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Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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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) |
Activites
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2015/04/29
Results of vote in Parliament
- Results of vote in Parliament
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T8-0152/2015
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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.
- 2015/04/28 Debate in Parliament
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2015/03/30
Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
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A8-0087/2015
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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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A8-0087/2015
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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 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.
- 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
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A8-0087/2015
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T8-0152/2015
Amendments | Dossier |
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2014/2122(DEC)
2015/01/09
ECON
25 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 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 11 #
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 ESMA 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 ESMA to examine its internal administrative processes with a view to reducing administrative costs;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Encourages ESMA to develop further its consumer protection strategy making full use of its mandate;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Stresses that, given its limited resources, ESMA must s
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Stresses that, given its limited resources, ESMA must stick strictly to the tasks assigned to it by the Union legislator
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Stresses that, given its limited resources, ESMA 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 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Notes in this connection that ESMA 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 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Stresses that ESMA, 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 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Calls on ESMA to ensure that in future no legal commitments are entered into in advance of budget commitments;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Welcomes that ESMA has taken a proactive approach to markets' supervision as foreseen in Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 establishing a European Supervisory Authority (European Securities and Markets Authority), amending Decision No 716/2009/EC and repealing Commission Decision 2009/77/EC1; ______________________ 1 OJ L 331, 15.12.2010, p. 84.
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Underlines
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. C
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Concludes that ESMA’s mixed financing arrangement is inflexible, burdensome and a potential threat to its independence; calls therefore
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6.
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6.
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Concludes that ESMA’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 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Concludes that ESMA’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 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Underlines that ESMA’s role in promoting a common supervisory regime across the Single Market
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Underlines that ESMA’s role in promoting a common supervisory regime across the Single Market is essential to ensure better integrated, more efficient and safer financial markets in the EU;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Emphasizes, without questioning that overall opinion, that ESMA needs to get its act together on a couple of minor points highlighted by the Court; finds the 2013 situation regarding late payments of bills and incorrectly paid VAT to be unacceptable;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Acknowledges that the ESFS is still in a setting-up phase and stresses that the tasks already entrusted to ESMA, 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
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Acknowledges that the ESFS is still in a setting-up phase and stresses that the tasks already entrusted to ESMA, as well as future tasks envisaged in on-going legislative work, require an adequate level of staff and budget to allow for
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Acknowledges that the ESFS is still in a setting-up phase and stresses that the tasks already entrusted to ESMA, as well as future tasks envisaged in on-going
source: 546.609
2015/03/06
CONT
5 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1. Grants the Executive Director of the European Securities and Markets 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 Securities and Markets Authority for the financial year 2013;
Amendment 4 #
Proposal for a decision 2 Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13 a. Notes that the current financing arrangements of the Authority are inflexible, create unnecessary administrative burdens and might jeopardise its independence; urges the Authority to cooperate with the Commission in order to revise its current financing structure;
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