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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) |
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2018/04/18
Results of vote in Parliament
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- Debate in Parliament
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T8-0169/2018
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The European Parliament decided to grant discharge to the Director of the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 2 Joint Undertaking in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2016 and to approve the closure of the accounts of the joint venture for the same financial year. Noting that the Court of Auditors considered that the annual accounts of the Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2016 accurately reflected the financial position of the Joint Undertaking as at 31 December 2016, as well as the results of its operations, Parliament adopted 567 votes in favor, 121 against and 7 abstentions, a resolution containing a series of observations which form an integral part of the discharge decision: Budget and financial management: the FCH2´s final budget for the financial year 2016 included commitment appropriations of EUR 127 762 297 and payment appropriations of EUR 115 535 426. Commitment appropriations increased by 5 % compared to 2015 due to the addition to the initial budget of unused appropriations from previous years, mainly used for the 2016 call for proposals and payment appropriations increased by 17 %, reflecting the higher pre-financing needs for the 2016 call. Members regretted that the overall 2016 budget execution of commitment and payment appropriations reached 77.7 % and 83.9 % respectively, representing a lower commitment execution rate compared to previous year due to the outcome of the evaluation for the 2016 call. They noted that the payment execution represented the best execution rate of payments for the FCH2 to date. Out of the EUR 470 million of in-kind and cash contributions to be made by the members of the Industry Grouping and the Research Grouping to the operational activities of the FCH by the end of 2016, the governing board had validated contributions of EUR 299 million. From 31 December 2016, the estimated in-kind contributions in operational activities for the 30 projects signed in relation to Horizon 2020 (2014 and 2015 calls for proposals) was EUR 16 802 191. The total estimated value of in-kind contributions in additional activities for the period covering 2014 to 2017 is EUR 565 200 000. Other observations: the resolution contains a series of observations on calls for proposals, internal audits, prevention and management of conflicts of interest. Members welcomed the fact that the Joint Undertaking has set up ex-ante control procedures based on financial and operational desk reviews, and performs ex-post audits of grant cost claims under the Seventh Framework Programme. The residual error rate for the ex-post audits reported in the FCH2’s 2016 annual activity report was 1.24 %. Parliament recognised the need for the FCH2 to communicate with Union citizens, through the Union institutions, concerning the significant research and collaboration that it is undertaking. It stressed the importance of highlighting the real improvements achieved as a consequence of its work, which are an important part of its mandate. Lastly, Members called on the Commission to ensure the direct involvement of the Joint Undertaking in the process of the Horizon 2020 mid-term review in the sphere of further simplifications and harmonisation of joint undertakings.
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2018/03/22
Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
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A8-0073/2018
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The Committee on Budgetary Control adopted the report by Brian HAYES (EPP, IE) on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen (FCH) Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2016. The committee called on the European Parliament to grant the joint undertaking’s Executive Director discharge in respect of the implementation of the joint undertaking’s budget for the financial year 2016. Noting that the Court of Auditors issued a statement of assurance as to the reliability of the accounts and the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions for the financial year 2016, Members called on Parliament to approve the closure of the joint undertaking’s accounts. They made, however, a number of recommendations that need to be taken into account when the discharge is granted. They may be summarised as follows: Budget and financial management: the FCH2´s final budget for the financial year 2016 included commitment appropriations of EUR 127 762 297 and payment appropriations of EUR 115 535 426. Commitment appropriations increased by 5 % compared to 2015 due to the addition to the initial budget of unused appropriations from previous years, mainly used for the 2016 call for proposals and payment appropriations increased by 17 %, reflecting the higher pre-financing needs for the 2016 call. Members regretted that the overall 2016 budget execution of commitment and payment appropriations reached 77.7 % and 83.9 % respectively, representing a lower commitment execution rate compared to previous year due to the outcome of the evaluation for the 2016 call. They noted that the payment execution represented the best execution rate of payments for the FCH2 to date. The report recognised the need for the FCH2 to communicate with Union citizens, through the Union institutions, concerning the significant research and collaboration that it is undertaking. It stressed the importance of highlighting the real improvements achieved as a consequence of its work, which are an important part of its mandate. Lastly, Members called on the Commission to ensure the direct involvement of the Joint Undertaking in the process of the Horizon 2020 mid-term review in the sphere of further simplifications and harmonisation of joint undertakings.
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A8-0073/2018
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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 Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 2 Joint Undertaking - FCH 2. 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 FCH 2 JU, 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 FCH 2. The FCH 2 Joint Undertaking: the FCH 2 JU, located in Brussels (BE), was set up by Council Regulation (EU) No 559/2014 until 31 December 2024. It replaces and succeeds the FCH Joint Undertaking and aims to reduce the production cost of fuel cell systems to be used in transport applications. As regards the JU’s accounts, these are presented in detail in the document published by the Joint Undertaking (please refer to the final accounts of the FCH 2).
- 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: A8-0073/2018
- Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T8-0169/2018
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2017/2185(DEC)
2018/03/01
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8 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the members of FCH2 are the Union, represented by the Commission, the New Energy World Industry Grouping AISBL (‘Industry Grouping’), renamed Hydrogen Europe in 2016, and the New European Research Grouping on Fuel Cells and Hydrogen AISBL (‘Research Grouping’);
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas in FCH2, the maximum Union contribution is EUR 665 000 000 from the Horizon 2020 and the members from the Industry and Research Groupings are expected to contribute resources of at least EUR 380 000 000
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Notes that the annual activity report observes that the ex-post audit effort was pursued with the launch of 18 new audits, for the first time using the research, technological development and demonstration framework contract for the Seventh Framework Programme audits and signing specific contracts with four external audit firms; Notes that the residual error rate was below 2 %;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Notes that out of the EUR 470 000 000 of in-kind and cash contributions to be made by the members of the Industry and Research Groupings to the operational activities of the FCH
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Notes that the 2016 call for proposals was published on 19 January 2016, including, in accordance with the FCH2 2016 annual work programme, 24 topics with an indicative budget of EUR 117 500 000; notes, moreover, that that call closed on 3 May 2016 and received 81 proposals; points out that 16 out of 19 grant agreements were signed in 2016;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17 a. Calls on the Commission to ensure the direct involvement of the Joint Undertaking in the process of the Horizon 2020 mid-term review in the sphere of further simplifications and harmonisation of joint undertakings.
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