Activites

• 2014/04/03 Vote scheduled
• 2014/04/02 Debate in Parliament
• 2014/03/21 Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
  • A7-0233/2014 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 Fisheries Control Agency 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 budget monitoring efforts during the financial year 2012 resulted in a budget implementation rate of 96% and that the payment appropriations execution rate was 83%. Commitments and carryovers: Members noted, however, that the level of committed appropriations carried over to 2013 was high for administrative expenditure at 35% and operating expenditure at 46%. This was due to a large extent by events beyond the Agency’s control, such as the late invoicing of the 2012 office rental costs by the Spanish authorities. An other important reason for the high level of carry-overs was the considerable workload faced by the agency as a result of the large number of IT projects that were either launched or ongoing in 2012 and this workload had an impact on the timeliness of procurement procedures in the case of two IT projects launched in 2012. Members also made a series of observations on transfers, procurement and recruitment procedures as well as comments on internal controls. Lastly, they acknowledged that the Agency will assess its policy on the prevention and management of conflicts of interests on the basis of the Commission's Guidelines on the Prevention and Management of Conflicts of Interests in EU Decentralised Agencies. They called on the Agency to inform the discharge authority of the assessment 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 Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) – formerly known as the CFCA. 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 Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA). In 2012, the tasks and budget of this agency were as follows: description of EFCA's tasks: the agency, which is located in Vigo, was created by Council Regulation (EC) No 768/2005 and its main task is to organise the operational coordination of fisheries control and inspection activities by the Member States in order to ensure effective and uniform application of the rules of the common fisheries policy; EFCA's'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 9 million; - paid : EUR 9 million; - carried-over : 0. §         Payment appropriations : - committed : EUR 11 million; - paid : EUR 10 million; - carried-over : EUR 1 million. Please refer also to the final accounts of the EFCA.

  • 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: A7-0233/2014

Amendments

Dossier

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2013/2232(DEC) 2013/12/23 PECH 3 amendments... Amendment 1 # Maria do Céu PATRÃO NEVES Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Highlights the importance of EFCA's role in the adoption and implementation of the reform of the common fisheries policy (CFP); stresses its significant contribution to implementing the CFP's ambitious objectives, particularly in the light of the increased demands in terms of monitoring, control and surveillance of fishing activity; stresses the future importance of control underpinned by a large budget geared to supporting the additional financial effort for this field; expresses its readiness, which it shares with EFCA, to ensure that this type of activity is suitably coordinated and structured in all the Member States; Amendment 2 # Maria do Céu PATRÃO NEVES Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Points out that the policy objectives of the reform of the CFP mean that control will play a stronger role in the future and it is therefore important to avoid weakening the financial and human resources available to EFCA in the coming years; and guarantee that the amounts entered in future budgets match the growing requirements in relation to the control and surveillance of fishing activity advocated in the reformed CFP; Amendment 3 # Isabelle THOMAS Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Points out that the policy objectives of the CFP mean that control will play a strongerpivotal role in the future and it is therefore important to avoid weakeningboost the financial and human resources available to EFCA in the coming years; source: PE-526.139 2014/02/26 CONT 15 amendments... Amendment 1 # Petri SARVAMAA Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1. Grants the Executive Director of the European Fisheries Control 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 Fisheries Control 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 6 6. Acknowledges that in response to the Court of Auditors' 2011 report, the Agency took corrective action in June 2012 to improve the transparency of recruitment procedures; noteregrets that in 2012, the Court of Auditors still identified weaknesses related to three audited recruitment procedures that were initiated prior to the Court’s 2011 report, namely that vacancy notices did not provide information to the candidates on complaint and appeal procedures, that candidates were given a global score instead of one score for each of the selection criteria and that there was no evidence that the questions for interviews and written tests had been set before the date of the examinations; Amendment 11 # Monica MACOVEI Motion for a resolution Subheading 5 a (new) Prevention and management of conflicts of interests and transparency Amendment 12 # Monica MACOVEI Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Acknowledges that the Agency will assess its policy on the prevention and management of conflicts of interests based on the Commission's Guidelines on the Prevention and Management of Conflict of Interest in EU Decentralised Agencies; calls on the Agency to inform the discharge authority of the assessment results once available; Amendment 13 # Monica MACOVEI Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Observes that the CVs and Declaration of Interests of the members of the Administrative and Advisory Boards, 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 14 # Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY, Jan MULDER, Chris DAVIES Motion for a resolution Subheading 6 a (new) Performance Amendment 15 # Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY, Jan MULDER, Chris DAVIES 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 # 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 Fisheries Control 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 Fisheries Control 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 Fisheries Control 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 Fisheries Control 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 Fisheries Control Agency for the financial year 2012 / Postpones its decision on the closure of the accounts of the European Fisheries Control 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 Fisheries Control Agency for the financial year 2012 / Postpones its decision on the closure of the accounts of the European Fisheries Control 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 Fisheries Control Agency for the financial year 2012 / Postpones its decision on the closure of the accounts of the European Fisheries Control 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 Fisheries Control Agency (‘"the Agency’") for the financial year 2012 was EUR 9 216 900, representing a decrease of 28,27 % compared to 2011, Amendment 9 # Monica MACOVEI Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas according to its financial statements, the initial contribution of the Union to the Agency's budget for 2012 amounted to EUR 10 216 900, representing a decrease of 13,78 % compared to 2011, source: PE-521.767

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