Procedure completed
Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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Lead | CONT | MACOVEI Monica (PPE) | HERCZOG Edit (S&D), GERBRANDY Gerben-Jan (ALDE), STAES Bart (Verts/ALE), CZARNECKI Ryszard (ECR), SØNDERGAARD Søren Bo (GUE/NGL), ANDREASEN Marta (EFD), EHRENHAUSER Martin (NI) |
Opinion | EMPL | ŐRY Csaba (PPE) |
Activites
- 2012/10/17 Final act published in Official Journal
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2012/05/10
Results of vote in Parliament
- Results of vote in Parliament
- Debate in Parliament
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T7-0183/2012
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The European Parliament adopted a decision to grant discharge to the Director of the European Foundation for Living and Working Conditions (EUROFOUND) in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2010. This decision also approves the closure of the Agency’s accounts. Noting that the Court of Auditors stated that it has obtained reasonable assurances that the annual accounts of the Foundation for the financial year 2010 are reliable and that the underlying transactions are legal and regular, Parliament adopted a resolution containing a series of recommendations that need to be taken into account when the discharge is granted, in addition to the general recommendations that appear in the draft resolution on performance, financial management and control of EU agencies. These recommendations may be summarised as follows: Budget and Financial management: Parliament notes from its AAR that the Foundation had an execution rate of 98 % in terms of committed appropriations. It also notes that the utilisation of appropriations carried over from 2009 to 2010 amounted to 96.1 % in payment terms compared to 94.2 % in 2009; Performance: Members underline that the main activity of the Foundation is to contribute to the establishment of better living and working conditions by increasing and disseminating knowledge relevant to this subject through networks and surveys. They observe that 68 % of the Foundation's staff is allocated to these operative activities while the rest of staff is allocated to administrative tasks. They consider it therefore of high importance for the discharge authority to assess the efficiency and the effectiveness of the surveys' management process in the Foundation. However, there are a few weaknesses in the Foundation’s activities. They therefore call on the Foundation to put in place written procedures describing its core activities; Foundation's Advisory Committees: Parliament notes that the Foundation's Advisory Committees, responsible for the Governing Board giving input to the preparation and evaluation phases of surveys, do not have Terms of Reference nor Rules of Procedure for the organisation of their meetings. It considers that these deficiencies may lead to a misunderstanding of the roles and responsibilities of the Advisory Committees with detrimental effects on the preparation of the surveys. They call therefore on the Foundation to address this situation and inform the discharge authority on the measures taken in this respect; Internal audit: Members note that the Internal Audit Service (IAS) was not able to perform certain checks due to a limited availability of key Foundation staff during the audit engagement and incomplete documentation of the surveys management. They therefore call on the Foundation to take immediate steps in this regard and to inform the discharge authority of the measures taken.
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2012/04/04
Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
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A7-0116/2012
summary
The Committee on Budgetary Control adopted the report by Monica Luisa MACOVEI (EPP, RO) on discharge to be granted to the Director of the European Foundation for Living and Working Conditions (EUROFOUND) in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2010. Noting that the Court of Auditors stated that it has obtained reasonable assurances that the annual accounts of the Foundation for the financial year 2010 are reliable and that the underlying transactions are legal and regular, Members approve the closure of the Foundation’s accounts. However, they make 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 draft resolution on performance, financial management and control of EU agencies: Budget and Financial management: Members note from its AAR that the Foundation had an execution rate of 98 % in terms of committed appropriations. They also note that the utilisation of appropriations carried over from 2009 to 2010 amounted to 96,1 % in payment terms compared to 94,2 % in 2009; Performance: Members underline that the main activity of the Foundation is to contribute to the establishment of better living and working conditions by increasing and disseminating knowledge relevant to this subject through networks and surveys. They observe that 68 % of the Foundation's staff is allocated to these operative activities while the rest of staff is allocated to administrative tasks. They consider it therefore of high importance for the discharge authority to assess the efficiency and the effectiveness of the surveys' management process in the Foundation. However, there are a few weaknesses in the Foundation’s activities. They therefore call on the Foundation to put in place written procedures describing its core activities; Internal audit: Members note that the Internal Audit Service (IAS) was not able to perform certain checks due to a limited availability of key Foundation staff during the audit engagement and incomplete documentation of the surveys management. They therefore call on the Foundation to take immediate steps in this regard and to inform the discharge authority of the measures taken.
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A7-0116/2012
summary
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2012/03/27
Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
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2011/10/12
Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
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2011/07/26
Non-legislative basic document published
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COM(2011)0473
summary
PURPOSE: presentation by the Commission of the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2010, as part of the 2010 discharge procedure. Analysis of the accounts of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (EUROFOUND). CONTENT: this Commission document sets out the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2010 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 Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (EUROFOUND). In 2010, the tasks and budget of this agency were as follows: description of the Agency's tasks: the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, which is located in Dublin, was set up by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1365/75. Its aim is to contribute to the planning and establishment of better living and working conditions in the Union by increasing and disseminating knowledge which is relevant to this subject; the foundation's budget for the 2010 financial year: the Foundation's 2010 budget amounted to EUR 20.8 million, compared with EUR 20.2 million the previous year. The number of staff employed by the Foundation at the end of the year was 101, as compared with 94 the previous year. The complete version of the Foundation's final accounts may be found at the following address: http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/about/publicaccess/categories/finance/index.htm
- DG {'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/budget/', 'title': 'Budget'}, ŠEMETA Algirdas
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COM(2011)0473
summary
Documents
- Non-legislative basic document published: COM(2011)0473
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A7-0116/2012
- Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T7-0183/2012
- : Decision 2012/592
- : OJ L 286 17.10.2012, p. 0258
Amendments | Dossier |
11 |
2011/2214(DEC)
2012/03/07
CONT
11 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10.
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 – subparagraph 1 Notes from the Foundation's Annual Activity Report that the three
Amendment 2 #
Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 3 #
Proposal for a decision 2 Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 4 #
Proposal for a decision 2 Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – indent 4 – for staff selection procedures no evidence was found that thresholds which the candidates had to meet for invitation to interviews and for being part of the reserve list
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – indent 4 – for staff selection procedures no evidence was found that thresholds which the candidates had to meet for invitation to interviews and for being part of the reserve list
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Takes note from entries in its Annual Accounts that the Foundation published an amended budget totalling EUR 20 848 000 very close to the year end 2010;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Takes note from entries in its Annual Accounts that the Foundation published an amended budget totalling EUR 20 848 000 very close to the year end 2010;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Underlines that the main activity of the Foundation is to contribute to the establishment of better living and working conditions by increasing and disseminating knowledge relevant to this subject through networks and surveys;
source: PE-483.628
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