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2021/2151(DEC) 2020 discharge: European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC)
Next event: Indicative plenary sitting date 2022/05/02

Progress: Awaiting committee decision

Role	Committee	Rapporteur	Shadows
Lead	CONT	CZARNECKI Ryszard ( ECR)	MARINESCU Marian-Jean ( EPP), CREȚU Corina ( S&D), WIEZIK Michal ( Renew), RIVASI Michèle ( Verts/ALE), KUHS Joachim ( ID), OMARJEE Younous ( GUE/NGL)
Committee Opinion	ITRE

Lead committee dossier:

CONT/9/06710

Subjects

8.70.03.10 2020 discharge

Events

2022/05/02

Indicative plenary sitting date

2022/02/02

EP - Amendments tabled in committee

Documents

PE703.126

2021/12/17

EP - Committee draft report

Documents

PE698.994

2021/09/14

EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament

2021/07/28

EP - CZARNECKI Ryszard (ECR) appointed as rapporteur in CONT

2021/06/30

EC - Non-legislative basic document

Documents

EUR-Lex
COM(2021)0381

2021/06/30

EC - Non-legislative basic document published

Documents

EUR-Lex
COM(2021)0381

Documents

Amendments tabled in committee: PE703.126
Committee draft report: PE698.994
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: PE698.994
Amendments tabled in committee: PE703.126

Amendments	Dossier
10	2021/2151(DEC) 2022/02/03 CONT 10 amendments... Amendment 1 # Corina CREȚU Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1. Grants the Executive Director of the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking discharge in respect of the implementation of the Joint Undertaking’s budget for the financial year 2020 / Postpones its decision on discharge to the Executive Director of the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking in respect of the implementation of the Joint Undertaking’s budget for the financial year 2020; Amendment 10 # Marian-Jean MARINESCU Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Notes from the Court’s report that at the end of 2020, the Joint Undertaking had neither developed reliable procedures for the validation and certification of in- kind contributions declared by its private members and Participating States, nor established an appropriate accounting procedure for the recognition of these in- kind contributions; calls on the Joint Undertaking to report to the discharge authority in that regard; notes that there are different procedures across Joint Undertakings regarding the calculation for the in-kind contributions and calls for their harmonisation; Amendment 2 # Corina CREȚU Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the maximum Union financial contribution to the Joint Undertaking (including EFTA appropriations) under Regulation (EU) 2018/1488 is EUR 486 000 000, comprising a maximum of EUR 386 000 000 from Horizon 2020 (including at least EUR 10 000 000 for administrative costs), and a maximum of EUR 100 000 000 from the Connecting Europe Facility; whereas the Participating States shall make a contribution to the administrative costs of the Joint Undertaking of at least EUR 10 000 000 and in addition shall make a contribution to the operational costs of the Joint Undertaking that is commensurate to the Union's financial contribution (EUR 486 000 000), the amount of at least EUR 476 000 000 is envisaged; whereas the Private Members of the Joint Undertaking shall make or arrange for their constituent entities and affiliated entities to make contributions for at least EUR 422 000 000 to the Joint Undertaking, including EUR 2 000 000 for administrative costs; whereas under the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020, a contribution to the administrative costs by the Union can be front loaded to cover the running costs only up to 2023; whereas the Participating States and the Private Members of the Joint Undertaking shall fully cover the administrative costs of the Joint Undertaking as of 2024; Amendment 3 # Michal WIEZIK, Ramona STRUGARIU, Olivier CHASTEL, Alin MITUȚA Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Notes that at the end of 2020, a total of 11 recruitments have been completed, including the Executive Director, and the selected staff are working for the Joint Undertaking; notes from the Court’s report that as the need for key administrative staff has yet to be addressed, it presents risks in terms of weaknesses in financial, budgetary and staff management, and in internal control processes for operational payments and in-kind contributions, and that the high proportion of contractual staff (74 %) may result in a significant level of staff turnover in the near future, further increasing the risks to its management systems; points out that it could negatively affect the Joint Undertaking’s overall performance, such as the retention of key competences, unclear accountability channels, and lower staff efficiency; calls on the Joint Undertaking to report to the discharge authority of any development in that regard; Amendment 4 # Corina CREȚU Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Notes, furthermore, from the Court’s report that the Court considers the Joint Undertaking to be currently understaffed considering its current workload of administrative and operational processes and its first important activities, and that during the 2020 organisational setup, the Joint Undertaking mainly concentrated on ensuring the main operational processes and tasks, but ~~neglected the need for~~could not, under the agreed Establishment plan, recruit administrative key staff, in particular, the head of administration and finance and the internal control and audit coordination manager; notes from the Joint Undertaking’s Annual Activity Report that ~~the Budget and Accounting Officer, Legal Officer and HR Officer~~as soon as the Joint Undertaking was autonomous, recruitment for the Budget and Accounting Officer, Legal Officer and HR Officer began at the end of 2020 and the three concerned staff members took up their functions in 2021; Amendment 5 # Corina CREȚU Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9 a. Notes with concern the challenges associated with the COVID-19 pandemic for employees, especially taking into account different living situations, lack of access to office space and possible effects of isolation; asks the Joint Undertaking to focus on employee wellbeing, stress management and work and life balance; asks the Joint Undertaking's management to ensure there are appropriate support structures in place to ensure the psychological well-being of staff; Amendment 6 # Corina CREȚU Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Notes that the Joint Undertaking was formally notified that a ~~participant~~vendor has appealed to the European Court of Justice for the annulment of the decision of the Joint Undertaking of 29 September 2020, concerning a procedure for the acquisition, delivery, installation and hardware and software maintenance of Precursors to Exascale Supercomputers; calls on the Joint Undertaking to report to the discharge authority any development in that regard; Amendment 7 # Corina CREȚU Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11 a. Notes that, the Annual Activity Report 2020 highlighted that for a total number of 37 experts, the Joint Undertaking used 43% of female and 57% of male experts from 23 different nationalities; welcomes this very good initiative and encourages the Joint Undertaking to continue to maintain this gender balance; Amendment 8 # Corina CREȚU Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Notes that in 2020 only some general Horizon 2020 Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) a~~s the final KPIs of the Joint Undertaking are being defined by the Governing Board~~ppear in the Annual Activity Report 2020 and that the final KPIs of the Joint Undertaking for Horizon Europe will be updated in line with the revised Joint Undertaking Regulation adopted in August 2021; calls on the Joint Undertaking to report to the discharge authority on that regard; Amendment 9 # Michal WIEZIK, Ramona STRUGARIU, Olivier CHASTEL, Alin MITUȚA Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Notes from the Court’s report that at the end of 2020, the Joint Undertaking had neither developed reliable procedures for the validation and certification of in- kind contributions declared by its private members and Participating States, nor established an appropriate accounting procedure for the recognition of these in- kind contributions; highlights that this situation impedes Joint Undertaking’s ability to manage, monitor and report on the achievement of the minimum level of in-kind contributions to be made by these Private Members and Participating States; calls on the Joint Undertaking to report to the discharge authority in that regard; source: 703.126

Amendments

Dossier

2021/2151(DEC)

2022/02/03 CONT 10 amendments...

Amendment 1 #

Corina CREȚU

Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1

1. Grants the Executive Director of the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking discharge in respect of the implementation of the Joint Undertaking’s budget for the financial year 2020 / Postpones its decision on discharge to the Executive Director of the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking in respect of the implementation of the Joint Undertaking’s budget for the financial year 2020;

Amendment 10 #

Marian-Jean MARINESCU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Notes from the Court’s report that at the end of 2020, the Joint Undertaking had neither developed reliable procedures for the validation and certification of in- kind contributions declared by its private members and Participating States, nor established an appropriate accounting procedure for the recognition of these in- kind contributions; calls on the Joint Undertaking to report to the discharge authority in that regard; notes that there are different procedures across Joint Undertakings regarding the calculation for the in-kind contributions and calls for their harmonisation;

Amendment 2 #

Corina CREȚU

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the maximum Union financial contribution to the Joint Undertaking (including EFTA appropriations) under Regulation (EU) 2018/1488 is EUR 486 000 000, comprising a maximum of EUR 386 000 000 from Horizon 2020 (including at least EUR 10 000 000 for administrative costs), and a maximum of EUR 100 000 000 from the Connecting Europe Facility; whereas the Participating States shall make a contribution to the administrative costs of the Joint Undertaking of at least EUR 10 000 000 and in addition shall make a contribution to the operational costs of the Joint Undertaking that is commensurate to the Union's financial contribution (EUR 486 000 000), the amount of at least EUR 476 000 000 is envisaged; whereas the Private Members of the Joint Undertaking shall make or arrange for their constituent entities and affiliated entities to make contributions for at least EUR 422 000 000 to the Joint Undertaking, including EUR 2 000 000 for administrative costs; whereas under the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020, a contribution to the administrative costs by the Union can be front loaded to cover the running costs only up to 2023; whereas the Participating States and the Private Members of the Joint Undertaking shall fully cover the administrative costs of the Joint Undertaking as of 2024;

Amendment 3 #

Michal WIEZIK, Ramona STRUGARIU, Olivier CHASTEL, Alin MITUȚA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Notes that at the end of 2020, a total of 11 recruitments have been completed, including the Executive Director, and the selected staff are working for the Joint Undertaking; notes from the Court’s report that as the need for key administrative staff has yet to be addressed, it presents risks in terms of weaknesses in financial, budgetary and staff management, and in internal control processes for operational payments and in-kind contributions, and that the high proportion of contractual staff (74 %) may result in a significant level of staff turnover in the near future, further increasing the risks to its management systems; points out that it could negatively affect the Joint Undertaking’s overall performance, such as the retention of key competences, unclear accountability channels, and lower staff efficiency; calls on the Joint Undertaking to report to the discharge authority of any development in that regard;

Amendment 4 #

Corina CREȚU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Notes, furthermore, from the Court’s report that the Court considers the Joint Undertaking to be currently understaffed considering its current workload of administrative and operational processes and its first important activities, and that during the 2020 organisational setup, the Joint Undertaking mainly concentrated on ensuring the main operational processes and tasks, but ~~neglected the need for~~could not, under the agreed Establishment plan, recruit administrative key staff, in particular, the head of administration and finance and the internal control and audit coordination manager; notes from the Joint Undertaking’s Annual Activity Report that ~~the Budget and Accounting Officer, Legal Officer and HR Officer~~as soon as the Joint Undertaking was autonomous, recruitment for the Budget and Accounting Officer, Legal Officer and HR Officer began at the end of 2020 and the three concerned staff members took up their functions in 2021;

Amendment 5 #

Corina CREȚU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9 a. Notes with concern the challenges associated with the COVID-19 pandemic for employees, especially taking into account different living situations, lack of access to office space and possible effects of isolation; asks the Joint Undertaking to focus on employee wellbeing, stress management and work and life balance; asks the Joint Undertaking's management to ensure there are appropriate support structures in place to ensure the psychological well-being of staff;

Amendment 6 #

Corina CREȚU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Notes that the Joint Undertaking was formally notified that a ~~participant~~vendor has appealed to the European Court of Justice for the annulment of the decision of the Joint Undertaking of 29 September 2020, concerning a procedure for the acquisition, delivery, installation and hardware and software maintenance of Precursors to Exascale Supercomputers; calls on the Joint Undertaking to report to the discharge authority any development in that regard;

Amendment 7 #

Corina CREȚU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11 a. Notes that, the Annual Activity Report 2020 highlighted that for a total number of 37 experts, the Joint Undertaking used 43% of female and 57% of male experts from 23 different nationalities; welcomes this very good initiative and encourages the Joint Undertaking to continue to maintain this gender balance;

Amendment 8 #

Corina CREȚU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Notes that in 2020 only some general Horizon 2020 Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) a~~s the final KPIs of the Joint Undertaking are being defined by the Governing Board~~ppear in the Annual Activity Report 2020 and that the final KPIs of the Joint Undertaking for Horizon Europe will be updated in line with the revised Joint Undertaking Regulation adopted in August 2021; calls on the Joint Undertaking to report to the discharge authority on that regard;

Amendment 9 #

Michal WIEZIK, Ramona STRUGARIU, Olivier CHASTEL, Alin MITUȚA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Notes from the Court’s report that at the end of 2020, the Joint Undertaking had neither developed reliable procedures for the validation and certification of in- kind contributions declared by its private members and Participating States, nor established an appropriate accounting procedure for the recognition of these in- kind contributions; highlights that this situation impedes Joint Undertaking’s ability to manage, monitor and report on the achievement of the minimum level of in-kind contributions to be made by these Private Members and Participating States; calls on the Joint Undertaking to report to the discharge authority in that regard;

source: 703.126

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CONT/9/06710

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