2021/2148(DEC) 2020 discharge: Bio-Based Industries Joint Undertaking (BBI JU)
Lead committee dossier:
Progress: Awaiting Parliament's vote
| Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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BRUDZIŃSKI Joachim Stanisław ( ECR)
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MARINESCU Marian-Jean ( EPP),
CREȚU Corina ( S&D),
WIEZIK Michal ( Renew),
RIVASI Michèle ( Verts/ALE),
KUHS Joachim ( ID),
OMARJEE Younous ( GUE/NGL)
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| Committee Opinion | ITRE | ||
| Committee Opinion | REGI |
Lead committee dossier:
Subjects
Events
2022/05/02
Indicative plenary sitting date
2022/03/29
EP - Committee report tabled for plenary
2022/02/28
EP - Vote in committee
2022/02/16
CSL - Supplementary non-legislative basic document
Documents
2022/02/02
EP - Amendments tabled in committee
Documents
2021/12/17
EP - Committee draft report
Documents
2021/09/14
EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
2021/07/28
EP - BRUDZIŃSKI Joachim Stanisław (ECR) appointed as rapporteur in CONT
2021/06/30
EC - Non-legislative basic document
Documents
2021/06/30
EC - Non-legislative basic document published
Documents
Documents
- Supplementary non-legislative basic document: 06005/2022
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE703.123
- Committee draft report: PE698.991
- Non-legislative basic document: EUR-Lex
- Non-legislative basic document: COM(2021)0381
- Non-legislative basic document published: EUR-Lex
- Non-legislative basic document published: COM(2021)0381
- Non-legislative basic document: EUR-Lex COM(2021)0381
- Committee draft report: PE698.991
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE703.123
- Supplementary non-legislative basic document: 06005/2022
Votes
Décharge 2020: entreprise commune Bio-industries - Discharge 2020: Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking - Entlastung 2020: Gemeinsames Unternehmen für biobasierte Industriezweige - A9-0074/2022 - Joachim Stanisław Brudziński - Proposition de résolution #
2022/05/04 Outcome: +: 569, -: 67, 0: 5
PPE
NI
The Left| Amendments | Dossier |
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2021/2148(DEC)
2022/02/03
CONT
17 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1. Grants the Executive Director of the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking discharge in respect of the implementation of the Joint Undertaking’s budget for the financial year
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Notes that these recruitments were finalised over the past years and an efficient use of reserve lists was fundamental to ensure timely replacement of staff leaving the Joint Undertaking in 2019; notes, moreover, that in order to cope with the peak period of workload, the Joint Undertaking concluded – via the Commission framework contract for interim services - several short-term contracts for interim services to address specific needs of the Programme Office; emphasises, however, that the use of interim staff should remain a temporary solution otherwise it could negatively affect the Joint Undertaking’s overall performance, such as the retention of key competences, unclear accountability channels, and lower staff efficiency;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16 a. Welcomes the Joint Undertaking's survey initiative which made it possible to detect the impact of COVID-19 on employees and revealed that global fatigue is present due to isolation, family irritation, restrictions on movement outside home, insomnia, lack of social interaction and communication with colleagues; suggests to draw attention to wellbeing, stress management and work and life balance; regrets that there is no support structure in place to ensure the psychological well-being of staff in the Joint Undertaking;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 b (new) 16 b. Notes that, by the end of 2020, in the Annual Activity Report the Joint Undertaking had 23 staff members from 10 Member States (26% men and 74% women);
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) 19 a. Emphasises that the Court’s finding confirmed persistent systemic errors for declared personnel costs and that in particular, SMEs and new beneficiaries are more error-prone than other beneficiaries. Highlights that these errors are also regularly reported by the ex post audits of the CAS and its contracted auditors; emphasises therefore that streamlining of the Horizon 2020 rules for the declaration of personnel costs and wider use of simplified cost options is a precondition to stabilise error rates to below materiality level. Joint Undertaking is also encouraged to strengthen its internal control systems to address the increased risk regarding SMEs and new beneficiaries;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21.
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Notes that an anti-fraud strategy is in place covering the prevention and detection of potential fraud as well as the conditions for investigating it; notes that the anti-fraud strategy for grant management is developed and implemented in cooperation with services of the Commission, executive agencies and joint undertakings that implement the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme; notes, moreover, that the staff of the Joint Undertaking is continuously updated about the identification of fraud risks, and dedicated tools are made available for the prevention, detection and reporting of suspicious cases; invites the Joint Undertaking to consider implementation of a permanent and robust training scheme for its employees, especially those working directly with calls for proposals and grants, in order to strengthen ethical standards and minimise the risk of unethical behaviour occurring, having a negative impact on sound financial management;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 a (new) 24 a. Calls on the Joint Undertaking to publish the CVs of the members of its Governing Board;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 b (new) 24 b. Notes that the issue of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) needs to be addressed in all contracts which may produce an intended outcome of the performance, or result, such as studies, analysis, or evaluations; notes that it aims at safeguarding the rights of individual creators but also provide details how the rights will be used in the future; notes that since the purchases are done with public money, the results should be transparent and accessible to the public; calls the Joint Undertaking for a clarification of the intellectual property rights and more transparency when it comes to the result of the research;
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Notes that the Court of Auditors’ annual report on the EU Joint Undertakings for 2020 did not have all data for the validated in-kind contributions. Asks the Joint Undertaking to shorten delays for reporting in-kind contributions;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Notes that the industry members’ total in-kind contributions to additional activities, as estimated at the end of 2020, only achieved around half of the minimum target amount established in Article 4(4) of the Joint Undertaking founding regulations; notes, furthermore, that, although its founding regulation was expressly amended in 2018 to enable industry members to account for their cash contributions at project level for at least EUR 182 500 000, the industry members did not make any additional cash contributions to the Joint Undertaking’s operational costs in 2020, indicating that the Joint Undertaking encounters significant obstacles in obtaining such contributions from the private members and that the minimum target will not be achieved by the end of the Horizon 2020 programme; notes that, for this reason, the Commission (DG RTD) reduced its cash contributions to the Joint Undertaking by EUR 140 000 000; notes that this significant reduction in members’ contributions presented a risk to the achievement of the Joint Undertaking’s research and innovation agenda for the Horizon 2020 programme; calls on the Joint Undertaking to report back to the European Parliament on a plan of action regarding this issue;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Notes that the Court’s report on the Joint Undertaking’s accounts calls the
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Notes with concern that the Court’s report on the Joint Undertaking’s accounts calls the attention to the fact that the industry members total in-kind contributions to additional activities only achieved 53 % of the minimum amount of EUR 1 755 000 000, established in Regulation (EU) No 560/2014; notes, in addition, that at the end of 2020, the industry members reported approximately EUR 95 700 000 of in-kind contributions to operational activities out of the EUR 433 000 000 committed after all Horizon 2020 calls had been launched; notes, therefore, that this situation indicates a high risk that, by the end of the Horizon 2020 programme, the Joint Undertaking will not achieve the expected targets for its industry members’ in-kind contributions as established in Regulation (EU) No 560/2014 and adopted annual work plans; notes the Joint Undertaking’s reply that in its opinion, this gap will be significantly reduced in the coming years given that the declaration and certification of in-kind contributions will significantly increase in line with the closure of the Joint Undertaking’s projects and that, moreover, the industry members committed for additional investment targets for 2021 and beyond in their financial perspective presented to the Joint Undertaking’s Governing Board; calls on the Joint Undertaking to report to the discharge authority of any development in that regard;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Notes that there are different procedures across Joint Undertakings regarding the calculation for the in-kind contributions and calls for their harmonisation;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Notes that, in total, the Joint Undertaking project portfolio consists of 124 projects (64 Research and Innovation Actions (RIAs), 35 Demonstration Actions (DEMOs), 11 Flagships and 14 Coordination and Support Actions (CSAs), resulting from the Calls 2014–2019; notes, in addition, that, after the finalisation of the Grant Agreement Preparation (GAP) process from Call 2020, seven RIAs, four DEMOs, three Flagships and four CSAs projects are expected to be added to the Joint Undertaking’s project portfolio; calls on the Joint Undertaking to publish the number of finished as well as ongoing projects in its annual report for more clarity;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10.
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Notes, that Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 requires that all EU institutions and bodies, including Joint Undertakings, design and implement solutions for the submission, storage and processing of data submitted in award procedures, and to that end, put in place a single “electronic data interchange area” for participants; notes that the Commission is developing the eProcurement solution with the integrated Funding and Tenders portal and the TED eTendering, where all published tenders are publicly accessible; notes that the eProcurement solution offers a harmonised approach and established corporate practices for procurement processes, supporting them through a fully integrated approach; notes, however, that the Joint Undertaking has not planned to use all modules of the platform due to their low number of high value procurement
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