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Takes note of the written answers to the 2011 discharge resolution provided to the Committee on Budgetary Control on 25 October 2013 and, therefore, received before the start of the 2012 discharge exercise; welcomes the subsequent presentation by the Secretary-General on the replies and follow-up of Parliament’s administration on 25 November 2013 to the various questions and requests of Parliament’s 2011 discharge resolution and the exchange of views with Members that followed;
je seznanjen s pisnimi odgovori na resolucijo o razrešnici za leto 2011, poslanimi Odboru za proračunski nadzor 25. oktobra 2013 in tako prejetimi še pred začetkom postopka razrešnice za leto 2012; pozdravlja predstavitev odgovorov, ki jo je 25. novembra 2013 pripravil generalni sekretar, kar zadeva odziv in nadaljnje ukrepanje uprave Parlamenta glede različnih vprašanj in zahtev iz resolucije o razrešnici Parlamentu za proračunsko leto 2011 ter izmenjavo mnenj s poslanci, ki je sledila;
Welcomes the fact that since 2011, Parliament’s translation and interpretation services are undergoing significant changes; acknowledges that throughout this process, efficiency could be considerably increased and subsequently, financial means reduced, while the quality and offer for Members is maintained; notes that in the framework of the resource-efficient full multilingualism policy, the on-demand translation of the verbatim reports of proceedings and of written questions has allowed for a reduction in external translation of EUR 11 million on a permanent basis;
pozdravlja dejstvo, da službi Parlamenta za prevajanje in za tolmačenje od leta 2011 uvajata korenite spremembe; ugotavlja, da bo mogoče v tem procesu močno povečati učinkovitost in nato zmanjšati porabljena finančna sredstva, pri čemer bosta kakovost in izbira storitev za poslance ostali nespremenjeni; ugotavlja, da je v sklopu z viri učinkovite polne večjezičnosti prevajanje zapisnikov sej in vprašanj za pisni odgovor na zahtevo omogočilo trajno zmanjšanje stroškov zunanjega prevajanja za 11 milijonov EUR;
Recalls the second decision taken by the Bureau on 12 March 2012 on resource efficient full multilingualism which provided that delegations requiring derogations for travel during Committee weeks would only be provided with a limited language regime not exceeding interpretation into one language; notes that as result of this measure, the number of missions held during weeks set aside for external parliamentary activities increased from 36 % of all missions in 2011 to 46 % in 2012, while the number of interpreter days on mission decreased by 23 % between 2011 and 2012;
spominja na drugo odločitev predsedstva o polni, z viri učinkoviti večjezičnosti z dne 12. marca 2012, da bodo imele delegacije, ki bodo uveljavljale izjeme za službeno potovanje v tednih sej odborov, na voljo omejene jezikovne storitve, in sicer tolmačenje samo v en jezik; ugotavlja, da se je zaradi tega ukrepa število službenih potovanj v tednih za zunanje parlamentarne dejavnosti povečalo s 36 % v letu 2011 na 46 % v letu 2012, število tolmaških dni na službenih potovanjih pa zmanjšalo za 23 %;
Notes the subsequent decision by the Secretary-General on 23 March 2013 which provided that Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons of Committee weeks became reserved for meetings of committees and of trilogues exclusively; notes positively that as a result of the measures already implemented, the share of the external interpretation costs in the total Parliament budget decreased from 3,5 % in 2011 to 2,6 % in 2012; believes that the principle of sound financial management needs to apply to interpretation as well and that with a view to ensuring the best value for money for Union taxpayers, critical analysis should continually be undertaken to assess where and how efficiency can be improved and costs controlled or limited; calls on the Secretary-General to make the annual report on the application of the Code of Conduct for Multilingualism public to Members of the responsible committee;
je seznanjen z naslednjo odločitvijo generalnega sekretarja z dne 23. marca 2013, da bodo torkovi in sredini popoldnevi v tednu odborov namenjeni izključno sejam odborov in tristranskim pogovorom; z zadovoljstvom ugotavlja, da se je zaradi že izpeljanih ukrepov delež stroškov za zunanje tolmače v celotnem proračunu Parlamenta zmanjšal s 3,5 % v letu 2011 na 2,6 % v letu 2012; meni, da bi morali načelo dobrega finančnega poslovodenja uporabljati tudi za tolmačenje in da bi morali s kritičnimi analizami redno ugotavljati, kje in kako bi lahko povečali učinkovitost ter nadzorovali oziroma omejili stroške, da se zagotovi najboljša možna uporaba denarja evropskih davkoplačevalcev; poziva generalnega sekretarja, naj letno poročilo o uporabi kodeksa večjezičnosti posreduje članom pristojnega odbora;
Notes the Secretary-General’s reply indicating that the cost of the LUX prize was reduced, as proposed by the Committee on Budgetary Control and voted in plenary in the 2010 discharge report; notes that a series of concrete measures have been taken in order to minimise the LUX Prize expenditure, in particular cutting costs related to promotional activities at international festivals and within Parliament premises; takes note that the expenditure of LUX Prize in 2012 was EUR 434421, which represents a reduction of 24 % as compared to 2011 (EUR 573722); calls for further efficiencies to be found;
je seznanjen z odgovorom generalnega sekretarja, da so bili stroški nagrade LUX zmanjšani, kot je predlagal Odbor za proračunski odbor in kot so izglasovali poslanci na plenarnem zasedanju ob obravnavi poročila o razrešnici za leto 2010; opaža, da je bil sprejet niz konkretnih ukrepov za zmanjšanje stroškov za to nagrado, zlasti stroškov promocijskih dejavnosti na mednarodnih festivalih in v prostorih Parlamenta; ugotavlja, da so odhodki za nagrado LUX v letu 2012 znašali 434421 EUR, kar je 24 % manj kot v letu 2011 (573722 EUR); poziva k temu, da učinkovitost še poveča;
Considers prizes not to be a core activity of Parliament and requests that a cost-benefit analysis be carried out before any new prize initiatives are developed;
meni, da nagrade niso osrednja dejavnost Parlamenta, in zahteva, da se pred pripravo novih pobud za nagrade opravi analiza stroškov in koristi;
Notes that in light of the ever growing amount of customers and the evolution of the institution, the Bureau adopted at its meeting on 10 June 2013 a comprehensive strategy that sets out the main orientations for the catering policy at Parliament until 2019; recalls that overall catering activities increased by around 150 % from 2002 to 2011, from 1,472 million customers in 2002 compared to 3,711 million customers in 2011; notes that Parliament’s catering services continue to be marked by an operational deficit that should not be compensated exclusively by price increases; notes that price policies in Parliament should remain in line with the other institutions and that Parliament is better positioned to achieve better conditions from contractors and economies of scale in those operations, taking into account the number of customers served;
ugotavlja, da je predsedstvo zaradi vse večjega števila strank in razvoja institucije na seji 10. junija 2013 sprejelo celovito strategijo, v kateri je opredelilo glavne smernice za gostinske storitve v Parlamentu do leta 2019; spominja, da se je obseg gostinskih storitev med letoma 2002 in 2011 povečal za približno 150 %, število strank pa z 1,472 milijona na 3,711 milijona; ugotavlja, da gostinske storitve v Parlamentu še vedno ustvarjajo primanjkljaj, ki ga ne bi smeli pokriti izključno z višjimi cenami; ugotavlja, da mora cenovna politika v Parlamentu ostati takšna kot v drugih institucijah in da je Parlament glede na veliko število strank v ugodnejšem položaju in lahko doseže boljše pogoje pri izvajalcih in ekonomijo obsega;
Notes that some requests made in the annual discharge reports endorsed by Parliament’s plenary are not met; notes that the Secretary-General argues that these requests fall within the remit of the Bureau of the Parliament or the Conference of Presidents of the Parliament; insists that plenary requests made in the annual discharge reports are fully implemented;
ugotavlja, da niso bile izpolnjene nekatere zahteve iz letnih poročil o razrešnici, ki jih Parlament podprl na plenarnem zasedanju; je seznanjen s trditvami generalnega sekretarja, da te zahteve sodijo v področje pristojnosti predsedstva Parlamenta oziroma konference predsednikov Parlamenta; vztraja, da je treba v celoti izvajati zahteve plenarnega zasedanja, vključene v letna poročila o razrešnici;
Parliament’s 2012 discharge
Razrešnica Parlamentu za leto 2012
Notes that the scope of the discharge procedure should cover not only the budget implementation and the managerial activities of the Secretary-General and Administration for the financial year 2012, but also the decisions taken by its governing bodies, i.e. its President, Bureau and Conference of Presidents; stresses that Parliament, in a critical scrutiny of the institution’s financial management, grants discharge not to the Secretary-General, but rather, to its President;
ugotavlja, da bi moral postopek razrešnice poleg izvrševanja proračuna in upravljavskih dejavnosti generalnega sekretarja in uprave v proračunskem letu 2012 zajemati tudi odločitve, ki jih sprejemajo organi odločanja, tj. predsednik in konferenca predsednikov; poudarja, da Parlament v okviru kritičnega nadzora nad finančnim poslovodenjem institucije razrešnico podeli svojemu predsedniku, ne generalnemu sekretarju;
Welcomes, in this respect, the quality of the exchange of views between the Secretary-General and the Committee on Budgetary Control in the presence of the Internal Auditor, on 21 January 2014 in the context of the 2012 Parliament discharge; reiterates that Parliament’s governing bodies and administration are held accountable throughout this process and that it is therefore essential for the entire decision-making procedure to take place in a completely transparent manner to ensure that citizens of the Union are provided with a true and accurate view of the way that Parliament takes its decisions and uses the resources placed at its disposal; calls, accordingly, for the agendas for meetings of, and the decisions taken by, Parliament’s decision-making bodies to be communicated without delay both to the Members and staff of Parliament as a whole and to the general public;
v zvezi s tem pozdravlja kakovostno izmenjavo mnenj med generalnim sekretarjem in Odborom za proračunski nadzor v navzočnosti notranjega revizorja 21. januarja 2014, v sklopu postopka razrešnice Parlamentu za leto 2012; znova poudarja, da so vodstveni organi in uprava Parlamenta v postopku razrešnice poklicani na odgovornost ter da je zato bistveno, da celoten postopek odločanja poteka na povsem pregleden način, da je mogoče državljanom Unije posredovati resnične in točne informacije o tem, kako Parlament sprejema svoje odločitve in uporablja sredstva, ki jih ima na voljo; zato poziva, da se dnevni redi sej in odločitve organov odločanja Parlamenta nemudoma sporočajo poslancem in vsem zaposlenim Parlamenta ter obči javnosti;
Points out that the main references, free of any political consideration, to assess the implementation of Parliament’s budget should be first and foremost the opinion of its external independent auditor and secondly the opinion provided by Parliament’s Internal Auditor and his assessment of Parliaments’ internal control system; reiterates its satisfaction with the positive opinion provided by the Court of Auditors on the reliability of Parliament’s accounts and on the legality and regularity of the transactions underlying those accounts;
poudarja, da je treba pri ocenjevanju izvrševanja proračuna Parlamenta najprej in predvsem upoštevati mnenje neodvisnega zunanjega revizorja, nato pa mnenje notranjega revizorja in njegovo oceno sistema notranje kontrole v Parlamentu, povsem brez političnih vplivov; izraža zadovoljstvo s pozitivnim mnenjem Računskega sodišča o zanesljivosti računovodskih izkazov Parlamenta ter zakonitosti in pravilnosti z njimi povezanih transakcij;
Recalls that the Code of Conduct for Parliament’s Members with respect to financial interests and conflicts of interest, adopted by the plenary on 1 December 2011, requires Members to fully disclose any remunerated activities outside Parliament, the remuneration they receive and any other function they perform which may give rise to conflicts of interest and that the code expressly prohibits Members from accepting any sum of money or other gift in exchange for influencing Parliament decisions; notes that it lays down clear rules on accepting gifts and on former Members engaging in lobbying; asks that the administration scrutinises at least 15 % of these declarations on a regular and annual basis;
spominja, da kodeks ravnanja za poslance v zvezi s finančnimi interesi in navzkrižjem interesov, sprejet na plenarnem zasedanju 1. decembra 2011, od poslancev zahteva, da v celoti razkrijejo vse plačane dejavnosti, ki jih opravljajo zunaj institucije, svoje plače ter vse druge funkcije, zaradi katerih bi lahko prišlo do navzkrižja interesov, ter da jim kodeks izrecno prepoveduje, da bi v zameno za vplivanje na odločitve Parlamenta sprejemali denar ali druga darila; ugotavlja, da kodeks določa jasna pravila o sprejemanju daril in o ukvarjanju nekdanjih poslancev z lobiranjem; zahteva, da uprava redno in vsako leto pregleda vsaj 15 % teh izjav;
Takes note that the implementing measures for the Code of Conduct for Members were adopted by the Bureau on 15 April 2013; notes with satisfaction that implementing measures in respect of Article 5(3), to ensure transparency with regard to Members’ travel, accommodation and subsistence expenses paid by third parties, in force since 1 July 2013, stipulate that all reimbursement of travel, accommodation or subsistence expenses covered by third parties for Members’ attendance at events organised by third parties shall be declared; notes, furthermore, that if no such reimbursement is made, but only the cost of a meal, entrance ticket or similar below the value of EUR 150 is paid, no declaration needs to be made;
je seznanjen, da je predsedstvo 15. aprila 2013 sprejelo izvedbena pravila za kodeks ravnanja poslancev; z zadovoljstvom ugotavlja, da ta pravila v zvezi s členom 5(3), ki naj bi zagotovil preglednost potnih stroškov, stroškov bivanja in dnevnic poslancev, ki jih krijejo tretje strani, v veljavi od 1. julija 2013, določajo, da morajo poslanci razkriti povračila omenjenih stroškov, nastalih ob udeležbi na dogodkih, ki jih organizirajo tretje strani; ugotavlja tudi, da v primerih, ko ti stroški niso bili povrnjeni, plačani pa so bili samo obrok, vstopnina ali kaj podobnega v vrednosti, ki ne dosega 150 EUR, takšno razkritje ni potrebno;
Calls for all annexes to written parliamentary questions (Rule 117 of Parliament’s Rules of Procedure) to be posted, together with the questions concerned, on Parliament’s website;
zahteva, da se na spletnem mestu Evropskega parlamenta skupaj z vprašanji za pisni odgovor (člen 117 Poslovnika Parlamenta) objavijo tudi vse priloge;
Believes that Parliament is the only European public institution that pays an allowance intended to meet the costs of office administration into private and personal bank accounts without requiring any receipts to be kept or the auditing of the expenditure; suspects that Members would be deeply critical of any other body that similarly failed to supervise the use of public money; calls on the Secretary-General to propose light touch arrangements to ensure that the General Expenditure Allowance is used for the purpose intended and cannot provide a supplementary private income for Members;
meni, da je Parlament edina evropska javna institucija, ki nadomestila, namenjena kritju stroškov upravljanja pisarne, nakazuje na zasebne in osebne bančne račune in pri tem ne zahteva niti shranjevanja računov niti revizije odhodkov; verjame, da bi bili poslanci zelo kritični do vsakega drugega organa, ki bi tako pomanjkljivo nadziral porabo javnega denarja; poziva generalnega sekretarja, naj predlaga blago ureditev, s katero bo zagotovil, da se bo nadomestilo splošnih stroškov uporabljalo za predvidene namene in da ne bo moglo postati vir dodatnega zasebnega zaslužka poslancev;
Requests an evaluation of the daily subsistence allowance for Members concerning its amount and use; requests that the Bureau revise this implementing measure accordingly to ensure that this allowance is used in as cost-efficient a manner as possible;
zahteva oceno dnevnic za poslance, kar zadeva njihovo višino in uporabo; zahteva, da predsedstvo ustrezno spremeni ta izvedbeni ukrep in tako zagotovi, da se dnevnice uporabljajo kar najbolj stroškovno učinkovito;
The President’s political activities
Politične dejavnosti predsednika
Calls for detailed information on how the President, as a politically neutral figure, has kept his duties in office separate from his preparations to head the Socialists and Democrats’ list in the European elections, in particular with regard to the staff in his cabinet and in Parliament’s information offices and to travel expenses; is of the opinion that in connection with many of those activities, no distinction has been made between the two roles; calls for clear segregation of office holders’ functions, following the Commission’s approach, so that Union taxpayers do not have to pay for the election campaigns of European list leaders;
zahteva podrobne informacije o tem, kako je bilo opravljanje funkcije strankarsko nepristranskega predsednika ločeno od priprav na kandidaturo na evropskih volitvah na čelu liste socialistov in demokratov, zlasti kar zadeva sodelavce v njegovem kabinetu in zunanjih pisarnah EP ter potne stroške; meni, da pri številnih dejavnostih ni bilo razlikovanja med tema vlogama; pri nosilcih funkcij zahteva strogo ločevanje po vzoru Komisije, da davkoplačevalci iz Unije ne bodo plačevali za volilne kampanje vodilnih na evropskih listah kandidatov;
Working places of Parliament
Kraji dela Parlamenta
Notes that Protocol 6, annexed to the Treaties, on the location of the seats of the institutions, decided by common agreement of the governments of the Member States, imposes on Parliament its three working places; notes the call expressed in its resolution of 17 April 2013 on the 2011 discharge [13] for ‘the Secretary-General and the Bureau to provide Members with up-to-date figures and information on the financial and environmental impact of the multiple seat arrangement’ that followed its resolution of 6 February 2013 on the guidelines for the 2014 budget procedure [14] and its resolution of 20 November 2013 on the location of the seats of the European Union’s Institutions [15];
ugotavlja, da protokol 6 o sedežih institucij, ki je priložen Pogodbama in o katerem so se dogovorile vlade vseh držav članic, Parlamentu nalaga, da svoje dejavnosti opravlja v treh krajih; spominja, da je v svoji resoluciji z dne 17. aprila 2013 o razrešnici za leto 2011 [13], ki je sledila resoluciji z dne 6. februarja 2013 o smernicah za proračunski postopek 2014 [14] in resoluciji z dne 20. novembra 2013 o določitvi sedežev evropskih institucij [15], generalnega sekretarja in predsedstvo pozval, naj poslancem posredujeta „najnovejše podatke in informacije o finančnem in okoljskem vplivu te ureditve“;
Recalls that significant historical reasons motivated the seat of the Parliament to be established and that the question of determination of the seat of an Union institution is the exclusive competence of the Member States; notes in this respect that any decision to change the seat arrangement of Parliament would require a change of the Treaties, a decision which would have to be taken unanimously by the Member States;
spominja, da je bila določitev sedeža Parlamenta pogojena s pomembnimi zgodovinskimi razlogi in da so za izbiro sedežev institucij Unije pristojne izključno države članice; v zvezi s tem ugotavlja, da bi odločitev o spremembi sedeža Parlamenta zahtevala spremembo pogodb, to pa bi morale soglasno potrditi vse države članice;
Notes that the expenditure arising from the geographic dispersion of Parliament constitutes an important identified area of potential savings; welcomes the Secretary-General’s report [16] of August 2013 regarding the financial impact of the geographic dispersion of the European Parliament; underlines that the report factored in the calculations the following parameters:
ugotavlja, da so odhodki, ki so posledica geografske razpršenosti Parlamenta, pomembno področje, kjer bi bili mogoči prihranki; pozdravlja poročilo generalnega sekretarja [16] iz avgusta 2013 o finančnih posledicah geografske razpršenosti Evropskega parlamenta; ugotavlja, da so bili v izračunu v tem poročilu upoštevani naslednji dejavniki:
the 2014 draft budget was used as the baseline;
kot osnova je bil uporabljen proračun 2014,
underlying calculations have been updated where more recent data have become available (for example, statistics on missions);
izračuni so bili posodobljeni, ko so bili na voljo najnovejši podatki (npr. statistični podatki o službenih potovanjih),
the method for assessing depreciation costs has been adapted to reflect the proposition that Brussels would be the single place of work which decreased such costs;
metoda za izračun stroškov amortizacije je bila prilagojena na osnovi domneve, da bo enotni sedež Bruselj, zaradi česar so se ti stroški zmanjšali,
costs resulting from the Strasbourg and Luxembourg sites have been declared separately;
stroški Strasbourga in Luxembourga so bili predstavljeni ločeno,
new estimations have been made to show any additional recurrent expenditure as a result of there being a single place of work, as well as, one-off investments and costs related to the merging of the places of work;
opravljene so bile nove ocene dodatnih ponavljajočih se odhodkov, ki bi bili posledica enega samega sedeža, pa tudi ocene enkratnih naložb in stroškov združitve krajev dela;
Points out that the report expresses a theoretical net saving when consolidating the three places of work into one, in Brussels, at estimated EUR 88,9 million per year which represents roughly 5 % of Parliament’s budget in 2014, 1,03 % of the total administrative budget of the Union, and 0,06 % of the overall budget of the Union; takes note of the estimated net effect per Union citizen per year of EUR 0,18 if the three places of work of the Parliament were to be consolidated into one;
opozarja, da poročilo ugotavlja, da bi teoretični neto prihranek združitve treh krajev dela v enega samega v Bruslju po ocenah znašal 88,9 milijona EUR letno, kar je približno 5 % proračuna Parlamenta v letu 2014, 1,03 % celotnega upravnega proračuna Unije in 0,06 % celotnega proračuna Unije; je seznanjen, da bi ocenjeni neto letni prihranek enotnega sedeža na državljana Unije znašal 0,18 EUR;
Points out that the report indicates that a possible merger of Luxembourg into Brussels would result in additional expenditure of EUR 14 million per year; stresses the reported different qualitative and quantitative level of support provided by the host states to the Parliament; notes that those potential costs have not been translated into the equation on potential savings with regard to assuming Brussels as a single seat;
poudarja, da bi morebitna združitev Luxembourga in Bruslja povzročila dodatnih 14 milijonov EUR odhodkov letno; opozarja na razlike v kvalitativni in kvantitativni podpori, ki jo državi gostiteljici ponujata Parlamentu; ugotavlja, da ti morebitni stroški niso bili upoštevani v izračunu morebitnih prihrankov, ki bi bili mogoči, če bi bil sedež v Bruslju;