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2018/2168(DEC) 2017 discharge: EU general budget, European Council and Council

Role	Committee	Rapporteur	Shadows
Opinion	AFCO
Opinion	AFET
Opinion	AGRI
Opinion	BUDG
Lead	CONT	KOHN Arndt (S&D)	SALAFRANCA SÁNCHEZ-NEYRA José Ignacio (EPP), KLINZ Wolf (ALDE), DE JONG Dennis (GUE/NGL), JÁVOR Benedek (Verts/ALE), VALLI Marco (EFD), JALKH Jean-François (ENF)
Opinion	CULT
Opinion	DEVE
Opinion	ECON
Opinion	EMPL
Opinion	ENVI
Opinion	FEMM
Opinion	IMCO
Opinion	INTA
Opinion	ITRE
Opinion	JURI
Opinion	LIBE
Opinion	PECH
Opinion	PETI
Opinion	REGI
Opinion	TRAN

Lead committee dossier: CONT/8/14123

Subjects

8.70.03.02 2017 discharge

Links

Activites

2018/09/11 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
2018/06/28 Non-legislative basic document published
- COM(2018)0521
- DG {'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/budget_en', 'title': 'Budget'}, OETTINGER Günther

Documents

Non-legislative basic document published: COM(2018)0521

Amendments	Dossier
16	2018/2168(DEC) 2019/02/12 CONT 16 amendments... Amendment 1 # José Ignacio SALAFRANCA SÁNCHEZ-NEYRA Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1. ~~Grants the Secretary-General of the Council discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Council and of the Council for the financial year 2017 /~~ Postpones its decision on granting the Secretary-General of the Council discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Council and of the Council for the financial year 2017; Amendment 10 # José Ignacio SALAFRANCA SÁNCHEZ-NEYRA Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Takes note that despite the mandate to begin negotiations with Parliament and Commission on the Council's participation in the Transparency Register taken on 6 December 2017, the Council has still not joined the Transparency Register; calls on the Council to follow up the negotiations and to reach a successful outcome with representatives of Parliament and Commission in order for the Council to finally join the Transparency Register; Amendment 11 # Marco VALLI, Laura AGEA, Fabio Massimo CASTALDO Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Regrets that the Council again failed to provide answers to the written questions sent by Parliament and that the Secretary General of the Council did not attend the hearing organised on 27 November 2018 in the context of the annual discharge; stresses that the expenditure of Council must be scrutinised in the same way as that of other institutions and points out that the fundamental elements of such scrutiny have been laid down in its discharge resolutions of the past years; points out that the European Parliament is the only institution directly elected by Union citizens and that its role in the discharge procedure is directly connected with citizens' right to be informed on how public money is spent; Amendment 12 # Benedek JÁVOR Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Regrets that the Council again failed to provide answers to the written questions sent by Parliament and that the Secretary General of the Council did not attend the hearing organised on 27 November 2018 in the context of the annual discharge which again shows a complete lack of cooperation on the Council's side; Amendment 13 # Marco VALLI, Laura AGEA, Fabio Massimo CASTALDO Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Underlines that, pursuant to the Treaties, Parliament is the only discharge authority of the Union, and that, in full acknowledgement of Council’s role as an institution giving recommendations in the discharge procedure, a distinction must be maintained in respect of the different roles of Parliament and Council in order to comply with the institutional framework laid down in the Treaties and in the Financial Regulation; Amendment 14 # Dennis de JONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Notes that Parliament submitted a Proposal for a cooperation procedure between both institutions on 9 November 2018; notes that the Council replied to Parliament’s proposal on the Council discharge exercise procedure on 2 May 2018 with an amended proposal, and that Parliament’s Committee on Budgetary Control sent its reaction to Council’s amended proposal on 21 July 2018; urges the Council to react to the latest proposals from the Budgetary Control Committee swiftly, so that the new arrangements for the discharge exercise can be applied as soon as possible; Amendment 15 # Dennis de JONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 ~~17. Welcomes the fact that the Council considers it necessary to address the discharge procedure and is open to arriving at an agreement with Parliament on how to cooperate in this regard;~~deleted Amendment 16 # Ingeborg GRÄSSLE, José Ignacio SALAFRANCA SÁNCHEZ-NEYRA Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) 19a. Calls on the Council to speed up its procedure for the discharge recommendations, with the goal to enable discharge in year n+1; asks the Council to fulfil its particular role and to give discharge recommendations to the other Union institutions; Amendment 2 # Ryszard CZARNECKI, Raffaele FITTO, Richard SULÍK, Beata GOSIEWSKA Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1. ~~Grants the Secretary-General of the Council discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Council and of the Council for the financial year 2017 /~~ Postpones its decision on granting the Secretary-General of the Council discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Council and of the Council for the financial year 2017; Amendment 3 # Notis MARIAS Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1. ~~Grants the Secretary-General of the Council discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Council and of the Council for the financial year 2017 /~~ Postpones its decision on granting the Secretary-General of the Council discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Council and of the Council for the financial year 2017; Amendment 4 # Benedek JÁVOR Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1. ~~Grants the Secretary-General of the Council discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Council and of the Council for the financial year 2017 /~~ Postpones its decision on granting the Secretary-General of the Council discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Council and of the Council for the financial year 2017; Amendment 5 # Marco VALLI, Laura AGEA, Fabio Massimo CASTALDO Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas the Parliament's role in respect of the budget discharge is specified in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) and in the Financial Regulation; Amendment 6 # Marco VALLI, Laura AGEA, Fabio Massimo CASTALDO Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. ~~Notes the~~Regrets the substantial increase of EUR 16,5 million (+3 %) in the budget of the European Council and Council in 2017 compared to an increase of 0,6 % in 2016 and urges that administrative expenditure by the EU institutions be streamlined and reduced as much as possible in order to send a message of fellowship with European citizens; Amendment 7 # Ryszard CZARNECKI, Raffaele FITTO, Richard SULÍK, Beata GOSIEWSKA Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Notes with concerns the increase of EUR 16,5 million (+3 %) in the budget of the European Council and Council in 2017 compared to an increase of 0,6 % in 2016; Amendment 8 # José Ignacio SALAFRANCA SÁNCHEZ-NEYRA Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Welcomes the information provided on the Council’s building strategy in the Final Financial Statements of 2017; notes that in July 2017, the Belgian State and the GSC concluded negotiations on the final price for the Europa building, agreeing on a final price of EUR 312 143 710,53, as well as on the acquisition of four additional plots of land surrounding Council’s buildings for an amount of EUR 4 672 944; notes that the final agreement is expected to be signed in 2018; notes that all amounts relating to the final settlement of the Europa building were paid or accrued in 2017; Amendment 9 # Benedek JÁVOR Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Welcomes the information provided on the Council’s building strategy in the Final Financial Statements of 2017; notes that in July 2017, the Belgian State and the GSC concluded negotiations on the final price for the Europa building as well as on the acquisition of four additional plots of land surrounding Council’s buildings; notes that the final agreement iwas expected to be signed in 2018; notes that all amounts relating to the final settlement of the Europa building were paid or accrued in 2017; source: 634.523

Amendments

Dossier

2018/2168(DEC)

2019/02/12 CONT 16 amendments...

Amendment 1 #

José Ignacio SALAFRANCA SÁNCHEZ-NEYRA

Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Grants the Secretary-General of the Council discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Council and of the Council for the financial year 2017 /~~ Postpones its decision on granting the Secretary-General of the Council discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Council and of the Council for the financial year 2017;

Amendment 10 #

José Ignacio SALAFRANCA SÁNCHEZ-NEYRA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Takes note that despite the mandate to begin negotiations with Parliament and Commission on the Council's participation in the Transparency Register taken on 6 December 2017, the Council has still not joined the Transparency Register; calls on the Council to follow up the negotiations and to reach a successful outcome with representatives of Parliament and Commission in order for the Council to finally join the Transparency Register;

Amendment 11 #

Marco VALLI, Laura AGEA, Fabio Massimo CASTALDO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Regrets that the Council again failed to provide answers to the written questions sent by Parliament and that the Secretary General of the Council did not attend the hearing organised on 27 November 2018 in the context of the annual discharge; stresses that the expenditure of Council must be scrutinised in the same way as that of other institutions and points out that the fundamental elements of such scrutiny have been laid down in its discharge resolutions of the past years; points out that the European Parliament is the only institution directly elected by Union citizens and that its role in the discharge procedure is directly connected with citizens' right to be informed on how public money is spent;

Amendment 12 #

Benedek JÁVOR

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

Amendment 13 #

Marco VALLI, Laura AGEA, Fabio Massimo CASTALDO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Underlines that, pursuant to the Treaties, Parliament is the only discharge authority of the Union, and that, in full acknowledgement of Council’s role as an institution giving recommendations in the discharge procedure, a distinction must be maintained in respect of the different roles of Parliament and Council in order to comply with the institutional framework laid down in the Treaties and in the Financial Regulation;

Amendment 14 #

Dennis de JONG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Notes that Parliament submitted a Proposal for a cooperation procedure between both institutions on 9 November 2018; notes that the Council replied to Parliament’s proposal on the Council discharge exercise procedure on 2 May 2018 with an amended proposal, and that Parliament’s Committee on Budgetary Control sent its reaction to Council’s amended proposal on 21 July 2018; urges the Council to react to the latest proposals from the Budgetary Control Committee swiftly, so that the new arrangements for the discharge exercise can be applied as soon as possible;

Amendment 15 #

Dennis de JONG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

~~17. Welcomes the fact that the Council considers it necessary to address the discharge procedure and is open to arriving at an agreement with Parliament on how to cooperate in this regard;~~deleted

Amendment 16 #

Ingeborg GRÄSSLE, José Ignacio SALAFRANCA SÁNCHEZ-NEYRA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Calls on the Council to speed up its procedure for the discharge recommendations, with the goal to enable discharge in year n+1; asks the Council to fulfil its particular role and to give discharge recommendations to the other Union institutions;

Amendment 2 #

Ryszard CZARNECKI, Raffaele FITTO, Richard SULÍK, Beata GOSIEWSKA

Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1

Amendment 3 #

Notis MARIAS

Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1

Amendment 4 #

Benedek JÁVOR

Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1

Amendment 5 #

Marco VALLI, Laura AGEA, Fabio Massimo CASTALDO

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas the Parliament's role in respect of the budget discharge is specified in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) and in the Financial Regulation;

Amendment 6 #

Marco VALLI, Laura AGEA, Fabio Massimo CASTALDO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Notes the~~Regrets the substantial increase of EUR 16,5 million (+3 %) in the budget of the European Council and Council in 2017 compared to an increase of 0,6 % in 2016 and urges that administrative expenditure by the EU institutions be streamlined and reduced as much as possible in order to send a message of fellowship with European citizens;

Amendment 7 #

Ryszard CZARNECKI, Raffaele FITTO, Richard SULÍK, Beata GOSIEWSKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Notes with concerns the increase of EUR 16,5 million (+3 %) in the budget of the European Council and Council in 2017 compared to an increase of 0,6 % in 2016;

Amendment 8 #

José Ignacio SALAFRANCA SÁNCHEZ-NEYRA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Welcomes the information provided on the Council’s building strategy in the Final Financial Statements of 2017; notes that in July 2017, the Belgian State and the GSC concluded negotiations on the final price for the Europa building, agreeing on a final price of EUR 312 143 710,53, as well as on the acquisition of four additional plots of land surrounding Council’s buildings for an amount of EUR 4 672 944; notes that the final agreement is expected to be signed in 2018; notes that all amounts relating to the final settlement of the Europa building were paid or accrued in 2017;

Amendment 9 #

Benedek JÁVOR

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Welcomes the information provided on the Council’s building strategy in the Final Financial Statements of 2017; notes that in July 2017, the Belgian State and the GSC concluded negotiations on the final price for the Europa building as well as on the acquisition of four additional plots of land surrounding Council’s buildings; notes that the final agreement iwas expected to be signed in 2018; notes that all amounts relating to the final settlement of the Europa building were paid or accrued in 2017;

source: 634.523

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docs	date: 2018-07-12T00:00:00 docs: url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:C:2018:357:TOC title: OJ C 357 04.10.2018, p. 0001 title: N8-0013/2019 summary: PURPOSE: presentation of the Annual report of the Court of Auditors on the implementation of the budget concerning the financial year 2017. CONTENT: the Court of Auditors published its 41th annual report on the implementation of the general budget of the Union for the year 2017. This report follows a five-part structure: - the statement of assurance (DAS) and a summary of the results of the audit on the reliability of accounts and the regularity of transactions; - the analysis of budgetary and financial management; - the Commission’s performance reporting framework; - the findings on EU revenue; - the presentation of the main headings of the current multiannual financial framework (MFF), the results of the testing of the regularity of transactions. The Court concludes that payments for 2017 are legal and regular, with the expenditure recorded in 2017 covering spending on a reimbursement basis. It believes that the EU accounts present a true and fair view of the EU’s financial position. The report also assessed the potential impact on the 2017 accounts of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union. On 29 March 2017, the United Kingdom (UK) formally notified the European Council of its intention to leave the European Union (EU). On 22 May 2017, the negotiations started for the withdrawal agreement between the EU and the UK. Part Five (Financial Provisions) of the draft withdrawal agreement of 19 March 2018 concerning the financial settlement states that the UK will pay all its obligations under the current and previous Multiannual Financial Frameworks as if it were still a Member State. Based on this, the Court concluded that the accounts as at 31 December 2017 correctly reflect the withdrawal process. The audit also focuses on the budget implementation of the Committee of the Council and the European Council . The overall audit evidence indicates that the level of error in spending on ‘Administration’ was not material. For this MFF heading, our testing of transactions produced an estimated overall level of error of 0.5 % The Court did not detect any specific problem regarding the Council and the European Council. type: Court of Auditors: opinion, report body: CofA date: 2019-02-04T00:00:00 docs: url: http://register.consilium.europa.eu/content/out?lang=EN&typ=SET&i=ADV&RESULTSET=1&DOC_ID=5824%2F19&DOC_LANCD=EN&ROWSPP=25&NRROWS=500&ORDERBY=DOC_DATE+DESC title: 05824/2019 summary: Based on the observations contained in the report by the Court of Auditors, the Council called on the European Parliament to grant discharge to all of the EU institutions in respect of the implementation of their respective budgets for the financial year 2017. However, it considered that budget implementation required a series of comments from the Council which should be fully taken into account by the Commission. The Council welcomed the fact that the administrative and related expenditure of the EU institutions remained, as in previous years, free from material error with an estimated level of error of 0.5 %, which while being well below the materiality threshold is higher by 0.3 % compared to the Court's findings for 2016 (0.2 %). It noted with satisfaction that no serious weaknesses were identified by the Court in the supervisory and control systems and in the examined annual activity reports. The Council took note that, as in previous years, there was a small number of errors relating to staff costs and some weaknesses in the Office for Administration and Payment of individual entitlements' (PMO) management of family allowances. It called on the Commission to improve its procedures to avoid errors related to staff expenditure. The Court did not identify any specific problems concerning the Council and the European Council. type: Supplementary non-legislative basic document body: CSL
events	date: 2018-06-28T00:00:00 type: Non-legislative basic document published body: EC docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2018/0521/COM_COM(2018)0521_EN.pdf title: COM(2018)0521 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2018&nu_doc=0521 title: EUR-Lex summary: PURPOSE: presentation by the Commission of the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2017, as part of the 2017 discharge procedure. Analysis of the accounts of the EU Institutions: European Council and Council. 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 2017 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 with a view to granting discharge. Discharge procedure : the final step of a budget lifecycle is the discharge . It is the decision by which the European Parliament ‘ releases ’ the Commission from its responsibility for management of a given budget by marking the end of that budget's existence. It is granted by the European Parliament on the recommendation of the Council. The decision is based in particular on the European Court of Auditors reports, in particular its annual report, in which the Court provides a Statement of Assurance (DAS) on the legality and regularity of transactions (payments and commitments). The procedure results in the granting, postponement or refusal of 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. All EU institutions and other agencies, bodies and joint undertakings are subject to their own discharge procedures. Implementation of the European Council/Council’s (EC/C) appropriations for the financial year 2017 : the overall EC/C budget 2017 was set at EUR 561.6 million . This corresponds to an increase of EUR 16.5 million (+3.0 %) compared to 2016. The global implementation rate of the 2017 budget is 93.8 % (+1.9 % on top of the average of the last eight years). Some of the main outcomes for 2017 included: continuous work to consolidate positive developments after previous years’ crises. One visible result of this has been the Leaders’ Agenda which was presented by President Tusk and endorsed in the October European Council; the total number of meetings organised by the GSC went up by 26 % (1 524) compared to 2016 which is explained mainly by the increased activity of the presidency of the second semester and the creation of an ad hoc working group on Brexit. date: 2018-09-11T00:00:00 type: Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP date: 2019-03-06T00:00:00 type: Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A8-2019-0096&language=EN title: A8-0096/2019 summary: The Committee on Budgetary Control adopted the report by Arndt KOHN (S&D, DE) on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2017, Section II – European Council and Council. Members proposed postponing the decision on granting the Secretary-General of the Council discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Council and of the Council for the financial year 2017. Financial state of play Members noted that in 2017 the European Council and Council had an overall budget of EUR 561 576 000 (compared with EUR 545 054 000 in 2016), with a global implementation rate of 93.8 % compared to 93.5 % in 2016. Efforts were made to further improve its financial management and performance such as the harmonisation of budget planning at a central level by integrating Multiannual Activity and Budget Planning (MABP). Members noted the increase of EUR 16.5 million (+3 %) in the budget of the European Council and Council in 2017 compared to an increase of 0.6 % in 2016. They also noted with concern the very high amount of appropriations being carried over from 2017 to 2018, particularly those in respect of furniture, technical equipment, transport and computer systems. Budget separation Once again, Members stressed that the budget of the European Council and the budget of the Council should be separated in order to contribute to transparency in the financial management of the institutions and to improve the accountability of both institutions. Future cooperation between Council and Parliament Members regretted that the Council again failed to provide answers to the written questions sent by Parliament and that the Secretary-General of the Council did not attend the hearing organised on 27 November 2018 in the context of the annual discharge which again shows a complete lack of cooperation on the Council's side. The Council’s expenditure must be scrutinised in the same way as that of other institutions. The report recalled the difficulties repeatedly encountered in the discharge procedures to date due to a lack of cooperation from the Council. It recalled that Parliament refused to grant discharge to the Secretary-General of the Council in relation to the financial years 2009 to 2016. Lastly, Members called on the Council to speed up its procedure for the discharge recommendations, with the goal to enable discharge in year n+1. They asked the Council to fulfil its particular role and to give discharge recommendations to the other Union institutions. date: 2019-03-26T00:00:00 type: Debate in Parliament body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?secondRef=TOC&language=EN&reference=20190326&type=CRE title: Debate in Parliament date: 2019-03-26T00:00:00 type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P8-TA-2019-0246 title: T8-0246/2019 summary: The European Parliament decided to postpone discharge to the Secretary-General of the Council on the implementation of the budget of the European Council and the Council for the financial year 2017. In its resolution adopted by 588 votes to 29, with 14 abstentions, Parliament stressed that the European Council and the Council, as Union institutions, should be democratically accountable towards the citizens of the Union in so far as they are beneficiaries of the general budget of the European Union. Parliament postponed the discharge to the European Council and the Council on grounds that they failed to cooperate in supplying the information needed. Parliament has denied discharge to the European Council and the Council for the last eight years. Financial state of play Members noted that in 2017 the European Council and Council had an overall budget of EUR 561 576 000 (compared with EUR 545 054 000 in 2016), with a global implementation rate of 93.8 % compared to 93.5 % in 2016. Efforts were made to further improve its financial management and performance such as the harmonisation of budget planning at a central level by integrating Multiannual Activity and Budget Planning (MABP). Members noted the increase of EUR 16.5 million (+3 %) in the budget of the European Council and Council in 2017 compared to an increase of 0.6 % in 2016. They also noted with concern the very high amount of appropriations being carried over from 2017 to 2018, particularly those in respect of furniture, technical equipment, transport and computer systems. Budget separation Once again, Parliament stressed that the budget of the European Council and the budget of the Council should be separated in order to contribute to transparency in the financial management of the institutions and to improve the accountability of both institutions. Future cooperation between Council and Parliament Members regretted that the Council again failed to provide answers to the written questions sent by Parliament and that the Secretary-General of the Council did not attend the hearing organised on 27 November 2018 in the context of the annual discharge which again shows a complete lack of cooperation on the Council's side. The Council’s expenditure must be scrutinised in the same way as that of other institutions. The resolution recalled the difficulties repeatedly encountered in the discharge procedures to date due to a lack of cooperation from the Council. It recalled that Parliament refused to grant discharge to the Secretary-General of the Council in relation to the financial years 2009 to 2016. Lastly, Parliament called on the Council to speed up its procedure for the discharge recommendations, with the goal to enable discharge in year n+1. It asked the Council to fulfil its particular role and to give discharge recommendations to the other Union institutions.
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