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2013/2242(DEC) 2012 discharge: European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT)
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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/7/14226

Subjects

8.70.03.02 2012 discharge

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2014/04/03 Vote in plenary scheduled
2014/04/02 Debate in plenary scheduled
2014/03/21 Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
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 Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT). 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 Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT). In 2012, the tasks and budget of this agency were as follows: description of the EIT's tasks: the EIT, which is located in Budapest, was set up by Regulation (EC) No 294/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council. The Institute’s objective is to contribute to sustainable European economic growth and competitiveness by reinforcing the innovation capacity of the Member States and the European Union. The Institute shall: (i) raise awareness among potential partner organisations and encourage their participation in its activities; (ii) select and designate Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs) in the priority fields; (iii) mobilise funds from public and private sources to encourage the innovation process; (iv) encourage the recognition in the Member States of degrees and diplomas which are awarded by higher education institutions that are partner organisations,… EIT's budget for the 2012 financial year: the EIT’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 97 million; - paid : EUR 95 million; - carried-over : 0. § Payment appropriations : - committed : EUR 83 million; - paid : EUR 71 million; - carried-over : EUR 7 million. Please refer also to the final accounts of the EIT.
- DG {'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/budget/', 'title': 'Budget'}, ŠEMETA Algirdas

Documents

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

Amendments	Dossier
16	2013/2242(DEC) 2014/02/26 CONT 16 amendments... Amendment 1 # Petri SARVAMAA Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1. Postpones its decision on granting the Director of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology discharge in respect of the implementation of the Institute's budget for the financial year 2012 / Grants the Director of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology discharge in respect of the implementation of the Institute'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 7 a (new) 7a. Acknowledges that the Institute has two framework rules regulating conflicts of interests; calls on the Institute to inform the discharge authority of its intention to revise those framework rules based on the Commission's Guidelines on the Prevention and Management of Conflict of Interest in EU Decentralised Agencies; Amendment 12 # Monica MACOVEI Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Observes that the Declarations of Interests of members of the Governing Board, the Executive Director and senior management are not publicly available; calls on the Institute to remedy the situation as a matter of urgency; Amendment 13 # Ryszard CZARNECKI, Philip BRADBOURN, Andrea ČEŠKOVÁ, Derk Jan EPPINK Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. ~~Regrets the fact~~Expresses concern that budgets for grant agreements signed in 2010 and 2011 were not sufficiently specific, which resulted in payments in 2012; observes that there was no link between the approved funds and the activities to be implemented and that grant agreements did not set individual thresholds for specific cost categories (i.e. staff costs, sub-contracting, legal services, etc.) and did not include rules for the procurement of goods and services by the Knowledge and Innovation Communities and their partners; Amendment 14 # Ryszard CZARNECKI, Philip BRADBOURN, Andrea ČEŠKOVÁ, Marta ANDREASEN, Derk Jan EPPINK Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. ~~Notes with concern~~Is appalled that the Institute did not have an internal auditor for the entire calendar year 2013, as the previous auditor left the Institute on 31 December 2012, and the current auditor took over the task only on 1 January 2014; believes that such a situation should have been avoided, especially given the problems shown to exist in the Institute as regards the 2012 discharge; Amendment 15 # Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY, Jan MULDER, Chris DAVIES Motion for a resolution Subheading 7 a (new) Performance Amendment 16 # Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY, Jan MULDER, Chris DAVIES Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Requests that the Institute communicate the results and impact its work has on European citizens in an accessible way, mainly through its website; Amendment 2 # Ryszard CZARNECKI, Philip BRADBOURN, Andrea ČEŠKOVÁ, Marta ANDREASEN, Derk Jan EPPINK Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1. Postpones its decision on granting the Director of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology discharge in respect of the implementation of the Institute's budget for the financial year ~~2012 / Grants the Director of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology discharge in respect of the implementation of the Institute's budget for the financial year~~ 2012; Amendment 3 # Karin KADENBACH Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1. Postpones its decision on granting the Director of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology discharge in respect of the implementation of the Institute's budget for the financial year 2012 / Grants the Director of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology discharge in respect of the implementation of the Institute's budget for the financial year 2012; Amendment 4 # Petri SARVAMAA Proposal for a decision 2 Paragraph 1 1. ~~Postpones its decision on the closure of the accounts of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology for the financial year 2012 /~~ Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology for the financial year 2012; Amendment 5 # Ryszard CZARNECKI, Philip BRADBOURN, Andrea ČEŠKOVÁ, Marta ANDREASEN, Derk Jan EPPINK Proposal for a decision 2 Paragraph 1 1. Postpones its decision on the closure of the accounts of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology for the financial year ~~2012 / Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology for the financial year~~ 2012; Amendment 6 # Karin KADENBACH Proposal for a decision 2 Paragraph 1 1. ~~Postpones its decision on the closure of the accounts of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology for the financial year 2012 /~~ Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology 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 Institute of Innovation and Technology (‘"the Institute’") for the financial year 2012 was EUR 95 300 000 for commitment appropriations, representing an increase of 48,87 % compared to 2011, and EUR 77 090 000 for payment appropriations, Amendment 9 # Monica MACOVEI Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas according to its financial statements, the overall contribution of the Union to the Institute's budget for 2012 amounted to EUR 68 697 863, compared to EUR 8 043 439.83 in 2011, source: PE-521.771

Amendments

Dossier

2013/2242(DEC)

2014/02/26 CONT 16 amendments...

Amendment 1 #

Petri SARVAMAA

Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1

1. Postpones its decision on granting the Director of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology discharge in respect of the implementation of the Institute's budget for the financial year 2012 / Grants the Director of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology discharge in respect of the implementation of the Institute'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 7 a (new)

7a. Acknowledges that the Institute has two framework rules regulating conflicts of interests; calls on the Institute to inform the discharge authority of its intention to revise those framework rules based on the Commission's Guidelines on the Prevention and Management of Conflict of Interest in EU Decentralised Agencies;

Amendment 12 #

Monica MACOVEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Observes that the Declarations of Interests of members of the Governing Board, the Executive Director and senior management are not publicly available; calls on the Institute to remedy the situation as a matter of urgency;

Amendment 13 #

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

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. ~~Regrets the fact~~Expresses concern that budgets for grant agreements signed in 2010 and 2011 were not sufficiently specific, which resulted in payments in 2012; observes that there was no link between the approved funds and the activities to be implemented and that grant agreements did not set individual thresholds for specific cost categories (i.e. staff costs, sub-contracting, legal services, etc.) and did not include rules for the procurement of goods and services by the Knowledge and Innovation Communities and their partners;

Amendment 14 #

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

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. ~~Notes with concern~~Is appalled that the Institute did not have an internal auditor for the entire calendar year 2013, as the previous auditor left the Institute on 31 December 2012, and the current auditor took over the task only on 1 January 2014; believes that such a situation should have been avoided, especially given the problems shown to exist in the Institute as regards the 2012 discharge;

Amendment 15 #

Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY, Jan MULDER, Chris DAVIES

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 7 a (new)

Performance

Amendment 16 #

Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY, Jan MULDER, Chris DAVIES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Requests that the Institute communicate the results and impact its work has on European citizens in an accessible way, mainly through its website;

Amendment 2 #

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

Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1

1. Postpones its decision on granting the Director of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology discharge in respect of the implementation of the Institute's budget for the financial year ~~2012 / Grants the Director of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology discharge in respect of the implementation of the Institute's budget for the financial year~~ 2012;

Amendment 3 #

Karin KADENBACH

Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1

Amendment 4 #

Petri SARVAMAA

Proposal for a decision 2
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Postpones its decision on the closure of the accounts of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology for the financial year 2012 /~~ Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology for the financial year 2012;

Amendment 5 #

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

Proposal for a decision 2
Paragraph 1

1. Postpones its decision on the closure of the accounts of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology for the financial year ~~2012 / Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology 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 Institute of Innovation and Technology (‘"the Institute’") for the financial year 2012 was EUR 95 300 000 for commitment appropriations, representing an increase of 48,87 % compared to 2011, and EUR 77 090 000 for payment appropriations,

Amendment 9 #

Monica MACOVEI

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas according to its financial statements, the overall contribution of the Union to the Institute's budget for 2012 amounted to EUR 68 697 863, compared to EUR 8 043 439.83 in 2011,

source: PE-521.771

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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 Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT).

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 Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT).

In 2012, the tasks and budget of this agency were as follows:
- description of the EIT's tasks: the EIT, which is located in Budapest, was set up by Regulation (EC) No 294/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council. The Institute’s objective is to contribute to sustainable European economic growth and competitiveness by reinforcing the innovation capacity of the Member States and the European Union. The Institute shall: (i) raise awareness among potential partner organisations and encourage their participation in its activities; (ii) select and designate Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs) in the priority fields; (iii) mobilise funds from public and private sources to encourage the innovation process; (iv) encourage the recognition in the Member States of degrees and diplomas which are awarded by higher education institutions that are partner organisations,…
- EIT's budget for the 2012 financial year: the EIT’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 97 million;

- paid : EUR 95 million;

- carried-over : 0.

§ Payment appropriations :

- committed : EUR 83 million;

- paid : EUR 71 million;

- carried-over : EUR 7 million.

Please refer also to the final accounts of the EIT.

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procedure	stage_reached Preparatory phase in Parliament subject 8.70.03.02 2012 discharge type DEC - Discharge procedure reference 2013/2242(DEC) title 2012 discharge: European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT)

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