Activites

• 2014/04/03 Vote in plenary scheduled
• 2014/04/02 Debate in plenary scheduled
• 2014/03/21 Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
  • A7-0234/2014 summary

    The Committee on Budgetary Control adopted the report by Petri SARVAMAA (EPP, FI) in which it recommended the European Parliament to grant discharge to the Director of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology in respect of the implementation of the Institute's budget for the financial year 2012. Noting that the Court of Auditors stated that it has obtained reasonable assurances that the annual accounts of the Institute for the financial year 2012 are reliable, and that the underlying transactions are legal and regular, Members approved the closure of the Institute’s accounts. They made, however, 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. Qualified opinion: Members regretted that the Court of Auditors found the quality of the audit certificates is inadequate in many instances. They also deplored the fact that no ex post verifications have been carried out for transactions related to grants for 2010 activities (EUR 11.3 million). Furthermore, they deplored the fact that given the limited assurances that can be drawn from ex ante verifications, there is no reasonable assurance as to the legality and regularity of these transactions. They noted that according to the Court of Auditors, except for the possible effects of the matters described in the basis for a qualified opinion, the transactions underlying the annual accounts for the year 2012 are legal and regular in all material respects. Commitments and carryovers: Members noted that out of the committed appropriations carried over from 2011 amounting to some EUR 22 million, some EUR 10 million (45%) were cancelled in 2012. Members also made a series of observations on transfers, procurement and recruitment procedures as well as comments on internal controls. They acknowledged that the Institute has two framework rules regulating conflicts of interests. They called on the Institute to inform the discharge authority whether it intends to update those framework rules according to the Commission's Guidelines.

• 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
• Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A7-0234/2014

History

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