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European Parliament decision of 24 April 2007 on the discharge for the implementation of the budget of the European Network and Information Security Agency for the financial year 2005 (C6-0401/2006 — 2006/2168(DEC))

The European Parliament,

- having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Network and Information Security Agency for the financial year 2005 [1],

- having regard to the Court of Auditors' report on the final annual accounts of the European Network and Information Security Agency for the financial year 2005, together with the Agency's replies [2],

- having regard to the Council's recommendation of 27 February 2007 (5711/2007 — C6-0080/2007),

- having regard to the EC Treaty, and in particular Article 276 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 [3], and in particular Article 185 thereof,

- having regard to Regulation (EC) No 460/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2004 establishing a European Network and Information Security Agency [4], and in particular Article 17 thereof,

- having regard to Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002 of 19 November 2002 on the framework Financial Regulation for the bodies referred to in Article 185 of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 [5], and in particular Article 94 thereof,

- having regard to Rule 71 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

- having regard to the Report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A6-0102/2007),

1. Grants the director of the European Network and Information Security Agency Discharge for the implementation of the Agency's budget for the financial year 2005;

2. Sets out its observations in the resolution below;

3. Instructs its President to forward this decision and the resolution that forms an integral part of it to the director of the European Network and Information Security Agency, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for their publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

[1] OJ C 266, 31.10.2006, p. 16.

[2] OJ C 312, 19.12.2006, p. 1.

[3] OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1995/2006 (OJ L 390, 30.12.2006, p. 1).

[4] OJ L 77, 13.3.2004, p. 1.

[5] OJ L 357, 31.12.2002, p. 72.

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A.

Whereas Draft amending budget (DAB) No 9 to the general budget 2008 covers the following items: — a net increase in the forecast of revenues (EUR 1 198,7 million) after the revision of the forecasts of own resources and other revenue; — a decrease of payment appropriations in budget lines for headings 1a, 1b, 2, 3b and 4 (EUR 4 891,3 million), after taking into account the redeployments proposed in the global transfer; — inclusion of the budgetary aspects related to the financing of the Facility for rapid response to soaring food prices in developing countries in 2008, as resulting from the joint declaration of the Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2008 on the financing of the Food Facility,
EN Official Journal of the European Union CE 66/91

Amending budget No 1/2008

P6_TA(2008)0083

Amendment to draft amending budget No 1/2008 of the European Union for the financial year 2008, Section III — Commission (7259/2008 — C6-0124/2008 — 2008/2017(BUD))

(2009/C 66 E/27)

Amendment 1

Volume 4 (section 3) — Commission

Item 06 01 04 12 Galileo Programme — expenditure on administrative management

Amend figures as follows

06 01 04 12 Budget 2007 PDB 2008 DAB 2008 AMENDMENT DB + AMENDMENT Commitments Payments Commitments Payments Commitments Payments Commitments Payments Commitments Payments Appropriations 2 000 000 2 000 000 – 2 000 000 – 2 000 000 p.m. p.m. Reserves

Volume 4 (section 3) — Commission

Article 06 02 10 Galileo Programme

Amend figures as follows

06 02 10 Budget 2007 PDB 2008 DAB 2008 AMENDMENT DB + AMENDMENT Commitments Payments Commitments Payments Commitments Payments Commitments Payments Commitments Payments Appropriations 100 000 000 p.m 151 000 000 100 000 000 888 000 000 198 000 000 2 000 000 2 000 000 890 000 000 200 000 000 Reserves

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Reference acts:
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/2010/004 PL/Wielkopolskie Automotive from Poland)

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) Poland submitted an application on 5 February 2010 to mobilise the EGF in respect of redundancies in two enterprises operating in NACE Revision 2 Division 29 (manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers) in the NUTS II region of Wielkopolskie (PL41) and supplemented it with additional information up to 6 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 633 077.

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

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 633 077 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 308/96

Tuesday 7 September 2010

Draft amending budget No 2/2010: BEREC (Office of the Body of the European Regulators for Electronic Communications)

P7_TA(2010)0295

European Parliament resolution of 7 September 2010 on Council’s position on Draft amending budget No 2/2010 of the European Union for the financial year 2010, Section III - Commission (12583/2010 – C7-0194/2010 – 2010/2046(BUD))

2011/C 308 E/24

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 2/2010 of the European Union for the financial year 2010, which the Commission presented on 19 March 2010 (COM (2010)0108),

having regard to the letter of Commissioner Janusz Lewandowski to President Buzek of 9 July 2010,

having regard to Council’s position on Draft amending budget No 2/2010, which the Council established on 26 July 2010 (12583/2010 – C7-0194/2010),

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

having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets (A7-0240/2010),

A. whereas the Council’s position on Draft amending budget No 2/2010 covers the establishment plan of the BEREC (Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications) Office,

B. whereas the purpose of Draft amending budget No 2/2010 is to formally enter this budgetary adjustment into the 2010 budget,

C. whereas the Council adopted its position on 26 July 2010,

1. Takes note of Draft amending budget No 2/2010;

2. Approves Council’s position on Draft amending budget No 2/2010 unamended and instructs its President to declare that Amending budget No 3/2010 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.
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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,
Tuesday 19 October 2010

ANNEX

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

of …

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/2010/011 NL/NXP Semiconductors 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 26 March 2010 to mobilise the EGF, in respect of redundancies in the enterprise NXP Semiconductors Netherlands BV, and supplemented it by additional information up to 3 June 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 1 809 434.

(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 (EGF) shall be mobilised to provide the sum of EUR 1 809 434 in commitment and payment appropriations.

Article 2

This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
31.

Recalls that the bulk of the new EU competences introduced by the Treaty of Lisbon, in the areas of energy, tourism and space, falls within the remit of Heading 1a; expresses its disappointment that no extra funding for these new policies is proposed by the Commission in the third year after the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty; underlines that neither Galileo nor GMES – the two main EU space programmes – is to benefit from extra funding by the end of the current MFF and that the Galileo funding is decreasing between 2011 and 2012; reiterates the need to introduce some specific, visible measures in support of tourism, given the economic relevance of this sector, which represents the third socio-economic activity in Europe in terms of employment and GDP creation, and regrets that the Commission is not proposing a new legal basis to replace the three preparatory actions in this field which cannot be extended in 2012; asks that appropriate resources be allocated for the tourism sector in 2012 and 2013 as well as in the future multiannual financial framework;
Tuesday 13 December 2011

Mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund: Spain (earthquake in Lorca) and Italy (Veneto flooding)

P7_TA(2011)0549

European Parliament resolution of 13 December 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)0792 – C7-0424/2011 – 2011/2300(BUD))

2013/C 168 E/23

The European Parliament,

having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2011)0792 – C7-0424/2011),

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 (A7-0437/2011),

Recalls that point 26 of the IIA of 17 May 2006 provides 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;

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;

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.

Tuesday 13 December 2011

ANNEX

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

(The text of this annex is not reproduced here since it corresponds to the final act, Decision 2012/6/EU.)
Wednesday 16 November 2011

ANNEX

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

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/2010/021 IE/Construction 71 from Ireland)

(The text of this annex is not reproduced here since it corresponds to the final act, Decision 2011/774/EU.)
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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,
8.

Considers that the Joint Bureau and Committee on Budgets Working Group on the Parliament budget could, on the basis the work it began in 2012, play a useful role in this reform, by identifying possible savings and reflecting on and presenting to the Committee on Budgets ideas for improving efficiency; notes that the working group has already largely achieved the objectives established for it at the end of 2011, in particular as regards the reduction of travel expenses; in the light of the Group’s preliminary findings based, inter alia, on comparative studies of the European Parliament’s budget with the budgets of the US Congress and a sample of Member States’ parliaments, encourages the continuation of its work and the development of a corresponding action plan, to be presented to both the Committee on Budgets and the Bureau for consideration in the 2014 Parliament budget process; recalls its resolution of 23 October 2012 (6) in which it expressed the expectation that these studies will ‘create long-term savings in the Parliament’s budget and present ideas for improving efficiency in 2013 and the following years’; notes that the European Parliament has lower overall spending per inhabitant than comparable Member State parliaments and the US Congress; notes further that there is a need to strengthen the scrutiny role of Parliament and to provide it with better-targeted research support so that it is able to fulfil its role in democratic representation;
17.

Believes that that list should be revised by excluding organisations which receive more than 50 % of their funding from sources other than public sources, in order to avoid undue influence; notes that this currently appears to be the case only for the entries nominated by the Commission, while Member States use their own criteria; is of the opinion that experts should be allowed to cooperate with the Authority on the condition that they meet previously established criteria; expresses the opinion, however, that the status of FSO should not be extended to organisations and institutions which receive more than 50 % of their funding from private sources;
6.

Stresses that the additional tasks entrusted to the Authority, as well as future tasks envisaged in the legislative proposals yet to be agreed upon, will require budgetary increases and new human resources in order to enable the Authority to properly fulfil its supervisory role; considers this to be extremely important, as the tasks of the Authority are likely to keep growing; notes that eventual increases in human resources should be, where possible, preceded or accompanied by rationalisation efforts such as reallocation to achieve efficiency gains;
2.

Notes with concern that for 2012, although the Commission granted the Agency its own budget amounting to EUR 98 000 (EUR 104 000 including financial revenue from its own investments) following the Court’s comments, and although Article 54 of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community and Article 6 of the Statutes of the Agency provide that it shall have financial autonomy, nevertheless, most of the Agency’s expenditure was still financed directly by the Commission; calls on the Commission to provide an explanation for this situation;
12.

Regrets that according to the Court of Auditors’ annual report, the staff costs claimed by beneficiaries are not usually being verified on the basis of original supporting documentation, even though the Centre’s ex ante verifications of grants (awarded on an annual basis to a network of national partners) consist of a comprehensive desk-analysis of cost claims submitted by grant beneficiaries, as well as a review of certificates obtained from external auditors which were contracted by the beneficiaries or of certificates from independent public officers; regrets the fact that related ex post verifications were last carried out in 2009 and stresses the need to carry out ex post verifications in order to enhance the procedure; notes with concern that according to the Court of Auditors’ findings, ex ante verifications provide only limited assurances and suggests that ex ante verification procedures should be strengthened; calls on the Centre to address this issue and to report to the discharge authority on the steps taken within the framework of the 2012 discharge follow-up;
11.

Takes note that the average length of inquiries has decreased, even if for inquiries closed within 18 months, the results were lower than the target set and were lower than the figure of 80 % attained in 2011; calls on the Ombudsman to specify the number of cases involving more than one round of enquiry and when there is a need for a second round of enquiries;
2.

Acknowledges from the Agency that: — it prepared, in agreement with the Commission, an amendment to its ‘Implementing Rule on use and engagement of Temporary Agents’ in order to reduce the negative impact current rules have had on the Agency's activities in order to obtain more flexibility as to the length of contracts of operational staff as well as to reduce the risk of business disruption or loss of knowledge due to peaks in staff turnover, — it decided to implement adequate measures to ensure the continuity of IT services and systems that are horizontal to the Agency's business; notes that in this regard, a back-up server room has been installed in the premises of the Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union in Luxembourg; notes furthermore that the Business Continuity Plan has been adopted by the Executive Director and that the Disaster Recovery Procedure is undergoing preparations and is planned to be tested in June 2015;
11.

Acknowledges from the Agency that the transparency criteria for partner, patient, healthcare and consumer organisations has been revised during 2014 in order to increase the transparency of funding; notes the adoption of the document with detailed criteria regarding the evaluation of financial information from patients, consumers and healthcare professionals organisations; notes furthermore that this document is used to assess the organisations' eligibility to participate in the dialogue with the Agency; recalls that the document also states that the organisations have to declare any conflicts of interests at the start of the meetings through which the dialogue is commenced; notes with regret the reduction of the cooling-off period from five years to three years; notes with regret that the arbitrary distinction between direct and indirect conflicts of interests has been kept; calls on the Agency to furthermore introduce a list of the patients' organisations it is working with and to place it on its website, linking it to the funding sources of these organizations in order to enhance transparency;
36.

Notes that for 2016 it is proposed to remove 57 posts from the establishment plan of the Parliament's Secretariat, which should save some EUR 1,8 million, considering that some of these posts are currently vacant and that the holders of the remaining posts will retire or be redeployed in the course of the year; notes that it is proposed to remove two further posts from the Parliament's establishment plan and transferred to the Commission in connection with two interinstitutional IT projects under Commission management, and that two additional posts will therefore be created in the Commission establishment plan for 2016;