Activites

• 2002/07/17 End of procedure in Parliament
• 1998/04/30 Modified legislative proposal published
  • COM(1998)0289 summary

    In its amended proposal the Commission supported Parliament's amendments concerning the involvement of Parliament in the discharge procedure. However, the Commission did not take over the amendments on the own resources of this agency or those on any surplus revenue reverting to the Community budget. �

• 1998/03/10 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • T4-0121/1998 summary

    In adopting the report by Mr Edward T. KELLETT-BOWMAN (PPE, UK) on the amendments to to the basic regulation on the European Environment Agency, Parliament welcomed the Commission proposal, which addressed issues of long-standing concern to Parliament with regard to the discharge and financial control of the decentralized bodies. However, Parliament called for: -all of the Agency's revenue to be budgetized and regarded as preallocated resources of the European Union, -the Agency to be able to constitute a reserve to cover future expenditure; surplus revenue was to be paid back into the general budget of the Union, -the entering of amounts in the reserve in the Agency's budget and their withdrawal from it to be subject to the agreement of the Commission, which should first consult Parliament, -the Financial Controller to ensure that the necessary practical arrangements are in place to allow swift and effective processing of the Agency's financial transactions and to prevent excessive recourse to the use of imprest accounts, -the Commission to evaluate the level of the fees received by the Agency after three years. It also recalled that it was a prerequisite to involve Parliament in the discharge procedure.�

• 1998/03/09 Debate in Parliament
• 1998/01/21 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • A4-0035/1998
• 1997/11/21 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 1997/10/06 Legislative proposal published
  • COM(1997)0489 summary

    OBJECTIVE: to amend Regulation (EEC) No 1210/90 on the establishment of the European Environment Agency in order to modify the regulatory framework governing the management of the Agency's budget. CONTENT: the proposed changes relate to: - power of discharge: as this body is basically financed by Community subsidy, it is proposed to grant the power of discharge to the European Parliament at the recommendation of the board of directors of the Agency; - financial control: financial control of the Agency will be carried out by the Commission's Financial Controller.�

Documents

• Legislative proposal published: COM(1997)0489
• Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A4-0035/1998
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T4-0121/1998
• Modified legislative proposal published: COM(1998)0289

History

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