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2014/2122(DEC) 2013 discharge: European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)
RoleCommitteeRapporteurShadows
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/8/01582

Activites

  • 2015/04/29 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
    • T8-0152/2015 summary
  • 2015/04/28 Debate in Parliament
  • 2015/03/30 Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
    • A8-0087/2015 summary
  • 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
    • 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: A8-0087/2015
  • Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
  • Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T8-0152/2015
AmendmentsDossier
30 2014/2122(DEC)
2015/01/09 ECON 25 amendments...
source: 546.609
2015/03/06 CONT 5 amendments...
source: 539.772

History

(these mark the time of scraping, not the official date of the change)

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  • The European Parliament adopted by 588 votes to 133, with 4 abstentions, a decision to grant discharge to the Executive Director of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) 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 565 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.

    • Budget and financial management: Parliament noted that the final budget of the Authority for the financial year 2013 was EUR 28 188 749, representing an increase of 39% compared to 2012, due to the additional tasks entrusted to the Authority.
    • Carry-overs: It noted that budget monitoring efforts during the financial year 2013 resulted in a budget implementation rate of 93.18% and that the payment appropriations execution rate was 72.54%. In order to ensure that corrective actions related to the budget implementation were taken in due time, the Authority used a variety of methods, such as monthly reporting to the Executive Director and quarterly reporting to the Management Board. Members noted with concern that the level of committed appropriations carried over remains high for operational expenditure at 58%. This high level of carryovers results mainly from delays in IT procurements and from the multiannual nature of related IT projects. It called on the Authority to inform the discharge authority on the steps taken in order to reduce the level of carryovers to the lowest possible amount.

    Parliament also made a series of observations on transfers, procurement and recruitment procedures as well as comments on prevention and conflicts of interest and internal controls.

    It also called on the Authority, given its limited resources, to stick to the tasks assigned to it by Parliament and the Council. It should carry out those assignments in full, but that it must not seek to go beyond its mandate, and that it must remain independent.

    Lastly, it regretted that late payments constituted 27% of all payments for goods and services received, resulting in paid interest (average delays of 32 days). Therefore, it called on the Authority to provide the discharge authority with detailed information on the steps taken in order to tackle this issue and to improve timeliness of payment processes.

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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 Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) 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 its 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.

    • Budget and financial management: Members noted that the final budget of the Authority for the financial year 2013 was EUR 28 188 749, representing an increase of 39% compared to 2012, due to the additional tasks entrusted to the Authority;
    • Carry-overs: Members noted that budget monitoring efforts during the financial year 2013 resulted in a budget implementation rate of 93.18% and that the payment appropriations execution rate was 72.54%. In order to ensure that corrective actions related to the budget implementation were taken in due time, the Authority used a variety of methods, such as monthly reporting to the Executive Director and quarterly reporting to the Management Board. Members noted with concern that the level of committed appropriations carried over remains high for operational expenditure at 58%. This high level of carryovers results mainly from delays in IT procurements and from the multiannual nature of related IT projects. They called on the Authority to inform the discharge authority on the steps taken in order to reduce the level of carryovers to the lowest possible amount.

    Members also made a series of observations on transfers, procurement and recruitment procedures as well as comments on prevention and conflicts of interest and internal controls.

    Lastly, they regretted that late payments constituted 27% of all payments for goods and services received, resulting in paid interest (average delays of 32 days).

    Therefore, they called on the Authority to provide the discharge authority with detailed information on the steps taken in order to tackle this issue and to improve timeliness of payment processes.

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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 Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA).

    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 Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA).

    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.

    ESMA: in 2013, the tasks and budget of this agency were as follows:

    • description of ESMA's tasks: ESMA, which is located in Frankfurt, was set up by Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010 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;
    • ESMA's budget for the 2013 financial year: ESMA’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 28 million;

    - paid : EUR 26 million;

    - carried-over : 0.

    §         Payment appropriations :

    - committed : EUR 32 million;

    - paid : EUR 24 million;

    - carried-over : EUR 6 million.

    Please refer also to the final accounts of the Securities and Market Authority.

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  • group: EPP name: ZDECHOVSKÝ Tomáš
  • group: S&D name: VAUGHAN Derek
  • group: GUE/NGL name: DE JONG Dennis
  • group: EFD name: VALLI Marco
  • group: NI name: ALIOT Louis
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  • group: EPP name: ZDECHOVSKÝ Tomáš
  • group: S&D name: VAUGHAN Derek
  • group: GUE/NGL name: DE JONG Dennis
  • group: EFD name: VALLI Marco
  • group: NI name: ALIOT Louis
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  • date: 2014-07-30T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/registre/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2014/0510/COM_COM(2014)0510_FR.pdf title: COM(2014)0510 type: Non-legislative basic document published celexid: CELEX:52014DC0510:EN type: Non-legislative basic document published body: EC commission:
  • date: 2014-10-20T00:00:00 body: EP type: Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading committees: body: EP responsible: True committee: CONT date: 2014-10-09T00:00:00 committee_full: Budgetary Control rapporteur: group: ECR name: CZARNECKI Ryszard body: EP responsible: False committee_full: Economic and Monetary Affairs committee: ECON
  • date: 2015-03-24T00:00:00 body: EP type: Vote scheduled in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • date: 2015-04-28T00:00:00 body: EP type: Indicative plenary sitting date, 1st reading/single reading
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  • body: EP responsible: True committee: CONT date: 2014-10-09T00:00:00 committee_full: Budgetary Control rapporteur: group: ECR name: CZARNECKI Ryszard
  • body: EP responsible: False committee_full: Economic and Monetary Affairs committee: ECON
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    8.70.03.03 2013 discharge