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2023/2174(DEC) 2022 discharge: Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU)

Progress: Procedure completed, awaiting publication in Official Journal

RoleCommitteeRapporteurShadows
Lead CONT WIEZIK Michal (icon: Renew Renew) WINZIG Angelika (icon: EPP EPP), CREȚU Corina (icon: S&D S&D), THIOLLET François (icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE), ADINOLFI Matteo (icon: ID ID), CZARNECKI Ryszard (icon: ECR ECR), OMARJEE Younous (icon: GUE/NGL GUE/NGL)
Committee Opinion ITRE
Committee Opinion REGI
Lead committee dossier:

Events

2024/04/11
   EP - Text adopted by Parliament, single reading
Documents
2024/04/11
   EP - Decision by Parliament
Documents
2024/04/10
   EP - Debate in Parliament
2024/03/12
   CSL - Supplementary non-legislative basic document
Documents
2024/03/12
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
Documents
2024/03/12
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary
Documents
2024/02/22
   EP - Vote in committee
2024/01/31
   EP - Amendments tabled in committee
Documents
2023/12/14
   EP - Committee draft report
Documents
2023/11/14
   CofA - Court of Auditors: opinion, report
2023/09/12
   EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
2023/06/28
   EC - Non-legislative basic document
2023/06/28
   EC - Non-legislative basic document published
2023/05/23
   EP - WIEZIK Michal (Renew) appointed as rapporteur in CONT

Documents

Votes

A9-0088/2024 – Michal Wiezik – Motion for a resolution #

2024/04/11 Outcome: +: 521, -: 53, 0: 17
DE FR PL ES IT RO HU PT BE CZ NL AT SE BG IE DK LT LV SK FI EL SI LU EE HR MT CY
Total
85
65
48
52
58
19
17
21
19
20
25
18
21
12
12
13
10
8
13
12
12
7
6
6
5
4
3
icon: PPE PPE
145

Hungary PPE

1

Denmark PPE

For (1)

1

Slovenia PPE

Abstain (1)

4

Luxembourg PPE

2

Estonia PPE

For (1)

1

Croatia PPE

For (1)

1

Malta PPE

For (1)

1

Cyprus PPE

For (1)

1
icon: S&D S&D
121

Belgium S&D

2

Czechia S&D

For (1)

1

Bulgaria S&D

2

Denmark S&D

2

Lithuania S&D

2

Latvia S&D

2

Slovakia S&D

For (1)

1

Greece S&D

1

Slovenia S&D

For (1)

1

Luxembourg S&D

For (1)

1

Estonia S&D

2

Cyprus S&D

1
icon: Renew Renew
91

Poland Renew

1

Hungary Renew

2

Austria Renew

For (1)

1
3

Bulgaria Renew

2

Ireland Renew

2

Lithuania Renew

1

Latvia Renew

For (1)

1

Slovakia Renew

3

Finland Renew

2

Greece Renew

1

Slovenia Renew

2

Luxembourg Renew

2

Estonia Renew

3
icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE
63

Poland Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

Spain Verts/ALE

3

Italy Verts/ALE

3

Portugal Verts/ALE

1

Belgium Verts/ALE

3

Czechia Verts/ALE

3

Netherlands Verts/ALE

2

Austria Verts/ALE

3

Sweden Verts/ALE

3

Ireland Verts/ALE

1

Denmark Verts/ALE

2

Lithuania Verts/ALE

2

Finland Verts/ALE

2

Luxembourg Verts/ALE

For (1)

1
icon: ECR ECR
61

Germany ECR

1

France ECR

For (1)

1

Sweden ECR

3

Bulgaria ECR

2

Lithuania ECR

1

Latvia ECR

For (1)

1

Slovakia ECR

Abstain (1)

1

Finland ECR

2

Croatia ECR

1
icon: The Left The Left
32

Portugal The Left

4

Belgium The Left

Abstain (1)

1

Czechia The Left

Against (1)

1

Netherlands The Left

Against (1)

1

Sweden The Left

Abstain (1)

1

Denmark The Left

1

Finland The Left

For (1)

1

Greece The Left

1

Cyprus The Left

1
icon: NI NI
35

Germany NI

2

Romania NI

For (1)

1

Belgium NI

For (1)

1

Netherlands NI

Against (1)

1

Latvia NI

1
icon: ID ID
43

Belgium ID

Against (1)

1

Czechia ID

Against (1)

1

Austria ID

Against (2)

2

Denmark ID

Against (1)

1
AmendmentsDossier
13 2023/2174(DEC)
2024/01/31 CONT 13 amendments...
source: 757.339

History

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docs/6
date
2024-04-11T00:00:00
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url: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-9-2024-0273_EN.html title: T9-0273/2024
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EP
events/5/summary
  • The European Parliament decided to grant discharge to the Executive Director of the Circular Bio-based Europe (CBE) Joint Undertaking in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2022 and approve the closure of the Joint Undertaking’s accounts.
  • Noting that the Court of Auditors was of the opinion that the annual accounts of the Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2022 present fairly the financial situation of the Joint Undertaking on 31 December 2022, as well as the results of its operations, Parliament adopted, by 521 votes to 53 with 17 abstentions, a resolution containing a series of observations which form an integral part of the discharge decision.
  • Budgetary and financial management
  • The total available budget for 2022 was EUR 264.2 million in commitment appropriations and EUR 80.3 million in payment appropriations. As regards budget implementation/execution, that, for commitment appropriations, it was EUR 125 million (47 % execution) and for payment appropriations EUR 52 million (65 % execution). On 31 May 2022, with a budgetary amendment to add the 2022 (fresh) budget for the CBE JU, comprising EUR 254.9 million in commitment appropriations and EUR 1.7 million in payment appropriations. On 28 November 2022, another amendment to the budget provided an extra EUR 1 million payment appropriations for the CBE JU expert evaluators under Title 3, and in order to reflect at accounting level the approach taken by the European Commission for the treatment of payment appropriations for expert evaluators in the calls.
  • Members noted the risks in relation to programme implementation for the CBE JU in the event that private members will not achieve the minimum contributions targets by the end of the Horizon 2020 programme.
  • Parliament noted that, regarding the CBE JU’s achievements for the Horizon 2020, the CBE JU, at the end of 2022, had fully committed the maximum Union operational contribution of EUR 815.8 million for signed grant agreements under Horizon 2020 programme. Of this committed amount, around EUR 94 million (or 11.5 %) remains to be paid in the coming years for projects yet to be completed.
  • Members welcomed the fact that the CBE JU stated that it achieved the operational objectives for its Horizon 2020 calls. They noted, nevertheless, that the Court considers that this significant reduction in private members’ contributions presents a risk to the overall achievement of the CBE JU’s Horizon 2020 programme.
  • Other observations
  • The resolution also contains a series of observations on management, procurement and staff.
  • In particular, it noted the following:
  • - the CBE JU continued exploiting as much as possible the existing framework contracts at the level of the European Commission; when these contracts were not available to the CBE JU or they had expired, it was necessary to launch specific tender procedures, most of them for low-value contracts;
  • - throughout 2022, the CBE JU used Service Level Agreements in force with the Commission;
  • - by the end of 2022, the CBE JU Programme Office comprised 26 members of staff (compared to 22 in 2021), almost reaching its full staff establishment plan under its new mandate;
  • - in 2022, the CBE JU confirmed gender balance in management positions with 50 % female representation;
  • - for Horizon 2020 expenditure (clearings and final payments), the JU reported a representative error rate of 1.9 % and a residual error rate of 1.2 %;
  • - the CBE JU developed a risk-based approach to ex post audit with the aim to reduce its error rate by better targeted sample to detect the most error-prone beneficiaries. The Court found that joint undertakings with a well-developed risk-based ex post audit approach have a residual error rate below the average of the joint undertakings without such an approach due to the systematic identification and audit of the riskiest beneficiaries.
docs/6
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events/5/summary
  • The European Parliament decided to grant discharge to the Executive Director of the Circular Bio-based Europe (CBE) Joint Undertaking in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2022 and approve the closure of the Joint Undertaking’s accounts.
  • Noting that the Court of Auditors was of the opinion that the annual accounts of the Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2022 present fairly the financial situation of the Joint Undertaking on 31 December 2022, as well as the results of its operations, Parliament adopted, by 521 votes to 53 with 17 abstentions, a resolution containing a series of observations which form an integral part of the discharge decision.
  • Budgetary and financial management
  • The total available budget for 2022 was EUR 264.2 million in commitment appropriations and EUR 80.3 million in payment appropriations. As regards budget implementation/execution, that, for commitment appropriations, it was EUR 125 million (47 % execution) and for payment appropriations EUR 52 million (65 % execution). On 31 May 2022, with a budgetary amendment to add the 2022 (fresh) budget for the CBE JU, comprising EUR 254.9 million in commitment appropriations and EUR 1.7 million in payment appropriations. On 28 November 2022, another amendment to the budget provided an extra EUR 1 million payment appropriations for the CBE JU expert evaluators under Title 3, and in order to reflect at accounting level the approach taken by the European Commission for the treatment of payment appropriations for expert evaluators in the calls.
  • Members noted the risks in relation to programme implementation for the CBE JU in the event that private members will not achieve the minimum contributions targets by the end of the Horizon 2020 programme.
  • Parliament noted that, regarding the CBE JU’s achievements for the Horizon 2020, the CBE JU, at the end of 2022, had fully committed the maximum Union operational contribution of EUR 815.8 million for signed grant agreements under Horizon 2020 programme. Of this committed amount, around EUR 94 million (or 11.5 %) remains to be paid in the coming years for projects yet to be completed.
  • Members welcomed the fact that the CBE JU stated that it achieved the operational objectives for its Horizon 2020 calls. They noted, nevertheless, that the Court considers that this significant reduction in private members’ contributions presents a risk to the overall achievement of the CBE JU’s Horizon 2020 programme.
  • Other observations
  • The resolution also contains a series of observations on management, procurement and staff.
  • In particular, it noted the following:
  • - the CBE JU continued exploiting as much as possible the existing framework contracts at the level of the European Commission; when these contracts were not available to the CBE JU or they had expired, it was necessary to launch specific tender procedures, most of them for low-value contracts;
  • - throughout 2022, the CBE JU used Service Level Agreements in force with the Commission;
  • - by the end of 2022, the CBE JU Programme Office comprised 26 members of staff (compared to 22 in 2021), almost reaching its full staff establishment plan under its new mandate;
  • - in 2022, the CBE JU confirmed gender balance in management positions with 50 % female representation;
  • - for Horizon 2020 expenditure (clearings and final payments), the JU reported a representative error rate of 1.9 % and a residual error rate of 1.2 %;
  • - the CBE JU developed a risk-based approach to ex post audit with the aim to reduce its error rate by better targeted sample to detect the most error-prone beneficiaries. The Court found that joint undertakings with a well-developed risk-based ex post audit approach have a residual error rate below the average of the joint undertakings without such an approach due to the systematic identification and audit of the riskiest beneficiaries.
docs/6
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events/5/summary
  • The European Parliament decided to grant discharge to the Executive Director of the Circular Bio-based Europe (CBE) Joint Undertaking in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2022 and approve the closure of the Joint Undertaking’s accounts.
  • Noting that the Court of Auditors was of the opinion that the annual accounts of the Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2022 present fairly the financial situation of the Joint Undertaking on 31 December 2022, as well as the results of its operations, Parliament adopted, by 521 votes to 53 with 17 abstentions, a resolution containing a series of observations which form an integral part of the discharge decision.
  • Budgetary and financial management
  • The total available budget for 2022 was EUR 264.2 million in commitment appropriations and EUR 80.3 million in payment appropriations. As regards budget implementation/execution, that, for commitment appropriations, it was EUR 125 million (47 % execution) and for payment appropriations EUR 52 million (65 % execution). On 31 May 2022, with a budgetary amendment to add the 2022 (fresh) budget for the CBE JU, comprising EUR 254.9 million in commitment appropriations and EUR 1.7 million in payment appropriations. On 28 November 2022, another amendment to the budget provided an extra EUR 1 million payment appropriations for the CBE JU expert evaluators under Title 3, and in order to reflect at accounting level the approach taken by the European Commission for the treatment of payment appropriations for expert evaluators in the calls.
  • Members noted the risks in relation to programme implementation for the CBE JU in the event that private members will not achieve the minimum contributions targets by the end of the Horizon 2020 programme.
  • Parliament noted that, regarding the CBE JU’s achievements for the Horizon 2020, the CBE JU, at the end of 2022, had fully committed the maximum Union operational contribution of EUR 815.8 million for signed grant agreements under Horizon 2020 programme. Of this committed amount, around EUR 94 million (or 11.5 %) remains to be paid in the coming years for projects yet to be completed.
  • Members welcomed the fact that the CBE JU stated that it achieved the operational objectives for its Horizon 2020 calls. They noted, nevertheless, that the Court considers that this significant reduction in private members’ contributions presents a risk to the overall achievement of the CBE JU’s Horizon 2020 programme.
  • Other observations
  • The resolution also contains a series of observations on management, procurement and staff.
  • In particular, it noted the following:
  • - the CBE JU continued exploiting as much as possible the existing framework contracts at the level of the European Commission; when these contracts were not available to the CBE JU or they had expired, it was necessary to launch specific tender procedures, most of them for low-value contracts;
  • - throughout 2022, the CBE JU used Service Level Agreements in force with the Commission;
  • - by the end of 2022, the CBE JU Programme Office comprised 26 members of staff (compared to 22 in 2021), almost reaching its full staff establishment plan under its new mandate;
  • - in 2022, the CBE JU confirmed gender balance in management positions with 50 % female representation;
  • - for Horizon 2020 expenditure (clearings and final payments), the JU reported a representative error rate of 1.9 % and a residual error rate of 1.2 %;
  • - the CBE JU developed a risk-based approach to ex post audit with the aim to reduce its error rate by better targeted sample to detect the most error-prone beneficiaries. The Court found that joint undertakings with a well-developed risk-based ex post audit approach have a residual error rate below the average of the joint undertakings without such an approach due to the systematic identification and audit of the riskiest beneficiaries.
docs/6
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events/5/summary
  • The European Parliament decided to grant discharge to the Executive Director of the Circular Bio-based Europe (CBE) Joint Undertaking in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2022 and approve the closure of the Joint Undertaking’s accounts.
  • Noting that the Court of Auditors was of the opinion that the annual accounts of the Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2022 present fairly the financial situation of the Joint Undertaking on 31 December 2022, as well as the results of its operations, Parliament adopted, by 521 votes to 53 with 17 abstentions, a resolution containing a series of observations which form an integral part of the discharge decision.
  • Budgetary and financial management
  • The total available budget for 2022 was EUR 264.2 million in commitment appropriations and EUR 80.3 million in payment appropriations. As regards budget implementation/execution, that, for commitment appropriations, it was EUR 125 million (47 % execution) and for payment appropriations EUR 52 million (65 % execution). On 31 May 2022, with a budgetary amendment to add the 2022 (fresh) budget for the CBE JU, comprising EUR 254.9 million in commitment appropriations and EUR 1.7 million in payment appropriations. On 28 November 2022, another amendment to the budget provided an extra EUR 1 million payment appropriations for the CBE JU expert evaluators under Title 3, and in order to reflect at accounting level the approach taken by the European Commission for the treatment of payment appropriations for expert evaluators in the calls.
  • Members noted the risks in relation to programme implementation for the CBE JU in the event that private members will not achieve the minimum contributions targets by the end of the Horizon 2020 programme.
  • Parliament noted that, regarding the CBE JU’s achievements for the Horizon 2020, the CBE JU, at the end of 2022, had fully committed the maximum Union operational contribution of EUR 815.8 million for signed grant agreements under Horizon 2020 programme. Of this committed amount, around EUR 94 million (or 11.5 %) remains to be paid in the coming years for projects yet to be completed.
  • Members welcomed the fact that the CBE JU stated that it achieved the operational objectives for its Horizon 2020 calls. They noted, nevertheless, that the Court considers that this significant reduction in private members’ contributions presents a risk to the overall achievement of the CBE JU’s Horizon 2020 programme.
  • Other observations
  • The resolution also contains a series of observations on management, procurement and staff.
  • In particular, it noted the following:
  • - the CBE JU continued exploiting as much as possible the existing framework contracts at the level of the European Commission; when these contracts were not available to the CBE JU or they had expired, it was necessary to launch specific tender procedures, most of them for low-value contracts;
  • - throughout 2022, the CBE JU used Service Level Agreements in force with the Commission;
  • - by the end of 2022, the CBE JU Programme Office comprised 26 members of staff (compared to 22 in 2021), almost reaching its full staff establishment plan under its new mandate;
  • - in 2022, the CBE JU confirmed gender balance in management positions with 50 % female representation;
  • - for Horizon 2020 expenditure (clearings and final payments), the JU reported a representative error rate of 1.9 % and a residual error rate of 1.2 %;
  • - the CBE JU developed a risk-based approach to ex post audit with the aim to reduce its error rate by better targeted sample to detect the most error-prone beneficiaries. The Court found that joint undertakings with a well-developed risk-based ex post audit approach have a residual error rate below the average of the joint undertakings without such an approach due to the systematic identification and audit of the riskiest beneficiaries.
docs/6
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EP
events/5/summary
  • The European Parliament decided to grant discharge to the Executive Director of the Circular Bio-based Europe (CBE) Joint Undertaking in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2022 and approve the closure of the Joint Undertaking’s accounts.
  • Noting that the Court of Auditors was of the opinion that the annual accounts of the Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2022 present fairly the financial situation of the Joint Undertaking on 31 December 2022, as well as the results of its operations, Parliament adopted, by 521 votes to 53 with 17 abstentions, a resolution containing a series of observations which form an integral part of the discharge decision.
  • Budgetary and financial management
  • The total available budget for 2022 was EUR 264.2 million in commitment appropriations and EUR 80.3 million in payment appropriations. As regards budget implementation/execution, that, for commitment appropriations, it was EUR 125 million (47 % execution) and for payment appropriations EUR 52 million (65 % execution). On 31 May 2022, with a budgetary amendment to add the 2022 (fresh) budget for the CBE JU, comprising EUR 254.9 million in commitment appropriations and EUR 1.7 million in payment appropriations. On 28 November 2022, another amendment to the budget provided an extra EUR 1 million payment appropriations for the CBE JU expert evaluators under Title 3, and in order to reflect at accounting level the approach taken by the European Commission for the treatment of payment appropriations for expert evaluators in the calls.
  • Members noted the risks in relation to programme implementation for the CBE JU in the event that private members will not achieve the minimum contributions targets by the end of the Horizon 2020 programme.
  • Parliament noted that, regarding the CBE JU’s achievements for the Horizon 2020, the CBE JU, at the end of 2022, had fully committed the maximum Union operational contribution of EUR 815.8 million for signed grant agreements under Horizon 2020 programme. Of this committed amount, around EUR 94 million (or 11.5 %) remains to be paid in the coming years for projects yet to be completed.
  • Members welcomed the fact that the CBE JU stated that it achieved the operational objectives for its Horizon 2020 calls. They noted, nevertheless, that the Court considers that this significant reduction in private members’ contributions presents a risk to the overall achievement of the CBE JU’s Horizon 2020 programme.
  • Other observations
  • The resolution also contains a series of observations on management, procurement and staff.
  • In particular, it noted the following:
  • - the CBE JU continued exploiting as much as possible the existing framework contracts at the level of the European Commission; when these contracts were not available to the CBE JU or they had expired, it was necessary to launch specific tender procedures, most of them for low-value contracts;
  • - throughout 2022, the CBE JU used Service Level Agreements in force with the Commission;
  • - by the end of 2022, the CBE JU Programme Office comprised 26 members of staff (compared to 22 in 2021), almost reaching its full staff establishment plan under its new mandate;
  • - in 2022, the CBE JU confirmed gender balance in management positions with 50 % female representation;
  • - for Horizon 2020 expenditure (clearings and final payments), the JU reported a representative error rate of 1.9 % and a residual error rate of 1.2 %;
  • - the CBE JU developed a risk-based approach to ex post audit with the aim to reduce its error rate by better targeted sample to detect the most error-prone beneficiaries. The Court found that joint undertakings with a well-developed risk-based ex post audit approach have a residual error rate below the average of the joint undertakings without such an approach due to the systematic identification and audit of the riskiest beneficiaries.
docs/6
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2024-04-11T00:00:00
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EP
events/5/summary
  • The European Parliament decided to grant discharge to the Executive Director of the Circular Bio-based Europe (CBE) Joint Undertaking in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2022 and approve the closure of the Joint Undertaking’s accounts.
  • Noting that the Court of Auditors was of the opinion that the annual accounts of the Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2022 present fairly the financial situation of the Joint Undertaking on 31 December 2022, as well as the results of its operations, Parliament adopted, by 521 votes to 53 with 17 abstentions, a resolution containing a series of observations which form an integral part of the discharge decision.
  • Budgetary and financial management
  • The total available budget for 2022 was EUR 264.2 million in commitment appropriations and EUR 80.3 million in payment appropriations. As regards budget implementation/execution, that, for commitment appropriations, it was EUR 125 million (47 % execution) and for payment appropriations EUR 52 million (65 % execution). On 31 May 2022, with a budgetary amendment to add the 2022 (fresh) budget for the CBE JU, comprising EUR 254.9 million in commitment appropriations and EUR 1.7 million in payment appropriations. On 28 November 2022, another amendment to the budget provided an extra EUR 1 million payment appropriations for the CBE JU expert evaluators under Title 3, and in order to reflect at accounting level the approach taken by the European Commission for the treatment of payment appropriations for expert evaluators in the calls.
  • Members noted the risks in relation to programme implementation for the CBE JU in the event that private members will not achieve the minimum contributions targets by the end of the Horizon 2020 programme.
  • Parliament noted that, regarding the CBE JU’s achievements for the Horizon 2020, the CBE JU, at the end of 2022, had fully committed the maximum Union operational contribution of EUR 815.8 million for signed grant agreements under Horizon 2020 programme. Of this committed amount, around EUR 94 million (or 11.5 %) remains to be paid in the coming years for projects yet to be completed.
  • Members welcomed the fact that the CBE JU stated that it achieved the operational objectives for its Horizon 2020 calls. They noted, nevertheless, that the Court considers that this significant reduction in private members’ contributions presents a risk to the overall achievement of the CBE JU’s Horizon 2020 programme.
  • Other observations
  • The resolution also contains a series of observations on management, procurement and staff.
  • In particular, it noted the following:
  • - the CBE JU continued exploiting as much as possible the existing framework contracts at the level of the European Commission; when these contracts were not available to the CBE JU or they had expired, it was necessary to launch specific tender procedures, most of them for low-value contracts;
  • - throughout 2022, the CBE JU used Service Level Agreements in force with the Commission;
  • - by the end of 2022, the CBE JU Programme Office comprised 26 members of staff (compared to 22 in 2021), almost reaching its full staff establishment plan under its new mandate;
  • - in 2022, the CBE JU confirmed gender balance in management positions with 50 % female representation;
  • - for Horizon 2020 expenditure (clearings and final payments), the JU reported a representative error rate of 1.9 % and a residual error rate of 1.2 %;
  • - the CBE JU developed a risk-based approach to ex post audit with the aim to reduce its error rate by better targeted sample to detect the most error-prone beneficiaries. The Court found that joint undertakings with a well-developed risk-based ex post audit approach have a residual error rate below the average of the joint undertakings without such an approach due to the systematic identification and audit of the riskiest beneficiaries.
docs/6
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2024-04-11T00:00:00
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Text adopted by Parliament, single reading
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EP
events/5/summary
  • The European Parliament decided to grant discharge to the Executive Director of the Circular Bio-based Europe (CBE) Joint Undertaking in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2022 and approve the closure of the Joint Undertaking’s accounts.
  • Noting that the Court of Auditors was of the opinion that the annual accounts of the Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2022 present fairly the financial situation of the Joint Undertaking on 31 December 2022, as well as the results of its operations, Parliament adopted, by 521 votes to 53 with 17 abstentions, a resolution containing a series of observations which form an integral part of the discharge decision.
  • Budgetary and financial management
  • The total available budget for 2022 was EUR 264.2 million in commitment appropriations and EUR 80.3 million in payment appropriations. As regards budget implementation/execution, that, for commitment appropriations, it was EUR 125 million (47 % execution) and for payment appropriations EUR 52 million (65 % execution). On 31 May 2022, with a budgetary amendment to add the 2022 (fresh) budget for the CBE JU, comprising EUR 254.9 million in commitment appropriations and EUR 1.7 million in payment appropriations. On 28 November 2022, another amendment to the budget provided an extra EUR 1 million payment appropriations for the CBE JU expert evaluators under Title 3, and in order to reflect at accounting level the approach taken by the European Commission for the treatment of payment appropriations for expert evaluators in the calls.
  • Members noted the risks in relation to programme implementation for the CBE JU in the event that private members will not achieve the minimum contributions targets by the end of the Horizon 2020 programme.
  • Parliament noted that, regarding the CBE JU’s achievements for the Horizon 2020, the CBE JU, at the end of 2022, had fully committed the maximum Union operational contribution of EUR 815.8 million for signed grant agreements under Horizon 2020 programme. Of this committed amount, around EUR 94 million (or 11.5 %) remains to be paid in the coming years for projects yet to be completed.
  • Members welcomed the fact that the CBE JU stated that it achieved the operational objectives for its Horizon 2020 calls. They noted, nevertheless, that the Court considers that this significant reduction in private members’ contributions presents a risk to the overall achievement of the CBE JU’s Horizon 2020 programme.
  • Other observations
  • The resolution also contains a series of observations on management, procurement and staff.
  • In particular, it noted the following:
  • - the CBE JU continued exploiting as much as possible the existing framework contracts at the level of the European Commission; when these contracts were not available to the CBE JU or they had expired, it was necessary to launch specific tender procedures, most of them for low-value contracts;
  • - throughout 2022, the CBE JU used Service Level Agreements in force with the Commission;
  • - by the end of 2022, the CBE JU Programme Office comprised 26 members of staff (compared to 22 in 2021), almost reaching its full staff establishment plan under its new mandate;
  • - in 2022, the CBE JU confirmed gender balance in management positions with 50 % female representation;
  • - for Horizon 2020 expenditure (clearings and final payments), the JU reported a representative error rate of 1.9 % and a residual error rate of 1.2 %;
  • - the CBE JU developed a risk-based approach to ex post audit with the aim to reduce its error rate by better targeted sample to detect the most error-prone beneficiaries. The Court found that joint undertakings with a well-developed risk-based ex post audit approach have a residual error rate below the average of the joint undertakings without such an approach due to the systematic identification and audit of the riskiest beneficiaries.
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  • The European Parliament decided to grant discharge to the Executive Director of the Circular Bio-based Europe (CBE) Joint Undertaking in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2022 and approve the closure of the Joint Undertaking’s accounts.
  • Noting that the Court of Auditors was of the opinion that the annual accounts of the Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2022 present fairly the financial situation of the Joint Undertaking on 31 December 2022, as well as the results of its operations, Parliament adopted, by 521 votes to 53 with 17 abstentions, a resolution containing a series of observations which form an integral part of the discharge decision.
  • Budgetary and financial management
  • The total available budget for 2022 was EUR 264.2 million in commitment appropriations and EUR 80.3 million in payment appropriations. As regards budget implementation/execution, that, for commitment appropriations, it was EUR 125 million (47 % execution) and for payment appropriations EUR 52 million (65 % execution). On 31 May 2022, with a budgetary amendment to add the 2022 (fresh) budget for the CBE JU, comprising EUR 254.9 million in commitment appropriations and EUR 1.7 million in payment appropriations. On 28 November 2022, another amendment to the budget provided an extra EUR 1 million payment appropriations for the CBE JU expert evaluators under Title 3, and in order to reflect at accounting level the approach taken by the European Commission for the treatment of payment appropriations for expert evaluators in the calls.
  • Members noted the risks in relation to programme implementation for the CBE JU in the event that private members will not achieve the minimum contributions targets by the end of the Horizon 2020 programme.
  • Parliament noted that, regarding the CBE JU’s achievements for the Horizon 2020, the CBE JU, at the end of 2022, had fully committed the maximum Union operational contribution of EUR 815.8 million for signed grant agreements under Horizon 2020 programme. Of this committed amount, around EUR 94 million (or 11.5 %) remains to be paid in the coming years for projects yet to be completed.
  • Members welcomed the fact that the CBE JU stated that it achieved the operational objectives for its Horizon 2020 calls. They noted, nevertheless, that the Court considers that this significant reduction in private members’ contributions presents a risk to the overall achievement of the CBE JU’s Horizon 2020 programme.
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  • In particular, it noted the following:
  • - the CBE JU continued exploiting as much as possible the existing framework contracts at the level of the European Commission; when these contracts were not available to the CBE JU or they had expired, it was necessary to launch specific tender procedures, most of them for low-value contracts;
  • - throughout 2022, the CBE JU used Service Level Agreements in force with the Commission;
  • - by the end of 2022, the CBE JU Programme Office comprised 26 members of staff (compared to 22 in 2021), almost reaching its full staff establishment plan under its new mandate;
  • - in 2022, the CBE JU confirmed gender balance in management positions with 50 % female representation;
  • - for Horizon 2020 expenditure (clearings and final payments), the JU reported a representative error rate of 1.9 % and a residual error rate of 1.2 %;
  • - the CBE JU developed a risk-based approach to ex post audit with the aim to reduce its error rate by better targeted sample to detect the most error-prone beneficiaries. The Court found that joint undertakings with a well-developed risk-based ex post audit approach have a residual error rate below the average of the joint undertakings without such an approach due to the systematic identification and audit of the riskiest beneficiaries.
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