Activities of Notis MARIAS related to 2016/2153(DEC)
Plenary speeches (1)
Discharge 2015: EU general budget - European Council and Council (debate) EL
Amendments (14)
Amendment 1 #
Proposal for a decision 1
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1. Grants/Refuses to grant the Secretary- General of the Council discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Council and of the Council for the financial year 2015;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
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1. Recalls the Parliament's major role specified in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) and in the Financial Regulation in respect of the budget discharge;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
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3. Notes the catalytic role of Parliament and of other institutions within the discharge procedure, as governed by the provisions of the Financial Regulation, in particular Articles 162 to 166 thereof;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
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5. Regrets that the Council continues to beis remaining silent in relation to the remarks made by Parliament in its discharge resolution of 27 April 20177 on the trend from previous years; _________________ 7 Texts adopted of that date, P8_TA(2017)0147.
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
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6. Notes with satisfaction that, for the first time the Council provided the Parliament the 2015 annual activity reports (AAR) of the Directorate General for Administration, of the Legal Service and of the Directorate General for Communication and Document Management; notes that the remaining directorates do not have authorising officers by delegation that implement the Union budget Section II EC/C;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
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8. Regrets that the budget of the European Council and the Council have not yet been separated, as recommended by Parliament in recent discharge resolutions;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
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9. NotesRegrets that that the information on the Council’s building policy provided on its website does not include details about the costs incurred in relation to those buildings; is aware that occasionally information is exchanged between the building departments of both institutions; proposurges that that exchange becomes frequent and that detailed information be given to Parliament in the Council’s annual financial report;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 10
10. Reiterates its call for progress reports on building projects and a detailed breakdown of the costs incurred to date; calls forurges that information be provided on the costs related to the delayed completion of the Europa building;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
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11. Notes that new ethics guidelines for the Council were published in 2015 and are to be followed up by awareness-raising activities on ethics and integrity; regrets that the Council’s whistleblowing rules continue to be publicly unavailable;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 12
12. WelcomNotes the improvements made by the Council with regard to corporate policies, particularly transparency; however regrets that the Council has not yet joined the Union transparency register;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
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13. Reiterates its call onUrges the Council to develop detailed anti-corruption guidelines and independent policies within its structures;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 14
14. Regrets the difficulties repeatedly encountered in the discharge procedures to date, which were due to a lack of cooperation from the Councillack of cooperation from the Council in respect of the discharge procedure; points out that Parliament refused to grant discharge to the Secretary-General of the Council in relation to the financial years 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 for the reasons set out in its resolutions of 10 May 20118, 25 October 20119, 10 May 201210, 23 October 201211, 17 April 201312, 9 October 201313, 3 April 201414, 23 October 201415, 29 April 201516, 27 October 201517, 28 April 201618and 27 October 201619and postponed its decision on granting the Secretary-General of the Council discharge in relation to the financial year 2015 for the reasons set out in its resolution of 27 April 2017; _________________ 8 OJ L 250, 27.9.2011, p. 25. 9 OJ L 313, 26.11.2011, p. 13. 10 OJ L 286, 17.10.2012, p. 23. 11 OJ L 350, 20.12.2012, p. 71. 12 OJ L 308, 16.11.2013, p. 22. 13 OJ L 328, 7.12.2013, p. 97. 14 OJ L 266, 5.9.2014, p. 26. 15 OJ L 334, 21.11.2014, p. 95. 16 OJ L 255, 30.9.2015, p. 22. 17 OJ L 314, 1.12.2015, p. 49. 18 OJ L 246, 14.9.2016, p. 21. 19 OJ L 333, 8.12.2016, p. 51.
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
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16. Reminds the Council of the Commission's view, expressed in January 2014, that all institutions should be fully part of the follow-up process to the observations made by Parliament in the discharge exercise and that all institutions should cooperate to ensure the smooth functioning of the discharge procedure;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
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18. Regrets deeply that the Council continues to fail to provide answers to Parliament's questions;