Activites

• 2015/04/29 Vote in plenary scheduled
• 2015/04/28 Debate in plenary scheduled
• 2015/03/30 Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
  • A8-0100/2015 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 Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) 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 9.216.900, deriving entirely from the Union budget. Commitments and carry-overs: Members noted that budget monitoring efforts during the financial year 2013 resulted in a budget implementation rate of 98.64 % and that the payment appropriations execution rate was 83.85%. They observed, however, that for operational expenditure, the level of committed appropriations carried over was high, resulting mainly from the large number of IT projects that were either launched or ongoing during 2013. Members also made a series of observations on procurement procedures, recruitment, the prevention and management of conflicts of interests and internal controls. They noted that the Agency’s obligation to publish declarations of interests did not apply to the members of its Advisory Board. They called on the Agency to publish the CVs of the Executive Director, Heads of Units and members of the Administrative Board and declarations of interests of members of the Advisory Board in order to contribute to transparency.

• 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 Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) – formerly known as the CFCA. 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 Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA). 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. EFCA: in 2013, the tasks and budget of this agency were as follows: description of EFCA's tasks: the agency, which is located in Vigo, was created by Council Regulation (EC) No 768/2005 and its main task is to organise the operational coordination of fisheries control and inspection activities by the Member States in order to ensure effective and uniform application of the rules of the common fisheries policy; EFCA's's budget for the 2013 financial year: the Agency’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 9 million; - carried-over : 0. §         Payment appropriations : - committed : EUR 11 million; - paid : EUR 9 million; - carried-over : EUR 1 million. Please refer also to the final accounts of the EFCA.

  • 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: A8-0100/2015

Amendments

Dossier

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2014/2115(DEC) 2015/02/02 PECH 8 amendments... Amendment 1 # José BLANCO LÓPEZ Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Acknowledges the quality and importance of the tasks carried out by the European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA); welcomes its effectiveness, its consistency and the excellent results achieved since it was set up; Amendment 2 # José BLANCO LÓPEZ Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Highlights the importance of the EFCA's role in the implementation of the common fisheries policy (CFP); stresses its significant contribution to implement and in achieving the CFP's objectives thereof, particularly in the light of the landing obligation and demands in terms of monitoring, control and surveillance of fisheries activities; Amendment 3 # José BLANCO LÓPEZ Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Expresses its hope thatPoints to the need for the EFCA willto ensure that control activities are suitably coordinated and structured in all the Member States; Amendment 4 # Peter van DALEN Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Points out that the policy objectives of the reformed CFP now mean that control plays a crucial role and that it is therefore important to enhance the financial and human resources available to EFCA in the coming years; calls for an assurance as to the amounts included in forthcoming budgets so that those budgets can meet the needs and the declared ambitions; calls on the EFCA and the Member States, with the help and support of the Commission, to ensure that control is properly coordinated and that appropriations, including those under the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, are used optimally; Amendment 5 # José BLANCO LÓPEZ Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Points out that the policy objectives of the reformed CFP now mean that control plays a crucial role and that it is therefore importantnecessary to enhance the financial and human resources available to EFCA in the coming years; calls for an assurance as to the amounts included in forthcoming budgets so that those budgetsey can meet the needs and the declared ambitions; calls on the EFCA and the Member States, with the help and support of the Commission, to ensure that control is properly coordinated and that appropriations, including those under the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, are used optimally; Amendment 6 # José BLANCO LÓPEZ Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Stresses the excellent implementation rate of C1 commitment appropriations (99%) and the good implementation of C1 payment appropriations (84%), both of which arebeing an improvement onver the previous year; encourages the EFCA to continue its efforts to ensure optimum use of the appropriations allocated; Amendment 7 # José BLANCO LÓPEZ Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Notes that the voted appropriations for all EFCA operations are not under-used and that their levels correspond to existing needs; suggesttresses that they could be increased in future years; Amendment 8 # José BLANCO LÓPEZ Draft opinion Paragraph 10 10. Notes that the Court of Auditors' remarks are no longer relevant and that the EFCA's efforts to improve its procedures are having an effect; source: 546.815 2015/03/06 CONT 7 amendments... Amendment 1 # Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1. Grants the Executive Director of the European Fisheries Control Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2013 / Postpones its decision on granting the Executive Director of the European Fisheries Control Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’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 Executive Director of the European Fisheries Control Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2013 / Postpones its decision on granting the Executive Director of the European Fisheries Control Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’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 Fisheries Control Agency for the financial year 2013 / Postpones the closure of the accounts of the European Fisheries Control Agency 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 Fisheries Control Agency for the financial year 2013 / Postpones the closure of the accounts of the European Fisheries Control Agency for the financial year 2013; Amendment 5 # Zigmantas BALČYTIS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 – indent 1 – it has put in place a carry forward forecast procedure with the aim of reducing the level of carry-overs; calls on the Agency to continue to look for ways to reduce the carry-over level and avoid any unplanned carry-over; Amendment 6 # Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Acknowledges from the Agency that its comprehensive policy on the prevention and management of conflicts of interests was adopted by its Administrative Board in October 2014 and is publicly available on the Agency’s website; notes that that policy requires the publication ofRequires the Agency to inform the discharge authority about the concrete outcome of the new adopted policy and to provide a track record of cases by the end of June 2015; Observes that that policy imposes the obligation to publish only the declarations of interests of the Administrative Board's members, the Executive Director and the Heads of Unit, while this obligation does not exist for their CVs ar, whose publishedcation is made on a voluntary basis; nNotes from the Agency that the members of its Advisory Board are not requiredobligation to publish their CVs or declarations of interests ais theylimited only to the abovementioned persons and does not carry out any dutiesover the members of the Advisory Board, wherose independence is requishould also be insured; Amendment 7 # Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Acknowledges from the Agency that its comprehensive policy on the prevention and management of conflicts of interests was adopted by its Administrative Board in October 2014 and is publicly available on the Agency’s website; notes that that policy requires the publication of declarations of interests of the Administrative Board's members, the Executive Director and the Heads of Unit, while their CVs are published on a voluntary basis; notes from the Agency that the members of its Advisory Board are not required to publish their CVs or declarations of interests as they do not carry out any duties where independence is required; nevertheless calls on the Agency to revise this policy and publish the CVs of the Executive Director, Heads of Units and members of the Administrative Board on a mandatory basis; calls on the Agency to publish the CVs and declarations of interests of members of the Advisory Board in order to contribute to bigger transparency; source: 539.757

History

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