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Lead | CONT | AYALA SENDER Inés (S&D) | ZDECHOVSKÝ Tomáš (EPP), FITTO Raffaele (ECR), ALI Nedzhmi (ALDE), DE JONG Dennis (GUE/NGL), JÁVOR Benedek (Verts/ALE), VALLI Marco (EFD), KAPPEL Barbara (ENF) |
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2017/09/29
Final act published in Official Journal
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2017/04/27
Results of vote in Parliament
- Results of vote in Parliament
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T8-0158/2017
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The European Parliament decided to grant discharge to the Director of the Translation Centre for the Bodies (CdT) in respect of the implementation of its budget for the financial year 2015. The vote on the decision on discharge covers the closure of the accounts (in accordance with Annex IV, Article 5 (1)(a) to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure). Noting that the Court of Auditors has stated that it has obtained reasonable assurances that the Centre’s annual accounts for the financial year 2015 are reliable and that the underlying transactions are legal and regular, Parliament adopted by 510 votes to 109 with 11 abstentions, a resolution containing a series of recommendations, which form an integral part of the decision on discharge and which add to the general recommendations set out in the resolution on performance, financial management and control of EU agencies. These recommendations may be summarised as follows: Centre’s financial statements: Parliament noted that the final budget of the Centre for the financial year 2015 was EUR 49 585 500, representing a decrease of 11.88 % compared with 2014. Budget and financial management: Parliament noted that the 2015 cash and short term deposits held by the Centre decreased from EUR 44 million at the end of 2014 to EUR 38.3 million at the end of 2015. It noted furthermore that the Centre’s reserves decreased from EUR 40.4 million in 2014 to EUR 34 million in 2015, reflecting the 2015 reduction of prices. Commitments and carry-overs: Parliament noted with concern that, according to the Court’s report, the Centre cancelled EUR 5.9 million (12 % of the total budget) of appropriations available at the end of 2015. These cancellations were related to the overestimation of the cost of external translators as well as to the fact that the fulfilment of the establishment plan did not reach the level foreseen in the budget. Members noted however that the Centre monitored the evolution of external translation costs more closely and based its budget forecasts for 2016 onwards on up-to-date figures. Parliament also made a series of observations regarding internal controls, the prevention and management of conflicts of interests and performances of the Centre. Action plan: Parliament noted that the Centre conducted its general client satisfaction survey in 2015 and approved an action plan based on the survey conclusions to be implemented over the 2016-2017 period which places a clear focus on translation quality assurance. The action plan raises awareness of and promotes the Centre as a language service provider.
- 2017/04/26 Debate in Parliament
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2017/03/27
Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
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A8-0075/2017
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The Committee on Budgetary Control adopted the report by Inés AYALA SENDER (S&D, ES) on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union (CdT) for the financial year 2015. The committee called on the European Parliament to grant the Director of the Centre discharge in respect of the implementation of the agency’s budget for the financial year 2015. Noting that the Court of Auditors stated that it had obtained reasonable assurance that the annual accounts of the Centre for the financial year 2015 were reliable and that the underlying transactions were legal and regular, Members called on Parliament to approve the closure of the Centre’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: Centre’s financial statements: Members noted that the final budget of the Centre for the financial year 2015 was EUR 49 585 500, representing a decrease of 11.88 % compared with 2014. Budget and financial management: Members noted that the 2015 cash and short term deposits held by the Centre decreased from EUR 44 million at the end of 2014 to EUR 38.3 million at the end of 2015. They noted furthermore that the Centre’s reserves decreased from EUR 40.4 million in 2014 to EUR 34 million in 2015, reflecting the 2015 reduction of prices. Commitments and carry-overs: Members noted with concern that, according to the Court’s report, the Centre cancelled EUR 5.9 million (12 % of the total budget) of appropriations available at the end of 2015. These cancellations were related to the overestimation of the cost of external translators as well as to the fact that the fulfilment of the establishment plan did not reach the level foreseen in the budget. They noted however that the Centre monitored the evolution of external translation costs more closely and based its budget forecasts for 2016 onwards on up-to-date figures. Members also made a series of observations regarding internal controls, the prevention and management of conflicts of interests and performances of the Centre. In this regard, they noted that the Centre conducted its general client satisfaction survey in 2015 and approved an action plan based on the survey conclusions to be implemented over the 2016-2017 period which places a clear focus on translation quality assurance.
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A8-0075/2017
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2017/03/22
Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
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2016/10/04
Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
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2016/07/11
Non-legislative basic document published
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COM(2016)0475
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PURPOSE: presentation by the Commission of the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2015, as part of the 2015 discharge procedure. Analysis of the accounts of the Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union (CdT). CONTENT: the organisational governance of the EU consists of institutions, agencies and other EU bodies whose expenditure is included in the general budget of the Union. The EU's operational expenditure of these institutions takes different forms, depending on how the money is paid out and managed. From 2014 onwards, the Commission classifies its expenditure as follows: Direct management: the budget is implemented directly by the Commission services. Indirect management: the Commission confers tasks of implementation of the budget to bodies of EU law or national law, such as the EU agencies. Shared management: under this method of budget implementation tasks are delegated to Member States. About 80 % of the expenditure falls under this management mode covering such areas as agricultural spending and structural actions. This Commission document concerns the EU's consolidated accounts for the year 2015 and details how spending by the EU institutions and bodies was carried out. The consolidated annual accounts of the EU provide financial information on the activities of the institutions, agencies and other bodies of the EU from an accrual accounting and budgetary perspective. It is the responsibility of the Commission's Accounting Officer to prepare the EU's consolidated annual accounts and ensure that they present fairly, in all material aspects, the financial position, the result of the operations and the cashflows of the EU institutions and bodies, including the Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union (CdT), with a view to granting discharge. Discharge procedure: the final step of a budget lifecycle is the discharge of the budget for a given financial year. It represents the political aspect of the external control of budget implementation and is the decision by which the European Parliament, acting on a Council recommendation, "releases" the Commission (and other EU bodies) from its responsibility for management of a given budget by marking the end of that budget's existence. The European Parliament is the discharge authority within the EU. The discharge procedure may produce three outcomes: (i) the granting; (ii) postponement or; (iii) the refusal of the discharge. The final discharge report including specific recommendations to the Commission for action is adopted in plenary by the European Parliament and are subject to an annual follow up report in which the Commission outlines the concrete actions it has taken to implement the recommendations made. Each agency is subject to its own discharge procedure, including the Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union (CdT). Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union: the Centre, which is located in Luxembourg (LU) was established by Council Regulation (EC) No 2965/94 and its role is to provide any European Union Institutions and Bodies, which call upon its services with the translation services necessary for their activities. As regards Centre’s accounts, these are presented in detail in the document on the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for 2015: Commitment appropriations: - committed: EUR 50 million; - paid: EUR 44 million; - carried-over: 0. Payment appropriations : - committed: EUR 54 million; - paid: EUR 43 million; - carried-over: EUR 5 million. For further details on expenditure, please refer to the final accounts of the Translation Centre.
- DG {'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/budget_en', 'title': 'Budget'}, GEORGIEVA Kristalina
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COM(2016)0475
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Documents
- Non-legislative basic document published: COM(2016)0475
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A8-0075/2017
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T8-0158/2017
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2016/2168(DEC)
2017/03/06
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Amendment 1 #
Proposal for a decision 1 1 Paragraph 1 1. Grants the Director of the Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union discharge in respect of the implementation of the Centre’s budget for the financial year
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Acknowledges that the Centre’s anti-fraud strategy was adopted by its management board in October 2016; notes that the Centre will include a standard chapter regarding transparency, accountability and integrity in its 2017 annual report; notes with concern the absence on the Centre’s website of the curriculum vitae of the Director, the members of the management board and their alternates; calls on the Centre to remedy the situation;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Notes that, according to the Centre’s Annual Activity Report, on the basis of the end-of-year review performed by the Centre’s management, and applying the new weighting factors, the overall implementation of the Centre’s work programme for 2015 was 83,2 %, representing a 2,3 % decrease compared to the previous year; invites the Centre to recheck its planning for the annual work programme and the overall implementation and report back to the discharge authority on the possible interventions or improvements;
Amendment 2 #
Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 3 #
Proposal for a decision 2 2 Paragraph 1 1. Approves the closure of the accounts of the Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union for the financial year
Amendment 4 #
Proposal for a decision 2 Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) B a. whereas in the context of the discharge procedure, Parliament stresses the special importance of further strengthening the democratic legitimacy of the institutions of the Union by improving transparency and accountability, implementing the concept of performance-based budgeting and good governance of human resources;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Notes that the Centre slightly increased the overall rate of committed appropriations carried over to the following year from 8,40 % in 2014 to 9,63 % in 2015, representing a 1,23 % rise; notes that the level of committed appropriations carried over for Title II (administrative expenditure) was at 29 %; observes that these carry-overs mainly concerned the refurbishment of additional premises rented in 2015 as well as IT services that had not yet been provided by the end of 2015;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Notes with concern from the Court’s report that the Centre cancelled EUR 5 900 000 (12 % of the total budget) of appropriations available at the end of 2015; points out that these cancellations were related to the overestimation of the cost of external translators as well as to the fact that the fulfilment of the establishment plan did not reach the level foreseen in the budget;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Acknowledges that the Centre’s anti-fraud strategy was adopted by its management board in October 2016; notes that the Centre will include a standard chapter regarding transparency, accountability and integrity in its 2017 annual report; notes with concern the absence on the Centre’s website of the curriculum vitae of the Director, the members of the management board and their alternates; calls on the Centre to publish such curricula vitae, allowing the public to have a necessary overview of its senior management;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Acknowledges that the Centre’s anti-fraud strategy was adopted by its management board in October 2016; notes that the Centre will include a standard chapter regarding transparency, accountability and integrity in its 2017 annual report; notes with concern the absence on the Centre’s website of the curriculum vitae of the Director, the members of the management board and their alternates; calls on the Centre to publish that information as soon as possible;
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