Activites

• 2014/04/03 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • T7-0330/2014 summary

    The European Parliament adopted a decision concerning the discharge to be granted to the Executive Director of the European GNSS Agency in respect of the implementation of the Authority'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 477 votes to 67, with 24 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 budget monitoring efforts during the financial year 2012 resulted in a budget implementation rate of 100% and that the payment appropriations execution rate was 99.99%. Commitments and carryovers: Parliament noted that the carry-over of committed appropriations was relatively high for administrative expenditure at EUR 1.7 million (38%). This was partly due to events beyond the Authority's control, such as the relocation of its seat to Prague in September 2012 (EUR 400 000) and the setting-up of the Galileo Security Monitoring Centre (EUR 400 000) which necessitated the provision of certain goods and services in the last quarter of the year. Prevention and management of conflicts of interests and transparency: Parliament regretted that the Agency did not answer questionnaire on the management and prevention of conflicts of interests. It urged the Agency to report to the discharge authority on the actions it has implemented to become in line with the Court of Auditors' Special Report No 15/2012 and Parliament's recommendations that all agencies develop and implement comprehensive independence policies and procedures. 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. It 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
  • A7-0223/2014 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 GNSS Agency in respect of the implementation of the Authority'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 100% and that the payment appropriations execution rate was 99.99%. Commitments and carryovers: Members noted that the carry-over of committed appropriations was relatively high for administrative expenditure at EUR 1.7 million (38%). This was partly due to events beyond the Authority's control, such as the relocation of its seat to Prague in September 2012 (EUR 400 000) and the setting-up of the Galileo Security Monitoring Centre (EUR 400 000) which necessitated the provision of certain goods and services in the last quarter of the year. Prevention and management of conflicts of interests and transparency: Members regretted that the Agency did not answer questionnaire on the management and prevention of conflicts of interests; urges the Agency to report to the discharge authority on the actions it has implemented to become in line with the Court of Auditors' Special Report No 15/2012 and Parliament's recommendations that all agencies develop and implement comprehensive independence policies and procedures, inter alia, by establishing a breach of trust mechanism and clear penalties, or by changing those already in place. 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 (GSA). 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 GNSS Agency (GSA). In 2012, the tasks and budget of this Authority were as follows: description of the Authority's tasks: the GNSS Supervisory Authority was set up by Council Regulation (EC) No 1321/2004 and its main task is to manage the public interests relating to the European GNSS programmes and to act as the regulatory authority for the programme during the deployment and operational phases of the Galileo Programme. Regulation (EC) No 683/2008 of the European Parliament and the Council reduced the responsibilities of the Authority to the control of the security of Galileo systems and to the preparation of their commercialisation. In 2012, the GSA’s headquarters was relocated to Prague, Czech Republic. Part of the GSA staff remained located in Brussels awaiting relocation to other GSA sites in France and UK in 2013; GNSS' budget for the 2012 financial year: the Authority’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 106 million; - paid : EUR 58 million; - carried-over : EUR 47 million. §         Payment appropriations : - committed : EUR 55 million; - paid : EUR 33 million; - carried-over : EUR 22 million. Please refer also to the final accounts of the GSA.

  • 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: A7-0223/2014
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T7-0330/2014

Amendments

Dossier

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2013/2231(DEC) 2014/02/25 CONT 14 amendments... Amendment 1 # Petri SARVAMAA Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1. Grants the Executive Director of the European GNSS Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Authority's budget for the financial year 2012 / Postpones its decision on granting the Executive Director of the European GNSS Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency's budget for the financial year 2012; Amendment 10 # Monica MACOVEI Motion for a resolution Subheading 4 a (new) Prevention and management of conflicts of interests and transparency Amendment 11 # Monica MACOVEI Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Regrets that the Agency did not answer the discharge authority questionnaire on the management and prevention of conflicts of interests; urges the Agency to describe to the discharge authority the actions implemented following the Court of Auditors' Special Report No 15/2012 and Parliament's recommendation that all agencies should develop and implement comprehensive independence policies and procedures, inter alia, establishing a breach of trust mechanism and clear sanctions or changing those already in place; Amendment 12 # Monica MACOVEI Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Observes that the CVs and Declarations of Interests of the members of the Administrative Board, as well as the Declarations of Interests of the Executive Director and senior management are not publicly available; calls on the Agency to remedy the situation as a matter of urgency; Amendment 13 # Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY, Chris DAVIES, Jan MULDER Performance Amendment 14 # Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY, Chris DAVIES, Jan MULDER 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 # Karin KADENBACH Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1. Grants the Executive Director of the European GNSS Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Authority's budget for the financial year 2012 / Postpones its decision on granting the Executive DirectorTranslation Centre for the Bodies of the European GNSS AgencyUnion discharge in respect of the implementation of the AgencyCentre's budget for the financial year 2012; Amendment 3 # Ryszard CZARNECKI, Philip BRADBOURN, Marta ANDREASEN, Derk Jan EPPINK Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1. Grants the Executive Director of the European GNSS Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Authority's budget for the financial year 2012 / Postpones its decision on granting the Executive Director of the European GNSS Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency's budget for the financial year 2012; Amendment 4 # Ryszard CZARNECKI, Philip BRADBOURN, Marta ANDREASEN, Derk Jan EPPINK, Andrea ČEŠKOVÁ Proposal for a decision 2 Paragraph 1 1. Approves the closure of the accounts of the European GNSS Agency for the financial year 2012 / Postpones its decision on the closure of the accounts of the European GNSS Agency for the financial year 2012; Amendment 5 # Petri SARVAMAA Proposal for a decision 2 Paragraph 1 1. Approves the closure of the accounts of the European GNSS Agency for the financial year 2012 / Postpones its decision on the closure of the accounts of the European GNSS 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 GNSS Agency for the financial year 2012 / Postpones its decision on the closure of the accounts of the European GNSS 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 budget of the European GNSS Agency (‘"the Agency’") for the financial year 2012 was EUR 20 848 718, representing a decrease of 46,12 % compared to 2011, Amendment 9 # Ryszard CZARNECKI, Philip BRADBOURN, Marta ANDREASEN, Derk Jan EPPINK, Andrea ČEŠKOVÁ Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Notes that the carry-over of committed appropriations was relatively high for title II (administrative expenditure) at EUR 1 700 000 (38 %); acknowledges that this was partly due to events beyond the Authority's control, such as the relocation of its seat to Prague in September 2012 (EUR 400 000) and the setting-up of the Galileo Security Monitoring Centre (EUR 400 000) which necessitated the provision of certain goods and services in the last quarter of the year; notes, moreover, that several contracts relating to IT and legal services included in the 2013 work programme were signed in December 2012; source: PE-521.815

History

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