2023 discharge: EU general budget - European Data Protection Supervisor

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30.4.2025 A10-0053/1

Amendment 1

Carlo Fidanza

on behalf of the ECR Group

Report A10-0053/2025

Joachim Stanisław Brudziński

2023 discharge: EU general budget - European Data Protection Supervisor

2024/2028(DEC)

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
10. Expresses concern about the significant increase in EDPS staff mission costs, from EUR 28 789 in 2021 and EUR 176 903 in 2022, to EUR 284 580 in 2023; calls on the EDPS to assess whether the resources spent on missions are being used appropriately and effectively; notes that the EDPS ceased making public the number of missions funded by organisers, as well as information on which unit or sector participated in each mission, thus reducing transparency regarding mission expenses; calls on the EDPS to reinstate this practice; encourages the EDPS to promote the use of video-conferencing tools where suitable, as this could contribute to lowering the number of missions and reducing costs; calls on the EDPS to assess whether the resources spent on missions are being used appropriately and effectively.	10. Expresses concern about the significant increase in EDPS staff mission costs, from EUR 28 789 in 2021 and EUR 176 903 in 2022, to EUR 284 580 in 2023; is concerned regarding the potential misuse of mission budgets by certain officials, who allegedly used those funds to travel to their home countries for personal purposes, deviating from the interest of the service; calls on the EDPS to assess whether the resources spent on missions are being used appropriately and effectively; notes that the EDPS ceased making public the number of missions funded by organisers, as well as information on which unit or sector participated in each mission, thus reducing transparency regarding mission expenses; calls on the EDPS to reinstate this practice; encourages the EDPS to promote the use of video-conferencing tools where suitable, as this could contribute to lowering the number of missions and reducing costs; calls on the EDPS to assess whether the resources spent on missions are being used appropriately and effectively;

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30.4.2025 A10-0053/2

Amendment 2

Marco Squarta, Carlo Fidanza, Marion Maréchal, Guillaume Peltier, Nicolas Bay, Laurence Trochu

on behalf of the ECR Group

Report A10-0053/2025

Joachim Stanisław Brudziński

2023 discharge: EU general budget - European Data Protection Supervisor

2024/2028(DEC)

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 47 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	47 a. Deplores the EDPS's reprimand to the European Border and Coast Guard Agency when exchanging data with Europol on individuals suspected of cross-border crimes, considering the severe consequences of the lack of data sharing between agencies, which is essential for combating organised crime and addressing illegal migration, upholding both national and European security needs;

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