CELEX: 52020DP0339
Language: en
Date: 2020-12-15 00:00:00
Title: European Parliament decision of 15 December 2020 on the nomination of Marek Opiola as a Member of the Court of Auditors (C9-0350/2020 — 2020/0806(NLE))

29.10.2021   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 445/214
            
         
      P9_TA(2020)0339
      Nomination of Marek Opiola as a Member of the Court of Auditors
      European Parliament decision of 15 December 2020 on the nomination of Marek Opiola as a Member of the Court of Auditors (C9-0350/2020 — 2020/0806(NLE))
      (Consultation)
      (2021/C 445/27)
      
         The European Parliament,
      
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                  having regard to Article 286(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C9-0350/2020),
               
            
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                  having regard to Rule 129 of its Rules of Procedure,
               
            
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                  having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A9-0249/2020),
               
            
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                  whereas, by letter of 5 November 2020, the Council consulted Parliament on the nomination of Marek Opiola as a Member of the Court of Auditors;
               
            
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                  whereas Parliament’s Committee on Budgetary Control then proceeded to evaluate the credentials of the nominee, in particular in view of the requirements laid down in Article 286(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;
               
            
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                  whereas the committee subsequently held a hearing with the nominee on 7 December 2020, at which he made an opening statement and then answered questions put by the members of the committee;
               
            
               
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                  Delivers an unfavourable opinion on the Council's nomination of Marek Opiola as a Member of the Court of Auditors, and asks the Council to withdraw its nomination and submit a new one to Parliament;
               
            
               
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                  Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council and, for information, the Court of Auditors, the other institutions of the European Union and the audit institutions of the Member States.