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2007/2044(DEC) 2006 discharge: EC general budget, European Data Protection Supervisor

Progress: Procedure completed

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Lead CONT LUNDGREN Nils (icon: IND/DEM IND/DEM)
Committee Opinion JURI
Committee Opinion LIBE
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2009/03/31
   Final act published in Official Journal
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PURPOSE: to grant discharge to the European Data Protection Supervisor for the 2006 financial year.

LEGISLATIVE ACT: Decision 2009/196/EC of the European Parliament on the discharge for implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2006, Section VIII B - European Data Protection Supervisor.

CONTENT: with the present decision, the European Parliament grants the European Data Protection Supervisor discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2006.

This decision is in line with the European Parliament’s resolution adopted on 22 April 2008 and comprises a series of observations that form an integral part of the discharge decision (please refer to the summary of the opinion of 22/04/2008).

2008/05/28
   EC - Commission response to text adopted in plenary
Documents
2008/04/22
   EP - Results of vote in Parliament
2008/04/22
   EP - Debate in Parliament
2008/04/22
   EP - Decision by Parliament
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The European Parliament adopted, by 631 votes in favour to 15 against, with 35 abstentions, a decision to grant the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) discharge in respect of the implementation of its budget for the financial year 2006. The decision to grant discharge shall also constitute closure of the accounts for this institution.

The Parliament also adopted, by 603 votes in favour to 16 against with 36 abstentions, a resolution containing observations forming an integral part of the decision on the discharge. The report had been tabled for consideration in plenary by Nils LUNDGREN (ID, SE), on behalf of the Committee on Budgetary Control.

The resolution recalls that the European Data Protection Supervisor had available commitment appropriations amounting to EUR 4 138 378 (compared to EUR 2 840 733 in 2005), with a utilisation rate of 93.3%. Moreover, the Parliament notes that the audit of the EDPS did not give rise to any material observations.

Furthermore, the Parliament notes that, on 7 December 2006, the administrative cooperation agreement between the Secretaries-General of the Commission, Parliament and the Council, signed together with the EDPS, was renewed for a further period of 3 years with effect from 16 January 2007. Based on this agreement, the administrative handling of all EDPS missions is ensured by the Paymaster's Office of the Commission and the same internal rules apply to the reimbursement of accommodation costs incurred on mission for its two Members and staff.

The Parliament notes, once again, that this institution’s internal control structure is appropriate to its activities and requirements.

Lastly, it welcomes the initiative taken by the EDPS and by the Assistant EDPS to publish an annual declaration of their financial interests, in a form similar to that filled in by Members of the European Parliament.

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2008/04/22
   EP - End of procedure in Parliament
2008/04/01
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
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2008/04/01
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary
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2008/03/26
   EP - Vote in committee
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The Committee on Budgetary Control adopted the report by Nils LUNDGREN (ID, SE) recommending that the Parliament grant the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2006.

Firstly, the parliamentary committee notes that the EDPS had the following appropriations available to assure its functions: EUR 4 138 378 in commitment appropriations (compared to EUR 2 840 733 in 2005) with a utilisation rate of 93.3%.

Noting that the audit of the EDPS did not give rise to any material observations, MEPs welcome the publication by the EDPS and the Assistant EDPS, every year, of a declaration of their financial interests, in a form similar to that filled in annually by Members of the European Parliament.

At the same time, MEPs note that on 7 December 2006, the administrative cooperation agreement between the Secretaries-General of the Commission, Parliament and the Council was renewed for a further period of 3 years with effect from 16 January 2007. Based on the above-mentioned cooperation agreement, the administrative handling of all EDPS missions is ensured by the Paymaster's Office of the Commission and the same internal rules apply to the reimbursement of accommodation costs incurred on mission for its two categories, its two Members and staff.

MEPs note that the processes of ex post prior checking and issuing final opinions by the EDPS have advanced well and that this institution has set up an internal control structure appropriate to its activities and requirements.

2008/02/12
   CSL - Council Meeting
2008/02/05
   EP - Committee draft report
Documents
2007/11/15
   CofA - Court of Auditors: opinion, report
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PURPOSE: presentation of the report by the Court of Auditors on the implementation of the budget concerning the financial year 2006 (other institutions - European Data-Protection Supervisor).

CONTENT: in its 2006 annual report, the Court examines the legality and regularity of the administrative expenditure of the institutions. Although, on the whole, all the institutions put in place a satisfactory monitoring and control framework in 2006, the Court notes a certain number of weaknesses concerning respecting procurement procedures by the institutions (in particular, a lack of competitive tendering in the case of negotiated procedures).

For the rest, the Court notes that the level of error in the expenditure samples selected for scrutiny by the Court was not significant. However, it expects the weaknesses identified to be addressed in the future.

European Data-Protection Supervisor Audit : the audit of the areas presenting a specific risk showed that the shortcomings were affecting the monitoring and control systems relating to the payment of allowances to members of certain institutions. However, the European Data-Protection Supervisor audit did not yield any significant findings.

2007/10/25
   EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
2007/03/30
   EC - Non-legislative basic document
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PURPOSE: to present the final annual accounts of the European Communities for the financial year 2006 – Other institutions: section VIII-B – European Data-Protection Supervisor (EDPS).

CONTENT: this document establishes the amount of expenditure and the balance sheet of the European Data-Protection Supervisor for the financial year 2006 and presents an analysis of its financial management.

The figures : the following figures are taken from the provisional annual accounts for the financial year 2006 for the European Data-Protection Supervisor. They may be subject to amendment after consolidation:

Authorised appropriations for 2006 : EUR 4 138 378; Committed appropriations amount to : EUR 3 861 774.58, a utilisation rate of 93.32%; Paid appropriations amount to : EUR 2 627 302.54.

Main axes of expenditure for 2006 : the implementation of the EDPS budget is in line with the two previous budgets, namely further establishment of the Institution. The establishment of the EDPS was therefore carried out on the basis of 2004 and 2005 with a view to consolidating the good start made by the Institution. In 2006, the EDPS had access to additional resources both in terms of the budget (an increase from EUR 2.8 million in 2005 to EUR 4.1 million in 2006) and personnel (an increase from 19 to 24 people).

2006 was also the first year in which the EDPS established its own provisional budget (set in March 2005 at EUR 3 583 833), followed by an amending budget (due to additional translation costs) setting the total budget for the EDPS at EUR 4 138 378.

The budgetary year was also marked by:

The consolidation of administrative cooperation : this refers to cooperation with the relevant services of the Parliament, the Commission and the Council in areas where duplication of jobs can be avoided. In December 2006, the agreement concluded with the institutions was extended for a further 3 year period (at the end of this 3-year period the agreement can be extended again). As a reminder, this agreement enables the EDPS to rely on the expertise of the other institutions in areas of budgetary and technical assistance, among others, and creates large economies of scale (for example, cooperation with the European Parliament creates savings in terms of information technology, fitting out of the occupied areas, the security of buildings, the post, telephone services and supplies…; as for cooperation with the Council, this refers mainly to translation services). Note that cooperation with the Commission is subject to guidelines, in order to set the terms for assistance provided by the Commission regarding the budget and personnel. On this note, the report indicates that certain difficulties were identified during the year in terms of the implementation of certain tasks, due to the shared assistance provided by the different institutions; these difficulties were mostly related to access to financial systems software and the management of human resources used in the other institutions. In this context, the EDPS independently took over some of the tasks for which it had received assistance in the beginning; Recruitment : as a new institution, the EDPS is still in its development phase. The EDPS therefore chose to limit the increase in the number of tasks and staff so that there would be a controlled progression of tasks to be dealt with and of newly integrated personnel. That is why the EDPS created 5 additional posts in 2006.

The other highlights of the implementation of the EDPS budget may be summarised as follows:

Title I : (Expenditure relating to persons working with the Institution): this budgetary Title is mainly marked by the low rate of implementation of appropriations entered into chapter 17 “entertainment and representation expenses”, which only amounted to 53%. The other main chapters and budget items were implemented at almost 100%; Title II : (Buildings, equipment and miscellaneous operating expenditure): there was no significant impact on this budgetary Title in 2006.

2007/03/29
   EC - Non-legislative basic document published
Details

PURPOSE: to present the final annual accounts of the European Communities for the financial year 2006 – Other institutions: section VIII-B – European Data-Protection Supervisor (EDPS).

CONTENT: this document establishes the amount of expenditure and the balance sheet of the European Data-Protection Supervisor for the financial year 2006 and presents an analysis of its financial management.

The figures : the following figures are taken from the provisional annual accounts for the financial year 2006 for the European Data-Protection Supervisor. They may be subject to amendment after consolidation:

Authorised appropriations for 2006 : EUR 4 138 378; Committed appropriations amount to : EUR 3 861 774.58, a utilisation rate of 93.32%; Paid appropriations amount to : EUR 2 627 302.54.

Main axes of expenditure for 2006 : the implementation of the EDPS budget is in line with the two previous budgets, namely further establishment of the Institution. The establishment of the EDPS was therefore carried out on the basis of 2004 and 2005 with a view to consolidating the good start made by the Institution. In 2006, the EDPS had access to additional resources both in terms of the budget (an increase from EUR 2.8 million in 2005 to EUR 4.1 million in 2006) and personnel (an increase from 19 to 24 people).

2006 was also the first year in which the EDPS established its own provisional budget (set in March 2005 at EUR 3 583 833), followed by an amending budget (due to additional translation costs) setting the total budget for the EDPS at EUR 4 138 378.

The budgetary year was also marked by:

The consolidation of administrative cooperation : this refers to cooperation with the relevant services of the Parliament, the Commission and the Council in areas where duplication of jobs can be avoided. In December 2006, the agreement concluded with the institutions was extended for a further 3 year period (at the end of this 3-year period the agreement can be extended again). As a reminder, this agreement enables the EDPS to rely on the expertise of the other institutions in areas of budgetary and technical assistance, among others, and creates large economies of scale (for example, cooperation with the European Parliament creates savings in terms of information technology, fitting out of the occupied areas, the security of buildings, the post, telephone services and supplies…; as for cooperation with the Council, this refers mainly to translation services). Note that cooperation with the Commission is subject to guidelines, in order to set the terms for assistance provided by the Commission regarding the budget and personnel. On this note, the report indicates that certain difficulties were identified during the year in terms of the implementation of certain tasks, due to the shared assistance provided by the different institutions; these difficulties were mostly related to access to financial systems software and the management of human resources used in the other institutions. In this context, the EDPS independently took over some of the tasks for which it had received assistance in the beginning; Recruitment : as a new institution, the EDPS is still in its development phase. The EDPS therefore chose to limit the increase in the number of tasks and staff so that there would be a controlled progression of tasks to be dealt with and of newly integrated personnel. That is why the EDPS created 5 additional posts in 2006.

The other highlights of the implementation of the EDPS budget may be summarised as follows:

Title I : (Expenditure relating to persons working with the Institution): this budgetary Title is mainly marked by the low rate of implementation of appropriations entered into chapter 17 “entertainment and representation expenses”, which only amounted to 53%. The other main chapters and budget items were implemented at almost 100%; Title II : (Buildings, equipment and miscellaneous operating expenditure): there was no significant impact on this budgetary Title in 2006.

2007/03/27
   EP - LUNDGREN Nils (IND/DEM) appointed as rapporteur in CONT

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  • body: CSL type: Council Meeting council: Economic and Financial Affairs ECOFIN meeting_id: 2847 url: http://register.consilium.europa.eu/content/out?lang=EN&typ=SET&i=SMPL&ROWSPP=25&RESULTSET=1&NRROWS=500&DOC_LANCD=EN&ORDERBY=DOC_DATE+DESC&CONTENTS=2847*&MEET_DATE=12/02/2008 date: 2008-02-12T00:00:00
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  • date: 2007-11-15T00:00:00 docs: url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:C:2007:273:TOC title: OJ C 273 15.11.2007, p. 0001 title: N6-0005/2008 summary: PURPOSE: presentation of the report by the Court of Auditors on the implementation of the budget concerning the financial year 2006 (other institutions - European Data-Protection Supervisor). CONTENT: in its 2006 annual report, the Court examines the legality and regularity of the administrative expenditure of the institutions. Although, on the whole, all the institutions put in place a satisfactory monitoring and control framework in 2006, the Court notes a certain number of weaknesses concerning respecting procurement procedures by the institutions (in particular, a lack of competitive tendering in the case of negotiated procedures). For the rest, the Court notes that the level of error in the expenditure samples selected for scrutiny by the Court was not significant. However, it expects the weaknesses identified to be addressed in the future. European Data-Protection Supervisor Audit : the audit of the areas presenting a specific risk showed that the shortcomings were affecting the monitoring and control systems relating to the payment of allowances to members of certain institutions. However, the European Data-Protection Supervisor audit did not yield any significant findings. type: Court of Auditors: opinion, report body: CofA
  • date: 2008-02-05T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=COMPARL&mode=XML&language=EN&reference=PE400.410 title: PE400.410 type: Committee draft report body: EP
  • date: 2008-04-01T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A6-2008-94&language=EN title: A6-0094/2008 type: Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading body: EP
  • date: 2008-05-28T00:00:00 docs: url: /oeil/spdoc.do?i=14830&j=0&l=en title: SP(2008)3169 type: Commission response to text adopted in plenary
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  • date: 2007-03-30T00:00:00 type: Non-legislative basic document published body: EC docs: url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=SECfinal&an_doc=2007&nu_doc=1055 title: EUR-Lex title: SEC(2007)1055 summary: PURPOSE: to present the final annual accounts of the European Communities for the financial year 2006 – Other institutions: section VIII-B – European Data-Protection Supervisor (EDPS). CONTENT: this document establishes the amount of expenditure and the balance sheet of the European Data-Protection Supervisor for the financial year 2006 and presents an analysis of its financial management. The figures : the following figures are taken from the provisional annual accounts for the financial year 2006 for the European Data-Protection Supervisor. They may be subject to amendment after consolidation: Authorised appropriations for 2006 : EUR 4 138 378; Committed appropriations amount to : EUR 3 861 774.58, a utilisation rate of 93.32%; Paid appropriations amount to : EUR 2 627 302.54. Main axes of expenditure for 2006 : the implementation of the EDPS budget is in line with the two previous budgets, namely further establishment of the Institution. The establishment of the EDPS was therefore carried out on the basis of 2004 and 2005 with a view to consolidating the good start made by the Institution. In 2006, the EDPS had access to additional resources both in terms of the budget (an increase from EUR 2.8 million in 2005 to EUR 4.1 million in 2006) and personnel (an increase from 19 to 24 people). 2006 was also the first year in which the EDPS established its own provisional budget (set in March 2005 at EUR 3 583 833), followed by an amending budget (due to additional translation costs) setting the total budget for the EDPS at EUR 4 138 378. The budgetary year was also marked by: The consolidation of administrative cooperation : this refers to cooperation with the relevant services of the Parliament, the Commission and the Council in areas where duplication of jobs can be avoided. In December 2006, the agreement concluded with the institutions was extended for a further 3 year period (at the end of this 3-year period the agreement can be extended again). As a reminder, this agreement enables the EDPS to rely on the expertise of the other institutions in areas of budgetary and technical assistance, among others, and creates large economies of scale (for example, cooperation with the European Parliament creates savings in terms of information technology, fitting out of the occupied areas, the security of buildings, the post, telephone services and supplies…; as for cooperation with the Council, this refers mainly to translation services). Note that cooperation with the Commission is subject to guidelines, in order to set the terms for assistance provided by the Commission regarding the budget and personnel. On this note, the report indicates that certain difficulties were identified during the year in terms of the implementation of certain tasks, due to the shared assistance provided by the different institutions; these difficulties were mostly related to access to financial systems software and the management of human resources used in the other institutions. In this context, the EDPS independently took over some of the tasks for which it had received assistance in the beginning; Recruitment : as a new institution, the EDPS is still in its development phase. The EDPS therefore chose to limit the increase in the number of tasks and staff so that there would be a controlled progression of tasks to be dealt with and of newly integrated personnel. That is why the EDPS created 5 additional posts in 2006. The other highlights of the implementation of the EDPS budget may be summarised as follows: Title I : (Expenditure relating to persons working with the Institution): this budgetary Title is mainly marked by the low rate of implementation of appropriations entered into chapter 17 “entertainment and representation expenses”, which only amounted to 53%. The other main chapters and budget items were implemented at almost 100%; Title II : (Buildings, equipment and miscellaneous operating expenditure): there was no significant impact on this budgetary Title in 2006.
  • date: 2007-10-25T00:00:00 type: Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP
  • date: 2008-03-26T00:00:00 type: Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading body: EP summary: The Committee on Budgetary Control adopted the report by Nils LUNDGREN (ID, SE) recommending that the Parliament grant the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2006. Firstly, the parliamentary committee notes that the EDPS had the following appropriations available to assure its functions: EUR 4 138 378 in commitment appropriations (compared to EUR 2 840 733 in 2005) with a utilisation rate of 93.3%. Noting that the audit of the EDPS did not give rise to any material observations, MEPs welcome the publication by the EDPS and the Assistant EDPS, every year, of a declaration of their financial interests, in a form similar to that filled in annually by Members of the European Parliament. At the same time, MEPs note that on 7 December 2006, the administrative cooperation agreement between the Secretaries-General of the Commission, Parliament and the Council was renewed for a further period of 3 years with effect from 16 January 2007. Based on the above-mentioned cooperation agreement, the administrative handling of all EDPS missions is ensured by the Paymaster's Office of the Commission and the same internal rules apply to the reimbursement of accommodation costs incurred on mission for its two categories, its two Members and staff. MEPs note that the processes of ex post prior checking and issuing final opinions by the EDPS have advanced well and that this institution has set up an internal control structure appropriate to its activities and requirements.
  • date: 2008-04-01T00:00:00 type: Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A6-2008-94&language=EN title: A6-0094/2008
  • date: 2008-04-22T00:00:00 type: Results of vote in Parliament body: EP docs: url: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/sda.do?id=14830&l=en title: Results of vote in Parliament
  • date: 2008-04-22T00:00:00 type: Debate in Parliament body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?secondRef=TOC&language=EN&reference=20080422&type=CRE title: Debate in Parliament
  • date: 2008-04-22T00:00:00 type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P6-TA-2008-141 title: T6-0141/2008 summary: The European Parliament adopted, by 631 votes in favour to 15 against, with 35 abstentions, a decision to grant the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) discharge in respect of the implementation of its budget for the financial year 2006. The decision to grant discharge shall also constitute closure of the accounts for this institution. The Parliament also adopted, by 603 votes in favour to 16 against with 36 abstentions, a resolution containing observations forming an integral part of the decision on the discharge. The report had been tabled for consideration in plenary by Nils LUNDGREN (ID, SE), on behalf of the Committee on Budgetary Control. The resolution recalls that the European Data Protection Supervisor had available commitment appropriations amounting to EUR 4 138 378 (compared to EUR 2 840 733 in 2005), with a utilisation rate of 93.3%. Moreover, the Parliament notes that the audit of the EDPS did not give rise to any material observations. Furthermore, the Parliament notes that, on 7 December 2006, the administrative cooperation agreement between the Secretaries-General of the Commission, Parliament and the Council, signed together with the EDPS, was renewed for a further period of 3 years with effect from 16 January 2007. Based on this agreement, the administrative handling of all EDPS missions is ensured by the Paymaster's Office of the Commission and the same internal rules apply to the reimbursement of accommodation costs incurred on mission for its two Members and staff. The Parliament notes, once again, that this institution’s internal control structure is appropriate to its activities and requirements. Lastly, it welcomes the initiative taken by the EDPS and by the Assistant EDPS to publish an annual declaration of their financial interests, in a form similar to that filled in by Members of the European Parliament.
  • date: 2008-04-22T00:00:00 type: End of procedure in Parliament body: EP
  • date: 2009-03-31T00:00:00 type: Final act published in Official Journal summary: PURPOSE: to grant discharge to the European Data Protection Supervisor for the 2006 financial year. LEGISLATIVE ACT: Decision 2009/196/EC of the European Parliament on the discharge for implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2006, Section VIII B - European Data Protection Supervisor. CONTENT: with the present decision, the European Parliament grants the European Data Protection Supervisor discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2006. This decision is in line with the European Parliament’s resolution adopted on 22 April 2008 and comprises a series of observations that form an integral part of the discharge decision (please refer to the summary of the opinion of 22/04/2008). docs: title: Budget 2009/196 url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=MOTION&reference=B[%g]-2009-196&language=EN title: OJ L 088 31.03.2009, p. 0090 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:L:2009:088:TOC
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  • date: 2007-03-30T00:00:00 docs: url: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=SECfinal&an_doc=2007&nu_doc=1055 type: Non-legislative basic document published title: SEC(2007)1055 body: EC commission: DG: url: http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/budget/ title: Budget Commissioner: KALLAS Siim type: Non-legislative basic document published
  • date: 2007-10-25T00:00:00 body: EP type: Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading committees: body: EP responsible: True committee: CONT date: 2007-03-27T00:00:00 committee_full: Budgetary Control rapporteur: group: IND/DEM name: LUNDGREN Nils body: EP responsible: False committee_full: Legal Affairs committee: JURI body: EP responsible: False committee_full: Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs committee: LIBE
  • date: 2008-02-12T00:00:00 body: CSL type: Council Meeting council: Economic and Financial Affairs ECOFIN meeting_id: 2847
  • date: 2008-03-26T00:00:00 body: EP committees: body: EP responsible: True committee: CONT date: 2007-03-27T00:00:00 committee_full: Budgetary Control rapporteur: group: IND/DEM name: LUNDGREN Nils body: EP responsible: False committee_full: Legal Affairs committee: JURI body: EP responsible: False committee_full: Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs committee: LIBE type: Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • date: 2008-04-01T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A6-2008-94&language=EN type: Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading title: A6-0094/2008 body: EP type: Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
  • date: 2008-04-22T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/sda.do?id=14830&l=en type: Results of vote in Parliament title: Results of vote in Parliament url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?secondRef=TOC&language=EN&reference=20080422&type=CRE type: Debate in Parliament title: Debate in Parliament url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P6-TA-2008-141 type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading title: T6-0141/2008 body: EP type: Results of vote in Parliament
  • date: 2009-03-31T00:00:00 type: Final act published in Official Journal docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=MOTION&reference=B[%g]-2009-196&language=EN title: Budget 2009/196 url: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:L:2009:088:TOC title: OJ L 088 31.03.2009, p. 0090
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