Activites

• 2015/04/29 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • T8-0148/2015 summary

    The European Parliament adopted by 556 votes to 133, with 4 abstentions, a decision to grant discharge to the Director of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) for the financial year 2013. 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 2013 are reliable, and that the underlying transactions are legal and regular, Parliament adopted by 574 votes to 107, with 7 abstentions, a resolution containing a number of recommendations that form an integral part of the discharge decision and as well as the general recommendations that appear in the resolution on performance, financial management and control of EU agencies: Agency’s financial statements: Parliament noted that the final budget of the Centre for the financial year 2013 was EUR 16 308 171.83 representing a decrease of 0.05% compared to 2012. The overall contribution of the Union to the Centre's budget for 2013 amounted to EUR 15.55 million, representing a decrease of 0.01% compared to 2012. Commitments and carry-overs: Parliament noted that budget monitoring efforts during the financial year 2013 resulted in a budget implementation rate of 99.73% and that the payment appropriations execution rate was 97.71%, representing a slight decrease of 0.1% compared to 2012. It took note of the Centre’s compliance with the principle of annuality and the timely execution of its budget. Parliament also made a series of observations on the prevention and management of conflicts of interest as well as internal audits. As regards the reliability of accounts, Parliament noted that the Centre launched a procurement procedure to rent office equipment over a four year period and that the technical requirements were subject to a significant modification during the course of the procedure. It regretted that the information published on the contract’s price structure was not sufficiently clear, which led to a misinterpretation by one bidder who therefore had a smaller chance of being awarded the contract. It called on the Centre to nonetheless improve its procurement processes and to report to the discharge authority on the measures taken. Lastly, Parliament noted that the “Cais do Sodre Relogio” building remains mostly unused as only a few expressions of interest for leasing the building materialised into concrete proposals. It acknowledged that negotiations for a short-term lease are currently ongoing with an offer well below the renting costs endured by the Centre and that it is negotiating with the building’s landlord for a possible reduction of the rent in order to neutralise rental costs as much as possible. It called on the Centre to inform the discharge authority about future developments once more information is available.

• 2015/04/28 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament
• 2015/03/30 Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
  • A8-0068/2015 summary

    The Committee on Budgetary Control adopted the report by Ryszard CZARNECKI (ECR, PL) on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) for the financial year 2013. It called on the European Parliament to grant the Director of the Centre discharge in respect of the implementation of the Centre’s budget for the financial year 2013. Noting that the Court of Auditors stated that it has obtained reasonable assurances that the annual accounts of the Centre for the financial year 2013 are reliable, and that the underlying transactions are legal and regular, Members called on the Parliament to approve the closure of the Centre’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. Agency’s financial statements: Members noted that the final budget of the Centre for the financial year 2013 was EUR 16 308 171.83 representing a decrease of 0.05 % compared to 2012. The overall contribution of the Union to the Centre's budget for 2013 amounted to EUR 15.55 million, representing a decrease of 0.01% compared to 2012. Commitments and carry-overs: Members noted that budget monitoring efforts during the financial year 2013 resulted in a budget implementation rate of 99.73% and that the payment appropriations execution rate was 97.71%, representing a slight decrease of 0.1% compared to 2012. They took note of the Centre’s compliance with the principle of annuality and the timely execution of its budget. Members also made a series of observations on the prevention and management of conflicts of interest as well as internal audits. As regards the reliability of accounts, Members noted that the Centre launched a procurement procedure to rent office equipment over a four year period and that the technical requirements were subject to a significant modification during the course of the procedure. They regretted that the information published on the contract’s price structure was not sufficiently clear, which led to a misinterpretation by one bidder who therefore had a smaller chance of being awarded the contract. They called on the Centre to nonetheless improve its procurement processes and to report to the discharge authority on the measures taken. Lastly, Members noted that negotiations for a short-term lease are currently ongoing with an offer well below the renting costs endured by the Centre and that it is negotiating with the building’s landlord for a possible reduction of the rent in order to neutralise rental costs as much as possible. They called on the Centre to inform the discharge authority about future developments once more information is available.

• 2015/03/23 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
• 2014/10/20 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 2014/07/30 Non-legislative basic document published
  • COM(2014)0510 summary

    PURPOSE: presentation by the Commission of the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2013 as part of the 2013 discharge procedure. Analysis of the accounts of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA). CONTENT: this Commission document sets out the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2013 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 Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA). The document contains the figures on which the discharge procedure is based. Discharge procedure of the EU agencies: the EU Budget finances a wide range of policies and programmes throughout the EU. In accordance with the priorities set by the European Parliament and the Council in the multi-annual financial framework (MFF), the European Commission carries out specific programmes, activities and projects in the field with the technical support of some specialised agencies. The consolidated annual accounts of the EU provide information on the activities of the institutions, agencies and other bodies of the EU from a budgetary and accrual accounting perspective. The consolidated reports on the implementation of the general budget of the EU include the budget implementation of all Institutions. Agencies do not have a separate budget inside the EU budget; and they are partially financed by a Commission budget subsidy. Each agency is subject to its own discharge procedure. EMCDDA: in 2013, the tasks and budget of this agency were as follows: description of the Centre's tasks: the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, which is located in Lisbon, was established by Council Regulation (EEC) No 302/93 and its main task is to collect data on drugs and drug addiction in order to prepare and publish information at European level that is objective, reliable and comparable. The Monitoring Centre is to focus on the following priority areas: (i) monitoring the state of the drugs problem, and emerging trends, in particular those involving multi-drug use; (ii) monitoring the solutions and providing information on best practices; the Centre's budget for the financial year 2013: the Centre’s budget for 2013, as presented in the Commission document on the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union, gives the following figures: §         Commitment appropriations : - committed : EUR 17 million; - paid : EUR 16 million; - carried-over : 0. §         Payment appropriations : - committed : EUR 17 million; - paid : EUR 16 million; - carried-over : EUR 1 million. Please refer also to the final accounts of the Monitoring Centre.

  • DG {'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/budget/', 'title': 'Budget'}, GEORGIEVA Kristalina

Documents

• Non-legislative basic document published: COM(2014)0510
• Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A8-0068/2015
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T8-0148/2015

Amendments

Dossier

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2014/2090(DEC) 2015/01/13 LIBE 1 amendments... Amendment 1 # Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Considers, in general, that the EMCCDDA should pay particulagreater attention to ensuringthe principle of sound financial management in respect of the budgetary principle of annuality, i.e. to using its appropriations economically, efficiently and effectively in the performance of its dutiescarrying out its remit. source: 541.403 2015/03/06 CONT 7 amendments... Amendment 1 # Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1. Grants the Director of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction discharge in respect of the implementation of the Centre’s budget for the financial year 2013 / Postpones its decision on granting the Director of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction discharge in respect of the implementation of the Centre’s budget for the financial year 2013; Amendment 2 # Richard ASHWORTH, Beata GOSIEWSKA, Richard SULÍK Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1. Grants the Director of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction discharge in respect of the implementation of the Centre’s budget for the financial year 2013 / Postpones its decision on granting the Director of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction discharge in respect of the implementation of the Centre’s budget for the financial year 2013; Amendment 3 # Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ Proposal for a decision 2 Paragraph 2 2. Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction for the financial year 2013 / Postpones the closure of the accounts of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction for the financial year 2013; Amendment 4 # Richard ASHWORTH, Beata GOSIEWSKA, Richard SULÍK Proposal for a decision 2 Paragraph 2 2. Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction for the financial year 2013 / Postpones the closure of the accounts of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction for the financial year 2013; Amendment 5 # Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Notes that budget monitoring efforts during the financial year 2013 resulted in a budget implementation rate of 99,73 % and that the payment appropriations execution rate was 97.71 %, representing a slight decrease of 0.1 % compared to 2012; acknowledges from the Court’s report that the high overall level of committed appropriations indicated the commitments being made in a timely manner; Amendment 6 # Zigmantas BALČYTIS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Takes note that the Centre improved the efficiency of its payments processes, in particular payments were successfully processed on average 16 days before the relevant deadline; Amendment 7 # Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Acknowledges from the Centre that it has reviewed its policy on the prevention and management of conflicts of interests in line with the Commission’s guidelines; notes that the revised policy was approved by the Centre’s Management Board at its meeting of 4 and5 December 2014; looks forward toawaits the publication of declarations of interests of the Management Board, senior management and the Director; source: 539.762

History

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