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Lead | CONT | STAES Bart (Verts/ALE) | SARVAMAA Petri (EPP), LIBERADZKI Bogusław (S&D), MARIAS Notis (ECR), ALI Nedzhmi (ALDE), DE JONG Dennis (GUE/NGL), VALLI Marco (EFD), KAPPEL Barbara (ENF) |
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2018/04/18
Results of vote in Parliament
- Results of vote in Parliament
- Debate in Parliament
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T8-0165/2018
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The European Parliament decided to grant discharge to the Executive Director of the European GNSS Agency in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2016, 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 agency’s annual accounts for the financial year 2016 are reliable and that the underlying transactions are legal and regular, Parliament adopted by 550 votes to 114 with 29 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: Agency’s financial statements: Members noted that the Union subsidy to the final budget of Agency for the financial year 2016 was EUR 29 086 327, representing an increase of 5.36 % compared to 2015. Agency’s obligations: in 2016 the Agency did not fulfil its discharge obligations as regards replying to the questions raised during the 2015 discharge procedure. Members considered that this could be considered to be a procedural ground for postponing the discharge. Such a delay should not be repeated. Budget and financial management: budget monitoring efforts during the financial year 2016 resulted in a budget implementation rate of 100 %. The Agency continued to manage a large amount of delegated budget in 2016 following the signature of two new delegation agreements (EGNOS Exploitation and Galileo Exploitation) in the course of 2016. Commitments and carry-overs: the level of carry-overs for committed appropriations was high at EUR 2 806 212 (45 %) for administrative expenditure in 2016, compared with EUR 2 511 309 (42 %) in 2015. These carry-overs mainly relate to IT services provided in 2016 for which invoices were not received. The level of cancellations of carry-overs of the Agency is very low (0.7 % overall budget lines in 2016). The Agency considered this to be a better indication of budget management than the level of carry-overs itself. Members also made a series of observations regarding transfers, the prevention and management of conflicts of interests, procurement and staff policy and internal audits and controls. They welcomed the fact that the Agency has adopted a new policy for the protection of human dignity and the prevention of harassment. They pointed out, however, that the Agency has still not adopted a whistleblowing policy. The Agency will start the process of adoption of a whistleblowing policy on the basis of the Commission’s implementing rules for agencies, which are expected to be finalised in 2018. The Agency completed the public procurement procedure on the exploitation of the Galileo satellite system during the period 2017 to 2027, amounting to EUR 1. 5. Since the outcome of the procedure has been challenged, the ruling of the Court of Justice will decide on the legality and regularity of the procurement procedure concerning the framework contract. Members also noted that the Agency operates the Galileo Security Monitoring Centre and the Galileo ground stations, both of which are located on United Kingdom territory. The status of the United Kingdom within those frameworks remains to be determined. Parliament called on Agency to work in close cooperation with the Commission regarding the Brexit negotiations in order to be sufficiently prepared to minimise any negative operational or financial impact that may occur. Lastly, Members called on the Agency to be more proactive in presenting its mission and work to the wider public and in increasing its overall visibility.
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2018/03/23
Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
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A8-0082/2018
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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 GNSS Agency for the financial year 2016. 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 2016. Noting that the Court of Auditors stated that it had obtained reasonable assurance that the annual accounts of the Agency 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 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 that the Union subsidy to the final budget of Agency for the financial year 2016 was EUR 29 086 327, representing an increase of 5.36 % compared to 2015. Agency’s obligations: in 2016 the Agency did not fulfil its discharge obligations as regards replying to the questions raised during the 2015 discharge procedure. Members considered that this could be considered to be a procedural ground for postponing the discharge. Such a delay should not be repeated. Budget and financial management: budget monitoring efforts during the financial year 2016 resulted in a budget implementation rate of 100 %. The Agency continued to manage a large amount of delegated budget in 2016 following the signature of two new delegation agreements (EGNOS Exploitation and Galileo Exploitation) in the course of 2016. Commitments and carry-overs: the level of carry-overs for committed appropriations was high at EUR 2 806 212 (45 %) for administrative expenditure in 2016, compared with EUR 2 511 309 (42 %) in 2015. These carry-overs mainly relate to IT services provided in 2016 for which invoices were not received. The level of cancellations of carry-overs of the Agency is very low (0.7 % overall budget lines in 2016). The Agency considered this to be a better indication of budget management than the level of carry-overs itself. Members also made a series of observations regarding transfers, the prevention and management of conflicts of interests, procurement and staff policy and internal audits and controls. They pointed out that the Agency has still not adopted a whistleblowing policy. The Agency will start the process of adoption of a whistleblowing policy on the basis of the Commission’s implementing rules for agencies, which are expected to be finalised in 2018. Members also noted that the Agency operates the Galileo Security Monitoring Centre and the Galileo ground stations, both of which are located on United Kingdom territory. The status of the United Kingdom within those frameworks remains to be determined. The report called on Agency to work in close cooperation with the Commission regarding the Brexit negotiations in order to be sufficiently prepared to minimise any negative operational or financial impact that may occur. Lastly, Members expressed disappointment that the Agency´s visibility is still not satisfactory. They called on it to be more proactive in presenting its mission and work to the wider public and to increase its overall visibility.
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A8-0082/2018
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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 Global Navigation Satellite System Agency (GSA). 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 Global Navigation Satellite System Agency (GSA), 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 European Global Navigation Satellite System Agency (GSA). GSA: the Supervisory Authority, whose headquarters are located in Prague (CZ) since 2012, was set up by Council Regulation (EC) No 1321/2004 and its main task is to manage the public interests relating to the European GNSS programmes and to act as the regulatory authority for the programme during the deployment and operational phases of the Galileo Programme. Regulation (EC) No 683/2008 of the European Parliament and the Council reduced the responsibilities of the Authority to the control of the security of Galileo systems and to the preparation of their commercialisation. As regards the Authority’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 3 331 million; made: EUR 1 104 million. Payment appropriations: available: EUR 626 million; made: EUR 139 million. For further details on expenditure, please refer to the final accounts of the GSA.
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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: A8-0082/2018
- Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T8-0165/2018
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2017/2165(DEC)
2018/03/02
CONT
9 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1. Grants the Executive Director of the European GNSS Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’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 GNSS Agency for the financial year
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10.
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Stresses that work-life balance should be part of the staff policy of the Agency;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18.
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Notes that the Agency operates the Galileo Security Monitoring Centre and the Galileo ground stations, both of which are
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 a (new) 23 a. Notes with disappointment that the Agency´s visibility is still not satisfactory and that it does not sufficiently highlight the work carried out by the Union in the Agency´s field of activity; calls on the Agency to be more proactive in presenting its mission and work to the wider public and to increase its overall visibility;
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