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Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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Lead | CONT | GRÄSSLE Ingeborg (EPP) | AYALA SENDER Inés (S&D), CZARNECKI Ryszard (ECR), DLABAJOVÁ Martina (ALDE), DE JONG Dennis (GUE/NGL), STAES Bart (Verts/ALE), VALLI Marco (EFD), ALIOT Louis (ENF) |
Opinion | JURI |
Legal Basis Euratom Treaty A 106-pa, TFEU 325-p4
Activites
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2016/11/23
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2016/10/26
Final act signed
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2016/10/19
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2016/07/06
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T8-0308/2016
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The European Parliament adopted by 670 vote to 34, with 6 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013, as regards the secretariat of the Supervisory Committee of the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF). To recall, the proposal aims to strengthen the independence of the OLAF Supervisory Committee’s Secretariat, thus providing for a more effective functioning of the Supervisory Committee. Under the new proposed Regulation, the secretariat of the Supervisory Committee will be provided by the Commission, and no longer by OLAF. The European Parliament’s position, adopted at first reading under the ordinary legislative procedure, amended the Commission as follows: Confidentiality and data protection: Parliament stated that the staff of the Office and the staff of the secretariat of the Supervisory Committee shall refrain from any unauthorised disclosure of information received in the exercise of their functions, unless that information has already been lawfully made public or is accessible to the public. Moreover, the members of the Supervisory Committee shall be bound by the same obligation of professional secrecy in the exercise of their functions, and shall continue to be bound by that obligation after the end of their mandate. Guarantee the independence of the Supervisory Committee: before the appointment of any staff to the secretariat, the Supervisory Committee shall be consulted and its views shall be taken into account. The secretariat shall act on the instructions of the Supervisory Committee and independently from the Commission. Without prejudice to its control over the budget of the Supervisory Committee and its secretariat, the Commission shall not interfere with the monitoring functions of the Supervisory Committee. An amendment also stipulated that officials assigned to the secretariat of the Supervisory Committee shall neither seek nor take instructions from any government or any institution, body, office or agency relating to the exercise of the monitoring functions of the Supervisory Committee. Parliament took note of the Commission statement annexed to the resolution in which the Commission is committed to ensure the independent functioning of the Secretariat of the OLAF Supervisory Committee. This attachment will be of a purely administrative nature, with a view to facilitating certain organisational and budgetary aspects. The Commission will consider, after consulting the Supervisory Committee, putting in place appropriate internal rules on mobility limiting the duration of the postings of the Secretariat, while ensuring continuity in order to render their independence effective, and avoid risks of conflicts of interests or of revolving doors issues with OLAF.
- 2016/07/05 Debate in Parliament
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2016/05/27
Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
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A8-0188/2016
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The Committee on Budgetary Control adopted the report by Ingeborg GRÄSSLE (EPP, DE) on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013, as regards the secretariat of the Supervisory Committee of the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF). The committee recommended that the European Parliament’s position adopted at first reading following the ordinary legislative procedure should adopt its position at first reading, taking over the Commission proposal. To recall, the proposal aims to strengthen the independence of the OLAF Supervisory Committee’s Secretariat, thus providing for a more effective functioning of the Supervisory Committee. In the past the European Parliament called several times on the Commission to take measures to reinforce the independent functioning of the OLAF Supervisory Committee’s secretariat, for example in its report on the discharge procedure for 2013 or in its resolution on the OLAF Supervisory Committee's annual report 2014. Under the new proposed Regulation, the secretariat of the Supervisory Committee will be provided by the Commission, and no longer by OLAF.
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A8-0188/2016
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2016/05/24
Committee decision to open interinstitutional negotiations with report adopted in committee
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2016/05/24
Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
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2016/03/10
Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
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2016/03/04
Legislative proposal published
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COM(2016)0113
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PURPOSE: to amend Regulation (EU, EURATOM) No 883/2013, as regards the secretariat of the Supervisory Committee of the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF). PROPOSED ACT: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council. ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the European Parliament decides in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure and on an equal footing with the Council. BACKGROUND: in accordance with the new OLAF Regulation (Regulation 883/2013), the Supervisory Committee of the European Anti-Fraud Office is tasked with regularly monitoring the implementation by the Office of its investigative function, in order to reinforce its independence, and in particular to monitor developments concerning the application of procedural guarantees and the duration of investigations in the light of the information supplied by the Director General. However, in the recent past some concerns have been voiced about possible conflicts of interest and calls have been made for a strengthened legal independence as regards the management of the Committee's budget and secretariat. Thus, in its Annual Activity Reports of 2013 and 2014, the Supervisory Committee underlined the importance of its independent and effective functioning which requires an independent and adequately staffed secretariat. The European Parliament called several times on the Commission to take measures to reinforce the independent functioning of OLAF's Supervisory Committee secretariat, such as in its report on the discharge procedure for 20134 or in its resolution on the OLAF Supervisory Committee's annual report 2014. On 18 December 2015, the Commission adopted an amendment to its Decision 1999/352 in order to move the responsibility for the implementation of the budgetary appropriations for the Members from the Director-General of OLAF to the Commission. The Commission subsequently delegated this responsibility to the Director of its Payments Office (PMO). This decision applied as from 1 January 2016. The framework for the implementation of the budgetary appropriations relating to the Members of the Supervisory Committee should be set up in a way which avoids any appearance of a possible interference of the Office in their duties. The secretariat of the Supervisory Committee should be provided directly by the Commission, independently from the Office. The Commission should refrain from interfering with the functions of the Supervisory Committee. CONTENT: in order to separate the management of the Committee's secretariat from the management of the Office and to avoid any impression that OLAF can impair the functioning of the support to the Committee's Members, the Commission proposes to modify Regulation 883/2013 to foresee that the secretariat of the Supervisory Committee will be provided directly by the Commission, and no longer by OLAF. Lastly, the proposal seeks to amend the wording of Regulation so that the competence of OLAF's Data Protection Officer (DPO) will continue to cover the processing of data by the secretariat. Also, the secretariat's staff will continue to be subject to the same confidentiality rules as before. BUDGETARY IMPLICATIONS: the proposed Regulation will not require any new human or administrative resources and will have no financial impact. It will only transfer the management of the budgetary appropriations concerning the secretariat of OLAF's Supervisory Committee within the Commission.
- DG {'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/budget/', 'title': 'Budget'}, GEORGIEVA Kristalina
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COM(2016)0113
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Documents
- Legislative proposal published: COM(2016)0113
- Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A8-0188/2016
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T8-0308/2016
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