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2008/2265(DEC) 2007 discharge: European Maritime Safety Agency EMSA

Progress: Procedure completed

RoleCommitteeRapporteurShadows
Lead CONT FJELLNER Christofer (icon: PPE-DE PPE-DE)
Committee Opinion TRAN CRAMER Michael (icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE)
Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
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Events

2009/09/26
   Final act published in Official Journal
Details

PURPOSE: to grant discharge to the European Maritime Safety Agency for the financial year 2007.

LEGISLATIVE ACT: Decision 2009/669/EC of the European Parliament on the discharge for the implementation of the budget of the European Maritime Safety Agency for the financial year 2007.

CONTENT: with the present decision, the European Parliament grants discharge to the Executive Director of the European Maritime Safety Agency for the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2007.

This decision is in line with the European Parliament’s resolution adopted on 23 April 2009 and comprises a series of observations that form an integral part of the discharge decision (please refer to the summary of the opinion of 23/04/2009). The decision to grant discharge is also an approval of the closure of the accounts of this EU agency.

2009/04/23
   EP - Results of vote in Parliament
2009/04/23
   EP - Decision by Parliament
Details

The European Parliament adopted a decision concerning the discharge to be granted to the Director of the European Maritime Safety Agency in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2007. The decision to grant discharge is also an approval of the closure of the accounts of this EU agency.

In parallel, the European Parliament adopted by 424 votes to 15, with 10 abstentions, a resolution with observations which are an integral part of the decision to grant discharge.

Parliament states that:

as in 2006, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) found that the Agency's procedures for establishing the budget were not sufficiently rigorous; between mid-June and December 2007, EUR 25 million for anti-pollution measures, authorised by the Budgetary Authority as normal appropriations, were unduly moved to assigned revenue.

Moreover, Parliament calls on the Agency to step up its training and communication efforts. It requests that action taken in this respect be reported in the Agency's annual activity report for 2008.

Parliament also notes that the ECA found weaknesses with regard to recruitment procedures and note the Agency's replies on this issue. It calls on the Agency to see to it that its recruitment procedures are transparent and non-discriminatory.

Parliament welcomes the fact that the Agency closely cooperates with the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, also based in Lisbon, in order to share buildings and make joint use of infrastructure and services.

Lastly, noting that the Agency’s annual accounts for the financial year 2007 are reliable, and the underlying transactions are legal and regular, the Parliament approves the closure of its accounts and refers, for other observations accompanying its decision on discharge, to its resolution on financial management and control of EU agencies - see 2008/2207(INI) - adopted in parallel.

Documents
2009/04/23
   EP - End of procedure in Parliament
2009/04/21
   EP - Debate in Parliament
2009/03/20
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
Documents
2009/03/20
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary
Documents
2009/03/16
   EP - Vote in committee
Details

The Committee on Budgetary Control adopted the report drawn up by Christofer FJELLNER (EPP-ED, SE) on discharge to be granted to the European Maritime Safety Agency, calling on the European Parliament to grant the Executive Director of the Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of its budget for the financial year 2007.

Noting that the Agency’s annual accounts for the financial year 2007 are reliable, and the underlying transactions are legal and regular, MEPs approve the closure of the Agency’s accounts.

However, they make a number of recommendations as part of the decision on discharge. In addition to the general recommendations appearing in the draft resolution on financial management and control of EU agencies (see 2008/2207(INI) ), MEPs make the following observations:

as in 2006, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) found that the Agency's procedures for establishing the budget were not sufficiently rigorous; the ECA observed that 32 transfers were made in 2007 and that between mid-June and December 2007, EUR 25 million for anti-pollution measures, authorised by the Budgetary Authority as normal appropriations, were unduly moved to assigned revenue.

Moreover, MEPs call on the Agency to step up its training and communication efforts. They request that action taken in this respect be reported in the Agency's annual activity report for 2008.

MEPs also note that the ECA found weaknesses with regard to recruitment procedures and note the Agency's replies on this issue. They call on the Agency to see to it that its recruitment procedures are transparent and non-discriminatory.

Lastly, MEPs welcome the fact that the Agency closely cooperates with the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, also based in Lisbon, in order to share buildings and make joint use of infrastructure and services.

2009/02/18
   EP - Committee opinion
Documents
2009/02/10
   CSL - Council Meeting
2009/01/29
   EP - Committee draft report
Documents
2009/01/23
   CSL - Document attached to the procedure
Details

Based on the observations contained in the revenue and expenditure account and the balance sheet of the European Maritime Safety Agency for the financial year 2007, as well as on the Court of Auditor’s report and the Agency’s replies to the Court’s observations, the Council recommends that the Parliament grant the Director of the Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2007.

In doing so, the Council confirms that EUR 0.8 million (60%) of the appropriations carried over from 2006 to 2007 (EUR 1.3 million) were used, that the appropriations carried over from 2007 to 2008 amount to EUR 1.6 million and that a total of EUR 13.8 million was cancelled.

Recalling that the Court of Auditors was able to obtain reasonable assurance that the Agency’s annual accounts were, in all material aspects, reliable, the Council believes that there is a certain number of observations that must be taken into consideration when granting discharge in respect of the implementation of the 2007 budget, particularly regarding the following points:

Cancellation of appropriations : the Council emphasises that certain practices, namely a high cancellation rate for payment appropriations, in particular for the operating activities, a high number of transfers, an incorrect budget presentation and an irregular modification of the funding source for anti-pollution appropriations, require further improvements in the Agency's financial, budgetary and human resources planning and management. The Council calls on the Agency to remedy this situation as soon as possible; Financial management : the Council notes with concern the Court's observations regarding some cases of legal commitments being entered into before the corresponding budgetary commitments and urges the Agency to avoid such practice in the future thus complying fully with the provisions of the Financial regulation. The Council also asks the Agency to further strengthen the measures aimed at improving its financial management, especially by providing guidelines and training to financial actors; Recruitment : while noting that measures have been taken to ensure that selection criteria and threshold scores are defined at an earlier stage in the selection procedures, the Council stresses the importance of thoroughly respecting the applicable rules in order to ensure transparent and non-discriminatory procedures.

Documents
2008/12/05
   CofA - Court of Auditors: opinion, report
Details

PURPOSE: to present the report of the Court of Auditors on the 2007 accounts of the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA).

CONTENT: the Court of Auditor’s report includes a detailed section on the European Maritime Safety Agency’s expenditure and an analysis of the expenditure, as well as the Agency’s replies.

Analysis of the accounts by the Court : in its report, the Court makes a number of observations, particularly with regard to the presentation of the budget. The Agency’s budget is mainly financed by subsidies from the European Commission. The procedures for establishing the budget were not sufficiently rigorous, which led to a high number of budgetary transfers, incorrect budget presentation and irregular modification of the funding source for anti-pollution appropriations. With regard to recruitment procedures, the selection criteria were not applied sufficiently. The Staff Committee was never invited by the Appointing Authority to participate in the recruitment procedures. This situation did not ensure transparent and non-discriminatory procedures; The Agency’s replies : the Agency takes note of the Court’s observation and notes that it will continue its efforts to limit budgetary transfers. Following the observations made by the Court, measures have been taken to ensure that selection criteria and threshold scores are defined at an earlier stage in the selection procedure.

2008/11/20
   EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
2008/10/07
   EP - CRAMER Michael (Verts/ALE) appointed as rapporteur in TRAN
2008/07/23
   EC - Non-legislative basic document
Details

PURPOSE: to present the final accounts of the European Maritime Agency for the financial year 2007.

CONTENT: this document sets out a detailed account of the implementation of the European Maritime Agency’s 2007 budget. It notes that the final budget amounted to EUR 48.249 million (compared to EUR 44.738 million in 2006).

As regards the staffing policy, the Agency, whose head office is now based in Lisbon (Portugal) set out 153 posts in the establishment plan and 26 other posts (auxiliary contracts, seconded national experts, contract agents).

In 2007, the Agency’s main activities focused on the following:

Preparations of a draft methodology related to a new visits programme to Member States; Preparation of the technical specifications of the new THETIS project; Design of the interface between STIRES/SSN and CleanSeaNet; Add additional oil recovery capacity in the Atlantic, Aegean Sea, West Mediterranean and Strait of Gibraltar; Establishment of the CleanSeaNet service; Start of the Activity of the Maritime Support Services.

The complete version of the final accounts may be found at the following address: https://extranet.emsa.europa.eu/

2008/07/22
   EC - Non-legislative basic document published
Details

PURPOSE: to present the final accounts of the European Maritime Agency for the financial year 2007.

CONTENT: this document sets out a detailed account of the implementation of the European Maritime Agency’s 2007 budget. It notes that the final budget amounted to EUR 48.249 million (compared to EUR 44.738 million in 2006).

As regards the staffing policy, the Agency, whose head office is now based in Lisbon (Portugal) set out 153 posts in the establishment plan and 26 other posts (auxiliary contracts, seconded national experts, contract agents).

In 2007, the Agency’s main activities focused on the following:

Preparations of a draft methodology related to a new visits programme to Member States; Preparation of the technical specifications of the new THETIS project; Design of the interface between STIRES/SSN and CleanSeaNet; Add additional oil recovery capacity in the Atlantic, Aegean Sea, West Mediterranean and Strait of Gibraltar; Establishment of the CleanSeaNet service; Start of the Activity of the Maritime Support Services.

The complete version of the final accounts may be found at the following address: https://extranet.emsa.europa.eu/

2008/03/26
   EP - FJELLNER Christofer (PPE-DE) appointed as rapporteur in CONT

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Rapport FJELLNER A6-0167/2009 - résolution #

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AmendmentsDossier
1 2008/2265(DEC)
2009/01/26 TRAN 1 amendments...
source: PE-418.410

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  • date: 2008-12-05T00:00:00 docs: url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:C:2008:311:SOM:EN:HTML title: OJ C 311 05.12.2008, p. 0001 title: N6-0004/2009 summary: PURPOSE: to present the report of the Court of Auditors on the 2007 accounts of the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA). CONTENT: the Court of Auditor’s report includes a detailed section on the European Maritime Safety Agency’s expenditure and an analysis of the expenditure, as well as the Agency’s replies. Analysis of the accounts by the Court : in its report, the Court makes a number of observations, particularly with regard to the presentation of the budget. The Agency’s budget is mainly financed by subsidies from the European Commission. The procedures for establishing the budget were not sufficiently rigorous, which led to a high number of budgetary transfers, incorrect budget presentation and irregular modification of the funding source for anti-pollution appropriations. With regard to recruitment procedures, the selection criteria were not applied sufficiently. The Staff Committee was never invited by the Appointing Authority to participate in the recruitment procedures. This situation did not ensure transparent and non-discriminatory procedures; The Agency’s replies : the Agency takes note of the Court’s observation and notes that it will continue its efforts to limit budgetary transfers. Following the observations made by the Court, measures have been taken to ensure that selection criteria and threshold scores are defined at an earlier stage in the selection procedure. type: Court of Auditors: opinion, report body: CofA
  • date: 2009-01-23T00:00:00 docs: url: http://register.consilium.europa.eu/content/out?lang=EN&typ=SET&i=ADV&RESULTSET=1&DOC_ID=5588%2F09&DOC_LANCD=EN&ROWSPP=25&NRROWS=500&ORDERBY=DOC_DATE+DESC title: 05588/2009 summary: Based on the observations contained in the revenue and expenditure account and the balance sheet of the European Maritime Safety Agency for the financial year 2007, as well as on the Court of Auditor’s report and the Agency’s replies to the Court’s observations, the Council recommends that the Parliament grant the Director of the Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2007. In doing so, the Council confirms that EUR 0.8 million (60%) of the appropriations carried over from 2006 to 2007 (EUR 1.3 million) were used, that the appropriations carried over from 2007 to 2008 amount to EUR 1.6 million and that a total of EUR 13.8 million was cancelled. Recalling that the Court of Auditors was able to obtain reasonable assurance that the Agency’s annual accounts were, in all material aspects, reliable, the Council believes that there is a certain number of observations that must be taken into consideration when granting discharge in respect of the implementation of the 2007 budget, particularly regarding the following points: Cancellation of appropriations : the Council emphasises that certain practices, namely a high cancellation rate for payment appropriations, in particular for the operating activities, a high number of transfers, an incorrect budget presentation and an irregular modification of the funding source for anti-pollution appropriations, require further improvements in the Agency's financial, budgetary and human resources planning and management. The Council calls on the Agency to remedy this situation as soon as possible; Financial management : the Council notes with concern the Court's observations regarding some cases of legal commitments being entered into before the corresponding budgetary commitments and urges the Agency to avoid such practice in the future thus complying fully with the provisions of the Financial regulation. The Council also asks the Agency to further strengthen the measures aimed at improving its financial management, especially by providing guidelines and training to financial actors; Recruitment : while noting that measures have been taken to ensure that selection criteria and threshold scores are defined at an earlier stage in the selection procedures, the Council stresses the importance of thoroughly respecting the applicable rules in order to ensure transparent and non-discriminatory procedures. type: Document attached to the procedure body: CSL
  • date: 2009-01-29T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=COMPARL&mode=XML&language=EN&reference=PE416.338 title: PE416.338 type: Committee draft report body: EP
  • date: 2009-02-18T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=COMPARL&mode=XML&language=EN&reference=PE416.339&secondRef=02 title: PE416.339 committee: TRAN type: Committee opinion body: EP
  • date: 2009-03-20T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A6-2009-167&language=EN title: A6-0167/2009 type: Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading body: EP
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  • date: 2008-07-23T00:00:00 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=2008&nu_doc=2359 title: EUR-Lex title: SEC(2008)2359 summary: PURPOSE: to present the final accounts of the European Maritime Agency for the financial year 2007. CONTENT: this document sets out a detailed account of the implementation of the European Maritime Agency’s 2007 budget. It notes that the final budget amounted to EUR 48.249 million (compared to EUR 44.738 million in 2006). As regards the staffing policy, the Agency, whose head office is now based in Lisbon (Portugal) set out 153 posts in the establishment plan and 26 other posts (auxiliary contracts, seconded national experts, contract agents). In 2007, the Agency’s main activities focused on the following: Preparations of a draft methodology related to a new visits programme to Member States; Preparation of the technical specifications of the new THETIS project; Design of the interface between STIRES/SSN and CleanSeaNet; Add additional oil recovery capacity in the Atlantic, Aegean Sea, West Mediterranean and Strait of Gibraltar; Establishment of the CleanSeaNet service; Start of the Activity of the Maritime Support Services. The complete version of the final accounts may be found at the following address: https://extranet.emsa.europa.eu/
  • date: 2008-11-20T00:00:00 type: Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP
  • date: 2009-03-16T00:00:00 type: Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading body: EP summary: The Committee on Budgetary Control adopted the report drawn up by Christofer FJELLNER (EPP-ED, SE) on discharge to be granted to the European Maritime Safety Agency, calling on the European Parliament to grant the Executive Director of the Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of its budget for the financial year 2007. Noting that the Agency’s annual accounts for the financial year 2007 are reliable, and the underlying transactions are legal and regular, MEPs approve the closure of the Agency’s accounts. However, they make a number of recommendations as part of the decision on discharge. In addition to the general recommendations appearing in the draft resolution on financial management and control of EU agencies (see 2008/2207(INI) ), MEPs make the following observations: as in 2006, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) found that the Agency's procedures for establishing the budget were not sufficiently rigorous; the ECA observed that 32 transfers were made in 2007 and that between mid-June and December 2007, EUR 25 million for anti-pollution measures, authorised by the Budgetary Authority as normal appropriations, were unduly moved to assigned revenue. Moreover, MEPs call on the Agency to step up its training and communication efforts. They request that action taken in this respect be reported in the Agency's annual activity report for 2008. MEPs also note that the ECA found weaknesses with regard to recruitment procedures and note the Agency's replies on this issue. They call on the Agency to see to it that its recruitment procedures are transparent and non-discriminatory. Lastly, MEPs welcome the fact that the Agency closely cooperates with the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, also based in Lisbon, in order to share buildings and make joint use of infrastructure and services.
  • date: 2009-03-20T00:00:00 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=A6-2009-167&language=EN title: A6-0167/2009
  • date: 2009-04-21T00:00:00 type: Debate in Parliament body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?secondRef=TOC&language=EN&reference=20090421&type=CRE title: Debate in Parliament
  • date: 2009-04-23T00:00:00 type: Results of vote in Parliament body: EP docs: url: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/sda.do?id=16979&l=en title: Results of vote in Parliament
  • date: 2009-04-23T00:00:00 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-2009-298 title: T6-0298/2009 summary: The European Parliament adopted a decision concerning the discharge to be granted to the Director of the European Maritime Safety Agency in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2007. The decision to grant discharge is also an approval of the closure of the accounts of this EU agency. In parallel, the European Parliament adopted by 424 votes to 15, with 10 abstentions, a resolution with observations which are an integral part of the decision to grant discharge. Parliament states that: as in 2006, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) found that the Agency's procedures for establishing the budget were not sufficiently rigorous; between mid-June and December 2007, EUR 25 million for anti-pollution measures, authorised by the Budgetary Authority as normal appropriations, were unduly moved to assigned revenue. Moreover, Parliament calls on the Agency to step up its training and communication efforts. It requests that action taken in this respect be reported in the Agency's annual activity report for 2008. Parliament also notes that the ECA found weaknesses with regard to recruitment procedures and note the Agency's replies on this issue. It calls on the Agency to see to it that its recruitment procedures are transparent and non-discriminatory. Parliament welcomes the fact that the Agency closely cooperates with the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, also based in Lisbon, in order to share buildings and make joint use of infrastructure and services. Lastly, noting that the Agency’s annual accounts for the financial year 2007 are reliable, and the underlying transactions are legal and regular, the Parliament approves the closure of its accounts and refers, for other observations accompanying its decision on discharge, to its resolution on financial management and control of EU agencies - see 2008/2207(INI) - adopted in parallel.
  • date: 2009-04-23T00:00:00 type: End of procedure in Parliament body: EP
  • date: 2009-09-26T00:00:00 type: Final act published in Official Journal summary: PURPOSE: to grant discharge to the European Maritime Safety Agency for the financial year 2007. LEGISLATIVE ACT: Decision 2009/669/EC of the European Parliament on the discharge for the implementation of the budget of the European Maritime Safety Agency for the financial year 2007. CONTENT: with the present decision, the European Parliament grants discharge to the Executive Director of the European Maritime Safety Agency for the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2007. This decision is in line with the European Parliament’s resolution adopted on 23 April 2009 and comprises a series of observations that form an integral part of the discharge decision (please refer to the summary of the opinion of 23/04/2009). The decision to grant discharge is also an approval of the closure of the accounts of this EU agency. docs: title: Budget 2009/669 url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=MOTION&reference=B[%g]-2009-669&language=EN title: OJ L 255 26.09.2009, p. 0172 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:255:SOM:EN:HTML
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  • date: 2008-07-23T00:00:00 docs: url: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=SECfinal&an_doc=2008&nu_doc=2359 type: Non-legislative basic document published title: SEC(2008)2359 body: EC commission: DG: url: http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/budget/ title: Budget Commissioner: KALLAS Siim type: Non-legislative basic document published
  • date: 2008-11-20T00:00:00 body: EP type: Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading committees: body: EP responsible: True committee: CONT date: 2008-03-26T00:00:00 committee_full: Budgetary Control rapporteur: group: PPE-DE name: FJELLNER Christofer body: EP responsible: False committee: TRAN date: 2008-10-07T00:00:00 committee_full: Transport and Tourism rapporteur: group: Verts/ALE name: CRAMER Michael
  • date: 2009-02-10T00:00:00 body: CSL type: Council Meeting council: Economic and Financial Affairs ECOFIN meeting_id: 2922
  • date: 2009-03-16T00:00:00 body: EP committees: body: EP responsible: True committee: CONT date: 2008-03-26T00:00:00 committee_full: Budgetary Control rapporteur: group: PPE-DE name: FJELLNER Christofer body: EP responsible: False committee: TRAN date: 2008-10-07T00:00:00 committee_full: Transport and Tourism rapporteur: group: Verts/ALE name: CRAMER Michael type: Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • date: 2009-03-20T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A6-2009-167&language=EN type: Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading title: A6-0167/2009 body: EP type: Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
  • date: 2009-04-21T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?secondRef=TOC&language=EN&reference=20090421&type=CRE type: Debate in Parliament title: Debate in Parliament body: EP type: Debate in Parliament
  • date: 2009-04-23T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/sda.do?id=16979&l=en type: Results of vote in Parliament title: Results of vote in Parliament url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P6-TA-2009-298 type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading title: T6-0298/2009 body: EP type: Results of vote in Parliament
  • date: 2009-09-26T00:00:00 type: Final act published in Official Journal docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=MOTION&reference=B[%g]-2009-669&language=EN title: Budget 2009/669 url: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:255:SOM:EN:HTML title: OJ L 255 26.09.2009, p. 0172
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