Activities of Vladimír BILČÍK related to 2019/2057(DEC)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2018, Section II – European Council and Council
Amendments (4)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas, under the terms of Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the Parliament shall give a discharge to the Commission;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
B b. whereas the discharge procedure is used to examine the accounts of the institution in question in order to verify implementation is lawful and regular and respects the principles of sound financial management;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. UNotes the persisting problems highlighted by the European Parliament with regard to the discharge procedure; underlines the urgent need for a memorandum of understanding between the European Parliament, Council and the Commission on the provision of the information necessary for Parliament to take an informed decision on discharge; considers that the negotiations with the Council to this end should be resumed and extended to the Commission, so as to ensure that Parliament is provided with the necessary information on how the Council is implementing its budget, either directly or via the Commission;
Amendment 23 #
4. Takes the view that, while the current situation could be improved through better cooperation between Union institutions inside the Treaties framework, the possibility of a revision of the Treaties could ultimately be requiredflected upon in order to render the discharge procedure more clear, in the sense that the Parliament is tasked with the explicit competence to grant discharge to all institutions and bodies individually; underlines that the impact of such changes on the inter- institutional balance as provided for in the Treaties should be thoroughly examined by the competent Committee.