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Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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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 | ITRE |
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2015/04/29
Vote in plenary scheduled
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2015/04/28
Debate in plenary scheduled
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2015/03/30
Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
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A8-0095/2015
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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 the European GNSS Agency for the financial year 2013. It called on the European Parliament to grant the Executive Director of the Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’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 the Agency’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 Agency for the financial year 2013 was EUR 80 449 967, representing an increase of 23.76% compared to 2012. The overall contribution of the Union to the budget of the Office for 2013 amounted to EUR 13 973 518, being an increase of 9.69% 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 100% and that the payment appropriations execution rate was 80.53%. They observed, however, that the level of committed appropriations carried over was high for administrative expenditure, amounting to 52 %. They stressed, furthermore, that some EUR 400 000 related to services supplied but not invoiced in 2013. Members also made a series of observations on transfers, procurement procedures, recruitment and internal audit. They went on to make certain comments regarding the legality and regularity of the Agency’s operations. The latter was in charge of organising and managing the exploitation of the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS). On the basis of a delegation agreement with the Commission, the Agency signed in 2013 a contract for the exploitation of EGNOS for 2014-2021, and for EUR 588 000 000. Members were concerned that although the competiveness of the procedure was not called into question by the Court, an eligibility criterion applied in the first phase of the procurement procedure excluding applications from consortia was not in accordance with the rules on implementation of the Financial Regulation. Lastly, the committee called upon the Agency to adopt a policy of prevention and management of conflicts of interests as a matter of urgency and to develop and implement comprehensive independence policies and procedures.
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A8-0095/2015
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2015/03/23
Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
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2014/10/20
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2014/07/30
Non-legislative basic document published
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COM(2014)0510
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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 the (GSA). 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 GNSS Agency (GSA). 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. GSA: in 2013, the tasks and budget of this Authority were as follows: description of the Authority's tasks: the GNSS Supervisory Authority was set up by Council Regulation (EC) No 1321/2004 and its main task is to manage the public interests relating to the European GNSS programmes and to act as the regulatory authority for the programme during the deployment and operational phases of the Galileo Programme. Regulation (EC) No 683/2008 of the European Parliament and the Council reduced the responsibilities of the Authority to the control of the security of Galileo systems and to the preparation of their commercialisation. In 2012, the GSA’s headquarters was relocated to Prague, Czech Republic; GNSS' budget for the 2013 financial year: the Authority’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 94 million; - paid : EUR 81 million; - carried-over : EUR 13 million. § Payment appropriations : - committed : EUR 75 million; - paid : EUR 26 million; - carried-over : EUR 49 million. Please refer also to the final accounts of the GSA.
- DG {'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/budget/', 'title': 'Budget'}, GEORGIEVA Kristalina
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COM(2014)0510
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Documents
- Non-legislative basic document published: COM(2014)0510
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A8-0095/2015
Amendments | Dossier |
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2014/2114(DEC)
2015/03/06
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13 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1. Grants the Executive Director of the European GNSS Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 b (new) 11 b. Acknowledges the introduction of the 65% threshold with what regards the necessary score a candidate has to obtain in order to be invited to an interview but calls upon the Agency to clearly specify in an objective and transparent way, the minimum and the maximum number of candidates who can be invited to an interview if they have had a score above 65%; Also calls upon the Agency to take into account the situation where one or more candidates have scored the same amount of points and urges the Agency to lay down a clear policy to declare the eligibility of the candidate who will be invited to the interview in accordance with objective and transparent criteria; Urges the Agency to adopt the abovementioned internal rules until the end of September 2015 and to inform the discharge authority of the follow-up results;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11c (new) 11 c. Expresses its concern about the discretionary powers of the Appointing Authority to oblige a successful candidate to sit a second interview; Calls upon the Agency to publish clear and comprehensive criteria used by the Appointing Authority for deciding to organize a second interview and for officially appointing the candidate on the reserve list to the post;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 d (new) Other comments 11 a. Welcomes the good measures taken by the Agency with regard to visibility; encourages the Agency to continue the good practice;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 e (new) 11 b. Notes that the Agency failed to sufficiently answer the question of the discharge authority concerning the cost- effective and environment-friendly solutions of its work place; calls on the Agency to inform the authority on this matter;
Amendment 2 #
Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 3 #
Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 4 #
Proposal for a decision 2 Paragraph 2 2. Approves the closure of the accounts of the European GNSS Agency for the financial year
Amendment 5 #
Proposal for a decision 2 Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Notes with concern that the Agency has still not published any CVs and any Declaration of Interests of the Executive Director, Administrative Board or senior management, despite the 2014 recommendation of the discharge authority; Calls upon the Agency to remedy this situation as a matter of urgency until the end of September 2015;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Expresses its deep disappointment about the poor management that resulted in a very high rate of carry-over appropriations. Urges the Agency to take note of this and to redress the management strategy that led to these severe mistakes;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11 a. Takes note that the Agency signed a contract for the exploitation of EGNOS for the 2014 to 2021 period for an amount of some 588 million euro and an eligibility criterion applied in the first phase of the procurement procedure excluding applications from consortia was not in accordance with the rules on implementation of the Financial Regulation;
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