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Lead | CONT | AYALA SENDER Inés ( S&D) | ZDECHOVSKÝ Tomáš ( PPE), FITTO Raffaele ( ECR), ALI Nedzhmi ( ALDE), DE JONG Dennis ( GUE/NGL), JÁVOR Benedek ( Verts/ALE), VALLI Marco ( EFDD), KAPPEL Barbara ( ENF) |
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Committee Opinion | EMPL | HARKIN Marian ( ALDE) | Amjad BASHIR ( ECR), Rina Ronja KARI ( GUE/NGL), Jean LAMBERT ( Verts/ALE), Dominique MARTIN ( ENF), Claude ROLIN ( PPE) |
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Committee Opinion | LIBE | JEŽEK Petr ( ALDE) | Monica MACOVEI ( ECR), Barbara SPINELLI ( GUE/NGL) |
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Subjects
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The European Parliament adopted by 506 votes to 98 with 27 abstentions, a resolution on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union agencies for the financial year 2015: performance, financial management and control.
Parliament emphasised that the agencies have significant influence on policy and decision-making and programme implementation in areas of vital importance to European citizens, such as health, the environment, human and social rights, migration, refugees, innovation, financial supervision, safety and security.
It insisted on the essential role that agencies have in enhancing the visibility of the Union in the Member States.
On a budgetary level , Parliament recalled that the agencies’ 2015 budget amounted to some EUR 2.8 billion, representing an increase of about 7.7 % compared to 2014 and about 2 % of the Union’s general budget. The major part of the Agency’s budget is funded through Commission subsidies, whereas the rest is income from fees or other sources which amount to almost one-third. It noted with concern that Union regulatory agencies in charge of the risk assessment of regulated products, in particular the European Food Safety Authority, the European Chemicals Agency or the European Medicines Agency do not have the financial and legal resources to fulfil their mission properly.
Common approach and the Commission’s Roadmap : Parliament stated that most of the Roadmap actions implemented by the agencies helped to improve their accountability and transparency, which further demonstrates the considerable efforts taken by the agencies to implement the Common Approach, despite the pressure in terms of resources, and showed that agencies are responsible, accountable and transparent. It noted with concern that the implementation of the actions had in addition a generally negative impact on the agencies’ efficiency, as well as that in certain areas the implementation resulted in significant increases in costs. Parliament also acknowledged the administrative burden that the implementation of the Roadmap has caused to the agencies, as well as the “ outsourcing ” of several tasks related to collecting and consolidating agencies’ data and input to the Network, in particular with regard to the budgetary and discharge procedure. The Commission and the budgetary authority are called upon to recognise these efforts, and to provide additional resources in the establishment plan of the agencies.
Budget and financial management : Parliament recalled that an elevated level of carry-overs of committed appropriations remains the most frequent issue of the budgetary and financial management affecting 32 agencies, compared with 28 in 2014. It noted that carry-overs may often be partly or fully justified by the multiannual nature of the agencies’ operational programmes and do not necessarily indicate weaknesses in budget planning and implementation, nor are they always at odds with the budgetary principle of annuality.
Cooperation between agencies : Parliament highlighted the benefits of sharing services, which enable consistent application of administrative implementing rules and procedures that concern human resources and finance issues. It stated that some agencies continue to have dual operational and administrative headquarters . It is essential that all dual headquarters which do not offer any operational added value should be done away with at the earliest opportunity.
Members emphasised the importance of cooperation and exchange of ideas and practices between the agencies within the framework of the Union agencies performance development network, which contributes to more balanced governance and greater coherence between them.
Human resources management : Parliament is concerned that the Commission applied an additional levy of 5 % of staff to the agencies in order to create a redeployment pool from which it would allocate the posts to the agencies with new tasks entrusted to them or in a start-up phase. It is particularly concerned that with the additional staff reduction, fulfilment of the agencies’ mandates and annual work programmes proves increasingly difficult.
Conflicts of interest and transparency : Parliament noted that all agencies already adopted generic rules on whistleblowing as part of the ethics guidelines. It noted with concern however, that only 65 % of the agencies adopted additional internal rules on whistleblowing. It called on the agencies which have still not adopted the internal whistleblowing rules to do so without delay.
Communication and visibility : Parliament noted that the agencies are actively promoting their work through various channels, in particular by regularly updating their websites to provide information and promote the work delivered as well as open-days to provide citizens with opportunities to learn more about the work of the agencies and the Union institutions.
Other comments : Parliament acknowledged the high number of agencies which have been set up in the area of freedom, security and justice but reiterates the importance of the missions which they carry out and their direct impact on citizens' lives. It stressed that all agencies have been set up in response to a specific needs and created European added value.
Lastly, Parliament requested that all justice and home affairs agencies identify financial, resource or other bottlenecks hindering their operational performance.
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 agencies for the financial year 2015: performance, financial management and control.
Members emphasised that the agencies have significant influence on policy and decision-making and programme implementation in areas of vital importance to European citizens, such as health, the environment, human and social rights, migration, refugees, innovation, financial supervision, safety and security.
They insisted on the essential role that agencies have in enhancing the visibility of the Union in the Member States.
On a budgetary level, Members recalled that the agencies’ 2015 budget amounted to some EUR 2.8 billion, representing an increase of about 7.7 % compared to 2014 and about 2 % of the Union’s general budget. The major part of the agencies’ budget is funded through Commission subsidies, whereas the rest is income from fees or other sources which amount to almost one-third. They noted with concern that Union regulatory agencies in charge of the risk assessment of regulated products, in particular the European Food Safety Authority, the European Chemicals Agency or the European Medicines Agency do not have the financial and legal resources to fulfil their mission properly.
Common approach and the Commission’s Roadmap : Members stated that most of the Roadmap actions implemented by the agencies helped to improve their accountability and transparency, which further demonstrates the considerable efforts taken by the agencies to implement the Common Approach, despite the pressure in terms of resources, and showed that agencies are responsible, accountable and transparent. They noted with concern that the implementation of the actions had in addition a generally negative impact on the agencies’ efficiency, as well as that in certain areas the implementation resulted in significant increases in costs.
Budget and financial management : Members recalled that an elevated level of carry-overs of committed appropriations remains the most frequent issue of the budgetary and financial management affecting 32 agencies, compared with 28 in 2014. They noted that carry-overs may often be partly or fully justified by the multiannual nature of the agencies’ operational programmes and do not necessarily indicate weaknesses in budget planning and implementation, nor are they always at odds with the budgetary principle of annuality.
Cooperation between agencies : Members highlighted the benefits of sharing services, which enable consistent application of administrative implementing rules and procedures that concern human resources and finance issues. They stated that some agencies continue to have dual operational and administrative headquarters . It is essential that all dual headquarters which do not offer any operational added value should be done away with at the earliest opportunity.
They emphasised the importance of cooperation and exchange of ideas and practices between the agencies within the framework of the Union agencies performance development network, which contributes to more balanced governance and greater coherence between them.
Human resources management : Members are concerned that the Commission applied an additional levy of 5 % of staff to the agencies in order to create a redeployment pool from which it would allocate the posts to the agencies with new tasks entrusted to them or in a start-up phase. They are particularly concerned that with the additional staff reduction, fulfilment of the agencies’ mandates and annual work programmes proves increasingly difficult.
Conflicts of interest and transparency : Members noted that all agencies already adopted generic rules on whistleblowing as part of the ethics guidelines. They noted with concern however, that only 65 % of the agencies adopted additional internal rules on whistleblowing. They called on the agencies which have still not adopted the internal whistleblowing rules to do so without delay. They encouraged the agencies to further strengthen their visibility and to continue to develop various communication channels that would present their work and activities to wide public.
Other comments : Members acknowledged the high number of agencies which have been set up in the area of freedom, security and justice but reiterates the importance of the missions which they carry out and their direct impact on citizens' lives. They stressed that all agencies have been set up in response to a specific needs and created European added value.
Lastly, Members requested that all justice and home affairs agencies identify financial, resource or other bottlenecks hindering their operational performance.
Documents
- Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T8-0155/2017
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A8-0149/2017
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE600.901
- Committee opinion: PE595.388
- Committee draft report: PE593.896
- Committee opinion: PE592.095
- Non-legislative basic document: EUR-Lex
- Non-legislative basic document: COM(2016)0475
- Non-legislative basic document published: EUR-Lex
- Non-legislative basic document published: COM(2016)0475
- Non-legislative basic document: EUR-Lex COM(2016)0475
- Committee opinion: PE592.095
- Committee draft report: PE593.896
- Committee opinion: PE595.388
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE600.901
Amendments | Dossier |
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2016/2206(DEC)
2016/12/14
EMPL
14 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Notes the simultaneous publication of proposals to revise the respective Regulations establishing the Union’s three tripartite agencies
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Notes the second progress report on the implementation of the Common Approach on EU1 decentralised agencies and appreciates the progress made in many areas;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Notes the second progress report on the implementation of the Common Approach on EU1 decentralised agencies and appreciates the progress made in many areas towards standardising and rationalising their functioning; welcomes the Commission’s and the agencies’ efforts and progress made in the implementation of the roadmap; __________________ 1 http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=COM:2015:17 9:FIN&from=EN
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Welcomes the ongoing evaluation and fitness check of the EU Agencies under the remit of DG EMPL with a planned completion date in December 2017; takes the view that these evaluations should contribute to informed decisions of the EP regarding the effectiveness and impact of agencies' contributions;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Stresses the need to exploit synergies in overlapping activities of the four agencies, as well as between the agencies and the Commission itself and to avoid duplication of work;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Notes the simultaneous publication of proposals to revise the respective Regulations establishing the Union’s three tripartite agencies, CEDEFOP, EU-OSHA and Eurofound; underlines the importance of
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Notes the simultaneous publication of proposals to revise the respective Regulations establishing the Union’s three tripartite agencies, CEDEFOP, EU-OSHA and Eurofound; underlines the importance of preserving the current full tripartite governance of those agencies, ensuring active participation of national authorities, trade unions and employer representatives in their governance and functioning; recalls that staffing cuts have been implemented with great difficulty and reiterates its opposition to further cuts which would limit the agencies' ability to carry out their mandates;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Recalls that the discussion of the draft annual work programmes and the multiannual strategies of the agencies in the committees responsible helps to ensure that the programmes and strategies are balanced and reflect the actual political priorities;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Recalls that the discussion of the draft annual work programmes and the multiannual strategies of the agencies in the committees responsible should help
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Recalls that the discussion of the draft annual work programmes and the multiannual strategies of the agencies in the committees responsible helps to ensure that the programmes and strategies reflect the actual political priorities and contribute to achieving the goals set in the Europe 2020 strategy;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes the cooperation and
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4.
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2017/01/23
LIBE
18 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 e (new) 2 e. Deplores that the Court of Auditors failed to present since 2012 a special report on the conflict of interest in all agencies, in particular in those related to industries; urges the Court of Auditors to undertake the effective verifications of this matter and to produce such special reports on conflict of interests until the end of June 2017.
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes the commitment of all JHA Agencies to continue to further fine- tune budgetary procedures but stresses, however, that their priority should be to improve operational efficiency on the ground and to address the rather structural issues identified by the Court of Auditors and the IAS;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes the commitment of all JHA Agencies to continue to further fine- tune budgetary procedures but stresses, however, that their priority should be to improve operational efficiency on the ground and to address the rather structural issues identified by the Court of Auditors and the IAS;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes the commitment of all JHA Agencies to continue to further fine- tune budgetary procedures but stresses, however, that their priority should be to improve operational efficiency on the ground and to address the rather structural issues identified by the Court of Auditors and the IAS;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes the commitment of all JHA Agencies to
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes the commitment of all JHA Agencies to continue to further fine- tune budgetary procedures but stresses, however, that their priority should be to improve operational efficiency on the ground and to address the rather structural issues identified by the Court of Auditors and the IAS; requests that FRONTEX streamline its financial management procedures by obtaining rights of using “simplified cost options” for the reimbursement of Member States’ expenditure and by using “other funding mechanisms” in addition to grants; requests that EU-LISA better address the risks involved with the implementation of high cost infrastructure projects
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes the commitment of all JHA Agencies to continue to further fine- tune budgetary procedures but stresses, however, that their priority should be to
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes the commitment of all JHA Agencies to continue to further fine- tune budgetary procedures but stresses, however, that their priority should be to improve operational efficiency on the ground and to address the rather structural issues identified by the Court of Auditors and the IAS; requests that F
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Acknowledges the high number of agencies which have been set up in the area of freedom, security and justice but reiterates the importance of the missions which they carry out and their direct impact on citizens' lives; stresses that all agencies have been set up in response to a specific needs; is convinced that all the agencies in this policy area fulfil a distinct and necessary role providing European added value;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes the
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Underlines that as noted in 2014 and in 2015 Court of Auditors' reports, the agencies in the areas of freedom, security and justice have not provided information needed to allow the discharge authority to properly evaluate the cost- benefit analysis of the operations and activities of these agencies; for instance 13.000 law enforcement officers were trained by CEPOL in 2015 and there is no evaluation report on the cost-efficiency of this training; urges the agencies and the Court of Auditors to perform cost-benefits analysis for agencies' activities and publish them; stresses the need of analysis and transparency of the use of the tax payers money;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2 b. Regrets that in spite of the request made in the previous reports, for some agencies the declaration of interests are incomplete or missing; calls on the Members of the Management Board of Frontex from Bulgaria, Belgium, France, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden, Portugal and the representative of the European Commission to publish their statements of commitments to the Agency including their declarations of interests; calls on the Members of the Management Board of EASO from Croatia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Slovenia to publish their declaration of interests; calls on the agencies to draft and submit to the discharge authority a track record of cases of conflict of interest identified;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 c (new) 2 c. In several agencies the members of the Management Board and the Executives published "declaration of absence of conflict of interest" instead of "declaration of interest"; underlines that it is not for the Management Board or for the Executives to declare themselves out of the conflict of interest; stresses that this constitutes in itself a conflict of interest; calls for an independent verification of the "declarations of interest"; reiterates that transparency is key to mitigating the risks of conflicts of interest; deplores the fact that not all agencies have established clear rules regarding the protection of whistle-blowers and "revolving doors" and urges them to put in place such rules as a matter of urgency;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 d (new) 2 d. Welcomes the efforts made by several agencies to improve their budgetary management by optimizing the use of their budgets and by implementing a better budgetary planning process; regrets however that some agencies do not mind the principle of annuality as one of the three basic accounting principles; calls on the agencies to improve the budget planning against activities and reduce the carry overs;
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