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Lead | CONT | CZARNECKI Ryszard (ECR) | ZDECHOVSKÝ Tomáš (EPP), VAUGHAN Derek (S&D), ALIOT Louis (NI), DE JONG Dennis (GUE/NGL), VALLI Marco (EFD) |
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2015/04/28
Indicative plenary sitting date, 1st reading/single reading
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2015/03/23
Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
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2014/10/20
Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
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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 European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA). 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 Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA). 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. EIOPA: in 2013, the tasks and budget of this agency were as follows: description of EIOPA's tasks: EIOPA, which is located in Frankfurt, was set up by Regulation (EU) No 1094/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council with a view to protecting the public interest by contributing to the short, medium and long-term stability and efficiency of the financial system for the economy of the European Union, its citizens and its companies; EIOPA's budget for the 2013 financial year: EIOPA’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 19 million; - paid : EUR 18 million; - carried-over : 0. § Payment appropriations : - committed : EUR 22 million; - paid : EUR 16 million; - carried-over : EUR 5 million. Please refer also to the final accounts of the Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority.
- 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
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2014/2121(DEC)
2015/01/09
ECON
23 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
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 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Stresses that all available resources must first be concentrated on the core tasks necessary for fulfilling the mandate before any further budget increases may be envisaged;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Stresses that, given its limited resources, EIOPA must s
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Stresses that, given its limited resources, EIOPA must stick strictly to the tasks assigned to it by the Union legislator
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Stresses that, given its limited resources, EIOPA 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 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Stresses that EIOPA, 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 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Notes with concern that EIOPA is spending significant resources on work relating to guidelines and recommendations which are not based on a direct mandate from the European legislator;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Calls on EIOPA to focus solely on fulfilling the tasks conferred on it by the European legislator;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. C
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Concludes that EIOPA’s mixed financing arrangement is inflexible, burdensome and a potential threat to its independence; calls therefore
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Underlines
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6.
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6.
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Concludes that EIOPA’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 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Concludes that EIOPA’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
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Underlines that EIOPA’s role in promoting a common supervisory regime across the Single Market
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Underlines that EIOPA’s role in promoting a common supervisory regime across the Single Market is essential to ensure a better integrated, more efficient and safer insurance and pension sector in the EU;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Acknowledges that the ESFS is still in a setting-up phase and stresses that the tasks already entrusted to EIOPA, as well as future tasks envisaged in on-going legislative work, require an adequate level of staff and budget to allow for
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Acknowledges that the ESFS is still in a setting-up phase and stresses that the tasks
Amendment 8 #
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 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Stresses with regard to the increasing expenses that the EU budget already faces difficulties due to outstanding payments; therefore urges the EIOPA 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 EIOPA to examine its internal administrative processes with a view to reducing administrative costs;
source: 546.608
2015/03/06
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Amendment 1 #
Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1. Grants the Executive Director of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority discharge in respect of the implementation of the Authority’s budget for the financial year 2013;
Amendment 2 #
Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 3 #
Proposal for a decision 2 Paragraph 2 2. Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority for the financial year 2013;
Amendment 4 #
Proposal for a decision 2 Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 – indent 3 a (new) - it has renewed its website with the purpose of improving the transparency and accessibility of the information provided;
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