Activities of Marian-Jean MARINESCU related to 2021/2148(DEC)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking (now the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking) for the financial year 2020
Amendments (7)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Notes that the Court of Auditors’ annual report on the EU Joint Undertakings for 2020 did not have all data for the validated in-kind contributions. Asks the Joint Undertaking to shorten delays for reporting in-kind contributions;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that the industry members’ total in-kind contributions to additional activities, as estimated at the end of 2020, only achieved around half of the minimum target amount established in Article 4(4) of the Joint Undertaking founding regulations; notes, furthermore, that, although its founding regulation was expressly amended in 2018 to enable industry members to account for their cash contributions at project level for at least EUR 182 500 000, the industry members did not make any additional cash contributions to the Joint Undertaking’s operational costs in 2020, indicating that the Joint Undertaking encounters significant obstacles in obtaining such contributions from the private members and that the minimum target will not be achieved by the end of the Horizon 2020 programme; notes that, for this reason, the Commission (DG RTD) reduced its cash contributions to the Joint Undertaking by EUR 140 000 000; notes that this significant reduction in members’ contributions presented a risk to the achievement of the Joint Undertaking’s research and innovation agenda for the Horizon 2020 programme; calls on the Joint Undertaking to report back to the European Parliament on a plan of action regarding this issue;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that the Court’s report on the Joint Undertaking’s accounts calls the attention to the fact that the industry members total in-kind contributions to additional activities only achieved 53 % of the minimum amount of EUR 1 755 000 000, established in Regulation (EU) No 560/2014; notes, in addition, that at the end of 2020, the industry members reported approximately EUR 95 700 000 of in-kind contributions to operational activities out of the EUR 433 000 000 committed after all Horizon 2020 calls had been launched; notes, therefore, that this situation indicates a high risk that, by the end of the Horizon 2020 programme, the Joint Undertaking will not achieve the expected targets for its industry members’ in-kind contributions as established in Regulation (EU) No 560/2014 and adopted annual work plans; notes the Joint Undertaking’s reply that in its opinion, this gap will be significantly reduced in the coming years given that the declaration and certification of in-kind contributions will significantly increase in line with the closure of the Joint Undertaking’s projects and that, moreover, the industry members committed for additional investment targets for 2021 and beyond in their financial perspective presented to the Joint Undertaking’s Governing Board; calls on the Joint Undertaking to report to the discharge authority of any development in that regard; notes that the total amount of in- kind contributions to additional activities of EUR 916 000 000 at the end of 2019 included around EUR 216 000 000 of in- kind contributions reported for 2019, but for which the certification process had not been completed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the task is ongoing as mentioned in the Court's report; asks the Joint Undertaking to finish the certification process for year 2019 by June 2022;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Notes that there are different procedures across Joint Undertakings regarding the calculation for the in-kind contributions and calls for their harmonisation;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that, in total, the Joint Undertaking project portfolio consists of 124 projects (64 Research and Innovation Actions (RIAs), 35 Demonstration Actions (DEMOs), 11 Flagships and 14 Coordination and Support Actions (CSAs), resulting from the Calls 2014–2019; notes, in addition, that, after the finalisation of the Grant Agreement Preparation (GAP) process from Call 2020, seven RIAs, four DEMOs, three Flagships and four CSAs projects are expected to be added to the Joint Undertaking’s project portfolio; calls on the Joint Undertaking to publish the number of finished as well as ongoing projects in its annual report for more clarity;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a. Calls on the Joint Undertaking to publish the CVs of the members of its Governing Board;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24 b. Notes that the issue of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) needs to be addressed in all contracts which may produce an intended outcome of the performance, or result, such as studies, analysis, or evaluations; notes that it aims at safeguarding the rights of individual creators but also provide details how the rights will be used in the future; notes that since the purchases are done with public money, the results should be transparent and accessible to the public; calls the Joint Undertaking for a clarification of the intellectual property rights and more transparency when it comes to the result of the research;