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B. whereas the members of the Joint Undertaking are Euratom, represented by the Commission, the Member States of Euratom, and third countries which have concluded cooperation agreements with Euratom in the field of controlled nuclear fusion;
B. Medlemmarna i det gemensamma företaget är Euratom, företrädd av kommissionen, medlemsstaterna i Euratom och tredjeländer som har ingått samarbetsavtal med Euratom om kontrollerad nukleär fusion.
C. whereas the Joint Undertaking started to work autonomously on March 2008;
C. Det gemensamma företaget inledde sin självständiga verksamhet i mars 2008.
Notes that the Court of Auditors (the ‘Court’), in its report on the Joint Undertaking’s annual accounts for the financial year 2014 (the ‘Court’s report’), stated that the Joint Undertaking’s annual accounts present fairly, in all material respects, its financial position as at 31 December 2014 and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year then ended, in accordance with the provisions of its financial rules;
Europaparlamentet noterar att revisionsrätten i sin rapport om årsredovisningen för det gemensamma företaget för budgetåret 2014 förklarat att det gemensamma företagets årsredovisning i alla väsentliga avseenden ger en rättvisande bild av det gemensamma företagets finansiella ställning den 31 december 2014 och av resultatet av transaktioner och kassaflöden för det budgetår som avslutades detta datum i enlighet med det gemensamma företagets finansiella bestämmelser.
Notes that the institutions and bodies are required to produce each year a report on budgetary and financial management and that the information provided by the Joint Undertaking in that report lacked harmonisation and was often incomplete; notes that guidance is required from the Commission as to the nature and content of that report;
Europaparlamentet konstaterar att institutionerna och organen är skyldiga att varje år lägga fram en rapport om budgetförvaltningen och den ekonomiska förvaltningen.
Notes that the Court's report emphasised the fact that the Council conclusions adopted on 7 July 2010 [1] approved EUR 6600000000 (in 2008 values) for the Joint Undertaking contribution to the ITER construction phase of the project; notes that that figure, which doubled the initial budgeted costs for this phase of the project, did not include EUR 663000000 proposed by the Commission in 2010 to cover potential contingencies; acknowledges that the ITER Organisation set up a Reserve Fund with the aim of providing a clearer mechanism that compensates the domestic agencies for design changes and provides incentives for the internal organisation to adopt solutions that minimise costs in an attempt to rectify the weakness identified by 2013 ITER Management Assessment [2]; considers that the significant increase of the project costs may put in danger other programmes which are also financed by the Union budget and may be contradictory to the ‘value-for-money’ principle;
Den information som det gemensamma företagen tillhandahöll i rapporten var inte harmoniserad och ofta ofullständig.
Notes with concern that the complexity of the Joint Undertaking’s activities implies that the amount of the contribution to the construction phase of the project by the Joint Undertaking is exposed to significant risks of increase; observes that those risks mainly result from changes in the scope of the project deliverables and delays in the current schedule which was considered to be unrealistic and that the release of a new ITER Organisation action plan, including scope, schedule and costs (the ‘new ITER action plan’), by the Council of the ITER Organisation (‘ITER Council’), planned for June 2015, was postponed until November 2015 and is now scheduled for mid-2016; notes, furthermore, that the delay for the construction phase of the project was estimated by the Joint Undertaking at the time of the audit to be at least 43 months; acknowledges that the Joint Undertaking is already adopting a stringent policy regarding the above and is refraining from proceeding with procurement actions until the specifications for contracts are sufficiently stable; notes, moreover, that the Joint Undertaking has reviewed the procurement schedules for all systems to ensure that the activity durations are correct and that the planned work is achievable given the available resources within the organisation [3];
Parlamentet konstaterar att kommissionen måste ge anvisningarna om hur rapporten ska utformas och vad den ska innehålla.
Takes note of the fact that the latest estimate of the shortfall (negative contingency) until the finalisation of the construction phase, calculated by the Joint Undertaking in November 2014, was EUR 428000000 (2008 values); acknowledges that the Joint Undertaking is currently working on a more accurate and updated estimate through cost-containment measures and that cost control will continue to be a priority at global project management level under the leadership of the new Director-General of the ITER Organisation; points out that during the meeting of the Committee on Budgetary Control held on 22 February 2016 the Commission publically stated that it ‘rejected’ the proposal of the action plan made by the new Director-General of the ITER Organisation; notes, furthermore, that the Joint Undertaking has implemented a central system to manage costing data in order to maintain close control of the evolution of the budget and to monitor cost deviations on a regular basis [4];
Europaparlamentet noterar att revisionsrätten i sin rapport betonar att rådet i sina slutsatser av den 7 juli 2010 [1] godkände ett belopp på 6600000000 EUR (i 2008 års priser) för det gemensamma företagets bidrag till Iterprojektets byggfas.
Urges the new Director-General of the ITER Organisation to present publically the new ITER action plan; expects the new ITER action plan to avoid clearly any further delay or additional costs to the ITER Project;
Parlamentet konstaterar att detta belopp, som innebar att de ursprungliga budgeterade kostnaderna för denna fas av projektet fördubblades, inte ingick i det belopp på 663000000 EUR som kommissionen föreslagit 2010 för oförutsedda utgifter.
Calls on the Joint Undertaking to participate actively in the new ITER action plan, which should include the schedule and scope of the project; expects the new ITER action plan to additionally include measures to tackle all observations acknowledged by the Court;
Parlamentet är medvetet om att Iterorganisationen, för att försöka rätta till de brister som identifierats i förvaltningsgranskningen av Iter 2013, inrättade en reservfond i syfte att tillhandahålla en tydligare mekanism som kompenserar de nationella organen för konstruktionsändringar och skapar incitament för den interna organisationen att införa lösningar som minimerar kostnaderna [2].
Acknowledges that the Joint Undertaking is still developing a central and uniform system to integrate all the operational data and to allow regular monitoring and controlling of estimates, costs and deviations; underlines the importance of having such a system in place; notes, moreover, that the Joint Undertaking has not updated the valuation of the contribution by the Joint Undertaking to the ITER Project beyond the finalisation of the construction phase; acknowledges that the Joint Undertaking has a fully operational system to control and monitor costs at the level of the procurement arrangement and at the level of the system, although it did not yet have in place at the time of the audit all the data at level 6 (contracts); acknowledges that the Joint Undertaking estimated costs concerning projects in the individual project teams rather than in a centralised and uniform manner; notes that the Joint Undertaking employs a number of data management tools to maintain and manage its operational and financial data integrated by a core integrated reporting system and that work is progressing to improve its system to manage cost data and deviations;
Parlamentet anser att den avsevärda utökningen av projektkostnaderna kan äventyra andra program som också finansieras genom unionens budget och kan vara i strid med principen om ”valuta för pengarna”.
Ascertains that, due to the challenges currently faced by the ITER Project, the new Director-General of the ITER Organisation presented to the ITER Council an action plan including specific measures to address the main constraints that are currently affecting the development of the project; notes, furthermore, that, as regards the Joint Undertaking, its new acting director prepared an action plan for the Joint Undertaking which largely supports the ITER Organisation action plan; acknowledges that the Joint Undertaking’s acting director presented the action plan to the Joint Undertaking’s Governing Board in March 2015, when it was fully endorsed, and that the Joint Undertaking’s action plan complements the ITER Organisation action plan in a number of respects and identifies further improvements in the Joint Undertaking’s own operations; observes that at the time of the audit, the practical measures for the implementation of both action plans were still being established; notes, moreover, that since March 2015, those action plans have been implemented and closely followed by the ITER Organisation and the Joint Undertaking and that they are expected to bring improvements;
Europaparlamentet konstaterar att komplexiteten i det gemensamma företagets verksamheter innebär att det finns en stor risk för att beloppet för det gemensamma företagets bidrag till byggfasen måste höjas.
Notes that the ITER Council also approved a working schedule for the ITER Organisation for the years 2016 and 2017, together with a set of milestones to be reached in those years; requests the Joint Undertaking to present those milestones in a greater detail to the discharge authority;
Parlamentet konstaterar att dessa risker främst är följden av ändringar i projektresultatens omfattning och förseningar i den nuvarande tidsplanen, som ansågs vara orealistisk, och att Iterorganisationens nya handlingsplan, inklusive omfattning, tidsplan och kostnader (den nya handlingsplanen för Iter), som Iterorganisationens råd (Iterrådet) planerade att offentliggöra i juni 2015, sköts upp till november 2015 och planeras nu att offentliggöras i mitten av 2016.
Takes note of the fact that the final 2014 budget available for implementation included commitment appropriations of EUR 1168800000 and payment appropriations of EUR 576600000; the utilisation rates for commitment and payment appropriations were 100 % and 88,5 % respectively; notes, however, that the implementation rate for payment appropriations with respect to the 2014 initial budget was 73 %;
Parlamentet noterar dessutom att när revisionen gjordes uppskattade det gemensamma företaget att projektets byggfas skulle försenas med minst 43 månader.
Observes that regarding commitment appropriations, 23 % were implemented through direct individual commitments while the remaining 77 % were implemented through global commitments; observes that the low rate of implementation by individual commitment is explained by the overall slippage of the ITER Project and the multiple requests for change made by the ITER Organisation;
Parlamentet är medvetet om att det gemensamma företaget redan arbetar med att införa en sträng policy rörande ovanstående frågor och att det inte kommer att inleda något upphandlingsförfarande förrän kontraktsvillkoren är tillräckligt stabila.
Prevention and management of conflicts of interest and transparency
Parlamentet konstaterar dessutom att det gemensamma företaget har sett över upphandlingstidsplanerna för alla system för att försäkra sig om att löptiden för varje aktivitet är korrekt och att det är möjligt att slutföra det planerade arbetet med tanke på de resurser som finns tillgängliga inom organisationen [3].
Takes note of the fact that significant progress has been made and the majority of the CVs of the Governing Board and its subsidiary bodies members have been published on the Joint Undertaking's website; notes, moreover, that, in accordance with the rules of procedure of the Governing Board, those members who fail to publish their CVs are not able to access the Joint Undertaking's document management system containing the Governing Board documentation [5];
Europaparlamentet konstaterar att det gemensamma företagets senaste uppskattning från november 2014 visade på ett underskott (”negativ reserv”) på 428000000 EUR (i 2008 års penningvärde) tills projektets byggfas är avslutad.
Host Agreement
Parlamentet är medvetet om att det gemensamma företaget nu arbetar med en mer exakt och aktuell uppskattning genom kostnadsminskningsåtgärder, och att kostnadskontroll även i fortsättningen kommer att prioriteras inom ramen för den övergripande projektledningen och under ledning av Iterorganisationens nya generaldirektör.
Acknowledges that the Joint Undertaking welcomed the offer made by the Kingdom of Spain, which proposed new premises shared with a Spanish institution; observes, however, that an agreement was not reached because, after an analysis carried out by an independent external architect, the space available was found to be unsuitable [6]; urges the Joint Undertaking to inform the discharge authority about the outcome of recent negotiations regarding a new contract in the existing host building;
Parlamentet påpekar att kommissionen, vid budgetkontrollutskottets sammanträde den 22 februari 2016, offentligt konstaterade att den ”förkastade” det förslag till handlingsplan som Iterorganisationens nya generaldirektör hade lagt fram.
Working conditions
Parlamentet noterar dessutom att det gemensamma företaget har genomfört ett centralt system för att hantera kostnadsuppgifter.
Is deeply concerned that the Joint Undertaking has not yet adopted all rules implementing the Staff Regulations; notes with concern that the Joint Undertaking relied on two transitional measures in order to avoid a legal vacuum pending the formal adoption of outstanding implementing rules to the Staff Regulations; notes however that progress has been made in this regard; urges the Joint Undertaking to remediate to the situation urgently; calls on the Joint Undertaking to inform the discharge authority on further advancements and state of implementation [7];
Syftet är att noga följa budgetens utveckling och löpande övervaka kostnadsavvikelser [4].
Internal control systems
Europaparlamentet uppmanar Iterorganisationens nya generaldirektör att offentliggöra den nya handlingsplanen för Iter.
Notes that in 2014 the Joint Undertaking Internal Audit Capability (‘IAC’) performed a review of the monitoring of contract implementation and outlined the existence of important risk factors such as the immature design of some of the ITER activities, the large number of project change requests, the unrealistic project schedule and the delay in the implementation of activities; observes that it is difficult for the Joint Undertaking to mitigate some of those risks effectively, as they are attributable to the ITER Organisation; notes, furthermore, that the review also identified that stronger controls and changes to processes are needed, in particular in management and change control, financial management of contracts and the management of non-conformities;
Parlamentet förväntar sig att den nya handlingsplanen för Iter innebär att man klart och tydligt undviker ytterligare förseningar eller kostnader för Iterprojektet.
Notes with concern from the Court’s report that the Joint Undertaking’s internal corporate risk management system identified ten new risks in 2014; notes that out of the 32 actions identified to address the six very high risks, 13 were implemented, nine were in progress, one was cancelled as obsolete, and nine had not been commenced at the time of the audit;
Europaparlamentet uppmanar det gemensamma företaget att aktivt delta i den nya handlingsplanen, som bör inkludera projektets tidsplan och omfattning.
Ascertains that the Commission’s Internal Audit Service (‘IAS’) carried out a limited review of the contract management and pointed out that the Joint Undertaking is changing from an organisation which is mainly procurement-oriented to an organisation which mainly manages contracts; observes that the review concluded that the Joint Undertaking is progressing in establishing entity-wide controls to address the risks related to the implementation of the contracts; observes, however, that it also identified a certain number of areas where the controls in place are not mature enough yet, in particular as regards the management of contract amendments and contingencies;
Parlamentet förväntar sig att den nya handlingsplanen för Iter ska innehålla åtgärder för att behandla alla iakttagelser som gjorts av revisionsrätten.
Operational procurement contracts and grants
Europaparlamentet är medvetet om att det gemensamma företaget fortfarande håller på att utveckla ett centralt och enhetligt system för att integrera alla uppgifter om driften och regelbundet kunna övervaka och kontrollera uppskattningar, kostnader och avvikelser.
Acknowledges from the Court’s report that negotiated procedures constituted 58 % of the 67 operational tendering procedures launched in 2014, and that there is room for improvement of the procurement procedures;
Parlamentet understryker vikten av att förfoga över ett sådant system.
Expresses concerns about the fact that the Court’s report found that, with one exception, the Joint Undertaking failed to provide the amount allocated to the different contracts from the EUR 6600000000 capped budget at the time of launching the procedure and did not provide the value for the estimate at completion (‘EAC’) of those activities; reminds the Joint Undertaking that such information is essential to calculate the cost deviations from the capped budget; notes, furthermore, that in one case, the deviation of the awarded value of the contract over the cost baseline was 29 % and that that deviation was not reported in the evaluation committee report; urges the Joint Undertaking to be transparent and to strictly respect the sound financial management principles;
Parlamentet konstaterar dock att det gemensamma företaget inte har uppdaterat värderingen av sitt bidrag till Iterprojektet efter det att byggfasen slutförts.
Notes with concern that the Court’s report refers to deficiencies having been found in the assessment of the financial offers by the evaluation committee; observes that, in one case, neither the contract options, amounting to EUR 32000000, nor the additional costs to be incurred were taken into consideration in the assessment; notes that, in another case, the offers were not compared against the allocated value from the capped budget or against the cost baseline; points out that the evaluation committee reports did not state the EAC for those contracts in any of the procedures reviewed;
Parlamentet är medvetet om att det gemensamma företaget har ett fullt fungerande system för att kontrollera och övervaka kostnader i samband med upphandlingsförfaranden och på systemnivå, även om alla uppgifter på nivå 6 (kontrakt) ännu inte hade matats in i systemet när revisionen gjordes.
Notes that the performance of certain procurement procedures was affected by delays, and that in one procurement procedure, the Joint Undertaking had to include an unforeseen and unbudgeted activity in the 2014 work programme resulting in an additional contract of EUR 2880000; observes, that in one procurement procedure, the assessment of the technical award criteria provided by the evaluation committee in the evaluation committee report was too generic and the comments recorded were not sufficiently detailed to support the scores awarded; notes, furthermore, that in three procurement procedures, although it published the corresponding contract notices and carried out a number of pre-procurement activities, the Joint Undertaking did not advertise the contracts by means of a pre-information notice in order to increase visibility and competition, as advised by the Commission Vademecum on public procurement;
Parlamentet är medvetet om att det gemensamma företaget uppskattade projektkostnaderna inom de individuella projektgrupperna i stället för att göra detta på ett centraliserat och enhetligt sätt.
Overall control and monitoring of operational procurement contracts and grants
Parlamentet konstaterar att det gemensamma företaget använder ett antal datahanteringsverktyg för att förvalta och hantera sina operativa och ekonomiska uppgifter, som är integrerade i ett centralt integrerat rapporteringssystem, och att framsteg görs i arbetet med att förbättra systemet så att det går att hantera kostnadsuppgifter och avvikelser.
Acknowledges that the action plans adopted by the Joint Undertaking, in response to the internal audits on the financial circuits, grant management and expert contracts, were fully or mostly implemented by March 2015; notes, furthermore, that, out of 46 recommendations still in progress, the deadline for implementation of 29 recommendations was overdue concerning the actions plans adopted by the Joint Undertaking in response to the internal audits carried out;
Europaparlamentet konstaterar att till följd av de utmaningar som Iterprojektet för närvarande står inför har den nya generaldirektören för Iterorganisationen presenterat en handlingsplan för Iterrådet med specifika åtgärder för att komma till rätta med de största hindren som nu påverkar projektets utveckling.
Observes that ex post audits on grants were not concluded at the time of the Court's audit;
Parlamentet noterar också att det gemensamma företagets nya tjänstgörande direktör har utarbetat en handlingsplan för det gemensamma företaget, som i stor utsträckning stöder Iterorganisationens handlingsplan.
Legal framework
Parlamentet noterar att det gemensamma företagets tjänstgörande direktör lade fram en handlingsplan för styrelsen i mars 2015, som gav den sitt fulla stöd.
Notes from the Court's report that the Joint Undertaking has not yet amended its financial rules in order to reflect the changes brought by the new Financial Regulation [8] and the framework financial regulation for the bodies referred to in Article 208 of the new Financial Regulation [9]; acknowledges that the Joint Undertaking has taken measures and started a dialogue with the Commission in order to resolve that issue [10]; asks the Joint Undertaking to inform the discharge authority of the progress made in this regard;
Det gemensamma företagets handlingsplan kompletterar Iterorganisationens handlingsplan i ett antal avseenden och identifierar ytterligare förbättringar av det gemensamma företagets egna verksamhet.
Intellectual property rights and industrial policy
Parlamentet konstaterar att när revisionen gjordes höll man fortfarande på att fastställa hur de båda handlingsplanerna skulle genomföras i praktiken.
Acknowledges that the Joint Undertaking considers the measures in place to be efficient to mitigate risks and to increase competition; notes that, regarding industrial policy, the Joint Undertaking implemented 24 out of the 32 actions foreseen by the end of the financial year 2014 [11];
Parlamentet konstaterar dessutom att dessa handlingsplaner sedan mars 2015 genomförts och noggrant följts upp av Iterorganisationen och det gemensamma företaget och att de förväntas leda till förbättringar.
Ascertains that the Joint Undertaking has taken measures regarding exclusive exploitation rights over intellectual property produced in fields outside fusion; notes, furthermore, that it was intended for the Joint Undertaking to develop definitions and methodologies to identify fusion applications; recalls the high importance of this matter; asks the Joint Undertaking to inform the discharge authority on the advancements achieved in this regard [12].
Europaparlamentet konstaterar att Iterrådet även godkände en arbetsplan för Iterorganisationen för åren 2016 och 2017, tillsammans med en uppsättning mål som ska uppnås under dessa år.
Council conclusions on ITER status of 7 July 2010 (ref.
Parlamentet uppmanar det gemensamma företaget att mer detaljerat presentera dessa mål för den ansvarsfrihetsbeviljande myndigheten.