Activites

• 2001/06/15 Final act published in Official Journal
  • Budget 2001/450
  • OJ L 160 15.06.2001, p. 0043
• 2001/04/04 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • T5-0185/2001 summary

    The European Parliament adopted the report by Mr Esko Olavi SEPPÄNEN (EUL/NGL, FIN), granting the Commission discharge for the implementation of the 1999 budget of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC). (Please refer to the previous document). However, Parliament considers it unacceptable that the financial report for 1999 lacks any data making it possible to assess the quality of the financial management and therefore calls on the Commission to provide the Court of Auditors and Parliament, as promised, with all necessary information, beginning with that dating back to the year 1999 and in any event no later than the year 2000, so that the financial performance of the liquid asset management can be evaluated in the framework of market conditions.�

• 2001/04/03 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament
• 2001/03/21 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • A5-0097/2001
• 2000/12/11 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 2000/11/16 Non-legislative basic document published
  • N5-0654/2000 summary

    PURPOSE : to present the Court of Auditors Annual Report on the ECSC for the financial year 1999. CONTENT : this report concerns ECSC solvency and the developments concerning the main ECSC activities. The report notes that the budget for the financial year 1999 was in surplus for the fourth consecutive year, due to cancellations of commitments and the underimplementation of budgetary expenditure, especially rehabilitation aid. This surplus enabled the ECSC to reinforce its solvency substantially and to make the necessary provisions and adjustments. An analysis of the action taken by the Commission in response to the observations made in the Courts previous annual report gave rise to the following comments: 1) on loans to officials: the Court notes that the accounts covering loans to officials had been drawn up on the basis of estimates rather than actual figures. 2) on liquid assets: the Court recommends that the ECSC annual report should include all the information needed to assess whether these liquid assets are being managed in a financially efficient manner, taking account of market conditions. 3) dormant commitments: the Court notes the corrective measures taken by the Commission, which during the financial year 2000 cancelled 90% of these commitments, to the value of EUR 23,5 million. 4) repayment of taxes levied at source: the Court states a delay in the repayment of certain claims. These statements are not meant to jeopardise the statement of assurance relating to the ECSC. Consequently, in the Court's view, it obtained adequate assurance that the transactions, taken as a whole, are legal and regular.�

Documents

• Non-legislative basic document published: N5-0654/2000
• Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A5-0097/2001
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T5-0185/2001
• : Budget 2001/450
• : OJ L 160 15.06.2001, p. 0043

History

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