Eurojust single programming document 2022-2024 : third amendment

The College of Eurojust adopted the Single Programming Document 2022-2024 on 14 December 2021 (College Decision 2021-16). On 4 October 2022, the College approved a first amended version (College Decision 2022-07), for incorporating: (a) The new tasks and financial resources granted to Eurojust in May 2022, as regards the preservation, analysis and storage of evidence relating to Core International Crimes; (b) An additional amount to cover the expected shortfall in the temporary and contract staff salaries, due to the impact of high inflation on the statutory annual adjustments; and (c) A first part of the payment appropriations related to the EUR 9.5 M transferred to Eurojust in 2021 for the implementation of its new Case Management System; On 8 November 2022, the College approved a second amended version (College Decision 2022-09), for incorporating the human resources linked to the abovementioned new tasks, following budgetary authority's approval on 19 October 2022 of Commission's Draft Amending Budget 4/2022 that included a proposal to amend Eurojust's establishment plan. This third amended version incorporates the additional amount of EUR 2.4 M in commitment appropriations transferred to Eurojust in December 2022 to cover an additional part of the costs related to the implementation of its new Case Management System.