Activities of Angelika WINZIG related to 2022/2127(DEC)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking (before 30.11.2021 the ECSEL Joint Undertaking) for the financial year 2021
Amendments (8)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. TakAppreciates note of the Council general approach on the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework of measures for strengthening Europe's semiconductor ecosystem (Chips Act);
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Acknowledges that Horizon Europe envisages ambitious goals for the Joint Undertaking, that can only be achieved if effective solutions that address the weaknesses in the internal control systems and prepare for the future challenges arising from increased responsibilities, e.g. in the area of human resources management and planning, are designed and implemented; points out, in this context, that particularly complicated and burdensome calculations and reporting requirements represent a significant risk of error and calls therefore, to explore the possibilities of simplifications wherever possible and compatible with the existing legal framework;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes from the Court of Auditors report (’the Court’s report‘)Welcomes that the annual accounts of the Joint Undertaking present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Joint Undertaking at 31 December 2021, the results of its operations, its cash flows and the changes in net assets for the year the ended, in accordance with its Financial Regulation and with account rules adopted by the Commission’s accounting officer; notes, furthermore, and that the underlying transactions to the accounts are legal and regular in all material respects;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Notes from the Court’s report that with the Commission’s proposal amending the Single Basic Act2 , the Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking will be transformed into the future Chips Joint Undertaking, with a new remit related to the implementation of the “Chips for Europe Initiative” under the new 2021- 2027 MFF; notes that,welcomes in this context, that the Joint Undertaking will support the development of innovative next-generation semiconductor technologies that should reinforce the EU’s chip-production capability; notes that, according to this proposal, the Joint Undertaking will implement projects of about EUR 10.9 billion under the new 2021-2027 MFF and should recruit additional 19 staff members to achieve the planned 50 statutory staff by 2025; notesis concerned that, as the JU had only 29 staff members (13 temporary staff and 16 contractual staff) at the end of 2021, it may face considerable human resources challenges in managing these new recruitments, in addition to the new administrative and operational processes yet to be established; _________________ 2 Proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EU) 2021/2085 establishing the JUs under HE, as regards the Chips Joint Undertaking, COM(2022) 47 final of 8.2.2022
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Notes from the Court’s report that administrative agreements concluded by the ARTEMIS and ENIAC Joint Undertakings with the National Funding Authorities (NFAs) continue to apply following their merger to form the ECSEL Joint Undertaking; notes that, under those agreements, the ARTEMIS and ENIAC Joint Undertakings’ ex-post audit strategies relied heavily on the NFAs to audit project cost claims; noteregrets that the significant variation in the methodologies and procedures used by the NFAs does not allow the ECSEL Joint Undertaking to calculate a single reliable weighted error rate or a residual error rate for FP7 payments; notes and that as the Joint Undertaking’s total payments in 2021 to close the remaining FP7 projects only amounted to EUR 0.6 million, or 0.4% of the total operational payments, they did not represent a risk of material errors in 2021;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Notes, from the Annual Activity Report, that for Horizon 2020 payments, the Common Audit Service of the Commission’s DG RTD carries out the ex- post audits; notdeplores that based on its audit results at the end of 2021, the Joint Undertaking reported a representative error rate for Horizon 2020 of 2.2% (2.68% in 2020) and a residual error rate of 1.2% (1.25% in 2020);
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Notes that, to assess the operational payment controls of the Joint Undertaking, the Court audited randomly sampled Horizon 2020 payments made in 2021, at the level of the final beneficiaries, to corroborate the ex-post audit error rates (regarding the grant payment transactions tested at the beneficiaries, the reporting threshold for quantifiable errors is 1 % of the audited costs); noteregrets that, in two cases, the Court found and quantified errors resulting from personnel costs having been over claimed;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. NotWelcomes that the ECSEL Joint Undertaking has assessed the internal control system during the reporting year and has concluded that it is effective and that the components and principles are present and functioning as intended;