Activites

• 2014/04/02 Debate in Parliament
• 2014/03/24 Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
  • A7-0240/2014 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 Director of the European Police College (Cepol) in respect of the implementation of the College'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 College for the financial year 2012 are reliable, and that the underlying transactions are legal and regular, Members approved the closure of Cepol’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 95.1% and that the payment appropriations execution rate was 76%. Commitments and carryovers: they also noted with concern that out of the committed appropriations carried over from 2011 amounting to EUR 1.7 million, EUR 700 000 (41.2%) were cancelled in 2012 mainly due to lower than estimated costs to be reimbursed under the 2011 grant agreements (EUR 440 000 of cancelled carry-overs). They regretted that the carry-over to 2013 of committed appropriations for the 2013 Exchange Programme was irregular. Members also made a series of observations on transfers, procurement and recruitment procedures as well as comments on internal controls. They acknowledged that the College will review its conflicts of interests arrangements currently in place with the aim of developing a specific conflict of interest policy in 2014 on the basis of the Commission's Guidelines on the Prevention and Management of Conflicts of Interests in EU Decentralised Agencies and called on the College to inform the discharge authority on the review results once available.

• 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 Police College (CEPOL). 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 Police College (CEPOL). In 2012, the tasks and budget of this agency were as follows: description of CEPOL's tasks: CEPOL, which is located in Bramshill, United Kingdom, was established by Council Decision 2005/681/JHA. The College's main task is to provide training sessions, based on common standards, for senior police officers; CEPOL's budget for the 2012 financial year: CEPOL’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 9 million; - paid : EUR 8 million; - carried-over : 0. §         Payment appropriations : - committed : EUR 11 million; - paid : EUR 8 million; - carried-over : EUR 2 million. Please refer also to the final accounts of CEPOL.

  • 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: A7-0240/2014

Amendments

Dossier

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2013/2229(DEC) 2014/01/28 LIBE 3 amendments... Amendment 1 # Véronique MATHIEU HOUILLON Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes CEPOL’s general progress in financial management achieved in recent years and encourages CEPOL to continue this way; in this connection, notes some weaknesses in budget planning and in terms of transparency in recruitment procedures;(Does not affect the English version.) Amendment 2 # Véronique MATHIEU HOUILLON Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on legislators to take account of economic factors in their selection of a new seat for CEPOL;(Does not affect the English version.) Amendment 3 # Véronique MATHIEU HOUILLON Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Stresses that the Commission’s proposal to merge CEPOL with Europol was rejected by a large majority in the European Parliament and in the Council and that an initiative by 25 Member States has proposed an amendment to the Council Decision on the seat of CEPOL, by a regulation to be adopted under the codecision procedure; source: PE-528.053 2014/02/25 CONT 14 amendments... Amendment 1 # Petri SARVAMAA Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1. Grants the Director of the European Police College discharge in respect of the implementation of the College's budget for the financial year 2012 / Postpones its decision on granting the Director of the European Police College discharge in respect of the implementation of the College's budget for the financial year 2012; Amendment 10 # Monica MACOVEI Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Acknowledges that the College will review its conflicts of interests arrangements currently in place with the aim of developing a specific conflict of interest policy in 2014 based on the Commission's draft guidelines on the Prevention and Management of Conflict of Interest in EU Decentralised Agencies; notes that members of the Governing Board and working groups or other categories of stakeholders directly collaborating with the College but not employed by the College will be considered within the scope of this exercise; calls on the College to inform the discharge authority on the review results once available; Amendment 11 # Monica MACOVEI Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 b (new) 8b. Observes that the CVs and Declarations of Interests of the Governing Board members, the Executive Director and the senior management are not publicly available; calls on the Agency to remedy the situation as a matter of urgency; Amendment 12 # Ryszard CZARNECKI, Marta ANDREASEN, Andrea ČEŠKOVÁ, Philip BRADBOURN, Derk Jan EPPINK Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Notes with concern that discussions about the College's future, which have been ongoing for several years, have created a situation of uncertainty which continues to hamper business planning and implementation; Amendment 13 # Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY, Jan MULDER, Chris DAVIES Motion for a resolution Subheading 7 a (new) Performance Amendment 14 # Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY, Jan MULDER, Chris DAVIES Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Requests that the College communicate the results and impact its work has on European citizens in an accesible way, mainly through its website,; Amendment 2 # Ryszard CZARNECKI, Marta ANDREASEN, Andrea ČEŠKOVÁ, Philip BRADBOURN, Derk Jan EPPINK Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1. Grants the Director of the European Police College discharge in respect of the implementation of the College's budget for the financial year 2012 / Postpones its decision on granting the Director of the European Police College discharge in respect of the implementation of the College's budget for the financial year 2012; Amendment 3 # Karin KADENBACH Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1. Grants the Director of the European Police College discharge in respect of the implementation of the College's budget for the financial year 2012 / Postpones its decision on granting the Director of the European Police College discharge in respect of the implementation of the College'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 Police College for the financial year 2012 / Postpones its decision on the closure of the accounts of the European Police College for the financial year 2012; Amendment 5 # 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 Police College for the financial year 2012 / Postpones its decision on the closure of the accounts of the European Police College 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 Police College for the financial year 2012 / Postpones its decision on the closure of the accounts of the European Police College for the financial year 2012; Amendment 7 # Elena BĂSESCU Motion for a resolution Citation 20 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 Police College (‘"the College’") for the financial year 2012 was EUR 8 450 640, representing an increase of 1, 31 % compared to 2011; whereas the entire budget of the Authority derives from the Union budget, Amendment 9 # Monica MACOVEI Motion for a resolution Subheading 5 a (new) Prevention and management of conflicts of interests and transparency source: PE-521.761

History

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