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Lead | CONT | THEURER Michael (ALDE) | VAUGHAN Derek (S&D), STAES Bart (Verts/ALE), CZARNECKI Ryszard (ECR) |
Legal Basis RoP 048
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2014/02/26
Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
- T7-0134/2014
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2014/01/30
Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
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A7-0068/2014
summary
The Committee on Budgetary Control adopted the own-initiative report by Michael THEURER (ALDE, DE) on the evaluation of the Union’s finances based on the results achieved: a new tool for the European Commission’s improved discharge procedure. It pointed out that the evaluation report introduced under Article 318 TFEU complemented the compliance approach developed by the Court of Auditors and gave Parliament the opportunity to exercise more effectively its power of political scrutiny over the actions of the European public authorities. However, it deplored the fact that instead of focusing on the achievement of the Union’s main objectives, and the effectiveness of its policies, the Commission had provided a range of evaluation summaries covering EU programmes in all policy areas of expenditure under the current MFF, according to the current budget headings. Members recalled that the Court of Auditors had concluded that the second and third evaluation reports did not yet provide evidence of what the EU’s policies have achieved that was sufficient, relevant and reliable enough to be used in the discharge procedure. The report urged the Commission to use specific information on the achievements of Member States in its evaluation on the financial achievements of the Union. A clear view of the real extent to which the Union’s main objectives had been achieved should be provided by: · an evaluation of the main financial programmes and · a cross-cutting evaluation, by programme statements of operational expenditures, assessing to what extent the programmes have contributed to achieving the objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy. The committee called on the Court to report to Parliament on the progress made by the Commission in designing and operating its risk management, governance and internal control processes with a view to achieving the Union’s objectives in a transparent and accountable manner, and to formulate recommendations if any shortcomings were encountered. Welcoming the fact that the Commission intended to structure and base its evaluation report on the new performance framework for the next MFF, Members pointed out that such a performance framework should encompass three main elements: (i) achievement of the programme objectives (results); (ii) sound programme management by the Commission and the Member States, and (iii) how programme results and sound management contribute to the Union’s main objectives. Lastly, Members insisted on the need to aggregate the data yielded by the evaluation process at global level and, as regards internal policies, in relation to Europe 2020 objectives.
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A7-0068/2014
summary
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2014/01/21
Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
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2013/09/12
Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
Documents
- Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T7-0134/2014
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A7-0068/2014
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2013/2172(INI)
2013/12/11
CONT
19 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 1 – having regard to Articles 318 and 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Urges the Commission to use specific information on the achievements of the Member States in its evaluation on the financial achievements of the Union. The Commission should provide a clear overview of achievements of each Member State.
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Points out that the budgetary authority needs, annually, a clear view of the real extent to which the Union’s main objectives have been achieved,
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Urges the Commission, therefore, instead of gathering partial evaluations of different programmes by budget heading, to focus primarily, as regards internal policies, on the achievement of the Europe 2020 objectives, in particular through the strategy’s flagship initiatives; by showing the effectiveness of its policies based on sufficient, relevant and reliable data.
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Considers that the Commission evaluation should
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Calls on the Court to
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Calls on the Court to provide Parliament with an objective and independent assessment of whether the risk
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Emphasises that this performance evaluation can be carried out only in areas where the EU exercises real political responsibility and where it can actually exert significant influence;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Insists on the need to aggregate the data yielded by the evaluation process at global level and, as regards internal policies,
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Calls on the Commission to submit to the European Parliament and the Council the evaluation report on the Union's finances based on the results achieved, as provided for in the second paragraph of Article 318 TFEU, before 30 June of the year following the financial year which is the subject of the evaluation;
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas evaluation is a
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas in his June 2011 presentation of the Commission’s draft for the new multiannual financial framework, President Barroso called for budgetary decisions to be made ‘not through traditional headings driven by bureaucracy
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Points out that, thanks to its focus on
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Recalls that the discharge is a political procedure which focuses on the implementation of the European Union budget by the Commission under its own responsibility and in cooperation with the Member States;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Points out that activity based budgeting is still the fundamental principle when drafting the budget of the Union; is worried by the fact that the European Court of Auditors in its 2012 annual report concludes that for many areas of the EU budget the legislative framework is complex and there is insufficient focus on performance and regrets that the proposals on agriculture and cohesion for the 2014–2020 program- ming period remain fundamentally input-based (expenditure oriented) and therefore still focused on compliance with the rules rather than performance.
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Deplores, nevertheless, the fact that instead of focusing on the achievement of the Union’s main objectives, and the effectiveness of its policies, the Commission provided a range of evaluation summaries covering EU programmes in all policy areas of expenditure under the current MFF, according to the current budget headings;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Points out that he ECA assessed the second and the third evaluation report and came to the conclusion that while there have been improvements the report does not yet provide sufficient, relevant and reliable evidence on what the EU’s policies have achieved to be used in the discharge procedure.
source: PE-524.697
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