# 2019 discharge: European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (EUROPOL)

European Parliament procedure 2020/2172(DEC) (DEC - Discharge procedure, 9th term, committee CONT / LIBE). Stage: Procedure completed. 53 committee amendments tabled by 41 Members between 2021-01-19 and 2021-03-04.

## What the amendments focus on

A 2019 discharge decision for the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol). Amendments underline Europol's role in supporting Member States' criminal investigations against serious and organised crime and terrorism, the Court of Auditors' finding of legal and regular accounts, budget and staff increases, deprioritised projects and deferred recruitment, weaknesses in contract management causing irregular payments, late payments under the Financial Regulation, cooperation with eu-LISA on SIS II and VIS, and gender imbalance on the Management Board.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olivier CHASTEL | Belgium | RE | 16 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197463.md |
| Ramona STRUGARIU | Romania | RE | 16 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/134605.md |
| Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ | Czechia | PPE | 12 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124713.md |
| Alin MITUȚA | Romania | RE | 11 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/212855.md |
| Pierre KARLESKIND | France | RE | 11 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197585.md |
| Katalin CSEH | Hungary | RE | 11 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197588.md |
| Roberta METSOLA | Malta | PPE | 8 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/118859.md |
| Paulo RANGEL | Portugal | PPE | 8 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96903.md |
| Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI | Greece | PPE | 8 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125065.md |
| Lena DÜPONT | Germany | PPE | 8 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/99945.md |
| Tomas TOBÉ | Sweden | PPE | 7 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197402.md |
| Andrzej HALICKI | Poland | PPE | 7 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197514.md |
| Axel VOSS | Germany | PPE | 7 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96761.md |
| Caterina CHINNICI | Italy | PPE | 7 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124861.md |
| Ádám KÓSA | Hungary | NI | 6 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96829.md |

## Official source documents

- PE663.242: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/LIBE-AM-663242_EN.pdf
- PE680.799: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/CONT-AM-680799_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2020-2172-DEC · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2020-2172-DEC.json

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