Activites

• 2014/04/03 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • T7-0305/2014 summary

    The European Parliament adopted a decision concerning the discharge to be granted to the Executive Director of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) in respect of the implementation of the Agency'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 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, Parliament adopted by 519 votes to 61, 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: Budget and financial management: Parliament noted that the overall level of appropriations committed was 95%. It noted with concern that carry-overs of committed appropriations were high (46%) although this is partly justified by the multiannual nature of the Agency’s operations. Nevertheless, it considered that such a high level is at odds with the budgetary principle of annuality. Prevention and management of conflicts of interests and transparency: Parliament welcomed the Agency's adoption of the "cooling off period" of non-assignment for a year, so that anyone new to the organisation is not allocated work on files they had directly worked on in the previous five years. It noted that following the recommendation of the discharge authority, the Agency will include information and statistics on the management of conflicts of interests in its 2013 annual activity report. Performance: Parliament requested that the Agency communicate the results and impact its work has on European citizens in an accessible way, mainly through its website. Members also made a series of observations on transfers, procurement and recruitment procedures as well as comments on internal controls.

• 2014/04/02 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament
• 2014/03/21 Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
  • A7-0221/2014 summary

    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 Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) 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 the overall level of appropriations committed was 95%. They with concern that carry-overs of committed appropriations were high (46%) although this is partly justified by the multiannual nature of the Agency’s operations. Nevertheless, they considered that such a high level is at odds with the budgetary principle of annuality. Prevention and management of conflicts of interests and transparency: Members welcomed the Agency's adoption of the "cooling off period" of non-assignment for a year, so that anyone new to the organisation is not allocated work on files they had directly worked on in the previous five years.  They noted that following the recommendation of the discharge authority, the Agency will include information and statistics on the management of conflicts of interests in its 2013 annual activity report. Members also made a series of observations on transfers, procurement and recruitment procedures as well as comments on internal controls.

• 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 Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). 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 Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). In 2012, the tasks and budget of this agency were as follows: description of EASA's tasks: EASA, which is located in Cologne, was established by Regulation (EC) No 1592/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council and its role is to maintain a high uniform level of civil aviation safety in Europe and to ensure the proper development of civil aviation safety. It shall issue opinions and recommendations to the Commission and take decisions in this area; EASA's budget for the 2012 financial year: 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 164 million; - paid : EUR 132 million; - carried-over : EUR 27 million. §         Payment appropriations : - committed : EUR 176 million; - paid : EUR 117 million; - carried-over : EUR 53 million. Please refer also to the final accounts of the EASA.

  • 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: A7-0221/2014
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T7-0305/2014

Amendments

Dossier

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2013/2219(DEC) 2014/01/29 TRAN 3 amendments... Amendment 1 # Michel DANTIN Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Notes that the Agency’s annual budget for 2012 was EUR 123.950.2 million, in commitment appropriations (of which EUR 37.26.6 million was contributed by the Commisscame from the European Union) and EUR 97113.6 million in payment appropriations (of which EUR 30.6 million was from the Commissfrom other sources, including income from fees and charges (EUR 83 million), and that the implementation rates were 88.8% for commitment appropriations and 71.2% for payment appropriationsas 97%; Amendment 2 # Isabelle DURANT Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Welcomes the corrective measures taken by the Agency, in response to Parliament’s resolution of 17 April 2013, to address problems of conflicts of interest and recruitment procedures, particularly by setting up guidelines for selection procedures and specific training courses for Agency staff on conflicts of interest; the Commission and EASA shall report to the Council and the European Parliament about the progress made in stopping those conflicts of interest; Amendment 3 # Michel DANTIN Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Is pleased that the Agency has set up a standard procedure for the ex-post auditing of accounts, but deplores the delay in its actual implementation as well as a number of gaps in its methodology highlighted by the Court of Auditors, particularly the fact that it does not cover public procurement procedures; calls on the Agency to address these issues as soon as possibleand calls on the Agency to continue to work towards an optimum methodology, in line with the Court of Auditors’ recommendations; source: PE-528.060 2014/02/25 CONT 19 amendments... Amendment 1 # Petri SARVAMAA Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1. Grants the Executive Director of the European Aviation Safety Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency's budget for the financial year 2012 / Postpones its decision on granting the Executive Director of the European Aviation Safety Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency's budget for the financial year 2012; Amendment 10 # Ryszard CZARNECKI, Marta ANDREASEN, Philip BRADBOURN, Andrea ČEŠKOVÁ, Derk Jan EPPINK Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Notes withExpresses great concern that carry-overs of committed appropriations were high for title III at 46 %; stresses that, although this is partly justified by the multiannual nature of the Agency’s operations and by the duly justified carry-overs included in the Court of Auditors' sample, nevertheless such a high level is at odds with the budgetary principle of annuality; Amendment 11 # Ryszard CZARNECKI, Marta ANDREASEN, Philip BRADBOURN, Andrea ČEŠKOVÁ, Derk Jan EPPINK Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Regrets that the Agency continues to have high administration costs and fails to understand how the Agency can justify such a situation, given an increase in revenue from the fees charged to outside businesses for its services; acknowledges that the large increase in revenue stems from an increase in the number of certification applications received, rather than as a result of an increase in tariffs; Amendment 12 # Karin KADENBACH Motion for a resolution Subheading 4 a (new) Conflicts of interests Amendment 13 # Monica MACOVEI Motion for a resolution Subheading 4 a (new) Prevention and management of conflicts of interests and transparency Amendment 14 # Karin KADENBACH Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Welcomes the Agency's adoption of the "cooling off period" of non- assignment for a year, so that anyone new to the organisation is not allocated work on files they had directly worked on in the previous five years; Amendment 15 # Monica MACOVEI Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Notes that following the recommendation of the discharge authority, the Agency will include information and statistics on the management of conflicts of interests in its 2013 annual activity report; Amendment 16 # Monica MACOVEI Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Notes that the Agency is currently assessing the Declarations of Interests of managers and of person holding sensitive functions; regrets, however, that the CVs and Declarations of Interest of Management Board members and observers, as well as the Declarations of Interests of the Executive Director are still not publicly available on the Agency's website; calls on the Agency to remedy the situation as a matter of urgency; Amendment 17 # Monica MACOVEI Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 c (new) 6c. Regrets the lack of information available of the Agency's website regarding the members of the Board of Appeal; believes that the names, CVs and Declarations of Interests of those members should be made public and calls, therefore, on the Agency to remedy the situation as a matter of urgency; Amendment 18 # Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY, Chris DAVIES, Jan MULDER Motion for a resolution Subheading 6 a (new) Performance Amendment 19 # Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY, Chris DAVIES, Jan MULDER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. 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 # Ryszard CZARNECKI, Marta ANDREASEN, Philip BRADBOURN, Andrea ČEŠKOVÁ, Derk Jan EPPINK Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1. Grants the Executive Director of the European Aviation Safety Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency's budget for the financial year 2012 / Postpones its decision on granting the Executive Director of the European Aviation Safety Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency's budget for the financial year 2012; Amendment 3 # Karin KADENBACH Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1. Grants the Executive Director of the European Aviation Safety Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency's budget for the financial year 2012 / Postpones its decision on granting the Executive Director of the European Aviation Safety Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency's budget for the financial year 2012; Amendment 4 # Petri SARVAMAA Proposal for a decision 2 Paragraph 1 1. Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Aviation Safety Agency for the financial year 2012 / Postpones its decision on the closure of the accounts of the European Aviation Safety Agency for the financial year 2012; Amendment 5 # Ryszard CZARNECKI, Marta ANDREASEN, Philip BRADBOURN, Andrea ČEŠKOVÁ, Derk Jan EPPINK Proposal for a decision 2 Paragraph 1 1. Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Aviation Safety Agency for the financial year 2012 / Postpones its decision on the closure of the accounts of the European Aviation Safety Agency for the financial year 2012; Amendment 6 # Karin KADENBACH Proposal for a decision 2 Paragraph 1 1. Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Aviation Safety Agency for the financial year 2012 / Postpones its decision on the closure of the accounts of the European Aviation Safety Agency 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 final budget of the European Aviation Safety Agency (‘"the Agency’") for the financial year 2012 was EUR 158 848 191, representing an increase of 7 % 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 Agency's budget for 2012 amounted to EUR 38 651 354.83, representing an increase of 6,95 % compared to 2011, source: PE-521.762

History

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