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Therefore, a reduction of payment credits, amounting to Euro 15,7 million, was requested and granted in the context of the Global Transfer (September 2006).
Therefore, a reduction of payment credits, amounting to Euro 15,7 million, was requested and granted in the context of the Global Transfer (September 2006).
At the end of 2006, the level of execution of payment credits was close to 100%.
At the end of 2006, the level of execution of payment credits was close to 100%.
The implementation rates for the commitment appropriations for the tobacco funds are very satisfactory (almost 100%) and demonstrate that this instrument has been widely used in practice and justifies Parliament's request on the Commission during the budget procedure for 2008 to continue this initiative from 2009 onwards.
The implementation rates for the commitment appropriations for the tobacco funds are very satisfactory (almost 100%) and demonstrate that this instrument has been widely used in practice and justifies Parliament's request on the Commission during the budget procedure for 2008 to continue this initiative from 2009 onwards.
Payments took place a year after the commitment was made, here in 2007.
Payments took place a year after the commitment was made, here in 2007.
The project on the Health Emergency Operation Facility (HEOF) started in 2006 but most of the payments took place in 2007.
The project on the Health Emergency Operation Facility (HEOF) started in 2006 but most of the payments took place in 2007.
The level of execution of commitment credits for food safety measures on the one hand is satisfactory for most of the measures, except for Emergency funds.
The level of execution of commitment credits for food safety measures on the one hand is satisfactory for most of the measures, except for Emergency funds.
The low implementation rate here, 55 %, is due to the fact that epidemics are not predictable.
The low implementation rate here, 55 %, is due to the fact that epidemics are not predictable.
Therefore, it is impossible to know the level of implementation for commitment as well as payment credits in advance.
Therefore, it is impossible to know the level of implementation for commitment as well as payment credits in advance.
The level of implementation of payment credits is low, 15,5%, but this is mainly due to the fact that in this area all the credits are non dissociated and that most of the payments take place the year after the commitment was made.
The level of implementation of payment credits is low, 15,5%, but this is mainly due to the fact that in this area all the credits are non dissociated and that most of the payments take place the year after the commitment was made.
However, in the case of eradication measures, the level of implementation of payment credits in 2006, related to commitments made in 2005, only reached 73 %.
However, in the case of eradication measures, the level of implementation of payment credits in 2006, related to commitments made in 2005, only reached 73 %.
This relatively low level can be explained by the fact that, in several cases, Member States did not use the total amount they asked for.
This relatively low level can be explained by the fact that, in several cases, Member States did not use the total amount they asked for.
Out of Euro 200,6 million committed in 2005, Euro 15,5 million were cancelled on request of Member States.
Out of Euro 200,6 million committed in 2005, Euro 15,5 million were cancelled on request of Member States.
AVIZUL Comisiei pentru piața internă și protecția consumatorilor
OPINION of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
Raportoare pentru aviz: Luisa Fernanda Rudi Ubeda
Draftswoman: Luisa Fernanda Rudi Ubeda
Comisia pentru piața internă și protecția consumatorilor recomandă Comisiei pentru control bugetar, competentă în fond, includerea următoarelor sugestii în propunerea de rezoluție ce urmează a fi adoptată:
The Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection calls on the Committee on Budgetary Control, as the committee responsible, to incorporate the following suggestions in its motion for a resolution:
3. consideră că rata de execuție de 48% a liniei bugetare 140201 aferente domeniului politicii vamale este foarte scăzută, ceea ce, potrivit Comisiei, este rezultatul unei schimbări în politica de achiziții publice care constă în trecerea de la atribuirea de contracte separate la punerea în aplicare a contractelor-cadru pe termen lung; apreciază, prin urmare, faptul că rata de execuție a crescut la 83% în 2007, ceea ce demonstrează deja rezultatele pozitive ale acestei schimbări de politică, deși încă mai este nevoie de îmbunătățiri;
Believes that the execution rate of 48% of budget line 140201 in the area of customs policy is very low, which is, according to the Commission, the result of a policy change in the tendering procedure moving away from the award of separate contracts towards implementing long-term framework contracts; appreciates therefore that the execution rate has increased to 83% in 2007, which already shows the positive results of this policy change, notwithstanding the need for further improvement;
Godfrey Bloom, Cristian Silviu Bușoi, Gabriela Crețu, Mia De Vits, Janelly Fourtou, Vicente Miguel Garcés Ramón, Evelyne Gebhardt, Malcolm Harbour, Anna Hedh, Iliana Malinova Iotova, Pierre Jonckheer, Kurt Lechner, Toine Manders, Catherine Neris, Bill Newton Dunn, Zita Pleštinská, Guido Podestà, Giovanni Rivera, Zuzana Roithová, Heide Rühle, Leopold Józef Rutowicz, Andreas Schwab, Alexander Stubb, Marianne Thyssen, Jacques Toubon, Bernadette Vergnaud, Barbara Weiler, Marian Zlotea
Godfrey Bloom, Cristian Silviu Buşoi, Gabriela Creţu, Mia De Vits, Janelly Fourtou, Vicente Miguel Garcés Ramón, Evelyne Gebhardt, Malcolm Harbour, Anna Hedh, Iliana Malinova Iotova, Pierre Jonckheer, Kurt Lechner, Toine Manders, Catherine Neris, Bill Newton Dunn, Zita Pleštinská, Guido Podestà, Giovanni Rivera, Zuzana Roithová, Heide Rühle, Leopold Józef Rutowicz, Andreas Schwab, Alexander Stubb, Marianne Thyssen, Jacques Toubon, Bernadette Vergnaud, Barbara Weiler, Marian Zlotea
AVIZUL Comisiei pentru transport și turism
OPINION of the Committee on Transport and Tourism
privind descărcarea de gestiune referitoare la execuția bugetului general al Uniunii Europene aferent exercițiului financiar 2006
on discharge in respect of the implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2006
Raportor pentru aviz: Georg Jarzembowski
Draftsman: Georg Jarzembowski
Comisia pentru transport și turism recomandă Comisiei pentru control bugetar, competentă în fond, includerea următoarelor sugestii în propunerea de rezoluție ce urmează a fi adoptată:
The Committee on Transport and Tourism calls on the Committee on Budgetary Control, as the committee responsible, to incorporate the following suggestions in its motion for a resolution:
- pentru rețelele transeuropene de transport (TEN-T) au fost prevăzute credite de angajament în valoare de 699,8 milioane EUR și credite de plată în valoare de 684 milioane EUR;
- EUR 699,8 million was available in commitment appropriations and EUR 684 million in payment appropriations for Trans-European Networks for Transport (TEN-T) projects,
2. salută menținerea unor niveluri ridicate de utilizare atât a creditelor de angajament, cât și a celor de plată pentru proiectele privind TEN-T, ambele ajungând la aproape 100%, și invită statele membre să garanteze o finanțare adecvată de la bugetele naționale, pentru a realiza acest angajament comunitar;
Welcomes the continuing high rates of utilisation of both commitment and payment appropriations for Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) projects, both reaching almost 100 %, and calls on Member States to ensure that adequate funding is made available from national budgets to match this Community commitment;
Raportor pentru aviz: Gerardo Galeote
Draftsman: Gerardo Galeote
Comisia pentru dezvoltare regională recomandă Comisiei pentru control bugetar, competentă în fond, includerea următoarelor sugestii în propunerea de rezoluție ce urmează a fi adoptată:
The Committee on Regional Development calls on the Committee on Budgetary Control, as the committee responsible, to incorporate the following suggestions in its motion for a resolution:
5. aprobă poziția declarată a Comisiei, potrivit căreia toate neregulile detectate ar trebui să fie urmate în mod corespunzător de măsuri corective, printre care suspendarea plăților și recuperarea plăților nejustificate sau incorect realizate; în acest sens, își exprimă îngrijorarea față de numărul neregulilor din 2006 și ia notă de angajamentul Comisiei de a elabora un plan detaliat cu obiectivul de a reduce în viitor volumul sumelor plătite în mod nejustificat;
Approves of the Commission's stated position that all established irregularities should be duly followed up by corrective measures, including the suspension of payments and the recuperation of unjustified or incorrectly made payments; notes in this respect its concern at the number of irregularities in 2006, and takes note of the commitment of the Commission to draw up a detailed plan to reduce the scale of sums unduly paid in the future;
Declarații de gestiune naționale
National management declarations
Întrucât acțiunile operative ale fondurilor structurale intră în domeniul competenței partajate, statele membre sunt responsabile cu execuția și controlul acestora; subliniază necesitatea, exprimată deja în rezoluțiile Parlamentului privind descărcarea de gestiune pentru exercițiile financiare 2003, 2004 și 2005, de a introduce declarații naționale la un nivel politic adecvat, care să reglementeze toate fondurile comunitare care intră sub incidența acordului de gestiune comună și care să ofere o garanție veritabilă că sistemele naționale de supraveghere și control funcționează în mod corespunzător.
Since the operative actions of the Structural Funds fall within shared competence, Member States are responsible for carrying out their implementation and control; stresses the need, as already advocated by Parliament in its discharge resolutions for 2003, 2004 and 2005, to introduce national declarations at an appropriate political level governing all Community funds coming under the shared management arrangement and providing a genuine guarantee that national supervisory and control systems are functioning properly.
Alfonso Andria, Emmanouil Angelakas, Stavros Arnaoutakis, Elspeth Attwooll, Rolf Berend, Jana Bobošíková, Victor Boștinaru, Antonio De Blasio, Petru Filip, Gerardo Galeote, Iratxe García Pérez, Eugenijus Gentvilas, Pedro Guerreiro, Gábor Harangozó, Marian Harkin, Jim Higgins, Mieczysław Edmund Janowski, Rumiana Jeleva, Gisela Kallenbach, Tunne Kelam, Evgeni Kirilov, Miloš Koterec, Constanze Angela Krehl, Jamila Madeira, Mario Mantovani, Sérgio Marques, Miroslav Mikolášik, James Nicholson, Lambert van Nistelrooij, Jan Olbrycht, Maria Petre, Markus Pieper, Pierre Pribetich, Wojciech Roszkowski, Elisabeth Schroedter, Grażyna Staniszewska, Catherine Stihler, Dimitar Stoyanov, Margie Sudre, Andrzej Jan Szejna, Oldřich Vlasák
Alfonso Andria, Emmanouil Angelakas, Stavros Arnaoutakis, Elspeth Attwooll, Rolf Berend, Jana Bobošíková, Victor Boştinaru, Antonio De Blasio, Petru Filip, Gerardo Galeote, Iratxe García Pérez, Eugenijus Gentvilas, Pedro Guerreiro, Gábor Harangozó, Marian Harkin, Jim Higgins, Mieczysław Edmund Janowski, Rumiana Jeleva, Gisela Kallenbach, Tunne Kelam, Evgeni Kirilov, Miloš Koterec, Constanze Angela Krehl, Jamila Madeira, Mario Mantovani, Sérgio Marques, Miroslav Mikolášik, James Nicholson, Lambert van Nistelrooij, Jan Olbrycht, Maria Petre, Markus Pieper, Pierre Pribetich, Wojciech Roszkowski, Elisabeth Schroedter, Grażyna Staniszewska, Catherine Stihler, Dimitar Stoyanov, Margie Sudre, Andrzej Jan Szejna, Oldřich Vlasák
AVIZUL Comisiei pentru cultură Și educaȚie
OPINION of the Committee on Culture and Education
Secțiunea III – Comisia
Section III, Commission
Raportoare pentru aviz: Helga Trüpel
Draftswoman: Helga Trüpel
Comisia pentru cultură și educație recomandă Comisiei pentru control bugetar, competentă în fond, includerea următoarelor sugestii în propunerea de rezoluție ce urmează a fi adoptată:
The Committee on Culture and Education calls on the Committee on Budgetary Control, as the committee responsible, to incorporate the following suggestions in its motion for a resolution:
The overall assessment of the Commission's execution of the 2006 budget in the area of education, culture, audiovisual and communication is positive with some aspects that need further commenting.
The overall assessment of the Commission's execution of the 2006 budget in the area of education, culture, audiovisual and communication is positive with some aspects that need further commenting.
Your rapporteur would like to bring to your attention the following points:
Your rapporteur would like to bring to your attention the following points:
Your rapporteur supports the efforts undertaken by the Commission to simplify payments to beneficiaries through the increased use of lump-sums and flat-rate financing.
Your rapporteur supports the efforts undertaken by the Commission to simplify payments to beneficiaries through the increased use of lump-sums and flat-rate financing.
Such measures, which have been made possible through the revision of the Financial Regulation, lower the risk of errors in the declaration of expenditure and facilitate the granting of funds both for the Commission and the beneficiary.
Such measures, which have been made possible through the revision of the Financial Regulation, lower the risk of errors in the declaration of expenditure and facilitate the granting of funds both for the Commission and the beneficiary.
They have equally been recommended by the Court of Auditors.
They have equally been recommended by the Court of Auditors.
Executive Agency
Executive Agency
The Education, Audiovisual Culture Executive Agency became operational in January 2006.
The Education, Audiovisual Culture Executive Agency became operational in January 2006.
Its establishment enabled the Commission to transfer the management of 17% of the budget for the multi-annual programmes in the area of education and culture to the agency.
Its establishment enabled the Commission to transfer the management of 17% of the budget for the multi-annual programmes in the area of education and culture to the agency.
According to a cost-benefit study dated November 2006, this move would reduce management costs by 17,3%.
According to a cost-benefit study dated November 2006, this move would reduce management costs by 17,3%.
At the same time it can be considered to have increased overall stability in programme management compared to the former practice of contracting external offices to handle the work.
At the same time it can be considered to have increased overall stability in programme management compared to the former practice of contracting external offices to handle the work.
In the course of the establishment of the agency around 10.500 dossiers were transferred from the Commission to the Agency.
In the course of the establishment of the agency around 10.500 dossiers were transferred from the Commission to the Agency.
Unfortunately, the exact division of labour between the Executive Agency and the Commission remains rather unclear to applicants and requires further clarification and greater transparency.
Unfortunately, the exact division of labour between the Executive Agency and the Commission remains rather unclear to applicants and requires further clarification and greater transparency.
National Agencies
National Agencies
The role of national agencies in the implementation of the multi-annual programmes is considerable.
The role of national agencies in the implementation of the multi-annual programmes is considerable.
They not only manage around 70% of the budget in the area of education and culture but they also serve as an important contact point and source of information for applicants and beneficiaries of EU funding.
They not only manage around 70% of the budget in the area of education and culture but they also serve as an important contact point and source of information for applicants and beneficiaries of EU funding.
Set up by Member States, they have to fulfil certain criteria established by the Commission that ensure that they are able to deal with the management of the relevant programmes.
Set up by Member States, they have to fulfil certain criteria established by the Commission that ensure that they are able to deal with the management of the relevant programmes.
In 2007 their number has decreased from 99 to 64 which may add to increased efficiency.
In 2007 their number has decreased from 99 to 64 which may add to increased efficiency.
Their operational budgets are partially co-funded through the budget of the multi-annual programmes, amounting to EUR 66,7 million for the years 2005 and 2006.
Their operational budgets are partially co-funded through the budget of the multi-annual programmes, amounting to EUR 66,7 million for the years 2005 and 2006.
The work of the national agencies is important.
The work of the national agencies is important.
Against this background it is problematic that, in its Annual Activity Report for 2006, the Directorate General for Education and Culture (DG EAC) states that in a few number of cases it observed serious and systemic weaknesses in the programme management by national agencies
Against this background it is problematic that, in its Annual Activity Report for 2006, the Directorate General for Education and Culture (DG EAC) states that in a few number of cases it observed serious and systemic weaknesses in the programme management by national agencies
DG EAC Annual Activity Report, p 24: " Un encadrement approximatif du taux d'erreur peut être estimé, de manière très approximative, comme suit (...)
DG EAC Annual Activity Report, p 24: " Un encadrement approximatif du taux d'erreur peut être estimé, de manière très approximative, comme suit (...)
Pour estimer une limite supérieure, nous proposons d'appliquer à certaines A(gences) N(ationales) le taux de 20% du budget géré" (Taux suggéré par la Cour des Comptes en cas de défaillance systémique grave lorsqu'une quantification plus précise n'est pas disponible) 4 atypical cases were noted. .
Pour estimer une limite supérieure, nous proposons d'appliquer à certaines A(gences) N(ationales) le taux de 20% du budget géré" (Taux suggéré par la Cour des Comptes en cas de défaillance systémique grave lorsqu'une quantification plus précise n'est pas disponible) 4 atypical cases were noted. .
The Commission applies an error rate of 20% in these cases but does not have more precise data.
The Commission applies an error rate of 20% in these cases but does not have more precise data.
DG EAC expresses a reserve as regards the management by the national agencies.
DG EAC expresses a reserve as regards the management by the national agencies.
Member States have a responsibility for the functioning of these agencies and as of 2007 the Commission, as a consequence of the observed short-comings, requests national authorities to issue a "declaration of assurance" before a national agency can enter in contractual relations with the Commission and, on an ex-post basis, for the funds managed by the agency during the previous year.
Member States have a responsibility for the functioning of these agencies and as of 2007 the Commission, as a consequence of the observed short-comings, requests national authorities to issue a "declaration of assurance" before a national agency can enter in contractual relations with the Commission and, on an ex-post basis, for the funds managed by the agency during the previous year.
Your rapporteur considers such a step by the Commission reasonable.
Your rapporteur considers such a step by the Commission reasonable.
It remains to be seen to which extent it helps to improve the agencies' functioning.
It remains to be seen to which extent it helps to improve the agencies' functioning.
National agencies can also play an important part in increasing transparency of procedures, as the Commission rightly states.
National agencies can also play an important part in increasing transparency of procedures, as the Commission rightly states.
Your rapporteur encourages the Commission to make use of the national agencies' administrative proximity to applicants in order to make procedures for applicants more comprehensible.
Your rapporteur encourages the Commission to make use of the national agencies' administrative proximity to applicants in order to make procedures for applicants more comprehensible.
Late Payments
Late Payments
The issue of late payments has been raised by beneficiaries and also by the Court of Auditors.
The issue of late payments has been raised by beneficiaries and also by the Court of Auditors.
So does the latest own-initiative inquiry by the European Ombudsman to request information from the Commission on "the causes of delays in making payments to contractors and to beneficiaries of grants and subsidies"
So does the latest own-initiative inquiry by the European Ombudsman to request information from the Commission on "the causes of delays in making payments to contractors and to beneficiaries of grants and subsidies"
Letter from the European Ombudsman opening own-initiative inquiry OI/5/2007/GG concerning the European Commission. .
Letter from the European Ombudsman opening own-initiative inquiry OI/5/2007/GG concerning the European Commission. .
This initiative is to be welcomed.
This initiative is to be welcomed.
The Financial Regulation sets a limit of 45 days for payments to beneficiaries.
The Financial Regulation sets a limit of 45 days for payments to beneficiaries.
For the 2006 budget no data is available as far as the rate of late payments is concerned
For the 2006 budget no data is available as far as the rate of late payments is concerned
As far as DG Education and Culture is concerned, it has to be noted that some data regarding the implementation of the 2006 budget of DG EAC were not available due to a number of problems in the DG's IT accounting systems which, although less relevant compared to 2005, made the assessment of budget implementation in some respect difficult. .
As far as DG Education and Culture is concerned, it has to be noted that some data regarding the implementation of the 2006 budget of DG EAC were not available due to a number of problems in the DG's IT accounting systems which, although less relevant compared to 2005, made the assessment of budget implementation in some respect difficult. .
However, according to DG EAC, in 2007 77% of the payments took place within this limit.
However, according to DG EAC, in 2007 77% of the payments took place within this limit.
This makes for 23 % being done too late.
This makes for 23 % being done too late.
It has to be assumed that the rate of late payments was not much lower in the previous year, a situation which your rapporteur considers not acceptable.
It has to be assumed that the rate of late payments was not much lower in the previous year, a situation which your rapporteur considers not acceptable.
The question of late payments is all the more relevant since many of the beneficiaries in the area of education and culture are very small organisations or co-operations which sometimes may have got together only for the sake of setting up a European project or action.
The question of late payments is all the more relevant since many of the beneficiaries in the area of education and culture are very small organisations or co-operations which sometimes may have got together only for the sake of setting up a European project or action.
These organisations depend to a very large extent on the timely receipt of the funds they were promised, and therefore such late payments can call into question the entire project or action to be funded.
These organisations depend to a very large extent on the timely receipt of the funds they were promised, and therefore such late payments can call into question the entire project or action to be funded.
DG EAC, in its annual activity report 2006
DG EAC, in its annual activity report 2006