Activites

• 2015/09/30 Final act published in Official Journal
• 2015/04/29 Results of vote in Parliament
  • Results of vote in Parliament
  • T8-0158/2015 summary

    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.

• 2015/04/28 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament
• 2015/03/30 Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
  • A8-0091/2015 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 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.

• 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 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.

  • 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
• Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T8-0158/2015

Amendments

Dossier

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2014/2103(DEC) 2015/01/13 LIBE 3 amendments... Amendment 1 # Barbara MATERA Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Takes note of the Court of Auditors' observations pointing to necessary improvements in budget planning and implementation; points out, at the same time, that the timing of the submission of claims for the reimbursement of joint investigation team costs from Eurojust grants is in the majority of cases directly dependent on the fact that investigative work cannot always be planned in advance and can often continue until the end of the year; Amendment 2 # Barbara MATERA Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Points out that the conclusion of a new framework contract for IT services relating to the Eurojust case management system (CMS) – the central system that contains all the data that Eurojust requires for its operations – has resulted in the agency changing its service provider from Unisys to Biblomática; welcomes, in this connection, Europol’s adherence to the principle of sound financial management in carefully assessing the quality of the software applications supplied by carrying out detailed tests and in verifying the final bills submitted by Unisys in order to ensure that everything was in order before making any payments; Amendment 3 # Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Considers, in general, that Eurojust 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: 541.405 2015/03/05 CONT 16 amendments... Amendment 1 # Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1. Grants the Administrative Director of Eurojust discharge in respect of the implementation of Eurojust’s budget for the financial year 2013 / Postpones its decision on granting the Administrative Director of Eurojust discharge in respect of the implementation of Eurojust’s budget for the financial year 2013; Amendment 10 # Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Regrets that the reviewing process was not finalized and doubts the commitment to implement a strong policy for the prevention and management of Conflict of Interests. The failure to adopt an anti-conflict of interests policy prevents any concrete results in this matter; Amendment 11 # Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 b (new) 7 b. Calls on Eurojust to urgently adopt its revised arrangements for the prevention and management of Conflict of Interests, to inform the discharge authority and to make public the concrete results until the end of October 2015; Amendment 12 # Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Acknowledges from Eurojust that the CVs of the Members of the Eurojust Management Board and of the Administrative Director are publicly available on the Eurojust website; notes that approval from the Eurojust Management Board for the template for the declaration of interests is pending; calls on Eurojust to inform the discharge authority about the progress made in this regard as soon as possible; regrets that approval is still pending and calls for the templates adoption until the end of July 2015; urges Eurojust to publish the declarations of interest filled in by its staff and experts until the end of October 2015; Amendment 13 # Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8 a. We regretfully conclude that Eurojust failed to undertake any relevant step for the prevention and management of Conflict of Interests and for ensuring transparency; Amendment 14 # Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ Motion for a resolution Subheading 7 a (new) Other comments Amendment 15 # Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11 a. Notes that there is an on-going issue identified by the Court in 2011 regarding the overlap of responsibilities between the Director and the College of Eurojust and calls on Eurojust to inform the discharge authority about resolution of this issue as a matter of urgency; Amendment 16 # Zigmantas BALČYTIS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12 a. Notes that no corrective measures were taken by the College to reconsider the definition of respective roles and responsibilities between the Director and the College of Eurojust in order to avoid the overlap of responsibilities as noted by the Court in 2010; Amendment 2 # Richard ASHWORTH, Beata GOSIEWSKA, Richard SULÍK Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1. Grants the Administrative Director of Eurojust discharge in respect of the implementation of Eurojust’s budget for the financial year 2013 / Postpones its decision on granting the Administrative Director of Eurojust discharge in respect of the implementation of Eurojust’s budget for the financial year 2013; Amendment 3 # Proposal for a decision 2 Paragraph 2 2. Approves the closure of the accounts of Eurojust for the financial year 2013 / Postpones the closure of the accounts of Eurojust for the financial year 2013; Amendment 4 # Proposal for a decision 2 Paragraph 2 2. Approves the closure of the accounts of Eurojust for the financial year 2013 / Postpones the closure of the accounts of Eurojust for the financial year 2013; Amendment 5 # Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ Proposal for a decision 2 Paragraph 2 2. Approves the closure of the accounts of Eurojust for the financial year 2013 / Postpones the closure of the accounts of Eurojust for the financial year 2013; Amendment 6 # Richard ASHWORTH, Beata GOSIEWSKA, Richard SULÍK Proposal for a decision 2 Paragraph 2 2. Approves the closure of the accounts of Eurojust for the financial year 2013 / Postpones the closure of the accounts of Eurojust for the financial year 2013; Amendment 7 # Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. NotExpresses withs serious concerns that in 2013 Eurojust made 49 budget transfers, affecting 101 budget lines, indicatingproving severe weaknesses in budget planning and implementation and poor management; Amendment 8 # Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Notes with concern that in 2013 Eurojust made 49 budget transfers, affecting 101 budget lines, indicating weaknesses in budget planning and implementation; encourages Eurojust to fulfil its goal to reduce the number of budget lines and to inform the discharge authority on progress in this regard; Amendment 9 # Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Acknowledges from Eurojust that it confirms its intention to review its arrangements for the prevention and management of conflicts of interests on the basis of the Commission’s Guidelines on the Prevention and Management of Conflict of Interest in EU Decentralised Agencies; calls on Eurojust to inform the discharge authority about specific measures taken and planed in this regard; source: 539.754

History

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