Activites

• 2014/04/03 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • T7-0324/2014 summary

    The European Parliament adopted a decision concerning the discharge to be granted to the Director-General of the Euratom Supply Agency 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 481 votes to 62, with 27 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: Financial statements: recalling that the final budget of the Euratom Supply Agency for the financial year 2012 was EUR 104 000, Parliament reminded the Commission of the Court of Auditors' observation that between 2008 and 2011, the Agency did not receive its own budget and the Commission directly financed and discharged all expenditure, a situation which the Court of Auditors considered to be at odds with the Statutes of the Agency.  It noted with concern that for 2012, although the Commission granted the Agency its own budget amounting to EUR 104 000 including financial revenue from its own investments, most of the Agency’s expenditure was still financed directly by the Commission. The Commission is called upon to provide an explanation for this situation. Budget and financial management: Parliament noted that budget monitoring efforts during the financial year 2012 resulted in a budget implementation rate of 98.51%.

• 2014/04/02 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament
• 2014/03/20 Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
  • A7-0180/2014 summary

    The Committee on Budgetary Control adopted the report by Petri SARVAMAA (EPP, FI) on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Euratom Supply Agency 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 approve the closure of the Office’s accounts. However, they made 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. Recalling that, according to its financial statements, the final budget of the Euratom Supply Agency for the financial year 2012 was EUR 104 000, Members reminded the Commission of the Court of Auditors' observation that between 2008 and 2011, the Agency did not receive its own budget and the Commission directly financed and discharged all expenditure, a situation which the Court of Auditors considered to be at odds with the Statutes of the Agency. They also noted with concern that for 2012, although the Commission granted the Agency its own budget amounting to EUR 98 000 (EUR 104 000 including financial revenue from its own investments), nevertheless, most of the Agency’s expenditure was still financed directly by the Commission. Members called the Commission to provide an explanation for this situation.

• 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 Euratom Supply Agency (ESA). 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 Euratom Supply Agency (ESA). In 2012, the tasks and budget of this agency were as follows: description of ESA's tasks: the ESA, which is located in Luxembourg, was established by Council Decision 2008/114/EC, Euratom. Its main tasks are to: (i) provide expertise, information and advice to the EU on the market in nuclear materials and services and; (ii) monitor the market in this area. ESA's budget for the 2012 financial year: the final annual accounts may be found in the document entitled "Annual Accounts 2012 and Report on Budgetary and Financial Management". N.B. The European Parliament decided in its vote on the 2012 Budget to restore, after four years, the Budget heading 32.01.06 “Euratom contribution for operation of the Supply Agency”. As a result, for 2012, the Agency was granted a subsidy of EUR 98 000 by the Commission, with a total budget of EUR 140 000 (including financial revenues) for 2012.

  • 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: A7-0180/2014
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T7-0324/2014

Amendments

Dossier

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2013/2234(DEC) 2014/02/25 CONT 7 amendments... Amendment 1 # Petri SARVAMAA Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1. Grants the Director-General of the Euratom Supply Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency's budget for the financial year 2012 / Postpones its decision on granting the Director-General of the Euratom Supply Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency's budget for the financial year 2012; Amendment 2 # Karin KADENBACH Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1. Grants the Director-General of the Euratom Supply Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency's budget for the financial year 2012 / Postpones its decision on granting the Director-General of the Euratom Supply Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency's budget for the financial year 2012; Amendment 3 # Ryszard CZARNECKI, Philip BRADBOURN, Andrea ČEŠKOVÁ, Marta ANDREASEN Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1. Grants the Director-General of the Euratom Supply Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency's budget for the financial year 2012 / Postpones its decision on granting the Director-General of the Euratom Supply Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency's budget for the financial year 2012; Amendment 4 # Ryszard CZARNECKI, Philip BRADBOURN, Andrea ČEŠKOVÁ, Marta ANDREASEN, Derk Jan EPPINK Proposal for a decision 2 Paragraph 1 1. Approves the closure of the accounts of the Euratom Supply Agency for the financial year 2012 / Postpones its decision on the closure of the accounts of the Euratom Supply 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 Euratom Supply Agency for the financial year 2012 / Postpones its decision on the closure of the accounts of the Euratom Supply 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 Euratom Supply Agency for the financial year 2012 / Postpones its decision on the closure of the accounts of the Euratom Supply 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; source: PE-521.817

History

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