Draft amending budget no 4 to the general budget 2024 - update of revenue (own resources) and adjustments to some decentralised agencies

Tabled by Julien Sanchez

Added: 5 a. Regrets the lack of transparency in the negotiation of the sublease contract for the former headquarters of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) in London with the company WeWork, a renegotiation which has led to substantial revenue losses for the EMA; regrets the Union’s balancing contribution to the EMA to compensate for the decrease in rental income from the building as a result of that questionable and opaque renegotiation; calls on the European Court of Auditors to carefully examine the compliance of the renegotiated lease contract, particularly in light of the principles of sound financial management and transparency, as well as the conditions under which it was drafted;

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE764.130