What changed between the plenary report and the adopted text

Changed:6. Welcomes the fact that the Agency provided technical support to the Commission and to the EFTA Surveillance Authority by participating in the inspections they organised to assess and verify the implementation and enforcement of EU maritime security legislation in the Member States;

Changed:9. Welcomes the Agency’s support to the Commission at IMO, particularly in forums such as MEPC, PPR and CCC; this support covers crucial areas of pollution prevention and sustainabilitysustainability, including the IMO Strategy on reducing GHG emissions, carbon intensity of shipping, safety, evaluation, deployment and use of sustainable alternative fuels and technologies, marine litter and underwater noise; highlights that the upcoming IMO work on developing the corresponding requirements and standards for the use of new fuels and technologies will be of key importance in their uptake at both global and EU level;

Changed:12. Notes that, on 31 December 2022, the establishment plan was stable, and fulfilled by 99,06 %, with 210 officials and temporary agents (TAs) appointed out of 212 authorised under the Union budget (same as in 2021); notes that, in addition, 28 contract agents and 16 seconded national experts were workingworked for the Agency in 2022;

Changed:13. Notes the lack of gender balance within the Agency’s senior and middle management members, with 5 out of 16 (31 %) being women; notes the lack of gender balance within the Agency’s administrative board members, with 10 out of 57 (18 %) being women; further notes the lack of gender balancewithinbalance within the Agency’s overall staff, with 99 out of 264 (38 %) being women; recalls the importance of ensuring gender balance and calls on the Agency to take this aspect into consideration with regard to future recruitments of staff and appointments within its senior and middle management; welcomes in this regard that the Agency has launched a Gender Action Plan for 2022-2025, focusing on the improvement of gender balance and equality in the long term on a quality basis; asks the Commission and the Member States to take into account the importance of ensuring gender balance when nominating their members to the Agency’s administrative board; encourages the Agency to also adopt the “Charter on D&I” and continue to participate in initiatives that promote diversity and inclusion in the workplace at all levels of hierarchy;

Changed:17. Acknowledges that Members and Alternates of the Agency’s Administrative Board are requested to sign a Declaration of Commitment and Confidentiality at their nomination and annually, to declare any (potential) conflict of interest which might be considered prejudicial to the treatment of any item on the agenda at the beginning of each meeting of the Administrative Board; notes that all staff (including senior management involved in specific procedures) are required to declare (potential) conflictconflicts of interest in various procedures such as procurement and recruitment; takes note that during the course of 2022 one case of a conflict of interest was declared by a selection committee member in a recruitment procedure and after analysis of the declared conflict, the member was replaced;

Changed:19. Takes note of the fact that the CV’sCVs for Administrative Board members and Management Staff are published on the Agency’s website;

Changed:21. Congratulates the Agency on developing a number of ad hoc products to assist the Member States and Commission in the implementation of EU sanctions related to the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation, such as reporting on ship calls for specific cargoes and flags; further welcomes the fact that the Agency has developed and provides to relevant stakeholders a monthly report on the Impactimpact of developments in Ukraine on maritime traffic and trade;

Changed:27. Stresses the importance of the Agency’s activities in maritime security and requests its continued technical assistance to the Commission during inspections in this framework under Regulation (EC) No 725/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on enhancing ship and port facility security; stresses a significant increase in cybersecurity incidents in the maritime sector in recent years;

Changed:30. Refers, for other observations of a cross-cutting nature accompanying its decision on discharge, to its resolution of ...11 April 2024 on the performance, financial management and control of the agencies.