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2013/2233(DEC) 2012 discharge: European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)
Next event: Indicative plenary sitting date, 1st reading/single reading 2014/04/02

Role	Committee	Rapporteur	Shadows
Lead	CONT	SARVAMAA Petri (EPP)	KADENBACH Karin (S&D), GERBRANDY Gerben-Jan (ALDE), STAES Bart (Verts/ALE), ANDREASEN Marta (ECR), DE JONG Cornelis (GUE/NGL), VANHECKE Frank (EFD), EHRENHAUSER Martin (NI)
Opinion	ENVI	HAUG Jutta (S&D)

Lead committee dossier: CONT/7/14206

Subjects

8.70.03.02 2012 discharge

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2014/04/02 Indicative plenary sitting date, 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 Chemicals Agency (ECHA). 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 Chemicals Agency (ECHA). In 2012, the tasks and budget of this agency were as follows: description of ECHA's tasks: ECHA, located in Helsinki, was set up by Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council and its main tasks are to : (i) help businesses comply with the legislation in force; (ii) promote the safe use of chemicals; (iii) provide information on chemicals; (iv) assess hazardous substances; ECHA'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 99 million; - paid : EUR 96 million; - carried-over : 0. § Payment appropriations : - committed : EUR 113 million; - paid : EUR 94 million; - carried-over : EUR 15 million. Please refer also to the final accounts of the ECHA.
- DG {'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/budget/', 'title': 'Budget'}, ŠEMETA Algirdas

Documents

Non-legislative basic document published: COM(2013)0570

Amendments	Dossier
10	2013/2233(DEC) 2013/12/18 ENVI 10 amendments... Amendment 1 # Jutta HAUG Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Notes that for the second consecutive year the European Chemicals Agency did not receive any contribution from the general EU budget in 2012 in compliance with the REACH and CLP regulation; draws attention to the fact that budgetary revenue from fees and charges in terms of cash received amounted to EUR 26.611.825; for preparatory actions with regard to the implementation of the biocides and PIC activities an amount of EUR 4.184.040 was provided by the general EU budget; likes to stress that this amount representes 0.003% of the overall EU budget; points out that 447 of 470 available posts had been occupied and 65 contract agents and seconded national experts were employed by the end of 2012; Amendment 10 # Julie GIRLING Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Recommends ~~on the facts available that~~ that discharge ~~can~~should not be granted to the Executive Director of the European Chemicals Agency in respect of the implementation of the Agency's budget for the financial year 2012. Amendment 2 # Anna ROSBACH Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. ~~Recogni~~Stresses the two comments made by the Court of Auditors which focus on the physical inventory and on the budgetary management; is at the same time also aware of the Agency's reply; points out that the carry-overs derive partly from the multi-annual nature, of IT development projects, partly from translations not delivered by year-end and the start of new biocides and PIC activities in the second half of the year; reminds however the Agency to respect the annuality principle of the budget as close as possible; ~~asks~~insists that the Agency to completes as soon as possible the asset inventory exercise and to enforce the asset inventory management with the new version for ABAC assets; recognises at the same time that some shortfalls are legacy driven and arise from the set-up stage of the Agency when laptops and computers were provided through Commission framework contracts and have been used by Commission staff seconded to the Agency at that time; would like to mention that according to the Agency the untraced laptops from the early days have an overall residual value of EUR 5000; Amendment 3 # Antonyia PARVANOVA Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Recognises the two comments made by the Court of Auditors which focus on the physical inventory and on the budgetary management; is at the same time also aware of the Agency's reply; points out that the carry-overs derive partly from the multi-annual nature, of IT development projects, partly from translations not delivered by year-end and the start of new biocides and PIC activities in the second half of the year; and welcomes therefore the agency's attempts to maximise the synergies between its tasks by making the best possible use of IT tools; reminds however the Agency to respect the annuality principle of the budget as close as possible; asks the Agency to complete as soon as possible the asset inventory exercise and to enforce the asset inventory management with the new version for ABAC assets; recognises at the same time that some shortfalls are legacy driven and arise from the set-up stage of the Agency when laptops and computers were provided through Commission framework contracts and have been used by Commission staff seconded to the Agency at that time; would like to mention that according to the Agency the untraced laptops from the early days have an overall residual value of EUR 5000; Amendment 4 # Julie GIRLING Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. ~~Recogni~~Stresses the two comments made by the Court of Auditors which focus on the physical inventory and on the budgetary management; is at the same time also aware of the Agency's reply; points out that the carry-overs derive partly from the multi-annual nature, of IT development projects, partly from translations not delivered by year-end and the start of new biocides and PIC activities in the second half of the year; reminds however the Agency to respect the annuality principle of the budget as close as possible; ~~asks~~insists that the Agency to completes as soon as possible the asset inventory exercise and to enforce the asset inventory management with the new version for ABAC assets; recognises at the same time that some shortfalls are legacy driven and arise from the set-up stage of the Agency when laptops and computers were provided through Commission framework contracts and have been used by Commission staff seconded to the Agency at that time; would like to mention that according to the Agency the untraced laptops from the early days have an overall residual value of EUR 5000; Amendment 5 # Anna ROSBACH Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. ~~Is satisfied with~~Aknowledges the operation of the Agency in implementing the Union’s chemicals' legislation within its legal role and responsibilities; is aware that the reserve amounting to EUR 230.198.367 in 2012 (EUR 280.565.807 in 2011) deriving from fee income will be used up in 2015 at the latest as envisaged by the REACH and CLP regulation; takes note that the reserve is managed through service level agreements with two different banks (EIB and Central Bank of Finland) in accordance with standards agreed by the Agency's Management Board; Amendment 6 # Julie GIRLING Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. ~~Is satisfied with~~Acknowledges the operation of the Agency in implementing the Union’s chemicals' legislation within its legal role and responsibilities; is aware that the reserve amounting to EUR 230.198.367 in 2012 (EUR 280.565.807 in 2011) deriving from fee income will be used up in 2015 at the latest as envisaged by the REACH and CLP regulation; takes note that the reserve is managed through service level agreements with two different banks (EIB and Central Bank of Finland) in accordance with standards agreed by the Agency's Management Board; Amendment 7 # Anna ROSBACH Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Believes that the discharge decision should be based upon OECD guidelines to ensure high quality internationally recognised accounting, audit and financial disclosure standards; invites the European institutions to incorporate and commit to introducing OECD guidelines within a common framework for all European institutions and bodies; Amendment 8 # Julie GIRLING Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Believes that the discharge decision should be based upon OECD guidelines to ensure high quality internationally recognised accounting, audit and financial disclosure standards; invites the European institutions to incorporate and commit to introducing OECD guidelines within a common framework for all European institutions and bodies; Amendment 9 # Anna ROSBACH Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Recommends ~~on the facts available~~ that discharge ~~can~~should not be granted to the Executive Director of the European Chemicals Agency in respect of the implementation of the Agency's budget for the financial year 2012. source: PE-526.142

Amendments

Dossier

2013/2233(DEC)

2013/12/18 ENVI 10 amendments...

Amendment 1 #

Jutta HAUG

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Notes that for the second consecutive year the European Chemicals Agency did not receive any contribution from the general EU budget in 2012 in compliance with the REACH and CLP regulation; draws attention to the fact that budgetary revenue from fees and charges in terms of cash received amounted to EUR 26.611.825; for preparatory actions with regard to the implementation of the biocides and PIC activities an amount of EUR 4.184.040 was provided by the general EU budget; likes to stress that this amount representes 0.003% of the overall EU budget; points out that 447 of 470 available posts had been occupied and 65 contract agents and seconded national experts were employed by the end of 2012;

Amendment 10 #

Julie GIRLING

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Recommends ~~on the facts available that~~ that discharge ~~can~~should not be granted to the Executive Director of the European Chemicals Agency in respect of the implementation of the Agency's budget for the financial year 2012.

Amendment 2 #

Anna ROSBACH

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Recogni~~Stresses the two comments made by the Court of Auditors which focus on the physical inventory and on the budgetary management; is at the same time also aware of the Agency's reply; points out that the carry-overs derive partly from the multi-annual nature, of IT development projects, partly from translations not delivered by year-end and the start of new biocides and PIC activities in the second half of the year; reminds however the Agency to respect the annuality principle of the budget as close as possible; ~~asks~~insists that the Agency to completes as soon as possible the asset inventory exercise and to enforce the asset inventory management with the new version for ABAC assets; recognises at the same time that some shortfalls are legacy driven and arise from the set-up stage of the Agency when laptops and computers were provided through Commission framework contracts and have been used by Commission staff seconded to the Agency at that time; would like to mention that according to the Agency the untraced laptops from the early days have an overall residual value of EUR 5000;

Amendment 3 #

Antonyia PARVANOVA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Recognises the two comments made by the Court of Auditors which focus on the physical inventory and on the budgetary management; is at the same time also aware of the Agency's reply; points out that the carry-overs derive partly from the multi-annual nature, of IT development projects, partly from translations not delivered by year-end and the start of new biocides and PIC activities in the second half of the year; and welcomes therefore the agency's attempts to maximise the synergies between its tasks by making the best possible use of IT tools; reminds however the Agency to respect the annuality principle of the budget as close as possible; asks the Agency to complete as soon as possible the asset inventory exercise and to enforce the asset inventory management with the new version for ABAC assets; recognises at the same time that some shortfalls are legacy driven and arise from the set-up stage of the Agency when laptops and computers were provided through Commission framework contracts and have been used by Commission staff seconded to the Agency at that time; would like to mention that according to the Agency the untraced laptops from the early days have an overall residual value of EUR 5000;

Amendment 4 #

Julie GIRLING

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

Amendment 5 #

Anna ROSBACH

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Is satisfied with~~Aknowledges the operation of the Agency in implementing the Union’s chemicals' legislation within its legal role and responsibilities; is aware that the reserve amounting to EUR 230.198.367 in 2012 (EUR 280.565.807 in 2011) deriving from fee income will be used up in 2015 at the latest as envisaged by the REACH and CLP regulation; takes note that the reserve is managed through service level agreements with two different banks (EIB and Central Bank of Finland) in accordance with standards agreed by the Agency's Management Board;

Amendment 6 #

Julie GIRLING

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Is satisfied with~~Acknowledges the operation of the Agency in implementing the Union’s chemicals' legislation within its legal role and responsibilities; is aware that the reserve amounting to EUR 230.198.367 in 2012 (EUR 280.565.807 in 2011) deriving from fee income will be used up in 2015 at the latest as envisaged by the REACH and CLP regulation; takes note that the reserve is managed through service level agreements with two different banks (EIB and Central Bank of Finland) in accordance with standards agreed by the Agency's Management Board;

Amendment 7 #

Anna ROSBACH

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Believes that the discharge decision should be based upon OECD guidelines to ensure high quality internationally recognised accounting, audit and financial disclosure standards; invites the European institutions to incorporate and commit to introducing OECD guidelines within a common framework for all European institutions and bodies;

Amendment 8 #

Julie GIRLING

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

Amendment 9 #

Anna ROSBACH

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Recommends ~~on the facts available~~ that discharge ~~can~~should not be granted to the Executive Director of the European Chemicals Agency in respect of the implementation of the Agency's budget for the financial year 2012.

source: PE-526.142

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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 Chemicals Agency (ECHA).

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 Chemicals Agency (ECHA).

In 2012, the tasks and budget of this agency were as follows:

description of ECHA's tasks: ECHA, located in Helsinki, was set up by Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council and its main tasks are to : (i) help businesses comply with the legislation in force; (ii) promote the safe use of chemicals; (iii) provide information on chemicals; (iv) assess hazardous substances;

ECHA'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 99 million;

- paid : EUR 96 million;

- carried-over : 0.

§ Payment appropriations :

- committed : EUR 113 million;

- paid : EUR 94 million;

- carried-over : EUR 15 million.

Please refer also to the final accounts of the ECHA.

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