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 | LIBE | BUSUTTIL Simon (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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T7-0186/2012
summary
The European Parliament adopted a decision to grant discharge to the Director of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights 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 Agency 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: Budgetary and financial management: Parliament notes that the implementation rate of the Union contribution followed the previous year's trend and remained at 100 %, and that the budget execution rate in terms of payments reached 61.65 % in 2010 compared to 60.64 % in 2009. It therefore calls on the Agency to make further efforts and to take appropriate actions to ensure a greater level of budget execution in terms of payment. It notes with concern that under Title III (Operational expenditure) the budget execution rate in terms of payments reached only 28.08%; Carryover appropriations and transfers: Parliament urges the Agency to improve its budgetary implementation planning in order to reduce its high level of carryovers (EUR 6.9 million) with a concentration of spending in the final weeks of the year. It notes with concern the Court of Auditors' comment on the commitment of 48 % of the operational expenditure in the last month of 2010 and on the high level of carryovers as a consequence. It calls on the Agency to take measures to avoid this situation in the future. The agency is invited to take the necessary steps to determine and resolve the main obstacles related to budget expenditure, project funding, recruitment, and legal and administrative constraints, in order to ensure the efficient management of its budget; Human resources: Parliament notes with concern the delay in completing recruitment procedures, meaning that only 59 out of 72 posts could be filled during 2010 and calls on the Agency to take all necessary steps to prevent a recurrence of this situation. It is particularly concerned about the allegations of harassment of staff and calls on the Agency to address those allegations adequately; Internal audit: lastly, Parliament notes that, according to information provided by the Agency, the Internal Audit Service (IAS) performed an audit on planning and monitoring in March 2011 and formulated certain recommendations some of which were considered “important”. It calls for these recommendations to be addressed.
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2012/04/11
Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
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A7-0122/2012
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 Union Agency for Fundamental Rights 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 European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights for the financial year 2010 are reliable and that the underlying transactions are legal and regular, Members approve the closure of the Agency’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: Budgetary and financial management: Members note that the implementation rate of the Union contribution followed the previous year's trend and remained at 100 %, and that the budget execution rate in terms of payments reached 61.65 % in 2010 compared to 60.64 % in 2009. They, therefore call on the Agency to make further efforts and to take appropriate actions to ensure a greater level of budget execution in terms of payment; Carryover appropriations and transfers: Members urge the Agency to improve its budgetary implementation planning in order to reduce its high level of carryovers (EUR 6.9 million) with a concentration of spending in the final weeks of the year. They note with concern the Court of Auditors' comment on the commitment of 48 % of the operational expenditure in the last month of 2010 and on the high level of carryovers as a consequence. They call on the Agency to take measures to avoid this situation in the future; Human resources: Members note with concern the delay in completing recruitment procedures, meaning that only 59 out of 72 posts could be filled during 2010 and call on the Agency to take all necessary steps to prevent a recurrence of this situation. They are particularly concerned about the allegations of harassment of staff and call on the Agency to address those allegations adequately; Internal audit: lastly, Members note that, according to information provided by the Agency, the Internal Audit Service (IAS) performed an audit on planning and monitoring in March 2011 and formulated certain recommendations some of which were considered “important”. They call for these recommendations to be addressed.
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A7-0122/2012
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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
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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 Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA). 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 Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA). In 2010, the tasks and budget of this agency were as follows: description of FRA's tasks: the Agency, which is located in Vienna, was established by Council Regulation (EC) No 168/2007. Its main objective is to provide the relevant authorities of the Union and its Member States with assistance and expertise when implementing Union law relating to fundamental rights. FRA's budget for the 2010 financial year: the Agency's 20 10 budget amounted to EUR 20.2 million, compared with EUR 17.2million the previous year. The number of staff employed by the Agency at the end of the year was 90, as compared to 77 in the previous year. The complete version of FRA's final accounts may be found at the following address: http://fra.europa.eu/fraWebsite/about_fra/what_we_do/finance/finance_en.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: A7-0122/2012
- Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T7-0186/2012
- : Decision 2012/598
- : OJ L 286 17.10.2012, p. 0281
Amendments | Dossier |
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2011/2215(DEC)
2012/01/31
LIBE
3 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Notes with concern the Court of Auditors' comment on the commitment of 48 % of the operational expenditure in the last month of 2010 and on the high level of carryovers as a consequence; supports the efforts of the Agency to avoid this situation in the future, namely by planning its activities two years in advance and setting objectives during the course of the year in respect of budget implementation; calls on the Agency to ensure that its budget planning allows for ad hoc requests by the Parliament; notes that almost all amounts carried over to 2011 were used, leading to a final 2010 outturn of 98.55 %;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Invites the Agency to take the necessary steps to determine and resolve the main obstacles related to budget expenditure, project funding, recruitment, and legal and administrative constraints, in order to ensure the efficient management of its budget;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Notes with concern the delay in completing recruitment procedures, meaning that only 59 out of 72 posts could be filled during 2010; calls on the Agency to take all necessary steps to avoid this situation from occurring again; notes with concern the allegations of harassment of staff and the lawsuit that has been filed; requires the Agency to address those allegations adequately; calls on the Agency to clarify the treatment of whistleblowers and to provide a written report to Parliament on the application of the rules in place to protect whistleblowers;
source: PE-480.762
2012/03/07
CONT
10 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15.
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 4 4. Ascertains from the Agency that the implementation rate of the Union contribution followed last year's trend and remained at 100 %
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Welcomes the Agency's
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Welcomes the Agency's ICT software development for project management (i.e. MATRIX) that constitutes an effective computer-aided tool for setting up project plans and documenting them in a uniform manner and for implementing and managing projects, which, based on the IAS audit on planning and monitoring of March 2011, was indicated as best practice and strength; welcomes as well the Agency's initiative to link MATRIX with ABAC, the budgetary system, in order to provide information on the level of commitment and payment appropriations execution;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Urges the Agency to improve its budgetary implementation planning in order to reduce its high level of carry- forwards – EUR 6 900 000; notes in particular from the Court of Auditors that the Agency committed 48 %, i.e. EUR 4 600 000, of its annual Title III (operational expenditure) in December 2010; is of the opinion that such concentration of spending in the final weeks of the year has a significant impact on the level of carryovers and indicates a clear need to improve the Agency's budgetary implementation planning; notes from the Agency that it has recently adopted a budget module which should enable it to plan annually its level of carryovers;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Acknowledges from the General Report that the Agency adopted a Code of good administrative behaviour which
source: PE-483.633
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