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2013/2217(DEC) 2012 discharge: European Training Foundation (ETF)
Next event: Debate in plenary scheduled 2014/04/02 more...

Role	Committee	Rapporteur	Shadows
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	EMPL	BERÈS Pervenche (S&D)

Lead committee dossier: CONT/7/13884

Subjects

8.70.03.02 2012 discharge

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2014/04/03 Vote in plenary scheduled
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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 Training Foundation (ETF). 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 Training Foundation (ETF). In 2012, the tasks and budget of this agency were as follows: · description of the Foundation's tasks: the European Training Foundation, which is located in Turin, was created by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1360/90 . Its objective is to contribute to improving human capital development in the following countries: the countries eligible for support under Council Regulation (EC) No 1085/2006 and Regulation No 1638/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council and subsequent related legal acts. The ETF aims particularly to: (i) provide information, policy analyses and advice on human capital development issues in the partner countries; (ii) promote knowledge and analysis of skills needs in national and local labour markets. · the Foundation's budget for the financial year 2012: the Foundation’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 20 million; - paid : EUR 20 million; - carried over : 0. § Payment appropriations: - committed : EUR 21 million; - paid : EUR 20 million; - carried over : EUR 1 million. Also see the final accounts of the Foundation.
- DG {'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/budget/', 'title': 'Budget'}, ŠEMETA Algirdas

Documents

Non-legislative basic document published: COM(2013)0570

Amendments	Dossier
17	2013/2217(DEC) 2014/01/07 EMPL 2 amendments... Amendment 1 # Marian HARKIN Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Expresses its satisfaction that the Court of Auditors has declared the transactions underlying the Foundation’s annual accounts for the financial year 2012 to be legal and regular and that its financial position as of 31 December 2012 is clearly represented; Amendment 2 # Marian HARKIN Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes that the overall level of committed appropriations continued to stay at a high level (99.9%) in 2012 and that they were completed in a timely manner, which indicates proper budgetary planning; welcomes that the level of completed outputs is in line with the Foundation’s budget; source: PE-526.187 2014/02/25 CONT 15 amendments... Amendment 1 # Petri SARVAMAA Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1. Grants the Director of the European Training Foundation discharge in respect of the implementation of the Foundation's budget for the financial year ~~2012 / Postpones its decision on granting the Director of the European Training Foundation discharge in respect of the implementation of the Foundation's budget for the financial year~~ 2012; Amendment 10 # Monica MACOVEI Motion for a resolution Subheading 5 a (new) Prevention and management of conflicts of interests and transparency Amendment 11 # Monica MACOVEI Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Welcomes the adoption of guidelines on preventing and managing conflicts of interests in June 2013; calls on the Foundation to make those guidelines available on its website; Amendment 12 # Monica MACOVEI Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Observes that the CVs and Declarations of Interests of the members of the Governing Board, as well as the Declarations of Interests of the Executive Director and senior management, are not publicly available; calls on the Foundation to remedy the situation as a matter of urgency; Amendment 13 # Ryszard CZARNECKI, Marta ANDREASEN, Andrea ČEŠKOVÁ, Philip BRADBOURN, Derk Jan EPPINK Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Acknowledges from the Foundation that as of 23 May 2013, the Commission's Internal Audit Service (IAS) has formally closed 12 out of the 14 recommendations from the 2011 IAS audit on communication and that the Foundation does not have any outstanding open recommendations ranked as ‘very important’; notes however, that there are still two open IAS audit recommendations from the 2011 IAS audit on external and internal communication, both ranked as ’important’, one of which is considered to have been implemented by the Foundation and is currently pending IAS review and closure, while the other is in the process of implementation and was expected to be fully implemented in 2013 in line with planned actions; Amendment 14 # Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY, Chris DAVIES, Jan MULDER Performance Amendment 15 # Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY, Chris DAVIES, Jan MULDER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Requests that the Foundation communicate the results and impact its work has on the 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 Training Foundation discharge in respect of the implementation of the Foundation's budget for the financial year ~~2012 / Postpones its decision on granting the Director of the European Training Foundation discharge in respect of the implementation of the Foundation's budget for the financial year~~ 2012; Amendment 3 # Ryszard CZARNECKI, Marta ANDREASEN, Andrea ČEŠKOVÁ, Philip BRADBOURN Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1. ~~Grants the Director of the European Training Foundation discharge in respect of the implementation of the Foundation's budget for the financial year 2012 /~~ Postpones its decision on granting the Director of the European Training Foundation discharge in respect of the implementation of the Foundation's budget for the financial year 2012; Amendment 4 # Ryszard CZARNECKI, Marta ANDREASEN, Andrea ČEŠKOVÁ, Philip BRADBOURN, Derk Jan EPPINK Proposal for a decision 2 Paragraph 1 1. ~~Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Training Foundation for the financial year 2012 /~~ Postpones its decision on the closure of the accounts of the European Training Foundation 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 Training Foundation for the financial year ~~2012 / Postpones its decision on the closure of the accounts of the European Training Foundation 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 Training Foundation for the financial year ~~2012 / Postpones its decision on the closure of the accounts of the European Training Foundation 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 Training Foundation (‘"the Foundation’") for the financial year 2012 was EUR 20 144 530, representing an increase of 1,48 % compared to 2011, Amendment 9 # Ryszard CZARNECKI, Marta ANDREASEN, Andrea ČEŠKOVÁ, Philip BRADBOURN, Derk Jan EPPINK Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Acknowledges from the Court of Auditors' report that in 2012, the overall level of committed appropriations was 99,9 %, indicating that commitments were made in a timely manner; notes, however, that the level of committed appropriations carried over to 2013 was high for title II (administrative expenditure) at EUR 600 000 (36,8 %); a~~ppreciat~~cknowledges that one of the main reasons for such a high level w~~ere~~as the late receipt of invoices for building- related services delivered in 2012 (EUR 300 000) and a number of IT hardware and software purchases ordered as planned during the last months of 2012 (EUR 300 000) but not delivered until 2013; source: PE-521.801

Amendments

Dossier

2013/2217(DEC)

2014/01/07 EMPL 2 amendments...

source: PE-526.187

2014/02/25 CONT 15 amendments...

Amendment 1 #

Petri SARVAMAA

Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1

1. Grants the Director of the European Training Foundation discharge in respect of the implementation of the Foundation's budget for the financial year ~~2012 / Postpones its decision on granting the Director of the European Training Foundation discharge in respect of the implementation of the Foundation's budget for the financial year~~ 2012;

Amendment 10 #

Monica MACOVEI

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 5 a (new)

Prevention and management of conflicts of interests and transparency

Amendment 11 #

Monica MACOVEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Welcomes the adoption of guidelines on preventing and managing conflicts of interests in June 2013; calls on the Foundation to make those guidelines available on its website;

Amendment 12 #

Monica MACOVEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Observes that the CVs and Declarations of Interests of the members of the Governing Board, as well as the Declarations of Interests of the Executive Director and senior management, are not publicly available; calls on the Foundation to remedy the situation as a matter of urgency;

Amendment 13 #

Ryszard CZARNECKI, Marta ANDREASEN, Andrea ČEŠKOVÁ, Philip BRADBOURN, Derk Jan EPPINK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Acknowledges from the Foundation that as of 23 May 2013, the Commission's Internal Audit Service (IAS) has formally closed 12 out of the 14 recommendations from the 2011 IAS audit on communication and that the Foundation does not have any outstanding open recommendations ranked as ‘very important’; notes however, that there are still two open IAS audit recommendations from the 2011 IAS audit on external and internal communication, both ranked as ’important’, one of which is considered to have been implemented by the Foundation and is currently pending IAS review and closure, while the other is in the process of implementation and was expected to be fully implemented in 2013 in line with planned actions;

Amendment 14 #

Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY, Chris DAVIES, Jan MULDER

Performance

Amendment 15 #

Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY, Chris DAVIES, Jan MULDER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Requests that the Foundation communicate the results and impact its work has on the European citizens in an accessible way, mainly through its website;

Amendment 2 #

Karin KADENBACH

Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1

Amendment 3 #

Ryszard CZARNECKI, Marta ANDREASEN, Andrea ČEŠKOVÁ, Philip BRADBOURN

Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Grants the Director of the European Training Foundation discharge in respect of the implementation of the Foundation's budget for the financial year 2012 /~~ Postpones its decision on granting the Director of the European Training Foundation discharge in respect of the implementation of the Foundation's budget for the financial year 2012;

Amendment 4 #

Ryszard CZARNECKI, Marta ANDREASEN, Andrea ČEŠKOVÁ, Philip BRADBOURN, Derk Jan EPPINK

Proposal for a decision 2
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Training Foundation for the financial year 2012 /~~ Postpones its decision on the closure of the accounts of the European Training Foundation 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 Training Foundation for the financial year ~~2012 / Postpones its decision on the closure of the accounts of the European Training Foundation for the financial year~~ 2012;

Amendment 6 #

Petri SARVAMAA

Proposal for a decision 2
Paragraph 1

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 Training Foundation (‘"the Foundation’") for the financial year 2012 was EUR 20 144 530, representing an increase of 1,48 % compared to 2011,

Amendment 9 #

Ryszard CZARNECKI, Marta ANDREASEN, Andrea ČEŠKOVÁ, Philip BRADBOURN, Derk Jan EPPINK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Acknowledges from the Court of Auditors' report that in 2012, the overall level of committed appropriations was 99,9 %, indicating that commitments were made in a timely manner; notes, however, that the level of committed appropriations carried over to 2013 was high for title II (administrative expenditure) at EUR 600 000 (36,8 %); a~~ppreciat~~cknowledges that one of the main reasons for such a high level w~~ere~~as the late receipt of invoices for building- related services delivered in 2012 (EUR 300 000) and a number of IT hardware and software purchases ordered as planned during the last months of 2012 (EUR 300 000) but not delivered until 2013;

source: PE-521.801

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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 Training Foundation (EFT).

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 Training Foundation (EFT).

In 2012, the tasks and budget of this agency were as follows:

· description of the Foundation's tasks: the European Training Foundation, which is located in Turin, was created by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1360/90 . Its objective is to contribute to improving human capital development in the following countries: the countries eligible for support under Council Regulation (EC) No 1085/2006 and Regulation No 1638/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council and subsequent related legal acts. The ETF aims particularly to: (i) provide information, policy analyses and advice on human capital development issues in the partner countries; (ii) promote knowledge and analysis of skills needs in national and local labour markets.

· the Foundation's budget for the financial year 2012: the Foundation’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 20 million;

- paid : EUR 20 million;

- carried over :0.

§ Payment appropriations:

- committed : EUR 21 million;

- paid : EUR 20 million;

- carried over : EUR 1 million.

Also see the final accounts of the Foundation.

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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 Training Foundation (ETF).

In 2012, the tasks and budget of this agency were as follows:

§ Commitment appropriations:

- committed : EUR 20 million;

- paid : EUR 20 million;

- carried over : 0.

§ Payment appropriations:

- committed : EUR 21 million;

- paid : EUR 20 million;

- carried over : EUR 1 million.

Also see the final accounts of the Foundation.

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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 Training Foundation (EFT).

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 Training Foundation (EFT).

In 2012, the tasks and budget of this agency were as follows:

·        description of the Foundation's tasks: the European Training Foundation, which is located in Turin, was created by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1360/90 . Its objective is to contribute to improving human capital development in the following countries: the countries eligible for support under Council Regulation (EC) No 1085/2006 and Regulation No 1638/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council and subsequent related legal acts. The ETF aims particularly to: (i) provide information, policy analyses and advice on human capital development issues in the partner countries; (ii) promote knowledge and analysis of skills needs in national and local labour markets.

·        the Foundation's budget for the financial year 2012: the Foundation’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 20 million;

-   paid : EUR 20 million;

-   carried over :0.

§         Payment appropriations:

-  committed : EUR 21 million;

-   paid : EUR 20 million;

-   carried over : EUR 1 million.

Also see the final accounts of the Foundation.

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procedure	stage_reached Preparatory phase in Parliament subject 8.70.03.02 2012 discharge type DEC - Discharge procedure reference 2013/2217(DEC) title 2012 discharge: European Training Foundation (ETF)

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