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Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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Lead | CONT | GRÄSSLE Ingeborg (EPP) | AYALA SENDER Inés (S&D), LIBERADZKI Bogusław (S&D), THEURER Michael (ALDE), DE JONG Dennis (GUE/NGL), STAES Bart (Verts/ALE), VALLI Marco (EFD) |
Legal Basis RoP 150
Activites
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2015/04/29
Results of vote in Parliament
- Results of vote in Parliament
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T8-0119/2015
summary
The European Parliament adopted by 577 votes to 110, with 12 abstentions, a resolution on the Court of Auditors' special reports in the context of the 2013 Commission discharge. In its resolution, Parliament recalled that the special reports of the Court of Auditors provided information on issues of concern related to the implementation of funds, which were thus useful for Parliament in exercising its role of discharge authority. It specified that Parliament’s observations on the special reports of the Court of Auditors form an integral part of Parliament's resolution on general discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2013, Section III – Commission. Parliament went on to discuss each of the special reports and made certain recommendations designed to improve the use of Community funding. To recall, these special reports relate to the following matters: Special Report No 11/2013 of the Court of Auditors entitled "Getting the Gross National Income (GNI) data right: a more structured and better-focused approach would improve the effectiveness of the Commission’s verification" Special Report No 13/2013 of the Court of Auditors entitled "EU Development Assistance to Central Asia" Special Report No 15/2013 of the Court of Auditors entitled "Has the Environment component of the LIFE programme been effective?" Special Report No 16/2013 of the Court of Auditors entitled "Taking stock of 'single audit' and the Commission's reliance on the work of national audit authorities in cohesion" Special Report No 17/2013 of the Court of Auditors entitled "EU Climate Finance in the context of External Aid" Special Report No 18/2013 of the Court of Auditors entitled "The reliability of the results of the Member States' checks of the agricultural expenditure" Special Report No 1/2014 of the Court of Auditors entitled "Effectiveness of EU-supported public urban transport projects" Special Report No 2/2014 of the Court of Auditors entitled "Are Preferential Trade Arrangements appropriately managed?" Special Report No 3/2014 of the Court of Auditors entitled "Lessons from the European Commission’s development of the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II)" Special Report No 4/2014 of the Court of Auditors entitled "Integration of EU water policy objectives with the CAP: a partial success" Special Report No 5/2014 of the Court of Auditors entitled "European banking supervision taking shape - EBA and its changing context" Special Report No 6/2014 of the Court of Auditors entitled "Cohesion policy funds support to renewable energy generation — has it achieved good results?" Special Report No 7/2014 of the Court of Auditors entitled "Has the ERDF successfully supported the development of business incubators?" Special Report No 8/2014 of the Court of Auditors entitled "Has the Commission effectively managed the integration of coupled support into the single payment scheme?" Special Report No 9/2014 of the Court of Auditors entitled "Is the EU investment and promotion support to the wine sector well managed and are its results on the competitiveness of EU wines demonstrated?" Special Report No 10/2014 of the Court of Auditors entitled "The effectiveness of European Fisheries Fund support for aquaculture" Special Report No 11/2014 of the Court of Auditors entitled "The establishment of the European External Action Service" Special Report No 12/2014 of the Court of Auditors entitled "Is the ERDF effective in funding projects that directly promote biodiversity under the EU biodiversity strategy to 2020?" Special Report No 13/2014 of the Court of Auditors entitled "EU support for rehabilitation following the earthquake in Haiti" Special Report No 14/2014 of the Court of Auditors entitled "How do the EU institutions and bodies calculate, reduce and offset their greenhouse gas emissions?" Special Report No 15/2014 of the Court of Auditors entitled "The External Borders Fund has fostered financial solidarity but requires better measurement of results and needs to provide further EU added value" Special Report No 16/2014 of the Court of Auditors entitled "The effectiveness of blending regional investment facility grants with financial institution loans to support EU external policies" Special Report No 17/2014 of the Court of Auditors entitled "Can the EU’s Centres of Excellence initiative contribute effectively to mitigating chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear risks from outside the EU?" Special Report No 19/2014 of the Court of Auditors entitled "EU Pre-accession Assistance to Serbia" Special Report No 20/2014 of the Court of Auditors entitled "Has ERDF support to SMEs in the area of e-commerce been effective?" Special Report No 21/2014 of the Court of Auditors entitled "EU-funded airport infrastructures: poor value for money". A summary of the special reports in question may be found on the Court of Auditors’ website.
- 2015/04/28 Debate in Parliament
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2015/03/27
Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
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A8-0067/2015
summary
The Committee on Budgetary Control adopted the report by Ingeborg GRÄßLE (EPP, DE) on the Court of Auditors' special reports in the context of the 2013 Commission discharge. Members recalled that the special reports of the Court of Auditors provided information on issues of concern related to the implementation of funds, which were thus useful for Parliament in exercising its role of discharge authority. They specified that Parliament’s observations on the special reports of the Court of Auditors form an integral part of Parliament's resolution on general discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2013, Section III – Commission. Members went on to discuss each of the special reports and made certain recommendations designed to improve the use of Community funding. To recall, these special reports relate to the following matters: Special Report No 11/2013 of the Court of Auditors entitled "Getting the Gross National Income (GNI) data right: a more structured and better-focused approach would improve the effectiveness of the Commission’s verification" Special Report No 13/2013 of the Court of Auditors entitled "EU Development Assistance to Central Asia" Special Report No 15/2013 of the Court of Auditors entitled "Has the Environment component of the LIFE programme been effective?" Special Report No 16/2013 of the Court of Auditors entitled "Taking stock of 'single audit' and the Commission's reliance on the work of national audit authorities in cohesion" Special Report No 17/2013 of the Court of Auditors entitled "EU Climate Finance in the context of External Aid" Special Report No 18/2013 of the Court of Auditors entitled "The reliability of the results of the Member States' checks of the agricultural expenditure" Special Report No 1/2014 of the Court of Auditors entitled "Effectiveness of EU-supported public urban transport projects" Special Report No 2/2014 of the Court of Auditors entitled "Are Preferential Trade Arrangements appropriately managed?" Special Report No 3/2014 of the Court of Auditors entitled "Lessons from the European Commission’s development of the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II)" Special Report No 4/2014 of the Court of Auditors entitled "Integration of EU water policy objectives with the CAP: a partial success" Special Report No 5/2014 of the Court of Auditors entitled "European banking supervision taking shape - EBA and its changing context" Special Report No 6/2014 of the Court of Auditors entitled "Cohesion policy funds support to renewable energy generation — has it achieved good results?" Special Report No 7/2014 of the Court of Auditors entitled "Has the ERDF successfully supported the development of business incubators?" Special Report No 8/2014 of the Court of Auditors entitled "Has the Commission effectively managed the integration of coupled support into the single payment scheme?" Special Report No 9/2014 of the Court of Auditors entitled "Is the EU investment and promotion support to the wine sector well managed and are its results on the competitiveness of EU wines demonstrated?" Special Report No 10/2014 of the Court of Auditors entitled "The effectiveness of European Fisheries Fund support for aquaculture" Special Report No 11/2014 of the Court of Auditors entitled "The establishment of the European External Action Service" Special Report No 12/2014 of the Court of Auditors entitled "Is the ERDF effective in funding projects that directly promote biodiversity under the EU biodiversity strategy to 2020?" Special Report No 13/2014 of the Court of Auditors entitled "EU support for rehabilitation following the earthquake in Haiti" Special Report No 14/2014 of the Court of Auditors entitled "How do the EU institutions and bodies calculate, reduce and offset their greenhouse gas emissions?" Special Report No 15/2014 of the Court of Auditors entitled "The External Borders Fund has fostered financial solidarity but requires better measurement of results and needs to provide further EU added value" Special Report No 16/2014 of the Court of Auditors entitled "The effectiveness of blending regional investment facility grants with financial institution loans to support EU external policies" Special Report No 17/2014 of the Court of Auditors entitled "Can the EU’s Centres of Excellence initiative contribute effectively to mitigating chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear risks from outside the EU?" Special Report No 19/2014 of the Court of Auditors entitled "EU Pre-accession Assistance to Serbia" Special Report No 20/2014 of the Court of Auditors entitled "Has ERDF support to SMEs in the area of e-commerce been effective?" Special Report No 21/2014 of the Court of Auditors entitled "EU-funded airport infrastructures: poor value for money". A summary of the special reports in question may be found on the Court of Auditors’ website.
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A8-0067/2015
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2015/03/24
Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
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2014/10/23
Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
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2013/07/26
Non-legislative basic document published
- COM(2013)0570
- DG {'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/budget/', 'title': 'Budget'}, GEORGIEVA Kristalina
Documents
- Non-legislative basic document published: COM(2013)0570
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A8-0067/2015
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T8-0119/2015
Amendments | Dossier |
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2014/2140(DEC)
2015/03/06
CONT
19 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 51 51. Welcomes that a commitment to improving EU Joint Programming since 2011 has been made in some 40 countries; points out however that coordination between the Commission and Member States in climate finance for developing countries still needs to be considerably improved to meet not only the 2020 commitment but also to allow the Union to stay a frontrunner in terms of climate actions and to combat corruption in developing countries;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 178 a (new) 178a. Encourages the Commission to contribute to increased transparency of the wine promotion in the third countries by better system of controlling and monitoring of the funded projects; points out that this measure should also help to avoid double financing;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 236 236.
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 238 238.
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 239 239.
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 240 240. Is worried about the irregularities found by the Court in the various national procurement policies and states that the exception clause for defence and security procurements may not be used in cases, where less restrictive procedures could have been used without compromising security; recommends streamlining of the procurement procedures to ensure timely implementation of the funding;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 241 a (new) 241a. Highlights the need to improve the standard of data collection on the funded projects on the national level in order to increase the degree of transparency;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 285 285. Believes that Commission should ensure that it obtains consistent and reliable information from the Member States on the
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 289 289. Recommends that funding
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 290 290. Recommends to the Commission to
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 291 291. Considers that the Commission should closely monitor, as a priority, Member States that the report identifies as having particularly problematic projects in the past, without however forgetting that the period in question includes years of economic crisis;
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 62 a (new) 62a. Welcomes the ongoing Commission efforts for the simplification of CAP; expects that simplification of eligibility criteria leads to simplification of control rules, and can contribute towards a lower error rate;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 63 – point b (b) that the effectiveness of the Inte
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 66 66. Urges the Commission and the Member States to ensure that payments are based on inspection results and that those
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 67 67. Urges the Commission to ensure that the design and quality of the work performed by the
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 70 a (new) 70a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to focus on cost-efficiency of controls as an area of importance, specifically by further developing the use of risk based controls;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 127 127. Considers that it is necessary to improve the actual supervision rules in order to include a closer supervision on national banks in those countries which adopted the euro but are not Member States such as the Vatican, Andorra, Monaco, and
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 127 127. Considers that it is necessary to improve the actual supervision rules in order to include a closer supervision on national banks in those countries which adopted the euro but are not Member States such as the Vatican, Andorra
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 177 177. Supports the Court's recommendation that the Commission should analyse how the budget allocated to the national support programmes (NSPs) for the period 2014– 18 matches the needs of the Union wine sector, the absorption capacity of the Member States and readjust the budget where appropriate; invites the Commission to consider whether there is a need for extra financial tool for the wine sector compared to other agricultural sectors;
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