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Next event: Vote scheduled in committee, 2nd reading 2015/09/22
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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) |
Lead | CONT | CZARNECKI Ryszard (ECR) | |
Opinion | ITRE |
Activites
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2015/09/22
Vote scheduled in committee, 2nd reading
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2015/04/29
Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
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T8-0146/2015
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The European Parliament decided by 633 votes to 25, with 7 abstentions, to postpone its decision to grant discharge to the Director of the Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) for the financial year 2013. Parliament postponed the closure of the Institute’s accounts for the financial year 2013. It pointed out the basis for a qualified opinion on the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions for the second consecutive year. It noted that about 87% of grant expenditure claimed by the beneficiaries is covered by certificates issued by independent audit firms, which are contracted by the beneficiaries themselves and their partners. It regretted that although the Institute continued to make efforts to implement effective ex ante verifications and give better guidance to the independent audit firms, the Court found their quality as insufficient. Members called on the Institute to address this issue and to inform the discharge authority about the steps taken by 1 September 2015. It pointed out that payments in respect of two framework contracts concluded in 2010 and 2012 using a negotiated procedure and amounting to EUR 770 000 were found as irregular as according to the audit, the use of a negotiated procedure was not justified. The combined error rate related to grant issues and framework contract payments is between 2% and 3% of the Institute’s total 2013 expenditure. Parliament regretted that according to the Court’s report, the complementary activities of the KICs as beneficiaries of the Institute’s grants will not be audited before 2015. It called on the Institute to inform the discharge authority on the state of play regarding the abovementioned audit by 1 September 2015. Parliament made a series of general recommendations that appear in the resolution on performance, financial management and control of EU agencies: Institute’s financial statement: Parliament noted that the final budget of the Institute for the financial year 2013 was EUR 142 197 740 for commitment appropriations, representing an increase of 47.05% compared to 2012. The overall contribution of the Union to the Institute's budget for 2013 amounted to EUR 93 462 181, representing an increase of 36.05% compared to 2012. Commitments and carry-overs: Parliament noted from the Institute’s final accounts that its budget monitoring efforts during the financial year 2013 resulted in a budget implementation rate of 96.97% and that the execution rate of payments against payment appropriations was 96.86%. It noted with concern that the budget implementation rate for staff expenditure was low at 74% as well as administrative expenditure. It acknowledged that these carry-overs mainly concerned invoices not yet received and ongoing IT projects. The execution rate was relatively low at 82% due to KICs not fully absorbing the available funding for 2012 activities. Lastly, Parliament also made a series of observations on internal audits and called on the Institute to provide the discharge authority with a detailed report on the implementation of the IAS’ recommendations.
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T8-0146/2015
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- 2015/04/28 Debate in Parliament
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2015/03/30
Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
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A8-0077/2015
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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 Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) for the financial year 2013. It called on the European Parliament to postpone its decision on granting the Director of the EIT discharge in respect of the implementation of the Institute’s budget for the financial year 2013. Members also called on the Parliament to postpone the closure of the Institute’s accounts for the financial year 2013. They pointed out the basis for a qualified opinion on the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions for the second consecutive year. They noted that about 87% of grant expenditure claimed by the beneficiaries is covered by certificates issued by independent audit firms, which are contracted by the beneficiaries themselves and their partners. They regretted that although the Institute continued to make efforts to implement effective ex ante verifications and give better guidance to the independent audit firms, the Court found their quality as insufficient. They called on the Institute to address this issue and to inform the discharge authority about the steps taken by 1 September 2015. Members pointed out that payments in respect of two framework contracts concluded in 2010 and 2012 using a negotiated procedure and amounting to EUR 770 000 were found as irregular as according to the audit, the use of a negotiated procedure was not justified. The combined error rate related to grant issues and framework contract payments is between 2% and 3% of the Institute’s total 2013 expenditure. They regretted that according to the Court’s report, the complementary activities of the KICs as beneficiaries of the Institute’s grants will not be audited before 2015. They called on the Institute to inform the discharge authority on the state of play regarding the abovementioned audit by 1 September 2015. Members made a number of general recommendations that appear in the draft resolution on performance, financial management and control of EU agencies. Institute’s financial statement: Members noted that the final budget of the Institute for the financial year 2013 was EUR 142 197 740 for commitment appropriations, representing an increase of 47.05% compared to 2012. The overall contribution of the Union to the Institute's budget for 2013 amounted to EUR 93 462 181, representing an increase of 36.05% compared to 2012. Commitments and carry-overs: Members noted from the Institute’s final accounts that its budget monitoring efforts during the financial year 2013 resulted in a budget implementation rate of 96.97% and that the execution rate of payments against payment appropriations was 96.86%. They noted with concern that the budget implementation rate for staff expenditure was low at 74% as well as administrative expenditure. They acknowledged that these carry-overs mainly concerned invoices not yet received and ongoing IT projects. The execution rate was relatively low at 82% due to KICs not fully absorbing the available funding for 2012 activities. Members also made a series of observations on internal audits.
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A8-0077/2015
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2015/03/23
Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
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2014/10/20
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2014/07/30
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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 Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT). 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 Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT). 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. EIT: in 2013, the tasks and budget of this agency were as follows: description of the EIT's tasks: the EIT, which is located in Budapest, was set up by Regulation (EC) No 294/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council. The Institute’s objective is to contribute to sustainable European economic growth and competitiveness by reinforcing the innovation capacity of the Member States and the European Union. The Institute shall: (i) raise awareness among potential partner organisations and encourage their participation in its activities; (ii) select and designate Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs) in the priority fields; (iii) mobilise funds from public and private sources to encourage the innovation process; (iv) encourage the recognition in the Member States of degrees and diplomas which are awarded by higher education institutions that are partner organisations,… EIT's budget for the 2013 financial year: the EIT’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 142 million; - paid : EUR 138 million; - carried-over : EUR 1 million. § Payment appropriations : - committed : EUR 106 million; - paid : EUR 102 million; - carried-over : EUR 2 million. Please refer also to the final accounts of the EIT.
- 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: A8-0077/2015
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T8-0146/2015
Amendments | Dossier |
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2014/2125(DEC)
2015/03/06
CONT
8 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 2 #
Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 3 #
Proposal for a decision 2 Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 4 #
Proposal for a decision 2 Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Notes with concern, however, that the budget implementation rate for Title I
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16.
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Is concerned about the IAS conclusions in its follow-up report which emphasises the risk that the Institute would not be able
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17 a. Acknowledges the Institute's committment to monitor the ex-ante verifications in order to obtain reasonable assurance on the legality and regularity of grant transactions;
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