Activities of Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY related to 2012/2219(DEC)
Reports (1)
REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Innovative Medicines Initiative Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2011 PDF (167 KB) DOC (85 KB)
Amendments (6)
Amendment 4 #
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. ...Grants the Executive Director of the IMI Joint Undertaking discharge in respect of the implementation of the Joint Undertaking's budget for the financial year 2011;
Amendment 8 #
Proposal for a decision 2
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. ...Approves the closure of the accounts of the IMI Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2011;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Regrets therefore that commitment appropriations amounting to 117 million euro and payment appropriations amounting to 65 million euro not used in the financial year 2010 were carried over to 2011 and commitment appropriations amounting to 62 million euro and payment appropriations amounting to 11 million euro not used during the financial year 2011 were carried over to 2012; welcomes the improvements made for 2012 whereby the overall execution rates for commitment appropriations was 96% and for payment appropriations 97%.
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Points out that the Court of auditors reports significant progress regarding internal control systems during 2011 however, further work is needed to establish and document the budget and accounting procedures and related controls and noa formal assessment of the internal control system was carried out during 2011;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. DeploresIs concerned that while the Joint Undertaking obtained its autonomy in November 2009 no internal assurance audit work as such was performed until March 2012 either by the Internal Audit Service of the Commission or by the internal audit manager and the latter has been directly involved in operational activities (implementation of ex-post strategy, KPI framework, review of ex-ante certificate on in-kind contributions) and other consultancy engagements;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Is surprised to learn that the provisions of the grant agreement do not recognise the right of the Court of Auditors to audit the in-kind contributions of EFPIA companies although they are recorded in IMI's financial statements and are estimated at one billion euro over IMI's lifetime; notes that in-kind contribution is audited by IMI JU in line with Article 12 (4) and (5) of the Council Regulation and that the advice of the EC is being sought by IMI JU on the rights of the ECA to audit in- kind contributions of EFPIA companies.