natgillin/translations-raw huggingface dataset:
През 2017 г. 
In 2017, Financial Instruments under Shared Management (FISMs) for the 2007-2013 MFF were in the process of being closed as part of the closure of their corresponding operational programmes.
2016 г. 
(31) See paragraph 6.25 of our 2016 annual report.
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EN 4.10.2018 Official Journal of the European Union C 357/67 THE COURT’S OBSERVATIONS Disbursements from FISMs to final recipients under the 2014-2020 MFF were low 2.34.
34. 
THE COMMISSION’S REPLIES 2.34.
2016 г. 
At 31 December 2016, 32% of the amounts paid to financial instruments were actually disbursed to final recipients.
2016 г. 
Box 2.13 — Status of FISMs for the 2014-2020 MFF as at December 2016 Source: European Commission ‘Financial Instruments under the European Structural and Investment Funds, situation as at 31 December 2016’, December 2017.
35. 
2.35.
2016 г. 
However, the last available report on FISMs for the 2014-2020 MFF is the report as at the end of 2016, which was published in December 2017.
36. 
EN C 357/68 Official Journal of the European Union 4.10.2018 THE COURT’S OBSERVATIONS The European Fund for Strategic Investments has gained momentum 2.36.
2016 г. 
At the end of 2017, the EFSI Guarantee Fund consisted of assets of 3,5 billion euros (2016: 1,0 billion euros).
2016 г. 
By the end of 2017, the EIB Group had signed 36,7 billion euros worth of contracts (2016: 21,3 billion euros) (38).
(38) Вж. 
(38) See ‘European Fund for Strategic Investments — IIW and SMEW — Schedule II of the EFSI Agreement — Year-end Operational Report — Reporting date: 31 December 2017’.
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EN 4.10.2018 Official Journal of the European Union C 357/69 Box 2.14 — EFSI funding per Member State (in million euros) Source: EIBReport‘EuropeanFundforStrategicInvestments—IIWandSMEW—ScheduleIIoftheEFSIAgreement—Year-endOperationalReport—Reportingdate: 31 December 2017’. THE COURT’S OBSERVATIONS 2.39.
40. 
EN C 357/70 Official Journal of the European Union 4.10.2018 THE COURT’S OBSERVATIONS Establishment of the European Fund for Sustainable Development 2.40.
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EN 4.10.2018 Official Journal of the European Union C 357/71 Box 2.15 — Exposure of the EU budget to guarantees (as at the end of 2017) Notes: (1) See notes 2.4.1 and 4.1.1 to the 2017 EU accounts.
45. 
2.45.
2016 г. 
Furthermore, the EU staff pension liability has increased from 67,2 billion euros in 2016 to 73,1 billion euros in 2017 (43).
44. 
THE COMMISSION’S REPLIES 2.44.
46. 
EN 4.10.2018 Official Journal of the European Union C 357/73 THE COURT’S OBSERVATIONS RISKS AND CHALLENGES FOR THE FUTURE EU BUDGET 2.46.
46. 
THE COMMISSION’S REPLIES 2.46.
2016 г. 
(46) See paragraphs 2.36-2.38 of our 2016 annual report.
2016 г. 
(51) See our landscape review from 2014 ‘Gaps, overlaps and challenges: a landscape review of EU accountability and public audit arrangements’, paragraph 2.4 of our 2015 annual report and paragraphs 2.29-2.31, 2.43 and 2.46 and Box 2.8 of our 2016 annual report.
През 2017 г. 
In 2017, structural funds under the 2007-2013 MFF were in the process of being closed.
59. 
2.59.
2016 г. 
Member States and the Commission have made significant efforts over the last years to improve the reporting process and quality of the data provided, as acknowledged by the ECA in its 2016 Annual report.
Комисията приема препоръката. 
This information will accompany the draft budget as from 2021. The Commission accepts the recommendation.
2016 г. 
0,07 The surplus of 2016 was returned to the Member States by reducing their annual contributions.
2016 г. 
0,50 Assistance to Italy was provided, through the European Union Solidarity Fund (EUSF), further to a series of earthquakes that took place between August 2016 and January 2017.
2016 г. 
(2) Instructions for the Strategic Plan 2016-2020 and Management Plan 2016, 20 November 2015, Ares (2015)5332669: see section 1, paragraph 1.1.
40. 
The final response rate was 57 %, from a target population of 240.
2016 г. 
(13) This issue was previously discussed in paragraphs 3.18-3.19 of the 2016 annual report, paragraphs 3.18-3.21 of the 2015 annual report and paragraphs 3.7-3.12 of the 2014 annual report.
2016 г. 
(1) See also the Commission replies to paragraphs 3.18-3.19 of the 2016 ECA annual report, paragraphs 3.18-3.21 of the 2015 ECA annual report and paragraphs 3.7-3.12 of the 2014 ECA annual report.
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The two were often perceived by the stakeholders interviewed as separate approaches, each with their own objectives, rather than part of an integrated long-term plan of the EU’.
2016 г. 
(17) 2016 annual report, Chapter 3, ‘Getting results from the EU budget’, paragraphs 3.13 to 3.51.
2016 г. 
(22) See also 2016 annual report, Chapter 3 ‘Getting results from the EU budget’, Part 1, Section 1 — The performance reporting framework.
2016 г. 
The 2016 AMPR is available on EUR-Lex: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A52017DC0351.
2016 г. 
The 2016 AMPR was downloaded from EUR-Lex 4 040 times in the period from 30 June 2017 to 29 January 2018.
2016 г. 
(25) Since the strategic planning and programming cycle was reformed in 2016, the annual activity reports include information on the Commission’s work programme delivery.
2016 г. 
The joint webpage had 2700 unique visitors between the publication of 2016 annual activity reports and 30 January 2018.
През 2016 г. 
However, in 2016, annual activity reports could also be published on other websites.
26. 
EN C 357/98 Official Journal of the European Union 4.10.2018 THE COURT’S OBSERVATIONS Corrective action is not always taken when targets are not met 3.26.
26. 
THE COMMISSION’S REPLIES 3.26.
2016 г. 
3.29. (i) The 2016 Annual Activity Report of DG AGRI includes several concrete cases that illustrate how performance information is used to support decision making.
2016 г. 
DG AGRI proposed improvements to the relevant regulation (see pages 32-33 of the 2016 AAR). (ii) The Annual Activity Report provides a summary of the year’s activities.
2016 г. 
26 of DG CNECT’s 2016 annual activity report, where it is stated that ‘the previous Action Plan had met most of its objectives and demonstrated the importance of having common European goals in eGovernment’.
BG 4.10.2018 г. 
EN 4.10.2018 Official Journal of the European Union C 357/101 THE COURT’S OBSERVATIONS THE COMMISSION’S REPLIES 3.30.
2016 г. 
(39) See conclusion 1 ‘Scope for improving the performance framework’ and recommendation 1 ‘Streamline performance reporting’ as well as the Commission replies in chapter 3 of the 2016 annual report.
26. 
(41) Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the evaluation of the Union’s finances based on the results achieved, Brussels 26.6.2015 COM(2015) 313 final, pages 5 and 6.
34. 
THE COURT’S OBSERVATIONS 3.34.
35. 
3.35.
36. 
THE COURT’S OBSERVATIONS 3.36.
36. 
THE COMMISSION’S REPLIES 3.36.
BG 4.10.2018 г. 
EN 4.10.2018 Official Journal of the European Union C 357/105 Box 3.11 — Last survey question: ‘What would you change so that performance information is better used in your DG?’
През 2017 г. 
In 2017, we adopted 27 special reports (43) (see Box 3.12).
През 2017 г. 
In 2017, we adopted seven special reports for these multiannual financial framework headings (45).
39. 
THE COMMISSION’S REPLIES 3.39.
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Special report No 5/ 2017 ‘Youth unemployment — have EU policies made a difference?’, special report No 12/2017 ‘Implementing the Drinking Water Directive: water quality and access to it improved in Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania, but investment needs remain substantial’, special report No 13/2017 ‘A single European rail traffic management system: will the political choice ever become reality?’, special report No 15/2017 ‘Ex ante conditionalities and performance reserve in Cohesion: innovative but not yet effective instruments’ and special report No 18/2017 ‘Single European Sky: a changed culture but not a single sky’.
40. 
EN 4.10.2018 Official Journal THE COURT’S OBSERVATIONS 3.40. We recommended that: — Member States should discontinue the use of unnecessary programme specific indicators; and that — the Commission should define a common terminology for — ‘outputs’ and ‘results’ and propose it for inclusion in the Financial Regulation, determine the most relevant output and result indicators for performance measurement, and apply performance budgeting. of the European Union C 357/109 THE COMMISSION’S REPLIES 3.40. (ii) Special report No 5/2017 — Youth unemployment 3.41.
44. 
3.44.
44. 
3.44. — The Commission accepted the recommendation under the condition that ex ante conditionalities are maintained for post-2020.
45. 
Heading 2 ‘Sustainable growth and natural resources’ 3.45.
През 2017 г. 
In 2017, we adopted six special reports linked to multiannual financial framework heading 2 (46).
46. 
Their conclusions are particularly relevant in the context of the ongoing Common Agricultural Policy reform and the new performance-based delivery model announced in the Commission’s ‘Communication on the Future of Food and Farming’. (i) Special report No 16/2017 — Rural development programming 3.46.
46. 
3.46.
2016 г. 
Indeed, in spite of the fact that a variety of activities have been undertaken over the period under review, these were in line with the three main sectors identified in the SSF 2014-16.
BG 4.10.2018 г. 
EN EN 4.10.2018 Official Journal THE COURT’S OBSERVATIONS (ii) Special report No 6/2017 — The ‘hotspot’ approach 3.52.
59. 
3.58. EN C 357/118 Official Journal of the European Union 4.10.2018 THE COURT’S OBSERVATIONS Heading 5 ‘Administration’ and reports on the ‘Functioning Single Market and sustainable Monetary Union’ 3.59.
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EN 4.10.2018 Official Journal of the European Union C 357/123 THE COURT’S OBSERVATIONS 3.75.
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EN 4.10.2018 Official Journal of the European Union C 357/125 THE COURT’S OBSERVATIONS 2.
36. 
See also the ECA’s examples in paragraph 3.32 of the steps the Commission has taken to reinforce the performance culture, and the Commission reply to paragraph 3.36.
BG 4.10.2018 г. 
EN 4.10.2018 Official Journal THE COURT’S OBSERVATIONS — Recommendation 1: For the upcoming MFF period, the Commission should propose measures to streamline and simplify the strategic frameworks governing the implementation of the EU budget, thereby reinforcing accountability for results and increasing clarity and transparency for all stakeholders. of the European Union C 357/127 THE COMMISSION’S REPLIES The Commission accepts the recommendation.
Комисията приема препоръката. 
The Commission accepts the recommendation; it is being implemented through the Commission’s proposals for the financial programmes under the future Multiannual Financial Framework.
BG 4.10.2018 г. 
EN 4.10.2018 Official Journal of the European Union C 357/129 THE COURT’S OBSERVATIONS (c) It should ensure that the information used for the day-(c) to-day management of programmes and policies in DGs is aligned with the aggregated performance information included in the core performance reports.
Комисията приема препоръката. 
The Spending Review accompanying the Commission’s proposal for the future Multiannual Financial Framework and the impact assessments published together with the proposals for the future financial programmes make extensive reference to evaluation results, audit conclusions and other sources of performance information and explain how these lessons have been reflected in the design of future programmes. — Recommendation 5: The Commission should introduce The Commission accepts the recommendation. or improve measures and incentives to foster a greater focus on performance in the Commission’s internal culture, building of the progress already made.
През 2017 г. 
Furthermore, along with the preparation of the performance framework for the next generation of programmes, a sub-group at technical level on performance measures has been organised in order to gather knowledge on lessons learnt and best practices and to promote a coordinated approach.
Комисията приема препоръката. 
In 2017 the Commission organised two expert meetings with participants from the European Parliament, Member States and other stakeholders to discuss the use of performance information.
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EN 4.10.2018 Official Journal of the European Union C 357/133 No SR Report title No SR paragraph Fully implemented Implemented in most respects Implemented in some respects Not implemented Could not be verified 6 SR 23/2014 Errors in rural development spending — what are the causes, and how are they being addressed?
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EN 4.10.2018 Official Journal of the European Union C 357/135 No SR Report title No SR paragraph Fully implemented Implemented in most respects Implemented in some respects Not implemented Could not be verified 10 SR 12/2014 Is the ERDF effective in funding projects that directly promote biodiversity under the EU biodiversity strategy to 2020?
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1 Par. 60 4 x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 4. 10.
2016 г. 
The Commission considers that the existing system is solid and yields good results, also taking into account very low error rate for direct payments (below materiality in the ECA Annual Report 2016).
BG 4.10.2018 г. 
EN 4.10.2018 Official Journal of the European Union C 357/141 No SR Report title Improvements Weaknesses 1 SR 04/2014 Integration of EU water policy objectives with the CAP — a partial success Following an inter-institutional-agreement the Commission has undertaken first steps to integrate provisions from the Directives into the existing instrument CC.
2016 г. 
As the guidance is not a binding and obligatory document to be followed, the Commission cannot know how many Member States/ regions actually used them in order to improve their control systems. (natural resources) In total, between February 2015 and January 2016, there were only three training sessions organised by the ENRD in relation to reasonableness of costs and SCO.
BG 4.10.2018 г. 
EN 4.10.2018 Official Journal of the European Union C 357/147 No SR Report title Improvements Weaknesses 9 SR 07/2014 Has the ERDF successfully supported the development of business incubators EU co-funded business incubators will now be established on the basis of detailed and realistic business plans, paying particular attention to the sustainability of their non-profit incubation activity.
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EN 4.10.2018 Official Journal of the European Union C 357/149 No SR Report title Improvements Weaknesses 11 SR 20/2014 Has ERDF support to SMEs in the area of e commerce been effective More robust intervention logic in place in the OPs including the use of output and result indicators, some of them common and pre-defined at EU level.
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EN 4.10.2018 Official Journal of the European Union C 357/153 No SR Report title Improvements Weaknesses 15 SR 18/2014 EuropeAid’s evaluation and results oriented monitoring systems The EVAL IT module provides instant information on the financial resources necessary for evaluations.The ROM module provides information on which projects can be monitored within the budgets allocated to contractors.Staff allocation exercises such as WLAD, WLAHQ and OPTIMUS regularly assess the human resources requirements and propose adjustments accordingly.
2016 г. 
The ESS contract, being awarded only in December 2016, is still in an inception phase.
2016 г. 
NONE The IT module EVAL has been deployed in September 2016 and its use has been made mandatory by DG DEVCO.
2016 г. 
Weaknesses in the data on development results and in the lessons learnt mechanisms were reported to DEVCO in October 2016 (‘Review of the strategic evaluations’).
2016 г. 
EN 4.10.2018 Official Journal of the European Union C 357/155 No SR Report title Improvements Weaknesses KPI 19 demonstrated in 2014 a significant increase over the previous year and an increasing trend in 2016, too.
2016 г. 
A review of the strategic evaluations of DEVCO covering the period 2006-2016 was prepared in order to contribute to the update of the EU development co-operation policy (final report in October 2016).
2016 г. 
In total, between February 2015 and January 2016, there were only three training sessions organised by the ENRD in relation to reasonableness of costs and SCO.
BG 4.10.2018 г. 
EN 4.10.2018 Official Journal of the European Union C 357/159 The Commission has confirmed in RAD that its implementation ‘can only be completed in 2019’. Hence, there is a risk that the weaknesses identified in SR 24/2014 as regards monitoring, may persist in the period 2014–20 if the new proposed monitoring tools have not yet improved the monitoring framework for this specific support, as feared by the Court in the conclusions (paragraph 81) of SR 24/2014.
BG 4.10.2018 г. 
EN 4.10.2018 Official Journal of the European Union C 357/161 It is still early to assess the entirety of the process and therefore the accuracy of the mechanism.
През 2017 г. 
In 2017 the Commission performed 9 audits on the reliability of data.
2016 г. 
EN C 357/162 Official Journal of the European Union 4.10.2018 The ESS contract, being awarded only in December 2016, is still in an inception phase.
2016 г. 
An increase in the proportion of ex-post evaluations, necessary to demonstrate longer term results such as impacts, is yet to be demonstrated.
През 2016 г. 
In 2016 the Commission has continued to put an emphasis on improving the planning and implementation of evaluation of projects: two main tools have been put in production (Monitoring and Evaluation Plans and Evaluation Module) and an External Support Service Team has been contracted.
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EN 4.10.2018 Official Journal of the European Union C 357/165 Year Court recommendation Court's analysis of the progress made Being implemented Commission reply 2014 (b) partnership agreements and programmes in turn translate these EU-level objectives into operational objectives at the level of Member States; such a link is also required for programmes directly managed by the Commission; Recommendation 1: X the EU strategy and the MFF need to be better aligned, in particular concerning the time period and priorities.
34. 44. 
4.10.2018 Official Journal of the European Union C 357/167 EN Introduction Brief description of revenue Audit scope and approach Paragraph 4.1-4.4 4.2-4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6-4.20 4.7-4.8 4.9-4.11 4.12-4.16 4.17 4.18-4.19 4.20 4.21-4.23 4.21 4.22-4.23 points by CHAPTER 4 Revenue TABLE OF CONTENTS Regularity of transactions Examination of annual activity reports and other elements of internal control systems The numbers of GNI and VAT reservations and TOR open points remain unchanged overall The Commission continued to implement its multi-annual GNI verification plan and made progress in assessing the impact of globalisation on national accounts There are weaknesses in Member States’ management of TOR Insufficient monitoring of import flows contributed to a lengthy process to effectively safeguard EU revenue There are weaknesses in the verifications on the VAT-based own resource Annual activity reports and other governance arrangements Conclusion and recommendations Conclusion Recommendations Annex 4.1 — Results of transaction testing for revenue Annex 4.2 — Numbers of outstanding GNI reservations, VAT reservations and TOR open Member State at 31.12.2017 Annex 4.3 — Follow-up of previous recommendations for revenue
През 2017 г. 
In 2017, the Commission made progress in this area.
26. 
See Regulation (EU) No 549/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on the European system of national and regional accounts in the European Union (OJ L 174, 26.6.2013, p.
2016 г. 
(12) See paragraphs 4.10 to 4.13, and 4.23 of our 2016 annual report.
2016 г. 
(13) See paragraph 4.15 of our 2016 annual report, paragraph 4.18 of our 2015 annual report, paragraph 4.22 of our 2014 annual report, paragraph 2.16 of our 2013 annual report, and paragraphs 2.32 and 2.33 of our 2012 annual report.
2016 г. 
Only when the UK cancelled and withdrew these amounts from the B account in 2015 did the Commission have legitimate reasons to investigate this matter further and therefore included it in its next TOR inspection in November 2016.
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EN 4.10.2018 Official Journal of the European Union C 357/175 THE COURT’S OBSERVATIONS THE COMMISSION’S REPLIES Box 4.2 — Under-valuation of textile and footwear imports from China: UK’s failure to introduce the requested risk profiles led to significant estimated losses of TOR The Commission informed the Member States as far back as 2007 of the risk of fraud relating to the import of textiles and footwear originating from China.
2016 г. 
This investigation concluded that the under-valuation of these imports had led to possible TOR losses of 1,6 billion euros for the period 2013-2016.
През 2017 г. 
In 2017, DG Budget carried out two inspections in the UK, reporting that the country had taken insufficient action to mitigate the risk of such imports being under-valued.
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EN 4.10.2018 Official Journal of the European Union C 357/177 THE COURT’S OBSERVATIONS THE COMMISSION’S REPLIES CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS Conclusion 4.21.
Комисията приема препоръката. 
Concerning closed investigations in addition to the UK undervaluation case and actions taken in undervaluation matters in 2017 in general, further details are outlined in the 2017 OLAF Report. — Recommendation 2: by the end of 2019, review the The Commission accepts the recommendation. existing control framework and better document its application in verifying Member States’ calculations of the WARs used to obtain the harmonised VAT bases.
Източник: Европейска сметна палата. 
Box 5.2 — Most errors concerned ineligible direct personnel costs Source: European Court of Auditors.
2016 г. 
It estimated the 2016 costs based on 2014 data.
2016 г. 
(7) 2016 annual report, paragraph 5.13, 2014 annual report paragraph 5.12. and the Court’s briefing paper ‘A contribution to simplification of EU research programme beyond Horizon 2020’ published in March 2018.
BG 4.10.2018 г. 
EN 4.10.2018 Official Journal of the European Union C 357/189 THE COURT’S OBSERVATIONS 5.15.
2016 г. 
In July 2016, more than two years after the start of Horizon 2020, the Commission introduced an additional option for declaring personnel costs: the monthly hourly rate methodology.
2016 г. 
(8) Paragraph 5.16 of 2016 annual report.
През 2017 г. 
In 2017, the IAS followed-up the observations from its audit on the effectiveness and efficiency of the Erasmus+ control strategy in the EACEA.
През 2017 г. 
In 2017 the IAS also audited the effectiveness of the EACEA’s internal control systems of Erasmus+ as regards the grant management phase.
26. 
Review of the regularity information provided by the auditee 5.26.
2016 г. 
(16) These are multi-annual rates covering expenditure prior to October 2016 (i.e. prior to the period covered by our audit).
BG 4.10.2018 г. 
EN 4.10.2018 Official Journal of the European Union C 357/193 THE COURT’S OBSERVATIONS 5.27.
34. 
5.34.
ОТГОВОРИ НА КОМИСИЯТА Комисията приема препоръката. 
The Commission will consider how it can clarify the guidelines (Annotated Model Grant Agreement) in the light of audit findings and will continue updating the list of issues in certain countries. — Recommendation 2: as regards the CEF, improve the level The Commission accepts the recommendation. of awareness among beneficiaries of the eligibility rules, in particular by drawing a clear distinction between an implementation contract and subcontract.
BG 4.10.2018 г. 35. 
EN 4.10.2018 Official Journal of the European Union C 357/195 THE COURT’S OBSERVATIONS PART 2 — PERFORMANCE ISSUES IN RESEARCH AND INNOVATION 5.35.
36. 
5.36.
BG 4.10.2018 г. 
EN 4.10.2018 Official Journal of the European Union C 357/197 ANNEX 5.2 OVERVIEW OF ERRORS WITH AN IMPACT EXCEEDING 20 % FOR ‘COMPETITIVENESS FOR GROWTH AND JOBS’ Applying the general audit methodology set out in Annex 1.1, we tested a representative statistical sample of transactions to estimate the level of irregularity within the population for this MFF sub-heading.
BG 4.10.2018 г. 
Of the 130 000 euros, which the beneficiary declared, 45 500 euros were ineligible leading to an error of 35,2 %.