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Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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Lead | CONT | STAVRAKAKIS Georgios (S&D) | MACOVEI Monica Luisa (PPE), GERBRANDY Gerben-Jan (ALDE), STAES Bart (Verts/ALE), SØNDERGAARD Søren Bo (GUE/NGL) |
Opinion | TRAN | UGGIAS Giommaria (ALDE) |
Activites
- 2011/09/27 Final act published in Official Journal
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2011/05/10
Results of vote in Parliament
- Results of vote in Parliament
- Debate in Parliament
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T7-0176/2011
summary
The European Parliament adopted by 517 votes to 78, with 41 abstentions a decision to grant discharge to the Executive Director of the European Railway Agency for implementation of the Agency's budget for the financial year 2009.Noting that the Agency’s annual accounts for the financial year 2009 are reliable, and the underlying transactions are legal and regular, Parliament approves the closure of the Agency’s accounts. However, it makes a number of recommendations that need to be taken into account when the discharge is granted (in addition to the general recommendations that appear in the resolution on financial management and control of EU agencies - see DEC/2010/2271):performance: Parliament considers, once again, that the fact that the Agency carries out its activities at two locations (Valenciennes and Lille) exposes it to additional costs. It notes that this observation has been made since 2006 and that no measures have been taken by the Council to amend the Decision of 13 December 2003 requiring the Agency to have a dual headquarters;carryover of appropriations: Parliament regrets that the Agency has yet again failed to address the problem of appropriations being carried forward from one year to the next. The carryover of 41% of Title II credits (property, data processing and other administrative costs) and 61% of Title III (operational expenditure) represent a serious breach of the budgetary principle of annuality and demonstrate delays in the implementation of the Agency’s activities. Parliament calls on the Agency to deal with this issue, as well as for an improvement in the situation as regards cancellations and delays in procurement procedures (given that this situation has also persisted since 2006);shortcomings in the management of the fixed assets: Parliament regrets the shortcomings in the management of the fixed assets' inventory identified by the Court of Auditors but notes the Agency's assurance that this will be remedied. It considers that uncertainty about the location of fixed assets is another illustration of the problems and additional costs arising from using two sites; human resources: Parliament notes that the Agency's Annual Activity Report (AAR) provides only limited information on the planning, allocation and use of human resources and considers that this deficiency could affect the stakeholders' view on the Agency's use of its staff. It also notes that the Agency does not have a consolidated manual on different rules, instructions and guidelines governing staff recruitment. This deficiency could lead to differences in the processing and managing of individual recruitments, thus compromising the principle of equal treatment of candidates.
- 2011/04/06 Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
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2011/03/21
Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
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2010/10/07
Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
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2010/07/20
Non-legislative basic document published
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SEC(2010)0963
summary
PURPOSE: presentation by the Commission of the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2009, as part of the 2009 discharge procedure.Analysis of the accounts of the European Railway Agency (ERA)CONTENT: this Commission document sets out the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2009 as prepared on the basis of the information presented by the institutions, organisations and bodies of the EU, in accordance with Article 129 (2) of the Financial Regulation applicable to the EU’s General Budget, including the European Railway Agency (ERA).In 2009, the tasks and budget of this agency were as follows:description of ERA’s tasks: ERA, which is located in Lille-Valenciennes, was created by Regulation (EC) No 881/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004. The Agency’s aim is to enhance the level of interoperability of railway systems and to develop a common approach to safety in order to contribute to creating a more competitive European railway sector with a high level of safety;ERA’s budget for the 2009 financial year: the Agency’s 2009 budget amounted to EUR 21 million, compared with EUR 18 million the previous year. The number of staff employed by the Agency at the end of the year was 127, compared with 113 the previous year. The complete version of ERA’s final accounts may be found at the following address: http://www.era.europa.eu
- DG {'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/budget/', 'title': 'Budget'}, ŠEMETA Algirdas
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SEC(2010)0963
summary
Documents
- Non-legislative basic document published: SEC(2010)0963
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A7-0125/2011
- Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T7-0176/2011
- : Decision 2011/590
- : OJ L 250 27.09.2011, p. 0191
Amendments | Dossier |
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2010/2180(DEC)
2011/02/02
TRAN
7 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Requests that a report be attached to each year’s budget on the unspent appropriations carried over from previous years, explaining why those monies have not been used and how and when they will be used;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Notes that the lack of a centralised system for registering incoming invoices contributed significantly to the delays in processing payments;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Regrets the shortcomings in the management of the fixed assets inventory identified by the Court but notes the Agency's assurance that this will be remedied in the 2010 accounts;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Considers that, when the remit of the European Railway Agency is next reviewed, it should be decided that, in order for the Agency to function efficiently and in order to make responsible use of the funds made available to the Agency, the Agency should have a single seat and conference centre;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Proposes
source: PE-456.835
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