Activities of Indrek TARAND related to 2017/2180(DEC)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy for the financial year 2016 PDF (290 KB) DOC (56 KB)
Amendments (8)
Amendment 1 #
Proposal for a decision 1
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1. Grants the Director of the Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy discharge in respect of the implementation of the joint undertaking’s budget for the financial year 2016 / Postpones its decision on discharge to the Director of the Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy in respect of the implementation of the joint undertaking’s budget for the financial year 2016;
Amendment 5 #
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1. Approves the closure of the accounts of the Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy for the financial year 2016 / Postpones the closure of the accounts of the Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy for the financial year 2016;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
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3. Highlights that the Joint Undertaking is responsible for the management of the Union’s contribution to the ITER project and that the budget cap of EUR 6 600 000 000 until 2020 must be maintained; noteshighlights however that this figure does not include the EUR 663 000 000 proposed by the Commission in 2010 to cover potential contingencies;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
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5. Expresses ongoing concern that the estimated completion date for the whole construction phase is currently planned with a delay of about 15 years compared to the original baseline; considers that any further delays should be accompanied by a thorough reflection on the cost- effectiveness of the project; takes note of the fact that the new schedule endorsed by the ITER Council set out a four-stage approach, making December 2025 the deadline for achieving the first strategic milestone of the project construction phase (‘First Plasma’) and December 2035 the estimated completion date for the whole construction phase; acknowledges the fact that the aim of the new staged approach is to better align the project implementation with the priorities and constraints of all members of ITER Organization;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
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6. Notes with dismay the Court’s report finding that the results, which were presented to the Joint Undertaking’s Governing Board in December 2016, indicated an expected additional funding requirement to that already committed of EUR 5 400 000 000 for the construction phase after 2020, which represents an increase of 82 % in relation to the approved EUR 6 600 000 000 budget; reiterates the fact that the amount of EUR 6 600 000 000 adopted by the Council in 2010 serves as a ceiling for the Joint Undertaking’s spending up to 2020; recogniseconsiders that theany additional funding required to complete the ITER project must involve future Multiannual Financial Framework commitmentsshould not come at the expense of any Union programs and should be funded by additional national resources; moreover stresses that any further increase should be accompanied by a thorough reflection on the cost-effectiveness of the project;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
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7. Highlights that in addition to the construction phase, the Joint Undertaking will have to contribute to the ITER operational phase after 2035 and to the subsequent ITER deactivation and decommissioning phases; considers it worrisome that those contributions are not yet estimated; calls ondemands the Joint Undertaking to estimate the cost of such phases as soon as possiblewithout delay and at the latest before the end of 2018;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
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11. Stresses that on 29 March 2017, the United Kingdom notified the European Council of its decision to withdraw from the EU and Euratom; notes that an agreement setting out the arrangements for its withdrawal is being negotiated, which in all likelihood will have a significant effect on the future activities of the Joint Undertaking and the ITER project; is of the firm opinion that any negative budgetary impact of this withdrawal on ITER should be fully compensated by member states and not to the detriment of other EU programs;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
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17. Notes that in June 2015, the Joint Undertaking’s governing board adopted an anti-fraud strategy and corresponding action plan, of which most of the actions were implemented in 2016; notestrongly regrets, however, that the Joint Undertaking has not set up a specific tool to facilitate the monitoring of its actions in relation to procurement procedures, in particular those related to risk assessment and the evaluation, negotiation and award phases of the procedures; welcomes the fact that the Joint Undertaking is currently defining the requirements to parameterise the tool that will allow the Joint Undertaking to collect systematically information relating to anti-fraud indicators on procurement procedures and will also offer the possibility to the Joint Undertaking’s staff to insert additional information related to red flags on any procurement procedure;