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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T7-0187/2012
summary
The European Parliament adopted a decision concerning the discharge to be granted to the Executive Director of the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union (FRONTEX) in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for 2010. The decision to grant the discharge also closes the accounts for the Agency for that year. Noting that the Court of Auditors stated that it has obtained reasonable assurances that the annual accounts for the financial year 2010 are reliable and that the underlying transactions are legal and regular, Parliament adopted a resolution containing 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 performance, financial management and control of EU agencies: Budget and Financial Management: Parliament notes that the level of payments of the 2010 budget improved from 61 % in 2009 to 69 % in 2010. Moreover it notes from the Agency that the payment levels for the 2010 operational budget reached 79 % compared with 65 % in 2009. Parliament notes that the Agency only used 69% of payment appropriations in 2010 and that there have been significant carryovers since 2006. Whilst taking note of the justifications given by the Agency, namely the need to ensure continuity in the Agency's operational activities and to allocate funds for deployment in the first quarter of the following year, it reiterates that the practice of carryovers of appropriations should be strongly curtailed and should not hamper sound financial management practices. It requests that the Agency follow the principle of annuality in the future. It also wonders whether it would not be more responsible for the budgetary authorities to take greater care in the future when deciding on increases in the Agency's budget in the light of the time needed to carry out new activities. Public procurement and grants: Parliament notes that according to the Final Accounts, the Agency has two ongoing litigation cases related to tender procedures and that the applicants have claimed damages for a total amount of EUR 10 794 806. It urges the Agency to regularly inform the discharge authority of developments in these two cases. Performance: Parliament calls on the Agency to develop further coherence in the strategic and annual planning of its operations. It notes, in fact, that the objectives of the Annual Work Programme (AWP) for 2010 are not clearly linked with those for 2010 in the Multi-Annual Plan 2010-2013. It notes that discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Agency should continue to be based on its performance throughout the year. Internal audit: Parliament acknowledges that in 2010 the Internal Audit Service (IAS) performed an audit on operational planning and that the IAS still needs to review the Agency's implementation of seven "very important" recommendations from the IAS's previous audit. They call on the Agency to implement the recommendations.
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2012/04/12
Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
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A7-0133/2012
summary
The Committee on Budgetary Control adopted the report by Monica Luisa MACOVEI (PPE, RO) on discharge in respect of the budget of the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union (FRONTEX) and called on the European Parliament to grant the Executive Director of the Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency's budget for the financial year 2010. Noting that the Court of Auditors stated that it has obtained reasonable assurances that the annual accounts 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 note that the Agency only used 69% of payment appropriations in 2010 and that there have been significant carryovers since 2006; Whilst taking note of the justifications given by the Agency, namely the need to ensure continuity in the Agency's operational activities and to allocate funds for deployment in the first quarter of the following year, the committee reiterates that the practice of carryovers of appropriations should be strongly curtailed and should not hamper sound financial management practices. It requests that the Agency follow the principle of annuality in the future. It also wonders whether it would not be more responsible for the budgetary authorities to take greater care in the future when deciding on increases in the Agency's budget in the light of the time needed to carry out new activities. Public procurement and grants: Members note that according to the Final Accounts, the Agency has two ongoing litigation cases related to tender procedures and that the applicants have claimed damages for a total amount of EUR 10 794 806. They urge the Agency to regularly inform the discharge authority of developments in these two cases. Performance: the committee calls on the Agency to develop further coherence in the strategic and annual planning of its operations. It notes, in fact, that the objectives of the Annual Work Programme (AWP) for 2010 are not clearly linked with those for 2010 in the Multi-Annual Plan 2010-2013. It notes that discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Agency should continue to be based on its performance throughout the year. Internal audit: Members acknowledge that in 2010 the Internal Audit Service (IAS) performed an audit on operational planning and that the IAS still needs to review the Agency's implementation of seven "very important" recommendations from the IAS's previous audit. They call on the Agency to implement the recommendations.
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A7-0133/2012
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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
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 Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Members States (FRONTEX). 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 Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Members States (FRONTEX). In 2010, the tasks and budget of this agency were as follows: description of the Agency's tasks: FRONTEX, which is located in Warsaw, was established in 2004 by Regulation (EC) No 2007/2004. The Agency's main task is to coordinate Member States' activities in the field of the management of external borders (support for operational cooperation, technical and operational assistance, risk analysis); FRONTEX budget for the 2010 financial year: the Agency's budget for 2010 amounted to EUR 93 million, (compared to EUR 89 million the previous year). The number of staff employed by the Agency at the end of the year was 279 as compared with 226 the previous year. The complete version of the Agency's final accounts may be found at the following address: http://www.frontex.europa.eu/budget_and_finance
- DG {'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/budget/', 'title': 'Budget'}, ŠEMETA Algirdas
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COM(2011)0473
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Documents
- Non-legislative basic document published: COM(2011)0473
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A7-0133/2012
- Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T7-0187/2012
- : Decision 2012/600
- : OJ L 286 17.10.2012, p. 0288
Amendments | Dossier |
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2011/2231(DEC)
2012/01/31
LIBE
7 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Notes the very high level of carryovers, representing 28 % of the budget of the Agency; takes note of the justifications given by the Agency, namely the need to ensure continuity in the Agency's operational activities and to allocate funds for deployment in the first quarter of the following year; reiterates that the practice of carryovers of appropriations should be strongly curtailed and should not hamper sound financial management practices;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Underlines the connection between the disproportionate level of carryovers and the considerable increase in the budget of the Agency, and the unused funds in successive years by the Agency; calls on the Agency to fully inform Parliament of the destination of these unused funds;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Asks that the Court of Auditors, in its report on the annual accounts of the Agency for the financial year 2011, assesses in greater detail the operations' budget expenditure in relation to the objectives pursued by the Agency and its achievements;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Notes the progress made in validating the Agency's accounting system and
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Notes that discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Agency should continue to be based on
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Questions the repeated requests to increase the Agency's budget when the Agency is not reducing, significantly and quickly, the high levels of budgetary carryovers and unused funds allocated to it.
source: PE-480.753
2012/03/07
CONT
6 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1.
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 5 5. Is concerned that the Court of Auditors has reported carryovers since 2006; notes in particular that for the year 2010 an amount of EUR 26 500 000, representing 28 % of the available budget, was carried forward to 2011 and that only EUR 12 000 000 of this amount was matched by
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6.
source: PE-483.615
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