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Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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Lead | CONT | SARVAMAA Petri (EPP) | KADENBACH Karin (S&D), GERBRANDY Gerben-Jan (ALDE), STAES Bart (Verts/ALE), ANDREASEN Marta (ECR), DE JONG Cornelis (GUE/NGL), VANHECKE Frank (EFD), EHRENHAUSER Martin (NI) |
Opinion | ENVI | HAUG Jutta (S&D) |
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2014/04/03
Vote scheduled
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2014/03/21
Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
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A7-0235/2014
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The Committee on Budgetary Control adopted the report by Petri SARVAMAA (EPP, FI) in which it recommended the European Parliament to grant discharge to the Executive Director of the European Environment Agency in respect of the implementation of the Agency'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 Agency for the financial year 2012 are reliable, and that the underlying transactions are legal and regular, Members approved the closure of the Agency’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. Budget and financial management: Members noted that budget monitoring efforts during the financial year 2012 resulted in a budget implementation rate of 99.19% and that the payment appropriations execution rate was 89.41%. They regretted that for the year 2012, the mission expenses of the Executive Director of the Agency were remarkably higher than those of the executive directors of other agencies. They called on the Agency to provide further explanation for this situation to the discharge authority in the framework of the 2012 discharge follow-up. Prevention and management of conflicts of interests and transparency: they stated that the Agency will carry out an assessment to identify its degree of exposure with a view to strengthening or supplementing its policy on the management and prevention of conflicts of interests and with a view to assessing its implementation, monitoring and reporting during the first quarter of 2014 on the basis of the Commission's Guidelines on the matter. They noted that the Agency has revised its policy for dealing with potential conflicts of interest. Respective details are part of the obligations of the Agency's officials and other servants under the Staff Regulations and Conditions for Employment. This information should be clearly presented on the Agency's website. Lastly, Members also made a series of observations on transfers, procurement and recruitment procedures as well as comments on internal controls.
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A7-0235/2014
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2014/03/17
Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
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2013/10/22
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2013/07/26
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COM(2013)0570
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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 Environment Agency (EEA). 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 Environment Agency (EEA). In 2012, the tasks and budget of this agency were as follows: description of the Agency's tasks: the European Environment Agency, which is located in Copenhagen, was established by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1210/90. It is responsible for setting up an observation network to provide the Commission, the Parliament, the Member States and, more generally, the public with reliable information on the state of the environment. This information should, in particular, enable the European Union and the Member States to take action to safeguard the environment and assess the effectiveness of such action. Its main task is to report on the quality of and pressures on the environment within the territory of the Union; the Agency's budget for the financial year 2012: the Agency’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 69 million; - paid : EUR 52 million; - carried-over : EUR 16 million. § Payment appropriations : - committed : EUR 73 million; - paid : EUR 45 million; - carried-over : EUR 27 million. Please refer also to the final accounts of the EEA.
- DG {'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/budget/', 'title': 'Budget'}, ŠEMETA Algirdas
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COM(2013)0570
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Documents
- Non-legislative basic document published: COM(2013)0570
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A7-0235/2014
Amendments | Dossier |
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2013/2212(DEC)
2013/12/18
ENVI
10 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Notes that in 2012 an amount of EUR 41.695.704 was available to the European Environment Agency of which EUR 36.309.240 have been made available through the General EU budget; likes to stress that this amount representes 0.026% of the overall EU budget; takes note that 131 posts out of 136 had been filled by the end of 2012 and that 86 contract agents and seconded national experts were employed by the Authority; acknowledges the improved occupation rate compared to 2011;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Recommends
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Notes that in 2012 an amount of EUR 41.695.704 was available to the European Environment Agency of which EUR 36.309.240 have been made available through the General EU budget; takes note that 131 posts out of 136 had been filled by the end of 2012 and that 86 contract agents and seconded national experts were employed by the Authority;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Believes that the discharge decision should be based upon OECD guidelines to ensure high quality internationally recognised accounting, audit and financial disclosure standards; invites the European institutions to incorporate and commit to introducing OECD guidelines within a common framework for all European institutions and bodies;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Believes that the discharge decision should be based upon OECD guidelines to ensure high quality internationally recognised accounting, audit and financial disclosure standards; invites the European institutions to incorporate and commit to introducing OECD guidelines within a common framework for all European institutions and bodies;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Recommends
source: PE-526.145
2014/02/26
CONT
16 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1. Grants the Executive Director of the European Environment Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency's budget for the financial year
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Regrets that for the year 2012, the mission expenses of the Executive Director
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 4 a (new) Prevention and management of conflicts of interests and transparency
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Acknowledges that the Agency will carry out an assessment to identify its degree of exposure with a view to strengthening or supplementing its policy on the management and prevention of conflicts of interests and with a view to assessing its implementation, monitoring and reporting during the first quarter of 2014 based on the Commission's Guidelines on the Prevention and Management of Conflict of Interest in EU Decentralised Agencies; calls on the Agency to inform the discharge authority of the assessment results once available;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Observes that the CVs and Declarations of Interests of the members of the Management Board, the members of the Scientific Committee, the Executive Director and senior management are not publicly available; calls on the Agency to remedy the situation as a matter of urgency;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8.
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Requests that the Agency communicate the results and impact its work has on European citizens in an accessible way, mainly through its website;
Amendment 2 #
Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 3 #
Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1. Grants the Executive Director of the European Environment Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency's budget for the financial year
Amendment 4 #
Proposal for a decision 2 Paragraph 1 1. Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Environment Agency for the financial year
Amendment 5 #
Proposal for a decision 2 Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 6 #
Proposal for a decision 2 Paragraph 1 1. Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Environment Agency for the financial year
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 10 a (new) – having regard to the previous discharge reports of the Parliament,
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas according to its financial statements, the final budget of the European Environment Agency (
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas according to its financial statements, the contribution of the Union to the Agency's budget for 2012 amounted to EUR 35 363 354.85, representing a decrease of 0,23 % compared to 2011,
source: PE-521.766
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