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Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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Lead | CONT | RÜBIG Paul (PPE) | STAVRAKAKIS Georgios (S&D), GERBRANDY Gerben-Jan (ALDE), STAES Bart (Verts/ALE), ANDREASEN Marta (ECR), DE JONG Dennis (GUE/NGL), VANHECKE Frank (EFD), EHRENHAUSER Martin (NI) |
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2014/04/03
Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
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T7-0333/2014
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The European Parliament adopted a decision concerning the discharge to be granted to the Executive Director of the ENIAC Joint Undertaking discharge in respect of the implementation of the Office's budget for the financial year 2012. The vote on the discharge decision approved the closure of the accounts (in accordance with Annex VI, Article 5(1) of the Rules of Procedure of the European Parliament. Noting that the Court of Auditors stated that the 2012 annual accounts of the Joint Undertaking present fairly, in all material respects, its financial position as of 31 December 2012 and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year then ended, Parliaemnt adopted by 481 votes to 63, with 20 abstentions, a resolution containing a series of recommendations that form an integral part of the discharge decision and as well as the general recommendations that appear in the draft resolution on performance, financial management and control of EU agencies. These recommendations are summarised as follows: Qualified opinion: Parliament was concerned that the Joint Undertaking received, for the second year in a row, a qualified opinion from the Court of Auditors on the legality and regularity of the transactions underlying the annual accounts on the grounds that the Joint Undertaking was not in a position to assess whether the ex post audit strategy provided sufficient assurance with respect to the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions. It stressed that the strategy relied heavily on the national funding authorities to audit project cost claims. Furthermore, the Joint Undertaking carried out in 2012 a limited review of cost claims that concluded that the error rate in the programme is below 2 %. Parliament noted, however, the Court of Auditors' opinion that the exercise did not include any audits and did not provide assurance as to the regularity of the cost claims reviewed. It insisted that the Joint Undertaking should reinforce without delay the quality of its ex ante and ex post controls. Utilisation and carryovers: Parliament took note that the Joint Undertaking’s 2012 final budget included commitment and payment appropriations amounting to EUR 128 million and 42 million respectively. It called for a detailed progress report on those shortcomings, accompanied by specific proposals for a gradual improvement in utilisation rates. Furthermore, it is concerned that the unused global commitment of EUR 2.8 million assigned to operational activities for 2010, which came with a final implementation date of 31 December 2011, had not been decommitted by the end of 2012. Electronic Components and Systems for European Leadership (ECSEL) Joint Undertaking: Parliament recalled the continuing worries of the discharge authority concerning the low implementation rates of the budget and, moreover, about the underlying activities of the Joint Undertakings associated with high cash balances. It recalled that the Joint Undertaking sought to increase and leverage private and public investments in research and innovation in two complementary domains of high importance for the industrial fabric of the Union. Parliament noted that the Commission made a proposal, in the context of the implementation of Horizon 2020, to combine Embedded computing systems (Artemis) and Nanoelectronics (ENIAC) into a single initiative and therefore wind-up Artemis and ENIAC Joint Undertakings before their normal end of life up to 31 December 2017. The new Joint Undertaking in the field of electronic components and systems called ECSEL ('Electronic Components and Systems for European Leadership') would take the form of a tripartite institutional Public-Private Partnership (PPP) with a dedicated legal personality. Parliament recalled its request for a cost-benefit analysis of a merger that highlighted the possible advantages and disadvantages. It regretted that the Commission proposal excluded the examination of the accounts and the revenue and expenditure of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking by the Court of Auditors and stressed that the Court of Auditors had been the exclusive auditor for Joint Undertakings set up under Article 187 TFEU since 2002 and therefore building up extensive knowledge over those bodies that should not be wasted. Parliament went on to make a series of observations on calls for proposals, internal control systems, internal audits, and horizontal aspects of European Research Joint Undertakings. It asked the Court of Auditors to monitor the Joint Undertaking’s policies as regards the management and prevention of conflicts of interests by drafting a Special Report on the matter by the next discharge procedure. JTI: Parliament invited the Court of Auditors to comprehensively analyse the Joint Technology Initiatives (JTIs) and the other joint undertakings in a separate report in light of the substantial amounts involved and the risks- notably reputational – presented. It noted that the Joint Undertakings’ total 2012 forecasted budgeted income amounted to some EUR 2.5 billion or about 1.8 % of the 2012 Union general budget while approximately EUR 618 million came from the general budget (cash contribution from the Commission) and approximately EUR 134 million came from the industrial partners and members of the Joint Undertakings. It also recalled that the total Union contribution deemed necessary for the Joint Undertakings for their period of existence amounts to EUR 11.5 million. Parliament recalled that it had previously requested that the Court of Auditors draw up a special report on the capacity of the joint undertakings, together with their private partners, to ensure added value and efficient execution of Union research, technological development and demonstration programmes. It agreed with the Court of Auditors’ conclusion that the JTIs had been set up to support long-term industrial investment in particular research areas, but noted that it had taken on average two years to grant financial autonomy to a JTI, with the Commission usually remaining responsible for one third of the expected operational lifetime of the JTIs.
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T7-0333/2014
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- 2014/04/02 Debate in Parliament
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2014/03/20
Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
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A7-0204/2014
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The Committee on Budgetary Control adopted the report by Paul RÜBIG (EPP, AT) on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the ENIAC Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2012 and called on the European Parliament to grant the Executive Director of the ENIAC Joint Undertaking discharge in respect of the implementation of the Office's budget for the financial year 2012. Noting that the Court of Auditors stated that it has obtained reasonable assurances that the annual accounts of ENIAC for the financial year 2012 are reliable and that the underlying transactions are legal and regular, Members made 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: · Qualified opinion: Members were concerned that the Joint Undertaking received, for the second year in a row, a qualified opinion from the Court of Auditors on the legality and regularity of the transactions underlying the annual accounts on the grounds that the Joint Undertaking was not in a position to assess whether the ex post audit strategy provided sufficient assurance with respect to the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions. They stressed that the strategy relied heavily on the national funding authorities to audit project cost claims. Furthermore, the Joint Undertaking carried out in 2012 a limited review of cost claims that concluded that the error rate in the programme is below 2 %. The report noted, however, the Court of Auditors' opinion that the exercise did not include any audits and did not provide assurance as to the regularity of the cost claims reviewed. It insisted that the Joint Undertaking should reinforce without delay the quality of its ex ante and ex post controls. · Utilisation and carryovers: Members took note that the Joint Undertaking’s 2012 final budget included commitment and payment appropriations amounting to EUR 128 million and 42 million respectively. They called for a detailed progress report on those shortcomings, accompanied by specific proposals for a gradual improvement in utilisation rates. Furthermore, the committee is concerned that the unused global commitment of EUR 2.8 million assigned to operational activities for 2010, which came with a final implementation date of 31 December 2011, had not been decommitted by the end of 2012. · Electronic Components and Systems for European Leadership (ECSEL) Joint Undertaking: Members recalled the continuing worries of the discharge authority concerning the low implementation rates of the budget and, moreover, about the underlying activities of the Joint Undertakings associated with high cash balances. They recalled that the Joint Undertaking sought to increase and leverage private and public investments in research and innovation in two complementary domains of high importance for the industrial fabric of the Union. Members noted that the Commission made a proposal, in the context of the implementation of Horizon 2020, to combine Embedded computing systems (Artemis) and Nanoelectronics (ENIAC) into a single initiative and therefore wind-up Artemis and ENIAC Joint Undertakings before their normal end of life up to 31 December 2017. The new Joint Undertaking in the field of electronic components and systems called ECSEL ('Electronic Components and Systems for European Leadership') would take the form of a tripartite institutional Public-Private Partnership (PPP) with a dedicated legal personality. Members recalled Parliament’s request for a cost-benefit analysis of a merger that highlighted the possible advantages and disadvantages. They regretted that the Commission proposal excluded the examination of the accounts and the revenue and expenditure of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking by the Court of Auditors and stressed that the Court of Auditors had been the exclusive auditor for Joint Undertakings set up under Article 187 TFEU since 2002 and therefore building up extensive knowledge over those bodies that should not be wasted. Members went on to make a series of observations on calls for proposals, internal control systems, internal audits, and horizontal aspects of European Research Joint Undertakings. They asked the Court of Auditors to monitor the Joint Undertaking’s policies as regards the management and prevention of conflicts of interests by drafting a Special Report on the matter by the next discharge procedure. JTI: the committee invited the Court of Auditors to comprehensively analyse the Joint Technology Initiatives (JTIs) and the other joint undertakings in a separate report in light of the substantial amounts involved and the risks- notably reputational – presented. It noted that the Joint Undertakings’ total 2012 forecasted budgeted income amounted to some EUR 2.5 billion or about 1.8 % of the 2012 Union general budget while approximately EUR 618 million came from the general budget (cash contribution from the Commission) and approximately EUR 134 million came from the industrial partners and members of the Joint Undertakings. Members recalled that Parliament had previously requested that the Court of Auditors draw up a special report on the capacity of the joint undertakings, together with their private partners, to ensure added value and efficient execution of Union research, technological development and demonstration programmes. They agreed with the Court of Auditors’ conclusion that the JTIs had been set up to support long-term industrial investment in particular research areas, but noted that it had taken on average two years to grant financial autonomy to a JTI, with the Commission usually remaining responsible for one third of the expected operational lifetime of the JTIs.
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2014/03/18
Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
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2013/10/22
Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
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2013/07/26
Non-legislative basic document published
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COM(2013)0570
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PURPOSE: presentation by the Commission of the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2012, as part of the 2012 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 2012 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 2012, the tasks and budget of the Joint Undertaking were as follows: description of the tasks of the Joint Undertaking: the ENIAC Joint Undertaking, located in Brussels, was set up by Council Regulation (EC) No 72/2008 for a period of 10 years. The aim of ENIAC is to define a commonly agreed research agenda in the field of nano-electronics. It pursues this by pooling resources from the public and private sectors to support R&D activities in the form of projects; budget of the Joint Undertaking for the 2012 financial year: the total commitment of the EU amounts to EUR 450 million to be paid from the budget of the Seventh Research Framework Programme. At 31 December 2012, the Commission held 95.90% of the ownership participation in ENIAC. Please also consult the final accounts of ENIAC Joint Undertaking.
- DG {'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/budget/', 'title': 'Budget'}, ŠEMETA Algirdas
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COM(2013)0570
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Documents
- Non-legislative basic document published: COM(2013)0570
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A7-0204/2014
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T7-0333/2014
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