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2014/2120(DEC) 2013 discharge: European Banking Authority (EBA)

Role	Committee	Rapporteur	Shadows
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	ECON	FERBER Markus (EPP)

Lead committee dossier: CONT/8/01574

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8.70.03.03 2013 discharge

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2015/04/29 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
- T8-0138/2015 summary
  
  The European Parliament adopted by 554 votes to 133, with 7 abstentions, a decision to grant discharge to Executive Director of the European Banking Authority (EBA) 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 Authority for the financial year 2013 are reliable, and that the underlying transactions are legal and regular, Parliament adopted by 561 votes to 107, with 13 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: Authority’s financial statements: Parliament noted that the final budget of the Authority for the financial year 2013 was year 2013 was EUR 25 967 360, representing an increase of 25.16% compared to 2012, due to the Authority’s recently established nature of which the initial contribution of the Union to the Authority’s budget for 2013 amounted to EUR 10 386 944. Carry-overs: Parliament noted that the Authority managed to significantly reduce the overall level of committed appropriations carried over from EUR 6 547 808 in 2012 (36%) to EUR 3 876 564 in 2013 (17%). It noted with concern that the levels of carry-overs (36%) were relatively high, mainly due to the planned procurement of IT infrastructure and IT services, and the related services provided in 2014. Parliament also made a series of observations on transfers, the prevention and management of conflicts of interests, recruitment, procurement procedures and internal control. It noted that the Authority closely cooperates with the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority and the European Securities and Markets Authority across all support functions in order to reduce administrative costs where possible, to leverage synergies and to share best practices. It looked forward to further efforts from the Authority to enhance cooperation with other decentralised agencies. Lastly, Parliament stressed that given its limited resources, the Authority must stick to the tasks assigned to it by Parliament and the Council. The Authority should carry out those assignments in full but that it must not seek to go beyond its mandate.
2015/04/28 Debate in Parliament
- Debate in Parliament
2015/03/30 Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
- A8-0072/2015 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 Banking Authority (EBA) for the financial year 2013. It called on the European Parliament to grant the Executive Director of the Authority discharge in respect of the implementation of the Authority’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 Authority 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 Authority’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. Authority’s financial statements: Members noted that the final budget of the Authority for the financial year 2013 was year 2013 was EUR 25 967 360, representing an increase of 25.16% compared to 2012, due to the Authority’s recently established nature of which the initial contribution of the Union to the Authority’s budget for 2013 amounted to EUR 10 386 944. Carry-overs: Members noted that the Authority managed to significantly reduce the overall level of committed appropriations carried over from EUR 6 547 808 in 2012 (36%) to EUR 3 876 564 in 2013 (17%). They noted with concern that the levels of carry-overs (36%) were relatively high, mainly due to the planned procurement of IT infrastructure and IT services, and the related services provided in 2014. Members also made a series of observations on transfers, the prevention and management of conflicts of interests, recruitment, procurement procedures and internal control. Lastly, Members noted that the Authority closely cooperates with the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority and the European Securities and Markets Authority across all support functions in order to reduce administrative costs where possible, to leverage synergies and to share best practices. They look forward to further efforts from the Authority to enhance cooperation with other decentralised agencies.
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 Banking Authority (EBA). 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 Banking Authority (EBA). 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. EBA: in 2013, the tasks and budget of this agency were as follows: description of the EBA’s tasks: the Authority, which is located in London, was established by Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council and has the aim of protecting the public interest and contributing to the stability and efficiency of the banking system in the short, medium and long term for the economy of the European Union, its citizens and its businesses; the EBA’s budget for the 2013 financial year: the EBA’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 26 million; - paid : EUR 23 million; - carried-over : 0. § Payment appropriations : - committed : EUR 33 million; - paid : EUR 25 million; - carried-over : EUR 4 million. Please refer also to the final accounts of the European Banking Authority.
- 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: A8-0072/2015
Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T8-0138/2015

Amendments	Dossier
34	2014/2120(DEC) 2015/01/09 ECON 26 amendments... Amendment 1 # Olle LUDVIGSSON Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Takes note of the observation made by the Commission, in its recent report on the operation of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) and the ESFS, that, in spite of difficult circumstances, the ESAs have quickly established well-functioning organisations which, overall, have performed well against their broad range of tasks, while facing increasing demands with limited human resources; Amendment 10 # Sven GIEGOLD Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Acknowledges that the ESFS is still in a setting-up phase and stresses that the tasks already entrusted to EBA, as well as future tasks envisaged in on-going legislative work, require an adequate level of staff and budget to allow for satisfactory supervision; regrets that Council and Commission consistently refuse to grant the modest requests developed jointly by the ESAs and their national counterparts; stresses ~~however~~ that any potential increases in its means should be preceded by rationalisation efforts wherever possible; Amendment 11 # Markus FERBER Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Notes in this connection that focusing more closely on the mandate from the European legislator might contribute to a more efficient use of resources and more effective achievement of objectives; Amendment 12 # Sven GIEGOLD Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Encourages EBA to develop further its consumer protection strategy making full use of its mandate; Amendment 13 # Jonás FERNÁNDEZ Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Stresses that, given its limited resources, EBA must s~~tick strictly to~~et priorities when performing the tasks assigned to it by the Union legislator ~~and must not seek to broaden its mandate beyond those assignments~~; Amendment 14 # Olle LUDVIGSSON Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Stresses that, given its limited resources, EBA must stick strictly to the tasks assigned to it by the Union legislator ~~and~~; underlines that EBA should carry out those assignments in full, but that it must not seek to de facto broaden its mandate beyond th~~ose assignments~~em; Amendment 15 # Matt CARTHY Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Stresses that, given its limited resources, EBA must stick strictly to the tasks assigned to it by the Union legislator, remain free of political agenda and must not seek to broaden its mandate beyond those assignments; Amendment 16 # Markus FERBER Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Notes in this connection that the EBA spends a not insignificant proportion of its available resources on work relating to guidelines and recommendations which are not based on a direct mandate from the European legislator; Amendment 17 # Sven GIEGOLD Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Welcomes that EBA has taken a proactive approach to banking supervision as foreseen in Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 establishing a European Supervisory Authority (European Banking Authority), amending Decision No 716/2009/EC and repealing Commission Decision 2009/78/EC1; _________________ 1 OJ L 331, 15.12.2010, p. 12. Amendment 18 # Olle LUDVIGSSON Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Takes note of the European Court of Auditors’ special report 2014/05 and ~~urges EBA to tackle~~ the shortcomings outlined ~~in that report~~ regarding the functioning of the new arrangements in respect of cross- border banking supervision, the assessment of the resilience of European banks and the promotion of consumer protection ; urges EBA, with respect to those parts of the recommendations that are not exclusively addressed to the Commission or to the co- legislators, to take appropriate measures aimed at tackling these shortcomings; Amendment 19 # Olle LUDVIGSSON Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Stresses that EBA, while waiting for a stronger mandate on consumer protection, should seek to make broader and more active use of already available powers in that field; underlines that intensified consumer-focused collaboration with the other ESAs through the Joint Committee would be a positive step forward in this regard; Amendment 2 # Nils TORVALDS Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Underlines ~~that~~ EBA’s role in promoting a common supervisory regime across the Single Market ~~is essential to ensure a better integrated and safer banking sector in the EU~~; believes that, besides the ECB, the ESAs are a cornerstone of fully functioning financial markets in the Union and are essential for the economic recovery and the creation of jobs and growth in Europe, as well as for the prevention and handling of future crises in the financial sector; Amendment 20 # Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Stresses that EBA plays a key role in the implementation of bank regulation and has been given new tasks relating to consumer protection; takes the view that the new tasks allocated to EBA must be accompanied by new resources and a more efficient system of expenditure; Amendment 21 # Bernd LUCKE Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Concludes that EBA’s mixed financing arrangement is inflexible, burdensome and a potential threat to its independence; therefore calls on the Commission to reconsider the financing arrangement in favour of an independent budget line from the EU budget and the introduction of fees by market participantsalls upon the Commission to consider funding the ESAs through direct contributions from financial market participants subject to direct ESA supervision, taking into account Article 38(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1094/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 establishing a European Supervisory Authority (European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority), amending Decision No 716/2009/EC and repealing Commission Decision 2009/79/EC1. ______________________ 1 OJ L 331, 15.12.2010, p. 48. Amendment 22 # Nils TORVALDS Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Concludes that EBA’s mixed financing arrangement is inflexible, burdensome and a potential threat to its independence; calls therefore ~~calls~~ on the Commission ~~to reconsider the financing arrangement in favour of an independent budget line from the EU budget and the introduction of fees by market participants.~~, if proven by the Commission's assessment, to propose a financing system by 2017 that: - is solely based on the introduction of fees by market participants, or - combines fees by market participants with basic funding from a separate budget line in the general EU budget; Amendment 23 # Zigmantas BALČYTIS Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Concludes that EBA’s mixed financing arrangement is inflexible, burdensome and a potential threat to its independence; ~~therefore~~welcomes the fact that, in its report concerning the review of the European System of Financial Supervision, the Commission has proposed that the EBA financing arrangement be reviewed and, as far as possible, altered; calls on the Commission to reconsider th~~e financing~~at arrangement as quickly as possible and take a decision in favour of an independent budget line from the EU budget and the introduction of fees by market participants. Amendment 24 # Jonás FERNÁNDEZ Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. ~~Conclud~~Believes that EBA’s mixed financing arrangement ~~is inflexible, burdensome and a poten~~should be studied more thoroughly and that the assessment should extend to the hypothetical threat to its independence; therefore calls on the Commission to reconsider ~~the~~whether it should remodel the existing financing arrangement by providing f~~avour of~~or an independent budget line from the EU budget and the introduction of fees by market participants. Amendment 25 # Olle LUDVIGSSON Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Concludes that EBA’s mixed financing arrangement is inflexible, burdensome and a potential threat to its independence; therefore calls on the Commission to reconsider the financing arrangement in favour of a~~n independent~~ separate budget line ~~from~~in the EU budget and the introduction of fees by market participants. Amendment 26 # Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Concludes that the EBA’s present mixed financing arrangement is inflexible, administratively burdensome and a potential threat to its independence; therefore calls on the Commission to reconsider the financing arrangement in favour of an independent budget line from the EU budget and the introduction of fees by market participants. Amendment 3 # Bernd LUCKE Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Underlines that EBA’s role in promoting a common supervisory regime across the Single Market ~~is essential to ensure a better~~aims at an integrated and safer banking sector in the EU; Amendment 4 # Olle LUDVIGSSON Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Underlines that EBA’s role in promoting a common supervisory regime across the Single Market is essential to ensure a better integrated, more efficient and safer banking sector in the EU; Amendment 5 # Bernd LUCKE Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Is concerned that the competences of the EBA and the ECB's banking supervision may overlap; urges both institutions to prevent the build-up of redundant bureaucracies; Amendment 6 # Bernd LUCKE Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Stresses with regard to the increasing expenses that the EU budget already faces difficulties due to outstanding payments; therefore urges the EBA to make efficient use of synergies arising from close cooperation with national supervisory agencies and to pay full respect to the principle of subsidiarity by refraining from any tasks assigned to national supervisory agencies; encourages the EBA to examine its internal administrative processes with a view to reducing administrative costs; Amendment 7 # Bernd LUCKE Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Acknowledges that the ESFS is still in a setting-up phase and stresses that the tasks already entrusted to EBA, as well as future tasks envisaged in on-going legislative work, require an adequate level of staff and budget to allow for satisfactory supervision; stresses however that any potential increases in its means should be preceded by rationalisation efforts wherever possible;deleted Amendment 8 # Olle LUDVIGSSON Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. ATakes note of the conclusion of the European Court of Auditors, in its special report 2014/05, that, overall, EBA's resources during its start-up phase were insufficient to allow it to fulfil its mandate; acknowledges that the ESFS is still in a setting-up phase and stresses that the tasks already entrusted to EBA, as well as future tasks envisaged in on-going legislative work, require an adequate level of staff and budget to allow for satisfactory supervision; emphasizes that, as a general principle, additional tasks should be accompanied by additional resources; stresses however that any potential increases in its means should be preceded and/or complemented by rationalisation efforts wherever possible; Amendment 9 # Hugues BAYET Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Acknowledges that the ESFS is still in a setting-up phase and stresses that the tasks already entrusted to EBA, as well as future tasks envisaged in on-going legislative work, require an adequate level of staff and budget to allow for ~~satisfactory~~ supervision; stresses however that any potential increases in its means should be preceded ~~by rationalisation efforts wherever possible~~, wherever possible, by the rationalisation efforts necessary to avert any new crisis in the banking sector and the extremely damaging consequences entailed in human, social, and economic terms; source: 546.607 2015/03/05 CONT 8 amendments... Amendment 1 # Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1. Grants the Executive Director of the European Banking Authority discharge in respect of the implementation of the Authority’s budget for the financial year ~~2013 / Postpones its decision on granting the Executive Director of the European Banking Authority discharge in respect of the implementation of the Authority’s budget for the financial year~~ 2013; Amendment 2 # Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1. Grants the Executive Director of the European Banking Authority discharge in respect of the implementation of the Authority’s budget for the financial year ~~2013 / Postpones its decision on granting the Executive Director of the European Banking Authority discharge in respect of the implementation of the Authority’s budget for the financial year~~ 2013; Amendment 3 # Richard ASHWORTH, Beata GOSIEWSKA, Richard SULÍK Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1. ~~Grants the Executive Director of the European Banking Authority discharge in respect of the implementation of the Authority’s budget for the financial year 2013 /~~ Postpones its decision on granting the Executive Director of the European Banking Authority discharge in respect of the implementation of the Authority’s budget 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 Banking Authority for the financial year ~~2013 / Postpones the closure of the accounts of the European Banking Authority 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 Banking Authority for the financial year 2013 /~~ Postpones the closure of the accounts of the European Banking Authority for the financial year 2013; Amendment 6 # Zigmantas BALČYTIS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Acknowledges from the Authority that regarding the recommendations of the Court and the discharge authority, corrective measures were taken in all outstanding recruitment procedures in 2012, and that they were systematically implemented in all further recruitment procedures; acknowledges that the additional tasks entrusted to the Authority will require budgetary increase and new human resources in order to enable the Authority to properly fulfil its supervisory role; Amendment 7 # Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Acknowledges from the Authority that its conflicts of interest policy for staff and other contractual parties, as well as for non-staff, was adopted and implemented; takes note from the Authority that the CVs and declarations of interests of the members of the Management Board and the Board of Supervisors, as well as the declarations of interests of the Chairperson, the Executive Director and all members of senior management were published on the Authority’s website; notes that the Declarations of Interest are public on the website of the Authority; Amendment 8 # Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11 a. Welcomes the adoption of the Policy on Independence and Decision Making Processes by the Authority's Board of Supervisors on 3 February 2015 and calls for a solid track record following the timely implementation of the Policy; source: 539.770

Amendments

Dossier

2014/2120(DEC)

2015/01/09 ECON 26 amendments...

Amendment 1 #

Olle LUDVIGSSON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Takes note of the observation made by the Commission, in its recent report on the operation of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) and the ESFS, that, in spite of difficult circumstances, the ESAs have quickly established well-functioning organisations which, overall, have performed well against their broad range of tasks, while facing increasing demands with limited human resources;

Amendment 10 #

Sven GIEGOLD

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Acknowledges that the ESFS is still in a setting-up phase and stresses that the tasks already entrusted to EBA, as well as future tasks envisaged in on-going legislative work, require an adequate level of staff and budget to allow for satisfactory supervision; regrets that Council and Commission consistently refuse to grant the modest requests developed jointly by the ESAs and their national counterparts; stresses ~~however~~ that any potential increases in its means should be preceded by rationalisation efforts wherever possible;

Amendment 11 #

Markus FERBER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Notes in this connection that focusing more closely on the mandate from the European legislator might contribute to a more efficient use of resources and more effective achievement of objectives;

Amendment 12 #

Sven GIEGOLD

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Encourages EBA to develop further its consumer protection strategy making full use of its mandate;

Amendment 13 #

Jonás FERNÁNDEZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that, given its limited resources, EBA must s~~tick strictly to~~et priorities when performing the tasks assigned to it by the Union legislator ~~and must not seek to broaden its mandate beyond those assignments~~;

Amendment 14 #

Olle LUDVIGSSON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that, given its limited resources, EBA must stick strictly to the tasks assigned to it by the Union legislator ~~and~~; underlines that EBA should carry out those assignments in full, but that it must not seek to de facto broaden its mandate beyond th~~ose assignments~~em;

Amendment 15 #

Matt CARTHY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that, given its limited resources, EBA must stick strictly to the tasks assigned to it by the Union legislator, remain free of political agenda and must not seek to broaden its mandate beyond those assignments;

Amendment 16 #

Markus FERBER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Notes in this connection that the EBA spends a not insignificant proportion of its available resources on work relating to guidelines and recommendations which are not based on a direct mandate from the European legislator;

Amendment 17 #

Sven GIEGOLD

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Welcomes that EBA has taken a proactive approach to banking supervision as foreseen in Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 establishing a European Supervisory Authority (European Banking Authority), amending Decision No 716/2009/EC and repealing Commission Decision 2009/78/EC1; _________________ 1 OJ L 331, 15.12.2010, p. 12.

Amendment 18 #

Olle LUDVIGSSON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Takes note of the European Court of Auditors’ special report 2014/05 and ~~urges EBA to tackle~~ the shortcomings outlined ~~in that report~~ regarding the functioning of the new arrangements in respect of cross- border banking supervision, the assessment of the resilience of European banks and the promotion of consumer protection ; urges EBA, with respect to those parts of the recommendations that are not exclusively addressed to the Commission or to the co- legislators, to take appropriate measures aimed at tackling these shortcomings;

Amendment 19 #

Olle LUDVIGSSON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Stresses that EBA, while waiting for a stronger mandate on consumer protection, should seek to make broader and more active use of already available powers in that field; underlines that intensified consumer-focused collaboration with the other ESAs through the Joint Committee would be a positive step forward in this regard;

Amendment 2 #

Nils TORVALDS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Underlines ~~that~~ EBA’s role in promoting a common supervisory regime across the Single Market ~~is essential to ensure a better integrated and safer banking sector in the EU~~; believes that, besides the ECB, the ESAs are a cornerstone of fully functioning financial markets in the Union and are essential for the economic recovery and the creation of jobs and growth in Europe, as well as for the prevention and handling of future crises in the financial sector;

Amendment 20 #

Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Stresses that EBA plays a key role in the implementation of bank regulation and has been given new tasks relating to consumer protection; takes the view that the new tasks allocated to EBA must be accompanied by new resources and a more efficient system of expenditure;

Amendment 21 #

Bernd LUCKE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Concludes that EBA’s mixed financing arrangement is inflexible, burdensome and a potential threat to its independence; therefore calls on the Commission to reconsider the financing arrangement in favour of an independent budget line from the EU budget and the introduction of fees by market participantsalls upon the Commission to consider funding the ESAs through direct contributions from financial market participants subject to direct ESA supervision, taking into account Article 38(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1094/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 establishing a European Supervisory Authority (European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority), amending Decision No 716/2009/EC and repealing Commission Decision 2009/79/EC1. ______________________ 1 OJ L 331, 15.12.2010, p. 48.

Amendment 22 #

Nils TORVALDS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Concludes that EBA’s mixed financing arrangement is inflexible, burdensome and a potential threat to its independence; calls therefore ~~calls~~ on the Commission ~~to reconsider the financing arrangement in favour of an independent budget line from the EU budget and the introduction of fees by market participants.~~, if proven by the Commission's assessment, to propose a financing system by 2017 that: - is solely based on the introduction of fees by market participants, or - combines fees by market participants with basic funding from a separate budget line in the general EU budget;

Amendment 23 #

Zigmantas BALČYTIS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Concludes that EBA’s mixed financing arrangement is inflexible, burdensome and a potential threat to its independence; ~~therefore~~welcomes the fact that, in its report concerning the review of the European System of Financial Supervision, the Commission has proposed that the EBA financing arrangement be reviewed and, as far as possible, altered; calls on the Commission to reconsider th~~e financing~~at arrangement as quickly as possible and take a decision in favour of an independent budget line from the EU budget and the introduction of fees by market participants.

Amendment 24 #

Jonás FERNÁNDEZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. ~~Conclud~~Believes that EBA’s mixed financing arrangement ~~is inflexible, burdensome and a poten~~should be studied more thoroughly and that the assessment should extend to the hypothetical threat to its independence; therefore calls on the Commission to reconsider ~~the~~whether it should remodel the existing financing arrangement by providing f~~avour of~~or an independent budget line from the EU budget and the introduction of fees by market participants.

Amendment 25 #

Olle LUDVIGSSON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

Amendment 26 #

Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Concludes that the EBA’s present mixed financing arrangement is inflexible, administratively burdensome and a potential threat to its independence; therefore calls on the Commission to reconsider the financing arrangement in favour of an independent budget line from the EU budget and the introduction of fees by market participants.

Amendment 3 #

Bernd LUCKE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Underlines that EBA’s role in promoting a common supervisory regime across the Single Market ~~is essential to ensure a better~~aims at an integrated and safer banking sector in the EU;

Amendment 4 #

Olle LUDVIGSSON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Underlines that EBA’s role in promoting a common supervisory regime across the Single Market is essential to ensure a better integrated, more efficient and safer banking sector in the EU;

Amendment 5 #

Bernd LUCKE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Is concerned that the competences of the EBA and the ECB's banking supervision may overlap; urges both institutions to prevent the build-up of redundant bureaucracies;

Amendment 6 #

Bernd LUCKE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Stresses with regard to the increasing expenses that the EU budget already faces difficulties due to outstanding payments; therefore urges the EBA to make efficient use of synergies arising from close cooperation with national supervisory agencies and to pay full respect to the principle of subsidiarity by refraining from any tasks assigned to national supervisory agencies; encourages the EBA to examine its internal administrative processes with a view to reducing administrative costs;

Amendment 7 #

Bernd LUCKE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

Amendment 8 #

Olle LUDVIGSSON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. ATakes note of the conclusion of the European Court of Auditors, in its special report 2014/05, that, overall, EBA's resources during its start-up phase were insufficient to allow it to fulfil its mandate; acknowledges that the ESFS is still in a setting-up phase and stresses that the tasks already entrusted to EBA, as well as future tasks envisaged in on-going legislative work, require an adequate level of staff and budget to allow for satisfactory supervision; emphasizes that, as a general principle, additional tasks should be accompanied by additional resources; stresses however that any potential increases in its means should be preceded and/or complemented by rationalisation efforts wherever possible;

Amendment 9 #

Hugues BAYET

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Acknowledges that the ESFS is still in a setting-up phase and stresses that the tasks already entrusted to EBA, as well as future tasks envisaged in on-going legislative work, require an adequate level of staff and budget to allow for ~~satisfactory~~ supervision; stresses however that any potential increases in its means should be preceded ~~by rationalisation efforts wherever possible~~, wherever possible, by the rationalisation efforts necessary to avert any new crisis in the banking sector and the extremely damaging consequences entailed in human, social, and economic terms;

source: 546.607

2015/03/05 CONT 8 amendments...

Amendment 1 #

Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1

1. Grants the Executive Director of the European Banking Authority discharge in respect of the implementation of the Authority’s budget for the financial year ~~2013 / Postpones its decision on granting the Executive Director of the European Banking Authority discharge in respect of the implementation of the Authority’s budget for the financial year~~ 2013;

Amendment 2 #

Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ

Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1

Amendment 3 #

Richard ASHWORTH, Beata GOSIEWSKA, Richard SULÍK

Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Grants the Executive Director of the European Banking Authority discharge in respect of the implementation of the Authority’s budget for the financial year 2013 /~~ Postpones its decision on granting the Executive Director of the European Banking Authority discharge in respect of the implementation of the Authority’s budget 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 Banking Authority for the financial year ~~2013 / Postpones the closure of the accounts of the European Banking Authority 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 Banking Authority for the financial year 2013 /~~ Postpones the closure of the accounts of the European Banking Authority for the financial year 2013;

Amendment 6 #

Zigmantas BALČYTIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Acknowledges from the Authority that regarding the recommendations of the Court and the discharge authority, corrective measures were taken in all outstanding recruitment procedures in 2012, and that they were systematically implemented in all further recruitment procedures; acknowledges that the additional tasks entrusted to the Authority will require budgetary increase and new human resources in order to enable the Authority to properly fulfil its supervisory role;

Amendment 7 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Acknowledges from the Authority that its conflicts of interest policy for staff and other contractual parties, as well as for non-staff, was adopted and implemented; takes note from the Authority that the CVs and declarations of interests of the members of the Management Board and the Board of Supervisors, as well as the declarations of interests of the Chairperson, the Executive Director and all members of senior management were published on the Authority’s website; notes that the Declarations of Interest are public on the website of the Authority;

Amendment 8 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11 a. Welcomes the adoption of the Policy on Independence and Decision Making Processes by the Authority's Board of Supervisors on 3 February 2015 and calls for a solid track record following the timely implementation of the Policy;

source: 539.770

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The European Parliament adopted by 554 votes to 133, with 7 abstentions, a decision to grant discharge to Executive Director of the European Banking Authority (EBA) 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 Authority for the financial year 2013 are reliable, and that the underlying transactions are legal and regular, Parliament adopted by 561 votes to 107, with 13 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:
- Authority’s financial statements: Parliament noted that the final budget of the Authority for the financial year 2013 was year 2013 was EUR 25 967 360, representing an increase of 25.16% compared to 2012, due to the Authority’s recently established nature of which the initial contribution of the Union to the Authority’s budget for 2013 amounted to EUR 10 386 944.
- Carry-overs: Parliament noted that the Authority managed to significantly reduce the overall level of committed appropriations carried over from EUR 6 547 808 in 2012 (36%) to EUR 3 876 564 in 2013 (17%). It noted with concern that the levels of carry-overs (36%) were relatively high, mainly due to the planned procurement of IT infrastructure and IT services, and the related services provided in 2014.
Parliament also made a series of observations on transfers, the prevention and management of conflicts of interests, recruitment, procurement procedures and internal control.

It noted that the Authority closely cooperates with the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority and the European Securities and Markets Authority across all support functions in order to reduce administrative costs where possible, to leverage synergies and to share best practices. It looked forward to further efforts from the Authority to enhance cooperation with other decentralised agencies.

Lastly, Parliament stressed that given its limited resources, the Authority must stick to the tasks assigned to it by Parliament and the Council. The Authority should carry out those assignments in full but that it must not seek to go beyond its mandate.

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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 Banking Authority (EBA) for the financial year 2013.

It called on the European Parliament to grant the Executive Director of the Authority discharge in respect of the implementation of the Authority’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 Authority 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 Authority’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.
- Authority’s financial statements: Members noted that the final budget of the Authority for the financial year 2013 was year 2013 was EUR 25 967 360, representing an increase of 25.16% compared to 2012, due to the Authority’s recently established nature of which the initial contribution of the Union to the Authority’s budget for 2013 amounted to EUR 10 386 944.
- Carry-overs: Members noted that the Authority managed to significantly reduce the overall level of committed appropriations carried over from EUR 6 547 808 in 2012 (36%) to EUR 3 876 564 in 2013 (17%). They noted with concern that the levels of carry-overs (36%) were relatively high, mainly due to the planned procurement of IT infrastructure and IT services, and the related services provided in 2014.
Members also made a series of observations on transfers, the prevention and management of conflicts of interests, recruitment, procurement procedures and internal control.

Lastly, Members noted that the Authority closely cooperates with the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority and the European Securities and Markets Authority across all support functions in order to reduce administrative costs where possible, to leverage synergies and to share best practices. They look forward to further efforts from the Authority to enhance cooperation with other decentralised agencies.

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activities/0/docs/0/text	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 Banking Authority (EBA). 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 Banking Authority (EBA). 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. EBA: in 2013, the tasks and budget of this agency were as follows: description of the EBA’s tasks: the Authority, which is located in London, was established by Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council and has the aim of protecting the public interest and contributing to the stability and efficiency of the banking system in the short, medium and long term for the economy of the European Union, its citizens and its businesses; the EBA’s budget for the 2013 financial year: the EBA’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 26 million; - paid : EUR 23 million; - carried-over : 0. § Payment appropriations : - committed : EUR 33 million; - paid : EUR 25 million; - carried-over : EUR 4 million. Please refer also to the final accounts of the European Banking Authority.
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