Awaiting Parliament 1st reading / single reading / budget 1st stage
Next event: Debate in plenary scheduled 2018/04/18
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Lead | CONT | HAYES Brian (EPP) | POCHE Miroslav (S&D), CZARNECKI Ryszard (ECR), DLABAJOVÁ Martina (ALDE), OMARJEE Younous (GUE/NGL), TARAND Indrek (Verts/ALE), VALLI Marco (EFD), KAPPEL Barbara (ENF) |
Opinion | ITRE |
Activites
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2018/04/18
Debate in plenary scheduled
- 2018/03/26 Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
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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 Joint Undertaking Fusion for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy - Fusion for Energy Joint Undertaking (F4E) 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 ITER-F4E Joint Undertaking, 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 ITER and Fusion for Energy. ITER and Fusion for Energy Joint Undertaking (F4E): Fusion for Energy (F4E) is a Joint Undertaking created under the Euratom Treaty by Council Decision 2007/198/Euratom. F4E was established for a period of 35 years from 19 April 2007 and its seat is located in Barcelona, Spain. ITER was created to manage and to encourage the exploitation of the ITER facilities, to promote public understanding and acceptance of fusion energy, and to undertake any other activities that are necessary to achieve its purpose. ITER involves the EU, China, India, Russia, South Korea, Japan and the USA. Main changes in 2016: during the period covered by this report there have been some important changes at the ITER Organization and F4E: a new Director, Johannes Schwemmer, took up his duties on 1 January 2016; the F4E Director took over the Action Plan prepared and used by the Acting Director to implement the necessary actions in F4E. He closely collaborated with the ITER Organization Director General to carry out further improvements to the project; he also modified the existing F4E structure and a new Organization Breakdown Structure was effective as of 1 October 2016; the close collaboration with the ITER Organization led to the approval of the updated overall project schedule (in November 2016 at the ITER Council-19). As for the overall ITER project cost and the associated estimate of resources for the overall period 2016-2035, it was approved “ad referendum” (i.e. subject to domestic processes of obtaining approval including approval of budgetary authorities and/or parliament if required). A staged approach is now foreseen for the project with first plasma in December 2025. These decisions were in line with the conclusions from the independent review of the Updated ITER Long Term Schedule and with the conclusions of the work carried out by F4E as explained below. As regards the accounts: Commitment appropriations: available: EUR 764 million; made: EUR 763 million. Payment appropriations: available: EUR 730 million; paid: EUR 716 million. Please also refer to the final accounts of ITER-F4E.
- 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
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A8-0095/2018
Amendments | Dossier |
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2017/2180(DEC)
2018/03/01
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16 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Notes
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Highlights that, as provided for in the ITER Agreement signed in 2006, in addition to the construction phase, the Joint Undertaking will have to contribute to the ITER operational phase after 20
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Highlights that in addition to the construction phase, the Joint Undertaking will have to contribute to the ITER operational phase after 2035 and to the subsequent ITER deactivation and decommissioning phases;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Highlights that in addition to the construction phase, the Joint Undertaking will have to contribute to the ITER operational phase after 2035 and to the subsequent ITER deactivation and decommissioning phases;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Stresses that on 29 March 2017, the United Kingdom notified the European Council of its decision to withdraw from the EU and Euratom; notes that an agreement setting out the arrangements for its withdrawal is being negotiated
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Stresses that on 29 March 2017, the United Kingdom notified the European Council of its decision to withdraw from the EU and Euratom; notes that an agreement setting out the arrangements for its withdrawal is being negotiated, which in all likelihood will have a significant effect on the future activities of the Joint Undertaking and the ITER project; is of the firm opinion that any negative budgetary impact of this withdrawal on ITER should be fully compensated by member states and not to the detriment of other EU programs;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Notes that in June 2015, the Joint Undertaking’s governing board adopted an anti-fraud strategy and corresponding action plan, of which most of the actions were implemented in 2016;
Amendment 2 #
Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 3 #
Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 4 #
Proposal for a decision 2 Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 5 #
Proposal for a decision 2 Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Highlights that the Joint Undertaking is responsible for the management of the Union’s contribution to the ITER project and that the budget cap of EUR 6 600 000 000 until 2020 must be maintained;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Expresses ongoing concern that the estimated completion date for the whole construction phase is currently planned with a delay of about 15 years compared to the original baseline; considers that any further delays should be accompanied by a thorough reflection on the cost- effectiveness of the project; takes note of the fact that the new schedule endorsed by the ITER Council set out a four-stage approach, making December 2025 the deadline for achieving the first strategic milestone of the project construction phase (‘First Plasma’) and December 2035 the estimated completion date for the whole construction phase; acknowledges the fact that the aim of the new staged approach is to better align the project implementation with the priorities and constraints of all members of ITER Organization;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Notes
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Notes with dismay the Court’s report finding that the results, which were presented to the Joint Undertaking’s Governing Board in December 2016, indicated an expected additional funding requirement to that already committed of EUR 5 400 000 000 for the construction phase after 2020, which represents an increase of 82 % in relation to the approved EUR 6 600 000 000 budget; reiterates the fact that the amount of EUR 6 600 000 000 adopted by the Council in 2010 serves as a ceiling for the Joint Undertaking’s spending up to 2020;
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