Activities of Miroslav POCHE related to 2017/2183(DEC)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2016 PDF (281 KB) DOC (54 KB)
Amendments (4)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Expresses some concern that several industry members participating in Joint Undertaking's projects could not report their in-kind contributions by the given deadline, either because their own 2016 accounts were not yet closed, or because the projects had started close to the end of 2016; acknowledges that the reporting deadline of 31stJanuary needs to be revised in case of future legislative proposals to amend Regulation (EU) No 560/2014; acknowledges that in those cases, the Joint Undertaking applied Commission guidelines for accounting standards and made a pro-rata estimation on the basis of project costs; asks, however, that industry members find a way to capture their in-kind contributions to prevent recurrence of this problem;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Expresses serious concern about the fact that out of the EUR 975 000 000 of contributions to be made by the industry members to the operational activities and administrative costs of the Joint Undertaking by the end of 2016, industry members had reported in-kind contributions of only EUR 15 400 000 for operational activities, and the governing board had validated cash contributions by the members to the Joint Undertaking’s administrative costs of EUR 3 000 000; regrets the low level of in-kind contributions which stems from the fact that most Joint Undertaking’s projects were only in their preliminary stages in 2016; points out in this context that Regulation (EU) No 560/2014 establishing the Bio- based Industries Joint Undertaking was amended by Regulation (EU) 2018/121 earlier this year with an aim to improve the level of private sector´s financial contribution; calls on the Joint Undertaking to inform the discharge authority on the development of those projects and of in-kind contributions and payments made;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Regrets to note that, by the end of 2016, the total contribution from the industry members amounted to EUR 313 200 000, compared to the Union’s cash contribution of EUR 65 000 000 which stems from the fact that the industry members had already declared a significant amount of in-kind contributions to additional activities compared to the Union’s input; hopes that the situation will return to equilibrium in the following years;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Calls on the Commission to ensure the direct involvement of the Joint Undertaking in the process of the Horizon 2020 mid-term review in the sphere of further simplifications and harmonisation of joint undertakings.