the discharge authority in that regard;
RESOLUTION on action to combat drug abuse

The European Parliament,

A. deeply concerned at the growth in the problem of drug abuse;

B. alarmed in particular by the increased abuse of heroin, and at the recent increase in imports of cocaine into European Community countries;

C. convinced that there must be a high degree of international cooperation, particularly at European level, to tackle this scourge;

D. believing that the Community as such has a particular role to play in

- discouraging the production of drug crops in third countries,

- coordination of police and customs action to prevent illicit imports of drugs into the Community and to make more effective the detection and prosecution of traffickers,

- research into the treatment od addicts, in particular as to the types of facilities provided to bring about their rehabilitation,

- the provision of information to alert young people to the dangers of drug abuse;

E. aware that the ASEAN governments have asked for the new Thai 10-year 'Masterplan' - aimed at converting a further 1,860 ha in the extremely poor Highlands of Northern Thailand from poppy (opium) production - to be placed on the agenda of the meeting of ASEAN/EEC Economics Ministers on October 17 and 18;

1. Calls for a special meeting to be convened within the next three months to bring together representatives of Foreign Affairs, Education, Health, Legal Affairs and Customs Ministries to give much greater importance to the drugs problem and to achieve much improved coordination of efforts to tackle it;

2. Urges the Commission to propose that the European Community sponsor one of the eight projects, subject to adequate assurances from the Thai Government that new poppy production will not be allowed to be started in other areas than those to be taken out of poppy production;

3. Urges that the finance necessary to begin effective Community action and coordination and, by way of exemplary action, to fund (at a cost of under US$ 7 million) the Thai Masterplan project referred to above be made available in the Community budget;

4. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and Commission, the Foreign Ministers meeting in Political Cooperation and the governments of the Member States.
B4-0216/95

Resolution on the arrest of Maria Gabriella Guarino

The European Parliament,

A. whereas Maria Gabriella Guarino, an Italian citizen, was arrested on 8 March 1994 during an anti-terrorist operation conducted by the Peruvian police in Trujillo in northern Peru, where she lived with her daughter (11 months) and her partner Juan León Montero, a member of the MRTA (Movimiento Revolucionario Tupac Amaru),

B. whereas on her return to Italy after previous visits to Peru, Gabriella Guarino published various articles on the situation in Peru and in 1992 produced a video on MRTA activities in the Peruvian jungle,

C. whereas on the basis, among other things, of statements by an informer, the police have charged her with membership of the MRTA and of collaborating actively with terrorism,

D. whereas, after seven months in pre-trial detention in the Sante Monica de Chorrillos maximum security prison in Lima, three trial hearings were held in camera with 'faceless' judges - hidden behind a screen and with disguised voices - and at the end of the third hearing on 17 November 1994 she was sentenced to 20 years in prison and a $25 000 fine,

E. whereas Gabriella Guarino has never committed acts of terrorism and has never approved of the political practices and methods of armed guerilla warfare, as letters found at the informer's home prove,

F. whereas the conditions under which Gabriella Guarino is being held are extremely harsh, she has been forbidden to have in her cell letters from her relatives or a photograph of her baby daughter and she has even been denied drinking water, except for a daily ration of 1/4 of a litre,

G. whereas an appeal was lodged immediately with the supreme court,

H. whereas Amnesty International has recently recognized Gabriella Guarino as a prisoner of conscience and called for her immediate release,

The European Parliament,

1. Calls for the physical and psychological conditions under which Gabriella Guarino is being held to be made more humane, in particular by permitting her to read and write;

2. Hopes that when the appeal is heard the supreme court will acquit her or at least drastically reduce her sentence;

3. Calls, therefore, on President Fujimori of Peru to intervene on humanitarian grounds by granting a pardon and deporting her;

4. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the Italian Government, President Fujimori of Peru and Mr Fantoja, President of the Supreme Court.