Activites

• 2015/04/29 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • T8-0156/2015 summary

    The European Parliament adopted by 542 votes to 128, with 10 abstentions, a decision to grant discharge to the Director-General of the Euratom Supply Agency (ESA) 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 Agency for the financial year 2013 are reliable, and that the underlying transactions are legal and regular, Parliament adopted by 574 votes to 107, with 7 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: Agency’s financial statements: the final budget of the ESA for the financial year 2013 was EUR 104 000, representing the same amount as compared to 2012. The entire budget of the Agency derives from the Union budget. Budgetary and Financial management: Parliament noted that budget monitoring efforts during the financial year 2013 resulted in a commitment appropriation rate of 95%, and payment appropriation rate of 59.22%. It acknowledged from the Court's report that there is insufficient documentation on the main elements of the Agency's internal controls, such as risk management and control strategy, procedures to monitor performance. As regards the reliability of accounts, Parliament noted that the Agency's notes on its annual accounts explain that all salaries and some additional costs for administrative services were paid directly from the Commission's budget. However, although the costs incurred by salaries are disclosed, no details are provided about the costs of the administrative services. It expressed concern that this situation obscures the level to which the Agency is dependent upon the Commission. Moreover, it stressed that the Agency should have financial autonomy as laid down in the Statutes of the Agency. Lastly, Parliament noted that, according to the Court’s report, there is insufficient documentation on the main elements of the Agency's internal controls.

• 2015/04/28 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament
• 2015/03/31 Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
  • A8-0119/2015 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 Euratom Supply Agency (ESA) for the financial year 2013. It called on the European Parliament to grant the Director-General of the Euratom Supply 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: the final budget of the ESA for the financial year 2013 was EUR 104 000, representing the same amount as compared to 2012. The entire budget of the Agency derives from the Union budget. Budgetary and Financial management: Members noted that budget monitoring efforts during the financial year 2013 resulted in a commitment appropriation rate of 95%, and payment appropriation rate of 59.22%. They acknowledged from the Court's report that there is insufficient documentation on the main elements of the Agency's internal controls, such as risk management and control strategy, procedures to monitor performance. As regards the reliability of accounts, Members noted that the Agency's notes on its annual accounts explain that all salaries and some additional costs for administrative services were paid directly from the Commission's budget. However, although the costs incurred by salaries are disclosed, no details are provided about the costs of the administrative services. They expressed concern that this situation obscures the level to which the Agency is dependent upon the Commission. They stressed that the Agency should have financial autonomy as laid down in the Statutes of the Agency.

• 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 Euratom Supply Agency (ESA). 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 Euratom Supply Agency (ESA). 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. ESA: in 2013, the tasks and budget of this agency were as follows: description of ESA's tasks: the ESA, which is located in Luxembourg (LU), was established by Council Decision 2008/114/EC, Euratom. Its main tasks are to: (i) provide expertise, information and advice to the EU on the market in nuclear materials and services and; (ii) monitor the market in this area. ESA's budget for the 2013 financial year: the final annual accounts may be found in the document entitled Final accounts of the EURATOM Agency.

  • 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: A8-0119/2015
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T8-0156/2015

Amendments

Dossier

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2014/2117(DEC) 2015/03/05 CONT 5 amendments... Amendment 1 # Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1. Grants the Director-General of the Euratom Supply Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2013 / Postpones its decision on granting the Director-General of the Euratom Supply 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 Director-General of the Euratom Supply Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2013 / Postpones its decision on granting the Director-General of the Euratom Supply 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 Euratom Supply Agency for the financial year 2013 / Postpones the closure of the accounts of the Euratom Supply 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 Euratom Supply Agency for the financial year 2013 / Postpones the closure of the accounts of the Euratom Supply Agency for the financial year 2013; Amendment 5 # Zigmantas BALČYTIS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Observes that the Agency's notes on its annual accounts explain that all salaries and some additional costs for administrative services were paid directly from the Commission's budget; notes that the costs incurred by salaries are disclosed while no details are provided about the costs of the administrative services; is concerned that this situation obscures the level to which the Agency is dependent upon the Commission; stresses that the Agency should have a financial autonomy as foreseen in the Statutes of the Agency; source: 539.764

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