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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) |
Opinion | ITRE |
Activites
- 2017/04/26 Debate in Parliament
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2017/03/29
Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
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A8-0115/2017
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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 European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA) for the financial year 2015. The committee called on the European Parliament to grant the Executive Director of the Agency 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 Agency 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 Agency’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: Agency’s financial statements: Members noted the final budget of the European Union Agency for Network and Information Security for the financial year 2015 was EUR 10 064 274, representing an increase of 3.37 % compared to 2014. Budget and financial management: Members noted that budget monitoring efforts during the financial year 2015 resulted in an exceptional budget implementation rate of 100 % and that the payment appropriations execution rate was 92.89 %, representing an increase of 7.28 % compared to 2014. Members also made a series of observations regarding commitments and carry-overs, procurement and recruitment procedures, the prevention and management of conflicts of interests and internal audits and controls. They acknowledged the fact that the Agency has continued to emphasise the advantages of relocating the Agency to the single office in Athens. They noted that the estimated cost regarding the relocation of the remaining 14 members of staff in Heraklion as well as of all the furniture is approximately EUR 360 000. They encouraged the Greek authorities, the Commission and the Agency to find a solution for the issue of the Agency’s two locations as soon as possible in order to ensure a much more efficient use of Union funds.
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A8-0115/2017
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2017/03/22
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2016/10/04
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2016/07/11
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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 European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA). 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 cash flows of the EU institutions and bodies, including the European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA), 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 ENISA. The European Union Agency for Network and Information Security: ENISA, which is located in Heraklion (EL), was established under Regulation 460/2004/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with a view to enhancing the Union's capability to prevent and respond to network and information security problems. As regards the Agency’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 10 million; - paid: EUR 10 million; - carried-over: 0. Payment appropriations: - committed: EUR 11 million; - paid: EUR 11 million; - carried-over: EUR 1 million. For further details on expenditure, please refer to the final accounts of the ENISA.
- 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: A8-0115/2017
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
Amendments | Dossier |
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2016/2176(DEC)
2017/03/06
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17 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Proposal for a decision 1 1 Paragraph 1 1. Grants the
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Notes with concern that the CVs and declarations of interest of the Agency’s management board members and of its executive board are not published on its website, except for the CV of the management board chair; notes with concern that the Agency has not provided for any arrangements for checking or updating of the declarations of interest; considers this situation to be unsatisfactory and urges the Agency to publish such data;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Notes with concern that the CVs and declarations of interest of the Agency’s management board members and of its executive board are not published on its website, except for the CV of the management board chair; notes with concern that the Agency has not provided for any arrangements for checking or updating of the declarations of interest; calls on the Agency to publish these documents without further delay and by doing so allows the public the necessary overview on its senior management and provides for regular checking and updating of the declarations of interest;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Notes with concern that the CVs and declarations of interest of the Agency’s management board members and of its executive board are not published on its website, except for the CV of the management board chair; notes with concern that the Agency has not provided for any arrangements for checking or updating of the declarations of interest; encourages the Agency to remedy the situation;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Notes with concern that the CVs and declarations of interest of the Agency’s management board members and of its executive board are not published on its website, except for the CV of the management board chair; notes with concern that the Agency has not provided for any arrangements for checking or updating of the declarations of interest; regrets that declarations of conflicts of interest of management board and executive board members are outstanding; notes that this practice does not further transparency and these declarations should therefore be published without delay;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Notes with concern that the Agency has not provided for any specific initiative for improving transparency in its contacts with lobbyists and stakeholders;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Notes with concern that the Agency has not provided for any specific initiative for improving transparency in its contacts with lobbyists and stakeholders; recommends that the Agency very carefully scrutinise possible conflicts of interest in these contacts so as better to meet transparency and accountability requirements;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Notes with concern that the Agency has not provided for any specific initiative for improving transparency in its contacts with lobbyists and stakeholders; calls on the Agency to submit such an initiative as soon as possible;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Acknowledges the fact that the Agency, in its communication with the local authorities and the Commission, has continued to emphasise the advantages of relocating the Agency to the single office in Athens; notes, furthermore, that the estimated cost regarding the relocation of the remaining 14 staff members in Heraklion as well as of all the furniture is approximately EUR 360 000; encourages the Greek authorities, the Commission and the Agency to find a solution for the issue of the Agency’s two locations as soon as possible, as this would ensure the much more efficient use of EU funds;
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 European Union Agency for Network and Information Security for the financial year
Amendment 4 #
Proposal for a decision 2 Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) C 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 4 4.
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6.
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Acknowledges the fact that the Agency finds it difficult to recruit, attract and retain suitably qualified staff, mainly due to the types of post that are being offered (contract agents posts) and the low coefficient factor which applies to salaries of the Agency’s employees in Greece; calls on the Agency and the Commission to report back to the discharge authority on the possible solutions to the problem;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Notes that the Agency intends to adopt internal rules on whistleblowing during the first quarter of 2017; calls on the agency to adopt the internal whistleblowing policy that will foster a culture of transparency and accountability in the workplace, regularly inform and train employees on their duties and rights, ensure protection of the whistleblower from reprisal, follow up the substance of whistleblowers' alerts in a timely manner and put in place a channel for anonymous internal reporting. Annual reports on the number of whistleblower cases and the follow-up they received should also be published and reported to the discharge authority; asks the Agency to report to the discharge authority
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