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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 | TRAN | FLECKENSTEIN Knut (S&D) |
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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T7-0169/2012
summary
The European Parliament adopted a decision to grant discharge to the Executive Director of the European Aviation Safety Agency in respect of the implementation of the Agency's 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: Budget and Financial Management: Members recall that two-thirds of the Agency's budget comes from fees and charges paid by the industry, one third comes from Union subsidies, and the initial Union contribution to the Agency for 2010 amounted to EUR 32 879 000; Procurement procedure: Parliament notes that 23 high value tendering procedures covering both operational and administrative needs were managed throughout 2010. It notes that for two large procurement procedures, the evaluation method did not allow tenders offering the best financial bid to achieve the highest price score. It calls on the Agency to further take adequate measures in order to avoid deficiencies that put at risk the transparency of the procurement process as well as the principle of sound financial management; Human resources: Parliament notes, once more, the discharge authority found deficiencies in staff selection procedures which put at risk the transparency of these procedures. It acknowledges from the Court of Auditors that there was no evidence that thresholds for being invited to interview or being put on the reserve list had been defined before the examination of the applications started. It notes that this could be to cover up a situation of nepotism or conflict of interest and ask that everything be done in order to avoid conflicts of interest. Members call on the Commission to ensure that the Agency applies Union rules correctly. They stress that the impact of these deficiencies is even more crucial when considering that the objectives of the Agency are as follows: issuing certification specifications, taking decisions regarding airworthiness and environmental certification and conducting standardisation inspections of the competent authorities in the Member States. They remind the Agency of the importance of ensuring adequate training and qualification criteria for inspection teams and team leaders; Conflict of interest: Parliament notes that the Agency’s technical staff members need to be commonly recruited from national aviation authorities and the aviation industry. It understands that the staff members must have sufficient and up-to-date technical experience of working in the field of aviation to perform a technical check of documents demonstrating compliance for the purposes of ensuring an adequate level of aviation safety as requested by the applicable Union legislation. It is concerned however that this situation could cause conflicts of interest if a staff member recruited from an aircraft manufacturer works and takes decisions at the Agency on the certification of the aircraft he/she used to work on while employed by the manufacturer and, if not detected and adequately managed, could result in a conflict of interest situation. Members state that the Agency is in the process of setting up an Agency-wide policy in the area of codes of conduct including identification, prevention, monitoring and dealing with the consequences of potential conflict of interest cases which will help the Agency to further improve the identification and handling of conflict of interests situations in such a way that aviation safety is not put at risk at any time. They call on the Agency to take duly into consideration the professional background of its staff members in order to avoid any conflict of interest and consider that the Agency's conflicts of interest policy should set out to which extent and under which conditions an Agency employee can be involved in the certification of an aircraft on which they worked prior to joining the Agency. Moreover, they call on the Agency to adopt effective processes that duly address potential cases of allegations of conflicts of interest within the Agency and call on the Agency to publish on its website the declaration of interests and professional background of its experts, management staff, Management Board members and of any other persons whose activities are related to the certification process; Standardisation inspections process: Parliament calls on the Agency to further improve the documentation of inspection planning and inspection programming. It reminds the Agency of the importance of documenting the risk assessment and criteria used when establishing its inspection planning in order to justify its internal decision-making process for cases presenting significant deficiencies affecting Union citizens' safety; Internal audit: Parliament acknowledges that several "very important" recommendations from the Internal Audit Service (IAS) aimed at reducing outstanding risks to the Agency are still open and are currently under review by the IAS. The Agency is called upon to improve this situation.
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2012/04/11
Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
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A7-0124/2012
summary
The Committee on Budgetary Control adopted the report by Monica Luisa MACOVEI (EPP, RO) on discharge to be granted to the Executive Director of the European Aviation Safety Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency's budget for the financial year 2010. Noting the Court of Auditors stated that it has obtained reasonable assurances that the annual accounts of the European Aviation Safety Agency 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: Budget and Financial Management: Members call on the Agency to further take adequate measures in order to avoid deficiencies that put at risk the transparency of the procurement process as well as the principle of sound financial management; Procurement procedure: Members notes that 23 high value tendering procedures covering both operational and administrative needs were managed throughout 2010. They note that for two large procurement procedures, the evaluation method did not allow tenders offering the best financial bid to achieve the highest price score. They call on the Agency to further take adequate measures in order to avoid deficiencies that put at risk the transparency of the procurement process as well as the principle of sound financial management; Human resources: Members note, once more, the discharge authority found deficiencies in staff selection procedures which put at risk the transparency of these procedures. They acknowledge from the Court of Auditors that there was no evidence that thresholds for being invited to interview or being put on the reserve list had been defined before the examination of the applications started. They note that this could be to cover up a situation of nepotism or conflict of interest and ask that everything be done in order to avoid conflicts of interest. They call on the Commission to ensure that the Agency applies Union rules correctly. Members stress that the impact of these deficiencies is even more crucial when considering that the objectives of the Agency are as follows: issuing certification specifications, taking decisions regarding airworthiness and environmental certification and conducting standardisation inspections of the competent authorities in the Member States. They remind the Agency of the importance of ensuring adequate training and qualification criteria for inspection teams and team leaders; Conflict of interest: Members note that the Agency’s technical staff members need to be commonly recruited from national aviation authorities and the aviation industry. They understand that the staff members must have sufficient and up-to-date technical experience of working in the field of aviation to perform a technical check of documents demonstrating compliance for the purposes of ensuring an adequate level of aviation safety as requested by the applicable Union legislation. They are concerned however that this situation could cause conflicts of interest if a staff member recruited from an aircraft manufacturer works and takes decisions at the Agency on the certification of the aircraft he/she used to work on while employed by the manufacturer and, if not detected and adequately managed, could result in a conflict of interest situation. Members state that the Agency is in the process of setting up an Agency-wide policy in the area of codes of conduct including identification, prevention, monitoring and dealing with the consequences of potential conflict of interest cases which will help the Agency to further improve the identification and handling of conflict of interests situations in such a way that aviation safety is not put at risk at any time. They call on the Agency to take duly into consideration the professional background of its staff members in order to avoid any conflict of interest and consider that the Agency's conflicts of interest policy should set out to which extent and under which conditions an Agency employee can be involved in the certification of an aircraft on which they worked prior to joining the Agency. Moreover, they call on the Agency to adopt effective processes that duly address potential cases of allegations of conflicts of interest within the Agency and call on the Agency to publish on its website the declaration of interests and professional background of its experts, management staff, Management Board members and of any other persons whose activities are related to the certification process; Standardisation inspections process: Members call on the Agency to further improve the documentation of inspection planning and inspection programming. They remind the Agency of the importance of documenting the risk assessment and criteria used when establishing its inspection planning in order to justify its internal decision-making process for cases presenting significant deficiencies affecting Union citizens' safety; Internal audit: Members acknowledge that several "very important" recommendations from the Internal Audit Service (IAS) aimed at reducing outstanding risks to the Agency are still open and are currently under review by the IAS. The Agency is called upon to improve this situation.
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A7-0124/2012
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 Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). 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 Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). In 2010, the tasks and budget of this agency were as follows: description of EASA's tasks: EASA, which is located in Cologne, was established by Regulation (EC) No 1592/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 July 2002. The Agency's tasks are to maintain a high level of civil aviation safety, to ensure the proper development of civil aviation safety, to establish certification specifications and to provide certification of aeronautical products; EASA's budget for the 2010 financial year: the Agency's 2010 budget amounted to EUR 137 million, compared with EUR 122 million the previous year. The number of staff employed by the Agency at the end of the year was 578 (temporary and contractual), as compared with 509 the previous year. The complete version of EASA's final accounts may be found at the following address: http://easa.europa.eu/financial-regulation-budget-and-accounts.php
- 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: A7-0124/2012
- Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T7-0169/2012
- : Decision 2012/570
- : OJ L 286 17.10.2012, p. 0175
Amendments | Dossier |
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2011/2224(DEC)
2012/01/12
TRAN
3 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Stresses the importance of transparency in procurement and staff selection procedures;
source: PE-478.687
2012/03/07
CONT
43 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Calls
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 – introductory part 10. Acknowledges, in particular, from the Court of Auditors that, for two large procurement procedures, the evaluation method
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 – indent 2 - A Framework Contract of maximum four years for studies on aircraft engine certification requirements and standards with a maximum value of EUR 2 500 000 for which the awarded contractor did not complete all cost elements in its application;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 – indent 2 - A Framework Contract of maximum four years for studies on aircraft engine certification requirements and standards amounting to EUR 2 500 000, for which the awarded contractor did not complete all cost elements in its application;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 – subparagraph 1 Notes that the Agency replied that no negative impact on the outcome was to be reported and
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the Agency to
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the Agency to
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the Agency to
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12.
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12.
Amendment 2 #
Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13.
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13.
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Notes the Agency's reply to the Court that it has written in its guidelines for panel members the minimum threshold which candidates have to meet in order to be
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Reminds the Agency of the importance of ensuring adequate training and qualification criteria for inspection teams and team leaders;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Notes that the Agency's technical staff members
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Notes that the Agency's staff members are commonly recruited from national aviation authorities and the aviation industry; understands that the staff members must have sufficient and up-to- date technical experience of working in the field of aviation to perform a technical verification of compliance demonstration
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Notes that the Agency's technical staff members
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Calls on the Agency to take duly into consideration the professional background of its staff members in order to avoid any conflict of interest; is of the opinion that
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Calls on the Agency to take duly into consideration the professional background of its staff members in order to avoid any conflict of interest; is of the opinion that
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Calls on the Agency to take duly into consideration the professional background of its staff members in order to avoid any conflict of interest; is of the opinion that an Agency employee should not be involved, even in teams, in the certification of an aircraft on which they worked prior to joining the Agency;
Amendment 3 #
Proposal for a decision 2 Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18.
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18.
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Urges the Agency to inform the discharge authority and the Commission of such cases of conflict of interest and to immediately appoint an independent expert/staff member to verify the decisions taken in these cases; also calls on the Agency to publish on its website the declaration of interests and professional background for its experts, management staff, Management Board members and of any other persons whose activities are related to the certification process; indicates that the Agency should follow the OECD guidelines in the area of conflict of interest;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18 a. Noting that the Agency is involved in decisions of vital importance for all citizens and taking into account its exposure due to its importance to industry, the discharge authority is looking forward to receive and discuss the findings and recommendations from the Special Report on conflict of interest situations to be released by the Court of Auditors before the end of June 2012;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19.
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Calls
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23.
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 – introductory part 24.
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 – indent 2 - Reducing the length of the reporting and implementing timeframe, where feasible,
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 – indent 4 -
Amendment 4 #
Proposal for a decision 2 Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Calls moreover on the Agency to classify, monitor and follow up its inspection findings classified as
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Acknowledges that several
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Acknowledges that several
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 27. Notes in particular that in 2010 the IAS performed an audit on the Standardisation Inspection Process in order to assess and provide an independent assurance on the internal control system related to the standardisation inspection process in the Agency, in order to monitor the application
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Recalls that two-thirds from the Agency's budget come from fees and charges paid by the industry, one-third comes from Union subsidy and the initial European Union contribution to the Agency for 2010 amounted to EUR 32 879 000; notes however that EUR 1 318 000, coming from the recovery of surplus, was added to it which, as a result, makes a total European Union contribution of EUR 34 197 000 for 2010;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Recalls that two-thirds from the Agency's budget come from fees and charges paid by the industry, one-third comes from Union subsidy and the initial European Union contribution to the Agency for 2010 amounted to EUR 32 879 000; notes however that EUR 1 318 000, coming from the recovery of surplus, was added to it which, as a result, makes a total European Union contribution of EUR 34 197 000 for 2010;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Notes that under Article 3 of Commission Regulation N°593/2007 of 31 May 2007 on the fees and charges levied by the European Aviation Safety Agency
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Notes that under Article 3 of Commission Regulation N° 593/2007 of 31 May 2007 on the fees and charges levied by the European Aviation Safety Agency
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Calls
source: PE-483.623
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