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Lead | CONT | GERBRANDY Gerben-Jan (ALDE) | SARVAMAA Petri (PPE), AYALA SENDER Inés (S&D), STAES Bart (Verts/ALE), BRADBOURN Philip (ECR), SØNDERGAARD Søren Bo (GUE/NGL), ANDREASEN Marta (EFD), EHRENHAUSER Martin (NI) |
Opinion | ECON | LANGEN Werner (PPE) |
Activites
- 2013/11/16 Final act published in Official Journal
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2013/04/17
Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
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T7-0155/2013
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The European Parliament adopted a decision on discharge to be granted to the Director of the European Securities and Markets Authority for the financial year 2011. The vote on the decision to grant discharge covers the closure of the accounts (in accordance with Annex VI, Article 5(1) of the European Parliament’s Rules of Procedure). Noting that the Court of Auditors stated that it has obtained reasonable assurances that the annual accounts of the Authority for the financial year 2011 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 draft resolution on performance, financial management and control of EU agencies. Financing, budget and financial management: in accordance with its Founding Regulation, 60% of the 2011 budget was financed by contributions from the Member States and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries, and 40% was financed by the Union budget. Parliament notes that at the end of 2011, the Authority recorded a positive budget outturn of EUR 4 457 244,822, which was then recorded in the accounts as a liability towards the Commission. The Commission is called upon to explore all the options for a new long term sustainable financing of the Authority that safeguards its independence. Given that the Authority is an integral part of the European System of Financial Supervisors and works in close cooperation with its sister authorities, the European Banking Authority and the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority, within a Joint Committee, and with the European Systemic Risks Board, Parliament calls on the Commission to evaluate the possibility of coming up with a proposal ensuring that the budgets of the three European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) are fully funded by the Union budget, in the interests of safeguarding their independence. Implementation rate of appropriations: Parliament recalls that according to the Court, the Authority registered a budget execution ratio of 75.7% for commitments and 62.5% for payments at the end of 2011. Parliament calls on the Authority to inform the discharge authority of the actions taken to improve that ratio, as the low execution ratio shows difficulties in budget planning and implementation. Noting that the Authority was still in its launch period, Parliament highlights these problems of budgetary planning and the justification of certain expenses. Recruitment procedures: Parliament calls on the Authority to inform the discharge authority of which further actions it has taken to improve the recruitment procedures. It also encourages the Commission to allow for a certain degree of simplification of the Staff Regulations. Lastly, Parliament makes a series of observations as regards the accounting and control systems of this Agency.
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T7-0155/2013
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- 2013/04/16 Debate in Parliament
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2013/03/25
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A7-0115/2013
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The Committee on Budgetary Control adopted the report by Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY (ADLE, NL) on discharge to be granted to the Director of the European Securities and Markets Authority in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2011. Noting that the Court of Auditors stated that it has obtained reasonable assurances that the annual accounts of the Authority for the financial year 2011 are reliable and that the underlying transactions are legal and regular, Members approve the closure of the Authority’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: Financing, budget and financial management: in accordance with its Founding Regulation, 60% of the 2011 budget was financed by contributions from the Member States and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries, and 40% was financed by the Union budget. They note that at the end of 2011, the Authority recorded a positive budget outturn of EUR 4 457 244,822, which was then recorded in the accounts as a liability towards the Commission. The Commission is called upon to explore all the options for a new long term sustainable financing of the Authority that safeguards its independence. Given that the Authority is an integral part of the European System of Financial Supervisors and works in close cooperation with its sister authorities, the European Banking Authority and the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority, within a Joint Committee, and with the European Systemic Risks Board, Members call on the Commission to evaluate the possibility of coming up with a proposal ensuring that the budgets of the three European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) are fully funded by the Union budget. Implementation rate of appropriations: Members recall that according to the Court, the Authority registered a budget execution ratio of 75.7% for commitments and 62.5% for payments at the end of 2011. Members call on the Authority to inform the discharge authority of the actions taken to improve that ratio, as the low execution ratio shows difficulties in budget planning and implementation. The report notes that according to the Authority, the above mentioned issues and the limited preparation time setting up its operations explain the budgetary under spending in 2011. Lastly, Members made a series of observations as regards the accounting and control systems, procurement and recruitment procedures of this Agency.
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2013/03/19
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2012/09/13
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2012/07/25
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COM(2012)0436
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PURPOSE: presentation by the Commission of the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2011, as part of the 2011 discharge procedure. Analysis of the accounts of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) – new agency. CONTENT: this Commission document sets out the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2011 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 Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA). In 2011, the tasks and budget of this agency were as follows: description of ESMA's tasks: ESMA, which is located in Frankfurt, was set up by Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council with a view to protecting the public interest by contributing to the short, medium and long-term stability and efficiency of the financial system for the economy of the European Union, its citizens and its companies; ESMA's budget for the 2011 financial year: ESMA’s budget for 2011, as presented in the Commission document on the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union, gives the following figures: § forecasted income budget: EUR 17 million; § entitlements established: EUR 17 million; § amounts received: EUR 17 million; § outstanding: EUR 0 million. The complete version of ESMA’s final accounts may be found at the following address: http://www.esma.europa.eu/page/Budget-and-work-programme
- DG {'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/budget/', 'title': 'Budget'}, ŠEMETA Algirdas
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COM(2012)0436
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Documents
- Non-legislative basic document published: COM(2012)0436
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A7-0115/2013
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T7-0155/2013
- : Decision 2013/594
- : OJ L 308 16.11.2013, p. 0282
Amendments | Dossier |
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2012/2209(DEC)
2013/01/30
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14 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Recalls the key role of the Authority in the implementation of the financial regulation and the new tasks allocated to it; considers that the new tasks entrusted to the European Supervisory Authorities should be accompanied by new resources and a more efficient system of spending;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 b (new) 7 b. Calls for the Commission to explore options for a new long term sustainable financing of ESMA, which safeguards its independence in the next review of the Agencies' work and financing arrangements; the Commission shall present the review of the agencies by latest 2 January 2014.
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the Court of Auditors to examine
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8 a. Asks the authority to provide the competent committees of the European Parliament with detailed information and explanation without delay before April 2013 on why it could not carry out its tasks to the full satisfaction of the Court of Auditors, and how it intends to remedy this.
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8 a. Calls for a separate EU budget line for the Authority in future, in order to ensure its independence.
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 b (new) 8 b. Recalls the need to move to 100% community funding of the authority
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Acknowledges that the European Parliament has been strongly in favour of the creation of the ESMA and believes that the Authority is key actor in order to create more stable and safer financial markets. The European Union needs stronger and better coordinated supervision at the European level.
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Notes that the low rates of budgetary implementation, particularly in respect of administrative expenditure, are attributable to problems with budget planning and implementation, which have made it harder to achieve all the organisational objectives of the Authority and resulted in a budget surplus;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Considers that a review of the current financing of the Authority is needed to ensure more efficiency and more independence; calls on the Commission to evaluate the possibility to come up with a proposal entailing the ESAs' budgets to be fully funded by the EU budget;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Authority to ensure that in future no legal commitments are entered into
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Takes the view that, even if the ESMA is still
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Takes the view that the transparency of the recruitment procedure and the appointment of a selection board are matters that must be dealt with as soon as possible to ensure diversity and high level of competence in its staff, even if the ESMA, as the legal successor to CESR, has assumed legal commitments not based on the EU Financial Regulation;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Notes that the Authority has no mandate to encumber Member States with additional bureaucracy; calls on the Authority to ensure that it does not create new bureaucratic tasks for itself and that there is no growth in bureaucracy;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Concludes that the current financing of ESMA, with a mixed-financing arrangement, is inflexible, creates administrative burden, and poses a threat to the agencies' independence.
source: PE-504.188
2013/02/27
CONT
4 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 2 #
Proposal for a decision 2 Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Stresses the importance of adequately matching the allocated budget and available posts on one hand and the tasks entrusted to the authority on the other
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Notes in this respect the concerns that were raised in the preliminary conclusions of the IMF financial sector assessment of December 2012 on the EU in which it is recommended to increase the resources and powers of the European Supervisory Authorities as needed to successfully achieve their mandates, while also enhancing their operational independence;
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PURPOSE: presentation by the Commission of the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2011, as part of the 2011 discharge procedure. Analysis of the accounts of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) new agency. CONTENT: this Commission document sets out the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2011 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 Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA). In 2011, the tasks and budget of this agency were as follows:
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PURPOSE: presentation by the Commission of the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2011, as part of the 2011 discharge procedure. Analysis of the accounts of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) new agency. CONTENT: this Commission document sets out the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2011 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 Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA). In 2011, the tasks and budget of this agency were as follows:
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