6 Amendments of Jean-Pierre AUDY related to 2013/2197(DEC)
Amendment 1 #
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Postpones its decision on gGrantings the Secretary-General of the Council discharge in respect of the implementation of the European Council’s and the Council’s budget for the financial year 2012;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas in the section of its opinion (Chapter 9) relating to the ‘Administrative and other expenditure’ policy group, which includes the European Council and the Council, the Court of Auditors concludes, as regards the financial year 2012, that ‘the most likely error present in the population is nil’ and, although it found some errors and weaknesses, believes that the supervisory and control systems examined are likely to reduce the rate of error in initial payment requests to an acceptable level and can therefore be considered effective;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. Whereas in the absence of replies to Parliament’s questions and given the lack of sufficient information, Parliament idoes not in theknow whether it is in a position to make an informed decision about granting the discharge;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1
Subheading 1
Reasons of postponement offor Parliament’s query regarding the decision on granting discharge
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Considers that effective supervision of the Union’s budget implementation requires cooperation between Parliament, the European Council, and the Council through a working arrangement; regrets the difficulties repeatedly encountered in the discharge procedures up to date;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Is perplexed about the discrepancy between Parliament’s view that the Council’s budgetary control is so seriously flawed that discharge cannot be granted in the same way as in previous years and the conclusions of the audit, in which the Court of Auditors deems the management of the policy group concerned to be free of error and the control and supervisory systems to be effective; calls on the Court of Auditors, therefore, to conduct a thorough audit of the administrative and operational activities of the European Council, the Council, and the European External Action Service, without encroaching on the powers and responsibilities laid down in the Treaties, and to report on the findings to Parliament;