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Lead | CONT | GERBRANDY Gerben-Jan (ALDE) | RÜBIG Paul (PPE), AYALA SENDER Inés (S&D), STAES Bart (Verts/ALE), BRADBOURN Philip (ECR), SØNDERGAARD Søren Bo (GUE/NGL), ANDREASEN Marta (EFD), EHRENHAUSER Martin (NI) |
Opinion | ITRE |
Activites
- 2013/11/16 Final act published in Official Journal
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2013/04/17
Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
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T7-0167/2013
summary
The European Parliament adopted a decision on discharge to be granted to the Executive Director of the Joint Undertaking for the implementation of the ENIAC Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2011. The vote on the decision to grant discharge covers the closure of the accounts (in accordance with Annex VI, Article 5(1) of the European Parliament’s Rules of Procedure). Noting that the Court of Auditors stated that it has obtained reasonable assurances that the annual accounts of the Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2011 are reliable but that it had delivered a qualified opinion on the legality and the regularity of the transactions underlying the Undertaking’s accounts, Parliament approved the closure of the accounts. It, however, adopted a series of recommendations that need to be taken into account when the discharge is granted, in addition to the general recommendations that appear in the draft resolution on performance, financial management and control of EU agencies. Financing, budget and financial management: Parliament recalls that the maximum contribution for the period of 10 years from the Union to the Joint Undertaking is EUR 450 million to be paid from the budget of the Seventh Research Framework Programme. It also notes that the 2011 Joint Undertaking's final budget included commitment and payment appropriations amounting to EUR 66 million and EUR 35 million respectively. Implementation rate of appropriations and carryovers: Parliament notes that the utilisation rates were 97% for commitment appropriations and 48% for payment appropriations respectively. It calls for a detailed progress report on those shortcomings which makes specific proposals for a gradual improvement in utilisation rates. Qualified opinion of the Court of Auditors: Parliament is concerned that annual accounts of the Joint Undertaking received a qualified opinion from the Court of Auditors on the legality and the regularity of the transactions underlying those accounts on the grounds that the Joint Undertaking was not in a position to assess whether the ex post audit strategy provides sufficient assurance with respect to the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions. It reiterates that ENIAC should reinforce without delay the quality of its ex-ante controls in particular for the grant management, requests that the discharge authority is informed of the results of the following ex post audit processes conducted by the Joint Undertaking. Greece: Parliament condemns the fact that Greece is using Union structural funds to cover its national contributions to the Greek beneficiaries of the ENIAC projects instead of providing national funding. It requests that the Commission inform the discharge authority on the legality of this situation as soon as possible. Host State Agreement: Parliament welcomes the fact that the Host State Agreement between the Joint Undertaking and the Belgian authorities concerning office accommodation, privileges and immunities and other support to be provided was signed on 3 February 2012. Parliament also makes a series of observations as regards the Joint Undertaking’s procurement policy, control systems and internal audits, weaknesses of the activity report, as well as other management matters. Lastly, Parliament invites the Court of Auditors to provide, within a reasonable deadline, a special report to Parliament on common issues which occur due to the nature of the joint undertakings in order to ensure their added value and efficient execution of Union research, technological development and demonstration programmes. It further notes that the same report should include an assessment of the effectiveness of the joint undertakings' establishment and structure. In addition, it calls for a cost-benefit analysis of a merger with Artemis to be undertaken.
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T7-0167/2013
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- 2013/04/16 Debate in Parliament
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2013/03/22
Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
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A7-0105/2013
summary
The Committee on Budgetary Control adopted the report by Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY (ADLE, NL) on discharge to be granted to the Executive Director of the ENIAC Joint Undertaking in respect of the implementation of the Undertaking’s budget for the financial year 2011. Noting that the Court of Auditors stated that it has obtained reasonable assurances that the annual accounts of the Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2011 are reliable but has delivered a qualified opinion on the legality and the regularity of the transactions underlying the Undertaking’s accounts, Members approve the closure of its accounts. However, they make a number of recommendations that need to be taken into account when the discharge is granted, in addition to the general recommendations that appear in the draft resolution on performance, financial management and control of EU agencies: Financing, budget and financial management: Members recall that the maximum contribution for the period of 10 years from the Union to the Joint Undertaking is EUR 450 million to be paid from the budget of the Seventh Research Framework Programme. They also note that the 2011 Joint Undertaking's final budget included commitment and payment appropriations amounting to EUR 66 million and EUR 35 million respectively. Implementation rate of appropriations and carryovers: Members note that the utilisation rates were 97% for commitment appropriations and 48% for payment appropriations were and respectively. They call for a detailed progress report on those shortcomings which makes specific proposals for a gradual improvement in utilisation rates. Qualified opinion of the Court of Auditors: Members are concerned that annual accounts of the Joint Undertaking received a qualified opinion from the Court of Auditors on the legality and the regularity of the transactions underlying those accounts on the grounds that the Joint Undertaking was not in a position to assess whether the ex post audit strategy provides sufficient assurance with respect to the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions. They reiterate that ENIAC should reinforce without delay the quality of its ex-ante controls in particular for the grant management, requests that the discharge authority is informed of the results of the following ex post audit processes conducted by the Joint Undertaking. They condemn the fact that Greece is using Union structural funds to cover its national contributions to the Greek beneficiaries of the ENIAC projects instead of providing national funding. They request that the Commission inform the discharge authority on the legality of this situation as soon as possible. Members made a series of observations as regards the Joint Undertaking’s procurement policy, control systems and internal audits, weaknesses of the activity report as well as other management matters. Lastly, Members invite the Court to provide, within a reasonable deadline, a special report to Parliament on common issues due to the nature of the joint undertakings in order to ensure their added value and efficient execution of Union research, technological development and demonstration programmes. They note, furthermore, that the report should include an assessment of the effectiveness of the joint undertakings' establishment and structure.
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A7-0105/2013
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2013/03/19
Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
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2012/09/13
Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
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2012/07/25
Non-legislative basic document published
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COM(2012)0436
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PURPOSE: presentation by the Commission of the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2011, as part of the 2011 discharge procedure. Analysis of the accounts of the ENIAC Joint Undertaking. CONTENT: this Commission document sets out the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2011 as prepared on the basis of the information presented by the institutions, organisations and bodies of the EU, in accordance with Article 129 (2) of the Financial Regulation applicable to the EU's General Budget, including the ENIAC Joint Undertaking. In 2011, the tasks and budget of this agency were as follows: description of the EIGE’s tasks: the European Joint Undertaking for the implementation of the Joint Technology Initiative on Nanoelectronics (ENIAC Joint Undertaking), located in Brussels, was set up by Council Regulation (EC) No 72/2008 setting up the ENIAC Joint Undertaking in December 2007 for a period of 10 years. The main objective of the Joint Undertaking is to define and implement a ‘research agenda’ for the development of key competences for nanoelectronics across different application areas in order to strengthen European competitiveness and sustainability, and allow the emergence of new markets and societal applications; ENIAC’s budget for the 2011 financial year: the maximum EU contribution to the ENIAC Joint Undertaking to cover running costs and research activities is EUR 450 million to be paid from the budget of the Seventh Research Framework Programme. The complete version of ENIAC’s final accounts may be found at the following address: http://www.eniac.eu/web/documents/general.php
- DG {'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/budget/', 'title': 'Budget'}, ŠEMETA Algirdas
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COM(2012)0436
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Documents
- Non-legislative basic document published: COM(2012)0436
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A7-0105/2013
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T7-0167/2013
- : Decision 2013/618
- : OJ L 308 16.11.2013, p. 0345
Amendments | Dossier |
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2012/2221(DEC)
2013/02/27
CONT
15 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Is concerned that the Joint Undertaking annual accounts received a qualified opinion from the Court of Auditors on the legality and the regularity of the transactions underlying those accounts on the grounds that the Joint Undertaking was not in a position to assess whether the ex post audit strategy provides sufficient assurance with respect to the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions; reiterates that the Joint Undertaking should
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Recalls that the Joint Undertaking adopted in 2010 an ex post audit strategy that is a key control for assessing the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions and that its implementation started in 2011; notes that the audit of project cost claims has been delegated to the National Funding Authorities
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10.
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Takes note that Greece is using EU structural funds to cover its national contributions to the Greek beneficiaries of the ENIAC projects instead of providing national funding
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 8 a (new) Possible merger with Artemis Considers that cost benefit analysis of a merger with Artemis should be undertaken and that the European Parliament should be notified about the results of this assessment. This report should highlight the possible advantages and disadvantages of such a merger.
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Reiterates its invitation for the Court of Auditors to provide, within a reasonable deadline, a special report to Parliament on
Amendment 2 #
Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 3 #
Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 4 #
Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 5 #
Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 6 #
Proposal for a decision 2 Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 7 #
Proposal for a decision 2 Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 8 #
Proposal for a decision 2 Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Takes note that the Joint Undertaking’s 2011 final budget included commitment and payment appropriations amounting to 66 million euro and 35 million euro respectively and that the utilisation rates were 97 % for commitment appropriations and 48 % for payment appropriations were and respectively; further notes that out of the 63,6 million euro commitment appropriations available for operational activities, 20,1 million euro were implemented as a global commitment for the first 2011 call for proposals and 42,2 million euro were implemented as a global commitment for the second 2011 call for proposals; calls for a detailed progress report on these shortcomings which makes specific proposals for a gradual improvement in utilisation rates;
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