Activities of Indrek TARAND related to 2017/2187(DEC)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2016 PDF (283 KB) DOC (55 KB)
Amendments (6)
Amendment 2 #
Proposal for a decision 1
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1. Grants the Executive Director of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking discharge in respect of the implementation of the Joint Undertaking’s budget for the financial year 2016 / Postpones its decision on discharge togranting the Executive Director of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking discharge in respect of the implementation of the joint undertaking’s budget for the financial year 2016;
Amendment 3 #
Proposal for a decision 2
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1. Approves the closure of the accounts of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2016 / Postpones the closure of the accounts of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2016;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
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1. WelcomNotes the fact that the Joint Undertaking has taken steps to assess the implementation of ex-post audits by the national funding authorities (NFAs), and has obtained written statements from the NFAs declaring that the implementation of their national procedures provided for a reasonable assurance of the legality and regularity of transactions; stresses, however, that the significant variation in the methodologies and procedures used by NFAs does not allow the ECSEL Joint Undertaking to calculate a single reliable weighted error rate or a residual error rate;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
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2. Notes with satisfaction the fact that the issue concerning the variation in the methodologies and procedures used by the NFAs is no longer relevant to the implementation of Horizon 2020 projects, as the ex-post audits are undertaken either by the Joint Undertaking or by the Commission; notes that in accordance with the provisions of the common ex post audit plan for Horizon 2020, there are at present 17 ex post audits already launched on transactions relating to the activities of the Joint Undertaking;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
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3 a. Highlights, however, that the Court issued a qualified opinion on the legality and regularity of payments underlying the accounts;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
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7. Highlights as a matter of particular concern that the Court issued a qualified opinion on Joint Undertaking's payments related to projects taken over from its legal predecessors Artemis and ENIAC joint undertakings; notes that the payments made for those projects by the ECSEL Joint Undertaking in 2016, against certificates of acceptance of costs issued by the NFAs of the Participating States, amounted to EUR 118 000 000, which represents 54 % of the total operational payments made by the Joint Undertaking in 2016; notes that the NFAs compiled 'declarations of assurance' on the 2016 expenditure as received on 22 January 2018 from Joint Undertaking; which cover 98 % of the participation fees from the participating Member States for the 2016 Seventh Framework Programme expenditure; stresses that the Court is not in a position to conclude whether ex-post audits are functioning effectively and whether this key control provides sufficient assurance as to the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions for FP7 projects;