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2014/2103(DEC) 2013 discharge: European Union's Judicial Cooperation Unit (Eurojust)
RoleCommitteeRapporteurShadows
Lead CONT CZARNECKI Ryszard (ECR) ZDECHOVSKÝ Tomáš (EPP), VAUGHAN Derek (S&D), ALI Nedzhmi (ALDE), DE JONG Dennis (GUE/NGL), JÁVOR Benedek (Verts/ALE), VALLI Marco (EFD)
Opinion LIBE GUILLAUME Sylvie (S&D)
Lead committee dossier: CONT/8/01625

Activites

  • 2015/04/29 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
    • T8-0158/2015 summary
  • 2015/04/28 Debate in Parliament
  • 2015/03/30 Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
    • A8-0091/2015 summary
  • 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
    • 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: A8-0091/2015
  • Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
  • Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T8-0158/2015
AmendmentsDossier
19 2014/2103(DEC)
2015/01/13 LIBE 3 amendments...
source: 541.405
2015/03/05 CONT 16 amendments...
source: 539.754

History

(these mark the time of scraping, not the official date of the change)

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  • The European Parliament adopted by 551 votes to 132, with 1 abstention, a decision to grant discharge to the Administrative Director of Eurojust 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 Office for the financial year 2013 are reliable, and that the underlying transactions are legal and regular, Parliament adopted by 572 votes to 104, with 5 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:

    • Eurojust’s financial statements: Parliament noted that the final budget of Eurojust for the financial year 2013 was EUR 33 828 256 of which the Union's contribution amounted to EUR 32 358 660, representing a decrease of 1.85% compared to 2012.
    • Commitments and carry-overs: It noted that the level of committed appropriations for the different titles varied between 99% and 98% of total appropriations, indicating that legal commitments were made in a timely manner. Members noted that the level of committed appropriations carried over was high for Operational expenditure at EUR 2 341 825 or 32%. They acknowledged that the high level is mainly explained by the handover of internal software management to a new service provider at the year-end.

    Parliament also made a series of observations on transfers, procurement procedures, recruitment, prevention and management of conflicts of interest as well as internal audits. It called on Eurojust to urgently adopt its revised arrangements for the prevention and management of conflicts of interests, to inform the discharge authority and to make public the concrete results until the end of October 2015 as well as the publication of the declarations of interests filled in by its staff and experts until the end of October 2015.

    Lastly, Parliament noted that there is an ongoing issue regarding the overlap of responsibilities between the Administrative Director and the College of Eurojust. This issue is still opened, as no corrective measures were taken by the College to reconsider the definition of the respective roles and responsibilities in order to avoid this overlap. Parliament called on Eurojust to inform the discharge authority on the resolution of this issue as a matter of urgency.

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  • The Committee on Budgetary Control adopted the report by Ryszard CZARNECKI (ECR, PL) on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of Eurojust for the financial year 2013.

    It called on the European Parliament to grant the Administrative Director of Eurojust discharge in respect of the implementation of Eurojust’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 Agency 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 Eurojust’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.

    • Eurojust’s financial statements: the final budget of Eurojustfor the financial year 2013 was EUR 33 828 256 of which the Union's contribution amounted to EUR 32 358 660, representing a decrease of 1.85% compared to 2012.
    • Commitments and carry-overs: Members noted that the level of committed appropriations for the different titles varied between 99% and 98% of total appropriations, indicating that legal commitments were made in a timely manner. They noted that the level of committed appropriations carried over was high for Operational expenditure at EUR 2 341 825 or 32%. They acknowledged that the high level is mainly explained by the handover of internal software management to a new service provider at the year-end.

    Members also made a series of observations on transfers, procurement procedures, recruitment, prevention and management of conflicts of interest as well as internal audits.

    They called on Eurojust to urgently adopt its revised arrangements for the prevention and management of conflicts of interests, to inform the discharge authority and to make public the concrete results until the end of October 2015 as well as the publication of the declarations of interests filled in by its staff and experts until the end of October 2015.

    Lastly, Members noted that there is an ongoing issue regarding the overlap of responsibilities between the Administrative Director and the College of Eurojust called for the resolution of this issues as a matter of urgency.

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  • 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 EUROJUST.

    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 Eurojust.

    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.

    EUROJUST: in 2013, the tasks and budget of this agency were as follows:

    • description of Eurojust's tasks: Eurojust, which is located in The Hague, was set up by Council Decision 2002/187/JHA with a view to stepping up the fight against serious organised crime. Its objectives are: (i) to stimulate and improve coordination between the competent authorities of Member States, of investigations and prosecutions in the Member States; (ii) facilitate the execution of requests for, and decisions on, judicial cooperation; (iii) to strengthen the effectiveness of investigations and prosecutions in Member States. 
    • Eurojust's budget for the 2013 financial year: Eurojust’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 34 million;

    -  paid : EUR 33 million;

    -  carried over : EUR 1 million.

    §         Payment appropriations:

    -  committed : EUR 37 million;

    -  paid : EUR 32 million;

    -  carried over : EUR 5 million.

    Also see the final accounts of EUROJUST.

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  • group: EPP name: ZDECHOVSKÝ Tomáš
  • group: S&D name: VAUGHAN Derek
  • group: GUE/NGL name: DE JONG Dennis
  • group: EFD name: VALLI Marco
  • group: NI name: ALIOT Louis
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  • group: EPP name: ZDECHOVSKÝ Tomáš
  • group: S&D name: VAUGHAN Derek
  • group: GUE/NGL name: DE JONG Dennis
  • group: EFD name: VALLI Marco
  • group: NI name: ALIOT Louis
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  • date: 2014-10-20T00:00:00 body: EP type: Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading committees: body: EP responsible: True committee: CONT date: 2014-10-09T00:00:00 committee_full: Budgetary Control rapporteur: group: ECR name: CZARNECKI Ryszard body: EP responsible: False committee_full: Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs committee: LIBE
  • date: 2015-03-24T00:00:00 body: EP type: Vote scheduled in committee, 1st reading/single reading
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  • body: EP responsible: False committee_full: Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs committee: LIBE
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    8.70.03.03 2013 discharge