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Lead | CONT | STAES Bart (Verts/ALE) | SARVAMAA Petri (EPP), LIBERADZKI Bogusław (S&D), ALI Nedzhmi (ALDE), DE JONG Dennis (GUE/NGL), VALLI Marco (EFD), KAPPEL Barbara (ENF) |
Opinion | LIBE | CHRYSOGONOS Kostas (GUE/NGL) |
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2017/09/13
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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 Police College (CEPOL). 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 cash flows of the EU institutions and bodies, including the European Police College (CEPOL), 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 CEPOL. CEPOL: CEPOL which is located in Budapest (HU) since October 2014 was established by Council Decision 2005/681/JHA. It supports, develops, implements and coordinates training for law enforcement officials, while putting particular emphasis on the protection of human rights in the context of law enforcement, in particular in the areas of prevention of and fight against serious crime affecting two or more Member States and terrorism. As regards CEPOL’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 10 million; made: EUR 9 million. Payment appropriations: available: EUR 11 million; made: EUR 9 million. For further details on expenditure, please refer to the final accounts of CEPOL.
- DG {'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/budget_en', 'title': 'Budget'}, OETTINGER Günther
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COM(2017)0365
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Documents
- Non-legislative basic document published: COM(2017)0365
Amendments | Dossier |
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2017/2163(DEC)
2018/01/19
LIBE
14 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Notes that 2016 was the first full year of implementation of the ‘EU/MENA Counter-Terrorism Training Partnership project’;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Welcomes the total of 1.788 participants attended the Agency’s residential courses, webinars and exchanges in the area of fundamental rights reported in the Consolidated Annual Report 2016; encourages CEPOL to continue implementation of trainings in these areas;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Calls upon the College to adopt and implement without delay a clear and solid whistleblowing strategy and rules against "revolving doors" in line with the Union Staff Regulation;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 b (new) 7 b. Calls upon the College to implement without delay its aims to increase its online visibility and to further improve its website in order to make it even more relevant to its stakeholders and to better support CEPOL's work; recommends the College to better report effects of its activities, in particular on the security of the Union; recognizes the efforts of CEPOL in this direction;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 c (new) 7 c. Supports the intention of CEPOL to continue implementation of trainings and webinars to provide law enforcement officials with up-to-date information and best practice on identifying and investigating hate crimes and different forms of gender-based violence and to raise awareness about the challenges experienced by vulnerable social groups;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Points out that the budget and the staff of CEPOL increased by about 22% in 2016; notes in that context that carry-overs of committed appropriations were
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Notes the high staff turnover of CEPOL after its relocation from the United Kingdom to Hungary;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Notes that the outreach of CEPOL has significantly increased in 2016 with
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Agrees with
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 source: 616.699
2018/03/02
CONT
15 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1. Grants the Executive Director of the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Notes that with regards to external remunerated experts, the College publishes on its website, as part of the annual list of contractors, the expert contracts awarded by the College; notes, however, that the declarations on conflicts of interest and confidentiality for the remunerated experts are not published on the website - this lapse needs to be rectified; acknowledges that the College will revisit its arrangements on the publication of such declarations; calls on the College to report to the discharge authority on the measures taken;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Notes that the College does not publish minutes of management meetings;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21 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 14 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Notes that in November and December 2016 the Internal Audit Service audited the College on ‘Training Needs Assessment, Planning and Budgeting’ with focus on the core business activities; notes, moreover, that the draft audit report of March 2017 concludes that while the audit did not result in the identification of any critical or very important issues, the Internal Audit Service considers that there is room for improvement in the utilisation of the Justice and Home Affairs Training Matrix to avoid overlap with training courses organised by other justice and home affairs agencies - this issue should be addressed as soon as possible;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 28. Notes with concern - given the fast-reducing time-line - from the College’s answers that for the time being the College does not have sufficient information to allow a thorough preparation for carrying out future activities after Brexit; notes that Brexit will limit the College’s access to the United Kingdom law enforcement expertise and ability to organise training with United Kingdom officials; notes that these aspects might negatively impact the development of common practices, information exchange and ultimately cross-
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 Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training for the financial year
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Acknowledges with approval that, at year-end, the College had paid 91 % of all its financial commitments on time, thereby exceeding the objective of 85 % of all payments being paid within the legally set timeframe; notes with satisfaction that no interest was charged by suppliers for late payments;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Notes with concern that a number of staff members brought a legal claim against the College disputing the conditions in which the relocation was carried out and its financial impact on their income; notes that an amicable settlement has been reached with some staff members and the payments were made to this end in 2015 and 2016; notes furthermore that some staff appealed the court judgement, which is expected in 2018; calls on the College to report to the Discharge Authority on the outcome of the appeal;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Observes that partly due to the lower correction coefficient applied in Hungary (69 % in 2016), the staff turnover is high, the geographical balance of staff is shifting and the College is employing more and more Hungarian staff members (approximately 30 % of all staff was from the host Member State in 2016); notes furthermore that it has an impact on staff cost, which led to the decision to transfer unused funds from Title 1 to Title 3 allowing the implementation of additional operational activities;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Notes with satisfaction the gender balance achieved by the posts occupied in 2016, since the ratio is 50 % female to 50 % male; notes, however, the gender balance ratio of 69 % to 31 % in the Management Board;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Observes that, as a consequence of the relocation from the United Kingdom to Hungary, due to the significantly lower correction coefficient applied to staff salaries in the new location, the number of resignations has increased; notes that a number of mitigating actions have been implemented; notes, however, that the low grading of posts combined with low correction coefficient, does not encourage foreigners (especially from West and Northern Europe) to move to Hungary; therefore, the geographical balance is not always ensured; notes from the Court’s report that the high staff turnover may impact business continuity and the Agency’s ability to implement the activities foreseen in its work programme; expresses its concerns regarding the rule of law in Hungary and, in that regard, regarding the quality of the College in the long-term; emphasizes to take into account the efficiency when (re)locating agencies in Member States; stresses that the College, along with another judicial agency, should be located in The Netherlands;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Observes that, as a consequence of the relocation from the United Kingdom to Hungary, due to the significantly lower correction coefficient applied to staff salaries in the new location, the number of resignations has increased; notes that a number of mitigating actions have been implemented; notes, however, that the low grading of posts combined with low correction coefficient, does not encourage foreigners (especially from West and Northern Europe) to move to Hungary; therefore, the geographical balance is not always ensured; notes with concern from the Court’s report that the high staff turnover may impact business continuity and the Agency’s ability to implement the activities foreseen in its work programme and points out this problem needs to be addressed;
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