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 | ENVI | HAUG Jutta (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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T7-0171/2012
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The European Parliament adopted a decision concerning the granting of discharge to the Executive Director of the European Chemicals 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 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 acknowledges from the Agency that the Agency is financed through fees paid by industry for registrations of chemical substances and by a potential Union contribution. Since 2010, the Agency is fully self-financing. However, there is scope for its Financial Regulation to be revised to include a mechanism for retaining surplus from the Agency's revenue to finance its future activities. Parliament takes note of the Agency's reply which states that it will include a proposal for a mechanism to manage surplus revenue in the upcoming review of its Financial Regulation, and that the Agency has cash reserves for asset management at the European Investment Bank and the Central Bank of Finland; Carryover of appropriations: Parliament establishes that the carryovers commitment and payment appropriations, of more than EUR 12 million mainly relate to IT costs for support to operations as well as general administration. It also establishes that more than EUR 2 million was cancelled. Members feel that further efforts are needed. Furthermore, as the Agency works with non-dissociated credits in all its Titles, it is unrealistic to expect that all operations budgeted for one calendar year could both be committed and paid up within the same budgetary year, especially for project-type operational expenditure (e.g. IT systems developments). Conflict of interests: bearing in mind that the Agency is involved in decisions of high importance for consumers, and taking into account its exposure due to its importance to industry, Parliament is looking forward to receiving and discussing the findings and recommendations of the Special Report of the Court of Auditors on conflict of interest situations to be released before the end of June 2012. It considers that, after the initial build-up phase with a focus on procedures, the Agency needs to ensure that its budget and staff are allocated in a way that allows it to deliver fully on substance, in particular regarding evaluation, restrictions and authorisation; Internal audit: Parliament considers that the Agency has improved its administrative processes (including financial circuits) and its operational workflow. It notes that the Internal Audit Capability performed two assurance internal audits in 2010: one on “Staff back-up Process” and the other one on “Fee Invoicing Process”; Performance: Parliament notes that around the end of 2010, two important deadlines passed for REACH and the Classification, Labelling and Packaging Regulation. It welcomes, therefore, the fact that the Agency successfully managed to handle the reception and processing of 25 000 registration dossiers on 4 300 chemical substances that are either commonly used in Europe or are the most hazardous and of over 3 million notifications for over 100 000 substances that are classified and have to be labelled to protect the user. It welcomes the Agency’s initiatives for enhancing its customer focus and feedback procedures, and is generally satisfied with the successful operation of the Agency in implementing the Union’s chemicals' legislation; Role of coordinator of the network of agencies: lastly, Parliament commends the Agency on its effective work as coordinator of the network of agencies during the 2010 discharge procedure.
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2012/04/11
Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
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A7-0126/2012
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 Chemicals Agency (ECHA) 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 observe that, according to the Court of Auditors, the Agency in 2010 the Agency became fully self-financing but that there is scope for its Financial Regulation to be revised to include a mechanism for retaining surplus from the Agency's revenue to finance its future activities. They take note of the Agency's reply which states that it will include a proposal for a mechanism to manage surplus revenue in the upcoming review of its Financial Regulation, and that the Agency has cash reserves for asset management at the European Investment Bank and the Central Bank of Finland. Carryover of appropriations: the committee establishes that the carryovers commitment and payment appropriations, of more than EUR 12million mainly relate to IT costs for support to operations as well as general administration. It also establishes that more than EUR 2 million was cancelled. Members feel that further efforts are needed. Furthermore, as the Agency works with non-dissociated credits in all its Titles, it is unrealistic to expect that all operations budgeted for one calendar year could both be committed and paid up within the same budgetary year, especially for project-type operational expenditure (e.g. IT systems developments). Conflict of interests: bearing in mind that the Agency is involved in decisions of high importance for consumers, and taking into account its exposure due to its importance to industry, the committee is looking forward to receiving and discussing the findings and recommendations of the Special Report of the Court of Auditors on conflict of interest situations to be released before the end of June 2012. It considers that, after the initial build-up phase with a focus on procedures, the Agency needs to ensure that its budget and staff are allocated in a way that allows it to deliver fully on substance, in particular regarding evaluation, restrictions and authorisation. Internal audit: Members consider that the Agency has improved its administrative processes (including financial circuits) and its operational workflow. They note that the Internal Audit Capability performed two assurance internal audits in 2010: one on “Staff back-up Process” and the other one on “Fee Invoicing Process”. Performance: the committee notes that around the end of 2010, two important deadlines passed for REACH and the Classification, Labelling and Packaging Regulation. It welcomes, therefore, the fact that the Agency successfully managed to handle the reception and processing of 25 000 registration dossiers on 4 300 chemical substances that are either commonly used in Europe or are the most hazardous and of over 3 million notifications for over 100 000 substances that are classified and have to be labelled to protect the user. It welcomes the Agency’s initiatives for enhancing its customer focus and feedback procedures, and is generally satisfied with the successful operation of the Agency in implementing the Union’s chemicals' legislation. Role of coordinator of the network of agencies: lastly, Members commend the Agency on its effective work as coordinator of the network of agencies during the 2010 discharge procedure.
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A7-0126/2012
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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 Chemicals Agency (ECHA). 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 Chemicals Agency (ECHA). In 2010, the tasks and budget of this agency were as follows: description of ECHA's tasks: ECHA, located in Helsinki, was set up by Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006. Its main tasks are to ensure a high level of protection of human health and the environment, as well as the free movement of substances, on their own, in preparations and in articles, while enhancing competitiveness and innovation. The Agency also promotes the development of alternative methods for the assessment of hazards of substances. The Agency has become financially independent from the Commission since 1 January 2008. ECHA's budget for the 2010 financial year: the Agency's 2010 budget amounted to EUR 75.5 million, compared with EUR 70.4 million the previous year. The number of staff employed by the Agency at the end of the year was 472, as compared with 355 the previous year. The complete version of ECHA's final accounts may be found at the following address: http://echa.europa.eu/web/guest/about-us/the-way-we-work/plans-and-reports
- 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: A7-0126/2012
- Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T7-0171/2012
- : Decision 2012/574
- : OJ L 286 17.10.2012, p. 0192
Amendments | Dossier |
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2011/2235(DEC)
2011/12/21
ENVI
2 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Considers that, after the initial build- up phase with a focus on procedures, the Agency needs to ensure that its budget and staff are allocated in a way that allows it to deliver fully on substance, in particular regarding evaluation, restrictions and authorisation;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Monitors the developments in the context of IT contracts due to the significant costs thereof and the delays seen over the build-up phase;
source: PE-478.635
2012/03/07
CONT
13 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Takes note of the Agency's reply which states that it will include a proposal for a mechanism to manage surplus revenue in the upcoming review of the Framework Financial Regulation; understands from the Agency's Annual Activity Report that an arrangement with an external, highly-rated custodian was set up and a second arrangement is being prepared to ensure the safe-keeping and risk diversification of the accumulated cash reserves that should be the principal source of finance for the Agency until the start of next Financial Perspectives Period in 2014;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 4 a (new) - after paragraph 20 Conflict of interests
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20 a. Noting that the Agency is involved in decisions of high importance for consumers and taking into account its exposure due to its importance to industry, 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 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 1. Notes that the Court of Auditors reported that the Agency's 2010 budget amounted to EUR 75 000 000 while the Agency reported a budget of EUR 75 500 000 for the financial year 2010;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Ascertains from the Agency's Report on Budgetary and Financial Management that the Agency committed to entirely reimburse the Union's temporary contribution to the Commission upon receipt of the corresponding debit note;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Ascertains from the Agency's Report on Budgetary and Financial Management that the Agency committed to entirely
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Takes note of the Agency's reply which states that it will include a proposal for a mechanism to manage surplus revenue in the upcoming review of the Framework Financial Regulation; understands from the Agency's Annual Activity Report that an arrangement with
source: PE-483.618
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