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2013/2240(DEC) 2012 discharge: Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER)
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	ITRE

Lead committee dossier: CONT/7/14222

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 Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER). 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 Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER). In 2012, the tasks and budget of this agency were as follows: description of ACER's tasks: ACER, which is located in Ljubljana, was set up by Regulation (EU) No 713/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council with a view to helping the Member States’ regulatory authorities in the areas of electricity and natural gas to carry out their regulatory tasks in line with the applicable Community texts, if necessary by coordinating their action. Its aim is to give an opinion on any of the issues relating to the purpose for which it has been established; ACER's budget for the 2012 financial year: ACER’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 7 million; - paid : EUR 7 million; - carried-over : 0. § Payment appropriations : - committed : EUR 8 million; - paid : EUR 5 million; - carried-over : EUR 2 million. Please refer also to the final accounts of the Agency for cooperation of Energy Regulators.
- DG {'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/budget/', 'title': 'Budget'}, ŠEMETA Algirdas

Documents

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

Amendments	Dossier
14	2013/2240(DEC) 2014/02/25 CONT 14 amendments... Amendment 1 # Petri SARVAMAA Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1. Grants the Director of the European Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2012 / Postpones its decision on granting the Director of the European Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators 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 5 a (new) Prevention and management of conflicts of interests and transparency Amendment 11 # Monica MACOVEI Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Acknowledges that the Agency is reviewing 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 12 # Monica MACOVEI Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 b (new) 9b. Observes that the CVs and Declarations of Interests of the Board of Regulators' members, the Executive Director, senior management and the experts participating in the Agency's expert groups, as well as the CVs of the Administrative Board and Board of Appeal's members are not publicly available; calls on the Agency to remedy the situation as a matter of urgency; Amendment 13 # Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY, Jan MULDER, Chris DAVIES Motion for a resolution Subheading 6 a (new) Performance Amendment 14 # Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY, Jan MULDER, Chris DAVIES Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. 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, Andrea ČEŠKOVÁ, Derk Jan EPPINK, Philip BRADBOURN Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1. ~~Grants the Director of the European Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2012 /~~ Postpones its decision on granting the Director of the European Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators 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 Director of the European Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2012 / Postpones its decision on granting the Director of the European Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2012; Amendment 4 # Ryszard CZARNECKI, Marta ANDREASEN, Andrea ČEŠKOVÁ, Derk Jan EPPINK, Philip BRADBOURN Proposal for a decision 2 Paragraph 1 1. ~~Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators for the financial year 2012 /~~ Postpones its decision on the closure of the accounts of the European Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators 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 Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators for the financial year ~~2012 / Postpones its decision on the closure of the accounts of the European Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators 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 Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators for the financial year ~~2012 / Postpones its decision on the closure of the accounts of the European Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators 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 Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (‘"the Agency’") for the financial year 2012 was EUR 7 241 850, representing an increase of 51, 11 % compared to 2011; whereas the entire budget of the Agency derives from the Union budget, Amendment 9 # Ryszard CZARNECKI, Marta ANDREASEN, Andrea ČEŠKOVÁ, Derk Jan EPPINK, Philip BRADBOURN Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Notes from the Court of Auditors' report that regarding the three comments made in 2011, two corrective actions taken in response to the previous year's comments are still marked as 'ongoing' and one as 'completed'; source: PE-521.757

Amendments

Dossier

2013/2240(DEC)

2014/02/25 CONT 14 amendments...

Amendment 1 #

Petri SARVAMAA

Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1

1. Grants the Director of the European Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2012 / Postpones its decision on granting the Director of the European Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators 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 5 a (new)

Prevention and management of conflicts of interests and transparency

Amendment 11 #

Monica MACOVEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Acknowledges that the Agency is reviewing 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 12 #

Monica MACOVEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)

9b. Observes that the CVs and Declarations of Interests of the Board of Regulators' members, the Executive Director, senior management and the experts participating in the Agency's expert groups, as well as the CVs of the Administrative Board and Board of Appeal's members are not publicly available; calls on the Agency to remedy the situation as a matter of urgency;

Amendment 13 #

Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY, Jan MULDER, Chris DAVIES

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 6 a (new)

Performance

Amendment 14 #

Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY, Jan MULDER, Chris DAVIES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. 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, Andrea ČEŠKOVÁ, Derk Jan EPPINK, Philip BRADBOURN

Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Grants the Director of the European Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2012 /~~ Postpones its decision on granting the Director of the European Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators 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

Amendment 4 #

Ryszard CZARNECKI, Marta ANDREASEN, Andrea ČEŠKOVÁ, Derk Jan EPPINK, Philip BRADBOURN

Proposal for a decision 2
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators for the financial year 2012 /~~ Postpones its decision on the closure of the accounts of the European Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators 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 Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators for the financial year ~~2012 / Postpones its decision on the closure of the accounts of the European Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators for the financial year~~ 2012;

Amendment 6 #

Karin KADENBACH

Proposal for a decision 2
Paragraph 1

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 Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (‘"the Agency’") for the financial year 2012 was EUR 7 241 850, representing an increase of 51, 11 % compared to 2011; whereas the entire budget of the Agency derives from the Union budget,

Amendment 9 #

Ryszard CZARNECKI, Marta ANDREASEN, Andrea ČEŠKOVÁ, Derk Jan EPPINK, Philip BRADBOURN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Notes from the Court of Auditors' report that regarding the three comments made in 2011, two corrective actions taken in response to the previous year's comments are still marked as 'ongoing' and one as 'completed';

source: PE-521.757

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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 Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER).

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 Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER).

In 2012, the tasks and budget of this agency were as follows:
- description of ACER's tasks: ACER, which is located in Ljubljana, was set up by Regulation (EU) No 713/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council with a view to helping the Member States’ regulatory authorities in the areas of electricity and natural gas to carry out their regulatory tasks in line with the applicable Community texts, if necessary by coordinating their action. Its aim is to give an opinion on any of the issues relating to the purpose for which it has been established;
- ACER's budget for the 2012 financial year: ACER’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 7 million;

- paid : EUR 7 million;

- carried-over : 0.

§ Payment appropriations :

- committed : EUR 8 million;

- paid : EUR 5 million;

- carried-over : EUR 2 million.

Please refer also to the final accounts of the Agency for cooperation of Energy Regulators.

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procedure	type DEC - Discharge procedure title 2012 discharge: Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) stage_reached Preparatory phase in Parliament reference 2013/2240(DEC) subject 8.70.03.02 2012 discharge

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