Activites

• 2015/04/29 Vote in plenary scheduled
• 2015/04/28 Debate in plenary scheduled
• 2015/03/31 Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
  • A8-0110/2015 summary

    The Committee on Budgetary Control adopted the report by Anders Primdahl VISTISEN (ECR, DK) on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the SESAR Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2013. It called on the European Parliament to grant the Executive Director of SESAR Joint Undertaking discharge in respect of the implementation of the Joint Undertaking’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 SESAR 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 SESAR’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. ·        Budgetary and financial management: Members observed that that the Joint Undertaking's final budget for the financial year 2013 included commitment appropriations of EUR 64 300 000 and payment appropriations of EUR 105 400 000, with utilisation rates for commitment and payment appropriations at 99.6 % and 94.7 % respectively. They stressed that 100 % of the Union and Eurocontrol contributions payable to the other 15 members under the third Multilateral Framework Agreement (MFA) of EUR 595 million had been committed. They also remarked that 55 % of that amount, equalling EUR 316 million, had been paid out until 31 December 2013 while the remaining 45 % (EUR 279 million) was expected to be paid by 31 December 2016. Members noted that the number of projects would be reduced to 250 through mergers of current projects, with the allocation of EUR 38 million to the funding of new operational activities. They called on the Joint Undertaking to submit a report to the discharge authority concerning the contributions of all members other than the Commission, including the application of the evaluation rules for in-kind contributions, together with an assessment by the Commission. ·        Conflicts of interests: the committee emphasised that the Joint Undertaking had put specific measures in place in order to prevent conflicts of interest with respect to its three key stakeholders: Administrative Board members, employees and experts. Other observations: the committee made a series of observations on the legal framework of the Joint Undertaking, and SESAR’s internal controls. It believed that links between the Joint Undertaking and the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking should be strengthened. It invited the Commission to work with both joint undertakings in order to improve communication and reinforce synergies and complementarities, ensuring at the same time that there is no risk of overlapping.  Members acknowledged that SESAR disseminated research foreground by making available detailed information on deliverables and their processes to the relevant stakeholders on its extranet, as well as by publishing general details of 2013 deliverables in its 2013 annual activity report. They called on the Joint Undertaking to submit a report to the discharge authority on the social-economic benefits of the projects already completed and for that report to be submitted to the discharge authority. Lastly, Members recalled that Parliament had asked the Court to draw up a special report on the capacity of the joint undertakings, together with their private partners, to ensure added value and efficient execution of Union research, technological development and demonstration programmes.

• 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 SESAR Joint Undertaking. 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 SESAR Joint Undertaking. The document contains the figures on which the discharge procedure is based. Discharge procedure of the EU Joint Undertakings: 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 and Joint Undertakings (JUs) do not have a separate budget inside the EU budget; and they are partially financed by a Commission budget subsidy. Each JU is subject to its own discharge procedure. SESAR: in 2013, the tasks and budget of the Joint Undertaking were as follows: description of the tasks of the Joint Undertaking: SESAR Joint Undertaking, located in Brussels (BE), was set up in 2007 by Regulation (EC) 219/2007 for a period extending to 31 December 2017. The aim of this Joint Undertaking is to ensure the modernisation of the European air traffic management system and the rapid implementation of the European air traffic management Master Plan by coordinating and concentrating all relevant research and development efforts in the EU; accounts of the JU: the budget for SESAR's development phase is provided in equal parts by the EU, by Eurocontrol and by public and private partners. At 31 December 2013, the Commission held 42.26% of the ownership participation in SESAR. The total Commission contribution foreseen for SESAR (from 2007 to 2013) is EUR 700 million. The cumulative unrecognised share of losses is EUR 205 million. Please also consult SESAR Joint Undertaking’s final accounts.

  • 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: A8-0110/2015

Amendments

Dossier

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2014/2130(DEC) 2015/01/28 TRAN 2 amendments... Amendment 1 # Karima DELLI Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Welcomes that the SESAR JU has put in place specific measures to prevent conflicts and that the improvements as regards the ex-ante control area have been implemented; furthermore, calls on the application of a general principle of transparency; Amendment 2 # Daniela AIUTO, Peter LUNDGREN Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Proposes that Parliament should not grant the Executive Director of the SESAR Joint Undertaking discharge in respect of the implementation of its budget for the financial year 2013. source: 546.827 2015/03/05 CONT 8 amendments... Amendment 1 # Ryszard CZARNECKI, Beata GOSIEWSKA, Richard ASHWORTH, Richard SULÍK Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1. Grants the Executive Director of the SESAR Joint Undertaking discharge in respect of the implementation of the joint undertaking’s budget for the financial year 2013 / Postpones its decision on granting the Executive Director of the SESAR Joint Undertaking discharge in respect of the implementation of the joint undertaking’s budget for the financial year 2013; Amendment 2 # Ryszard CZARNECKI, Beata GOSIEWSKA, Richard ASHWORTH, Richard SULÍK Proposal for a decision 2 Paragraph 1 1. Approves the closure of the accounts of the SESAR Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2013 / Postpones the closure of the accounts of the SESAR Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2013; Amendment 3 # Marian-Jean MARINESCU Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Calls on the Joint Undertaking to submit a report to the discharge authority concerning the contributions of all members other than the Commission, including the application of the evaluation rules for in-kind contributions, together with an assessment by the Commission; Amendment 4 # Marian-Jean MARINESCU Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Notes the Joint Statement by the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission and the subsequent political agreement reached on the separate discharge for Joint Undertakings under Article 209 of the Financial Regulation Amendment 5 # Zigmantas BALČYTIS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Takes note that between October 2012 and March 2014, the Commission's Second Interim Evaluation was carried out in order to assess the Joint Undertaking in terms of the implementation of its establishing regulation, working methods, results obtained and general financial situation; emphasises that the report produced two main recommendations, one addressing the need to improve the approach towards the specific information and communication needs of Member States, and the second which addresses the need to continue efforts to improve the Joint Undertaking's annual goal completion rate; is concerned that its annual goal completion rate was 82 % by the end of 2012 (60 % in 2010) and believes performance must be improved; Amendment 6 # Marian-Jean MARINESCU Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12 a. Believes, where appropriate, that links between the Joint Undertaking and the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking should be strengthened, invites the Commission to work with both joint undertakings in order to improve the communication and reinforce synergies and complementarities, ensuring at the same that there is no risk of overlapping between the activities of the two joint undertakings in question. Amendment 7 # Marian-Jean MARINESCU Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13 a. Calls on the Joint Undertaking to submit a report to the discharge authority on the social-economic benefits of the already completed projects; calls for that report to be submitted to the discharge authority together with an assessment by the Commission; Amendment 8 # Marian-Jean MARINESCU Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 b (new) 13 b. Recalls that Parliament has previously requested that the Court draws up a special report on the capacity of the joint undertakings, together with their private partners, to ensure added value and efficient execution of Union research, technological development and demonstration programmes source: 549.350

History

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