Activites

• 2015/04/29 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • T8-0135/2015 summary

    The European Parliament adopted by 552 votes to 109, with 24 abstentions, a decision to grant discharge to the Director of the European Police College (CEPOL) 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 College for the financial year 2013 are reliable, and that the underlying transactions are legal and regular, Parliament adopted by 570 votes to 85, with 32 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: CEPOL’s financial statements: Parliament noted that the final budget of CEPOL for the financial year 2013 was EUR 8 450 640, the whole amount deriving from the EU budget. Commitments and carry-overs: Parliament also noted that budget monitoring efforts during the financial year 2013 resulted in a budget implementation rate of 94.89% and that the payment appropriations execution rate was 92.46%. It pointed out, however, that the level of committed appropriations carried over to 2014 was high at 30.46% for administrative expenditure, for reasons outside the College’s control (payments due in 2014 for services and goods ordered and received as planned in 2013). It called on the College to further improve the carry-over levels in order to increase its compliance to the budgetary principle of annuality. Members were concerned that committed appropriations carried over from 2012 amounting to EUR 1.7 million, and called on the College to inform the discharge authority on measures taken to address this deficiency as a matter of urgency. Parliament also made a series of observations on transfers, procurement and recruitment procedures, and internal audit, and the prevention and management of conflicts of interests. It noted with concern that the College’s recruitment procedures are still not fully transparent as certain procedural elements are still incomplete, insufficiently clear or non-compliant. Lastly, it noted that the College officially resumed business at its new headquarters in Budapest in October 2014 and supported the College's efforts that the move to the new seat be carried out in accordance with sound financial management principles. It acknowledged that the relocation of the College from Bramshill to its new headquarters in Budapest generated yearly savings amounting to EUR 200 000 and welcomed the fact that the use of the offices in College’s new headquarters is free of charge for a period of at least ten years.

• 2015/04/28 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament
• 2015/03/30 Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
  • A8-0086/2015 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 Police College (CEPOL) for the financial year 2013. The committee recommended that the European Parliament grant the Director of the of the College discharge in respect of the implementation of the College’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 CEPOL 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 CEPOL’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. CEPOL’s financial statements: Members noted that the final budget of CEPOL for the financial year 2013 was EUR 8 450 640, the whole amount deriving from the EU budget. Commitments and carry-overs: Members noted that budget monitoring efforts during the financial year 2013 resulted in a budget implementation rate of 94.89% and that the payment appropriations execution rate was 92.46 %. They pointed out, however, that the level of committed appropriations carried over to 2014 was high at 30.46 % for administrative expenditure, for reasons outside the College’s control (payments due in 2014 for services and goods ordered and received as planned in 2013). They called on the College to further improve the carry-over levels in order to increase its compliance to the budgetary principle of annuality. Members were concerned that committed appropriations carried over from 2012 amounting to EUR 1.7 million, and called on the College to inform the discharge authority on measures taken to address this deficiency as a matter of urgency. Members also made a series of observations on transfers, procurement and recruitment procedures, and internal audit, and the prevention and management of conflicts of interests. The committee noted that the College officially resumed business at its new headquarters in Budapest in October 2014 and supported the College's efforts that the move to the new seat be carried out in accordance with sound financial management principles. It acknowledged that the relocation of the College from Bramshill to its new headquarters in Budapest generated yearly savings amounting to EUR 200 000 and welcomed the fact that the use of the offices in College’s new headquarters is free of charge for a period of at least ten years.

• 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 Police College (CEPOL). 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 Police College (CEPOL). 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. CEPOL: in 2013, the tasks and budget of this agency were as follows: description of CEPOL's tasks: CEPOL, which is located in Bramshill, United Kingdom, was established by Council Decision 2005/681/JHA. The College's main task is to provide training sessions, based on common standards, for senior police officers; CEPOL's budget for the 2013 financial year: CEPOL’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 9 million; - paid : EUR 8 million; - carried-over : 0. §         Payment appropriations : - committed : EUR 10 million; - paid : EUR 9 million; - carried-over : EUR 1 million. Please refer also to the final accounts of CEPOL.

  • 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: A8-0086/2015
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T8-0135/2015

Amendments

Dossier

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2014/2112(DEC) 2015/01/13 LIBE 1 amendments... Amendment 1 # Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Considers, in general, that CEPOL should pay greater 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 carrying out its remit. source: 541.399 2015/03/05 CONT 14 amendments... Amendment 1 # Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1. Grants the Director of the European Police College discharge in respect of the implementation of the College’s budget for the financial year 2013 / Postpones its decision on granting the Director of the European Police College discharge in respect of the implementation of the College's budget for the financial year 2013; Amendment 10 # Tamás DEUTSCH Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Acknowledges fromWelcomes that the College that it officially resumed business at its new headquarters in Budapest in October 2014; takes note that the College is making effortssupports the efforts of the College for the move to the new seat to be carried out in accordance with sound financial management principles; acknowledges furthermore that in this regard a budget amendment for the financial year 2014 was initiated and approved by its Governing Board; Amendment 11 # Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14 a. Notes with concern that the discussion about the College´s future is on-going and it harms business planning and implementation; Amendment 12 # Tamás DEUTSCH Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14 a. Welcomes the estimated savings of about EUR 200 000 per annum in the College’s functioning costs resulting from the relocation of the College from Bramshill to its new headquarter in Budapest where the free of charge use of the offices and infrastructure is provided for a period at least ten years; Amendment 13 # Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 b (new) 14 b. Notes with concern that the College failed to sufficiently answer the question of the discharge authority regarding the cost-effective and environment-friendly solutions for work environment; calls on the Agency to remedy this issue; Amendment 14 # Zigmantas BALČYTIS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15 a. Takes note of the College's efforts implementing European Court of Auditors' and Internal Audit Service audit recommendations in order to ensure prompt implementation of the action plans.; notes that the rate of implementation of the recommendations by the end of 2013 was 83%; Amendment 2 # Richard ASHWORTH, Beata GOSIEWSKA, Richard SULÍK Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1. Grants the Director of the European Police College discharge in respect of the implementation of the College’s budget for the financial year 2013 / Postpones its decision on granting the Director of the European Police College discharge in respect of the implementation of the College's budget for the financial year 2013; Amendment 3 # Proposal for a decision 2 Paragraph 2 2. Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Police College for the financial year 2013 / Postpones the closure of the accounts of the European Police College for the financial year 2013; Amendment 4 # Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ Proposal for a decision 2 Paragraph 2 2. Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Police College for the financial year 2013 / Postpones the closure of the accounts of the European Police College for the financial year 2013; Amendment 5 # Richard ASHWORTH, Beata GOSIEWSKA, Richard SULÍK Proposal for a decision 2 Paragraph 2 2. Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Police College for the financial year 2013 / Postpones the closure of the accounts of the European Police College for the financial year 2013; Amendment 6 # Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Notes that budget monitoring efforts during the financial year 2013 resulted in a budget implementation rate of 94,89 % and that the payment appropriations execution rate was 92,46 %; acknowledges the College’s efforts to significantly increase the payment execution level with 21%, from 76 % as observed in the year 2012; Amendment 7 # Tamás DEUTSCH Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Acknowledges that the relocation of the College to its new premises generated a yearly savings amounting to EUR 200 000, asks the College to include in its next annual activity report an overview of the savings made in operational costs; Amendment 8 # Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11 a. Urges the College to publish until June 2015 the Declarations of Interest of its Staff and Members of the Governing Board, Members of the Working Groups/ Audit Panel, National Seconded Experts; Amendment 9 # Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 b (new) 11 b. Regrets that the failure of the College to answer the question related to possible initiatives to increasing transparency on contacts of the agencies with lobbyists; urges the College to answer by the end of May 2015; source: 539.788

History

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