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2021/2156(DEC) 2020 discharge: Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking (Shift2Rail)

Progress: Procedure completed

RoleCommitteeRapporteurShadows
Lead CONT CZARNECKI Ryszard (icon: ECR ECR) MARINESCU Marian-Jean (icon: EPP EPP), CREȚU Corina (icon: S&D S&D), WIEZIK Michal (icon: Renew Renew), RIVASI Michèle (icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE), KUHS Joachim (icon: ID ID), OMARJEE Younous (icon: GUE/NGL GUE/NGL)
Committee Opinion ITRE
Committee Opinion TRAN FALCĂ Gheorghe (icon: EPP EPP) Maria GRAPINI (icon: S&D S&D), Kateřina KONEČNÁ (icon: GUE/NGL GUE/NGL), Tomasz Piotr PORĘBA (icon: ECR ECR), José Ramón BAUZÁ DÍAZ (icon: RE RE), Alviina ALAMETSÄ (icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE)
Lead committee dossier:

Events

2022/10/05
   Final act published in Official Journal
2022/05/04
   EP - Debate in Parliament
2022/05/04
   EP - Decision by Parliament
Details

The European Parliament decided to grant discharge to the Executive Director of the Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking (now the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking) in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2020 and approve the closure of the Joint Undertaking's accounts.

Noting that the Court of Auditors considered that the annual accounts of the Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2020 present fairly the financial situation of the Joint Undertaking on 31 December 2020, as well as the results of its operations, Parliament adopted, by 557 votes to 47 with 35 abstentions, a resolution containing a series of observations which form an integral part of the discharge decision.

General comments

The maximum EU contribution to the activities of the Joint Undertaking is EUR 450 000 000 (including EFTA contributions), to be paid from Horizon 2020. All members of the Joint Undertaking other than the Union (industry grouping) are to contribute total resources of at least EUR 470 000 000, consisting of at least EUR 350 000 000 to the operational activities of the Joint Undertaking and at least EUR 120 000 000 of in-kind contributions to the Joint Undertaking’s additional activities.

In 2020, the cooperation in Member States as well as with international parties increased.

Budgetary and financial management

The final budget available in 2020 comprised commitment appropriations of EUR 89 711 000 and payment appropriations of EUR 80 289 000. The utilisation rates for the available commitment and payment appropriations were 94 % and 76 %, respectively. By the end of 2020, the Joint Undertaking implemented 100 % and 80 % respectively of the commitment appropriations and payment appropriations available for Horizon 2020 projects.

Parliament called for a harmonisation of the calculation of in-kind contributions to the Joint Undertaking.

Other comments

The resolution also contains a series of observations on performance, staff and procurement, internal control and internal audits.

In particular, it noted the following:

- at the end of 2020, 72 projects were ongoing (36 calls for members and 36 open calls): 55 projects were distributed on the 5 innovation programmes, 9 projects on the cross cutting activities and 8 projects in Innovation Programme X;

- by the end of 2020, the Shift2Rail Programme reached pivotal milestones in term of implementation as almost all the Joint Undertaking resources are committed for the Shift2Rail Programme activities;

- the total value of the activities performed in 2020 amounts to EUR 119.4 million (of which EUR 110.3 million was delivered by the members other than the Union);

- the current activities of the Joint Undertaking are progressing towards their demonstrations in 2022 and 2023 and this will ensure a proper phasing out and phasing in between two Programmes in the Shift2Rail successor Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking;

- on 31 December 2020, considering the exceptional temporary contract agent recruitment to replace a temporary agent, 24 position were filled;

- during 2020, fraud awareness and fraud risks were covered through the staff survey, carried out following the adoption of a revised internal control framework, and the risk assessment respectively;

- persistent systemic errors were found in the personnel costs declared by beneficiaries, in particular on the part of SMEs and new beneficiaries. Parliament encouraged the Joint Undertaking to strengthen its internal control systems given that SMEs and new beneficiaries are more error-prone.

Documents
2022/03/28
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
Documents
2022/03/28
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary
Documents
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
2022/01/13
   EP - Committee opinion
Documents
2021/12/20
   EP - Committee draft report
Documents
2021/11/12
   CofA - Court of Auditors: opinion, report
2021/10/11
   EP - FALCĂ Gheorghe (EPP) appointed as rapporteur in TRAN
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
2021/06/30
   EC - Non-legislative basic document published

Documents

Votes

Décharge 2020: entreprise commune Shift2Rail - Discharge 2020: Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking - Entlastung 2020: Gemeinsames Unternehmen Shift2Rail - A9-0069/2022 - Ryszard Czarnecki - Proposition de résolution #

2022/05/04 Outcome: +: 557, -: 47, 0: 35
DE ES FR PL RO IT NL HU PT CZ AT SE BG BE IE EL DK HR SK LT FI LV SI CY LU MT EE
Total
89
58
67
46
27
72
26
18
21
18
18
20
13
19
13
17
14
12
12
9
13
7
7
6
6
5
6
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Hungary PPE

1

Denmark PPE

For (1)

1

Latvia PPE

2

Slovenia PPE

3
2

Luxembourg PPE

2

Malta PPE

For (1)

1

Estonia PPE

For (1)

1
icon: S&D S&D
129

Czechia S&D

For (1)

1

Slovakia S&D

2

Lithuania S&D

2

Finland S&D

1

Latvia S&D

For (1)

1

Slovenia S&D

2

Cyprus S&D

2

Luxembourg S&D

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1

Estonia S&D

2
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94

Poland Renew

1

Italy Renew

3

Hungary Renew

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1

Austria Renew

For (1)

1
3

Ireland Renew

2

Croatia Renew

For (1)

1

Lithuania Renew

1

Finland Renew

3

Latvia Renew

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1

Slovenia Renew

2

Luxembourg Renew

2

Estonia Renew

2
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65

Spain Verts/ALE

3

Poland Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

Netherlands Verts/ALE

3

Portugal Verts/ALE

1

Czechia Verts/ALE

3

Austria Verts/ALE

3

Sweden Verts/ALE

2

Belgium Verts/ALE

3

Ireland Verts/ALE

2

Denmark Verts/ALE

2

Lithuania Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

Finland Verts/ALE

3

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For (1)

1
icon: ECR ECR
54

Germany ECR

1

Netherlands ECR

4
3

Bulgaria ECR

1

Belgium ECR

2

Greece ECR

1

Croatia ECR

1

Slovakia ECR

For (1)

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Latvia ECR

2
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37

Netherlands The Left

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1

Portugal The Left

4

Czechia The Left

1

Sweden The Left

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Belgium The Left

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1

Denmark The Left

1

Finland The Left

For (1)

1

Cyprus The Left

2
icon: NI NI
38

France NI

2

Croatia NI

2

Slovakia NI

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Abstain (1)

2

Lithuania NI

1

Latvia NI

1
icon: ID ID
61

Netherlands ID

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1

Czechia ID

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Abstain (1)

2

Austria ID

3

Denmark ID

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1

Finland ID

2

Estonia ID

Abstain (1)

1
AmendmentsDossier
23 2021/2156(DEC)
2021/11/26 TRAN 18 amendments...
source: 700.594
2022/02/02 CONT 5 amendments...
source: 703.132

History

(these mark the time of scraping, not the official date of the change)

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  • The European Parliament decided to grant discharge to the Executive Director of the Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking (now the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking) in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2020 and approve the closure of the Joint Undertaking's accounts.
  • Noting that the Court of Auditors considered that the annual accounts of the Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2020 present fairly the financial situation of the Joint Undertaking on 31 December 2020, as well as the results of its operations, Parliament adopted, by 557 votes to 47 with 35 abstentions, a resolution containing a series of observations which form an integral part of the discharge decision.
  • General comments
  • The maximum EU contribution to the activities of the Joint Undertaking is EUR 450 000 000 (including EFTA contributions), to be paid from Horizon 2020. All members of the Joint Undertaking other than the Union (industry grouping) are to contribute total resources of at least EUR 470 000 000, consisting of at least EUR 350 000 000 to the operational activities of the Joint Undertaking and at least EUR 120 000 000 of in-kind contributions to the Joint Undertaking’s additional activities.
  • In 2020, the cooperation in Member States as well as with international parties increased.
  • Budgetary and financial management
  • The final budget available in 2020 comprised commitment appropriations of EUR 89 711 000 and payment appropriations of EUR 80 289 000. The utilisation rates for the available commitment and payment appropriations were 94 % and 76 %, respectively. By the end of 2020, the Joint Undertaking implemented 100 % and 80 % respectively of the commitment appropriations and payment appropriations available for Horizon 2020 projects.
  • Parliament called for a harmonisation of the calculation of in-kind contributions to the Joint Undertaking.
  • Other comments
  • The resolution also contains a series of observations on performance, staff and procurement, internal control and internal audits.
  • In particular, it noted the following:
  • - at the end of 2020, 72 projects were ongoing (36 calls for members and 36 open calls): 55 projects were distributed on the 5 innovation programmes, 9 projects on the cross cutting activities and 8 projects in Innovation Programme X;
  • - by the end of 2020, the Shift2Rail Programme reached pivotal milestones in term of implementation as almost all the Joint Undertaking resources are committed for the Shift2Rail Programme activities;
  • - the total value of the activities performed in 2020 amounts to EUR 119.4 million (of which EUR 110.3 million was delivered by the members other than the Union);
  • - the current activities of the Joint Undertaking are progressing towards their demonstrations in 2022 and 2023 and this will ensure a proper phasing out and phasing in between two Programmes in the Shift2Rail successor Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking;
  • - on 31 December 2020, considering the exceptional temporary contract agent recruitment to replace a temporary agent, 24 position were filled;
  • - during 2020, fraud awareness and fraud risks were covered through the staff survey, carried out following the adoption of a revised internal control framework, and the risk assessment respectively;
  • - persistent systemic errors were found in the personnel costs declared by beneficiaries, in particular on the part of SMEs and new beneficiaries. Parliament encouraged the Joint Undertaking to strengthen its internal control systems given that SMEs and new beneficiaries are more error-prone.
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