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Official Journ alof the EuropeanUnion 26.9.2009
RESOLUTION OF  THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
of 23 
April 2009
with observations forming an integral part of the D ecision 
on discharge in respect 
of the implementation of the bu dget 
of the Eu ropean 
Agency for Safety and Health at Work 
for the financial year 2007
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,
—having reg ard to the final annual accounts of the European Agency for Safety an d Health at Work  for the 
financial 
year 2007
(1) OJ C 278, 31.10.2008, p. 26. (1), 
—having 
regard 
to the Court of Auditors’ report on  
the final 
annual 
account
s of the European 
Agency 
for 
Safety and 
Health at Work  
for the fin ancial 
year 2007, tog ether 
with the Ag e
ncy’s 
replies
(2) OJ C 311, 5.12.2008, p. 50. (2), 
—having 
regard 
to the Coun cil’s 
recommen dation 
of 10 February 
2009 (5588/2009 — C6-0060/2009), 
—having 
regard 
to the EC 
Treaty, an d 
in 
particular Article 276 thereof, 
—having 
regard 
to Council 
Regulation 
(EC, 
Euratom) 
No 1605/2002 of 25 June 
2002 on 
the Financial 
Regu­
lation
 applicable
 to the general
 budget
 of the European
 Commun ities
(3) OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1. (3), and in particular Article 185 
thereof,
 
—having 
regard 
to Council 
Regulation 
(EC) 
No 2062/94 of 18 July 1994 estab l
ishing 
a European 
Agency 
for 
Safety and 
Health at Work
(4) OJ L 216, 20.8.1994, p. 1. (4), and in particular Article 14 thereof, 
—having
 regard
 to Commission Reg ulation
 (EC,
 Euratom)
 No 2343/2002 of 19 Novemb er
 2002 on the 
framework  
Financial 
Regulation 
for the bodies 
referred to in  
Article 185 of Reg ulation 
(EC, 
Euratom) 
No 
1605/2002
(5) OJ L 357, 31.12.2002, p. 72. (5), and in particular Article 94 thereof, 
—having 
regard 
to Rule 71 of, an d 
Annex 
V to, its Rules of Procedure, 
—having 
regard 
to the report of the Committee on  
Budgetary 
Control 
(A6-0174/2009),
A. whereas the Court of Auditors stated that it has ob tained reasonable assurance that the an nual accounts 
for 
the financial 
year 2007 are reliab le, 
and 
the underlying 
transactions 
are legal 
and 
regular,
1. Notes 
that the Court issued a fully positive statemen t 
of assuran ce 
and 
made no 
observations 
at all;
2. Congratulates 
the Agency 
on 
having 
significantly 
improved its fin anci
al management 
over the last two 
years; encourages 
it to continue 
to strive for the hig hest 
standards 
in 
bud
getary 
planning, 
implemen tation 
and 
control;
3. Refers 
for other ob servations 
accompan ying 
its Decision  
on 
discharge 
which are of a horizon tal 
nature 
to 
its Resolution  
of 23 April 2009 on  
financial 
management 
and 
control 
of EU 
agencies
(6) See page 206 of this Official Journ al. (6).N E 6 9 1 / 5 5 2 L
EN Official Journal of the European Union CE 224/48

Tuesday 15 September 2009

Draft amending budget No 6/2009

P7_TA(2009)0010

European Parliament resolution of 15 September 2009 on Draft amending budget No 6/2009 of the European Union for the financial year 2009, Section III – Commission (11888/2009 – C7-0098/2009 – 2009/2047(BUD))

2010/C 224 E/19

The European Parliament,

having regard to Article 272 of the EC Treaty and Article 177 of the Euratom Treaty,

having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (1), and particularly Articles 37 and 38 thereof,

having regard to the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2009, as finally adopted on 18 December 2008 (2),

having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (3),

having regard to Preliminary draft amending budget No 6/2009 of the European Union for the financial year 2009, which the Commission presented on 18 June 2009 (COM(2009)0288),

having regard to Draft amending budget No 6/2009, which the Council established on 13 July 2009 (11888/2009 – C7-0098/2009),

having regard to Rule 75 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets (A7-0003/2009),

A. whereas the Preliminary draft amending budget No 6 to the budget for 2009 covers the revision of the forecast of Traditional Own Resources, VAT and GNI bases, the budgeting of the relevant UK corrections as well as their financing and the revision of financing of GNI reductions in favour of the Netherlands and Sweden in 2009,

B. whereas the purpose of Draft amending budget No 6/2009 is to formally enter these budgetary adjustments into the 2009 budget,

1. Approves Draft amending budget No 6/2009 unamended;

2. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and the Commission.

(1) OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 69, 13.3.2009.

(3) OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1.
Tuesday 14 December 2010

ANNEX

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

of xxx

on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, in accordance with point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (application EGF/2010/018 DE/Heidelberger Druckmaschinen from Germany)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (1), and in particular point 28 thereof,

having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 establishing the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (2), and in particular Article 12(3) thereof,

having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Whereas:

(1) The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) was established to provide additional support for workers made redundant as a result of major structural changes in world trade patterns due to globalisation and to assist them with their reintegration into the labour market.

(2) The scope of the EGF was broadened for applications submitted from 1 May 2009 to include support for workers made redundant as a direct result of the global financial and economic crisis.

(3) The Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 allows the mobilisation of the EGF within the annual ceiling of EUR 500 million.

(4) Germany submitted an application on 27 May 2010 to mobilise the EGF, in respect of redundancies in the enterprise Heidelberger Druckmaschinen, and supplemented it with additional information up to 1 July 2010. This application complies with the requirements for determining the financial contributions as laid down in Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006. The Commission, therefore, proposes to mobilise an amount of EUR 8 308 555.

(5) The EGF should, therefore, be mobilised in order to provide a financial contribution for the application submitted by Germany,

HAVE ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

For the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2010, the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund shall be mobilised to provide the sum of EUR 8 308 555 in commitment and payment appropriations.

Article 2

This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Tuesday 23 November 2010

ANNEX

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

of xxx

on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund in accordance with point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (application EGF/2009/026 NL/Noord Holland and Utrecht Division 18 from the Netherlands)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (1), and in particular point 28 thereof,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 establishing the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (2), and in particular Article 12(3) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Whereas:

(1) The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) was established to provide additional support for workers made redundant as a result of major structural changes in world trade patterns due to globalisation and to assist them with their reintegration into the labour market.

(2) The scope of the EGF was broadened for applications submitted from 1 May 2009 to include support for workers made redundant as a direct result of the global financial and economic crisis.

(3) The Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 allows the mobilisation of the EGF within the annual ceiling of EUR 500 million.

(4) The Netherlands submitted an application on 30 December 2009 to mobilise the EGF, in respect of redundancies in 79 enterprises operating in NACE Revision 2 Division 18 (printing and reproduction of recorded media) in the two contiguous NUTS II regions Noord Holland (NL32) and Utrecht (NL31) and supplemented it with additional information up to 6 May 2010. This application complies with the requirements for determining the financial contributions as laid down in Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006. The Commission, therefore, proposes to mobilise an amount of EUR 2 266 625.

(5) The EGF should, therefore, be mobilised in order to provide a financial contribution for the application submitted by the Netherlands,

HAVE ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

For the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2010, the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund shall be mobilised to provide the sum of EUR 2 266 625 in commitment and payment appropriations.

Article 2

This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
EN Official Journal of the European Union CE 50/68

Wednesday 22 September 2010

Draft amending budget No 7/2010: guarantee provided by the European Union in accordance with the provisions of Article 122 of the TFEU – financial assistance to Member States

P7_TA(2010)0329

European Parliament resolution of 22 September 2010 on Council's position on Draft amending budget No 7/2010 of the European Union for the financial year 2010, Section III- Commission (13476/2010 – C7-0261/2010 – 2010/2120(BUD))

2012/C 50 E/13

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and in particular Article 314 thereof and to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 106a thereof,

— having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (1), and particularly Articles 37 and 38 thereof,

— having regard to the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2010, as finally adopted on 17 December 2009 (2),

— having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (3),

— having regard to Draft amending budget No 7/2010 of the European Union for the financial year 2010, which the Commission presented on 12 July 2010 (COM(2010)0383),

— having regard to Council's position on Draft amending budget No 7/2010, which the Council established on 13 September 2010 (13476/2010 – C7-0261/2010),

— having regard to Rule 75b and 75e of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets (A7-0250/2010),

A. whereas the Council's position on Draft amending budget No 7/2010 covers the necessary modifications concerning the creation of a new budget item 01 04 01 03 for the guarantee provided by the European Union in accordance with the provisions of Article 122(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and, correspondingly, a new Article 8 0 2 on the revenue side,

B. whereas the purpose of Draft amending budget No 7/2010 is to formally enter this budgetary adjustment into the 2010 budget,

C. whereas the Council adopted its position on 13 September 2010,

1. Takes note of Draft amending budget No 7/2010;

2. Approves Council's position on Draft amending budget No 7/2010 unamended and instructs its President to declare that Amending budget No 5/2010 has been definitively adopted and to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union;

3. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and the Commission.

(1) OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 64, 12.3.2010.

(3) OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1.
EN Official Journal of the European Union CE 33/209

Tuesday 5 July 2011

Mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund - flooding in Slovenia, Croatia and the Czech Republic in 2010

P7_TA(2011)0301

European Parliament resolution of 5 July 2011 on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund, in accordance with point 26 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (COM(2011)0155 – C7-0081/2011 – 2011/2060(BUD))

2013/C 33 E/27

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2011)0155 – C7-0081/2011),

— having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (1) (IIA of 17 May 2006), and in particular point 26 thereof,

— having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002 of 11 November 2002 establishing the European Union Solidarity Fund (2),

— having regard to the Joint Declaration of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission, adopted during the conciliation meeting on 17 July 2008 on the Solidarity Fund,

— having regard to the letter of the Committee on Regional Development,

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets (A7-0238/2011),

1. Approves the decision annexed to this resolution;

2. Recalls that point 26 of the IIA of 17 May 2006 foresees that where there is scope for reallocating appropriations under the heading requiring additional expenditure, the Commission shall take this into account when making the necessary proposal;

3. Instructs its President to sign the decision with the President of the Council and arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union;

4. Instructs its President to forward this resolution, including its annex, to the Council and the Commission.

(1) OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 311, 14.11.2002, p. 3.
4.

Emphasises the fact that the closure of Austria Tabak, the then second-largest employer in the Bruck an der Leitha district, with many small businesses linked to the enterprise, has put the district in a particularly difficult situation; notes that in September 2011, the number of job vacancies had almost halved (- 47 %), compared to the same month in the previous year, whereas for Niederösterreich (NUTS II level) and at national level, this decline was much lower (- 4 % and — 7 %, respectively); furthermore, refers to statistical data showing that already from 2006 to 2010, this region has had the highest unemployment figures among the seven NUTS III regions of Niederösterreich (4), so moving away to other areas is therefore not an easy option for the dismissed workers, and the fact that many of them had relatively low-paid jobs makes a new start even more difficult;
7.

Acknowledges that the Centre will assess its policy on the prevention and management of conflicts of interests on the basis of the Commission’s Guidelines on the Prevention and Management of Conflict of Interest in EU Decentralised Agencies; calls on the Centre to inform the discharge authority of the assessment results once available;
8.

Reminds the College of the need to ensure full compliance with the ‘Guide to CEPOL recruitment’ and to further improve the transparency of recruitment procedures; notes with concern that vacancy notices were not always published at least six weeks before applications were due and that there was no evidence that assessors ensured that the rules for the submission of applications had been respected; expresses concern that the selection criteria that were applied did not always match those that had been specified in the vacancy notices and that there were major delays in some cases in the examination of applications;
14.

Acknowledges from the Centre that in 2012, the Commission’s Internal Audit Service carried out an audit on human resources (HR) management, with the aim of assessing and providing independent assurance on the design and effective application of the internal control system regarding HR management; notes that the audit led to one very important recommendation as regards performance indicators to measure the achievement of individual objectives (already implemented), as well as six recommendations rated ‘important’, five of which have already been implemented; notes, moreover, that one important recommendation from an earlier audit on financial management remains to be implemented;
3.

Is concerned that the error rate resulting from the ex post audits, performed by or on behalf of the Joint Undertaking was 5,82 %; recognises that most of these errors were relatively small in amounts to be adjusted (less than EUR 5 000 in favour of the Joint Undertaking; notes that steps have since been taken to recover or offset these amounts from subsequent claims and that the rate will continue to evolve on a multiannual basis as more projects, beneficiaries and claims are audited; points out that actions taken by the Joint Undertaking to prevent and correct these errors have a bearing on the residual error rate;
9.

Acknowledges from the Agency that in 2012, the Commission’s Internal Audit Service (IAS) carried out a risk assessment and a follow-up engagement in accordance with the Strategic Audit Plan of the Agency; notes that there were no open critical or very important recommendations stemming from the previous IAS audit reports; notes, however, that in the course of the risk analysis, the IAS identified certain processes of high inherent risk which could not be considered as auditable within the audit plan as the controls were assessed as absent or insufficient; notes that the Agency’s management submitted an action plan aimed at addressing those weaknesses adequately;
2.

Notes that DAB No 8/2014 was presented by the Commission because the Conciliation Committee could not reach an agreement on DAB No 2/2014, which had the exact same purpose and contents, and which the Council had approved in its reading of 17 July 2014, while the Parliament had introduced an amendment to it in its position adopted on 22 October 2014 in order to maintain its political and procedural link with DABs No 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7/2014;
3.

Takes note from the Court's report that at the end of 2013, the Foundation had EUR 7 500 000 in accounts at a single bank with a low credit rating (F3, BBB); acknowledges from the Foundation that the high bank balance at the year-end occurred as a result of the first instalment of the 2014 subvention being paid in advance, as well as funds received for the new GEMM and FRAME projects; notes the Foundation's intention to participate in a joint procurement procedure for banking services launched by the Commission; considers that in the event that this procedure fails, the Foundation should take all necessary steps to ensure the security of its assets; calls on the Foundation to assess whether a review of its treasury policy is needed and to report to the discharge authority on the results of this procurement procedure;
13.

Takes note that between October 2012 and March 2014, the Commission's Second Interim Evaluation was carried out in order to assess the Joint Undertaking in terms of the implementation of its establishing regulation, working methods, results obtained and general financial situation; emphasises that the report produced two main recommendations, one addressing the need to improve the approach towards the specific information and communication needs of Member States, and the second which addresses the need to continue efforts to improve the Joint Undertaking's annual goal completion rate; is concerned that its annual goal completion rate was 82 % by the end of 2012 (60 % in 2010) and believes performance must be improved;
5.

Acknowledges that the Agency is in charge of organising and managing the exploitation of the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS); notes that on the basis of a delegation agreement with the Commission, the Agency signed in 2013 a contract for the exploitation of EGNOS for the 2014 to 2021 period for an amount of some EUR 588 million; is concerned that although the competiveness of the procedure is not called into question by the Court, an eligibility criterion applied in the first phase of the procurement procedure, excluding applications from consortia, was not in accordance with the rules on implementation of the Financial Regulation;
13.

Calls for the full implementation of the joint statements on payment appropriations and on a payment plan agreed between Parliament, the Council and the Commission at the end of the 2015 budgetary procedure, and considers that such action would indicate that all three institutions are serious about working towards a solution to the problem of unpaid bills; recalls the commitment to hold, in the course of this year, at least three interinstitutional meetings on payments, in order to take stock of payment implementation and revised forecasts; expects the first of these meetings, in March 2015, to provide a first overview of the level of unpaid bills at the end of 2014 for the main policy areas; regrets that, as anticipated, at the end of 2014 this level reached the unprecedented amount of EUR 24,7 billion, for 2007-2013 cohesion programmes alone; deplores the fact that this debt undermines the credibility of the EU and is in contradiction with the goals set at the highest political level for growth and employment; stresses that payments are the direct and logical consequence of past commitments;
9.

Regrets the difficulties repeatedly encountered in the discharge procedures to date, which were due to a lack of cooperation from the Council; points out that Parliament refused to grant discharge to the Secretary-General of the Council in relation to the financial years 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 for the reasons set out in its resolutions of 10 May 2011 (1), 25 October 2011 (2), 10 May 2012 (3), 23 October 2012 (4), 17 April 2013 (5), 9 October 2013 (6), 3 April 2014 (7) and 23 October 2014 (8) and postponed its decision on granting the Secretary-General of the Council discharge in relation to the financial year 2013 for the reasons set out in its resolution of 29 April 2015 (9);
15.

Notes that the information provided on the coordinated package of personalised services to be funded from the EGF includes information on complementarity with actions funded by the Structural Funds; stresses that the Belgian authorities confirm that the eligible actions do not receive assistance from other Union financial instruments; reiterates its call to the Commission to present a comparative evaluation of those data in its annual reports in order to ensure full respect for the existing regulations and that no duplication of Union-funded services can occur;