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Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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Lead | CONT | SARVAMAA Petri (PPE) | KADENBACH Karin (S&D), GERBRANDY Gerben-Jan (ALDE), STAES Bart (Verts/ALE), ANDREASEN Marta (ECR), DE JONG Dennis (GUE/NGL), VANHECKE Frank (EFD), EHRENHAUSER Martin (NI) |
Opinion | EMPL | BERÈS Pervenche (S&D) |
Activites
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2014/04/03
Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
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T7-0322/2014
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The European Parliament adopted a decision concerning the discharge to be granted to the Director of the Foundation discharge in respect of the implementation of the Foundation's budget 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 had obtained reasonable assurances that the annual accounts of the Foundation for the financial year 2012 are reliable, and that the underlying transactions are legal and regular, Parliament adopted by 490 votes to 73, with 17 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: Role and activities of the Foundation: Parliament welcomed the achievement of the objectives of the work programme in 2012 and acknowledged the emphasis placed by the Foundation’s activity on the important issues of youth employment and the renewed focus on vocational education and training, the skills dimension of small and medium-sized enterprises and migration processes. It noted with regret from the Foundation’s annual accounts that the issue of the Foundation’s premises remained unsolved in 2012, despite the preventive and mitigation actions put in place. It welcomed the fact that an agreement was concluded with the regional authorities in 2013, which ensures the continuation of the Foundation's activities for the 2013-2015 period. Financing, budget and financial management: Parliament recalled that the budget of the Foundation for the financial year 2012 was EUR 20.20 million, and that budget monitoring efforts during the financial year 2012 resulted in a budget implementation rate of 99.9%. Rate of implementation and carryovers: Parliament noted that the level of committed appropriations carried over to 2013 was high but appreciated that the main reasons were the late receipt of invoices for building-related services delivered in 2012. Performance: it requested that the Foundation communicate the results and impact its work has on the European citizens in an accessible way, mainly through its website. Parliament also made a series of observations ontransfers, procurement and recruitment procedures as well as comments on internal controls. Lastly, it welcomed the adoption of guidelines on preventing and managing conflicts of interests in June 2013 and called on the Foundation to make those guidelines available on its website.
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T7-0322/2014
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- 2014/04/02 Debate in Parliament
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2014/03/20
Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
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A7-0182/2014
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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 Training Foundation for the financial year 2012, and called on the European Parliament to grant the Director of the Foundation discharge in respect of the implementation of the Foundation's budget for the financial year 2012. Noting that the Court of Auditors stated that it had obtained reasonable assurances that the annual accounts of the Foundation for the financial year 2012 are reliable, and that the underlying transactions are legal and regular, Members approved the closure of the Foundation’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 Foundation for the financial year 2012 was EUR 20.20 million, and that budget monitoring efforts during the financial year 2012 resulted in a budget implementation rate of 99.91 %. · Rate of implementation and carryovers: they noted that the level of committed appropriations carried over to 2013 was high but appreciated that the main reasons were the late receipt of invoices for building-related services delivered in 2012. Members also made a series of observations ontransfers, procurement and recruitment procedures as well as comments on internal controls. Lastly, they asked the Foundation to strengthen transparency and prevent conflicts of interests, as well as make publicly available the Declarations of Interests of certain members.
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A7-0182/2014
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2014/03/17
Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
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2013/10/22
Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
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2013/07/26
Non-legislative basic document published
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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 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
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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: A7-0182/2014
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T7-0322/2014
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2013/2217(DEC)
2014/01/07
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Amendment 1 #
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 #
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 #
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
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 5 a (new) Prevention and management of conflicts of interests and transparency
Amendment 11 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
Performance
Amendment 15 #
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 #
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
Amendment 3 #
Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 4 #
Proposal for a decision 2 Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 5 #
Proposal for a decision 2 Paragraph 1 1. Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Training Foundation for the financial year
Amendment 6 #
Proposal for a decision 2 Paragraph 1 1. Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Training Foundation 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 budget of the European Training Foundation (
Amendment 9 #
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
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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). 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 Foundations 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. |
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