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Lead | CONT | STAES Bart (Verts/ALE) | SARVAMAA Petri (EPP), LIBERADZKI Bogusław (S&D), FITTO Raffaele (ECR), ALI Nedzhmi (ALDE), DE JONG Dennis (GUE/NGL), VALLI Marco (EFD), KAPPEL Barbara (ENF) |
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Opinion | LIBE | CHRYSOGONOS Kostas (GUE/NGL) |
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2018/04/18
Results of vote in Parliament
- Results of vote in Parliament
- Debate in Parliament
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T8-0151/2018
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The European Parliament decided to grant discharge to the Director of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction in regard to the implementation of the Centre’s budget for the 2016 financial year and to approve the closure of the accounts for the financial year in question. Noting that the Court of Auditors has stated that it has obtained reasonable assurances that the Centre’s annual accounts for the financial year 2016 are reliable and that the underlying transactions are legal and regular, Parliament adopted by 561 votes to 123 with 10 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: Centre’s financial statements: the final budget of the Centre for the financial year 2016 was EUR 15 421 357, representing a decrease of 16.73 % compared to 2015. Budget and financial management: budget monitoring efforts during the financial year 2016 resulted in a budget implementation rate of 99.95 %,representing an increase of 0.12 % compared to 2015, and that the payment appropriations execution rate was 95.64 %, representing a decrease of 1.71 % compared to 2015. Members noted with satisfaction that the high overall level of committed appropriations indicated that the commitments were made in a timely manner. Commitments and carry-overs: the level of committed appropriations carried over for 2016 amounts to EUR 671 266 (4.36%). Carry-overs are often justified and do not necessarily indicate weaknesses in budget planning and implementation. Members also made a series of observations regarding procurement and staff policy, the prevention and management of conflicts of interests and internal audits and controls. The Centre put in place a new procurement plan which was successfully executed in close collaboration with all units. Members stressed the need for the Centre to improve the management of IT projects. Parliament welcomed the fact that the gender balance target had been met (since the ratio is 53.47 % female to 46.53 % male) and that the Centre had adopted a policy on protecting dignity of the person and preventing harassment. It also emphasised the need to establish an independent body with sufficient budgetary resources to support whistleblowers wishing to disclose information on possible irregularities negatively impacting on the Union’s financial interests, while ensuring their confidentiality is protected. Lastly, Members encouraged the Centre’s commitment to providing improved access to its data to interested third parties, given that one of its main objectives is the dissemination of data and information on the state of the drugs problem, including data on relevant new trends.
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2018/03/23
Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
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A8-0081/2018
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The Committee on Budgetary Control adopted the report by Bart STAES (Greens/EFA, BE) on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction for the financial year 2016. The committee called on the European Parliament to grant the Centre’s Director discharge in respect of the implementation of the Centre’s budget for the financial year 2016. Noting that the Court of Auditors stated that it had obtained reasonable assurance that the annual accounts of the Centre for the financial year 2016 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: the final budget of the Centre for the financial year 2016 was EUR 15 421 357, representing a decrease of 16.73 % compared to 2015. Budget and financial management: budget monitoring efforts during the financial year 2016 resulted in a budget implementation rate of 99.95 %, representing an increase of 0.12 % compared to 2015, and that the payment appropriations execution rate was 95.64 %, representing a decrease of 1.71 % compared to 2015. Members noted with satisfaction that the high overall level of committed appropriations indicated that the commitments were made in a timely manner. Commitments and carry-overs: the level of committed appropriations carried over for 2016 amounts to EUR 671 266 (4.36%). Carry-overs are often justified and do not necessarily indicate weaknesses in budget planning and implementation. Members also made a series of observations regarding procurement and staff policy, the prevention and management of conflicts of interests and internal audits and controls. They noted that the Centre put in place a new procurement plan which was successfully executed in close collaboration with all units. Members stressed the need for the Centre to improve the management of IT projects. Lastly, Members encouraged the commitment of the Centre to provide improved access to its data to interested third parties, given that one of its main objectives is the dissemination of data and information on the state of the drugs problem, including data on relevant new trends.
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A8-0081/2018
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2018/03/20
Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
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2017/09/13
Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
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2017/06/26
Non-legislative basic document published
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COM(2017)0365
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PURPOSE: presentation by the Commission of the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2016, as part of the 2016 discharge procedure. Analysis of the accounts of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA). 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. This Commission document concerns the EU's consolidated accounts for the year 2016 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 European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA), 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 EMCDDA. The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction: the Monitoring Centre, which is located in Lisbon (PT), was established by Council Regulation (EEC) No 302/93 and its main task is to collect data on drugs and drug addiction in order to prepare and publish information at European level that is objective, reliable and comparable. As regards the Centre’s accounts, these are presented in detail in the document on the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for 2016: Commitment appropriations: available: EUR 16 million; made: EUR 16 million. Payment appropriations: available: EUR 17 million; made: EUR 16 million. For further details on expenditure, please refer to the 2016 final accounts of the Monitoring Centre.
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COM(2017)0365
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Documents
- Non-legislative basic document published: COM(2017)0365
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A8-0081/2018
- Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T8-0151/2018
Amendments | Dossier |
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2017/2150(DEC)
2018/01/19
LIBE
11 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Encourages the commitment of the Centre to provide improved access to its data to interested third parties
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7.
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Regrets the Court’s finding that one
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Welcomes the development and adoption of the EMCDDA Strategy 2025, which is the first long-term plan of the Centre;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6.
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Stresses that the Centre did not respect the ceiling of a framework contract, which was signed in 2012 with a maximum amount for signing specific contracts of EUR 250 000, as by the end of 2015 the total payments made under this contract amounted to EUR 382 181; calls on the Centre to improve the procedure for monitoring framework contracts
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Stresses that the Centre did not respect the ceiling of a framework contract, which was signed in 2012 with a maximum amount for signing specific contracts of EUR 250 000, as by the end of 2015 the total payments made under this contract amounted to EUR 382 181; calls on the Centre to
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6.
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2018/03/02
CONT
7 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1. Grants the Director of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction discharge in respect of the implementation of the Centre’s budget for the financial year
Amendment 2 #
Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 3 #
Proposal for a decision 2 Paragraph 1 1. Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction for the financial year
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Observes from the establishment plan that 73 posts (out of 79 posts authorised under the Union budget) were occupied on 31 December 2016, compared to 74 in 2015; notes with appreciation that by the number of all posts occupied on 31 December 2016, the gender balance
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14 a. Expresses the need to establish an independent disclosure, advice and referral body with sufficient budgetary resources, in order to help whistle-blowers use the right channels to disclose their information on possible irregularities affecting the financial interests of the Union, while protecting their confidentiality and offering needed support and advice;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Notes with concern that, according to the Court´s report, in its audit report of January 2016, the Commission’s Internal Audit Service (IAS) highlighted a strong need to improve the Centre’s management of IT projects;
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