Activites

• 2015/04/29 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • T8-0139/2015 summary

    The European Parliament adopted by 560 votes to 113, with 20 abstentions, a decision to grant discharge to the Director of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 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 Centre for the financial year 2013 are reliable, and that the underlying transactions are legal and regular, Parliament adopted by 576 votes to 108, with 6 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: Centre’s financial statements: Parliament noted that the final budget of the Centre for the financial year 2013 was EUR 58 315 000, representing an increase of 0.2% compared to 2012. The overall contribution of the Union to the Centre's budget for 2013 amounted to EUR 56 727 000. Commitments and carry-overs: Parliament noted that budget monitoring efforts during the financial year 2013 resulted in a relatively low budget implementation rate of 92.96% and that the payment appropriations execution rate was 74.14%, with cancellations of appropriations appearing in all budget titles. Regarding administrative and operational expenditure, the levels of committed appropriations carried over to 2014 were 26% and 44% respectively. Parliament also identified weaknesses in respect of the budgetary planning and execution for operational meetings, mainly due to overestimated attendance levels and hotel and flight costs. Parliament also made a series of observations on procurement and recruitment procedures, internal controls and internal audit. It also noted that with regard to the legality and regularity of transactions and in particular for one procedure launched in 2013, there was conflicting information between the contract notice and the tender specifications. It acknowledged the Centre's initiative to strengthen the area of procurement by establishing the Procurement Section and the Legal Services Section.

• 2015/04/28 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament
• 2015/03/30 Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
  • A8-0069/2015 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 Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) for the financial year 2013. The committee recommended that the European Parliament postpone its decision on granting the Director of the Centre discharge in respect of the implementation of the joint undertaking’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. Centre’s financial statements: Members noted that the final budget of the Centre for the financial year 2013 was EUR 58 315 000, representing an increase of 0.2 % compared to 2012. The overall contribution of the Union to the Centre's budget for 2013 amounted to EUR 56 727 000. Commitments and carry-overs: Members noted that budget monitoring efforts during the financial year 2013 resulted in a relatively low budget implementation rate of 92.96 % and that the payment appropriations execution rate was 74.14 %, with cancellations of appropriations appearing in all budget titles. Regarding administrative and operational expenditure, the levels of committed appropriations carried over to 2014 were 26% and 44% respectively. Members also identified weaknesses in respect of the budgetary planning and execution for operational meetings, mainly due to overestimated attendance levels and hotel and flight costs. Members also made a series of observations on procurement and recruitment procedures, internal controls and internal audit. With regard to the legality and regularity of transactions, the committee noted that for one procedure launched in 2013, there was conflicting information between the contract notice and the tender specifications which may have affected the competitive process and the outcome of the procedure. It acknowledged the Centre's initiative to strengthen the area of procurement by establishing the Procurement Section and the Legal Services Section.

• 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 Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. 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 Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. 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. ECDC: in 2013, the tasks and budget of this agency were as follows: description of the Centre's tasks: the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, which is located in Stockholm, was set up by Regulation (EC) No 851/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council. Its main tasks are to : (i) collect and disseminate data on the prevention and control of human diseases; (ii) provide scientific opinions on this subject; the Centre's budget for the 2013 financial year: 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 59 million; - paid : EUR 54 million; - carried-over : 0. §         Payment appropriations : - committed : EUR 70 million; - paid : EUR 53 million; - carried-over : EUR 11 million. Please refer also to the final accounts of the ECDC.

  • 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: A8-0069/2015
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T8-0139/2015

Amendments

Dossier

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2014/2109(DEC) 2014/12/12 ENVI 2 amendments... Amendment 1 # Julie GIRLING Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Notes that in 2013, the Centre had a positive budget outturn which, when added to the negative outturn from previous years, resulted in an overall positive balance of the outturn; notes that, as a result, EUR 2 012 975 has to be paid back to the Commission in 2014 regarding the 2013 budget; believes that this demonstrates that future budgetary planning for the Agency should account for a lower level of planned appropriations; Amendment 2 # Benedek JÁVOR Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Regrets the fact that the Centre lacks a comprehensive policy on the management of conflicts of interests and invites the Centre to map its processes to identify its degree of exposure with a view to strengthening or supplementing its policy on the management and prevention of conflicts of interests; source: 544.373 2015/03/05 CONT 7 amendments... Amendment 1 # Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1. Grants the Director of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control 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 Centre for Disease Prevention and Control 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 Centre for Disease Prevention and Control 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 Centre for Disease Prevention and Control 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 Centre for Disease Prevention and Control for the financial year 2013 / Postpones the closure of the accounts of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control 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 Centre for Disease Prevention and Control for the financial year 2013 / Postpones the closure of the accounts of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control for the financial year 2013; Amendment 5 # Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Notes that this concerns the issue of ex ante verifications that are not supported by sufficient documentation on eligibility and the accuracy of the costs claimed; notes with concern that the Centre has adopted ex post verifications strategy with ten months delay; expects the Centre to inform the discharge authority when the issue is completed; Amendment 6 # Petri SARVAMAA Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Notes with concernRegrets that the Court identified weaknesses in respect of the budgetary planning and execution for operational meetings, mainly due to overestimated attendance levels and hotel and flight costs; is concerned that for the respective budget line, 29 % of 2013 appropriations and 59% of carry-overs from 2012 were cancelled, in addition to 38 % of committed 2013 appropriations for operational meetings being carried over to 2014; calls for the Centre to respect the budgetary principle of annuality and improve its financial management in this regard; Amendment 7 # Zigmantas BALČYTIS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8 a. Takes note of the Centre's initiative to strengthen the area of procurement establishing The Procurement Section and the Legal Services Section and restructuring Procurement and Finance activities; source: 539.776

History

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