Activites

• 1998/11/28 Final act published in Official Journal
  • Regulation 1998/2548
  • OJ L 320 28.11.1998, p. 0001
• #2136
• 1998/11/23 Council Meeting
• 1998/11/23 End of procedure in Parliament
• 1998/11/23 Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament
• 1998/11/18 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • T4-0658/1998 summary

    The European Parliament adopted without debate the report by Mr Pavlos SARLIS (PPE, GR) on an amendment to the Financial Regulation of 21 December 1977 applicable to the general budget of the European Communities.�

• 1998/11/16 Committee report tabled for plenary, reconsultation
  • A4-0425/1998
• 1998/11/16 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
• #2122
• 1998/10/12 Council Meeting
• 1998/06/30 Formal reconsultation of Parliament
• #2103
• 1998/06/05 Council Meeting
• 1998/06/02 Amended legislative proposal for reconsultation published
  • 08914/1998 summary

    In a joint guideline relating to the amendment of the Financial Regulation applicable to the Communities' budget, the Council made amendments to the Commission's initial text. The amendments relate, in particular, to the administration of the Community programmes by subcontracting, financial control ('overriding' procedure), compatibility between the legal commitments undertaken by the institution and the accounting commitments subjected to financial control, the instruments of financial control (in particular, appropriation of sufficient funds as a function of the risk and automatic control in sectors at risk of fraud) and provisions relating to the delegations and sub-delegations.�

• 1997/10/28 Modified legislative proposal published
  • COM(1997)0542 summary

    The Commission has modified its proposal to take account of Parliament's amendments relating to the following points: - the principle that, following the release of appropriations, amounts unduly paid must be recovered, with interest accruing as of the due date set out in the debit note; - reinforcement of the provisions on delegating and subdelegating commitment and payments acts, for which the internal rules of each institution must specify in detail the powers delegated; - reinforcement of the provisions on subcontracting, ruling out the possibility of subcontracting the exercising of public office tasks; - tightening of the accounting rules on the refund of taxes by Member States; - in connection with Commission decisions on the commitment of expenditure, equivalence between separate legal commitments and the budgetary commitment from which they originate must be accompanied by proper checks by the Financial Controller, who may apply a system of spot-checks; - prior approval of commitment proposals and payment orders by the Financial Controller may also be granted on the basis of a spot-check. �

• 1997/07/18 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • T4-0412/1997 summary

    By adopting the report by Mr Pavlos SARLIS (PPE, Gr), the European Parliament strengthened the Commission proposal, particularly the rules on subcontracting. It also called for stricter provisions concerning calls for tenders, stricter checks on decisions by a superior authority to overrule a refusal of approval by the financial controller, stricter deadlines for the recovery of unduly paid amounts and a prohibition on conflicts of interests between the authorizing officer and the recipient of funding. �

• 1997/07/17 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament summary

    Commissioner Brittan agreed with most of the amendments tabled, but expressed his fundamental disagreement on two important points: Amendment No 7, which limited the delegation of powers for implementing the budget, by prohibiting any use of discretionary power, and Amendment No 17 on the two additional limits proposed by Parliament on the institution’s power to overrule the refusal of approval of its own financial controller. For more technical reasons, the Commissioner could also not accept Amendments Nos 6, 12 and 21.

• 1997/06/16 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • A4-0217/1997
• 1996/09/20 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 1996/07/26 Legislative proposal published
  • COM(1996)0351 summary

    OBJECTIVE: amending the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities, in order to improve financial management with a view to institutional reform (enlargement of the EU). SUBSTANCE: the amendments contained in the Proposal (the seventh series) stem from the conclusions of the Liikanen-Gradin group on the second phase of the improvement of financial management (SEM 2000). The principal amendments proposed are as follows: - strengthening the control of ongoing commitments; - ensuring an exact correspondence between the legal commitments entered into by the institution and the accounting commitments submitted to Financial Control and recorded in the central accounts; - if management of Community programmes is sub-contracted, ensuring that this is governed by appropriate provisions guaranteeing the transparency of the operations; - strengthening discipline with regard to inventories by laying down the respective duties of the authorizing officer, the financial controller and the accounting officer; - introducing provisions involving the accounting officer in the establishment of the computerized systems of financial management used by the authorizing officers and provisions governing the transmission of payment orders to banks under the computerized procedures; - ensuring strict control of the subdelegation of powers to sign financial documents (pecuniary liability of staff); - where the financial controller withholds approval, setting a deadline for initiation of the procedure to overrule him; - endowing the Financial Regulation with provisions for the entry in the accounts of traditional own-resources; - improving the system of accounts where computerization is playing a bigger role; - as regards external aid, bringing the award of contracts into line with the requirements of the GATT Agreement and the Council Directives coordinating the procedures for the award of public contracts. �

Documents

• Legislative proposal published: COM(1996)0351
• Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A4-0217/1997
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T4-0412/1997
• Modified legislative proposal published: COM(1997)0542
• Amended legislative proposal for reconsultation published: 08914/1998
• Committee report tabled for plenary, reconsultation: A4-0425/1998
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T4-0658/1998
• : Regulation 1998/2548
• : OJ L 320 28.11.1998, p. 0001

History

(these mark the time of scraping, not the official date of the change)