Activities of Franck PROUST related to 2017/2181(DEC)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the SESAR Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2016
Amendments (6)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the finding of the Court of Auditors that the accounts of the Single European Sky Air Traffic Management Research (SESAR) Joint Undertaking ('the Undertaking') for the 2016 financial year are legal and regular in all material respects; emphasises the relevance of the points made in the Court of Auditor's Special Report No 18/2017 on the Single European Sky;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that 2016 was a year of transition for the Undertaking with the completion and closure of SESAR 1 phase and the ramping up of the SESAR 2020 phase, and that the Undertaking has presented its budget in two separate sections: (1) SESAR 1 and (2) SESAR 2020; notes further that SESAR 1 was co- financed from TEN-T and Seventh Research Framework (FP7) programmes and SESAR 2020 is co-financed from Horizon 2020, and that the different regulatory frameworks for these budget sections posed a significant administrative challenge for the Undertaking and its members; stresses that, for the sake of stability, these problems should not recur in the future;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that the Undertaking faced difficulties in adapting the Horizon 2020 IT tools to its particular needs, which resulted in delay in the implementation of payments for member studies and developments; deplores that EUR 14,5 million payment appropriations – related to SESAR 2020 calls for proposals and activities initially budgeted in 2016 – had to be cancelled by an amended budget for 2016 due to external factors beyond control of the Undertaking; is concerned about the continuing rising trend for outstanding commitments (RAL), which increased from EUR 72,1 million to EUR 83,8 million during 2016, and expects to see the reversal of this trencalls for this trend to be reversed following transition to SESAR 2020;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the publication of the “SESAR European Drones Outlook Study” in November 2016; notes with interest its overview of the development of the European drone market to 2050 and the huge potential for Europe and its global competitiveness, as well as the actions that need to be taken in the coming 5 to 10 years to unlock that potential, including support for research and development acheieved by setting up, at Union level, an ecosystem that encompasses both a regulatory framework and technology, and that brings together all key public and private stakeholders, and results in the provision of increased levels of Union funding, boosting SMEs in the sector in particular;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Reiterates the vital role of the Undertaking in coordinating and implementing research into the SESAR project, which is a pillar project of the Single European Sky, although the deadline for meeting the SESAR project objectives has been deferred from the original date of 2020 to 2035;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Draws attention to the importance of the resolving the problem of the fragmentation of the European sky, as at present the European Single Market is not exploiting to the full the advantages offered by the Single European Sky;