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Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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Lead | CONT | SARVAMAA Petri (EPP) | |
Lead | CONT | SARVAMAA Petri (PPE) | |
Opinion | ITRE |
Activites
- 2014/10/22 Debate in Parliament
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2014/09/26
Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
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A8-0011/2014
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The Committee on Budgetary Control adopted the report by Petri SARVAMAA (EPP, FI) in which it called on the European Parliament to grant the Management Committee of the Office of the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications discharge for implementation of the Office's budget for the financial year 2012. Taking note that in order to address the shortcomings related to the legality and regularity of transactions, the Office has included in its Financial and Accounting Manuals clear procedures, detailed steps and workflows to be used by all financial actors, Members welcomed the changes and improvements made to procedures applied by the Office as regards: financial and budget management, in particular as regards the rate of budget implementation; commitments and carryovers, even if necessary efforts still need to be made as regards the cancellation of appropriations; procurement and recruitment procedures since the revision of the recruitment guidelines implemented in 2013. Members also welcomed the Office's revised communication policy, which ensures the attribution of mobile phones to staff based on professional needs, and the internal controls made for monitoring compliance with that policy. Prevention and management of conflicts of interest and transparency: Members noted that the conflicts of interests policy concerning the Office's staff members follows the same principles, and that the staff members' conflicts of interests declarations are also available through the Office's public register. They acknowledged that the Office aims at raising awareness of its policy on conflicts of interest, as well as that of its Board. In parallel, Members stated that the Office has met all formal requirements for the Internal Control Standard (ICS) on Information and Communication and noted that a review of the ICS is scheduled by the Internal Audit Service and that the Office should report to the discharge authority on the results of that review as soon as they are available. Performances: lastly, Members noted that the Office has begun to increase its profile as a Union body by uploading the Union logo on some pages on its website, and looks forward to this being extended to the BEREC's home page and systematically to all communications, thereby ensuring visibility of the contribution from the Union budget to the Office.
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A8-0011/2014
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2014/09/23
Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
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2014/04/03
Results of vote in Parliament
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T7-0301/2014
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The European Parliament adopted a decision to postpone its decision on granting the Administrative Manager of the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) discharge in respect of the implementation of the Body’s budget for the financial year 2012. In parallel, Parliament postponed the closure of the Body’s 2012 accounts. Parliament adopted by 572 votes to 10, with 14 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: Legality and regularity of transactions: Parliament regretted that the Body’s accounting system has not been validated in 2013. It called on the Body to take steps in order to avoid such situations in the future and to report on the steps taken by 1 September 2014. It regretted that the committed appropriations carried over, amounting to EUR 61.5 million (10% of the total committed appropriations carried over), did not correspond to legal commitments and were thus irregular. Budget and financial management: it noted with concern that budget monitoring efforts during the financial year 2012 resulted in a budget implementation rate of 63.4% and that the payment appropriations execution rate was 66.16%. Commitments and carryovers: Parliament also regretted that 45% of the committed appropriations carried over from 2011 were cancelled and that appropriations of EUR 545 000 were not used and had to be cancelled. It worried that the level of carry-overs of committed appropriations to 2013 was high at EUR 611 000. It believed that this indicates difficulties in the planning and/or implementation of the Body’s activities. Recruitment procedures: Parliament regretted that the recruitment procedures examined showed significant shortcomings affecting transparency, namely that questions for written tests and interviews were set after the applications had been examined by the selection board. Improvements should be made in this area. Conflicts of interests: it also regretted that the Body has provided limited information regarding conflicts of interests policy. It noted that personal conflicts of interests declarations are requested from the members of the Body's Management Committee and the Board of Regulators, as well as from their staff members. Parliament called on the Body to inform the discharge authority of whether it plans to review its conflict of interests arrangements on the basis of the Commission's Guidelines on the Prevention and Management of Conflict of Interests in EU Decentralised Agencies. Performance: Parliament requested that the Body communicate the results and impact its work has on European citizens in an accessible way, mainly through its website. Lastly, it made a series of observations on transfers, procurement and recruitment procedures as well as comments on internal controls.
- 2014/04/02 Debate in Parliament
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2014/03/20
Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
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A7-0206/2014
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The Committee on Budgetary Control adopted the report by Petri SARVAMAA (EPP, FI) in which it recommended the European Parliament to postpones its decision on granting the Administrative Manager of the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications discharge in respect of the implementation of the Body’s budget for the financial year 2012. In parallel, Members postponed the closure of the Body’s accounts and made a number of recommendations in addition to those that appear in the draft resolution on performance, financial management and control of EU agencies. Legality and regularity of transactions: Members regretted that the Body’s accounting system has been validated in 2013. They called on the Body to take steps in order to avoid such situations in the future and to report on the steps taken by 1 September 2014. Members regretted that the committed appropriations carried over, amounting to EUR 61.5 million (10% of the total committed appropriations carried over), did not correspond to legal commitments and were thus irregular. Budget and financial management: Members noted with concern that budget monitoring efforts during the financial year 2012 resulted in a budget implementation rate of 63.4% and that the payment appropriations execution rate was 66.16%. Commitments and carryovers: Members also regretted that 45% of the committed appropriations carried over from 2011 were cancelled and that appropriations of EUR 545 000 were not used and had to be cancelled. They are worried that the level of carry-overs of committed appropriations to 2013 was high at EUR 611 000. They believed that this indicates difficulties in the planning and/or implementation of the Body’s activities. Recruitment procedures: Members regretted that the recruitment procedures examined showed significant shortcomings affecting transparency, namely that questions for written tests and interviews were set after the applications had been examined by the selection board. Improvements should be made in this area. Conflicts of interests: Members regretted that the Body has provided limited information regarding conflicts of interests policy. They noted that personal conflicts of interests declarations are requested from the members of the Body's Management Committee and the Board of Regulators, as well as from their staff members. They called on the Body to inform the discharge authority of whether it plans to review its conflict of interests arrangements on the basis of the Commission's Guidelines on the Prevention and Management of Conflict of Interests in EU Decentralised Agencies. Members also made a series of observations on transfers, procurement and recruitment procedures as well as comments on internal controls.
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A7-0206/2014
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2013/10/22
Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
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2013/07/26
Non-legislative basic document published
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COM(2013)0570
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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 Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC). 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 Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC). In 2012, the tasks and budget of this agency were as follows: description of BEREC's tasks: BEREC, which is located in Riga, was set up by Regulation (EU) No 1211/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council with a view to developing the single market for electronic communication networks and services, as well as to improving its operation by ensuring the consistent application of the European Union’s regulatory framework for electronic communications; BEREC's budget for the 2012 financial year: BEREC’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 3 million; - paid : EUR 3 million; - carried-over : 0. § Payment appropriations : - committed : EUR 3 million; - paid : EUR 2 million; - carried-over : EUR 1 million. Please refer also to the final accounts of the Body of the European Regulators.
- DG {'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/budget/', 'title': 'Budget'}, ŠEMETA Algirdas
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COM(2013)0570
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Documents
- Non-legislative basic document published: COM(2013)0570
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A7-0206/2014
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T7-0301/2014
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A8-0011/2014
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
Amendments | Dossier |
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2013/2241(DEC)
2014/03/05
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36 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1. Postpones its decision on granting the Administrative Manager of the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications discharge in respect of the implementation of the Body's budget for the financial year
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas, according to its financial statements, the final budget of the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Regrets that the Body’s accounting system was still not validated by its accounting officer;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Notes that the issues with carry- forwards at the end of 2012 were of a different nature due to the lack of experience of the available staff with the year-end closure activities; notes that due to the resignation of critical staff in financial and accounting roles in 2012, the year-end closure was managed largely by back-up staff brought in as support for operational functions;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Notes that the experiences learned in both 2011 and 2012 were addressed in 2013 by specifying the financial procedures and by providing additional refresher trainings to all financial actors; notes that additional attention was paid throughout 2013 to the correct opening of financial and legal commitments;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Notes with concern that budget
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Notes
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Notes
Amendment 2 #
Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1. Postpones its decision on granting the Administrative Manager of the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications discharge in respect of the implementation of the Body's budget for the financial year
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6.
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7.
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Notes
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9.
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9.
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Regrets that the Body has provided limited information regarding conflicts of interests policy, referring only to conflicts of interests declarations being requested and making no mention of any code of conduct or policy in place; notes that there is nothing on the publication of the declarations, on awareness training in place, or the aim of bringing the organisation into line with the Guidelines issued by the Commission; calls on the Body to remedy this situation before 1 September 2014 and provide the discharge authority with details of the measures being taken in this domain, particularly because the organisation is made up of representatives of the national electronic communication regulators, and has to advise those same regulators (as well as the Union institutions) which indicates a situation requiring a strong and transparent conflict of interest policy;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 6 a (new) Prevention and management of conflicts of interests and transparency
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Notes that personal conflicts of interests declarations are requested from the members of the Office Management Committee and the Board of Regulators as well as from its staff members and that declarations of conflicts of interests of the members of the recruitment Selection Committees has been updated, based on the recommendations from the Court of Auditors; calls on the Body to inform the discharge authority of its plan to review its conflict of interest arrangements based on the Commission's guidelines on the Prevention and Management of Conflict of Interest in EU Decentralised Agencies;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 b (new) 10b. Observes that the CVs and Declarations of Interests of the members of the Management Committee, the Administrative Manager and senior management are not publicly available; calls on the Agency to remedy the situation as a matter of urgency;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 – introductory part 11.
Amendment 3 #
Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 – indent 1 –
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 – indent 2 –
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 – indent 3 – the procedure
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls on the
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12.
Amendment 35 #
Performance
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Requests that the Body communicate the results and impact its work has on European citizens in an accessible way, mainly through its website;
Amendment 4 #
Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 5 #
Proposal for a decision 2 Paragraph 1 1. Postpones its decision on the closure of the accounts of the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications for the financial year
Amendment 6 #
Proposal for a decision 2 Paragraph 1 1. Postpones its decision on the closure of the accounts of the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications for the financial year
Amendment 7 #
Proposal for a decision 2 Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 8 #
Proposal for a decision 2 Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 10 a (new) - having regard to the previous discharge reports of the Parliament;
source: PE-521.758
2014/09/08
CONT
4 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 2 #
Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1. Grants the Management Committee of the Office discharge for implementation of the Office's budget for the financial year
Amendment 3 #
Proposal for a decision 2 Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Notes that BEREC has begun to increase its profile as an EU institution by uploading the EU logo on some pages on its website, and looks forward to this being extended to the home page and systematically on all communications, thereby ensuring visibility of the contribution from the EU budget to the organisations.
source: 537.350
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