natgillin/translations-raw huggingface dataset:
Kommissionen er helt klar over betydningen af og problematikken i forbindelse med bekæmpelse af svig.
The Commission is well aware of the importance and the difficulties of the fight against fraud.
Den ved også, at den fortsat må intensivere sine bestræbelser på dette område.
And it knows it has to work even harder here.
Man må imidlertid i den forbindelse heller ikke se bort fra, at der allerede er opnået betydelige resultater: afsløring og forfølgelse af opsigtsvækkende enkelttilfælde også i den seneste tid; forebyggelse af svig gennem en forbedring af bestemmelserne i EF's sekundærret; det intensiverede samarbejde mellem de nationale myndigheder og Kom missionens tjenestegrene; oplysning og uddannelse af de nationale embedsmænd, der har fået overdraget at gen nemføre fællesskabsretten, og endelig også anvendelsen af computere ved afsløringen af serielle former for svig og systematiske svagheder i forvaltningsprocedurerne.
But it should not be forgotten either that some considerable successes have already been recorded: in the discovery and prosecution of some spectacular individual cases up to very recently; in preventing fraud by improving the rules of the European Community's secondary legislation, in stepping up cooperation between the national authorities and Commission departments; in educating and training national civil servants responsible for implementing Community law and, not least, in the use of data processing systems to uncover serial frauds and systematic weaknesses in our administrative procedures.
CHRISTOPHERSEN, medlem af Kommissionen. — Hr. formand, jeg har fundet det rigtigt på Kommissionens vegne at fremkomme med en redegørelse i anledning af de mange presserapporter, der har været i den sidste uges tid vedrørende forholdene i Den Europæiske Bank for Genopbygning og Udvikling, som er en bank, hvori Det Europæiske Fællesskab har en aktiepost.
CHRISTOPHERSEN, Member of the Commission. — (DA) — Mr President, I thought it appropriate to make a statement on behalf of the Commission, in view of the many reports in the press over the past week dealing with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, which is a bank in which The European Community has a shareholding.
Den er ikke stor, den er på 3%, men vores aktiepost udgør sammen med de
It is not a large one, it is 3%, but our shareholding, together with the shares held by our Mem-
Kommissionen vil gerne udtrykkeligt takke Europa-Parlamentet for dets støtte til at styrke UCLAF.
The Commission must expressly thank the European Parliament for its help in reinforcing UCLAF, the antifraud flying squad.
Denne støtte var meget værdifuld, men efter min opfattelse må UCLAF styrkes yderligere, hvis den skal også virkelig fuldt ud skal indfri alle de forventninger, der stilles til den.
That support was most valuable, though in my view UCLAF needs to be strengthened further if it is in fact to meet all the expectations placed in it.
Det centrale i bekæmpelsen af svig er et intensiveret samarbejde mellem Kommissionens tjenestegrene og de
The essence of measures against fraud lies in stepping
CHRISTOPHERSEN aktier, vore medlemslande og Den Europæiske Investeringsbank er i besiddelse af, 51% af aktiekapitalen i banken, og derfor er det naturligt, at man i en situation med den form for kritik også spørger om Fællesskabets holdning.
CHRISTOPHERSEN ber States and the European Investment Bank, form 51 % of the share capital in the bank, and so it is natural that in a situation where criticisms of this type are being levelled, the Community is also asked for its views.
Som Fællesskabets guvernør i banken har jeg naturligvis forsøgt at sætte mig ind i, hvad det er, der er foregået, og hvad vi på nuværende tidspunkt kan sige.
As the Community's governor in the bank, I have naturally tried to find out what happened, and think about what we can say at the moment.
begyndelsen til finansielle institutioner, til en egentlig erhvervslovgivning, og der er mange praktiske vanskeligheder forbundet med at operere i de pågældende lande.
The private sector is very limited, financial institutions are in their infancy, as is company law, and there are many practical difficulties connected with operating in these countries.
Det gælder også, når vi taler om de administrative systemer og de offentlige myndigheder, for slet ikke at tale om de problemer, de enkelte landes offentlige myndigheder selv har med at komme frem med finansielle midler.
This is also true when we talk about the administrative systems and the public authorities, to say nothing of the problems which the public authorities in the countries concerned themselves have to come up with financial means.
Vi erkender fuldt ud alle disse vanskeligheder.
We fully recognize all these difficulties.
Vi gør i øvrigt en stor indsats for at hjælpe banken med at belyse projekters profitabilitet.
We do in any case put a great deal of effort into helping the bank throw light onto the projects' profitability.
Det er klart, at vi er bekymrede, ikke alene på grund af, hvad man kunne kalde for tydelige tegn på udgifter, som ligger ud over det rimelige, men også over det samlede udgiftsniveau.
Obviously, we are worried, not only because of what one might call clear signs of expenses beyond what is reasonable, but also about the overall level of expendi ture.
Vi mener, det er vigtigt, at banken fungerer inden for de økonomiske rammer, den nu engang har, og at den er rentabel.
We feel it is important the Bank should operate within the financial parameters it does after all have, and that it should be profitable.
Sammen med de øvrige aktionærer har vi derfor allerede taget nogle skridt til at styrke bankens budgetkontrolproces for at sikre, at udgifter lettere kan retfærdiggøres.
Together with the other shareholders we have therefore already taken steps to strengthen the Banks budgetary control process in order to ensure that expenses are easier to justify.
Det er generelle problemer, som vi også kender fra vores egen indsats i de pågældende lande, men det er klart, at den situation, vi nu står i, skal gøre os ekstra agtpågivende.
There are problems of a general nature, which we too have encountered whilst making our own contributions in the countries concerned, but of course, the situation as it now stands must cause us to be even more on our guard.
Vi taler om, hvordan man anvender midler, som 54 lande i fællesskab har indbetalt til banken i form af en aktiekapital på 10 mia ecu, og oven i det er der som bekendt Fællesskabets bidrag og et tilsvarende bidrag fra Den Europæiske Investeringsbank.
We are talking here of how to make use of funds which have been jointly paid into the Bank by 54 countries, in the shape of share capital of ECU 10 billion, and over and above that there is of course the Community's contribution and a corresponding contribution from the European Investment Bank.
Vi har pligt til at sikre, at vi til enhver tid kan give en fornuftig forklaring på bankens dispositioner.
It is our duty to ensure that we can give a sensible account of the Bank's investments whenever we may be asked.
FORMANDEN. — I henhold til forretningsordenen kan medlemmerne stille korte og præcise spørgsmål, med mindre Parlamentet har vedtaget, at beslutningen skal efterfølges af forhandling.
I should like to add that I am very pleased at the initiative the Bank's chairman, the German Minister of Finance, Mr Theo Waigel, has taken in calling the Bank's president, Mr Attali, to an emergency meeting today in Bonn in order to hear his explanations for the reports in the press, which I suppose we have all read.
Jeg går ud fra, at det ikke er Parlamentets ønske og giver derfor ordet til hr. Tomlinson. son.
The AGM will need to be told to what extent there is any truth in the rumours we have been hearing.
Jeg ser frem til, at vi fra bankens formand, hr. Waigel, og fra bankens præsident, hr. Attali, får en fuld og klar redegørelse på bankens årsmøde, som begynder næste uge i London.
PRESIDENT. — Under our Rules of Procedure, Members may put brief and concise questions unless Parliament decides that the statement should be followed by a debate.
Det vil være nødvendigt, at den årlige aktionærgeneralforsamling får afklaret, i hvilket omfang der er hold i de forlydender, vi har hørt.
As Parliament does not wish to have a debate, I give the floor to Mr Tomlinson.
TOMLINSON (S). — (EN) Hr. formand, for det første vil jeg gerne takke tolkene for at lade os fortsætte en kort stund.
TOMLINSON (S). — Mr President, first of all I should like to thank the interpreters for allowing us to continue briefly.
Jeg vil godt understrege, at Kommissionen og jeg selv selvfølgelig stærkt støtter hele idéen bag denne bank.
I would like to stress that the Commission and I myself are of course firmly behind the whole idea of this Bank.
Derfor er det også beklageligt, at banken giver anledning til, kan vi sige al for megen offentlig interesse på grund af aktiviteter, som ligger uden for dens egentlige formål.
So it is all the more regrettable that the Bank is giving rise to, shall we say, far too much public interest on account of activities which lie outside its purpose* as such.
Det ville have været bedre, om den offentlige interesse havde knyttet sig til bankens hovedformål, som jo er at støtte ændringen og udviklingen af økonomierne i de østog centraleuropæiske lande.
It would have been better had public attention focussed on the Bank's primary purpose, which is of course to support the change and development in the economies of Eastern and Central Europe.
For så vidt angår spørgsmålet om bankens udlånsaktivitet, kan jeg oplyse, at banken indtil nu har godkendt operationer på op imod 2 mia ECU, siden den blev oprettet for to år siden.
As far as the question on the Bank's lending activity is concerned, I can tell you that the Bank up until now has approved operations to a value of around ECU 2 billion since it was set up two years ago.
Vi forventer nu, at yderligere 2 mia ECU i form af projekter vil være godkendt inden afslutningen af dette år.
We are now expecting a further ECU 2 billion in the form of projects to be approved before the end of the year.
Disse ting er resultat af en arbejdsindsats, som vi kan være tilfreds med. Der er meget vanskelige arbejdsforhold.
We can have every reason to be satisfied with these results. The
Hvis man sammenligner med, hvordan andre tilsvarende regionale finansielle institutioner har fungeret de første år af deres eksistens, så tror jeg dette er et tilfredsstillende resultat.
wo*rking conditions are very difficult. If we compare with the way in which other regional financial institutions have functioned in their early years, then I think this is a satisfactory result.
I sin udtalelse henviser han til de foranstaltninger, som tages for at styrke bankens budgetkontrolprocesser.
In his statement he refers to the measures that are being taken to strengthen the Bank's budgetary control pro cesses.
Kan han fortælle os præcist, hvilke skridt der er tale om?
Can he tell us precisely what those steps are?
Vil han ikke blot fortælle os, hvad han gør, men når han har været til mødet i banken i næste uge, vil han så komme tilbage og fortælle os, hvad guvernørerne har opnået — ikke kun hvad de har bedt om; men hvad de har opnået — for at sikre, at denne skandaløse anvendelse af begrænse de offentlige midler på overdådige kontorforhold i London ikke gentager sig, og at pengene anvendes på det, de oprindeligt var beregnet til: at hjælpe befolkningen i Mellem- og Østeuropa?
Will he not only tell us what he is doing, but, after he has had the annual meeting of the Bank next week, will he come back and tell us what the governors have achieved — not just what they have asked for, but what they have achieved — to make sure that this kind of scandalous utilization of scarce public resources on the lavish provision of the offices in London cannot happen again and that the money is used for the purpose for which it was originally intended: to help the people of Central and Eastern Europe?
Til gengæld giver det anledning til bekymring, at udbeta lingen af de lån, man har forpligtet sig til, er meget beskeden.
What is worrying on the other hand, is that only very modest disbursements have been made of the loans to which the Bank has committed itself.
Det har jeg tidligere givet udtryk for, når jeg har drøftet disse forhold, både med andre aktionærer og med bankens ledelse.
I have mentioned this before, when discussing this aspect both with other shareholders and with the Bank's management.
Det er vigtigt, at man derfor nu ser, hvordan man kan fremme udbetalingen af lånene, selv om det er klart, at man skal sikre sig, at de formål, lånene går til, også virkelig lever op til de betingelser, som skal opfyldes.
It is important that we now look to see how payments of loans can be speeded up, even though we obviously must assure ourselves that the purposes for which the loans are to be used really do measure up to the conditions which have to be fulfilled.
GOEDMAKERS (S). — (NL) Hr. formand, hvis de ting, der har stået i aviserne om Den Europæiske Bank for Genopbygning og Udvikling, passer, så går det naturligvis ikke.
GOEDMAKERS (S). — (NL) Mr President, if the facts reported in the newspapers are true regarding the Euro pean Bank for Reconstruction and Development, then the situation is of course inadmissible.
Banken kan ikke bruge flere penge på sin egen funktion end til den opgave, den har fået betroet.
You cannot spend more on your own operating costs than you spend on the task to be performed.
Jeg mener da også, at det er yderst påkrævet, at dette bliver undersøgt til bunds.
I therefore believe it absolutely necessary for a thorough investigation to be made into
Banken, hvis grundlæggende charter blev ratificeret af Parlamentet i 1990, er som bekendt forpligtet til at iagttage sunde bankmæssige principper.
The Bank, whose founding charter was ratified by the Parliament in 1990, is, as is common knowledge, bound to observe sound bank management principles.
Den skal, hver gang den yder et lån, sikre, at låntageren er villig og i stand til at betale lånet tilbage, når tidspunktet herfor er inde.
Each time it makes a loan, it must ensure that the borrower is willing and able to repay the loan, when the time comes.
Den private sektor er meget spinkel, der er kun
On the other hand, it is clear that the majority of countries in
Jeg håber, at vi får et klart svar på, hvornår banken så virkelig forestiller sig at blive full speed funktionsdygtig.
I hope we shall receive an unequivocal answer about when the bank expects to be really operating at full pressure.
Men de udgør ikke et administrativt organ.
The 56 governors constitute the general meeting of shareholders.
Det er ikke dem, der har ansvaret for bankens daglige administration.
But each shareholder has a Director attached to the Bank — some of them work in London, others travel to and fro — and they have to approve loan undertakings, before the Bank can go ahead with its committment and make a payment.
Det ansvar ligger hos bankens præsident og hos de vicepræsidenter, som er udpegede. Det er det organ, som har ansvaret for bankens daglige administration.
But they do not constitute an adminstrative body.
De af aktionærerne udpegede direktører tager stilling til det overordnede budget, ikke dets indhold, og de kontrollerer heller ikke den detaljerede gennemførelse.
The overall budget is submitted to the shareholder-nominated Direc tors for their approval, but not its content, nor do they have control over its detailed implementation.
Det er senere genstand for en kontrol fra bankens egen revision.
That is later examined by the Bank's own auditors.
Jeg vil gerne stille endnu et spørgsmål.
I should like to ask a further question.
Kommissæren har sæde som aktionær i bankens bestyrelse. Hvorledes fungerer dette?
The Commissioner sits as a shareholder on the board of the EBRD.
Har aktionærerne indtil nu ikke fået noget at vide om de ting, der har stået i aviserne?
Have the shareholders been unaware so far of the facts reported by the newspapers?
Jeg går dog ud fra, at der skal sættes en art underskrift under den slags udgifter.
I presume anyway that some kind of signature is required for that sort of expenditure.
Jeg vil gerne vide noget mere om kommissærens rolle.
I should like to hear more about the role of the Commissioner.
Jeg vil også gerne vide, om bankens nuværende vedtægter indeholder elementer, der forhindrer, at banken kan udføre sine opgaver ordentligt.
I should also like to know whether there is anything in the present statute of the bank that prevents it from performing its task efficiently.
Jeg har nemlig forstået, at der stadig findes visse vanskeligheder, idet der er opstillet krav i forbindelse med långivning, nemlig at denne skal gå på eksportrettede aktiviteter, at det i al fald er påkrævet medjoint ventures i Vesten, og at dette skulle betyde, at der er meget vanskeligt at komme til at bevilge lån.
For I have heard that there are awkward requirements as regards the furnishing of loans, that they have to be aimed at export-oriented activities, that at all events joint ventures have to be formed with companies in the West and that all this means that it is very difficult to expend money.
Hvis dette ikke skulle forholde sig således, vil jeg gerne have det at vide.
If that is not the case, I should be glad to hear it.
Hvis det faktisk forholder sig således, vil jeg geme fra kommissæren høre, hvorledes det kan forbedres.
If it is the case, I would ask the Commissioner how things can be improved.
Til slut vil jeg geme have, at der udarbejdes en redegørelse om alt dette, og jeg vil først kunne drøfte dette nøje med Budgetkontroludvalget, før vi her i Parlamentet kan foretage en endelig behandling af dette spørgsmål.
To conclude, I should be glad to see a report produced on all this and I would want to be able to discuss it thoroughly in the Committee on Budgetary Control before we finally have this point dealt with definitively in Parliament.
Efter forlydenderne i pressen havde været fremme, instruerede jeg og en række andre aktionærer vores repræsentanter at finde ud af, hvad der var sket, og man har nu over for bankens administrative ledelse bedt om — nu bevæger jeg mig over til hr. Tomlinsons spørgsmål — for det første, at der må være langt bedre indsigt fra aktionærernes side i selve budgetforberedelsen.
After the rumours appeared in the press, I and a number of other shareholders instructed our representatives to find out what had happened, and now we have asked the Bank's management — now I am moving on to Mr Tomlinson's question — firstly, for shareholders' insight into the actual preparation of the budget to be greatly improved.
Der må for det andet være langt bedre mulighed for at kontrollere budgetgennemførelsen, og der må for det tredje ske en styrkelse af bankens budgetmæssige og administrative funktion. Endelig som det fjerde punkt: Der må gives en udtømmende forklaring på de mange påstande, som vi ikke i dag har mulighed for at kontrollere rigtigheden af.
Secondly, there must be much greater opportunity to control the execution of the budget, and thirdly, the Bank's budgetary and administrative function must be strengthened.
Vi må have en udtømmende forklaring på alle disse ting, og om nødvendigt må vi selv foretage disse undersøgelser; men jeg har tillid til, at banken selvfølgelig kan gøre det.
All these things must be thoroughly explained, and if necessary, we must conduct the investigations ourselves; but I am confident that the Bank of course can do it.
Vi må have en afklaring på alt dette.
We must get all this sorted out.
KELLETT-BOWMAN (PPE). — (EN) Hr. formand, jeg vil gerne takke kommissæren for den oprigtige udtalelse.
KELLETT-BOWMAN (PPE). — Mr President, I would like to thank the Commissioner for that forthright state ment.
Den vil være os til stor hjælp; men i sit kommende møde med banken vil han da være så venlig at finde ud af, hvorledes det kan gå til, at hr. Attali besøgte Budgetkontroludvalget og ikke antydede noget om, at den slags oplysninger snarest ville fremkomme?
It will be very helpful to us, but in his forthcoming meetings with the Bank will he please try and discover how it is that Mr Attali visited the Committee on Budgetary Control and gave no indication that such facts were going to be made public in the very near future?
Han må have været klar over det på det tidspunkt.
He must have known at the time.
De lånebetingelser, som er opstillet — nu vender jeg tilbage til fru Goedmakers spørgsmål — er objektive bankmæssige lånebetingelser.
The lending conditions which apply — here I am moving back to Mrs Goedmaker's question — are objective bank lending conditions.
Banken foretager to typer låneoperationer.
The Bank issues two types of loan.
Der er det, man kalder development banking, altså en udlånsvirksomhed, som tager sigte på at styrke infrastruktur og andre samfundsmæssige indretninger, som skal sikre, at de pågældende lande kan udvikle sig.
There is the so-called development banking, in other words, lending undertaken for the purposes of strengthening infrastructure and other social structures, in order to ensure that the countries in question can develop.
Så er der det, vi kalder merchant banking, dvs. finansiering af private industrielle eller kommerciel le projekter.
Then there is merchant banking, i.e. the financing of private industrial or commercial projects.
Det kan være alt fra hoteller, industrivirksomheder og opbygning af finansielle institutioner til banker og lignende.
This can cover eve rything from hotels, industrial concerns and the buildingup of financial institutions to banks and the like.
I hvert tilfælde skal aktionærerne godkende engagementet, men der er ikke tale om den slags betingelser, som fru Goedmakers kender.
In every case, the shareholders have to approve the committment, but the sort of conditions which Mrs Goedmakers knows do not come into the picture at all.
Der er ikke noget krav om, at tingene skal importeres fra bestemte lande eller lignende.
There is no require ment that things should be imported from certain countries, or anything of that sort.
Det er en ren bankmæssig vurdering, og det er klart, at det er aktionærrepræsentanternes ansvar, at disse betingelser respekteres.
It is purely a bank assessment, and obviously it is the shareholders' representatives' responsibility to ensure that these conditions are fulfilled.
Og vil han venligst gøre det klart for banken, at også selv om den havde lånt penge ud meget hurtigere, er dens ødselhed og luksus i hovedkvarteret uacceptabel for Fællesskabet, og at enhver, der siger, at han repræsenterer en fællesskabsinstitution — som EBRD endnu ikke er — ikke kan have nogen undskyldning for den slags, som pressen har skrevet.
And will he please make it clear to the Bank that even if they had been lending money at a much faster rate, the profligacy of their expenditure and the luxury of their headquarters is not acceptable to the Community and that anybody who claims to represent a Community institution — which the EBRD is not yet — cannot have any excuse for the sort of things which have been reported in the press.
Hvis det nu forholder sig således, at presseskriverierne ikke er sande, hr. formand, ville jeg være taknemmelig, hvis Kommissionen ville sikre, at banken sørger for, at kendsgerninger spredes lige så vidt, som rygterne allerede er blevet.
If by any chance any of those things reported in the press are not true, Mr President, I would be grateful if the Commission would ensure that the Bank gives as much publicity to the facts as has been given already to the rumours.
JENSEN (S). — Hr. formand, ser kommissionsmedlem met et problem i, at bankens direktør er lønnet af banken og ikke af de medlemslandes regeringer, som de repræ senterer i banken?
JENSEN (S), — (DA) — Mr President, does the Commissioner see any problem in that the Bank's Directors are paid by the Bank and not by the governments of the Member States, as represented in the Bank?
CHRISTOPHERSEN, medlem af Kommissionen. — Hr. formand, jeg vil begynde med det spørgsmål, som fru Goedmakers stillede: Hvordan fungerer banken?
CHRISTOPHERSEN, Member of the Commission — (DA) — Mr President, I would like to start with the question Mrs Goedmakers asked: How does the Bank work?