Activites

• 2014/04/03 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • T7-0317/2014 summary

    The European Parliament adopted a decision concerning the discharge to be granted to the Director of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) in respect of the implementation of the budget of the for the financial year 2012. The vote on the discharge decision approved the closure of the accounts (in accordance with Annex VI, Article 5(1) of the Rules of Procedure of the European Parliament. Noting that the Court of Auditors stated that it has obtained reasonable assurances that the annual accounts of the Centre for the financial year 2012 are reliable, and that the underlying transactions are legal and regular, Parliament adopted by 503 votes to 66, with 13 abstentions, a resolution containing a series of recommendations that form an integral part of the discharge decision and as well as the general recommendations that appear in the draft resolution on performance, financial management and control of EU agencies. These recommendations are summarised as follows: Financing, budget and financial management: Parliament recalled that the budget of the Centre for the financial year 2012 was EUR 16.3 million. It noted at the same time that the budget monitoring efforts during the financial year 2012 resulted in a budget implementation rate of 99.74 %. Carryovers: it commended the Centre for adhering to the principle of annuality and for the timely execution of its budget. Seat: Parliament noted with concern from the Court of Auditors’ annual audit report that the Centre currently bears the annual cost of about EUR 200 000 for unused office space in its former building and in the new headquarters. It called on the Centre, as a matter of priority, to seek adequate solutions for this unused office space, and to report to the discharge authority, within the framework of the 2012 discharge follow-up, on the steps taken. Performance: Parliament requested that the Centre communicate the results and impact its work has on European citizens in an accessible way, mainly through its website. Parliament also made a series of observations on transfers, procurement and recruitment procedures as well as comments on internal controls. Lastly, it acknowledged that the Centre will review its policy on the prevention and management of conflicts of interests on the basis of the Commission's Guidelines on the Prevention and Management of Conflict of Interest in EU Decentralised Agencies. It called on the Centre to inform the discharge authority on the assessment results once available.

• 2014/04/02 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament
• 2014/03/20 Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
  • A7-0185/2014 summary

    The Committee on Budgetary Control adopted the report by Petri SARVAMAA (EPP, FI) on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) for the financial year 2012, and called on the European Parliament to grant the Director of the Centre discharge in respect of the implementation of the Centre’s budget for the financial year 2012. Noting that the Court of Auditors stated that it has obtained reasonable assurances that the annual accounts of the Centre for the financial year 2012 are reliable, and that the underlying transactions are legal and regular, Members approved the closure of the Centre’s accounts. They made, however, a number of recommendations that needed 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: Members recalled that the budget of the Centre for the financial year 2012 was EUR 16 .3 million. They noted at the same time that that the budget monitoring efforts during the financial year 2012 resulted in a budget implementation rate of 99.74 %. ·        Carryovers: they commended the Centre for adhering to the principle of annuality and for the timely execution of its budget. Members also made a series of observations on transfers, procurement and recruitment procedures as well as comments on internal controls. They noted with concern from the Court of Auditors’ annual audit report that the Centre currently bears the annual cost of about EUR 200 000 for unused office space in its former building and in the new headquarters. Members called on the Centre, as a matter of priority, to seek adequate solutions for this unused office space, and to report to the discharge authority, within the framework of the 2012 discharge follow-up, on the steps taken. Lastly, they asked the Centre to strengthen transparency and prevent conflicts of interests, as well as make publicly available the Declarations of Interests of certain members.

• 2014/03/17 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
• 2013/10/22 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 2013/07/26 Non-legislative basic document published
  • COM(2013)0570 summary

    PURPOSE: presentation by the Commission of the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2012 as part of the 2012 discharge procedure. Analysis of the accounts of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA). CONTENT: this Commission document sets out the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2012 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 Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA). In 2012, the tasks and budget of this agency were as follows: description of the Centre's tasks: the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, which is located in Lisbon, was established by Council Regulation (EEC) No 302/93 and its main task is to collect data on drugs and drug addiction in order to prepare and publish information at European level that is objective, reliable and comparable. The Monitoring Centre is to focus on the following priority areas: (i) monitoring the state of the drugs problem, and emerging trends, in particular those involving multi-drug use; (ii) monitoring the solutions and providing information on best practices; the Centre's budget for the financial year 2012: the Centre’s budget for 2012, as presented in the Commission document on the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union, gives the following figures: §         Commitment appropriations : - committed : EUR 17 million; - paid : EUR 16 million; - carried-over : 0. §         Payment appropriations : - committed : EUR 17 million; - paid : EUR 16 million; - carried-over : 0. Please refer also to the final accounts of the Monitoring Centre.

  • DG {'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/budget/', 'title': 'Budget'}, ŠEMETA Algirdas

Documents

• Non-legislative basic document published: COM(2013)0570
• Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A7-0185/2014
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T7-0317/2014

Amendments

Dossier

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2013/2211(DEC) 2014/02/25 CONT 16 amendments... Amendment 1 # Petri SARVAMAA 1. Grants the Director of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction discharge in respect of the implementation of the Centre's budget for the financial year 2012 / Postpones its decision on granting the Director of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction discharge in respect of the implementation of the Centre's budget for the financial year 2012; Amendment 10 # Ryszard CZARNECKI, Andrea ČEŠKOVÁ, Marta ANDREASEN, Derk Jan EPPINK, Philip BRADBOURN Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Notes with concernRegrets that no ex post verifications were carried out for any transactions made after 2008, except for grants; calls ondemands that the Centre to address the issue and to report to the discharge authority, within the framework of the 2012 discharge follow- up, on the steps taken; Amendment 11 # Ryszard CZARNECKI, Andrea ČEŠKOVÁ, Marta ANDREASEN, Derk Jan EPPINK, Philip BRADBOURN Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Notes with concern from the Court of Auditors’ annual audit report that the Centre currently bears the annual cost of about EUR 200 000 for unused office space in its former building and in the new headquarters; calls on the Centre to continue,, as a matter of priority, to work in cooperation with the Commission and national authorities, to seek adequate solutions for this unused office space and to report to the discharge authority, within the framework of the 2012 discharge follow-up, on the steps taken; Amendment 12 # Monica MACOVEI Motion for a resolution Subheading 7 a (new) Prevention and management of conflicts of interests and transparency Amendment 13 # Monica MACOVEI Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Acknowledges that the Centre will review its policy on the prevention and management of conflicts of interests based on the Commission's guidelines on the Prevention and Management of Conflict of Interest in EU Decentralised Agencies; calls on the Centre to inform the discharge authority on the assessment results once available; Amendment 14 # Monica MACOVEI Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 b (new) 10b. Observes that the CVs and Declarations of Interests of the members of the Management Board and the senior management of the Centre, as well as the Declaration of Interest of the Executive Director, are not publicly available; calls on the Centre to remedy the situation as a matter of urgency; Amendment 15 # Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY, Jan MULDER, Chris DAVIES Performance Amendment 16 # Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY, Jan MULDER, Chris DAVIES Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Requests that the Centre communicate the results and impact its work has on European citizens in an accessible way, mainly through its website; Amendment 2 # Karin KADENBACH Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1. Grants the Director of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction discharge in respect of the implementation of the Centre's budget for the financial year 2012 / Postpones its decision on granting the Director of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction discharge in respect of the implementation of the Centre's budget for the financial year 2012; Amendment 3 # Ryszard CZARNECKI, Andrea ČEŠKOVÁ, Marta ANDREASEN, Derk Jan EPPINK, Philip BRADBOURN Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1. Grants the Director of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction discharge in respect of the implementation of the Centre's budget for the financial year 2012 / Postpones its decision on granting the Director of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction discharge in respect of the implementation of the Centre's budget for the financial year 2012; Amendment 4 # Ryszard CZARNECKI, Andrea ČEŠKOVÁ, Marta ANDREASEN, Derk Jan EPPINK, Philip BRADBOURN Proposal for a decision 2 Paragraph 1 1. Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction for the financial year 2012 / Postpones its decision on the closure of the accounts of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction for the financial year 2012; Amendment 5 # Karin KADENBACH Proposal for a decision 2 Paragraph 1 1. Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction for the financial year 2012 / Postpones its decision on the closure of the accounts of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction for the financial year 2012; Amendment 6 # Petri SARVAMAA Proposal for a decision 2 Paragraph 1 1. Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction for the financial year 2012 / Postpones its decision on the closure of the accounts of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction for the financial year 2012; Amendment 7 # Elena BĂSESCU Motion for a resolution Citation 10 a (new) - having regard to the previous discharge reports of the Parliament; Amendment 8 # Monica MACOVEI Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas, according to its financial statements, the budget of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (‘"the Centre’") for the financial year 2012 was EUR 16 317 000 representing an increase of 0,26 % compared to 2011, Amendment 9 # Monica MACOVEI Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas the overall contribution of the Union to the Centre's budget for 2012 amounted to EUR 15 550 920, representing an increase of 0, 98 % compared to 2011; source: PE-521.806

History

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