Report on budgetary and financial management — Section I: European Parliament — Financial year 2017
Date: 2018-11-13
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: European Parliament, financial management, financial year, general budget (EU)








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13.11.2018   


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Official Journal of the European Union


C 411/1






REPORT ON BUDGETARY AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
SECTION I: EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
FINANCIAL YEAR 2017
(2018/C 411/01)

CONTENTS






INTRODUCTION
4










I.

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT: GENERAL REMARKS
4










A.

Initial budget and amending budgets
6










B.

Commitments and payments
6










C.

Carryovers from 2017 to 2018
6










D.

Use of carryovers from 2016 to 2017
6










E.

Revenue
7










F.

Appropriations from assigned revenue
8










G.

Cancellations of appropriations for the year
9










H.

Transfers
9










II.

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT BY CHAPTER
10










A.

Chapter 1 0 ‘Members of the institution’
13










B.

Chapter 1 2 ‘Officials and temporary staff’
14










C.

Chapter 1 4 ‘Other staff and outside services’
16










D.

Chapter 1 6 ‘Other expenditure relating to persons working with the Institution’
17










E.

Chapter 2 0 ‘Buildings and associated costs’
18










F.

Chapter 2 1 ‘Data processing, equipment and movable property’
19










G.

Chapter 2 3 ‘Current administrative expenditure’
21










H.

Chapter 3 0 ‘Meetings and conferences’
21










I.

Chapter 3 2 ‘Expertise and information: acquisition, archiving, production and dissemination’
22










J.

Chapter 4 0 ‘Expenditure relating to certain institutions and bodies’
24










K.

Chapter 4 2 ‘Expenditure relating to parliamentary assistance’
25










L.

Chapter 4 4 ‘Meetings and other activities of current and former Members’
25










M.

Title 10 ‘Other expenditure’
25










III.

2017 OBJECTIVES AND RESULTS
26










A.

Enhancing the security and cybersecurity of Parliament
26










A.1.

Cooperation with national authorities and the other institutions
26










A.2.

iPACS project
27










A.3.

Measures to make Parliament’s buildings more secure
27










A.4.

Internalisation of drivers
27










A.5.

ICT Security
27










B.

Impact of the Brexit
27










C.

Enhancing the work of Parliament — empowering Members in their mandate
28










C.1.

Searching for and managing knowledge
28










C.2.

Supporting political priorities
28










C.3.

Internal policies
29










C.4.

External policies
29










C.5.

Members’ Portal and e-Portal
30










D.

Phasing out the derogation for Irish
30










E.

Communication/making Parliament attractive to the public and visitors
31










E.1.

Media and Stakeholder dialogue
31










E.2.

EP Ambassador School programme
31










E.3.

Visitors projects
31










E.4.

Events and exhibitions
32










E.5.

Lux Prize, Sakharov Prize and European Citizen’s Prize
32










E.6.

AskEP
32










E.7.

Other activities
32










F.

Continuing to implement the multiannual programmes to rationalise and modernise key parts of Parliament’s Administration
33










F.1.

Buildings policy
33










F.2.

Environmental policy
35










F.3.

Catering policy
36










F.4.

Modernisation of information technologies
36










F.5.

Human resources management
37










IV.

LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES
40



ANNEXES







Annex I —

Overview of C transfers during the financial year 2017
42










Annex II —

Overview of P transfers during the financial year 2017
45










Annex III —

Implementation of appropriations during 2017
49










Annex IV —

Implementation of appropriations carried over automatically from the previous year
57










Annex V —

Implementation of appropriations from internal assigned revenue
62










Annex VI —

Revenue in 2017
67




INTRODUCTION









1.


This report analyses the European Parliament’s budgetary and financial management during the financial year 2017. It outlines the use made of financial resources and the events which had a significant influence on activities during the year (Parts I and II) and gives an overview of the results achieved as against the objectives set for 2017 (Part III).












2.


The report has been drawn up in accordance with Article 142 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union and repealing Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 (1), hereinafter referred to as ‘the Financial Regulation’, and with Article 227 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1268/2012 of 29 October 2012 on the rules of application of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union (2). The analysis is based on the provisional accounts established by the Accounting Officer.




I.   FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT: GENERAL REMARKS









3.


Parliament’s final appropriations for 2017 totalled EUR 1 909 590 000, or 19,25 % of heading V of the Multiannual Financial Framework (3). Table 1 below provides an overview of the implementation of Parliament’s budget in the financial year 2017.

Table 1


Use of appropriations (4)









Appropriation type


2017 appropriations


2016 appropriations


Change




(EUR or %)


(EUR or %)


2017/2016





Appropriations



 


 


 




Initial appropriations


1 909 590 000 


1 838 388 600 


3,9  %




Final appropriations


1 909 590 000 


1 838 613 983 


3,9  %





Implementation for the year



 


 


 




Commitments


1 889 574 057 


1 823 844 172 


3,6  %




As a % of final appropriations


99,0 


99,20 


—




Payments


1 599 788 767 


1 538 531 527 


4,0  %




As a % of commitments


84,7 


84,40 


—





Carryovers to following year



 


 


 




Automatic carryovers to following year (5)



289 785 291 


285 312 645 


1,6  %




As a % of final appropriations


15,2 


15,50 


—




As a % of commitments


15,3 


15,60 


—




Non-automatic carryovers (uncommitted appropriations carried over to following year) (6)



2 564 000 


0


—




As a % of final appropriations


0,1 


0,00 


 





Cancellations



 


 


 




Appropriations cancelled


17 451 943 


14 769 811 


18,2  %




As a % of final appropriations


0,9 


0,80 


—





Carryovers from previous year



 


 


 




Automatic carryovers from previous year


285 312 645 


289 323 907 


-1,4  %




Payments against those carryovers


262 940 988 


267 999 422 


-1,9  %




As a % of carryovers


92,2 


92,60 


—




Amount cancelled


22 371 657 


21 324 484 


4,9  %





Appropriations from assigned revenue for the year



 


 


 




Appropriations from assigned revenue for the year


50 052 674 


30 589 787 


63,6  %




Commitments


13 981 327 


12 032 487 


16,2  %




As a % of appropriations from assigned revenue


27,9 


39,30 


—




Payments


10 966 895 


7 602 676 


44,3  %




As a % of commitments against assigned revenue


78,4 


63,20 


—




Carryover of appropriations available to the following year


36 071 348 


18 557 300 


94,4  %




Carryover of commitments from assigned revenue carried over to the following year


3 014 431 


4 429 811 


-32,0  %





Appropriations from internal assigned revenue (7) carried over from the previous year



 


 


 




Appropriations from assigned revenue carried over from the previous year


13 692 260 


10 340 256 


32,4  %




Commitments


13 650 445 


10 262 584 


33,0  %




As a % of appropriations from assigned revenue carried over


99,7 


99,20 


—




Payments


10 376 606 


8 103 899 


28,0  %




As a % of commitments


76,0 


79,00 


—




Cancellations


41 815 


77 672 


-46,2  %




Carryover of commitments from assigned revenue carried over to the following year


3 273 839 


2 158 685 


51,7  %





Appropriations from external assigned revenue (8) and internal assigned revenue from lettings (9) carried over from the previous year



 


 


 




Appropriations from assigned revenue carried over from the previous year


19 224 188 


89 092 723 


-78,4  %




Commitments


14 665 847 


86 379 995 


-83,0  %




As a % of appropriations from assigned revenue carried over


76,3 


97,00 


—




Payments


14 213 829 


74 715 743 


-81,0  %




As a % of commitments


96,9 


86,50 


—




Carryover of appropriations available to the following year


4 558 341 


2 712 728 


68,0  %




Carryover of commitments from assigned revenue carried over to the following year


452 019 


11 664 253 


-96,1  %





Commitments from assigned revenue carried over from the previous year



 


 


 




Commitments from assigned revenue carried over from the previous year


6 678 842 


3 622 290 


84,4  %




Payments


5 766 455 


3 245 897 


77,7  %




As a % of commitments


86,3 


89,60 


—




Carryover of commitments from assigned revenue carried over to the following year (revenue from lettings)


72 514 


73 673 


-1,6  %




Cancellation of commitments


839 874 


302 720 


177,4  %








A.   Initial budget and amending budgets









4.


The initial appropriations in Parliament’s budget for 2017 amounted to EUR 1 909 590 000. This represented a 3,9 % increase over the 2016 final budget (EUR 1 838 613 983).




B.   Commitments and payments









5.


Commitments totalled EUR 1 889 574 057, accounting for 99 % of final appropriations (2016: 99,2 %). Payments totalled EUR 1 599 788 767, or 84,7 % of commitments entered into (2016: 84,4 %).




C.   Carryovers from 2017 to 2018









6.


Automatic carryovers to financial year 2018 totalled EUR 289 785 291, accounting for 15,3 % of the total appropriations committed (2016: 15,6 %). Non-automatic carryovers to the financial year 2018, pursuant to Article 13 of the Financial Regulation, totalled EUR 2 564 000. There were no non-automatic carryovers from 2016 to 2017.




D.   Use of carryovers from 2016 to 2017









7.


Automatic carryovers to 2017 totalled EUR 285 312 645 (2016: EUR 289 323 907). Payments against those carryovers stood at EUR 262 940 988, or 92,2 % (2016: 92,6 %). Appropriations cancelled thus totalled EUR 22 371 657, 4,9 % increase compared to 2016 (EUR 21 324 484). Still in a net decrease compared to carryovers from 2015 cancelled in 2016 (EUR 25 315 611, or -15,8 %). The bulk of the cancellations was made against: Article 2 0 0 ‘Buildings’, Article 4 0 2 ‘Funding of European political parties’ and Article 4 0 3 ‘Funding of European political foundations’ Article 2 0 2 ‘Expenditure on buildings’, Article 3 2 4 ‘Production and dissemination’ and Article 1 0 0 ‘Salaries and allowances’. Cancellations against those six articles accounted for 80 % of the total amount cancelled.












8.


The amounts cancelled and the main reasons for cancellations are set out in Table 2.

Table 2


Main reasons for cancellations of automatic carryovers from 2016 to 2017








(EUR)




Article


Cancellation


Main reasons for cancellations




Article 2 0 0
‘Buildings’


6 700 811 


Item 2 0 0 5 ‘Construction of buildings’: EUR 1,06  million were cancelled mainly because of delays in the works in different buildings and lower than expected invoicing.
Item 2 0 0 7 ‘Fitting-out of premises’: EUR 5,52  million was cancelled because of savings achieved by optimisation of works, lower or later than expected final invoices, non-finished works and works not carried out.




Article 4 0 2 ‘Funding of European political parties’ and Article 4 0 3 ‘Funding of European political foundations’


4 161 195 


Final grants to European political parties and foundations are decided by the Bureau after the end of the financial year on the basis of the parties’ final reports. The cancellations of EUR 2 929 799  on Article 4 0 2 and EUR 1 231 396  on Article 4 0 3 were due to the fact that several parties/foundations indicated that they had spent less than the maximum permitted by way of eligible expenditure.




Article 2 0 2
‘Expenditure on buildings’


2 641 640 


Item 2 0 2 2 ‘Building maintenance, upkeep, operation and cleaning’: cancellation of EUR 1,77  million. Cancellations stems mainly from savings as a result of optimisation, lower than forecast volumes of work and services, and application of penalties.
Item 2 0 2 4 ‘Energy consumption’: cancellation of EUR 0,87  million.




Article 3 2 4
‘Production and dissemination’


2 577 123 


Items concerned: 3 2 4 2 ‘Expenditure on publication, information and participation in public events’, 3 2 4 4 ‘Organisation and reception of groups of visitors, Euroscola programme and invitations to opinion multipliers for third countries’ and 3 2 4 7 ‘House of European History’ due to delays in the implementation of projects or works.




Article 1 0 0
‘Salaries and allowances’


1 708 456 


Items concerned: 1 0 0 4 ‘Ordinary travel expenses’ for an amount of EUR 961 052  and 1 0 0 5 ‘Other travel expenses’ for EUR 747 404 . In general, a large proportion of applications for reimbursement is submitted by Members during the financial year following that in which journeys were actually made, since MEPs may submit applications until 31 October of the following financial year. Each year, appropriations are carried over so as to cover that expenditure on the basis of statistical estimates. Actual expenditure was ultimately less than had been estimated.








E.   Revenue









9.


Total revenue entered in the accounts as at 31 December 2017 was EUR 206 991 865 (2016: EUR 183 381 513), including EUR 50 052 674 in assigned revenue (2016: 30 589 787).












10.


Table 3 provides a breakdown, by chapter, of movement in revenue between 2016 and 2017.

Table 3


Movement in revenue between 2016 and 2017











(EUR)




Chapter


Heading


2017


2016


Difference


Change




2017/2016




4 0


Miscellaneous taxes and revenue


85 083 544 


82 251 089 


2 832 455 


3 %




4 1


Contributions to the pension scheme


70 212 953 


68 455 454 


1 757 499 


3 %





Title 4 — Miscellaneous taxes and revenue




155 296 497 




150 706 543 




4 589 954 




3 %





5 0


Proceeds from the sale of movable property (supply of goods) and immovable property


162 (10)



189 447 


- 189 285 


- 100 %




5 1


Proceeds from letting


3 069 621  (10)



2 989 324 


80 297 


3 %




5 2


Revenue from investments or loans granted, bank and other interest


2 077 


23 473 


-21 396 


- 91 %




5 5


Revenue from the proceeds of services supplied and work carried out


6 301 830  (10)



5 542 356 


759 474 


14 %




5 7


Other contributions and refunds in connection with the administrative operation of the institution


7 789 413  (10)



7 173 581 


615 832 


9 %




5 8


Miscellaneous payments


20 162 097  (11)



217 498 


19 944 599 


9 170  %





Title 5 — Revenue accruing from the administrative operation of the institution




37 325 199 




16 135 679 




21 189 520 




131 %






Title 6 — Contributions and refunds in connection with Union agreements and programmes




12 731 797 
 (10)




14 477 581 




-1 745 784 




- 12 %






Title 9 — Miscellaneous revenue




1 638 371 




2 061 711 




- 423 340 




- 21 %






Total




206 991 865 




183 381 513 




23 610 352 




13 %









F.   Appropriations from assigned revenue









11.


Assigned revenue made available in 2017 totalled EUR 50 052 674 (2016: EUR 30 589 787). Commitments totalled EUR 13 981 327, i.e. 27,9 % commitment rate (2016: 39,3 %). Payments totalled EUR 10 966 895, accounting for 78,4 % of the commitments entered into (2016: 63,2 %).












12.


In 2010, the Belgian Government had made a payment of EUR 85 897 000, by way of defrayal of the cost of the land forming the site for the D4 and D5 buildings and of the development costs for the roof over Brussels-Luxembourg Station. That payment constituted external assigned revenue within the meaning of Article 21(2) of the Financial Regulation. The appropriations from this assigned revenue were used for the purchase and fitting out of the Martens Building. Concerning this building project, payments totalling EUR 74 250 579 were carried out in 2016 and EUR 11 646 421 in 2017.




G.   Cancellations of appropriations for the year









13.


The sum of EUR 17 451 943 (2016: EUR 14 769 811), representing 0,9 % of final appropriations (2016: 0,8 %), was cancelled. The main reasons for the cancellations are set out in the table below:

Table 4


Main reasons for cancellations in 2017 of appropriations for the year











Article


Heading


Amount cancelled
(EUR)


As % of total cancelled


% cancellation/ heading


Main reason for cancellation




2 0 2


Building maintenance, upkeep, operation and cleaning


2 171 979 


12,45 


2,41 


Cancellation mainly due to optimizations and realised expenditures lower than forecasted in the three sites (a certain margin has been kept until the end of the year in order to face potential late request for maintenance and upkeep).




2 0 0


Buildings


2 036 302 


11,67 


1,11 


Cancellation due to a lower than originally expected consumption and realised quantities




2 1 4


Technical equipment and installations


1 606 409 


9,20 


4,73 


Surplus steaming from a call for tender finalised in November for a lower cost than forecasted




1 2 0


Remuneration and other entitlements


1 545 044 


8,85 


0,24 


This is a technical cancellation against the two items 1 2 0 0 and 1 2 0 2 as it represents a very small part (0,2  %) of the total appropriations.




2 1 2


Furniture: purchases and replacement of furniture


1 330 890 


7,63 


22,27 


The appropriations were used partly to furnish the Martens building, but were not consumed in their entirety.








H.   Transfers


Table 5


Transfers by legal basis








Number of transfers


Amount transferred (EUR)


As a % of final appropriations





C transfers (Articles 27 and 46 of the Fin. Reg.)





7 C transfers


57 402 860 


3,01 




including ‘mopping-up’ transfer


40 850 000 


2,14 





P transfers (Article 25(1) of the Fin. Reg.)





10 P transfers of appropriations for the year


19 834 220 


1,04 





17 C + P transfers of appropriations for the year




77 237 080 




4,04 













14.


During the financial year, seven C transfers (including what is termed the ‘mopping-up’ transfer) were approved in accordance with Articles 27 and 46 of the Financial Regulation. They totalled EUR 57 402 860, which is 3,01 % of final appropriations (in 2016: seven C transfers accounting for 3,6 % of final appropriations). The mopping up exercise totalled to EUR 40 850 000, 23,6 % less than in 2016 (EUR 53 500 000). The President authorised 10 P transfers of appropriations for the year under Article 25(1) of the Financial Regulation (12), covering a total of EUR 19 834 220, or 1,04 % of final appropriations (in 2016: 16 P transfers accounting for 1,0 % of final appropriations).

Table 6


Analysis of C transfers by expenditure
category and purpose










Expenditure category receiving transfer


Purpose


Transfer


Amount transferred (EUR)


As a % of amounts transferred




Buildings policy


KAD building project


C7


40 850 000 


71,16 





Buildings policy — Total



 



40 850 000 




71,16 





Other expenditure


ICT related areas/projects


C4


6 262 000 


10,91 




Technical equipment and installations (Strasbourg meeting rooms)


C6


4 745 000 


8,27 




Expenditure on missions


C1


2 200 000 


3,83 




External translation


C2, C5


2 000 000 


3,48 




External interpretation


C3


1 345 860 


2,34 





Other expenditure — Total



 



16 552 860 




28,84 






Total




57 402 860 




100,00 









II.   FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT BY CHAPTER









15.


This section looks at the use of appropriations by budget chapter, their share of the overall budget and changes in the use of appropriations over the previous financial year. Four chapters accounted for 69,5 % of total commitments. Those chapters were Chapter 1 0 ‘Members of the institution’, Chapter 1 2 ‘Officials and temporary staff’, Chapter 2 0 ‘Buildings and associated costs’ and Chapter 4 2 ‘Expenditure relating to parliamentary assistance’.












16.


Table 7 provides a breakdown by chapter of the appropriations committed in 2017 as against those committed in 2016. Figures 1 and 2 depict, respectively, the relative shares and the changes between 2016 and 2017.

Table 7


Appropriations committed in 2017 as
against those committed in 2016 (1)











(EUR)




Chapter


Heading


2017


2016


Difference


Change




2017/2016




1 0


Members of the institution


203 969 300 


203 367 219 


602 081 


0 %




1 2


Officials and temporary staff


641 373 448 


625 820 200 


15 553 248 


2 %




1 4


Other staff and external services


138 007 588 


125 551 151 


12 456 437 


10 %




1 6


Other expenditure relating to persons working with the Institution


14 743 257 


14 441 490 


301 768 


2 %





Title 1 — Persons working with the Institution




998 093 592 




969 180 059 




28 913 533 




3 %





2 0


Buildings and associated costs


267 588 704 


251 599 697 


15 989 008 


6 %




2 1


Data processing, equipment and movable property


174 379 445 


152 828 726 


21 550 720 


14 %




2 3


Current administrative expenditure


4 681 409 


4 430 838 


250 571 


6 %





Title 2 — Buildings, furniture, equipment and miscellaneous operating expenditure




446 649 558 




408 859 260 




37 790 298 




9 %





3 0


Meetings and conferences


32 136 133 


33 038 898 


- 902 764 


- 3 %




3 2


Expertise and information: acquisition, archiving, production and dissemination


101 488 708 


107 988 646 


-6 499 938 


- 6 %





Title 3 — Expenditure resulting from general functions carried out by the institution




133 624 841 




141 027 543 




-7 402 702 




- 5 %





4 0


Expenditure relating to certain institutions and bodies


109 814 922 


109 952 171 


- 137 249 


0 %




4 2


Expenditure relating to parliamentary assistance


200 971 143 


194 405 139 


6 566 005 


3 %




4 4


Meetings and other activities of current and former members


420 000 


420 000 


0


0 %





Title 4 — Expenditure resulting from special functions carried out by the institution




311 206 065 




304 777 310 




6 428 756 




2 %






Title 5 — Authority for European political parties and European political foundations and the Committee of independent eminent persons




p.m.




p.m.



 


 





Title 10 — Other expenditure




0




0




0



 





Total




1 889 574 057 




1 823 844 172 




65 729 885 




4 %






Figure 1


Breakdown of 2017 commitments by chapter



Figure 2


Appropriations committed in 2017 as against those committed in 2016, by chapter






A.   Chapter 1 0 ‘Members of the institution’


Table 8


Appropriations committed in 2017 as against those committed in 2016: Chapter 1 0












(EUR)




Item


Heading


Share in 2017


2017


2016


Difference


Change




2017/2016




1 0 0 0


Salaries


37 %


75 582 239 


73 871 419 


1 710 820 


2 %




1 0 0 4


Ordinary travel expenses


33 %


66 850 000 


66 290 000 


560 000 


1 %




1 0 0 5


Other travel expenses


3 %


5 700 000 


6 150 000 


- 450 000 


- 7 %




1 0 0 6


General expenditure allowance


19 %


38 910 938 


38 937 488 


-26 550 


0 %




1 0 2 0


Transitional allowances


0 %


645 728 


1 725 886 


-1 080 159 


- 63 %




1 0 3 0


Retirement pensions (PEAM)


5 %


10 450 954 


10 521 344 


-70 390 


- 1 %




Other


Other


3 %


5 829 441 


5 871 082 


-41 641 


- 1 %





Chapter 1 0 — Members of the institution




100 %




203 969 300 




203 367 219 




602 081 




0 %













17.


A Member’s gross salary is 38,5 % of the basic salary of a judge at the European Court of Justice (13). The main reason for the increase in commitments against Item 1 0 0 0 between 2016 and 2017 is the pay adjustment of 3,3 %, backdated to 1 July 2016. Members’ gross monthly salary rose to EUR 8 484 between 1 July 2016 and 30 June 2017. A total of EUR 562 154 was paid retroactively for the period from July to December 2017.












18.


The increase of commitments against Item 1 0 0 4 ‘Ordinary travel expenses’ over 2016 is mainly linked to the inflation and to the revision of MEPs’ allowances. The decrease of commitments against Item 1 0 0 5 ‘Other travel expenses’ can be explained by the actual execution rate.












19.


Item 1 0 0 6 is intended to cover the expenses resulting from the parliamentary activities of Members. This allowance amounted to EUR 4 342 a month for each Member in 2017 (+0,5 % increase compared to 2016) and was paid monthly at Members’ request.












20.


The reduction against Item 1 0 2 0 ‘Transitional allowances’ between 2016 and 2017 reflects the phasing-out effect of Members who left office after the elections in 2014 and applied for a transitional allowance (14).












21.


Item 1 0 3 0 ‘Retirement pensions (PEAM)’ is intended to cover the payment of an old-age pension after cessation of the term of office of Members qualifying under the old rules superseded by the Statute for Member of the European Parliament, which came into force in 2009 (15). Old-age pension rights acquired prior to the date of entry into force of the Statute are maintained. The pension provisions currently apply only to Members elected in France and Italy, all other Members being entitled to join pension schemes organised by national authorities. Members of the European Parliament elected in Italy who did not come under a national pension scheme and Members of the European Parliament elected in France who were members of a pension scheme different from that for Members of the National Assembly had the option of paying contributions into Parliament’s budget that were calculated on the same basis as those for national-parliament members in Italy and France in order to acquire the same pension rights as national-parliament members. At year-end 2017, there were 396 beneficiaries, which compares to 390 at year-end 2016.




B.   Chapter 1 2 ‘Officials and temporary staff’


Table 9


Appropriations committed in 2017 as against those committed in 2016: Chapter 1 2












(EUR)




Item


Heading


Share in 2017


2017


2016


Difference


Change




2017/2016




1 2 0 0


Remuneration and allowances


99 %


637 428 656 


621 577 767 


15 850 889 


3 %




1 2 0 4


Entitlements in connection with entering the service, transfer and leaving the service


0,5  %


2 950 000 


3 425 000 


- 475 000 


- 14 %




Other


Other


0,2  %


994 792 


817 433 


177 359 


22 %





Chapter 1 2 — Officials and temporary staff




100 %




641 373 448 




625 820 200 




15 553 248 




2 %













22.


Expenditure on officials and temporary staff amounted to EUR 641 373 448 in 2017, making it the largest spending category (accounting for 34 % of total commitments for 2017). The growth against the chapter stems largely from the increase against Item 1 2 0 0 ‘Remuneration and allowances’, which accounts for 99 % of the appropriations under Chapter 1 2.












23.


Commitments against Item 1 2 0 0 ‘Remuneration and allowances’ totalled EUR 637 428 656; they were 3 % up on 2016. That movement reflects career progression as well as index-linking of pay. Indeed, in December 2017, pay for officials and other staff of the European Union was increased by 1,5 %, backdated to 1 July 2017.












24.


Commitments against Item 1 2 0 4 ‘Entitlements in connection with entering the service, transfer and leaving the service’ amounted to EUR 2 950 000; on account of a lower level of officials and other servants entering and leaving the service, the commitments decreased by 14 % on 2016.












25.


In 2017, a total of 6 100 officials and temporary staff were employed within Parliament as at 31 December 2017, thereof 5 269 in the Secretariat and 831 in the political groups.












26.


As regards the gender breakdown, women accounted for 59 % of Parliament’s total staff, 36 % of heads of unit, 30 % of directors and 15 % of directors-general as at 31 December 2017. The figure below gives a gender breakdown of staff by function group.

Figure 3


Parliament staff by gender



Source: DG Personnel




C.   Chapter 1 4 ‘Other staff and outside services’


Table 10


Appropriations committed in 2017 as against those committed in 2016: Chapter 1 4












(EUR)




Item


Heading


Share in 2017


2017


2016


Difference


Change




2017/2016




1 4 0 0


Other staff — Parliament’s Secretariat and political groups


32 %


43 861 463 


63 001 439 


-19 139 976 


- 30 %




1 4 0 4


Graduate traineeships, grants and exchanges of officials


5 %


7 168 127 


7 033 670 


134 457 


2 %




1 4 0 5


Expenditure on interpretation


34 %


47 589 860 


48 598 750 


-1 008 890 


- 2 %




1 4 2 0


External translation services


7 %


9 237 086 


6 917 292 


2 319 794 


34 %




Other


Other


22 %


30 151 052 


0


 


—





Chapter 1 4 — Other staff and outside services




100 %




138 007 588 




125 551 151 




12 456 437 




10 %













27.


The main reason for the increase in the committed appropriations within this chapter is the fact that commitments for other staff increased mostly owing to security staff and Members’ drivers service being brought in-house. Another important impact was the increased need for external translation in 2017 (EUR 2,3 m up over 2016). Commitments for external interpretation were lower by 2 %.












28.


The decrease against Item 1 4 0 0 ‘Other staff’ is mainly due to a transfer of appropriations towards the two new items 1 4 0 1 and 1 4 0 2, created to take account of the internalisation of security services and the Members’ drives service. As at 31 December 2017, Parliament employed 1 719 contract staff (31 December 2016: 1 538, i.e. + 11 %). A breakdown of contract staff by function group (16) and gender is given in Figure 4. That item mainly covers the remuneration and allowances of other staff, chiefly contract staff, employer’s contributions to the various social security schemes and the impact of salary weightings applicable to the remuneration of these staff, as well as the employment of temporary agency staff.

Figure 4


Contract staff by function group and gender in 2017



Source: DG Personnel












29.


The change against Item 1 4 0 4 ‘Graduate traineeships, grants and exchanges of officials’ stemmed mainly from the extension of the scheme of paid graduate traineeships ‘Robert Schuman’. In the second semester, more than 360 trainees received a grant.












30.


The evolution observed for Item 1 4 0 5 ‘Expenditure on interpretation’ stemmed mainly from changes in the characteristics of the Parliament’s activity requiring interpretation services and in the level of interpretation services provided to other institutions (17) in 2017. This led to a decrease in the number of days on which interpreting was provided by Conference Interpreting Agents. Commitments against the item covered the fees, social security contributions, travel expenses and subsistence allowances of Conference Interpreting Agents used by Parliament to service the meetings which it organised.












31.


Conference interpreting Agents provided 50 531 days of interpreting in 2017 (2016: 52 121 days; - 5 %) for Parliament and other institutions (where Parliament was required to provide this service).












32.


The change against Item 1 4 2 0 ‘External translation services’ is explained by the cyclical nature of the translation demand over the legislative cycle.




D.   Chapter 1 6 ‘Other expenditure relating to persons working with the Institution’


Table 11


Appropriations committed in 2017 as against those committed in 2016: Chapter 1 6












(EUR)




Item


Heading


Share in 2017


2017


2016


Difference


Change




2017/2016




1 6 1 2


Further training


34 %


5 079 597 


5 535 265 


- 455 669 


- 8 %




1 6 5 2


Current operating expenditure for restaurants and canteens


1 %


180 000 


615 000 


- 435 000 


- 71 %




1 6 5 4


Childcare facilities


45 %


6 574 599 


5 517 444 


1 057 155 


19 %




Other


Other


20 %


2 909 061 


2 773 780 


135 281 


5 %





Chapter 1 6 — Other expenditure relating to persons working with the institution




100 %




14 743 257 




14 441 490 




301 768 




2 %













33.


Commitments against Item 1 6 1 2 ‘Further training’ covered expenditure on training to improve staff skills and the performance and efficiency of the institution. In 2017 attendances at language courses totalled 5 315 (2016: 5 606), 1 966 at IT training courses (2016: 2 120), and 714 at financial training courses (2016: 874). Attendances at in-house general training courses totalled 14 279 (2016: 11 873), and 333 at outside courses (2016: 353) (18).












34.


The decrease of the commitments against Item 1 6 5 2 ‘Current operating expenditure for restaurants and canteens’ over 2017 can be explained by the use of assigned revenue (exceptional recovery of VAT from the French authorities).












35.


Appropriations against Item 1 6 5 4 are intended to cover Parliament’s contribution to all the expenditure of the early childhood centre and outside crèches with which an agreement has been concluded (19). The increase over 2016 was due to the increase in the number of private nursery places in Brussels, increase of the Parliament’s contribution to the OIB for after-school childcare places in Brussels; increase in the price for nursery places following the signing of the contract with the new manager of CPE V in Luxembourg.




E.   Chapter 2 0 ‘Buildings and associated costs’


Table 12


Appropriations committed in 2017 as against those committed in 2016: Chapter 2 0












(EUR)




Item


Heading


Share in 2017


2017


2016


Difference


Change




2017/2016




2 0 0 1


Lease payments


15 %


40 850 000 


53 500 000 


-12 650 000 


- 24 %




2 0 0 5


Construction of buildings


12 %


30 972 579 


17 788 807 


13 183 772 


74 %




2 0 0 7


Fitting-out of premises


25 %


67 303 370 


60 652 106 


6 651 264 


11 %




2 0 2 2


Building maintenance, upkeep, operation and cleaning


21 %


57 073 754 


51 216 628 


5 857 126 


11 %




2 0 2 6


Security and surveillance of buildings


6 %


16 774 496 


16 231 922 


542 574 


3 %




Other


Other


20 %


54 614 504 


52 210 233 


2 404 271 


5 %





Chapter 2 0 — Buildings and associated costs




100 %




267 588 704 




251 599 697 




15 989 008 




6 %













36.


There were no appropriations initially inscribed in the budget 2017 for Item 2 0 0 1 ‘Lease payments’: appropriations for this item were increased by EUR 40 850 000 by the end of the financial year, as a result of the mopping-up transfer. The full amount was committed for the project to extend the Adenauer Building in Luxembourg (KAD project).












37.


The variation of the commitments of Item 2 0 0 5 ‘Construction of buildings’ is due to the construction works for the KAD building in Luxembourg (EUR 14 192 579) and to the fitting out of the Martens building in Brussels (EUR 16 780 000).












38.


The increase of the commitments regarding the Item 2 0 0 7 ‘Fitting-out of premises’ is not linked to the normal recurrent works. As already in 2016, the increase in commitments is mainly due to exceptional investments in buildings for security.












39.


Item 2 0 2 2 ‘Building maintenance, upkeep, operation and cleaning’ covers the upkeep of premises (e.g. cleaning and planted areas) and the maintenance of equipment and systems in buildings (structural and other maintenance, building service systems, lifts, etc.). The increase against the item over 2016 is mainly explained by a new contract for building maintenance in Luxembourg with more components as the old one and higher prices.












40.


Commitments against Item 2 0 2 6 ‘Security and surveillance of buildings’ essentially cover caretaking and surveillance costs in respect of buildings occupied by Parliament at its three places of work and the information offices. The increase of commitments in 2017 results from three main elements: the extension of the perimeter in Strasbourg, following the opening of a new building and the Mini-Parliamentarium, price increase of the contracts and the maintaining of the yellow alert.




F.   Chapter 2 1 ‘Data processing, equipment and movable property’


Table 13


Appropriations committed in 2017 as against those committed in 2016: Chapter 2 1












(EUR)




Item


Heading


Share in 2017


2017


2016


Difference


Change




2017/2016




2 1 0 0


Computing and telecommunications — business-as-usual operations — operations


16 %


27 914 346 


25 283 870 


2 630 476 


10 %




2 1 0 1


Computing and telecommunications — business-as-usual operations — infrastructure


10 %


17 883 248 


17 647 113 


236 135 


1 %




2 1 0 2


Computing and telecommunications — business-as-usual operations — general support for users


7 %


12 330 194 


12 148 515 


181 679 


1 %




2 1 0 3


Computing and telecommunications — business-as-usual operations — management of ICT applications


13 %


23 411 798 


18 162 835 


5 248 963 


29 %




2 1 0 4


Computing and telecommunications — investment in infrastructure


15 %


26 396 936 


20 450 328 


5 946 608 


29 %




2 1 0 5


Computing and telecommunications — investment in projects


15 %


26 212 628 


23 410 581 


2 802 047 


12 %




Other


Other


23 %


40 230 297 


35 725 484 


4 504 813 


13 %





Chapter 2 1 — Data processing, equipment and movable property




100 %




174 379 445 




152 828 726 




21 550 720 




14 %













41.


Expenditure against Item 2 1 0 0 ‘Computing and telecommunications — business-as-usual operations — operations’ relates to the smooth running of Parliament’s computer and telecommunications systems, in particular the computer and telecommunications centre systems, departmental computing, and network management. The 10 % increase of commitments against the item between 2016 and 2017 relates to increasing capacities of the Data Centre year-on-year, resulting from the growth in the number of hosted applications. Additionally, a framework contracts for maintenance resulted in further substantial increases in expenditure during 2017.












42.


Expenditure against Item 2 1 0 1 ‘Computing and telecommunications — business-as-usual operations — infrastructure’ concerns the recurrent activities of management and maintenance of infrastructure, relating to the European Parliament’s computer and telecommunications systems. In particular, to infrastructure relating to networks, wiring, telecommunications, and individual equipment and voting systems. Commitments against this item remained stable between 2016 and 2017.












43.


Expenditure against Item 2 1 0 2 ‘Computing and telecommunications — business-as-usual operations — general support for users’ relates to routine assistance and general support to users in relation to the Parliament’s computer and telecommunications systems. In particular, the support services for Members of the European Parliament, as well as for administrative and legislative applications. Commitments against this item remained stable between 2016 and 2017.












44.


Commitments against Item 2 1 0 3 ‘Computing and telecommunications — business-as-usual operations — Management of ICT applications’ relate to the recurrent activities of managing the European Parliament’s ICT applications. In particular, applications relating to Members, communications, as well as administrative and legislative applications. The 29 % increase of commitments against the item between 2016 and 2017 is notably explained by the transfer of decentralised IT-expenditure for communication actions from budget items 2 1 4 0 and 3 2 4 2 to the budget items 2 1 0 3 and 2 1 0 5. This concerns all expenditures for the Europarl website (EUR 4,7 million), the expenditure for the hosting of the Europarl TV (EUR 0,5 million) and expenditure for hosting and maintenance of audiovisual applications (EUR 0,6 million).












45.


Commitments against Item 2 1 0 4 ‘Computing and telecommunications — investment in infrastructure’ relate to investment in Parliament’s computer and telecommunications infrastructure and notably in the computer and telecommunications centre systems, networks, cabling and videoconferencing systems. A 29 % increase against this item resulted from a number of unforeseen events during 2017: replacement of the damaged equipment and restoration of the Data Centre to working order required after a major incident that took place in the Data Centre in Huizingen, Belgium, in October 2017 (+EUR 2 636 800); replacement of obsolete equipment for Network Attached Storage (NAS), which provides a robust disk storage infrastructure, used to store documents for MEPs and EP users (+EUR 1 797 000); and reinforcement of the Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) infrastructure for MEPs, in order to double the number of users, in the context of mobility for MEPs and their assistants in their constituency offices (+EUR 1 020 000).












46.


Commitments against Item 2 1 0 5 ‘Computing and telecommunications — investment in projects’ concern investment in existing or new ICT projects. Investments include applications for Members, legislative, administrative and financial applications and ICT governance. The 12 % increase in expenditure against this Item from 2016 to 2017 steams mainly from the IT implementation strategy, where evaluative maintenance of more than 30 days had to be considered as an investment (EUR 2 000 000), the transfer of the management of the FMS project from DG ITEC to DG FINS, accompanied by a proportional increase in appropriations, as well as the by the transfer of decentralised IT-expenditure for communication actions from budget items 2 1 4 0 and 3 2 4 2 (as explained for Item 2 1 0 3).




G.   Chapter 2 3 ‘Current administrative expenditure’


Table 14


Appropriations committed in 2017 as against those committed in 2016: Chapter 2 3












(EUR)




Article


Heading


Share in 2017


2017


2016


Difference


Change




2017/2016




2 3 0


Stationery, office supplies and miscellaneous consumables


28 %


1 299 847 


1 379 855 


-80 008 


- 6 %




2 3 7


Removals


28 %


1 324 850 


1 167 644 


157 206 


13 %




2 3 8


Other administrative expenditure


24 %


1 128 228 


1 039 959 


88 269 


8 %




Other


Other (Articles 2 3 1, 2 3 2, 2 3 6, 2 3 9)


20 %


928 484 


843 380 


85 104 


10 %





Chapter 2 3 — Current administrative expenditure




100 %




4 681 409 




4 430 838 




250 571 




6 %













47.


Continuous efforts were made to control current administrative expenditure. The change against Article 2 3 7 ‘Removals’ can be explained notably by the implementation of the project relating to the fitting-out the Martens building in Brussels of a total capacity of 950 working places. For the Article 2 3 8 ‘Other administrative expenditure’ there were no specific expenses in 2017. The expenses were linked to recurrent activities.




H.   Chapter 3 0 ‘Meetings and conferences’


Table 15


Appropriations committed in 2017
as against those committed in 2016: Chapter 3 0












(EUR)




Article


Heading


Share in 2017


2017


2016


Difference


Change




2017/2016




3 0 0


Expenses for staff missions and duty travel between the three places of work


82 %


26 450 000 


26 050 083 


399 916 


2 %




3 0 4


Miscellaneous expenditure on meetings


16 %


4 987 469 


6 080 262 


-1 092 793 


- 18 %




3 0 2


Reception and representation expenses


2 %


698 664 


908 552 


- 209 888 


- 23 %





Chapter 3 0 — Meetings and conferences




100 %




32 136 133 




33 038 898 




- 902 764 




- 3 %













48.


In 2017, there were 33 638 missions (20) (2016: 34 457), representing a total of 97 003 mission days (2016: 99 660). Most of the missions involved travel between Parliament’s three places of work (Brussels — 4 526 missions; Strasbourg — 21 035; and Luxembourg — 2 102). The increase against Article 3 0 0 ‘Expenses for staff missions and duty travel between the three places of work’ can be explained by the first full year application of the increased daily subsistence allowances and accommodation ceilings (applicable as from 10 September 2016).












49.


The decrease against Article 3 0 4 ‘Miscellaneous expenditure on meetings’ is notably stemming from the reduction of the price for the mineral water served at official and administrative meetings, as well as of the number of bottles distributed during these meetings, allowing for a gradual reduction of the expenditure within this article.




I.   Chapter 3 2 ‘Expertise and information: acquisition, archiving, production and dissemination’


Table 16


Appropriations committed in 2017 as against those committed in 2016:
Chapter 3 2












(EUR)




Item


Heading


Share in 2017


2017


2016


Difference


Change




2017/2016




3 2 4 4


Organisation and reception of groups of visitors, Euroscola programme and invitations to opinion multipliers from third countries


32 %


32 311 596 


29 494 023 


2 817 573 


10 %




3 2 4 2


Expenditure on publication, information and participation in public events


10 %


10 305 617 


16 286 377 


-5 980 760 


- 37 %




3 2 4 8


Expenditure on audiovisual information


14 %


14 468 976 


15 019 157 


- 550 181 


- 4 %




3 2 1 0


Acquisition of expertise for the Parliamentary Research Services, the Library and the Archives


7 %


7 437 151 


7 273 589 


163 562 


2 %




3 2 0 0


Acquisition of expertise


6 %


6 014 129 


6 461 534 


- 447 405 


- 7 %




Others


Others


30 %


30 951 239 


33 453 965 


-2 502 726 


- 7 %





Chapter 3 2 — Expertise and information: acquisition, archiving, production and dissemination




100 %




101 488 708 




107 988 646 




-6 499 938 




- 6 %













50.


Item 3 2 4 4 covers the subsidies granted for group visits and associated supervision and infrastructure costs, the running costs of the Euroscola programme, and the financing of traineeships for opinion multipliers from third countries. The overall amount spent on visitors groups and individual visitors remained relatively stable despite the increase in the number of visitors, which, one year after the terrorist attacks, resumed back to normal levels. This is the result of the new rules governing the reception of visitors which allowed to make some economies. The increase in the commitments under this item increased compared to 2016 was due to (a) the renovation and promotion of the ‘other’ visitors facilities such as Station Europe (entry point to visit the EP), Esplanade Solidarność (hosting 34 events in 2017) and Atrium (welcome points for groups) which are on duty since the end of 2017; and (b) the budgetary commitments for the organisation of the European Youth Event in 2018 for which the contracts with implementing organisations are signed a year ahead of the event.












51.


Item 3 2 4 2 ‘Expenditure on publication, information and participation in public events’ covers, in particular, expenditure on information publications, information activities, public relations, participation in public events, trade fairs and exhibitions in the Member States and candidate countries, and updating of the Legislative Observatory (OEIL). The main reason for the substantial decrease in commitments under this budget item is that the all expenditures for the Europarl Website (EUR 4,7 million) and the expenditure for the hosting of the Europarl TV (EUR 0,5 million) have been moved to the budget item 2 1 0 3 IT management of applications. There was also a decrease in the amount spend by the EPLOs on the organisation of events.












52.


Item 3 2 4 8 ‘Expenditure on audiovisual information’ covers expenditure for the operating budget of the audiovisual sector, live internet broadcasting of plenary sittings and parliamentary committee meetings, and the establishment of appropriate archives ensuring uninterrupted public access to the information concerned. The decrease against this Item from 2016 to 2017 was a result of the fact that in 2016 there were several unforeseen exceptional events which had to be covered.












53.


In 2017, the production of audiovisual material generated 1 490 items on Europe by Satellite (e.g. plenary sittings, committee meetings and political events), the photo service covered 4 576 events (including 2 556 requests from Members), 1 750 radio, 4 064 Voxbox camera stand ups, 1 183 multimedia and 457 television items were produced. The Teletrax system (280 channels; 80 % of the European public) monitored 206 outlets that made use of Parliament-produced images. The images were used 76 378 times over a total duration of 594 hours.












54.


The 2 % increase against Item 3 2 1 0 ‘Acquisition of expertise for the European Parliamentary Research Service, the Library and the Archives’ over 2016 can be explained by a standing increase in the demand (and complexity) for research products, including the editorial work. Additionally, the Historical Archives have concluded a new Framework Contract that has enabled for an increase in the volume of documentation treated. Finally, the costs of online sources of information are higher due to a general increase in the prices of the subscriptions, which are more oriented to a digital environment.












55.


Concerning Item 3 2 0 0 ‘Acquisition of expertise’, the reduction from 2016 to 2017 mostly stems from delayed projects being put on hold.




J.   Chapter 4 0 ‘Expenditure relating to certain institutions and bodies’


Table 17


Appropriations committed in 2017 as against those committed in 2016: Chapter 4 0












(EUR)




Article


Heading


Share in 2017


2017


2016


Difference


Change




2017/2016




4 0 0


Current administrative expenditure and expenditure relating to the political and information activities of the political groups and non-attached Members


55 %


60 046 300 


61 000 000 


- 953 700 


- 2 %




4 0 2


Funding of European political parties


28 %


30 873 075 


30 575 015 


298 060 


1 %




4 0 3


Funding of European political foundations


17 %


18 895 547 


18 377 156 


518 391 


3 %





Chapter 4 0 —‘Expenditure relating to certain institutions and bodies’




100 %




109 814 922 




109 952 171 




- 137 249 




0 %













56.


Article 4 0 0 covers the secretarial, administrative and operational expenditure of the political groups and non-attached Members and expenditure on their political and information activities. The 2 % decrease of the commitments against this Article over 2016 is mainly due to an increased use of assigned revenues carried over to 2017 (EUR 1 953 663 in 2017 against EUR 134 500 in 2016).












57.


Articles 4 0 2 and 4 0 3 relate to grants awarded to support the annual work programme of political parties at European level or of political foundations at European level. Political parties at European level contribute to forming a European awareness and to expressing the political will of citizens of the Union (21). A political foundation at European level is ‘an entity or network of entities which (…) is affiliated with a political party at European level, and through its activities, within the aims and fundamental values pursued by the European Union, underpins and complements the objectives of the political party at European level’ (22).












58.


For European political parties and foundations, the maximum possible rate of Parliament co-financing is 85 % of the eligible expenditure (23). The increase against both Articles from 2016 to 2017 results from Bureau decisions on the award of grants.




K.   Chapter 4 2 ‘Expenditure relating to parliamentary assistance’


Table 18


Appropriations committed in 2017 as against those
committed in 2016: Chapter 4 2












(EUR)




Article


Heading


Share in 2017


2017


2016


Difference


Change




2017/2016




4 2 2


Expenditure relating to parliamentary assistance


100 %


200 971 143 


194 405 139 


6 566 005 


3 %





Chapter 4 2 — Expenditure relating to parliamentary assistance




100 %




200 971 143 




194 405 139 




6 566 005 




3 %













59.


Members may use their parliamentary assistance allowance to engage accredited parliamentary assistants (working in Brussels or Strasbourg under a specific statute) or local assistants (24) (working in their constituencies under contracts governed by national law). In respect of local assistants, the allowance covers invoices, salaries and travel expenses. In respect of accredited assistants, it covers salaries, allowances, mission expenses and the cost of outside training courses.












60.


The increase in commitments from 2016 to 2017 reflects the index linking of pay (in December 2017, pay for officials and other staff of the European Union was increased by 1,5 %, backdated to 1 July 2017).












61.


On 31 December 2017 there were 1 962 accredited parliamentary assistants working at Parliament. During 2017, 2 806 local assistants had an employment contract with a Member (including 73 employed by groupings of Members), 1 164 service providers (other than paying agents) and 508 paying agents (including 6 via groupings). Members have also recruited 155 people as trainees with main place of traineeship in their Member States of election and 1 953 with the main place of traineeship in one of the premises of the European Parliament.












62.


On average, each Member employed 2,6 accredited assistants and 3,7 local assistants (25). In 2017, the number of local assistants employed per Member varied between 0 and 35. Whereas 74 Members did not have any local assistants at all during 2017, there were 41 Members who recruited more than 10 employees in their Member State of election. During 2017, 340 Members had no contract with a service provider.












63.


Parliamentary assistance payments in 2017 relating to local assistants living outside the euro zone were made on the basis of a rate of exchange between the euro and other currencies which was set for the entire year (December 2016 rate) in accordance with the rules in force.




L.   Chapter 4 4 ‘Meetings and other activities of current and former Members’









64.


This chapter accounted for 0,02 % of 2017 commitments, totalling EUR 420 000 (EUR 420 000 in 2016).




M.   Title 10 ‘Other expenditure’









65.


The chapters in this title contain only provisional appropriations, which may be committed only once they have been transferred to an operational line. Transfers of provisional appropriations are dealt with in section 1 of this report. Initial appropriations against this title stood at EUR 864 300 (2016: EUR 6 000 000) — equivalent to 0,4 % of the total budget for 2017.




III.   2017 OBJECTIVES AND RESULTS









66.


The objectives pursued and outcomes achieved in 2017, which are set out below, stem mainly from the priorities set by Parliament’s competent bodies when preparing the 2017 budget (26), the decisions adopted by the Bureau in 2017, and the goals and achievements of the Strategic Execution Framework (27) as well as developments during further preparation and implementation. The latter can be summarised as follows:






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Enhancing security and cybersecurity. Defined as a priority area already in early 2016, the attacks in Brussels on 22 March 2016 gave rise to enhanced measures whose implementation continued in 2017, notably in matters of physical and building security and internalisation of the drivers’ service. Also cybersecurity measures were put in place in response to cyber-attacks.










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Preparing for the Brexit. The June 2016 referendum was followed by the United Kingdom formally invoking Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union on 29 March 2017, which triggered the formal procedure and had a considerable impact on committee secretariats, research units and horizontal services of the political Directorates-General.
















67.


In an earlier stage, following political priorities were identified:






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Empowering Members in their mandate. In 2017, legislative activity substantially increased as Parliament was in the mid of its 2014-2019 legislative term. For 2017, Parliament, the Council and the Commission had for the first time agreed on a Joint Declaration on the EU’s legislative priorities. The political Directorates-General for Parliamentary Research Service, Internal Policies and External Policies provided the Members of the European Parliament and parliamentary committees with assistance and knowledge in their parliamentary work. Also technical infrastructure was improved with the aim to provide additional flexibility and support to Members.










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Communication policy — making Parliament attractive for the public and visitors. A major event in 2017 was the opening of the House of European History on 4 May 2017 by the President of the European Parliament. In addition, Parliament continued its strategy of installing the most successful elements of the Brussels Parlamentarium in the Information Offices with the opening of the Parlamentarium Simone Veil in Strasbourg and the decision on several other concrete projects to follow in due time.










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Furthermore, a classical priority was the continuation of the rationalisation and modernisation of key areas of Parliament’s Administration (building policy, IT modernisation, environmental policy, staff policy).








A.   Enhancing the security and cybersecurity of Parliament

A.1.   Cooperation with national authorities and the other institutions









68.


Enhanced security cooperation with the national authorities of host countries, and the Belgian authorities in particular, as well as with the other EU institutions, continued in 2017, and significant progress was made in a number of areas:












69.


In 2015 the Belgian authorities embarked on a security study with a view to establishing an urban planning framework for security requirements in the European quarter. The needs and wishes of the institutions were fully incorporated into the specifications for that study. A monitoring committee, consisting of stakeholders from the competent Brussels authorities and representatives of the European institutions, was set up. Parliament’s administration attended several meetings in 2017, representing Parliament’s interests as regards the security of its vicinity. The final version of the report was published in December 2017. It will be up to the Brussels authorities, working in coordination with Parliament and the other institutions, to decide what measures to implement and how.












70.


As regards the measures to strengthen the security and safety of Parliament’s main Strasbourg and Brussels buildings by setting up perimeters around them, the representations being made to the Belgian and French authorities in support of these projects have been continuing and have proved fruitful.
In Brussels, the ‘pedestrianisation’ of rue Wiertz has been in force since 1 July 2017; in Strasbourg, work has begun on security perimeter fences around the Winston Churchill and Salvador de Madariaga Buildings (Quai du Bassin de l’Ill) and at the foot of the embankment (Promenade Alcide de Gasperi) along the curved façade of the Louise Weiss Building.












71.


Regarding the security vetting by the Belgian authorities of all employees of outside firms working at the EU institutions, the memorandum of understanding signed in October 2016 between the EU institutions and the government of the Kingdom of Belgium provides for all external service providers to be screened as a matter of course, and this entered into force in February 2017. Parliament’s administration endeavoured in 2017 to conclude similar agreements with the Luxembourg and French authorities.












72.


As part of their efforts to step up security at Parliament’s premises, the administration of the Parliament sought to make the Brussels unloading bay more secure, bearing in mind that the risks could be greatly reduced if most of the deliveries were moved to an outside location. An interinstitutional project for a common warehouse was launched in 2017 together with the Council and the Commission.




A.2.   iPACS project









73.


The integrated Physical Access Control System (iPACS) project was adopted by the Bureau on 9 March 2015 with a view to acquiring new security techniques to step up security in Parliament by giving it modern, integrated, non-invasive technological tools capable of assimilating future technological developments.












74.


In accordance with the Bureau decision, a schedule for the phasing in of the system at the three places of work over an estimated time span of five years was drawn up. The implementation continued in 2017.




A.3.   Measures to make Parliament’s buildings more secure









75.


Since 2014 the Bureau has taken a series of decisions to tailor security and protection arrangements at Parliament’s buildings, which were designed and acquired before terrorism became widespread, to the new types of risk now faced. In April 2016 the Bureau approved a general update on all the security work and investments previously approved for Brussels and Strasbourg and the scheduling thereof for 2016 and 2017.












76.


In tandem with that, the Bureau also adopted a series of measures to step up security and the level of protection of Parliament’s central buildings in Brussels and Strasbourg against risks of intrusion or terrorist attack by creating an external perimeter around them.












77.


Against this background, the Bureau had asked for the entrances to all Parliament buildings at the three places of work to be improved and reorganised on the basis of a new security concept able to guarantee a sound and safe working environment for parliamentary activities while retaining the openness to the public that is the hallmark of Parliament. These measures were continued in 2017.




A.4.   Internalisation of drivers









78.


In 2017, the internalisation of Members’ transport service, adopted by the Bureau at its meeting of 11 April 2016, was implemented. The main objective of the internalisation was the improvement of the security of Members as Parliament is able to conduct security screenings of drivers before employment and to provide continuous training and monitoring of its staff. The recruitment of 116 drivers and dispatchers was completed.




A.5.   ICT Security









79.


From 1 January 2017, the administrative entity of the Chief ICT Security Officer (CISO) was established. It consists of the ICT Security Unit with two departments i.e. Security Management and Security Operations. With an increase in the number and complexity of cyber threats, IT security is a top priority for the European Parliament. The CISO entity is now the central contact point for all matters related to IT security in ICT systems. It delivers quick response to incidents and develops policies regarding information security, ensuring their correct implementation and application at a technical and operational level, whilst implementing security risk assessments and supporting the security development lifecycle for ICT projects.




B.   Impact of the Brexit









80.


On 29 March 2017, the United Kingdom invoked Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union and is thus due to leave the EU on 29 March 2019.












81.


The Brexit declaration had a considerable impact on committee secretariats, research units and horizontal services of the political Directorates-General, which were called upon to follow this process and to prepare analytical material based on fact-finding work to consider the impact of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal on the policy areas and legislation in their respective fields. Dozens of Brexit Impact Studies across a broad range of policy areas were made publicly available on the Internet site of the European Parliament.




C.   Enhancing the work of Parliament — empowering Members in their mandate

C.1.   Searching for and managing knowledge









82.


In addition to answering numerous enquiries from Members or their offices, in 2017 the ‘Members’ Research Service’ (MRS) has also generated an increasing number of publications for Members and the institution as a whole, all designed to being clear, content-rich, accessible and easy to read.












83.


There are several types of publications, which differ in length and detail. ‘At a glance notes’ provide a one-to-two page summary of a topic whereas ‘Briefings’ offer a more detailed overview of a policy, issue or piece of legislation and have a length of up to twelve pages. A much more comprehensive and detailed analysis of the same is provided by ‘In-depth Analyses and Studies’. Overall, in 2017 the MRS generated 677 print publications, out of which 259 were ‘At a glance notes’, 383 ‘Briefings’ and 35 ‘In-depth Analyses and Studies.’












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In 2017, the MRS has also worked closely with the two EU advisory committees — the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions — as foreseen in the cooperation agreements signed with them in 2014, and delivered services to those bodies by responding to specific requests for research and support in other forms.












85.


Parliament’s Library, in addition to the classic library function, also provides digital and online access for Members and staff to a very wide range of knowledge sources, including many subscription-based journals, databases, and news and other information sources.












86.


Furthermore, the unit dealing with comparative law hosted in 2017 its second Annual Forum on Comparative Law, with the active participation of supreme-court justices, dedicated to the subject of ‘judicial remedies for individuals before the highest jurisdictions.’ The unit organised several conferences jointly with external partners, such as ERA (Europäische Rechtsakademie) and ELI (European Law Institute).




C.2.   Supporting political priorities









87.


In 2017, legislative activity increased as Parliament was in the mid of its 2014-2019 legislative term. This led to a higher output in the areas of Impact Assessment and European Added Value compared to previous years.












88.


Two ‘Cost of Non-Europe Reports (28)’ were published in 2017 on the topics ‘The added value of international trade and impact of trade barriers’ and ‘Procedural rights and detention conditions’. In addition to that, the fourth edition of the ‘Mapping the Cost of Non-Europe 2014-2019’ was published. Two ‘European Added Value Assessments’ were completed in 2017 on cross-border restitution claims of looted works of arts and on a statute for social and solidarity-based enterprises.












89.


With the Commission halfway through its mandate, 2017 saw a high legislative output and a significant number of legislative proposals submitted to Parliament and consequently in the number of Commission impact assessments requiring appraisal: 42 initial appraisals were produced by Parliament’s administration. Furthermore, 11 ‘European Implementation Assessments’, were produced.












90.


A broad range of forward-looking studies, workshops and other activities, at the request of the ‘Science and Technology Options Assessment (STOA) Panel’ of 25 Members of the European Parliament, nominated by nine parliamentary committees, were organised during the year. In 2017, 24 publications were produced in this field and published on the Parliament’s Website.












91.


The Global Trends Unit continued to work on identifying, tracking and analysing medium- and long-term global trends in the international economic, social, political and geo-political environments, and their implications for the EU policy process. It focuses on strategic foresight and keeps Members informed about trends and their potential policy implications, by publishing briefings and organising seminars. During 2017, the unit published two editions of its new Global Trendometer. This publication draws attention to specific trends on a bi-annual basis. It also published a major strategic foresight study on ‘Global Trends to 2035 — Geo-politics and Power’.




C.3.   Internal policies









92.


Legislative work in the area of internal policies in 2017 was to a high degree shaped by the dossiers of the Joint Declaration. December 2016 saw, for the first time, the Parliament, the Council and the Commission agreeing on such a Joint Declaration on the EU’s legislative priorities for 2017. The administration worked hard to support committee Members on these proposals.












93.


The new Joint Declaration on the EU’s legislative priorities for 2018-2019, signed in December 2017, combines unfinished files from the 2017 Joint Declaration and adds new ones: It will be of equally great importance in the area of internal policies up to the end of the legislative term.












94.


In 2017, the number of legislative files was significantly higher compared to 2016, following a rather expected pattern. In fact, with the end of the legislative term now coming in sight, activity on legislative files picked up and for 2018 a further increase can be expected. In 2017, 392 parliamentary committee meetings and 251 trilogue meetings were organised.












95.


Two temporary committees, EMIS (Committee of Inquiry into Emission Measurements in the Automotive Sector) and PANA (Committee of Inquiry into Money Laundering, Tax Avoidance and Tax Evasion), successfully concluded their work during the year and a third one, TERR (Special Committee on Terrorism), was started. The rapid setting-up and staffing of this temporary committee was a considerable challenge due to the extra coordination efforts and work as regards staffing, offices and other organisational issues.












96.


A very substantial share of expertise needed for the work of the committees is produced in-house and this share has been increasing in the past years. In 2017, some 479 (2016: 382 and 2015: 352) internal studies and briefing papers were produced (including about 100 updates of existing ones).




C.4.   External policies









97.


In 2017, the five committee and sub-committee in the field of external policies increased their close cooperation with external stakeholders, notably with third country Missions to the EU in Brussels as well as EU delegations in third countries.












98.


The committee secretariats further encouraged interaction and synergies with national parliaments, particularly in the areas of the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP), through the preparation, execution and provision of strategic expertise and guidance to national Parliament secretariats in the context of the Inter Parliamentary Conferences organised in association with the rotating Presidencies.












99.


The delegation secretariats continued consistently to apply the working methods and modalities (the so-called reporting sheets) relating to scrutiny introduced in 2015 and revised at the beginning of 2016 and 2017. The reporting sheets ensure the effective assessment and monitoring of international agreements, the level of implementation of EU financial instruments, the impact of programmes and projects financed by the EU, the follow-up given to recommendations issued by election observation missions, the human rights situation and the monitoring legislation in force or in the making. A total of 97 detailed mission reports mostly focussed on projects financed or co-financed by the EU budget as well as International agreements in force or under negotiation and on the human rights situation in third countries. The number of reporting sheets on the Impact of legislation in force or in the making was, in contrast, much more limited, although there is scope to develop this area further. For the 2017 exercise, a new reporting sheet (Immigration, Security and Terrorism including defence issues) was introduced while the reporting sheet on human rights was extended to include a sub-section on gender-related issues. The guidelines on the reporting sheets were also amended to reflect the modifications introduced in 2017.












100.


The Policy Department implemented the results of the survey carried out in 2016 on the relevance and coverage of issues of interest to the delegations, further improving the quality of analysis, timely delivery and quality of policy options and recommendations. It organised a series of events (policy hubs, exchanges of views, a diplomacy forum and a roundtable) on various topical issues with the participation of representatives of relevant academic and think tank communities and international organisations. Two of the policy hubs focused on the impact of the future withdrawal of the UK from the EU on the Union’s external policies.












101.


The Comprehensive Democracy Support Approach (CDSA) for Parliament’s Capacity building activities was further developed. The priority list was extended to Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, Tunisia, Morocco, Peru, Myanmar, Nigeria, Tanzania and the Pan African Parliament. Furthermore, with a view to improving synergies and cooperation within the Parliament and with external partners, and enhancing the visibility of capacity building activities, two main events were organised: Tunisia Week (replicating the successful model of the Ukraine Week in 2016) and a High Level Conference on the Legislative Cycle (to which members from all parliaments of priority countries participated). The International Democracy day took place for the third time in the EP premises.












102.


In addition to 11 Election Observation Delegations, two seminars were organised with external partners, on the follow-up to recommendations and on the improvement of Parliamentarians’ accountability in election observation.












103.


Activities for the Western Balkans and Turkish parliaments were implemented in close cooperation with the partner parliaments involved, allowing a focus on issues of specific interest for them (Trans-European Networks, violence against women or public procurement).












104.


In addition, the first High-Level Round Table on the EU integration process of the Western Balkans was organised harnessing various Democracy support units and the Committee on Foreign Affairs, providing a new regional focus on the European Integration process.




C.5.   Members’ Portal and e-Portal









105.


As regards Members’ financial and social entitlements the goal of Parliament’s administration is to enhance client orientation and to reduce the administrative burden for Members. In this respect, two instruments play a major role: the Portal and the e-Portal.












106.


The Portal is a single front desk integrating all services related to financial and social entitlement formalities and became fully operational in July 2016 whereas the electronic counterpart, the e-Portal, has been accessible since January 2015. A project running from 2017-2019 incorporates major improvements to the e-Portal, such as a new graphical user interface including a version for mobile devices allowing the application to be run from tablets and smartphones.




D.   Phasing out the derogation for Irish









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In the European Parliament, all official languages are equally important: all parliamentary documents are published in all the official languages of the European Union and all Members of the European Parliament have the right to speak in the official language of their choice. It also ensures everyone is able to follow and access the Parliament’s work.












108.


Up to 31 December 2006, Irish was not included in the working languages of the EU institutions. Pursuant to an Agreement made in 1971 between Ireland and the Community, Irish was considered an official Community language, it being understood, however, that only primary legislation was drawn up in that language.












109.


On 1 January 2007, Irish became a full EU official language, however with temporary derogations for renewable periods of five years. In its Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2015/2264 (29), the Council decided to phase out the temporary derogation measures.












110.


This phasing out foresees that the number of documents to be translated in Irish should increase gradually every year between 1 January 2017 and 1 January 2021, final date for the end of the derogation.












111.


An Irish Translation Unit was created in 2017 within the Directorate-General of Translation. By the end of 2017, the Unit counted 20 staff members.




E.   Communication/making Parliament attractive to the public and visitors

E.1.   Media and Stakeholder dialogue









112.


In the field of media, numerous projects have been implemented. The Parliament’s web presence has been further consolidated with the implementation of a multiplatform approach and a new EP portal and news planet. Essential work has been done regarding increasing Parliament’s visibility on the internet when using search engines.












113.


Adaptability of the Parliament’s communication to the needs of media and other target groups is reflected in the web-project ‘Multimedia Centre’ which is an all-in-one offer for audiovisual content (photo, video or audio).












114.


Consolidating the relationship with media is also an important activity. Among others, the work done around and since the triggering of Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union by the United Kingdom and the media activities around the debate on the State of the European Union are to be mentioned. In 2017, 223 press seminars were organised in the Member States with more than 3 076 journalists. On top of that, 1 905 journalists were invited to take part in plenary sessions, centrally organised press seminars and High Level Conferences.












115.


Regarding the communication strategy in Member States, the ‘Stakeholders Dialogue’ pilot project allowed 25 events to take place in 2017, involving 14 rapporteurs from 12 Member States. Another additional 34 events were organised by the Information Offices on legislative topics different from those within the scope of the Stakeholder Dialogue project. The Information Offices contributed to reinforcing support to rapporteurs’ legislative work by offering them the possibility to discuss with stakeholders in a number of Member States a specific interest or relevance regarding the selected legislative files.




E.2.   EP Ambassador School programme









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Another milestone was the innovative approach to reach out to schools across EU Member States by means of the Ambassador School Programme. The project aims to create a continuously increasing network of schools which would be engaging with the Parliament, its Members and Information Offices. Interested schools have to apply to become part of the network and then perform teaching activities that raise awareness on European parliamentary democracy and European citizenship values. After the successful completion of the pilot phase, 700 schools were certified as EP Ambassador Schools in 2017. More than 2 600 teachers were appointed senior ambassadors, and more than 9 100 students became part of the junior ambassadors’ network.




E.3.   Visitors projects









117.


The European Parliament has been striving to improve the experience of its visitors both on the EP premises in Brussels and Strasbourg as well as on the EP’s Information Offices in the Member States. Over the past years, the need arose to introduce effective, informative and coherent reception arrangements and other facilities to all visitors in its different poles of attraction. In 2017 the Parliament pursued to improved offers to visitors in Brussels, Strasbourg and in the Information Offices. As regards the visitors’ strategy validated by the Bureau in 2015, a new set of priority projects has been identified.












118.


Implemented in 2017, the Visitors Strategy Coordination ensures the communication on and promotion of the global offer, as well as the entire marketing strategy for the visitor offer in Brussels and Strasbourg. It also manages partnerships with other EU institutions and local Belgian partners and authorities across a wide range of projects and common concerns. In 2017, this materialised in the implementation of a series of cross-communication activities.












119.


The opening of the House of European History on 4 May 2017 by the President of the European Parliament, followed by the opening to the public two days later was of major interest. In the first seven months since its opening, the House of European History has welcomed almost 100 000 visitors for its permanent and temporary exhibitions.












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Installing the most successful elements of the Brussels Parlamentarium in the Information Offices is also an important tool to improve the Parliament’s visibility. These new areas, called ‘Europa Experience’, were established in Berlin and Ljubljana in 2016 and counted 144 570 and 7 185 visitors in 2017. The Parlamentarium Simone Veil in Strasbourg was inaugurated in 2017. Preparation works have started in Copenhagen to open in 2018 and projects in Tallinn, Helsinki and Paris were approved at the end of 2017.




E.4.   Events and exhibitions









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The Parliament fosters interaction with citizens through recurrent and occasional events, in particular by celebrating the ‘Europe Day’ — the 9 May honours the Anniversary of the Declaration made by French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman in 1950. As every year, in 2017 the European Parliament organised on this occasion Open Days in its places of work, as well as in the Member States. In Brussels, this event was organised in collaboration with the other Brussels-based EU institutions. The European-Youth-Event is a recurrent event to be organised every two years and will take place for the next time in 2018.




E.5.   Lux Prize, Sakharov Prize and European Citizen’s Prize









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The LUX Prize pursues two objectives: enhancing the circulation of European films across Europe and sparking Europe-wide debate and discussion on societal issues. To these ends, the LUX Film Prize promotes the distribution of its three contending films by subtitling each of them in the EU’s 24 official languages and by producing one digital cinema package per film for each country. The award of the prize took place during the plenary session in November 2017. Winner was the film Sámi Blood from Armanda Kernell.












123.


The European Parliament supports human rights through the annual Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, established in 1988. The prize is awarded to individuals who have made an exceptional contribution to the fight for human rights across the globe, drawing attention to human rights violations as well as supporting the laureates and their cause. The 2017 laureates were the Democratic Opposition in Venezuela.












124.


Since 2008 the Parliament awards the European Citizen’s Prize every year to projects and initiatives that facilitate cross-border cooperation or promote mutual understanding within the EU. The prize, which has symbolic value, is also intended to acknowledge the work of those who through their day-to-day activities promote European values. In 2017, the European Parliament has honoured 49 people and organisations from 26 EU countries. National award ceremonies were followed by a central ceremony in October 2017 in Brussels.




E.6.   AskEP









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The Citizens’ Enquiries Unit (AskEP) answers information requests from members of the general public on the Parliament and EU issues more widely. The 2014-2019 Parliament has witnessed a significant increase in the volume of requests, mainly as a result of seemingly coordinated ‘write-in’ campaigns on topical issues. As a matter of course, the unit replies to correspondence in the official language in which the citizen has sent their letter or email. In 2017, the unit treated over 9 200 individual enquiries and 42 900‘campaign’ enquiries. Central topics of the year were the situation in Catalonia, the ongoing Brexit negotiations with questions often linked to the rights of citizens and migration policy.




E.7.   Other activities









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In 2017, the multiannual work programme for grants in the area of communication continued, covering two areas — Media and Events — for the period 2016-2019. It consists of the co-financing of projects, selected through a call for proposals in accordance with the Financial Regulation, which are aimed at raising awareness on the role of the EP, its powers and political nature; disseminating information about the EP and its activities and increasing knowledge and understanding of the three pillars around which the EP operates, namely politics, policies, and values.












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Grants in the area of Media (television, radio, on line) are implemented on the basis of multiannual partnership agreements with a limited number of media in the Member States having a minimal reach capacity, whereas grants in the area of Events are awarded directly to eligible organisations based in the Member States.




F.   Continuing to implement the multiannual programmes to rationalise and modernise key parts of Parliament’s Administration

F.1.   Buildings policy









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Buildings policy is a long-term policy that does not follow the annual rhythm of the EU budget. For the best possible results in the long term, it is necessary to plan five to 10 years ahead while bearing in mind prospective needs emerging over 20 to 25 years. Building projects often require financing over several years; proper planning is therefore fundamental for sound financial management.












129.


Building acquisition has been Parliament’s main policy related to infrastructure investment since the 1992 Edinburgh European Council decision establishing the seats of the EU institutions. Building renovation on the other hand is a relatively new activity that due to the aging building stock will grow in importance. In the coming years, major renovations of big buildings, such as the Paul-Henri Spaak Building, are expected to take place.












130.


A decision on the renovation of the Paul-Henri Spaak Building and the related measures will need to be taken by the Bureau.












131.


In 2017, building projects at the three main working places and the information offices continued as set out below:





Brussels









132.


The first phase of construction of the Martens Building was finalised in 2016 and the handover from the promoter to the Parliament took place at the end of June 2016. The second phase of the project, in which the Parliament was in charge of the fit out and the adaptation works, was finalised in December 2017. The following third phase will entail the installation of furniture and equipment. The completion of these activities and the delivery of the building is foreseen for the first semester 2018.












133.


A 21-year usufruct contract was signed at the beginning of 2016 for the new Professional Training Centre. For this purpose, the existing technically outdated building Montoyer 63 was demolished in 2017 and the building works for the training centre started at the same site. For the 24 months it will take to build the training centre, the building Belmont Court is temporarily leased from the same provider.












134.


Studies concerning the Wayenberg crèche extension (project approved by the Bureau in November 2016) have been completed. A tender procedure was organised in 2017. Works are planned to start around March 2018. Their duration is expected to be 22 months. Provisional acceptance is expected at the end of 2019 for an opening at the beginning of 2020. The crèche was initially opened in 2005 and the site is owned by Parliament.












135.


The House of European History, hosted in the Eastman building, opened in May 2017. Architecturally, the project has taken an existing building, not designed as a museum, and transformed it into an example of cutting edge contemporary architecture and design offering a suitable environment for a major new museum.












136.


At its meeting of 12 June 2017, the Bureau decided to exercise the contractual option to purchase the Trèves I Building for the price of EUR 1 000.












137.


As requested by the Bureau, a concept for the possible future use of the House of the artist Wiertz and its garden was elaborated in 2017. However, the finalisation of a public-public partnership is still ongoing.





Luxembourg









138.


The KAD (Konrad Adenauer) project constitutes the main axis of Parliament’s property policy in Luxembourg. The new KAD building will consolidate activities in Luxembourg in one building complex with a view to rationalising costs. The project comprises two phases: the construction on the ‘East site’ and the construction on the ‘West site’. Completion of the east site works is foreseen in three steps. In October 2018 reception of the Tower and the zone ‘PQRS’, in April 2019 reception of the remaining building except the conference centre and in July 2019 reception of the conference centre. Completion of the west site works is scheduled for January 2022. Following the Bureau decision of 6 July 2015, the decision on the future of the old KAD building is left for the beginning of the next term. As in previous years, the Committee on Budgets authorised in 2017 a year-end transfer for the pre-financing of the project. This transfer amounted to EUR 40,85 Mio (see section I. H. on transfers).





Strasbourg









139.


The Havel Building, originally constructed in 1955, used to be owned by the Council of Europe. It was bought by Parliament in 2012 and has been completely renovated and upgraded in a two-part project: refurbishment of the building proper and construction of a footbridge to link it to the Pierre Pflimlin Building and landscaping of the surrounding area. The building was brought into use in April 2017.












140.


In the framework of the modernisation of the welcome areas, the Parlamentarium Simone Veil opened in July 2017.





Information Offices









141.


In Ljubljana, the specific fitting-out work in the new Europe House was completed in 2016. The opportunity was taken to install interactive ‘Europa Experience’ features in the public area in order to make it more attractive. The inauguration took place on 3 March 2017.












142.


In accordance with the Bureau decision of 12 December 2016, Parliament — acting as lead institution — launched a property market search jointly with the Commission with the aim of finding a building for the new Europe House in Rome. In the course of the survey, an assessment has been made of close to 40 buildings offered by six estate agencies. A visit by the political authorities in spring 2018 is envisaged.












143.


At its meeting of 13 November 2017, the Bureau approved the signature of a lease for the 51, Blvd Haussmann building in Paris for the usage as House of Europe together with the European Commission.












144.


The lease on the Europe House in Stockholm will expire on 31 March 2018. The premises have been occupied by Parliament’s Information Office and the Commission Representation since 2008. An offer by the owner of the building was received in 2017, proposing a three-year extension of the lease. Following a comparative study of prices on the local market which confirmed that the proposed rent increase was in line with market prices, the Administration was authorised by the Working Party on Buildings, Transport and a Green Parliament to conclude a supplementary agreement extending the current lease by three years.












145.


The contract regarding the fitting-out of two floors of the building housing the Europe House in Sofia was signed in December 2017. The works will be carried out in 2018.












146.


At its meeting of 13 December 2017, the Bureau endorsed the proposal to establish a joint European Parliament and European Commission Information Point at the new Central Library of Helsinki. The proposed lease will run for 10 years and can be renewed.












147.


At its meeting of 13 December 2017, the Bureau endorsed the proposal to rent additional space on the ground floor of the Europe House in Tallinn with a view to transforming the public area into a genuine Europa Experience installation. An addendum to the current lease will be signed.












148.


The Europe House in Dublin is jointly used with the Commission Representation (lead institution). On 12 June 2017, the Bureau approved an amendment to the Administrative Arrangement with the Commission to extend the current subtenancy until 15 September 2019.












149.


The Bureau, at its meeting of 13 November 2017, approved the proposals to modernise the facilities at the Jean Monnet House in Bazoches in order to upgrade the visitor experience and to purchase a plot of land adjacent to the Jean Monnet site.





Maintenance policy









150.


A multiannual maintenance and upkeep programme has been introduced. There were a number of key developments in 2017.












151.


As regards Brussels, cases in point are the completion of two terraces on parts of the roofs of the Spinelli Building, the renovation of the paintings and technical installations of the Sports Centre, fitting-out of the Members’ Portal and supply of hybrid cars. The zone ‘Sanitary Facilities’ was put in service in the Brandt Building. The second installation phase of water fountains connected to the water network was completed. The recovery of two power supplies from the distribution network to the high voltage cabins in the Spaak and Spinelli buildings cables allows to ensure a redundancy in case of problems with the active source.












152.


In Strasbourg, action taken in 2017 chiefly involved the beginning of regular maintenance works in the Havel Building after the building had been brought into use, the setting up of a connection system for auxiliary cooling units, the continuation of maintenance refurbishment work in the tower of the Weiss Building and the installation of charging stations for electric vehicles.












153.


Following the collapse of the Strasbourg Chamber ceiling and its immediate rebuilding in 2008, as a precautionary measure Parliament had the ceilings of the main rooms and circulation areas in the Louise Weiss Building inspected. As a result, a number of defects and instances of non-compliance with building regulations and industry standards were established. Parliament brought legal proceedings against an insurance company. In view of the highly technical nature of this issue, the court appointed a panel of three experts to determine the causes of the problems and put a figure on the damage caused to Parliament. That panel also addressed a further problem that had been detected: the poor state of repair of the flocking on the structural steelwork supporting the roof of the building. After the technical aspects had been wound up, the main works proceeded in 2016 and were completed in 2017. As far as the claims are concerned, Parliament accepted a compensation of EUR 20 Mio proposed by the insurance company, with a view to bringing an end to the legal disputes.












154.


With regard to maintenance work in Luxembourg, the cold generation was modified with a view to realising savings in energy. Other maintenance work included the reinforcement of physical security in the Schuman and Senningerberg buildings by the replacement of the key systems, the maintenance of carpets in the corridors of the Adenauer Building and painting remakes in Tower B.




F.2.   Environmental policy









155.


The European Parliament recognises that it has a duty to make a positive contribution to sustainable development as a long-term goal, not only through its political role and its role in legislative procedures, but also in the context of how it operates and the decisions that it makes on a day-to-day basis.












156.


Due to this environmental commitment, the European Parliament uses the Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS), which is a management instrument of the European Union for private and public organisations to evaluate and improve their environmental performance in accordance with the EMAS Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 (2). The European Parliament is EMAS-registered at all three places of work since December 2007. Following the last re-certification audit, the registration was successfully extended until December 2019.












157.


In accordance with Parliament’s Environmental Manual, the Environmental Policy had been established by the Bureau and signed by the President and the Secretary-General on behalf of the Institution, first in 2007 and in a revised form in 2010. As the Environmental Policy should be renewed during each legislative term, a revised document was approved by the Bureau and signed by the President and the Secretary-General in 2016. In 2017, the EMAS Action Plan of the year was successfully implemented.












158.


Overall, the Eco-Management System at the European Parliament is successful. All the 2016 mid-term KPI targets were achieved by 2016, and for many indicators the actual performance significantly exceeded the target level. New ambitious KPI targets were adopted by the Steering Committee for Environmental Management on 26 September 2017 in the areas gas, oil and district heating consumption, renewable energy percentage (new), electricity, paper and water consumption, waste recycling, reduction of non-recycled waste, reduction of food waste (new) and green public procurement (new).












159.


One of the main objectives of Parliament is to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 30 % by 2020. By 2016, Parliament had already achieved a considerable reduction of 27,2 % compared to 2006. At its meeting of 23 October 2017, the Bureau approved the new reduction target of its carbon dioxide emissions by at least 40 % in 2030 compared to 2006. The new target for the period beyond 2020 is based on a comprehensive approach, building on the experience acquired by working on reaching the current target and applying Parliament’s environmental management system in general. It takes into account the evolution of this performance indicator during the last years, best practice models as well as proportionality, feasibility and new developments in the European Parliament itself. Defining a new long-term CO2 emissions target allows for medium and long-term planning and sends a strong signal of practical commitment to the broader emission reduction targets at EU level, affirming the willingness on the part of the European Parliament to lead by example in this effort.












160.


Whereas Parliament’s environmental policy is based on preventing or limiting emissions first, carbon offsetting is a useful and compensatory measure to combat climate change. Since 2016, the European Parliament is the first EU institution to become carbon neutral, because after making all possible efforts to reduce its CO2 emissions it offsets 100 % of its irreducible emissions.












161.


One element of Parliament’s Environmental Policy is the commitment to ‘Green Public Procurement’ (GPP), which is defined in the European Commission’s Communication on Public Procurement for a better environment as: ‘a process whereby public authorities seek to procure goods, services and works with a reduced environmental impact throughout their life cycle when compared to goods, services and works with the same primary function that would otherwise be procured’ (3).




F.3.   Catering policy









162.


Efforts continued in 2017 to modernise catering within Parliament until 2019 as laid down in the Bureau decision of 10 June 2013 on ‘Parliament’s future catering policy 2014-2019 — Guidelines for modernisation’.












163.


A major element of the catering policy are unsubsidised ‘fixed price’ contracts. In Brussels and Strasbourg, new contracts unsubsidised by Parliament had already entered into force in 2015 and 2016 respectively. The food offer was gradually diversified and new canteens and restaurants were opened. In Luxembourg, the timing of contractual changes will be aligned with the conclusion of the construction of the new Adenauer building.












164.


In order to improve health and well-being at the workplace, it was decided to favour food options considered healthy and to support more sustainable food choices at Parliament’s catering facilities. The latest restaurant/catering and vending service contracts have included requirements on fair trade aspects, transition to better diets, healthier lifestyles and combatting food waste. The tenders have also integrated criteria like seasonal products, animal welfare and a vegetarian offer.












165.


Giving away unsold food to charity is also making its way as a good practice in Parliament’s canteens and sale points. Another element of the catering policy is the further reduction of the use of bottled mineral water in meetings and the installation of water fountains in passageway areas.




F.4.   Modernisation of information technologies









166.


The renewed Bureau’s Working Group con ICT Innovation Strategy met three times in 2017, providing a renewed impetus on implementing the 2014-2019 Strategic Orientations and consolidating shared vision for digital transformation in the EP.












167.


In the framework of the strategic objectives 2016-2019, substantial progress has been made on enriching the spectrum of services provided to the users, in particular through strategic projects such as eParliament, ICT4MEP, the deployment of the new EP Intranet, and the Application’s Strategy framework. New projects that have started in 2017, such as ‘From Tablet to Hybrid’ and ‘Mainstreaming Innovation’ contribute to this approach and will reinforce the Innovative and digital working environment of the Parliament. The state of play on the IT Plan 2017 showed that by the end of 2017, of the 293 projects planned, 74 % were completed or ongoing.












168.


The ‘From Tablet to Hybrid’ project aims at a phased large deployment of hybrid portables to replace desktops in order to support the mobility strategy. The pilot phase is ongoing and positive and encouraging results have been received. The devices will offer additional features and integrated communication tools, opening up for important opportunities in mobility policies, teleworking and working space management.












169.


On 18 October 2017, the Publishing Service Desk (PSD) opened its doors. Designed to support MEPs, political groups, committees and DGs, the PSD supports any publishing need for communication activities within the Parliament and offers help with graphic design, printing, multimedia, and web projects.












170.


In 2017, the Parliament’s administration prepared for the migration of the European Parliament’s IT systems from Windows 7 with Office 2013, to Windows 10 with Office 2016. The pilot phase is now completed and some 200 users have been migrated to the new platform. An upgrade of over 19 121 workstations and more than 400 EP IT aplications is required, with several teams working in parallel to deliver a smooth migration. The deployment phase is scheduled to start at the beginning of 2018. This new platform will bring a more modern and collaborative IT environment to the Parliament.












171.


In 2017, the Financial Management System (FMS) project on the introduction of SAP continued. The aim is to improve the visibility and availability of decision-critical information on available resources (human, IT and financial) and their use, achieve efficiencies by standardising and automating key central financial processes, and provide a solution to the approaching technical obsolescence of existing IT applications, in particular the general and budgetary accounting systems and the payments system.












172.


The evolving scenario of cooperation in the framework of the CII (Interinstitutional Committee on Informatics) required a stronger involvement in joint projects teams from the onset on challenging topics such as mobility and the digital workplace.












173.


Two important international cooperation projects have taken form during 2017, one with the United Nation’s High-Level Committee on Management Secretariat on the digitalisation of the Assembly decision-making processes and one with the Interparliamentary Union on the establishment of a Global Centre on Innovation in Parliaments. Both projects should be operational in the first part of 2018 but they already represent an important investment of in the light of the strategic objective to support technological innovation in favour of strenghtening democracy.




F.5.   Human resources management









174.


In 2017, the update of the internal rules on human resources management continued and improvements in several processes were implemented. In relation to the recruitment of officials and temporary agents, a paperless approach was introduced for requests for recruitment and changes to contractual conditions. For the recruitment of contract staff, procedures were also simplified by the possibility for candidates to provide scanned copies of documents needed for their recruitment. As regards staff development, the actions included the career guidance and counselling services as well as the organisation, for the first time, of a Career Day in Brussels and Luxembourg. Training of staff continued with over 22 000 participants in the training courses in 2017. The quality of the training courses offered remains perceived as good, as the overall client satisfaction evaluation on administration, course content and trainer skills was 87 % in 2017 (the target is at least at 80 %).












175.


The issue of equal opportunities remains a key component of Parliament’s human resource management policy. The action plan for the promotion of gender equality and diversity for the current legislature, i.e. until 2019, contains specific objectives and in 2017 the implementation of the related measures was continued.












176.


Following allegations of sexual harassment, the bureau discussed this issue during a meeting of 23 October 2017. The Parliament took these allegations very seriously and follows a zero tolerance policy. The Parliament disposed already of the necessary structures and procedures in order to deal with such matters efficiently and in full confidentiality for the victims, in the form of the ‘Advisory Committee dealing with harassment complaints between Accredited Parliamentary Assistants (APAs) and Members and its prevention in the workplace.’ As it is indicated in the report that the Advisory Committee submitted to the Bureau in January 2017, no complaint for sexual harassment had been brought before this Committee, which had already dealt with several cases of psychological harassment. A brochure entitled ‘Zero harassment in the workplace — a guide for Members of the European Parliament’ was drawn up by the Advisory Committee and distributed to all Members at the beginning of September 2017. On 26 October 2017, the Plenary decided on a resolution on the issue combating sexual harassment and abuse in the EU.












177.


Since November 2016, an occasional teleworking scheme for the Secretariat-General of the European Parliament is in place. Whilst safeguarding the interests of the service and the effective organisation of the institution’s work, the Parliament wished to implement flexible, modern staff management arrangements in order to improve performance and staff motivation by promoting a better work-life balance. Occasional teleworking makes it possible for staff members to work at home on an ad hoc basis, for a maximum of three consecutive calendar days and on no more than 36 working days per calendar year. In September 2017, the Directorate-General for Personnel (DG PERS) conducted a survey amongst management and staff on the first year of experience with the occasional teleworking scheme. It forms part of DG PERS’ project on structural teleworking; the evaluation of the survey is ongoing. If the evaluation indicates that further steps towards structural teleworking are to be taken, the project foresees several structural and policy elements which will need to be implemented.












178.


When the Staff Regulations of Officials were revised and the 2014-2020 multiannual financial framework was adopted, an interinstitutional agreement was concluded in which provision was made for reducing posts on each institution’s establishment plan by 1 % annually over five years. Due to specific new needs arising within Parliament, measures to cut posts will be extended for a further year until 2019.












179.


For the 2017 budget 76 additional posts have been authorised for political groups. The conciliation agreement on the 2017 budget (4) established that these posts would be fully offset by an equivalent reduction in posts on the establishment plan for Parliament’s Administration, as a result of which a total of 136 posts were abolished in 2017, at Secretariat level.












180.


In addition, 20 posts have been transferred from the Parliament to the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions (12 and 8 posts respectively), reflecting the end of the transfer of posts foreseen in the administrative cooperation agreement signed with two committees on 5 February 2014. This agreement provided for up to 80 staff to be transferred on voluntary basis from the Committees to the Parliament in support of building up the Parliament’s Research Service, while a total of 60 posts were effectively transferred to the Parliament by 1 January 2016 (36 from the EESC and 24 from the CoR). 26 additional posts were granted to the institution as part of the phasing out of the Irish-language derogation and exempted from the application of the Interinstitutional agreement on the 5 % staff reduction target.












181.


The main changes to Parliament’s organisational set-up and management are summarised in the table below:

Table 19


Summary of restructuring changes in Parliament’s Secretariat in 2017







Directorate-General


Restructuring and modernisation




DG PRES
Presidency


Overall, 2017 was a year of stability and consolidation of the organisational structure of DG PRES. After the departure of the Director of the Directorate for Relations with National Parliaments, the deputy Secretary-General took over the responsibility of the Directorate until the nomination of a new Director. The acting Director of the Directorate for the Plenary continued in 2017 as no new Director has been nominated. There were also changes concerning a number of other management posts.




DG IPOL
Internal Policies


The overall organisational structure of DG PRES remained stable in 2017. The staffing of the Special Committee on Terrorism (TERR) was nearly concluded with up to 26 IPOL staffers having being redeployed to temporary committees from their units of origin since the beginning of the legislative term.




DG EXPO
External Policies


In 2017, no significant organisational or management changes occurred.




DG EPRS
Parliamentary Research Services


During 2017, the Policy Cycle Unit and the Ex-Post Impact Assessment Unit were merged into a single entity, known as the Ex-Post Evaluation Unit, to benefit from existing synergies and optimise the use of resources.




DG COMM
Communication


A new Director-General was appointed on 1 February 2017. In December 2017, the Bureau adopted a proposal for the reorganisation of DG COMM. The most significant changes foreseen include the creation of a Campaigns Directorate and a Visitors Directorate. The new structure now includes five Directorates — Media, Campaigns, Visitors, Liaison Offices and Resources.




DG PERS
Personnel


The Screening Working Group set up within DG Personnel with a view to making the organisation of work more efficient had issued its final report in 2016. The results of the ‘Screening’ working group were implemented by a re-organisation, which was approved by the Secretary-General in July 2017 and entered into force on 1 October 2017. This involved the following re-structure, aligned with new scopes of tasks:






—


the move of the Equality and Diversity Unit to Directorate C,










—


the creation of the Interinstitutional Relations and Social Dialogue Service,










—


the creation of the Front Office and APA Unit, replacing the former Unit Relations with Personnel,










—


the creation of the Strategic HR Planning Unit, replacing the former Internal Organisation Unit,










—


the split of the Payroll and Individual Entitlements Unit in two respective units,










—


the creation of the Working Time & Childcare Facilities Unit, regrouping services of the former Social Action Unit and Career Management Unit (new Career Development & Ethics Unit),










—


a new Human Resources & Strategic Monitoring Unit (former HR Unit),










—


a new Financial Resources Unit (former Financial Resources and Controls Unit).




The re-organisation implied five heads of unit taking up new functions, as well as a number of staff being subject to a reassignment of tasks.




DG INLO
Infrastructure and Logistics


In 2017, DG INLO continued its strategy of reorganisation and rationalisation of certain sectors of activity. A new Unit named ‘Ex-Ante Control and Public Procurement Coordination Unit’ was created in May 2017, merging two prior services. In addition, in each Directorate a procurement service was created and directly attached to the Director. A central service in charge of managing financial initiation has also been introduced progressively since mid-2017. On 1 September 2017, the Conference Ushers Unit was transferred to DG INTE.




DG INTE
Interpretation and Conferences


Together with the transfer of the Conference Ushers Unit, further efforts were also launched internally to structure and streamline the logistical support to conferences. On 11 December 2017, a new strategy for the modernisation of conference management was adopted by the Bureau and DG INTE was entrusted with its administrative and logistical implementation. In order to follow up on these decisions, a new Directorate for Conference Organisation was created.




DG TRAD
Translation


In February 2017, an Irish Translation Unit was created in order to comply with Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2015/2264 on the extending and phasing out of the temporary derogation measures concerning Irish. By the end of 2017, the Unit counted 20 staff members.




DG FINS
Finance


In September 2017, the Compliance Monitoring Unit was created under the direct responsibility of the Director-General of DG FINS. Following an evaluation with the aim to improve services provided by the administration to accredited parliamentary assistants (APAs), the Secretary-General decided in October 2017 to transfer several functions from DG FINS to DG PERS. These include ‘front desk’ activities and activities related to the recruitment of APAs and their missions. In addition, the Members’ Professional Training Service was transferred. The transfers took effect in 2018.




DG ITEC
Innovation and Technological Support


From 1 January 2017, the administrative entity of the Chief ICT Security Officer (CISO) was established. It consists of the ICT Security Unit with two departments, i.e. Security Management and Security Operations.




DG SAFE
Security and Safety


In June 2016 the Bureau approved the setting up of a new Protection Unit within the Directorate for Proximity and Assistance, Security and Safety. The procedure for filling the head-of-unit post was completed in early 2017.








IV.   LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES








Table 1.

Use of appropriations
4










Table 2.

Main reasons for cancellations of automatic carryovers from 2016 to 2017
7










Table 3.

Movement in revenue between 2016 and 2017
8










Table 4.

Main reasons for cancellations in 2017 of appropriations for the year
9










Table 5.

Transfers by legal basis
9










Table 6.

Analysis of C transfers by expenditure category and purpose
10










Table 7.

Appropriations committed in 2017 as against those committed in 2016
11










Table 8.

Appropriations committed in 2017 as against those committed in 2016: Chapter 1 0
13










Table 9.

Appropriations committed in 2017 as against those committed in 2016: Chapter 1 2
14










Table 10.

Appropriations committed in 2017 as against those committed in 2016: Chapter 1 4
16










Table 11.

Appropriations committed in 2017 as against those committed in 2016: Chapter 1 6
17










Table 12.

Appropriations committed in 2017 as against those committed in 2016: Chapter 2 0
18










Table 13.

Appropriations committed in 2017 as against those committed in 2016: Chapter 2 1
19










Table 14.

Appropriations committed in 2017 as against those committed in 2016: Chapter 2 3
21










Table 15.

Appropriations committed in 2017 as against those committed in 2016: Chapter 3 0
21










Table 16.

Appropriations committed in 2017 as against those committed in 2016: Chapter 3 2
22










Table 17.

Appropriations committed in 2017 as against those committed in 2016: Chapter 4 0
24










Table 18.

Appropriations committed in 2017 as against those committed in 2016: Chapter 4 2
25










Table 19.

Summary of restructuring changes in Parliament’s Secretariat in 2017
38










Figure 1.

Breakdown of 2017 commitments by chapter
12










Figure 2.

Appropriations committed in 2017 as against those committed in 2016, by chapter
13










Figure 3.

Parliament staff by gender
15










Figure 4.

Contract staff by function group and gender in 2017
17





(1)  OJ L 298, 26.10.2012, p. 1.

(2)  OJ L 362, 31.12.2012, p. 1.

(3)  Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013 of 2 December 2013 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 884).

(4)  As per 1.3.2018.

(5)  Articles 13(1) and 13(4) of the Financial Regulation.

(6)  Articles 13(1), 13(2)(a) and 13(5) of the Financial Regulation.

(7)  With the exception of internal assigned revenue defined in point (g) of Article 21(3) — revenue from lettings. Under Article 14(b) of the Financial Regulation, that revenue is carried over automatically instead of being carried over for one year only.

(8)  Article 14(a) of the Financial Regulation.

(9)  Articles 14(b) and 21(3)(g) of the Financial Regulation.

(10)  Assigned revenue.

(11)  Assigned revenue, including the payment of the insurance company in relation to the collapse of the Strasbourg Chamber ceiling in 2008.

(12)  Decision by the institution to transfer appropriations within a given article.

(1)  Please note that the small discrepancy between the figures is due to the rounding.

(13)  Article 10 of the Statute for Members of the European Parliament.

(14)  This allowance is paid in accordance with Article 9 of the Statute for Members of the European Parliament, whose terms can be summarised as follows: Members of the European Parliament who have served for a minimum period of one year are entitled at the end of their term to receive a transitional allowance corresponding to the parliamentary salary. It is paid from the first day of the month following the cessation of their duties. This entitlement continues — for not less than six months and for not more than 24 months — for one month per year of term of office in the European Parliament.

(15)  On the basis of the transitional provisions under Article 75 of the Implementing Measures for the Statute for Members of the European Parliament, and pursuant to Annex III to the Rules on Payment of Expenses and Allowances to Members of the European Parliament (‘PEAM rules’). The Statute for Members of the European Parliament entered into force on 14 July 2009.

(16)  Function group I covers manual and administrative support service tasks; function group II covers clerical and secretarial tasks, office management and other equivalent tasks; function group III covers executive tasks, drafting, accountancy and other equivalent technical tasks; and function group IV covers administrative, advisory, linguistic and equivalent technical tasks.

(17)  Court of Auditors, Ombudsman, Translation Centre, Commission meetings in Luxembourg and, in part, Committee of the Regions.

(18)  The figures refer to attendances and not to persons. One person can attend several courses in the same field.

(19)  NB: Assigned revenue for this item — from parental contributions — totalled EUR 4 174 992 at 31 December 2017.

(20)  All 2017 data are based on the settlement of missions as of 4 March 2018.

(21)  Article 10(4) of the Treaty on European Union.

(22)  Article 2(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2004/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 November 2003 on the regulations governing political parties at European level and the rules regarding their funding (OJ L 297, 15.11.2003, p. 1).

(23)  Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2004/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 November 2003 on the regulations governing political parties at European level and the rules regarding their funding (OJ L 297, 15.11.2003, p. 1).

(24)  Service providers, trainees, paying agents and employees engaged by Members under contracts governed by national law.

(25)  Average calculated on the basis of 751 Members (including, accordingly, Members having contracts only with accredited assistants or only with local assistants).

(26)  Notably the Bureau decision of 9 March 2016 adopting the Preliminary Draft Estimates 2017 and the underlying Report of the Secretary-General and the Resolution of 14 April 2016 on Parliaments estimates (…) 2017.

(27)  Set of strategic projects adopted by Parliament’s administration and to be implemented over a period of 3 years. The Annual Activity Reports of the Authorising officers by Delegation were taken as a basis.

(28)  These reports analyse the potential benefit of future action by the Union in policy areas where greater efficiency or a collective public good could be realised through common action at European level.

(29)  Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2015/2264 of 3 December 2015 extending and phasing out the temporary derogation measures from Regulation No 1 of 15 April 1958 determining the languages to be used by the European Economic Community and Regulation No 1 of 15 April 1958 determining the languages to be used by the European Atomic Energy Community introduced by Regulation (EC) No 920/2005 (OJ L 322, 8.12.2015, p. 1).

(2)  Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 on the voluntary participation by organisations in a Community eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS), repealing Regulation (EC) No 761/2001 and Commission Decisions 2001/681/EC and 2006/193/EC (OJ L 342, 22.12.2009, p. 1).

(3)  COM(2008) 400, page 4

(4)  Annex to the European Parliament legislative resolution of 1 December 2016 on the joint text on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2017 approved by the Conciliation Committee under the budgetary procedure (P8_TA(2016)0475, OJ C 224, 27.6.2018, p. 227)




ANNEX I
OVERVIEW OF C TRANSFERS DURING THE FINANCIAL YEAR 2017











(EUR)




No


To/From Chapter/Article/Item


Heading


Description of transfer/comments


Amount transferred in


Amount transferred out




C1


from Chapter


4 0


EXPENDITURE RESULTING FROM SPECIAL FUNCTIONS CARRIED OUT BY THE INSTITUTION


To cover an expected deficit by the end of the year


 


-2 200 000 




to Item


3 0 0 0


Expenses for staff missions and duty travel between the three places of work


2 200 000 


 




C2


from Chapter


1 0


MEMBERS OF THE INSTITUTION


To respond to a higher than expected demand by the end of the year


 


-1 500 000 




to Item


1 4 2 0


External translation services


1 500 000 


 




C3


from Item


2 0 0 7


Fitting-out of premises


To cover a higher level of interpretation activity resulting in an increase in demand for external interpretation


 


-1 345 860 




to Item


1 4 0 5


Expenditure on interpretation


1 345 860 


 




C4


from Item


2 0 0 7


Fitting-out of premises


 


 


-6 262 000 




from Item


2 0 2 2


Building maintenance, upkeep, operation and cleaning




to Item


2 1 0 0


Computing and telecommunications — business-as-usual operations — operations


External services for date centre business continuity


2 563 000 


 




to Item


2 1 0 3


Computing and telecommunications — business-as-usual operations — management of ICT applications


Translation related ICT applications


850 000 


 




to Item


2 1 0 4


Computing and telecommunications — investment in infrastructure


Replacement of NAS equipment and extension of VDI physical capacity


2 817 000 


 




to Item


2 3 0 0


Stationery, office supplies and miscellaneous consumables


Purchase of consumables up to year-end


32 000 


 




C5


from Item


1 4 0 1


Other staff — Security


To provide additional means for higher than expected expenses relating to external translation services


 


- 500 000 




from Item


1 2 0 2


Paid overtime




to Item


1 4 2 0


External translation services


500 000 


 




C6


From Chapter


2 0


BUILDINGS AND ASSOCIATED COSTS


Corresponds to 4,3  % of initial appropriations of the chapter.


 


-4 745 000 




to Item


2 1 4 0


Technical equipment and installations


To allow for the conference facilities renovation process to proceed in line with the original planning, replacement of the conference installations in meeting rooms in Strasbourg


4 745 000 


 




C7 (mopping up)


from Chapter


1 0


MEMBERS OF THE INSTITUTION


Corresponds to 2 % of initial appropriations of the chapter.


 


-4 087 000 




 


from Chapter


1 2


OFFICIALS AND TEMPORARY STAFF


Corresponds to 1,1  % of initial appropriations of the chapter.


 


-7 117 000 




 


from Chapter


1 4


OTHER STAFF AND EXTERNAL SERVICES


Corresponds to 0,4  % of initial appropriations of the chapter.


 


- 495 000 




 


from Chapter


1 6


OTHER EXPENDITURE RELATING TO PERSONS WORKING WITH THE INSTITUTION


Corresponds to 12,6  % of initial appropriations of the chapter.


 


-2 219 060 




 


from Chapter


2 0


BUILDINGS AND ASSOCIATED COSTS


Corresponds to 3,6  % of initial appropriations of the chapter.


 


-9 273 155 




 


from Chapter


2 1


DATA PROCESSING, EQUIPMENT AND MOVABLE PROPERTY


Corresponds to 1,3  % of initial appropriations of the chapter.


 


-2 214 209 




 


from Chapter


2 3


CURRENT ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENDITURE


Corresponds to 11 % of initial appropriations of the chapter.


 


- 648 438 




 


from Chapter


3 0


MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES


Corresponds to 4,3  % of initial appropriations of the chapter.


 


-1 406 700 




 


from Chapter


3 2


EXPERTISE AND INFORMATION: ACQUISITION, ARCHIVING, PRODUCTION AND DISSEMINATION


Corresponds to 5 % of initial appropriations of the chapter.


 


-5 435 513 




 


from Chapter


4 0


EXPENDITURE RESULTING FROM SPECIAL FUNCTIONS CARRIED OUT BY THE INSTITUTION


Corresponds to 0,8  % of initial appropriations of the chapter.


 


- 889 625 




 


from Chapter


4 2


EXPENDITURE RELATING TO PARLIAMENTARY ASSISTANCE


Corresponds to 3 % of initial appropriations of the chapter.


 


-6 200 000 




 


from Chapter


10 1


CONTINGENCY RESERVE


Corresponds to 100 % of initial appropriations of the chapter.


 


- 864 300 




 


to Item


2 0 0 1


Lease payments


Construction of the new KAD building in Luxembourg


40 850 000 


 





Total C transfers



 



57 402 860 




-57 402 860 










ANNEX II
OVERVIEW OF P TRANSFERS DURING THE FINANCIAL YEAR 2017











(EUR)




No


Chapter/Article/Item


Description of transfer


Amount transferred in


Amount transferred out





Transfers of appropriations for the year





P1



Within Article 2 0 0



 


 


 




from Item


2 0 0 5


Construction of buildings


To complete the fitting-out works of MARTENS building in Brussels


 


-11 646 420 




to Item


2 0 0 3


Acquisition of immovable property


11 646 420 


 




P2



Within Article 3 2 4



 


 


 




from Item


3 2 4 7


House of European History


To cover additional needs for the organisation of the EYE 2018 event, the implementation of the Visitors’ strategy of the Parliament, as well as the invitation of journalists and organisation of seminars


 


-3 200 000 




to Item


3 2 4 4


Organisation and reception of groups of visitors, Euroscola programme and invitations to opinion multipliers from third countries


2 700 000 


 




to Item


3 2 4 5


Organisation of seminars, symposia and cultural activities


500 000 


 




P3



Within Article 2 1 0



 


 


 




from Item


2 1 0 4


Computing and telecommunications — investment in infrastructure


Assure the continuous maintenance and support of the corporate network infrastructure; new framework contract resulting in higher costs than initially estimated.


 


-1 000 000 




to Item


2 1 0 0


Computing and telecommunications — business-as-usual operations — operations


1 000 000 


 




P4



Within Article 3 0 4



 


 


 




from Item


3 0 4 3


Miscellaneous expenditure for organising parliamentary assemblies, interparliamentary delegations and other delegations


Technical transfer of appropriations following the clarification of ‘ad hoc délégations’ concept


 


- 100 000 




from Item


3 0 4 2


Meetings, congresses and conferences


100 000 


 




P5



Within Article 1 4 0



 


 


 




from Item


1 4 0 0


Other staff — Parliament’s Secretariat and political groups


To cover expenditure arising from the secondment of national experts to the European Parliament


 


- 500 000 




to Item


1 4 0 4


Graduate traineeships, grants and exchanges of officials


500 000 


 




P6



Within Article 3 2 4



 


 


 




from Item


3 2 4 0


Official Journal


Introduction of Corporate Intranet, unplanned obsolescence of certain technologies, production of new applications, maintenance of older applications


 


- 500 000 




to Item


3 2 4 1


Digital and traditional publications


500 000 


 




P7



Within Article 2 1 0



 


 


 




from Item


2 1 0 0


Computing and telecommunications — business-as-usual operations — operations


New requests for individual IT equipment and general obsolescence replacement, mainly in light of the Windows 10 migration.


 


- 186 000 




from Item


2 1 0 1


Computing and telecommunications — business-as-usual operations — infrastructure


 


- 117 000 




from Item


2 1 0 2


Computing and telecommunications — business-as-usual operations — general support for users


 


-1 180 600 




from Item


2 1 0 3


Computing and telecommunications — business-as-usual operations — management of ICT applications


 


- 331 200 




from Item


2 1 0 5


Computing and telecommunications — investment in projects


 


- 822 000 




to Item


2 1 0 4


Computing and telecommunications — investment in infrastructure


2 636 800 


 




P8



Within Article 1 0 3



 


 


 




from Item


1 0 3 2


Survivors’ pensions (PEAM)


Exchange rate fluctuations for invalidity pensions; exceptional contribution to voluntary pension system.


 


-21 000 




to Item


1 0 3 1


Invalidity pensions (PEAM)


20 000 


 




to Item


1 0 3 3


Optional pension scheme for Members


1 000 


 




P9



Within Article 1 4 0



 


 


 




from Item


1 4 0 2


Other staff — Drivers in the Parliament’s Secretariat


To cover the increased number of paid internships (Schumann)


 


- 180 000 




to Item


1 4 0 4


Graduate traineeships, grants and exchanges of officials


180 000 


 




P10


from Item


1 4 0 2


Other staff — Drivers in the Parliament’s Secretariat


To cover the needs by the end of the year.


 


-50 000 




to Item


1 4 0 0


Other staff — Parliament’s Secretariat and political groups


50 000 


 





Total P transfers against appropriations for the year



 



19 834 220 




-19 834 220 










ANNEX III
IMPLEMENTATION OF APPROPRIATIONS DURING 2017














(EUR)




Item


Heading


Initial appropriations


Transfers / Amending Budget


Final appropriations


Amount committed


Amount paid


Commitments carried over to the following year


Appropriations cancelled


Used




(1)


(2)


(3) = (1) + (2)


(4)


(5)


(6) = (4) - (5)


(7) = (3) - (4)


(8) = (4) / (3)




1 0 0 0


Salaries


75 846 000,00 


0,00 


75 846 000,00 


75 582 239,05 


75 582 239,05 


0,00 


263 760,95 


99,65  %




1 0 0 4


Ordinary travel expenses


69 200 000,00 


-2 350 000,00 


66 850 000,00 


66 850 000,00 


58 159 024,88 


8 690 975,12 


0,00 


100,00  %




1 0 0 5


Other travel expenses


6 000 000,00 


- 300 000,00 


5 700 000,00 


5 700 000,00 


3 470 583,37 


2 229 416,63 


0,00 


100,00  %




1 0 0 6


General expenditure allowance


39 886 000,00 


- 900 000,00 


38 986 000,00 


38 910 938,44 


38 910 938,44 


0,00 


75 061,56 


99,81  %




1 0 0 7


Allowances for performance of duties


181 500,00 


0,00 


181 500,00 


162 322,21 


162 322,21 


0,00 


19 177,79 


89,43  %




1 0 1 0


Accident and sickness insurance and other social security charges


3 097 000,00 


- 908 000,00 


2 189 000,00 


2 058 839,26 


2 016 875,40 


41 963,86 


130 160,74 


94,05  %




1 0 1 2


Specific measures to assist disabled Members


775 000,00 


- 100 000,00 


675 000,00 


655 000,00 


641 838,11 


13 161,89 


20 000,00 


97,04  %




1 0 2 0


Transitional allowances


939 000,00 


- 130 000,00 


809 000,00 


645 727,51 


645 727,51 


0,00 


163 272,49 


79,82  %




1 0 3 0


Retirement pensions (PEAM)


11 450 000,00 


- 670 000,00 


10 780 000,00 


10 450 954,11 


10 450 954,11 


0,00 


329 045,89 


96,95  %




1 0 3 1


Invalidity pensions (PEAM)


303 000,00 


20 000,00 


323 000,00 


302 405,62 


302 405,62 


0,00 


20 594,38 


93,62  %




1 0 3 2


Survivors' pensions (PEAM)


2 313 000,00 


- 250 000,00 


2 063 000,00 


1 980 873,42 


1 980 873,42 


0,00 


82 126,58 


96,02  %




1 0 3 3


Optional pension scheme for Members


0,00 


1 000,00 


1 000,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


1 000,00 


0,00  %




1 0 5 0


Language and computer courses


670 000,00 


0,00 


670 000,00 


670 000,00 


302 972,29 


367 027,71 


0,00 


100,00  %




1 0 9 0


Provisional appropriation


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


—




1 2 0 0


Remuneration and allowances


645 973 700,00 


-7 000 000,00 


638 973 700,00 


637 428 655,80 


637 428 655,80 


0,00 


1 545 044,20 


99,76  %




1 2 0 2


Paid overtime


135 000,00 


-85 000,00 


50 000,00 


50 000,00 


36 896,83 


13 103,17 


0,00 


100,00  %




1 2 0 4


Entitlements in connection with entering the service, transfer and leaving the service


2 950 000,00 


0,00 


2 950 000,00 


2 950 000,00 


2 495 571,95 


454 428,05 


0,00 


100,00  %




1 2 2 0


Allowances for staff retired or placed on leave in the interests of the service


1 155 000,00 


- 117 000,00 


1 038 000,00 


944 791,98 


944 791,98 


0,00 


93 208,02 


91,02  %




1 2 2 2


Allowances for staff whose service is terminated and special retirement scheme for officials and temporary staff


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


—




1 4 0 0


Other staff — Secretariat and political groups


44 392 000,00 


- 450 000,00 


43 942 000,00 


43 861 462,94 


43 861 462,94 


0,00 


80 537,06 


99,82  %




1 4 0 1


Other staff — Security


25 233 000,00 


- 470 000,00 


24 763 000,00 


24 692 009,18 


24 692 009,18 


0,00 


70 990,82 


99,71  %




1 4 0 2


Other staff — Drivers in the Secretariat


6 169 000,00 


- 630 000,00 


5 539 000,00 


5 459 043,14 


5 459 043,14 


0,00 


79 956,86 


98,56  %




1 4 0 4


Graduate traineeships, grants and exchanges of officials


6 806 500,00 


640 000,00 


7 446 500,00 


7 168 126,55 


7 048 500,30 


119 626,25 


278 373,45 


96,26  %




1 4 0 5


Expenditure on interpretation


46 244 000,00 


1 345 860,00 


47 589 860,00 


47 589 860,00 


45 052 351,27 


2 537 508,73 


0,00 


100,00  %




1 4 0 6


Observers


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


—




1 4 2 0


External translation services


8 196 000,00 


2 000 000,00 


10 196 000,00 


9 237 085,84 


8 280 237,93 


956 847,91 


958 914,16 


90,60  %




1 6 1 0


Expenditure on recruitment


214 000,00 


-34 000,00 


180 000,00 


180 000,00 


72 603,62 


107 396,38 


0,00 


100,00  %




1 6 1 2


Further training


5 515 000,00 


-10 000,00 


5 505 000,00 


5 079 596,63 


2 724 331,17 


2 355 265,46 


425 403,37 


92,27  %




1 6 3 0


Social welfare


768 000,00 


- 290 389,00 


477 611,00 


477 204,99 


314 301,60 


162 903,39 


406,01 


99,91  %




1 6 3 1


Mobility


700 000,00 


-5 000,00 


695 000,00 


639 060,19 


555 811,95 


83 248,24 


55 939,81 


91,95  %




1 6 3 2


Social contacts between members of staff and other social measures


230 000,00 


0,00 


230 000,00 


230 000,00 


201 389,00 


28 611,00 


0,00 


100,00  %




1 6 5 0


Medical service


1 275 000,00 


- 100 000,00 


1 175 000,00 


1 087 796,26 


699 848,88 


387 947,38 


87 203,74 


92,58  %




1 6 5 2


Current operating expenditure for restaurants and canteens


1 380 000,00 


-1 200 000,00 


180 000,00 


180 000,00 


156 456,09 


23 543,91 


0,00 


100,00  %




1 6 5 4


Childcare facilities


7 162 500,00 


- 579 671,00 


6 582 829,00 


6 574 599,12 


6 193 948,52 


380 650,60 


8 229,88 


99,87  %




1 6 5 5


European Parliament contribution for accredited Type II European Schools


295 000,00 


0,00 


295 000,00 


295 000,00 


295 000,00 


0,00 


0,00 


100,00  %




2 0 0 0


Rent


37 169 000,00 


-20 000,00 


37 149 000,00 


37 096 065,45 


36 435 304,04 


660 761,41 


52 934,55 


99,86  %




2 0 0 1


Lease payments


0,00 


40 850 000,00 


40 850 000,00 


40 850 000,00 


0,00 


40 850 000,00 


0,00 


100,00  %




2 0 0 3


Acquisition of immovable property


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


—




2 0 0 5


Construction of buildings


32 970 000,00 


-1 210 000,00 


31 760 000,00 


30 972 579,33 


21 196 857,95 


9 775 721,38 


787 420,67 


97,52  %




2 0 0 7


Fitting-out of premises


84 550 000,00 


-13 823 000,00 


70 727 000,00 


67 303 369,80 


22 242 488,69 


45 060 881,11 


859 630,20 


95,16  %




2 0 0 8


Other specific property management arrangements


5 114 000,00 


-1 465 624,00 


3 648 376,00 


3 312 059,57 


2 212 843,15 


1 099 216,42 


336 316,43 


90,78  %




2 0 2 2


Building maintenance, upkeep, operation and cleaning


59 440 000,00 


-1 100 000,00 


58 340 000,00 


57 073 754,46 


39 814 013,77 


17 259 740,69 


1 266 245,54 


97,83  %




2 0 2 4


Energy consumption


16 690 000,00 


-3 077 391,00 


13 612 609,00 


13 427 610,77 


10 196 181,15 


3 231 429,62 


184 998,23 


98,64  %




2 0 2 6


Security and surveillance of buildings


18 420 000,00 


- 930 000,00 


17 490 000,00 


16 774 496,39 


14 202 929,71 


2 571 566,68 


715 503,61 


95,91  %




2 0 2 8


Insurance


784 000,00 


0,00 


784 000,00 


778 768,37 


661 810,32 


116 958,05 


5 231,63 


99,33  %




2 1 0 0


Computing and telecommunications — business-as-usual operations — operations


24 920 000,00 


3 377 000,00 


28 297 000,00 


27 914 345,51 


21 444 210,39 


6 470 135,12 


382 654,49 


98,65  %




2 1 0 1


Computing and telecommunications — business-as-usual operations — infrastructure


18 382 000,00 


- 360 300,00 


18 021 700,00 


17 883 247,82 


12 807 216,97 


5 076 030,85 


138 452,18 


99,23  %




2 1 0 2


Computing and telecommunications — business-as-usual operations — general support for users


13 588 000,00 


-1 252 496,00 


12 335 504,00 


12 330 193,94 


7 396 520,03 


4 933 673,91 


5 310,06 


99,96  %




2 1 0 3


Computing and telecommunications — business-as-usual operations — management of ICT applications


23 139 400,00 


316 187,00 


23 455 587,00 


23 411 798,04 


13 947 371,33 


9 464 426,71 


43 788,96 


99,81  %




2 1 0 4


Computing and telecommunications — investment in infrastructure


22 023 500,00 


4 453 800,00 


26 477 300,00 


26 396 935,50 


8 084 120,88 


18 312 814,62 


80 364,50 


99,70  %




2 1 0 5


Computing and telecommunications — investment in projects


28 086 500,00 


-1 830 900,00 


26 255 600,00 


26 212 627,51 


15 460 183,23 


10 752 444,28 


42 972,49 


99,84  %




2 1 2 0


Furniture


6 005 000,00 


-29 000,00 


5 976 000,00 


4 645 110,15 


741 374,53 


3 903 735,62 


1 330 889,85 


77,73  %




2 1 4 0


Technical equipment and installations


29 356 100,00 


4 613 000,00 


33 969 100,00 


32 362 691,25 


12 208 759,24 


20 153 932,01 


1 606 408,75 


95,27  %




2 1 6 0


Transport of Members, other persons and goods


4 534 000,00 


- 526 500,00 


4 007 500,00 


3 222 495,68 


2 608 103,60 


614 392,08 


785 004,32 


80,41  %




2 3 0 0


Stationery, office supplies and miscellaneous consumables


1 440 500,00 


32 000,00 


1 472 500,00 


1 299 846,57 


978 263,68 


321 582,89 


172 653,43 


88,27  %




2 3 1 0


Financial charges


40 000,00 


0,00 


40 000,00 


40 000,00 


23 580,23 


16 419,77 


0,00 


100,00  %




2 3 2 0


Legal costs and damages


1 110 000,00 


- 400 000,00 


710 000,00 


531 406,12 


220 884,80 


310 521,32 


178 593,88 


74,85  %




2 3 6 0


Postage on correspondence and delivery charges


271 000,00 


-78 900,00 


192 100,00 


160 116,73 


122 856,17 


37 260,56 


31 983,27 


83,35  %




2 3 7 0


Removals


1 434 000,00 


-89 000,00 


1 345 000,00 


1 324 850,37 


1 125 406,16 


199 444,21 


20 149,63 


98,50  %




2 3 8 0


Other administrative expenditure


1 161 000,00 


-15 000,00 


1 146 000,00 


1 128 227,88 


835 229,08 


292 998,80 


17 772,12 


98,45  %




2 3 9 0


EMAS activities, including promotion, and the European Parliament’s carbon offsetting scheme


262 500,00 


-65 538,00 


196 962,00 


196 961,24 


159 111,24 


37 850,00 


0,76 


100,00  %




3 0 0 0


Expenses for staff missions and duty travel between the three places of work


25 370 000,00 


1 500 000,00 


26 870 000,00 


26 449 999,95 


22 195 686,83 


4 254 313,12 


420 000,05 


98,44  %




3 0 2 0


Reception and representation expenses


1 015 000,00 


- 203 000,00 


812 000,00 


698 664,49 


485 447,08 


213 217,41 


113 335,51 


86,04  %




3 0 4 0


Miscellaneous expenditure on internal meetings


1 712 000,00 


0,00 


1 712 000,00 


1 145 000,00 


912 025,21 


232 974,79 


567 000,00 


66,88  %




3 0 4 2


Meetings, congresses, conferences and delegations


1 565 000,00 


86 500,00 


1 651 500,00 


1 425 473,29 


1 120 568,69 


304 904,60 


226 026,71 


86,31  %




3 0 4 3


Miscellaneous expenditure for organising parliamentary assemblies, interparliamentary delegations and other delegations


1 005 000,00 


- 510 200,00 


494 800,00 


336 995,52 


184 634,12 


152 361,40 


157 804,48 


68,11  %




3 0 4 9


Expenditure on travel agency services


2 160 000,00 


-80 000,00 


2 080 000,00 


2 080 000,00 


1 742 479,38 


337 520,62 


0,00 


100,00  %




3 2 0 0


Acquisition of expertise


9 211 500,00 


-2 634 634,00 


6 576 866,00 


6 014 129,02 


1 874 260,11 


4 139 868,91 


562 736,98 


91,44  %




3 2 1 0


Expenditure for the European Parliamentary Research Service, including the Library and the Historical Archives


8 314 000,00 


- 680 479,00 


7 633 521,00 


7 437 151,03 


3 969 836,47 


3 467 314,56 


196 369,97 


97,43  %




3 2 2 0


Documentation expenditure


2 044 000,00 


-26 500,00 


2 017 500,00 


1 983 249,40 


1 321 561,21 


661 688,19 


34 250,60 


98,30  %




3 2 3 0


Support for democracy and capacity-building for the parliaments of third countries


1 175 000,00 


0,00 


1 175 000,00 


949 050,13 


704 393,16 


244 656,97 


225 949,87 


80,77  %




3 2 4 0


Official Journal


4 500 000,00 


- 514 100,00 


3 985 900,00 


3 985 315,20 


3 985 315,20 


0,00 


584,80 


99,99  %




3 2 4 1


Digital and traditional publications


3 650 000,00 


271 700,00 


3 921 700,00 


3 883 265,51 


1 790 419,81 


2 092 845,70 


38 434,49 


99,02  %




3 2 4 2


Expenditure on publication, information and participation in public events


10 580 000,00 


- 174 000,00 


10 406 000,00 


10 305 616,80 


5 211 773,01 


5 093 843,79 


100 383,20 


99,04  %




3 2 4 3


Parlamentarium — the European Parliament Visitors' Centre


5 742 500,00 


0,00 


5 742 500,00 


5 725 267,44 


2 464 419,71 


3 260 847,73 


17 232,56 


99,70  %




3 2 4 4


Organisation and reception of groups of visitors, Euroscola programme and invitations to opinion multipliers from third countries


30 845 000,00 


1 500 000,00 


32 345 000,00 


32 311 596,07 


23 614 715,50 


8 696 880,57 


33 403,93 


99,90  %




3 2 4 5


Organisation of seminars, symposia and cultural activities


4 466 000,00 


272 500,00 


4 738 500,00 


4 712 496,80 


2 585 973,11 


2 126 523,69 


26 003,20 


99,45  %




3 2 4 6


Video and multimedia communication of the European Parliament


4 600 000,00 


0,00 


4 600 000,00 


4 600 000,00 


2 426 826,87 


2 173 173,13 


0,00 


100,00  %




3 2 4 7


House of European History


7 470 000,00 


-3 200 000,00 


4 270 000,00 


4 268 481,81 


2 069 597,37 


2 198 884,44 


1 518,19 


99,96  %




3 2 4 8


Expenditure on audiovisual information


14 490 000,00 


0,00 


14 490 000,00 


14 468 976,24 


8 784 974,92 


5 684 001,32 


21 023,76 


99,85  %




3 2 4 9


Information exchanges with national parliaments


250 000,00 


- 125 000,00 


125 000,00 


102 231,68 


99 231,68 


3 000,00 


22 768,32 


81,79  %




3 2 5 0


Expenditure relating to Information Offices


900 000,00 


- 125 000,00 


775 000,00 


741 880,94 


515 952,72 


225 928,22 


33 119,06 


95,73  %




3 2 6 1


European Science Media Hub


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


—




4 0 0 0


Current administrative expenditure and expenditure relating to the political and information activities of the political groups and non-attached Members


62 000 000,00 


-1 953 700,00 


60 046 300,00 


60 046 300,00 


59 510 495,81 


535 804,19 


0,00 


100,00  %




4 0 2 0


Funding of European political parties


31 905 000,00 


-1 031 925,00 


30 873 075,00 


30 873 074,90 


22 905 635,21 


7 967 439,69 


0,10 


100,00  %




4 0 3 0


Funding of European political foundations


19 000 000,00 


- 104 000,00 


18 896 000,00 


18 895 547,23 


14 147 095,89 


4 748 451,34 


452,77 


100,00  %




4 2 2 0


Expenditure relating to parliamentary assistance


207 991 000,00 


-6 200 000,00 


201 791 000,00 


200 971 143,35 


190 479 860,82 


10 491 282,53 


819 856,65 


99,59  %




4 4 0 0


Cost of meetings and other activities of former Members


210 000,00 


0,00 


210 000,00 


210 000,00 


210 000,00 


0,00 


0,00 


100,00  %




4 4 2 0


Cost of meetings and other activities of the European Parliamentary Association


210 000,00 


0,00 


210 000,00 


210 000,00 


210 000,00 


0,00 


0,00 


100,00  %




5 0 0 0


Operational expenditure of the Authority for European Political Parties and European Political Foundations


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


—




5 0 1 0


Expenditure related to the Committee of Independent Eminent Persons


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


—




10 1


CONTINGENCY RESERVE


864 300,00 


- 864 300,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


—





Total




1 909 590 000,00 




0,00 




1 909 590 000,00 




1 889 574 057,49 




1 599 788 766,79 




289 785 290,70 




17 451 942,51 




98,95  %










ANNEX IV
IMPLEMENTATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS CARRIED OVER AUTOMATICALLY FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR










(EUR)




Item


Heading


Appropriations carried over automatically from year N-1


Payments against automatic carryovers


Appropriations cancelled


Used




(1)


(2)


(3) = (1) - (2)


(4) = (2) / (1)




1 0 0 4


Ordinary travel expenses


7 974 405,62 


7 013 354,11 


961 051,51 


87,95  %




1 0 0 5


Other travel expenses


2 014 118,00 


1 266 714,04 


747 403,96 


62,89  %




1 0 5 0


Language and computer courses


251 517,04 


214 927,59 


36 589,45 


85,45  %




1 2 0 2


Paid overtime


14 957,45 


14 957,45 


0,00 


100,00  %




1 2 0 4


Entitlements in connection with entering the service, transfer and leaving the service


216 634,61 


216 634,61 


0,00 


100,00  %




1 4 0 2


Other staff — Drivers in the Secretariat


3 600 177,71 


3 594 283,14 


5 894,57 


99,84  %




1 4 0 4


Graduate traineeships, grants and exchanges of officials


180 511,20 


157 955,46 


22 555,74 


87,50  %




1 4 2 0


External translation services


1 048 951,56 


1 023 067,26 


25 884,30 


97,53  %




1 6 1 0


Expenditure on recruitment


65 945,02 


49 653,37 


16 291,65 


75,30  %




1 6 1 2


Further training


2 682 367,54 


2 383 515,53 


298 852,01 


88,86  %




1 6 3 0


Social welfare


144 501,45 


112 563,12 


31 938,33 


77,90  %




1 6 3 1


Mobility


111 778,55 


107 061,10 


4 717,45 


95,78  %




1 6 5 0


Medical service


294 955,93 


214 618,65 


80 337,28 


72,76  %




1 6 5 2


Current operating expenditure for restaurants and canteens


238 433,93 


238 433,93 


0,00 


100,00  %




1 6 5 4


Childcare facilities


78 689,16 


34 563,84 


44 125,32 


43,92  %




2 0 0 0


Rent


1 387 311,34 


1 349 410,70 


37 900,64 


97,27  %




2 0 0 1


Lease payments


53 500 000,00 


53 500 000,00 


0,00 


100,00  %




2 0 0 5


Construction of buildings


11 191 073,47 


10 129 450,39 


1 061 623,08 


90,51  %




2 0 0 7


Fitting-out of premises


45 403 697,92 


39 882 947,54 


5 520 750,38 


87,84  %




2 0 0 8


Other specific property management arrangements


1 079 556,98 


961 119,29 


118 437,69 


89,03  %




2 0 2 2


Building maintenance, upkeep, operation and cleaning


15 589 779,04 


13 814 512,78 


1 775 266,26 


88,61  %




2 0 2 4


Energy consumption


3 640 981,02 


2 774 606,62 


866 374,40 


76,20  %




2 0 2 6


Security and surveillance of buildings


1 525 628,46 


1 345 180,83 


180 447,63 


88,17  %




2 0 2 8


Insurance


52 784,94 


34 173,53 


18 611,41 


64,74  %




2 1 0 0


Computing and telecommunications — business-as-usual operations — operations


4 972 994,43 


4 755 116,60 


217 877,83 


95,62  %




2 1 0 1


Computing and telecommunications — business-as-usual operations — infrastructure


5 586 325,19 


5 520 175,95 


66 149,24 


98,82  %




2 1 0 2


Computing and telecommunications — business-as-usual operations — general support for users


5 039 821,57 


5 002 835,48 


36 986,09 


99,27  %




2 1 0 3


Computing and telecommunications — business-as-usual operations — management of ICT applications


4 988 872,82 


4 878 669,62 


110 203,20 


97,79  %




2 1 0 4


Computing and telecommunications — investment in infrastructure


16 335 001,18 


16 033 788,15 


301 213,03 


98,16  %




2 1 0 5


Computing and telecommunications — investment in projects


11 358 089,71 


11 166 125,88 


191 963,83 


98,31  %




2 1 2 0


Furniture


1 177 798,23 


1 167 686,91 


10 111,32 


99,14  %




2 1 4 0


Technical equipment and installations


15 764 077,29 


15 063 535,74 


700 541,55 


95,56  %




2 1 6 0


Transport of Members, other persons and goods


526 128,12 


434 356,78 


91 771,34 


82,56  %




2 3 0 0


Stationery, office supplies and miscellaneous consumables


336 961,61 


300 392,53 


36 569,08 


89,15  %




2 3 1 0


Financial charges


7 439,62 


2 908,72 


4 530,90 


39,10  %




2 3 2 0


Legal costs and damages


280 948,67 


106 842,95 


174 105,72 


38,03  %




2 3 6 0


Postage on correspondence and delivery charges


45 575,49 


30 429,37 


15 146,12 


66,77  %




2 3 7 0


Removals


258 987,56 


240 111,27 


18 876,29 


92,71  %




2 3 8 0


Other administrative expenditure


373 291,32 


301 386,52 


71 904,80 


80,74  %




2 3 9 0


EMAS activities, including promotion, and the European Parliament’s carbon offsetting scheme


104 374,20 


104 374,20 


0,00 


100,00  %




3 0 0 0


Expenses for staff missions and duty travel between the three places of work


3 524 021,17 


3 000 029,91 


523 991,26 


85,13  %




3 0 2 0


Reception and representation expenses


409 274,26 


292 586,35 


116 687,91 


71,49  %




3 0 4 0


Miscellaneous expenditure on internal meetings


274 798,49 


274 798,49 


0,00 


100,00  %




3 0 4 2


Meetings, congresses, conferences and delegations


492 333,52 


219 277,15 


273 056,37 


44,54  %




3 0 4 3


Miscellaneous expenditure for organising parliamentary assemblies, interparliamentary delegations and other delegations


114 709,48 


88 344,72 


26 364,76 


77,02  %




3 0 4 9


Expenditure on travel agency services


362 005,15 


358 103,79 


3 901,36 


98,92  %




3 2 0 0


Acquisition of expertise


4 142 588,41 


3 907 403,71 


235 184,70 


94,32  %




3 2 1 0


Expenditure for the European Parliamentary Research Service, including the Library and the Historical Archives


2 737 856,83 


2 472 500,78 


265 356,05 


90,31  %




3 2 2 0


Documentation expenditure


862 678,42 


776 657,63 


86 020,79 


90,03  %




3 2 3 0


Support for democracy and capacity-building for the parliaments of third countries


140 937,72 


108 119,12 


32 818,60 


76,71  %




3 2 4 1


Digital and traditional publications


1 728 846,48 


1 645 224,57 


83 621,91 


95,16  %




3 2 4 2


Expenditure on publication, information and participation in public events


9 456 777,69 


8 591 101,47 


865 676,22 


90,85  %




3 2 4 3


Parlamentarium — the European Parliament Visitors' Centre


3 940 155,24 


3 807 370,62 


132 784,62 


96,63  %




3 2 4 4


Organisation and reception of groups of visitors, Euroscola programme and invitations to opinion multipliers from third countries


5 528 811,28 


5 350 556,93 


178 254,35 


96,78  %




3 2 4 5


Organisation of seminars, symposia and cultural activities


1 704 447,13 


1 501 560,72 


202 886,41 


88,10  %




3 2 4 6


Video and multimedia communication of the European Parliament


2 350 317,09 


2 323 496,60 


26 820,49 


98,86  %




3 2 4 7


House of European History


4 204 311,80 


3 578 820,33 


625 491,47 


85,12  %




3 2 4 8


Expenditure on audiovisual information


5 816 267,88 


5 345 864,36 


470 403,52 


91,91  %




3 2 4 9


Information exchanges with national parliaments


7 500,00 


5 578,30 


1 921,70 


74,38  %




3 2 5 0


Expenditure relating to Information Offices


208 086,64 


176 449,61 


31 637,03 


84,80  %




4 0 0 0


Current administrative expenditure and expenditure relating to the political and information activities of the political groups and non-attached Members


471 453,85 


346 874,31 


124 579,54 


73,58  %




4 0 2 0


Funding of European political parties


6 115 003,00 


3 185 204,09 


2 929 798,91 


52,09  %




4 0 3 0


Funding of European political foundations


3 675 431,20 


2 444 035,22 


1 231 395,98 


66,50  %




4 2 2 0


Expenditure relating to parliamentary assistance


7 598 587,74 


7 598 587,74 


0,00 


100,00  %





Total




285 312 645,42 




262 940 988,07 




22 371 657,35 




92,16  %










ANNEX V
IMPLEMENTATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FROM INTERNAL ASSIGNED REVENUE














(EUR)




Item


Heading


Appropriations from assigned revenue carried over from 2016


2017 commitments against appropriations from assigned revenue carried over from 2016


2017 payments against appropriations from assigned revenue carried over from 2016


Appropriations from 2016 assigned revenue not committed in 2017


Appropriations from 2017 assigned revenue


Commitments against appropriations from 2017 assigned revenue


2017 payments against appropriations from 2017 assigned revenue


Carryover to 2018 of appropriations from 2017 assigned revenue




(1)


(2)


(3)


(4)=(1)-(2)


(5)


(6)


(7)


(8) = (5) - (6)




1 0 0 0


Salaries


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 




1 0 0 4


Ordinary travel expenses


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


20 835,00 


20 835,00 


20 835,00 


0,00 




1 0 0 5


Other travel expenses


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 




1 0 0 6


General expenditure allowance


178 727,56 


178 727,56 


0,00 


0,00 


557 143,42 


0,00 


0,00 


557 143,42 




1 0 1 0


Accident and sickness insurance and other social security charges


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


318 177,02 


318 177,02 


318 177,02 


0,00 




1 0 1 2


Specific measures to assist disabled Members


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 




1 0 2 0


Transitional allowances


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


1 425,16 


1 425,16 


1 425,16 


0,00 




1 0 3 0


Retirement pensions (PEAM)


11 065,86 


11 065,86 


0,00 


0,00 


137 105,94 


127 894,19 


127 894,19 


9 211,75 




1 0 3 1


Invalidity pensions (PEAM)


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 




1 0 3 2


Survivors' pensions (PEAM)


1 040,00 


1 040,00 


1 040,00 


0,00 


6 305,85 


6 305,85 


6 305,85 


0,00 




1 2 0 0


Remuneration and allowances


78 570,34 


78 570,34 


78 570,34 


0,00 


759 793,37 


744 187,23 


744 187,23 


15 606,14 




1 4 0 0


Other staff — Secretariat and political groups


1 475 538,30 


1 475 538,30 


1 475 538,30 


0,00 


4 730 344,54 


4 324 832,19 


4 296 240,64 


405 512,35 




1 4 0 1


Other staff — Security


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 




1 4 0 2


Other staff — Drivers in the Secretariat


147 620,00 


147 620,00 


147 620,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 




1 4 0 4


Graduate traineeships, grants and exchanges of officials


36,00 


0,00 


0,00 


36,00 


1 571,21 


804,44 


804,44 


766,77 




1 4 0 5


Expenditure on interpretation


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


4 242 884,19 


4 088 725,07 


3 679 268,07 


154 159,12 




1 4 2 0


External translation services


54 571,52 


42 685,33 


40 779,50 


11 886,19 


45 964,28 


0,00 


0,00 


45 964,28 




1 6 3 0


Social welfare


30 189,33 


30 189,33 


30 189,33 


0,00 


73 125,02 


15 000,00 


4 717,00 


58 125,02 




1 6 3 1


Mobility


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 




1 6 3 2


Social contacts between members of staff and other social measures


735,01 


735,01 


735,01 


0,00 


550 060,25 


550 060,25 


521 312,21 


0,00 




1 6 5 2


Current operating expenditure for restaurants and canteens


1 803 589,12 


1 803 589,12 


897 616,12 


0,00 


1 002 500,92 


0,00 


0,00 


1 002 500,92 




1 6 5 4


Childcare facilities


1 746 563,06 


1 746 563,03 


1 746 563,03 


0,03 


4 174 992,62 


2 199 161,50 


999 384,92 


1 975 831,12 




2 0 0 0


Rent


7 577 767,54 


3 019 426,87 


2 567 408,37 


4 558 340,67 


2 936 476,40 


0,00 


0,00 


2 936 476,40 




2 0 0 1


Lease payments


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


20 000 000,00 


0,00 


0,00 


20 000 000,00 




2 0 0 3


Acquisition of immovable property


13 353,89 


0,00 


0,00 


13 353,89 


1 201 887,18 


0,00 


0,00 


1 201 887,18 




2 0 0 5


Construction of buildings


229 900,00 


225 208,30 


79 652,20 


4 691,70 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 




2 0 0 7


Fitting-out of premises


1 124 989,32 


1 124 989,31 


11 901,82 


0,01 


206 337,09 


0,00 


0,00 


206 337,09 




2 0 0 8


Other specific property management arrangements


52 389,80 


51 800,33 


24 739,86 


589,47 


47 816,02 


8 593,29 


0,00 


39 222,73 




2 0 2 2


Building maintenance, upkeep, operation and cleaning


304 283,01 


304 283,01 


217 980,77 


0,00 


494 458,72 


20 168,76 


0,00 


474 289,96 




2 0 2 4


Energy consumption


1 469 685,83 


1 469 140,33 


1 377 221,51 


545,50 


196 621,33 


0,00 


0,00 


196 621,33 




2 0 2 6


Security and surveillance of buildings


68 420,71 


68 420,71 


14 814,99 


0,00 


139 939,50 


22 791,50 


21 075,50 


117 148,00 




2 0 2 8


Insurance


5 523,67 


5 523,67 


5 523,67 


0,00 


6 738,14 


0,00 


0,00 


6 738,14 




2 1 0 0


Computing and telecommunications — business-as-usual operations — operations


289 488,05 


289 264,35 


289 264,35 


223,70 


776 967,29 


658 877,51 


4 292,56 


118 089,78 




2 1 0 1


Computing and telecommunications — business-as-usual operations — infrastructure


66 640,00 


66 640,00 


66 640,00 


0,00 


68 140,00 


0,00 


0,00 


68 140,00 




2 1 0 2


Computing and telecommunications — business-as-usual operations — general support for users


75 125,00 


75 125,00 


24 000,00 


0,00 


65 408,34 


35 000,00 


0,00 


30 408,34 




2 1 0 3


Computing and telecommunications — business-as-usual operations — management of ICT applications


30 112,50 


28 483,50 


0,00 


1 629,00 


33 418,36 


0,00 


0,00 


33 418,36 




2 1 0 4


Computing and telecommunications — investment in infrastructure


75 197,67 


75 197,67 


75 130,51 


0,00 


129 643,37 


99 933,32 


0,00 


29 710,05 




2 1 0 5


Computing and telecommunications — investment in projects


28 496,25 


28 496,25 


28 496,25 


0,00 


3 252,48 


3 252,48 


0,00 


0,00 




2 1 2 0


Furniture


187 500,00 


187 101,67 


185 611,64 


398,33 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 




2 1 4 0


Technical equipment and installations


39 966,62 


39 966,62 


0,00 


0,00 


20 841,06 


20 250,00 


0,00 


591,06 




2 1 6 0


Transport of Members, other persons and goods


87 859,47 


85 133,86 


83 908,94 


2 725,61 


9 793,37 


0,00 


0,00 


9 793,37 




2 3 0 0


Stationery, office supplies and miscellaneous consumables


3 457,69 


3 457,69 


3 457,69 


0,00 


991,55 


982,70 


0,00 


8,85 




2 3 2 0


Legal costs and damages


230,63 


0,00 


0,00 


230,63 


8 211,93 


0,00 


0,00 


8 211,93 




2 3 6 0


Postage on correspondence and delivery charges


16 406,37 


16 406,37 


16 406,37 


0,00 


12 496,06 


9 186,31 


9 186,31 


3 309,75 




2 3 7 0


Removals


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 




2 3 8 0


Other administrative expenditure


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


162,00 


0,00 


0,00 


162,00 




3 0 0 0


Expenses for staff missions and duty travel between the three places of work


63 365,97 


63 365,97 


63 365,97 


0,00 


178 217,85 


96 398,89 


96 398,89 


81 818,96 




3 0 4 0


Miscellaneous expenditure on internal meetings


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 




3 0 4 2


Meetings, congresses, conferences and delegations


3 359,00 


651,00 


151,00 


2 708,00 


9 427,66 


1 863,00 


0,00 


7 564,66 




3 0 4 9


Expenditure on travel agency services


77 026,34 


77 026,34 


77 026,34 


0,00 


176 205,84 


40 000,00 


0,00 


136 205,84 




3 2 0 0


Acquisition of expertise


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


44 800,00 


29 780,68 


8 544,00 


15 019,32 




3 2 1 0


Expenditure for the European Parliamentary Research Service, including the Library and the Historical Archives


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


676,10 


0,00 


0,00 


676,10 




3 2 4 1


Digital and traditional publications


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


19 094,94 


5 000,00 


0,00 


14 094,94 




3 2 4 2


Expenditure on publication, information and participation in public events


22 319,36 


22 000,00 


0,00 


319,36 


22 020,00 


19 000,00 


19 000,00 


3 020,00 




3 2 4 3


Parlamentarium — the European Parliament Visitors' Centre


1 221,56 


0,00 


0,00 


1 221,56 


115 107,83 


113 390,25 


5 958,25 


1 717,58 




3 2 4 4


Organisation and reception of groups of visitors, Euroscola programme and invitations to opinion multipliers from third countries


310 668,08 


310 668,08 


0,00 


0,00 


512 204,07 


188 250,00 


0,00 


323 954,07 




3 2 4 5


Organisation of seminars, symposia and cultural activities


3 456,91 


2 750,00 


0,00 


706,91 


2 296,69 


1 457,69 


1 457,69 


839,00 




3 2 4 7


House of European History


800 000,00 


799 450,82 


0,00 


549,18 


3 200 000,00 


123 823,03 


0,00 


3 076 176,97 




3 2 4 8


Expenditure on audiovisual information


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


0,00 


4 872,81 


0,00 


0,00 


4 872,81 




4 0 0 0


Current administrative expenditure and expenditure relating to the political and information activities of the political groups and non-attached Members


1 953 662,78 


1 953 662,78 


0,00 


0,00 


983 125,75 


0,00 


0,00 


983 125,75 




4 2 2 0


Expenditure relating to parliamentary assistance


759 907,54 


759 907,54 


0,00 


0,00 


1 802 795,57 


85 919,26 


80 430,55 


1 716 876,31 





Total




21 270 027,66 




16 669 871,92 




9 631 353,88 




4 600 155,74 




50 052 674,09 




13 981 326,57 




10 966 895,48 




36 071 347,52 










ANNEX VI
REVENUE IN 2017















(EUR)




Article/Item


Heading


Forecast of revenue 2017


Established entitlements 2017


Entitlements carried over from 2016


Entitlements carried over from 2016 and cancelled in 2017


Total entitlements


Revenue received on entitlements 2017


Revenue received on entitlements carried over from 2016


Total revenue received


Balance to be recovered




(carried over to 2017)




(1)


(2)


(3)


(4)


(5) = (2) + (3) + (4)


(6)


(7)


(8) = (6) + (7)


(9) = (5) - (8)




4 0 0


Proceeds from taxation on the salaries, wages and allowances of Members of the institution, officials, other servants and persons in receipt of a pension


74 105 828 


73 998 872 


0


0


73 998 872 


73 998 872 


0


73 998 872 


0




4 0 3


Proceeds from the temporary contribution from the salaries of Members of the institution, officials and other servants in active employment


0


17 371 


0


0


17 371 


17 371 


0


17 371 


0




4 0 4


Proceeds from the special levy and the solidarity levy on the salaries of Members of the institution, officials and other servants in active employment


11 006 056 


11 067 302 


0


0


11 067 302 


11 067 302 


0


11 067 302 


0




4 1 0


Staff contributions to the pension scheme


64 712 299 


62 567 541 


0


0


62 567 541 


62 567 541 


0


62 567 541 


0




4 1 1


Transfer or repayment of pension rights by staff


9 200 000 


7 600 686 


4 492 


-4 492 


7 600 686 


7 596 194 


0


7 596 194 


4 492 




4 1 2


Contributions to the pension scheme by officials and temporary staff on leave on personal grounds


10 000 


49 218 


0


0


49 218 


49 218 


 


49 218 


0




5 0 0 2


Proceeds from the supply of goods to other institutions or bodies — Assigned revenue


0


0


162


0


162


0


162


162


0




5 1 1 0


Proceeds from letting and subletting immovable property — Assigned revenue


0


3 092 541 


22 003 


0


3 114 544 


3 005 476 


11 242 


3 016 718 


97 826 




5 1 1 1


Reimbursement of charges connected with lettings — Assigned revenue


0


56 137 


75


- 25


56 187 


52 903 


 


52 903 


3 284 




5 2 0


Revenue from investments or loans granted, bank and other interest on the institution’s accounts


200 000 


2 077 


0


0


2 077 


2 077 


0


2 077 


0




5 5 0


Revenue from the supply of services and work to other institutions or bodies, including refunds by other institutions or bodies of mission allowances paid on their behalf — Assigned revenue


0


5 459 357 


153 380 


0


5 612 737 


5 393 408 


153 380 


5 546 788 


65 949 




5 5 1


Revenue from third parties in respect of services supplied or work carried out at their request — Assigned revenue


0


601 274 


168 183 


0


769 457 


586 859 


168 183 


755 042 


14 415 




5 7 0


Revenue arising from the repayment of amounts wrongly paid — Assigned revenue


0


4 272 750 


2 004 342 


-10 336 


6 266 756 


3 482 413 


637 868 


4 120 281 


2 146 475 




5 7 3


Other contributions and refunds in connection with the administrative operation of the institution — Assigned revenue


0


3 496 759 


334 037 


0


3 830 797 


3 418 538 


250 594 


3 669 132 


161 665 




5 8 1


Revenue from insurance payments received — Assigned revenue


0


20 104 321 


57 776 


0


20 162 097 


20 104 321 


57 776 


20 162 097 


0




6 6 0 0


Other assigned contributions and refunds — Assigned revenue


0


11 538 218 


17 690 499 


-66 793 


29 161 924 


10 740 467 


1 991 330 


12 731 797 


16 430 127 




9 0 0


Miscellaneous revenue


1 000 


2 756 503 


1 173 114 


- 782 029  (1)



3 147 588 


1 638 371 


0


1 638 371 


1 509 217 





Total




159 235 183 




206 680 927 




21 608 063 




- 863 675 




227 425 315 




203 721 330 




3 270 535 




206 991 865 




20 433 450 







(1)  Amount of EUR 782 029 includes one technical cancellation of EUR 780 227 EUR, for which recovery orders were re-established during the year 2017 with a value of EUR 924 811.